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Colby/Usman II should be a freaking awesome fight considering how high level their first one was
JG/Chandler is gunna be bananas
Thug Rose/Zhang II is gunna be a really high level fight
Alex Pereira makes his UFC debut (the dude who KTFO Izzy in kickboxing)
Hopefully Frankie Edgar doesn't take any more dumb damage and can retire tonight win or loss

What are y'all lookin forward to?

Since they last fought usmans fought burns and Jorge twice and gotten way better, particularly as a striker. Colbys just fought Woodley. I think this’ll be a big factor that leads to usman finishing him.


Pereira almost killed someone in his last fight. Powerful dude.


Ian Garry makes his UFC debut headlining the early pre lims. Worth a watch, he might be something.


Everyone’s buzzing over chandler and Gaethje. I’ve missed Gaethje. Should be a good fight but since no one thinks it’ll go the distance it probably will and worth a bet on Gaethje by decision.


Vera as Edgar are heading in opposite directions. Chitos gonna win.



Rose and Zhang.... i dunno how this ones gonna go. Zhang is actually the favourite. She obviously has a lot more to bring to the table then the ast fight but she also got ko’d in the first and took so much damage against Joanna. Maybe that was a career altering fight.


Also worth a note but maybe meaningless: In ufc history, the champion that lost their belt and got an immediate rematch is 1-9 in the rematch. History shows rose wins.

Obviously previous fights are irrelevant to this fight but maybe there’s something there mentally that leads to this. Rose did it with Joanna and is 3-0 in rematches in general.

Usman and JG have to be significant favorites. I favor them both really strongly. If either Colby or Chandler can win, it would be big.

If Rose can beat Zhang x 2, that is also big.

Great card. There are some fighters of itnerest too, IIRC. Al, Shabayzyan, Pereira...there are some names deep into the card.

Rough night for Serra-Longo, you'd have to expect, as always. But I bet their fighters will be...motivated.

Gaethje Chandler fight should be 5 rounds, you won't change my mind.

Prelims were great

chandler is a beast but he has gotten demolished since coming over to ufc

What a crazy fight! Exactly as expected. That first round was electric. Chandler blew his load out and those leg kicks slowed Chandler down enough for Justin to slowly pick him apart. Not sure WTF Chandler was doing in third walking forward with his hands down eating ****.

lobosloboslobos wrote:chandler is a beast but he has gotten demolished since coming over to ufc

Because he lost a title fight and a decision to the WSOF champion?

Jasen777 wrote:

lobosloboslobos wrote:chandler is a beast but he has gotten demolished since coming over to ufc

Because he lost a title fight and a decision to the WSOF champion?

not saying it wasn't against great fighters

3-2 Rose imo

Usman on another level through 3 rounds. More even third round, but doesn't seem like Colby has the power to trouble Usman.

Great 4th round. Looked like the last fight. Usman still up 3-1.

4-1 Usman prob. Can be 3-2.

Much more competitive when Colby started getting more reckless in the 4th and 5th

Colby has been putting on an act this whole time, the people that thought his shtick was real wanted it to be.

lobosloboslobos wrote:chandler is a beast but he has gotten demolished since coming over to ufc

He was half a second of beating Charles what kind of stupid take is this

Anyway, chandler and Gaethje are mad men. That was insane

aggerrard wrote:Usman on another level through 3 rounds. More even third round, but doesn't seem like Colby has the power to trouble Usman.

Honestly Colby could have gotten rounds 3-5. Amazing come back after getting destroyed the first 2 rounds.

Usman whooped Colvington. Colvington lacks any significant power.

TGW wrote:Usman whooped Colvington. Colvington lacks any significant power.

But he's got heart, good to excellent technique, cardio and a freaking will on him. That was a close fight, those two are the second and third best 170 pounders in the world right now. Way behind Borz but well ahead of anybody else.