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UFC: Izzy v Imavov, Sat Feb 1st (and Bryce Mitchell issue)
Posted on 1/31/25 at 3:49 am
Posted on 1/31/25 at 3:49 am
Looks to be a good card. Early start.
UFC Fight Night 250, ANB Arena | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
ESPN+, Prelims 9am ET, Main Card 12pm ET
msn.com
Broadcast team:
Veteran broadcaster Dan Hellie serves as desk anchor and host at UFC Fight Night 250.
UFC Hall of Famer and former middleweight champion Michael Bisping and retired welterweight Alan Jouban join him as analysts at the desk.
UFC correspondent McKenzie Pavacich will conduct pre and post-fight interviews backstage with some of the athletes on the UFC Fight Night 250 card, as well as report additional real-time updates for the event.
John Gooden will serve as the leading man on the mic from cageside at UFC Fight Night 250.
He'll command play-by-play and be joined in the booth by retired lightweight contender Paul Felder, as well as Laura Sanko, who becomes the first female to do cageside commentary on an MMA event in Saudi Arabia.
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, noon ET)
Israel Adesanya -175 vs. Nassourdine Imavov +145
Shara Magomedov -190 vs. Michael Page +160
Sergei Pavlovich -320 vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik +250
Said Nurmagomedov -185 vs. Vinicius Oliveira +155
Mike Davis -140 vs. Fares Ziam +120
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 9 a.m. ET)
Muhammad Naimov -270 vs. Kaan Ofli +220
Shamil Gaziev -380 vs. Thomas Petersen +275
Damir Hadzovic +275 vs. Terrance McKinney -370
Mayra Bueno Silva +185 vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius -225
Lucas Alexander +100 vs. Bogdan Grad -120
Hamdy Abdelwahab -110 vs. Jamal Pogues -110
Izzy
Record: 24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC
Opponent: Nassourdine Imavov (15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Alex Pereira, Jared Cannonier, Robert Whittaker (twice), Marvin Vettori (twice), Paulo Costa, Yoel Romero, Anderson Silva, Derek Brunson
Misc.: Adesanya will be trying to snap the first skid of his career. After he won the middleweight title back from Alex Pereira, he dropped it to Sean Strickland at UFC 293. After 11 months away, he returned to challenge current champ Dricus du Plessis for the belt and was submitted in the fourth round.
Imavov
Record: 15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC
Opponent: Israel Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Brendan Allen, Jared Cannonier, Roman Dolidze, Joaquin Buckley
Misc.: Imavov has three straight wins and a well-rounded resume that includes six knockouts, four submissions and five decisions in his 15 career wins.
Magomedov
Record: 15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC
Opponent: Michael Page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Armen Petrosyan
Misc.: Shara "Bullet" has three straight post-fight bonus awards. All of his UFC fights have been in either Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia.
Page
Record: 22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC
Opponent: Shara Magomedov (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Kevin Holland, Goiti Yamauchi, Douglas Lima, Paul Daley
Misc.: After more than a decade in Bellator, "MVP" came to the UFC and won his debut against Kevin Holland, but got outworked by Ian Machado Garry at UFC 303 this past June. This is a one-off fight at middleweight, Page said – he still plans on fighting at welterweight in the future.
Weigh-ins complete
Everyone but Lucas (prelim) made weight. Looks like his fight is still on, but he will probably get a fine.
Ancillary news:
This is not to get political or delve into history but this is a big story in MMA right now...
Bryce Mitchell went on a rant (mainly about Hitler) that has caused a lot of controversy. Luke Thomas basically called for cancel culture on him saying he should be cast out of society or something along those lines. Dana White went off on him but it appears there's no disciplinary action from the UFC.
You can imagine the internet is abuzz with people castigating him and others saying 'well, when you look into it...'
I'll link the podcast below. Here are some Mitchell quotes posted by a guy that wrote an opinion piece on this. mma junkie
“Here’s what I say about (Musk) heiling Hitler, heiling the Nazis: I really don’t think that he was, because I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy based upon my own research, not my public education indoctrination,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell continued, “I really do think before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy I’d go fishing with. He fought for his country. He wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out, that were destroying his country and turning them all into gays. They were gaying out the kids. They were queering out the women. They were queering out the dudes. Do you know where the first tranny surgery ever was? Happened to be in Germany before Hitler took over. You know the books that everybody makes fun of Hitler burning? You know what the books was? Queer books! Hitler burned queer books because Hitler didn’t want a bunch of queers destroying his nation. They can’t produce children.
“When he got on meth and he turned on Russia, I believe that’s when he kind of went full nutty. And I don’t think that he was just like the best dude ever. When I say I’d go fishing with him, I’m not saying he was the most trustworthy dude, or I’d love him or whatever. But at some point in Hitler’s life, I don’t think he was that bad of a guy. I really don’t. Now, was Hitler perfect? No, but he was fighting for his people, and he wanted a pure nation.
Bryce's co-host pushed back a little and brought up the Holocaust and...
“That’s what your public education will tell you, Roli, because you believe your public education, because you haven’t done your own research,” Mitchell responded. “When you realize there’s no possible way they could’ve burned and cremated 6 million bodies, you’re gonna realize that the Holocaust ain’t real.”
Dana White chimed in another story on mma junkie
“That’s what everyone wants to hear, about punishment, but it’s free speech,” White said. “I don’t have to love it, you don’t have to love it, you know.”
“Well, that’s the beautiful thing about this business: For all of you that hate Bryce Mitchell, you get to hopefully see him get his arse whooped on global television,” White said. “What do you want me to say about it? You know where I am with free speech. We’re disgusted by it. I think he’s literally one of the dumbest human beings. Let’s not forget this is a guy who took a drill through his nut sack then had to reverse it. That’s the level of stupid that we’re talking about here. …
“He’s stupid. He’s dumb. You can’t fix dumb people. You know what I mean? When you have somebody that’s really, really stupid, and that’s who we’re talking about here, what do you do? How do you talk sense to a dummy? You don’t.”
Bryce podcast (youtube may not be allowing embed, if you go to the video, discussion starts 1:18:00 youtube link)
At the very end, he tempers his remarks a bit, it's about 12 minutes of discussion on this topic.
It's linked to where the talk begins, but just prior he goes off on Elon, saying the rockets are CGI, that Starlink is balloons relaying signals and not satellites. shite made me laugh.
UFC Fight Night 250, ANB Arena | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
ESPN+, Prelims 9am ET, Main Card 12pm ET
msn.com
Broadcast team:
Veteran broadcaster Dan Hellie serves as desk anchor and host at UFC Fight Night 250.
UFC Hall of Famer and former middleweight champion Michael Bisping and retired welterweight Alan Jouban join him as analysts at the desk.
UFC correspondent McKenzie Pavacich will conduct pre and post-fight interviews backstage with some of the athletes on the UFC Fight Night 250 card, as well as report additional real-time updates for the event.
John Gooden will serve as the leading man on the mic from cageside at UFC Fight Night 250.
He'll command play-by-play and be joined in the booth by retired lightweight contender Paul Felder, as well as Laura Sanko, who becomes the first female to do cageside commentary on an MMA event in Saudi Arabia.
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, noon ET)
Israel Adesanya -175 vs. Nassourdine Imavov +145
Shara Magomedov -190 vs. Michael Page +160
Sergei Pavlovich -320 vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik +250
Said Nurmagomedov -185 vs. Vinicius Oliveira +155
Mike Davis -140 vs. Fares Ziam +120
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 9 a.m. ET)
Muhammad Naimov -270 vs. Kaan Ofli +220
Shamil Gaziev -380 vs. Thomas Petersen +275
Damir Hadzovic +275 vs. Terrance McKinney -370
Mayra Bueno Silva +185 vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius -225
Lucas Alexander +100 vs. Bogdan Grad -120
Hamdy Abdelwahab -110 vs. Jamal Pogues -110
Izzy
Record: 24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC
Opponent: Nassourdine Imavov (15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Alex Pereira, Jared Cannonier, Robert Whittaker (twice), Marvin Vettori (twice), Paulo Costa, Yoel Romero, Anderson Silva, Derek Brunson
Misc.: Adesanya will be trying to snap the first skid of his career. After he won the middleweight title back from Alex Pereira, he dropped it to Sean Strickland at UFC 293. After 11 months away, he returned to challenge current champ Dricus du Plessis for the belt and was submitted in the fourth round.
Imavov
Record: 15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC
Opponent: Israel Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Brendan Allen, Jared Cannonier, Roman Dolidze, Joaquin Buckley
Misc.: Imavov has three straight wins and a well-rounded resume that includes six knockouts, four submissions and five decisions in his 15 career wins.
Magomedov
Record: 15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC
Opponent: Michael Page (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Armen Petrosyan
Misc.: Shara "Bullet" has three straight post-fight bonus awards. All of his UFC fights have been in either Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia.
Page
Record: 22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC
Opponent: Shara Magomedov (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Kevin Holland, Goiti Yamauchi, Douglas Lima, Paul Daley
Misc.: After more than a decade in Bellator, "MVP" came to the UFC and won his debut against Kevin Holland, but got outworked by Ian Machado Garry at UFC 303 this past June. This is a one-off fight at middleweight, Page said – he still plans on fighting at welterweight in the future.
Weigh-ins complete
Everyone but Lucas (prelim) made weight. Looks like his fight is still on, but he will probably get a fine.
Ancillary news:
This is not to get political or delve into history but this is a big story in MMA right now...
Bryce Mitchell went on a rant (mainly about Hitler) that has caused a lot of controversy. Luke Thomas basically called for cancel culture on him saying he should be cast out of society or something along those lines. Dana White went off on him but it appears there's no disciplinary action from the UFC.
You can imagine the internet is abuzz with people castigating him and others saying 'well, when you look into it...'
I'll link the podcast below. Here are some Mitchell quotes posted by a guy that wrote an opinion piece on this. mma junkie
“Here’s what I say about (Musk) heiling Hitler, heiling the Nazis: I really don’t think that he was, because I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy based upon my own research, not my public education indoctrination,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell continued, “I really do think before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy I’d go fishing with. He fought for his country. He wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out, that were destroying his country and turning them all into gays. They were gaying out the kids. They were queering out the women. They were queering out the dudes. Do you know where the first tranny surgery ever was? Happened to be in Germany before Hitler took over. You know the books that everybody makes fun of Hitler burning? You know what the books was? Queer books! Hitler burned queer books because Hitler didn’t want a bunch of queers destroying his nation. They can’t produce children.
“When he got on meth and he turned on Russia, I believe that’s when he kind of went full nutty. And I don’t think that he was just like the best dude ever. When I say I’d go fishing with him, I’m not saying he was the most trustworthy dude, or I’d love him or whatever. But at some point in Hitler’s life, I don’t think he was that bad of a guy. I really don’t. Now, was Hitler perfect? No, but he was fighting for his people, and he wanted a pure nation.
Bryce's co-host pushed back a little and brought up the Holocaust and...
“That’s what your public education will tell you, Roli, because you believe your public education, because you haven’t done your own research,” Mitchell responded. “When you realize there’s no possible way they could’ve burned and cremated 6 million bodies, you’re gonna realize that the Holocaust ain’t real.”
Dana White chimed in another story on mma junkie
“That’s what everyone wants to hear, about punishment, but it’s free speech,” White said. “I don’t have to love it, you don’t have to love it, you know.”
“Well, that’s the beautiful thing about this business: For all of you that hate Bryce Mitchell, you get to hopefully see him get his arse whooped on global television,” White said. “What do you want me to say about it? You know where I am with free speech. We’re disgusted by it. I think he’s literally one of the dumbest human beings. Let’s not forget this is a guy who took a drill through his nut sack then had to reverse it. That’s the level of stupid that we’re talking about here. …
“He’s stupid. He’s dumb. You can’t fix dumb people. You know what I mean? When you have somebody that’s really, really stupid, and that’s who we’re talking about here, what do you do? How do you talk sense to a dummy? You don’t.”
Bryce podcast (youtube may not be allowing embed, if you go to the video, discussion starts 1:18:00 youtube link)
At the very end, he tempers his remarks a bit, it's about 12 minutes of discussion on this topic.
It's linked to where the talk begins, but just prior he goes off on Elon, saying the rockets are CGI, that Starlink is balloons relaying signals and not satellites. shite made me laugh.
This post was edited on 1/31/25 at 3:57 am
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Posted on 1/31/25 at 6:44 am to POTUS2024
Good day of fights ahead on Saturday
About Bryce I really don’t give a shite. The dude has said stupid shite before and will say it in the future. He isnt the first and won’t be the last. But it doesn’t surprise me that a scumbag like Luke Thomas would want to start cancel culture back up.
I will say this, Bryce had the balls to call out the government’s bullshite during covid yet Luke Thomas was gargling it nonstop.
About Bryce I really don’t give a shite. The dude has said stupid shite before and will say it in the future. He isnt the first and won’t be the last. But it doesn’t surprise me that a scumbag like Luke Thomas would want to start cancel culture back up.
I will say this, Bryce had the balls to call out the government’s bullshite during covid yet Luke Thomas was gargling it nonstop.
This post was edited on 1/31/25 at 6:50 am
Posted on 1/31/25 at 6:54 am to diat150
Bryce is a moron. The dude is legitimately a stupid person.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 8:50 am to Saint Alfonzo
Looking forward to tomorrow morning. Never been the biggest Izzy fan but will be rooting for him.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 10:18 am to diat150
quote:
Bryce had the balls to call out the government’s bullshite during covid yet Luke Thomas was gargling it nonstop
Saw some comments on youtube pointing to this as well.
quote:
But it doesn’t surprise me that a scumbag like Luke Thomas would want to start cancel culture back up
I like that Luke will talk about some topics like PEDs and he'll give a good effort at depth and detail. Been listening to him for years. But for some reason he leans towards this censorship thing and I don't know why. If people were censored to his liking, he'd have a lot less to talk about.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 10:58 am to POTUS2024
Luke has been brainwashed by living in DC. It’s a shame bc his fight stuff is great, but over the years he’s turned into more of an activist and I can no longer listen.
Morning kombat used to keep me in tears but I haven’t listened in a year or so bc Luke went off the rails.
Morning kombat used to keep me in tears but I haven’t listened in a year or so bc Luke went off the rails.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 12:55 pm to POTUS2024
quote:
Well, that’s the beautiful thing about this business: For all of you that hate Bryce Mitchell, you get to hopefully see him get his arse whooped on global television,” White said. “What do you want me to say about it? You know where I am with free speech
Dana is going feed Bryce to a 145 monster next fight. He's probably legit pissed more than anything because he did him a favor last fight by giving him Kron Gracie after taking that Emmitt fight in 2 days notice.
Dana can't cut him because of what he said because that's what he has been firm on, but he can cut him after a few devastating losses to the likes Emmitt again or maybe Aljo, etc. I'm sure thats what he's planning.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 2:33 pm to POTUS2024
Will be interesting to see what happens with sponsors if Mitchell is on a card.
I gotta think there will be some pushback.
I gotta think there will be some pushback.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 3:08 pm to 632627
quote:
Will be interesting to see what happens with sponsors if Mitchell is on a card.
I gotta think there will be some pushback.
nothing I am sure. who are the ufc main sponsors:
Current UFC Partners:
Monster Energy - Energy Drink
Bud Light - Beer
DraftKings - Betting
Prime - Tech
Harley-Davidson - Auto
Modelo - Beer
Crypto.com - Crypto
Slate Milk - Beverages
Kudo Snacks - Snacks
prime definitely isnt gonna do shite
bud light isnt gonna do shite, dana threw them a huge bone when he chose them after their dei fiasco
same for harley
I dont see anyone on the list making a stink about this. a guy said something stupid. not the first time or the last.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 3:36 pm to diat150
If sponsors didn't bail with all the Trump appearances, I don't think they'll bail because one guy said some stupid nonsense.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 4:07 pm to POTUS2024
Forgive my ignorance since I’m not a huge UFC guy, but is it common for fighters to jump up or down a division? Because I feel like if Mitchell moved up a division or Natan Levy moved down a division, Dana could sell some PPVs promoting it as Hitler-lover vs Jew.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 4:13 pm to red sox fan 13
Yes people move up and down divisions all the time
But I doubt Dana does anything to build a fight off of his comments. Wouldnt set a good precedent for people who like to say ignorant shite
But I doubt Dana does anything to build a fight off of his comments. Wouldnt set a good precedent for people who like to say ignorant shite
Posted on 1/31/25 at 4:34 pm to red sox fan 13
quote:
Forgive my ignorance since I’m not a huge UFC guy, but is it common for fighters to jump up or down a division? Because I feel like if Mitchell moved up a division or Natan Levy moved down a division, Dana could sell some PPVs promoting it as Hitler-lover vs Jew.
they have done a little bit of shite like this. fighters move up and down all the time. I dont see this happening though. my guess is they will want to have this die down. I wouldnt expect to see bryce fight for a while.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:34 am to diat150
WE’RE LIVE
Pogues about to get the red white and blue on the board right here
Pogues about to get the red white and blue on the board right here
Posted on 2/1/25 at 8:46 am to cfish140
Wow. Highway fricking robbery. Judges showing us how this is gonna go early
Posted on 2/1/25 at 9:06 am to cfsh233
Abdelwahab(sp?) was suspended for doping some time ago, iirc. I think this might be his first fight back in a while.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 9:19 am to POTUS2024
Yep first fight in 3 years
Posted on 2/1/25 at 9:35 am to cfish140
Izzy and Shara get it done today?
Posted on 2/1/25 at 9:59 am to UnluckyTiger
Glad jazzy j got that win. She is improving so much. Big win over Silva.
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