GDT: UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall/Bellator 283: Lima vs. Jackson

[m9]

Faraldo so fun to watch

 

[m9]

Lorenz Larkin probably should have been DQ'd for that. Can't elbow a guy in the back of the head like that.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Why is Usman fighting unranked fighters.

 

[m9]

Bellator not f***ing around with card pace tonight going to be a wrap within 2 hours

 

[Chaels Arms]

Helwani, Petesey Carrol and Chuck Mindenhall were talking about Aspinall like his championship is already guaranteed. Absolutely raving about him. Said he looks similar to Cain and Frank Mir where he's a huge, athletic, quick heavyweight who is good at everything. Aspinall's last fight was the only one I've seen for him so I don't know if the hype is legit.

 

[m9]

Helwani, Petesey Carrol and Chuck Mindenhall were talking about Aspinall like his championship is already guaranteed. Absolutely raving about him. Said he looks similar to Cain and Frank Mir where he's a huge, athletic, quick heavyweight who is good at everything. Aspinall's last fight was the only one I've seen for him so I don't know if the hype is legit.

He very well could be that good.. but I need to see tomorrow first.

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Truly awful Bellator main event

 

[Bunk Moreland]

He very well could be that good.. but I need to see tomorrow first.

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Truly awful Bellator main event

I legit started cleaning my house because I was so bored watching it I was going to fall asleep.

Sucks for outlaw... went from fighting for the belt tonight to the champ getting hurt. Took a replacement fight anyway and gets wrecked in 30 seconds losing his title shot.

 

[CDJ]

Was all over Jason Jackson -200 after the bad weight cut for Lima. Guys washed. Long and amazing career though, he should be proud

Faraldo so fun to watch

He’s so f***in cool man

 

[m9]

Before I forget, Dalton Rosta looked awesome tonight. Might be a future star

 

[pistolpete11]

Where do you rank Aspinall currently? From the sounds if it he wants to keep improving and doesn’t want to rush things but he might already be considered top 5.

Well, he's got to beat Blaydes to rank him in the top 5.

But just my feeling of where he is? I think Francis, Blaydes, and possibly Stipe are the only guys I wouldn't pick him against. I think skill-wise, he's probably better than Stipe at this point, but Stipe's so damn durable and might be able to outlast him.

We'll see, though. There are still questions, namely his chin, cardio, and how he handles any pressure or adversity.

 

[CDJ]

I was just on FaceTime with Helwani for 30 seconds lol. Buddy ran into him in Boston

I told him thank you for the 10-7 against Schaub, he said thanks and he asked me where my shirt was .

Apparently he talked to my buddy for a little bit about fights, was a very nice guy. Seemed very cool in the 30 seconds where I FaceTimed him shirtless while he was out and about trying to enjoy his Saturday buying clothes lol

 

[m9]

Pretty lame start to this UFC card. Dalby with a decent comeback, WMMA prelim fight was a WMMA prelim fight, and Herbert/Nelson was a bit of a grinder.

But - big one up next. Muhammad Mokaev is a great prospect and Charles Johnson is a pretty solid test. Might be some of the future of flyweight here.

 

[MMC]

Why is moss growing on the back of this guys head

 

[weems]

Insane that at just 21 years old he's 30-0 going back to 2015 including many amateur fights.

 

[m9]

Insane that at just 21 years old he's 30-0 going back to 2015 including many amateur fights.

Weird to even take that many amateur fights. If this was Brazil or Dagestan he would have been fed 20 tomato cans and at least made some money.

 

[OKR]

Johnson looks timid standing up and nonchalant on the ground, Mokaev clearly has the mental edge as well. Bit of a dissapointment tbh, hoped Mokaev would’ve been bit more of a entertaining fighter.

 

[m9]

Great control by Mokaev but what an awful fight.

I think I said earlier in the thread that this card might end up being a boring one (especially compared to the last London card) but I didn't think it would extend to the prelims. This has been brutal so far.

 

[m9]

Nice win for Pearce - probably could have stopped that one a bit earlier.

Amirkhani came into the UFC with a ton of hype but we might be nearing the end of the road with him. Still has one of the best tapology pictures though - when I first saw it I thought it was some sort of ad.

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[m9]

Wood still gets hit a bit too much for my liking - those Rosa left hooks were cracking him no matter how much the booth/crowd no-sold them. But, he's good enough to stick around the UFC and put on fun fights.

 

[Taytro]

How did this Diakese fight get made? The skill mismatch is outrageous, especially since Diakese was usually a striker.

Great performance but this isn't even remotely close.

 

[I am not exposed]

Bonecrusher. More like borecrusher!

 

[m9]

Another truly awful fight. Diakiese using ground control and Hadzovic with some of the worst grappling/TDD/work off his back that you will see in the UFC.

 

[Taytro]

Another truly awful fight. Diakiese using ground control and Hadzovic with some of the worst grappling/TDD/work off his back that you will see in the UFC.

I was listening to the commentary say that he's had this happen 2 other times. Why is he still in the company? That was one of the worst performances I've seen over 15 minutes. Diakese isn't even a prolific grappler or anything.

 

[m9]

How did this Diakese fight get made? The skill mismatch is outrageous, especially since Diakese was usually a striker.

Great performance but this isn't even remotely close.

The fight in theory should have been fun and setup for a stand-up battle. Diakiese is really fun on the feet and Hadzovic hits hard.

Obviously Diakiese saw something he could exploit with the wrestling.. but man that was tough to watch. What an awful undercard.

This one will be good though - Jones v Klein.

I was listening to the commentary say that he's had this happen 2 other times. Why is he still in the company? That was one of the worst performances I've seen over 15 minutes. Diakese isn't even a prolific grappler or anything.

He's been involved in a few fun fights and a few boring ones. I just think they thought Diakiese would want to stand and trade but obviously he had other plans. But yeah, that should be the end of him in the UFC.

 

[m9]

The final prelim is starting about when the main card is scheduled to start. Shows what kind of long boring undercard it's been.