The MMA Thread: DON'T ASK 4 STREAMS & NO GIFS- Islam vs Dustin on TONIGHT

[spiderjericho]

 

[xbiker47]

Sad seeing Yan drop 3 in a row.

Dana really gonna push merab to fight sterling?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Does Sterling even wanna fight Merab? lol

They both don't want to fight each other, but sure, Dana, blame one or the other to try to pressure them into a fight

 

[spiderjericho]

They don’t want to fight each other. They’ve both said it for years in interviews.

They both train at Serra/Longo. And have helped each other in their camps.

AlJo has said he’s willing to move up to FW to move out of the way for Merab and further cement his lineage.

Dana just danaing. If he sees dollar signs and a story, then he’ll try to sell it.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Finally watching the fight

Jesus they let every single fan high five and hug Merab on the way out lol

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Definitely better than the APEX. They gotta do all their non PPV Vegas events here

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I'm screaming at DC and Felder bringing up Stotts and trying to figure out if he was still champ without mentioning Bellator

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Well, Merab isn't the most exciting fighter but you have to respect his ability

There's so many 135 contenders that it would be kinda sad to see Sterling leave just to make room for Merab. I don't think many people are clamoring for Sterling to go up to 145 anyway

Looking ahead to next week: I'm more hyped about the Justin v Fiziev fight than Edwards Usman trilogy

 

[imasoleman18]

I'm screaming at DC and Felder bringing up Stotts and trying to figure out if he was still champ without mentioning Bellator

it made me chuckle when DC was like is he still champion....over there

 

[spiderjericho]

Not geeked for the card next week but it’s not a bad card:

Usman vs Edwards 3
Fiziev vs Gaethje
Gunnar Nelson vs Brian Barberena
Jennifer Maia vs King Casey O’Neill
Marvin Vettori vs Roman Dolidze

Mokaev on the prelims

Sucks Molly, Paddy, Arnold or Tom Aspinal ain’t there. But oh well.

 

[xbiker47]

No reason Mokaev shouldn’t be headliner of the prelims

Card def feels very lackluster compared to last ppv

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I thought I read somewhere Mokaev was on the early prelims initially lmao

 

[xbiker47]

Funny to hear fiziev talk about being tight on money on the countdown when there’s rumors out there about him owing his coaches money

 

[spiderjericho]

No reason Mokaev shouldn’t be headliner of the prelims

Card def feels very lackluster compared to last ppv

How about compared to the Diaz/Khamzat card lol? Or Gane/Lewis?

I can respect your opinion with how stacked the last card was, how close this card is to the last. Probably not doing themselves any favors with the constant cards.

Also, Jack Shore is on the card.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Merab doesn’t have many matchups that make sense. I’m assuming they don’t want to match him with O’Malley

Outside of him the other contenders are matched up

I’m just waiting on the umar come up

 

[spiderjericho]

If he's trying to stay in the title mix, He could:

fight the winner of Vera/Sandhagen
fight the loser of Vera/Sandhagen
fight the loser of Sterling/Cejudo

Those options play out in the next few months. O'Malley has next (which Dana oddly didn't mention), so Merab wouldn't be eligible for a title shot until next year anyway.

Risky:
fight Umar
fight Font
fight Song
fight Simon

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

If he's trying to stay in the title mix, He could:

fight the winner of Vera/Sandhagen
fight the loser of Vera/Sandhagen
fight the loser of Sterling/Cejudo

Those options play out in the next few months. O'Malley has next (which Dana oddly didn't mention), so Merab wouldn't be eligible for a title shot until next year anyway.

Risky:
fight Umar
fight Font
fight Song
fight Simon

If yanez beats font— that’s another name Dana could push

 

[jayt1202]

All signs point to O'Malley fighting for the belt next, isn't he going to be the backup coming into the Aljo/Cejudo fight? If Chito beats Sandhagen he likely waits for a shot if he thinks he'll get it by end of year to early next. I'd be shocked if Chito took on Merab.

Seems like Dana trying to force Merab's hand to fight Aljo, it really seems like they won't fight under any circumstance though.

 

[xbiker47]

I’d say do umar vs merab. Umar wins he jumps everyone for a title shot and at that point O’Malley should be fighting for the belt soon anyway

 

[spiderjericho]

^^^Mad lines getting skipped.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Crazy thing is they scheduled Ricky Simon to fight umar and then umar mysteriously dropped out

Simon is fighting song now which is dope

But Simon v umar would have been a banger

35 division is so crazy still

 

[xbiker47]

^^^Mad lines getting skipped.

O’Malley skipped the whole line?

Feel like merab is one of the only guys who will say yes to fighting umar

 

[spiderjericho]

O’Malley skipped the whole line?

Feel like merab is one of the only guys who will say yes to fighting umar

Touche'

35 division is so crazy still

Up there with 155 right now in depth.

 

[xbiker47]

Crazy thing is they scheduled Ricky Simon to fight umar and then umar mysteriously dropped out

Simon is fighting song now which is dope

But Simon v umar would have been a banger

35 division is so crazy still

35 division full of killers

 

[jayt1202]

Yep we know what it is with O'Malley getting a shot and yea Cejudo getting the shot after 3 years out with many other deserving contenders in the mix rn. Let's just hope we get at least one more 135 title fight before years end.