re: UFC 226: Cormier vs Miocic... Stacked card

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yeah.. just one of the best mma slams ever



cant leave out him ragdolling hendo

Whoa, when did Perry step in to fight Felder?

I love that fight along with most this card. A lot of great matchups where anything could happen

TUF 27 Finale Show is on Friday.

From MMA JUNKIE:
"The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale takes place Friday at Pearl Theater at The Palms in Las Vegas. The event airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass. UFC 226 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

FOX Sports officials on Monday told MMAjunkie that Brendan Fitzgerald and analyst Jimmy Smith will call the action on FS1 cageside at the TUF 27 Finale. On Saturday at UFC 226, play-by-play voice Jon Anik will be joined by Joe Rogan and former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. Megan Olivi will be backstage at both events to interview fighters on site."

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love that fight along with most this card. A lot of great matchups where anything could happen

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Felder should whip him easily. Perry is a slow predictable plodder.

I think Lewis gets Francis to the ground and submits him or gets the TKO via ground n pound.

2nd round. Francis will gas like last time.

My gut tells me that Dana will ask DC what he wants to do - win or lose. If DC wins, I suspect he'll say bring on Lesnar because of the cash, and that may be his last fight. If he loses, I suspect he'll say he wants Jones again at LHW, unless it appears Jones won't be back anytime soon.

I personally think the fight to make is Jones v Lesnar. I'm willing to bet that Dana can find a loophole somewhere to get Brock in without a long window of USADA testing, and may be able to get Jones cleared to fight as well. It would be a non-title fight, so maybe the UFC goes to a friendly venue with a kind athletic commission. It will be a massive PPV item.

That would allow DC to defend a lesser opponent at LHW if he wins this weekend, and then he can abandon that divsion, letting Dana set a championship match between Gus and someone else - who would then likely meet Jones after his fight with Lesnar. Then DC could either retire or go straight up to defend the HW belt against someone like Blaydes, and relinquish that belt and retire.

I believe Stipe wins this weekend. And I think he gets Lewis if he also wins. That keeps Jones v Lesnar alive and allows the next challenge for Stipe to be somone like Lewis or Blaydes - someone that's really earned it. The UFC can't have Brock coming back fighting for a title, in my opinion.

I'm really hoping Dana has Jones and Lesnar in the cage after the Stipe / DC fight. That would be pretty good drama.

I think Lesnar had to enter the usada pool by June 30 if he wanted to compete by the end of this year

I’m not sure if he did or didn’t

However it seems he isn’t going to be wrasslin at summerslam despite a new contract with wwe

Rumor going around that Ferguson v Khabib in October, but Khabib's manager says it's BS.