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[Archaix]

Shit I forgot this card was this weekend. Miss anything good yet?

You missed some good judging fuckery, one scored a fight 29-28 and another scored it 30-26. Gonna be a fun night for decisions.

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

Good shit Yancy. Prob loses this fight, but what fucking heart.

 

[RobertM]

Holy shit this Trinaldo fight was insane.

 

[amodelmerol]

That was unreal

 

[Chesskid1]

what a warrior damn

 

[Platy]

That was an awesome ugly fight

 

[ldcommando]

this is nasty someone stop it.

indeed, medeiros was on his way to dream land but survived somehow.

 

[Neffarias_Bredd]

I can't believe dude was still somewhat standing and fighting at the end of that, insane fight

 

[ldcommando]

rekt

 

[Levito]

Holy shit Santos just blasted Nate.

 

[ldcommando]

yo, maia - brown next? hyped for this one

 

[Levito]

Holy shit how did Goldberg just fuck up Cláudia Gadelha's name so bad?


"KAL-JA-DA-ALLYA"

 

[ldcommando]

Did Brown just punch someone?

 

[brentech]

Did Brown just punch someone?

Probably deserved it

 

[Aryanos]

Brazilian fans showing respect to the fighters again :/

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Replay just showed they grabbed Brown by the hood and yanked, so he hit them. Supposedly he got hit in the back of the head twice before that on the way.

I fucking hate these Brazilian crowds.

They can chant "you're gonna die" and "faggot" and the fighters but if someone flips them off, they retaliate with violence.

 

[iddqd]

Lets do this Maia!

 

[abstract alien]

Brown never stood a chance on this fight

 

[Platy]

Backpack fight is most boring fight

 

[ldcommando]

brown ain´t leaving this

 

[Neffarias_Bredd]

Man did maia take Matt brown down easily there. Also not often you see a figure four lock from back control in mma. At least I don't remember seeing it often

 

[BadAss2961]

Maia just wrapping around him like a snake.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Brown looks exhausted already.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

I know some consider it boring but Maia is a human anaconda and it's fascinating to watch. The shit he did to Gunnar Nelson was something else

 

[BadAss2961]

Never seen a whole fight play out like this. lol

wtf

 

[-MD-]

Never seen a whole fight play out like this. lol

wtf

Lobov vs Hall

 

[Panzon]

Can't imagine how frustrating it is to fight Maia

 

[brentech]

Maia is the king of sucking the excitement out of an usually exciting fighter.

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

As someone that trains jiu jitsu watching Maia fight is pretty exciting for me lol

 

[iddqd]

Big fan of Maia, this is not the fight that makes the UFC give out title shots but holy hell would it be fun if he could fight for the belt with this style. Champ with zero damage taken/given

 

[Chesskid1]

my uncle works for ufc and he told me ufc execs hate maia

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Maia is the king of sucking the excitement out of an usually exciting fighter.

That fact that he's able to dominate him in such a way is exciting in itself to me, but I understand not everyone wants to see this kind of thing.

 

[abstract alien]

Brown never stood a chance in this fight

Make me eat these words Brown...

 

[SolidSnakex]

Dumb move from Brown, he should've just kept tapping away at him instead of trying to get on top since Maia seems gassed at this point.

 

[ldcommando]

pack it up

 

[Neffarias_Bredd]

my uncle works for ufc and he told me ufc execs hate maia

I mean, the entire point of having this fight on the prelim is to get people to buy the ppv and probably the majority of casual fans won't understand how impressive and dominate maia is. They'll just be bored that it's only grappling

 

[strikeselect]

Maia is so good. Brown looks like he's drowning.

 

[Platy]

my uncle works for ufc and he told me ufc execs hate maia

Pure skill and zero show ... Easy to understand

 

[BadAss2961]

Switching to Phil Davis vs King Mo.

 

[Aryanos]

Rory beat Maia pretty easily so I don't think he deserves a title shot after this. Needs to fight another person.

 

[strikeselect]

So.FREAKIN.GOOD

 

[Neffarias_Bredd]

Maia is so good. Brown looks like he's drowning.

That body lock makes it really hard to breathe, not to mention the fact that he's constantly trying to survive. I feel like even people with the best cardio would drown against maia

And there it is!

 

[ldcommando]

the sub at the end just to add insult to injury

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

My jiu jitsu instructor is a black belt and used to wrestle div 1 in college and said that when he rolled against Maia, nothing he did worked on him, he was crazy

edit: JIU JITSU'D

 

[BadAss2961]

Caught Brown slippin'.

 

[BrandonPckrfn]

Maia is incredible.

 

[brentech]

I mean, the entire point of having this fight on the prelim is to get people to buy the ppv and probably the majority of casual fans won't understand how impressive and dominate maia is. They'll just be bored that it's only grappling

I'm not saying it's not impressive. He's probably the most effective grappler at just staying all over a guy, but I think there are definitely more exciting grapplers like Brian Ortega. His transitions and willingness to strike from bottom or anywhere is a more exciting style of grappling to me.

 

[Kitschkraft]

Not very entertaining to me (I'm just a casual) but I can respect how easy he made it look.

 

[Levito]

That fight was fucking great, give Maia a title shot already.

 

[iddqd]

Switching to Phil Davis vs King Mo.

Thanks for reminding me!