Incredibly close fight w/ Thiago Santos, lost to Dom, sat on the sidelines for three years to duck Francis, currently ducking Aspinall, only interested in fighting geriatric Stipe Miocic :lol:
Credit for the Gane win but he pretty much **** the bed and got overwhelmed, can't read too much into...
Father time undefeated.
Izzy was doing good body work and piecing Dricus up for stretches but he was also taking too many clean shots. That hands down reactive style ain't quite the same in your mid 30s. He fought well and honestly looked like he could've got the decision win if he made it...
That was crazy impressive. Thought Max might be falling off, and he could still be, but he made that look easy regardless
How wild is it that Volk gave Islam a real run in his first shot at the title, and now Max ran through Gaethje like it was nothing. The top of 145 is no joke
Not completely mad at that.
But as far as I know most champs get PPV points. So for a guy like Ilia, building your hype even more while running over contenders could make him plenty of money in the meantime, he has a fan friendly style. And he's only 27, what's the rush? Seems kinda...
So the champ v champ talk is now happening immediately in every division
Sean O'Malley talking about fighting Ilia before his first title defense.
Ilia talking about fighting Islam before his first defense. And Conor apparently.
Islam was talking about fighting Leon before he defended...
Planning a vacation for the spring and these are the exact type of scenarios I’m trying to avoid.
Ah well it what it is though, Covid ain’t going anywhere anytime soon. Just gonna mask up in the airport and deal with whatever happens.
Merab vs O’Malley is just gonna be the classic striker vs grappler. Conor vs Mendes, Conor vs Khabib. If Sean can land the shot he wins, if he doesn’t, he gets controlled for 5 rounds and possibly stopped.
I was hating on Merab because of the Aldo fight but I can’t hate at this point...
Fight game is brutal man. Volk went from giving the 155 lb champ his toughest fight yet and arguably proving he was p4p #1 even in a loss, to “I hope he retires I don’t want to see him get knocked out anymore” in the span of 1 year :smh:
With that said tho, Islam on short notice and a quick...