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Check us out fam, got so hype we wound up covering more than the fight predictions. Catch me stanning Thiago Santos toward the end because I've been a fan of his since he was trading wins and losses at 185 :lolbron:.

Also, I wanna hear all your picks yall. We should make a draftkings group or some ish to make picks!
I did a quick write up during my last day of quarantine on the title fights

first off, i hope this card can stay in tact without the usual MMA fukkery and now Covid 19 fukking things up but these are my thoughts.

Usman/Masdival
How poetic of gambred to get called up for this fight like he did the first time in a McDonald's drive through fighting for Kimbo. There is so many variables that go into this fight, is gamebred in shape coming into this in a week? what about the 20 pound weight cut? will the change of opponent (and the style) affect Usman like it did with Tony Ferguson? This adds another element to a hype main event that the people were craving for. It wasn't so long where many viewed Jorge as a gatekeeper who usually cruised through his fights that ended up biting him in the ass in split decisions and ever since hes been on this "Street Jesus" run, we have been witnessed a Resurrection in his career and a fan base that that has crossed over to the casual viewer. Now going into the fight it comes to, which gap is bigger? Usman wrestling with Jorge or Masdival striking with Usman? Usman wrestling is probably top 5 in the UFC, and without a camp for gamebred to train for, this could be the begging to the end for masdival, i also do want to point out, just like Anthony Pettis, Masdival has very underated grappling that is often outshined through their striking. Jorge has submitted Cheisa and had damien maia on his back and couldnt submit him. Now in the striking side, we all saw Colby hit Usman and we all know that Jorge is the much better sriker with a bigger arsenal of offense, this is the biggest danger for Usman, getting caught early and receive a baptism on the beach. This fight can go in two ways, a decision for Usman or a KO for Jorge Masdival. Even tho i am rooting for Gamebred, i'm going to pick Usman to win by Decision.

Holloway/Volkanowski
Another pick em fight, we all have seen how dominant max can be. He has dispatched Ortega in the past but now he is in crossroads, he lost to Poirier and to Volk within one year. Was the activity of having three 5 round fights in 8 months take a toll on him? Volk is a technical sound fighter and coached very well from the City Kick Boxing guys. he is a point fighter and he used that to kill maxs legs in the first fighter. Even tho,i do consider max to be the more dynamic striker and fighter, him admitting that he has not spared and he to zoom call his coaches throughput camp. This is concerning but at the same time, Max also came into his first 3 UFC fighters learning combos from the old UFC video games. I should say Volk should win a decision, i'm going to say max wins a decision.

Aldo/Yan
Even has a aldo fan, he did not deserve this title shot. When i look at aldo, he still a good fighter but at the same time, is a shell of his former self from that dominant champion. When i look at yan's fight i can buy into the hype of this top prospect, but i did noticed that he for some reason drags himself into these brawls and he gets cracked, happened with Dodson and with the Faber fight, he got cocky mid exchanged and got stunned from a punch, you can not afford to do that with Aldo at all. Im going to still say this is Yan's time and hes going to win the 135 belt since aldo has looked so/so in his last couple of big fights.
 

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what were the racist slurs? why is perry always somehow linked to racist shyt???
He casually uses the word nikka, his fans and the UFC have been cool with it, but the headline UFC Fighter Knocks Out Old Man While Using Racial Slurs and more mainstream attention is going to lead to him having to cut that shyt out.
 

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Venum somehow won the ufc clothing rights over Nike and under armor

Won? More like UA and Nike couldn’t have been bothered. They saw how the Reebok deal flopped and realize MMA isn’t a big audience. LOL@venum. Was affliction too busy to take a meeting? :mjlol: Just let the fighters choose their own sponsors. I mean they are independent contractors right?
 

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Won? More like UA and Nike couldn’t have been bothered. They saw how the Reebok deal flopped and realize MMA isn’t a big audience. LOL@venum. Was affliction too busy to take a meeting? :mjlol: Just let the fighters choose their own sponsors. I mean they are independent contractors right?
Eh independent contractors still have required uniforms if it’s in the contract. Fun fact, majority of the US postmen delivering your mail are independent contractors with no benefits.


On another note, Paige Van Zant is a perfect example of good plastic surgery :patrice:
 

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Won? More like UA and Nike couldn’t have been bothered. They saw how the Reebok deal flopped and realize MMA isn’t a big audience. LOL@venum. Was affliction too busy to take a meeting? :mjlol: Just let the fighters choose their own sponsors. I mean they are independent contractors right?
mma is a big audience but nobody gives a fukk about exclusive sponsors on shorts n shyt. fight gear looks flabby with logo on it....
 
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