Essential The Official MMA Thread

[The G.O.D II]

Weidman vs Kelvin? UFC wants Weidman to be on a 4 fight losing streak. Weidman isn't technical with his striking.

Chisea is a gritty dude. Lee cool he's been working with Floyd so if his stand up is getting sharp that might prove to help him test Chisea chin. I think Chisea has more tools though.

Johnson vs Gaethje is a good match up. Gaethje should get the edge and Johnson is pretty much gate keeper status now.

Yea Weidman must think since KG is so smaller it will be easy. He's just so damn slow and if Moose can box him up KG can certainly get inside and do the same. I think we see Weidman in full wrestle mode

I think Lee just trains at the Mayweather gym with one of the uncles not Floyd personally. He's a exaggerater. He better strike tho because Cheisa is not to fukk with on the ground. I do like Lee is making an attempt to promote himself though.

I think Johnson smokes Gaethje. Gaethje just has pathetic defense and that's disaster for a guy like MJ with quick powerful hands

 

[8====D]

Weidman vs Kelvin? UFC wants Weidman to be on a 4 fight losing streak. Weidman isn't technical with his striking.

Chisea is a gritty dude. Lee cool he's been working with Floyd so if his stand up is getting sharp that might prove to help him test Chisea chin. I think Chisea has more tools though.

Johnson vs Gaethje is a good match up. Gaethje should get the edge and Johnson is pretty much gate keeper status now.

The Spider curse continues.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Yea Weidman must think since KG is so smaller it will be easy. He's just so damn slow and if Moose can box him up KG can certainly get inside and do the same. I think we see Weidman in full wrestle mode

I think Lee just trains at the Mayweather gym with one of the uncles not Floyd personally. He's a exaggerater. He better strike tho because Cheisa is not to fukk with on the ground. I do like Lee is making an attempt to promote himself though.

I think Johnson smokes Gaethje. Gaethje just has pathetic defense and that's disaster for a guy like MJ with quick powerful hands

Yes wrestle mode Weidman.

I agree with Cheisa is gonna try to hold Lee and get him to the ground.

Depends on which Michael Johnson shows up. He can fight and be quick but he's inconsistent to me now.

 

[Roman Brady]

Yes wrestle mode Weidman.

I agree with Cheisa is gonna try to hold Lee and get him to the ground.

Depends on which Michael Johnson shows up. He can fight and be quick but he's inconsistent to me now.

This, that whooping khabib put on him is the kind of loss that can zap a fighter's confidence Lol at "Johnson smokes gaethje" that's the same clown that thought the yair/edgar fight favoured Rodriguez stylistically

 

[aceboon]

Weidman vs Kelvin? UFC wants Weidman to be on a 4 fight losing streak. Weidman isn't technical with his striking.

Chisea is a gritty dude. Lee cool he's been working with Floyd so if his stand up is getting sharp that might prove to help him test Chisea chin. I think Chisea has more tools though.

Johnson vs Gaethje is a good match up. Gaethje should get the edge and Johnson is pretty much gate keeper status now.

Lee is being trained in striking by Dewey Cooper, former K1 kickboxer and is based out of Mayweather's gym, Jesse Vargas is the most notable boxer off the top of my head I can think of that he trains. Lee's striking still needs a lot of work, he stiff and you can tell its not natural for him.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Woodley vs Maia is an intriguing match up because if Woodley was tentative against Wonderboy because of his "stand up attack style" I can see Woodley using the same Anderson Silva tactics to be elusive and keep as far as he can away from Maia. Strike and move, strike and move. Maia is gonna eat some to try and close the gap and grab him to bring him down which will make for a long fight for Woodley.

 

[The axe murderer]

 

[BlackSuperman]

Yes wrestle mode Weidman.

I agree with Cheisa is gonna try to hold Lee and get him to the ground.

Depends on which Michael Johnson shows up. He can fight and be quick but he's inconsistent to me now.

How? I think Chiesa will try to kickbox him until they somehow end up on the ground/

 

[KevCo]

So, Rumble quit fighting to sell weed

“My friend Paul, he’s in cannabis, we’re opening up a facility. It’s for medical uses,” Johnson revealed on “Heated Conversations” with retired WWE superstar Booker T. “We’re getting in that way. We’ve got some good things going on. It’s already big. We’re just waiting on that law to pass and whenever it passes, we’re golden. We’re playing our cards right. We’re playing by the books so that way there is no issues. We’re good to go.

Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson reveals career after UFC retirement but promises 'I'm finished' fighting | FOX Sports

 

[BlackSuperman]

Woodley vs Maia is an intriguing match up because if Woodley was tentative against Wonderboy because of his "stand up attack style" I can see Woodley using the same Anderson Silva tactics to be elusive and keep as far as he can away from Maia. Strike and move, strike and move. Maia is gonna eat some to try and close the gap and grab him to bring him down which will make for a long fight for Woodley.

Fukk, I don't want to see either guy lose if this fight happens. Maia because I am a fan and Woodley because alt right fukkboys will come out of the woods once he loses.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Fukk, I don't want to see either guy lose if this fight happens. Maia because I am a fan and Woodley because alt right fukkboys will come out of the woods once he loses.

I can see Woodley doing a lot of faints and staying on his bike.

With back to back fights Wonderboy and this fight if he wins with that kinda gameplan I can see a lot of pissed off people and I can see more fighters start to call out Woodley for not "fighting"

 

[BlackSuperman]

I can see Woodley doing a lot of faints and staying on his bike.

With back to back fights the Wonderboy and this fight if he wins with that kinda gameplan I can see a lot of pissed off people and I can see more fighters start to call out Woodley for not "fighting"

Heh, Woodley just might stay on his bike. Maia would mangle him on the ground.

 

[Big D Bangston]

I think Woodley will beat Maia. I just think Wonderboy was a tricky matchup b/c of his size and skillset.

He has the hands and wrestling to beat Maia.

 

[jackswstd]

If Weidman is expecting an easy win against Kelvin he better think again. I think Kelvin will weather Weidman's grappling and tool him in the stand-up. Kelvin and Whitaker are on the small side of MW but it's not a hindrance.

 

[storyteller]

Woodley has made it a style to back up to the cage and then launch counters off of it. Maia has made it a style to back opponents to the cage and then work from a single leg to a back take using traps along that fence. If Woodley uses his typical style, I think Maia shoots from distance once Woodley has no space to get his legs out of reach and wins the fight. Woodley switching it up and actually circling away or coming forward would make it intriguing but he's so much more comfortable counter punching and so confident in his wrestling that I could picture him slipping up and getting gassed by the back pack early, submitting to a choke later.