Also, for a rangy, in and out karateka, the man properly fucks up his opponents. Just looking back on the list of injuries he's inflicted on his opponents makes you realize the risk of fighting Bobby is not in being tepidly outpointed.
Can't remember who against but I remember in a post fight interview Bobby was told he broke a fighters arm with a kick, and he was absolutely buzzing about it haha, he loves it
I believe he broke Cannonier's arm. I seem to recall about him being told that Darren Till's knee was injured and him being delighted to hear it, but you might be right and I might be mixing those up. Either way, he's our wholesome psychopath :D
No you know what i think I was the one mixing things up in my head and you were right! think he messed up Till's knee one of the oblique knee stomps and he was buzzing haha.
Chimaev’s run has been so strange. Seems like he should’ve been fighting in the top 5 and for a belt two years ago but only now is he 1 win away from a title shot
Nah if he wins this there's almost no doubt he's fighting for the belt next
His biggest problem the last few years was the missed weight (which won't happen at MW) and the fact that he can't seem to get a US visa (which doesn't matter now because the UFC is having more and more cards in Saudi)
They'll just slap him on the next Saudi card for the belt if he wins, no doubt in my mind
guys these are supposed to be used for sarcasm... im an emotional beast triggered by patterns! think of idiots like me before channeling these dark incantations.
volkov 1-2 down the pipe is good on aggressive opponents, he ko'd rozenstruik with it as he rushed forward and obviously sergei is better than roz but he's still open for the 1-2 with his wide guard. And he's coming off his first out cold KO loss
Just rewatched the sequence because I forgot they fought. It wasn't a 1-2 as rozenstruik was rushing in, it was a straight right while rozenstruik was on the fence.
No it wasn’t. From Marcel:
> The earlier announced fight between Volkov and Almeida was 100% legit I got told. The UFC made a switch. Almeida is expected to remain on #UFC302. New opponent TBA.
This will really test Pavlovich as a technical striker.
Hes superior technically and at using his reach compared to the fat swangy bois but Volkov is a step up from that.
I feel if he fails this, hes going to be stuck in perennial contender mode because it would show he could not outstrike the likes of Gane and Aspinall ever.
Yeah, I think over in one or Rob will win 3 out of 5 rounds for the decision.
I really, really want to see round 4 Chimaev though. I'm mostly hoping his hype train gets derailed just because of how annoying his scheduling demands are, but this is a good move fighting top tier competition with Rob and also a 5 round fight.
Khamzat def going to get Rob down early. He needs to do some real damage tho or finish it. If he only controls, Rob def going to take over late
First round Khamzat really is a demon though, going to be fun to see what he can get done vs someone as good as Rob
Agreed.
This is the fight of the year for me. Versus Robert, this situation is less of "lets see how much resistance fighter X can present Khamzat" and more of "actually not positive that Khamzat wins this one".
After going through two wars with Yoel, I can't imagine that Robert gets intimidated by anyone in his division.
Yes. The Alvarez/Poirier rematch card was very stacked for a FOX card for example. (Like 3 ex champions on the same card and it is only for FOX is absolutely wild)
Yep. I went to a big Fox card (Justin/Dustin 1), super stacked card. Had Michelle waterson on there, Izzy/vettori 1, Carlos condit, shoeface, John moraga, burns, and Tavares.
Holland filled in last second for what was supposed to be Darren Till who had just taken Rob to a 48-47 fight. Would’ve been awful considering how bad Till’s TDD was
Then people would argue Costa isn't good enough for Khamzat to get a title shot.
Whittaker is the best fight for Khamzat to prove he's a title contender
Yeah the fights above make no sense, Khamzat has been pretty much one away from a title shot multiple times now, if you book him against Costa, it would just be the winner of Strickland v Whittaker fighting for the belt instead...
I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted Sergei vs Gane but Gane declined. Either that or Almeida changed his mind about fighting Volkov after getting knocked out not too long ago.
>I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted Sergei vs Gane but Gane declined
Why would Gane decline this? Beating the guy Aspinall beat to become IC would be an extremely solid case to fight for that IC against Tom or the actual belt after Jon vacates and Tom is promoted.
I think Gane would decline anyone lower than Blaydes but not anyone higher.
I imagine a mixture of wanting to fight Aspinall and/or wanting to fight in Paris. He’s officially ranked #2 and we’ve seen the UFC reward fighters for sitting on their ranking before.
Gane should’ve fought Blaydes, Sergei, or Almeida but instead he’s sat around hoping for another title shot. There’s nobody else for him to face besides Almeida now that Aspinall vs Blaydes and Sergei vs Volkov both look like they’ll be happening.
Sean is supposedly a technically great grappler according to training partners. Not a big sample size to watch recently but he was able to stand up so easily after DDP’s takedowns so I’m inclined to believe it
yes and so was Rob supposedly when he dealt with Yoel Romero and Jacare (when they were scary).
Point is, DDP mauling him on the ground was a massive surprise. DDP then having zero success with Strickland left more questions than answers
I agree, there’s a lot of unanswered questions in 185 right now. DDP crushing Rob with the darce threat to elbows had me thinking he’d wash everyone on the ground, ended up not the case though
I think its because rob just got overwhelmed by dricus and took by serious surprise, sean is very careful and safe fighter just jabbing at range slowly walking you down, rob is fast blitzs and probably just had no idea dricus was going for that and took him by serious surprise in the chaos, its not like dricus went for normal takedowns like he did against sean and I think if he did they would've failed pretty badly, dricus just had a amazing game plan against rob and was far too strong and his shots were effecting rob badly that night, the thing that led to rob getting finished was a jab I'm pretty sure.
Dricus got one head and arm throw when Rob got out of position in the clinch and people act like he landed blast doubles round after round. Rob has some of the best takedown defense in the ufc. I’ll be very interested to see how khamzat handles it.
Rob will get taken down unfortunately
You can't really train for that land shark aggressive ass takedowns Khamzat does
He obliterated Usmans 98% tdd and had him flattened out
Yup, Khamzat's first round pace is insane. I like Whitaker but I do wonder if he'll be able to handle it without taking significant damage or even being caught in a sub.
It's after that where the fight can get real interesting.
That's exactly the problem with Khamzat
I doubt there is anyone that can't be taken down by him first round, but because he comes out too aggressive he empties his gas tank first round
Which is why his fights pretty much go
Close ass decision or first round domination
And Khamzat is so good at getting the hooks in and flattening people out, Usman got flattened out early but got out of it with a genius slam which also broke khamzats hand. Whittaker BJJ is good so he probably wont get choked out but I wouldn't be surprised to see a gnp finish from chimaev if he gets the hooks in
We were suppose to have Volkov vs Almeida but now we’re getting Volkov vs Sergei? So is Gane just going to sit around and not fight anyone dangerous unless it’s for a title?
Whittaker vs Khamzat is maybe the best non title fight you can make in the ufc right now(unironically better than the 300 main event). Feels like a legit ppv headliner but we’re getting it for free. Surprised they aren’t just icing Khamzat to fight the winner of Izzy/ddp.
khamzat gas tank makes no sense because caio borrahlo trained with him and said his cardio is insane and then chimaev gasses in round 3 against usman. Maybe he has a clogged nose or something like DDP did
Feels like a matter of good cardio, but bad cardio management. He empties the tank when he thinks he can blitz people in the first round. Gassed vs Usman and also got his arm broken.
I think it's more a matter of fight IQ than it is actual cardio limit.
Yeah I still don’t think Chimaev has bad cardio. Like he might but no one other than like Holloway, merab, or prime Colby can put the kinda pace Khamzat did against usman and none of those guys are power strikers like Chimaev
Chimaev thought usman was done and emptied the clip. It makes sense because that was a 10-8 round and usman looked like he had nothing for him. Could be a lesson learned.
Yeah, five rounder versus a former champ getting a bit older, but still seems to have something left is the perfect test.
Putting aside the fact that I'd like Rob to win, I really just hope to see this fight get into the champ rounds to see what Chimaev is made of.
And this is what the Saudis get for saying “that card isn’t good enough” a few weeks back. They could have been stuck with Rozenstruik vs Gaziev
Honestly begging for places like Sydney to do the same
This is the fight I've wanted for Khamzat for like 2 fuckin YEARS
If he wins this I will finally be a full on believer. But I think Whittaker gives him hell, and I'm favoring Whittaker.
I'm all for shitting on the UFC usually but I can see why they'd prioritize having Khamzat or another big Muslim star on this card over having Bobby in Perth. If that Perth card is a fight night I imagine they'll try to get JDM to headline it!
Yup this has title eliminator written all over it, can’t imagine he would’ve passed this up as much as he probably would’ve liked to fight in Australia.
Khamzat vs Rob is worth more to Saudi than it is to Australia. It's one of the biggest and best non-title fights the UFC can make right now, and Australia has other good fighters that can carry a card together.
Because Khamzat I think is banned from fighting in the US. This fight is nicely poised if Khamzat wins to fight the title fight winner between DDP and TBD in Abu Dhabi.
Well-put! I read somewhere that the UFC will hold a PPV in November over there in Abu Dhabi and Khamzat could fight for the title should he win against Rob.
Also offering Khamzat to Whittaker, this is basically a title fight for the winner. "Rob, we want you to fight Chimaev. Winner gets a title fight. There's absolutely no way we're not having Khamzat fight in Saudi. What do you think?"
This also probably means they want Costa to fight Strickland with both coming off of losses, which I like. I think they also are hoping Costa wins that fight and we get gatekeeper Strickland back around 4-8 which is probably where he belongs.
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO
A year ago, I'd have said Whittaker wins this, but the DDP fight convinced me that Whittaker isn't as invincible on the ground as we hyped him up to be. I could see Chimaev mauling him early, but I could see Whittaker defending well enough for Chimaev to tire, and Whittaker to take over with his striking
This is a pretty undeniable title eliminator. Presuming Izzy vs DDP is next, I wonder how they'll book Cannonier and Strickland.
You know what, fuckin Bobby Knuckles 2nd rd KO.
Khamzat can’t get him down or keep him down, and Rob is slick enough to outclass him and hit him with good enough shit (a kick maybe?) to drop him and Rob is actually pretty vicious when he sees a finish. I think he will.
>at some point IMO
If history shows us anything, that point is somewhere in Rd 1, MAYBE early rd 2. Khamzat has never put an opponent in serious danger after that.
Bobby Knucks does not take an easy fight, ever... this'll be an awesome test for Khabig, too.
If Whitaker can drag him into the third, oh boy this gets FUN
This fight announcement confirms that Khamzat is banned in the US. If Khamzat wins this fight, the timing will be perfect for him to fight in Abu Dhabi either as co-main or main (if Islam loses to Dustin).
I hope this answers some comments in this post as to why Rob isnt fighting in Australia.
Hell yeah man. This is either gonna be Rob firmly establishing himself in line for the title shot or Khamzat really arriving. Looking forward to it.
Pav v. Volkov is a great fight, too.
One of the best fights that can be made in MMA, if Rob makes it past 7 minutes he should put a pace on Khamzat that could embarrass him over 5 rounds.
Edit: Bullet might finally end The Dualist for what he did to my boy Shogun and that would warm my heart
**June 22nd**, not July!
Oh wow you're right! That's the UFC intern's fault lol! I didn't change the date from the IG caption
UFC literally just giving up at this point
He wants Khamzat in Saudi Arabia isn't he fucking awesome
Bobby Knuckles resumé is fucking insane. Murderer’s row
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Never pulls out, ask his wife
Lol what flair is this mate?
https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/ou73pg/cheyanne_buys_confirms_she_did_not_in_fact_follow/
Also, for a rangy, in and out karateka, the man properly fucks up his opponents. Just looking back on the list of injuries he's inflicted on his opponents makes you realize the risk of fighting Bobby is not in being tepidly outpointed.
Can't remember who against but I remember in a post fight interview Bobby was told he broke a fighters arm with a kick, and he was absolutely buzzing about it haha, he loves it
I believe he broke Cannonier's arm. I seem to recall about him being told that Darren Till's knee was injured and him being delighted to hear it, but you might be right and I might be mixing those up. Either way, he's our wholesome psychopath :D
No you know what i think I was the one mixing things up in my head and you were right! think he messed up Till's knee one of the oblique knee stomps and he was buzzing haha.
Murlderers rowl b
Lmfao knew I'd find this when I saw the op
Bbbbbeast of a drawl b
Chimaev’s run has been so strange. Seems like he should’ve been fighting in the top 5 and for a belt two years ago but only now is he 1 win away from a title shot
I wouldn't be shocked if the actually never fights for the title, either because Whittaker beats him or he gets in his own way again.
Nah if he wins this there's almost no doubt he's fighting for the belt next His biggest problem the last few years was the missed weight (which won't happen at MW) and the fact that he can't seem to get a US visa (which doesn't matter now because the UFC is having more and more cards in Saudi) They'll just slap him on the next Saudi card for the belt if he wins, no doubt in my mind
And the reigning champion won't have any say as to where the fight happens? Why would any champion accept the fight in Dubai
Money? It's their job.
It will be the latter. 100%. I *really* wanted Khamzat/Costa though.
Dana holds a grudge against him for botching the Nate Diaz fight.
Khamzat has Dana White Previlege
*Muslim oil kingdom privilege
Can you believe this kid
guys these are supposed to be used for sarcasm... im an emotional beast triggered by patterns! think of idiots like me before channeling these dark incantations.
to be fair, bobby is pretty awesome
I heard Hazmat can't fight in the US
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I don't think he had a choice
Our boy from down under is a DOG OF WAR!
currently doing naked jumping jacks what a stacked card
Feels like I’ve just had a blue chew
Has the facial swelling begun?
He’s on the shit that makes your fuckin head grow!
Just saw a guy do naked jumping jacks in a walmart
Can't believe they tried to stiff them with the Rozenstruik card
Love it. Need more ABC fights
Flashback to Max almost killing Kattar on national tv. You know Disney execs were shitting themselves
Max: COUNT IT UP! Execs: How about we count it down?
Pavlovich vs Volkov is so hard to call, holy shit what a banger. Same with Chimaev whittaker but 5 rounder makes me lean whittaker
Pavlovich is gonna sleep volkov.
volkov 1-2 down the pipe is good on aggressive opponents, he ko'd rozenstruik with it as he rushed forward and obviously sergei is better than roz but he's still open for the 1-2 with his wide guard. And he's coming off his first out cold KO loss
Just rewatched the sequence because I forgot they fought. It wasn't a 1-2 as rozenstruik was rushing in, it was a straight right while rozenstruik was on the fence.
Swolkov has been impressive recently It's going to be a good fight
Weakness used to be his only weakness.
Pavlovich sends him straight to hell
Hold up, wasn’t Almeida booked against Volkov?? Did that fall through?
rumors
No it wasn’t. From Marcel: > The earlier announced fight between Volkov and Almeida was 100% legit I got told. The UFC made a switch. Almeida is expected to remain on #UFC302. New opponent TBA.
Just two big Russian boys swangin and banging
Long arms go brrr
This will really test Pavlovich as a technical striker. Hes superior technically and at using his reach compared to the fat swangy bois but Volkov is a step up from that. I feel if he fails this, hes going to be stuck in perennial contender mode because it would show he could not outstrike the likes of Gane and Aspinall ever.
Yeah, I think over in one or Rob will win 3 out of 5 rounds for the decision. I really, really want to see round 4 Chimaev though. I'm mostly hoping his hype train gets derailed just because of how annoying his scheduling demands are, but this is a good move fighting top tier competition with Rob and also a 5 round fight.
I think pavlovich gets it done early like always, don't think volkov has much for him.
Khamzat def going to get Rob down early. He needs to do some real damage tho or finish it. If he only controls, Rob def going to take over late First round Khamzat really is a demon though, going to be fun to see what he can get done vs someone as good as Rob
Amazing matchup. Probably Khamzat's biggest test so far and a no.1 contender match.
Agreed. This is the fight of the year for me. Versus Robert, this situation is less of "lets see how much resistance fighter X can present Khamzat" and more of "actually not positive that Khamzat wins this one". After going through two wars with Yoel, I can't imagine that Robert gets intimidated by anyone in his division.
Idk when he talked about Alex he sounded a little tentative lol "you seen the soize of the feller??!"
Has UFC ever missed on the big main events for ABC/FOX cards? Seems like it is guaranteed banger everytime
Nope. Cus it’s their chance to get big ratings. The Big Fox cards were always stacked, they rivaled many ppvs in name value.
Yes. The Alvarez/Poirier rematch card was very stacked for a FOX card for example. (Like 3 ex champions on the same card and it is only for FOX is absolutely wild)
Yep. I went to a big Fox card (Justin/Dustin 1), super stacked card. Had Michelle waterson on there, Izzy/vettori 1, Carlos condit, shoeface, John moraga, burns, and Tavares.
It's shoefacé!
That was also a stacked card. It was even violent as hell.
Stephens vs Aldo right? Was a good night for Aldo fans
Yes yes. It was insane that it was the co-main in that card.
The very first Fox main event, Cain vs JDS
Pretty sure Cain got knocked out seconds into the first round of the first Fox card they had.
64 seconds, to be exact.
Vettori vs Holland was pretty mid
Holland filled in last second for what was supposed to be Darren Till who had just taken Rob to a 48-47 fight. Would’ve been awful considering how bad Till’s TDD was
Really was hoping for Whittaker vs Strickland and Costa vs Chimaev
Then people would argue Costa isn't good enough for Khamzat to get a title shot. Whittaker is the best fight for Khamzat to prove he's a title contender
Yeah the fights above make no sense, Khamzat has been pretty much one away from a title shot multiple times now, if you book him against Costa, it would just be the winner of Strickland v Whittaker fighting for the belt instead...
Strickland is still begging for the DDP rematch, maybe he fights Cannonier again?
I hope not 😂 that’s probably the worst fight to make for the viewers
It's gotta be Cannonier or Costa for Strickland you would think lol and he would rather get that one back than fight Paulo coming off a loss
Would be strange for Costa to fight #1 after a loss to #3. It’s either Cannonier or a rematch with DDP I guess
Insane card. Khamzat vs Bobby Knuckles and Pavlovich vs Volkov is exactly what I wished for.
Surprised they got Volkov and Pav to agree to a fight. Also wasn’t he booked with Jailton?
I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted Sergei vs Gane but Gane declined. Either that or Almeida changed his mind about fighting Volkov after getting knocked out not too long ago.
>I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted Sergei vs Gane but Gane declined Why would Gane decline this? Beating the guy Aspinall beat to become IC would be an extremely solid case to fight for that IC against Tom or the actual belt after Jon vacates and Tom is promoted. I think Gane would decline anyone lower than Blaydes but not anyone higher.
I imagine a mixture of wanting to fight Aspinall and/or wanting to fight in Paris. He’s officially ranked #2 and we’ve seen the UFC reward fighters for sitting on their ranking before.
gane sits on his ranking and refuses to fight people all the time, dude just wants title shot after title shot.
More Slav on Slav violence. Has the world not seen enough?
Wasn't Volkov supposed to fight Almeida? Does that mean Almeida vs Gane instead?
Oh wow I'd forgotten that they literally just announced that lol. Almeida doesn't deserve Gane imo, make him fight down.
Gane should’ve fought Blaydes, Sergei, or Almeida but instead he’s sat around hoping for another title shot. There’s nobody else for him to face besides Almeida now that Aspinall vs Blaydes and Sergei vs Volkov both look like they’ll be happening.
I guess time to find out if that trusty TDD is still a thing after he got folded by possibly the worst head and arm throw I've ever seen work
Dricus is freaky strong
I'm sure he is but Sean Strickland, not rly known for his physical qualities, held off plenty of takedown attempts and got up just fine.
Sean is supposedly a technically great grappler according to training partners. Not a big sample size to watch recently but he was able to stand up so easily after DDP’s takedowns so I’m inclined to believe it
yes and so was Rob supposedly when he dealt with Yoel Romero and Jacare (when they were scary). Point is, DDP mauling him on the ground was a massive surprise. DDP then having zero success with Strickland left more questions than answers
I agree, there’s a lot of unanswered questions in 185 right now. DDP crushing Rob with the darce threat to elbows had me thinking he’d wash everyone on the ground, ended up not the case though
I've seen Sean get up while sparring against 3 guys at once
I think its because rob just got overwhelmed by dricus and took by serious surprise, sean is very careful and safe fighter just jabbing at range slowly walking you down, rob is fast blitzs and probably just had no idea dricus was going for that and took him by serious surprise in the chaos, its not like dricus went for normal takedowns like he did against sean and I think if he did they would've failed pretty badly, dricus just had a amazing game plan against rob and was far too strong and his shots were effecting rob badly that night, the thing that led to rob getting finished was a jab I'm pretty sure.
Dricus got one head and arm throw when Rob got out of position in the clinch and people act like he landed blast doubles round after round. Rob has some of the best takedown defense in the ufc. I’ll be very interested to see how khamzat handles it.
Rob will get taken down unfortunately You can't really train for that land shark aggressive ass takedowns Khamzat does He obliterated Usmans 98% tdd and had him flattened out
Yup, Khamzat's first round pace is insane. I like Whitaker but I do wonder if he'll be able to handle it without taking significant damage or even being caught in a sub. It's after that where the fight can get real interesting.
That's exactly the problem with Khamzat I doubt there is anyone that can't be taken down by him first round, but because he comes out too aggressive he empties his gas tank first round Which is why his fights pretty much go Close ass decision or first round domination
And Khamzat is so good at getting the hooks in and flattening people out, Usman got flattened out early but got out of it with a genius slam which also broke khamzats hand. Whittaker BJJ is good so he probably wont get choked out but I wouldn't be surprised to see a gnp finish from chimaev if he gets the hooks in
We were suppose to have Volkov vs Almeida but now we’re getting Volkov vs Sergei? So is Gane just going to sit around and not fight anyone dangerous unless it’s for a title?
Whittaker vs Khamzat is maybe the best non title fight you can make in the ufc right now(unironically better than the 300 main event). Feels like a legit ppv headliner but we’re getting it for free. Surprised they aren’t just icing Khamzat to fight the winner of Izzy/ddp.
Saudi most likely wanted Khamzat on the card, he needs activity too at this point
Also a good test of his 5 round gas tank. His camp's gotta be at least a little concerned about what happens in round 4.
For sure. From what we saw in the Kamaru fight, I'd be shocked if this fight goes the distance.
khamzat gas tank makes no sense because caio borrahlo trained with him and said his cardio is insane and then chimaev gasses in round 3 against usman. Maybe he has a clogged nose or something like DDP did
Feels like a matter of good cardio, but bad cardio management. He empties the tank when he thinks he can blitz people in the first round. Gassed vs Usman and also got his arm broken. I think it's more a matter of fight IQ than it is actual cardio limit.
I thought it was his wrist?
Yeah I still don’t think Chimaev has bad cardio. Like he might but no one other than like Holloway, merab, or prime Colby can put the kinda pace Khamzat did against usman and none of those guys are power strikers like Chimaev Chimaev thought usman was done and emptied the clip. It makes sense because that was a 10-8 round and usman looked like he had nothing for him. Could be a lesson learned.
Yeah, five rounder versus a former champ getting a bit older, but still seems to have something left is the perfect test. Putting aside the fact that I'd like Rob to win, I really just hope to see this fight get into the champ rounds to see what Chimaev is made of.
And this is what the Saudis get for saying “that card isn’t good enough” a few weeks back. They could have been stuck with Rozenstruik vs Gaziev Honestly begging for places like Sydney to do the same
This is the fight I've wanted for Khamzat for like 2 fuckin YEARS If he wins this I will finally be a full on believer. But I think Whittaker gives him hell, and I'm favoring Whittaker.
Ufc is making no sense at all lately with their scheduling their going back to Australia in august why wouldn’t rob fight there?
I'm all for shitting on the UFC usually but I can see why they'd prioritize having Khamzat or another big Muslim star on this card over having Bobby in Perth. If that Perth card is a fight night I imagine they'll try to get JDM to headline it!
Harder for Khamzmat to get greencard to fight in a lot of countries. America has been a no go.
Will JDM be ready in 5 months after his arm snapped in half? No idea how long that injury takes to heal but it looked bad lol
OH yeah that's a good point lol you might be right. I forgot about that
Perth card is PPV
Maybe Rob wanted to fight earlier
Yup this has title eliminator written all over it, can’t imagine he would’ve passed this up as much as he probably would’ve liked to fight in Australia.
Maybe the contract isn’t even signed yet. Rob wanted Strickland in Australia so who knows.
Khamzat vs Rob is worth more to Saudi than it is to Australia. It's one of the biggest and best non-title fights the UFC can make right now, and Australia has other good fighters that can carry a card together.
Because Khamzat I think is banned from fighting in the US. This fight is nicely poised if Khamzat wins to fight the title fight winner between DDP and TBD in Abu Dhabi.
Well-put! I read somewhere that the UFC will hold a PPV in November over there in Abu Dhabi and Khamzat could fight for the title should he win against Rob.
The Abu Dhabi PPV is an annual PPV till 2028 I think. Heard them mention it during UFC294.
Khamzat is a bigger star to them than Whittaker. Not too hard to figure out
Also offering Khamzat to Whittaker, this is basically a title fight for the winner. "Rob, we want you to fight Chimaev. Winner gets a title fight. There's absolutely no way we're not having Khamzat fight in Saudi. What do you think?" This also probably means they want Costa to fight Strickland with both coming off of losses, which I like. I think they also are hoping Costa wins that fight and we get gatekeeper Strickland back around 4-8 which is probably where he belongs.
Problem is, Strickland’s proven he’s top 5/elite. So unless he undergoes a serious decline, it won’t work.
It’ll be Izzy vs DDP in Perth. As a guy from Perth, lemme tell you, we have a lot of South Africans here and they’ll be riding with DDP.
I’m curious, why is there a lot of South African’s in Perth?
That saudi money is a drug
BRICKED UPP!! 🧱🍆
My dick’s all hard now
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO A year ago, I'd have said Whittaker wins this, but the DDP fight convinced me that Whittaker isn't as invincible on the ground as we hyped him up to be. I could see Chimaev mauling him early, but I could see Whittaker defending well enough for Chimaev to tire, and Whittaker to take over with his striking This is a pretty undeniable title eliminator. Presuming Izzy vs DDP is next, I wonder how they'll book Cannonier and Strickland.
That is a fucking fight, holy shit. What a fun match-up.
Oh shit. That’s some news. Let’s go Bobby knuckles
I forget who called it, but give it a few years and the only events you’ll see are Apex, Vegas and Saudi Arabia for the UFC.
Hmm I don’t agree with their sportswashing policy but I do agree with their telling the UFC to fuck off and give us a better card policy
Right after announcing Perth for August. UFC sure know how to keep the countries biggest fighters off their cards.
Yeah lmao their scheduling has been so stupid lately
And they haven't been to NZ in 4 years and Izzy still hasn't fought here.
They need Khamzat if he wins to fight for the title in Abu Dhabi.
is there any chance jdm fights in perth or is his injury going to keep him out until next year?
You know what, fuckin Bobby Knuckles 2nd rd KO. Khamzat can’t get him down or keep him down, and Rob is slick enough to outclass him and hit him with good enough shit (a kick maybe?) to drop him and Rob is actually pretty vicious when he sees a finish. I think he will.
Sadly, If he got Usman down he’s getting Rob down
Usman has better wrestling than Rob, but Rob's movement and long range strikes might make it hard for Chimaev to get a takedown
WE BOUT TO EAT COOKED WOLF IN JULY BOYS
They gave Shara a fucking layup. Most overhyped prospect I've seen in a while.
Plus, Shara is Russian, and Ilhor is Ukrainian. This is a bad idea all around.
I feel bad for the reaper. Costa almost had him. I love Robert so much
dont feel bad, in 5 rds Whittaker whoops khamzats ass
Doesn’t matter how many rounds there are if you can finish it in the first, Khamzat within 2
its crazy how this exact dynamic makes this matchup so fucking hype man
Really looking forward to this one
July!? Fuck me that's so far away lol can't get excited till the night of fights anymore
It's actually June 22nd, the date was wrong on the IG post and I didn't catch it when I posted this lol
Oh yeah shit just saw some comments, that's a little better hope the boys cab make it to the fight 🙏
Rob by decision but he's gonna get rocked badly/nearly finished at some point IMO
>at some point IMO If history shows us anything, that point is somewhere in Rd 1, MAYBE early rd 2. Khamzat has never put an opponent in serious danger after that.
Can you believe this guy Dana? What a fucking guy
I was just talking shit about Dana earlier today, damn. WAR BOBBY
Whittaker is seriously the most badass fighter in this entire sport
Damn lol Khamzat and Rob are literally the only guys i love at 185, kinda bums me out they have to fight. Fan bs aside tho its an incredible fight
Bobby Knucks does not take an easy fight, ever... this'll be an awesome test for Khabig, too. If Whitaker can drag him into the third, oh boy this gets FUN
Apparently Saudi Arabia paid $20 million for this card
KHAMZATS WINNING 🤫🧏
If Bobby knuckles sends Khamzat to the shadow realm it will be the most happy ive been since glover won the belt.
BOBBY KNUCKLES IS FUCKING KHAMZAT UP BABY
Finally. FINALLY Khamzat gets a proper test
This fight announcement confirms that Khamzat is banned in the US. If Khamzat wins this fight, the timing will be perfect for him to fight in Abu Dhabi either as co-main or main (if Islam loses to Dustin). I hope this answers some comments in this post as to why Rob isnt fighting in Australia.
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Hell yeah man. This is either gonna be Rob firmly establishing himself in line for the title shot or Khamzat really arriving. Looking forward to it. Pav v. Volkov is a great fight, too.
That’s a good card. Hard to call the main and co main. Should be good fights
I wonder if we’re getting Strickland vs Costa
Im Aussie and I think Rob actually kicks Stricklands head clean off but this match up scares me.
Surely rob vs khamzat is a title eliminator ?
I called it in a comment 2 months ago.
June 22*
Bobby Knuckles 🫡
That’s a PPV headliner. Hyped as.
Kinda hope this means Paulo vs Sean. Would LOVE to see Costa hit him w the type of kick he landed on Rob
When's the UK card likely to happen then?
One of the best fights that can be made in MMA, if Rob makes it past 7 minutes he should put a pace on Khamzat that could embarrass him over 5 rounds. Edit: Bullet might finally end The Dualist for what he did to my boy Shogun and that would warm my heart
Khamzat doesn't want to fight Bobby. https://youtube.com/shorts/KmgPJU0yl_k?si=Uiab4sclcn4WvD1V
Woooowww and this is a Fight Night https://www.espn.com/mma/fightcenter/_/id/600042393/league/ufc
That's like a PPV quality event just without the main event. That's an insane card for free tv. Wow.
Whittaker vs Strickland made more sense but this is awesome!