Another note in Dillashaw's EPO case, USADA went back and re-analyzed a test submitted on Dec. 28, and that also come back positive for EPO. The reason it went undetected initially, is that a special test is required to reveal EPO, and that test is not run on every single sample.
Nah man, No way Garbrandt isn't taking that fight Jan 2021. Cody going to Cody.Dillashaw given 2 year suspension. Effectively ending his UFC career.
You know Scott Coker is already creaming his stretchy jeans thinking about a Garbrandt vs Dillashaw 3 in 2022.Nah man, No way Garbrandt isn't taking that fight Jan 2021. Cody going to Cody.
Cody's last tweet was the first self-aware thing that I've heard from him so maybe the Munhoz loss is what he needed to reset his career.
Turner was a "downed" opponent. He was on his knees.Can someone explain the illegal heel kick from the back? You can upkick to your opponents head but can’t use your heel?
Was he downed within the “new” rules? Didn’t pay much attention to his position thought he was trying to get up.Turner was a "downed" opponent. He was on his knees.
And to think it was because of a head kick. I didn't think Kevin could get his leg up that high.wonderful fight!
Gastelum is going to rewatch that 4th round and wonder why in gods name he tried to take him down when he had him wobbling. He should have stayed upright and kept slinging.
I don't see how this elevates Porier's stock too much. So is the case when you take on a guy coming up a weight class. Max's stock doesn't drop at all imo., and may have even gone up. He showed he has a great chin and confirmed the still puts pressure for 5 rnds.We better see ElCucuy - khabob at some point.
I think the sentiment is that Max's long term health is in jeopardy staying at 145. Dustin is broad for 145, but it wasn't like Max was undersized for the fight. Still scary that there is no explanation for Max "stroking out" and getting pulled from the Khabib fight last year.I don't see how this elevates Porier's stock too much. So is the case when you take on a guy coming up a weight class. Max's stock doesn't drop at all imo., and may have even gone up. He showed he has a great chin and confirmed the still puts pressure for 5 rnds.
Imo, this is exactly why Tony, despite saying on Twitter he wanted the Max fight, should not have taken it. He wouldn't have gained much.
Great problem to have at the top of 155! Khabib, Tony, Dustin the front runners. Gathje and whoever wins Iaquinta/Cerrone are right behind that. Connor & Nate are wildcards that could probably get a money fight with any of these guys at some point.
I didn't even think it was the fight of the night.That Dustin-Max fight is the fight of the year.
Agreed the co-main was damn good, but I’ll take the relentless action, pressure, and blood in the main any day.I didn't even think it was the fight of the night.
I almost thought Olenick was going to end it with an Ezekiel in the beginning of the match, didn't look like it phased Overeem though. Olenick is a one trick pony. It looks like he goes for the choke quite a bit standing up, but then he clearly got winded throwing so much. It looked like Overeem had a solid game plan and stuck to it. He knew the knees would be there. It's like Olenick had no other strategy but to try and smother him with punches and hope to choke him. But the huge punches took more out of him than Overeem.St. Petersburg event wasn't too bad. I'd recommend watching the main event and the Makhachev vs Tsarukyan fight was great with excellent grappling.
Punxsutawney Phil said:
It looked like it could go either way until that front kick to the face. Cowboy was too big and Al couldn't figure out how to close the distance. The kicks made the difference. Good job by Al going the distance, he got his butt woopeed in there tonight and couldn't even stand up at there end. He caught Cowboy with a few good shots but Cowboy looked like a giant in there.Raging Al looking like raging punching bag.
Besides that, the card lived up to the low expectations I had. The ppv sales for this one may be worse than the last one, that they had the ESPN + problems with. Silva & Aldo were the big names, but the guys they went up against weren't well known. The past several ESPN + main events have been better than all the fights on the past 2 PPV (Stylebender / Gastelum was good).Haven't seen a slam KO like that in a while. Rose needed to let go of that arm to keep from getting spiked through the canvas.