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What happened at UFC 261?

What happened at UFC 261?

Richard

Can you believe we did this without crowds? Is it too soon though? Should it have been 50% capacity, or how about a lower ticket price for a vaccinated spectators? – That would’ve been a great idea IMO. But…Capitalism…Lets go. The Main card was great. Lots of finishes and tons of talking points

Here are the picks I made

Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal

Usman is a very very smart fighter, and Masvidal didnt respect that. Usman set up this KO by going for takedowns early. Masvidal had has hands low, waiting for the shot, and wasn’t quick enough to dodge the overhand right, and it seemed like Usman put his whole body into that punch. That punch kind of cooled off everything Masvidal was riding on. -The man went weirdly political for a while, after not wanting to go that route, and he kinda had to eat his words after he said that Usman doesnt punch hard. These things happen to you when you talk a lot. I want to see Usman vs Thompson next. I have no idea where Masvidal goes after this. getting KOed after getting cocky is a hell of a thing… I got this pick wrong read more

UFC 261 Picks

UFC 261 Picks

Richard

So the UFC rolls on, fans will be back, and we get another PPV card that we really dont need IMO, Its just fulfilling some kind of contractual deal that the UFC has. I think it’s a matter of time before the UFC stops doing this, because Bellator is getting good, and if Bellator stays on this track, I think they’ll make people wonder why they’re buying UFC PPVs at all. I think the PPV maincard fights are good, everything else is either low level/unknown – That’s what the UFC usually does on PPVs, so they can give the big names “more money” and pay the undercard fighters peanuts. OK… these are tough to pick… I’m guessing the UFC put all the Chinese fighters that were supposed to be on the Chinese version of DWCS on this card. read more

Top 10 Stand-outs from Dana White Contender Series 2019

Top 10 Stand-outs from Dana White Contender Series 2019

Richard

OK, So I watched all of the Contender Series and I graded every single fighter. You’re Welcome. Well… It was actually fun. Anyway these are based on their show performance, and its not an overall rating of the fighter.

  1. Andre Muniz …… 5/5
  2. Impa Kasanganay 5/5
  3. Hunter Azure ……5/5
  4. Ode Osbourne …… 5/5
  5. Brendan Allen …..5/5
  6. Justin Gonzales …… 4.5/5
  7. Omar Morales …… 4.5/5
  8. Tony Gravely ……4.5/5
  9. Miguel Baeza …… 4/5
  10. Antonio Arroyo …… 4/5

So these are my terrific 10. I have a few more guys with 4/5 stars on my list but I feel like these 2 just edged all of them. I had Antonio Trocoli on my list, but he tested positive for a PED.

Two guys on my list did not get contracts. Impa Kasanganay and Justin Gonzales did not get contracts, I did not keep them off the list, because they performed very well. read more

Contender Series Grades Week 3 and 4

Richard

ALL CONTENDER SERIES 2019 GRADES

So Contender series really has improved. I was excited to see Armando Villarreal, but he got beat by a very hot prospect in Ode Osbourne. I have to make a pick between my Jamaican roots, and my Texas sensibilities. Villarreal has the bad habit of putting himself in bad situations, and when you fight people at the highest level, they take advantage of that.

So again, Here are grades of some of the talent on the show. These grades are only based on their Contender Series performance, and not their performance before in other organizations read more

LFA 61: Round by round results

LFA 61: Round by round results

Richard

The LFA was in Prior Lake, MN. The main card was a little bland, but learned about the fighters, and we saw what some of the local talent had to offer.

Main Event

Moses Murrietta vs Brendan Allen – Middleweight

Round 1

Allen comes out hard and takes Murrietta down. Murrietta looks like he’s out of ideas when he’s on his back, and Allen looks slow on top. At times Allen is just holding Murrietta down

Round 2

Murrietta comes out hard. Allen comes back with a combo of his own and then takes Murrietta down. Allen gets in full mount and begins to throw short shots, but he’s not doing a lot of work read more