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@aceboon @the old mongoose am I crazy for being a little nervous for Tony Ferguson?
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I'll preface by saying I been a die hard fan of both guys since their UFC debuts. Obviously I'm a slightly more titled to Tony (I mean peep my username) and I like his weirdness, but Charles is on a crazy slept on run. I really love Tony for agreeing to fight Charles. A lot of top level 155ers wouldn't agree to. He's dangerous as hell and doesn't have a lot of star power. I feel like if Tony wins people will go ":manny: he was supposed to" but if he loses people will be go ":patrice: maybe Tony fell off".

I think if Tony didn't sustain long-term damage from Justin's striking that he'll probably win a decision or walk Charles down with strikes and finish, but I dunno. I have a weird feeling that Charles is gonna try to grapple, then Tony will be too willing to roll around with him, and that Tony will get subbed. Just got a bad feeling. They both have very similar jiu-jitsu styles too, and Tony has a lot of sub wins but he's also had to let go of a lot of chokes too. I just think Charles is slightly better at sealing the deal once he latches onto a neck or a limb, and Tony is kind of reckless in all areas.
I think the Gaethje L was a potentially career altering beating and I always felt that Tony was walking a fine line with how bad he is defensively. Olivera's striking looks the best its ever been, wouldn't be surprised if he takes it tomorrow.
 

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So Dana White is going to meet with Khabibs mom to try to convince him to come back and fight GSP. Dana needs to let it go. I also thought he wasn’t a fan of old guys fighting, GSP will be at least 40 if and when they do fight

Imagine if this mask avoiding, Trump supporting dipshyt ends up giving Khabib's mom Covid-19 so shortly after his dad died from it :snoop:
 
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