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What Happened at UFC 260?

What Happened at UFC 260?

Richard

Check out my picks

Francis NGannou vs Stipe Miocic

I got this call wrong, very wrong, I thought that Stipe could wear him out and win with the wrestling, and the firefighter got a little wild and walked right into a left hook. I also thought that it was a HUGE mistake that Stipe came in a little lighter in this fight. If Stipe’s gameplan was to clinch, I think he would’ve came in heavier. Ngannou also got better, The low kicks were good, the sprawl was good, he was more efficient, and he wasn’t wild. Dare I say it? Ngannou was technical. OK so, Ngannou has several fights lined up. Next for the Cameroonian-French man should be Jon Jones, but if the UFC doesnt want to pay Jones, I could see them letting Ngannou fight Derrick Lewis, but Jones has a trump-card; maybe people dont want to see the Ngannou vs Lewis fight again. There is also a Stipe Miocic trilogy on the table for Ngannou, that Stipe Miocic 100% deserves read more

UFC 260 Picks

UFC 260 Picks

Richard

The UFC PPV is back. Pretty big HW bout on this card. And Like I said in previous posts, I wish the UFC can have a co-promotion with Bellator for a UFC/Bellator 26X card. That would be great. I know that Bellator will be in the 260s soon. I’m just an MMA fan thinking of stuff

Stipe MiocicvsFrancis N’Gannou

OK, so the rematch. Was it a fluke that Stipe beat Ngannou before? You cant call a 5 round win a Fluke though. I called Stipe at UFC 252 against Cormier, and I’ll call him again, why? The same reason I gave before; Stipe does well with adversity. I personally think that you have to, out technique Stipe to beat him, and I kinda view the DC loss as an anomaly TBH. Ngannou is the epidemy of having a puncher’s chance, but I just think Stipe is way too educated to fall for a one dimensional approach to a fight. I got Stipe by 5 round decision read more

What happened at UFC 255?

What happened at UFC 255?

Richard

So UFC 255 happened and the Prelims were more entertaining than the maincard. I had some pretty bad picks.

Here are the picks

Deiveson Figueiredo vs Alex Perez

Figgy got the job done. I just think Perez didn’t even get started, and Figgy took the neck that was presented to him. And that was that. Moreno is the next fight. I dont care if Garbrandt is available. -He may have to wait

Valentina Shevchenko vs Jennifer Maia

Valentina is very accurate, I think that is what won her this fight. She was just connecting everytime she threw, and when is shape, Maia is very good. Someone should talk to that girl and tell her to never come in fat again. Valentina wrestles very technically, and that was one of the tools that she used in this fight read more

UFC 255 Picks

UFC 255 Picks

Richard

Back at the Apex for some small-cage fighting, some pandemic fighting, some weird crowd-less fighting. I know there are people that hate the crowds and love the silent in fights, I’m not one of them – For 2 reasons: 1. Because the crowd is a character itself, sometimes when I’m watching these UFC cards, I dont know if they’re in Vegas, I dont know if they’re on Fight Island, I dont know if they’re in Florida, and it really doesn’t matter, there is no crowd, so there really isn’t anything thing to differentiate the venues. And yes, crowds boo and all that, but the crowd also cheers and gives the fighters a little motivation sometimes. I wouldn’t want to rob a hometown fighter of an audience singing his name. Reason 2. The 2nd reason is a simple one: An audience at a fight is NATURAL, If you get into a fight ANYWHERE, people are going to gather around and watch. Fighting behind closed doors is like a domestic situation😒 , and with domestic situations, there would be no rules. Fighting crowd-less is so sterile to me. I cant wait till things get back to normal. When can we at least get to 25%? read more

LFA 59 Round by Round results

LFA 59 Round by Round results

Richard
LFA 59

The LFA rolled into The Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona for this one.

Main Event

David Michaud vs Christian Aguilera – Welterweight.

Round 1

Aguilera starts off looking to wrestle, as both guys look even on the feet. Michaud is able to drop Aguilera with a right, then he swarms him. Aguilera is defending himself, he gets put into a mounted Crucifix and the referee stops the fight.🚩 Michaud wins by TKO

This was a very early stoppage. Maybe the ref thinks that the fight is over when someone gets put into a mounted crucifix. I know Aguilera was intelligently defending himself, because he brought his feet up to the cage to push off and reverse the position, its just a shame that the referee wanted to be the star in this fight. read more