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DocJock

8,357 posts

240 months

Monday 15th April
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biggbn said:
g4ry13 said:
What a night of fights! The prelims were good as it is.

Kayla Harrison - I don't know much about women's UFC but she was pretty astonishing. I can see her becoming champion in no time.
Ji?í fight was entertaining although I don't fancy his chances against Pereira.

It was a bit annoying that Gaethje got his nose broken in the first round as it affected the pace of the fight. He kept ducking and getting caught by the spinning kick. Max was catching him with the eye pokes and pushing through the leg kicks. The fight ended in such a Gaethje way. With <10 seconds he could have taken the final bell but ended up flat on his face. It was going to be a loss either way.

Zhang - it was amusing how Zhang's opponent was completely out at end of first round and took a few seconds to figure out where she was and what was happening.

Pereira just looked comfortable and did what he's done all along. Not sure why they don't take him to the ground instead of standing and trading. Heavyweight division is another animal and I can see Aspinall ragdolling him if they ever met in the octagon.
No idea how Pereira makes Light Heavy...or how he made middle. Guys a unit isn't he, like the Terminator! Highlight was him waving the ref off before knocking his opponent out!
Apparently his 'walk around' weight is 230, so a heavy cut to 205, and as you say, how the heck did he make 185?

Some cracking fights and well deserved big bonuses.

biggbn

23,388 posts

220 months

Monday 15th April
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g4ry13 said:
What a night of fights! The prelims were good as it is.

Kayla Harrison - I don't know much about women's UFC but she was pretty astonishing. I can see her becoming champion in no time.
Ji?í fight was entertaining although I don't fancy his chances against Pereira.

It was a bit annoying that Gaethje got his nose broken in the first round as it affected the pace of the fight. He kept ducking and getting caught by the spinning kick. Max was catching him with the eye pokes and pushing through the leg kicks. The fight ended in such a Gaethje way. With <10 seconds he could have taken the final bell but ended up flat on his face. It was going to be a loss either way.

Zhang - it was amusing how Zhang's opponent was completely out at end of first round and took a few seconds to figure out where she was and what was happening.

Pereira just looked comfortable and did what he's done all along. Not sure why they don't take him to the ground instead of standing and trading. Heavyweight division is another animal and I can see Aspinall ragdolling him if they ever met in the octagon.
Kayla Harrison is terrifying, isn't she!!

g4ry13

16,995 posts

255 months

Monday 15th April
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biggbn said:
g4ry13 said:
What a night of fights! The prelims were good as it is.

Kayla Harrison - I don't know much about women's UFC but she was pretty astonishing. I can see her becoming champion in no time.
Ji?í fight was entertaining although I don't fancy his chances against Pereira.

It was a bit annoying that Gaethje got his nose broken in the first round as it affected the pace of the fight. He kept ducking and getting caught by the spinning kick. Max was catching him with the eye pokes and pushing through the leg kicks. The fight ended in such a Gaethje way. With <10 seconds he could have taken the final bell but ended up flat on his face. It was going to be a loss either way.

Zhang - it was amusing how Zhang's opponent was completely out at end of first round and took a few seconds to figure out where she was and what was happening.

Pereira just looked comfortable and did what he's done all along. Not sure why they don't take him to the ground instead of standing and trading. Heavyweight division is another animal and I can see Aspinall ragdolling him if they ever met in the octagon.
Kayla Harrison is terrifying, isn't she!!
She looks like she'd put some men (lower ranked) from the Flyweight division away. Only other woman I can remember being scary is Cyborg.

That sort of muscle mass isn't just good diet, good genetics and training hard?

Edited by g4ry13 on Monday 15th April 08:41