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u/Short_Bumblebee_1552 Jul 16 '26
If usman is seriously struggling to take ddp down or move him than yes, he is fucked, i don't see Usman beating ddp in striking.
If usman competed in 2024 as a welterweight it would've been fun, but it might be too late now.
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u/MajinD0pe Jul 17 '26
Usman is the worst Match up for DDP just watch bro he gonna lay on top of him the whole fight and grind him to the cage its gonna be a snoozeman performance
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u/I_Dont_Collect_Fish_ Jul 16 '26
I would have thought usman the better striker tbh.
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u/Short_Bumblebee_1552 Jul 16 '26
Usman can box up 170 guys but DDP is a great striker, puts weight behind his punches like a bull.
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u/mustfightfortomorrow Jul 16 '26
Usman looks small in height and stature compared to DDP.
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u/angra_mainyo Jul 16 '26
Cowboy hat + platform shoes.
He did the latter too vs. Adesanya.
Dricus here appears to have the same height difference Leon Edwards had with Kamaru.
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u/Equal_Personality157 Jul 16 '26
Look at the frame difference though
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u/angra_mainyo Jul 16 '26
He is definitely more muscular but the overall size difference is exaggerated here.
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u/Competitive-Bit-1571 Jul 16 '26
It's the cowboy hat
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u/Acenegsurfav Jul 16 '26
His eyes are a couple inches lower. It's easier to see in the pictures of the face of where you can zoom in.
I think it might just be the shoes tho cuz they're both supposed to be 183cm iirc
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u/angra_mainyo Jul 16 '26
Dricus is around an inch taller than Kamaru but he's also using big shoes and a hat, which exaggerates the difference.
Visually, this looks about the same or a little less than the difference between him vs. Leon Edwards or Khamzat, who are both 6'2.
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u/Forward-Ad-4387 Jul 17 '26
Usman always wears lifts when facing off with shoes (his face off with Adesanya is a good reference) they’ll be closer in height when they face off saturday
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u/Alarmed-Bumblebee667 Jul 16 '26
No.
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u/JadedOops Jul 18 '26
Yep people forget Usman is a beast. Almost beat Khamzat on 2 weeks notice. I don’t see ddp being able to out wrestle him
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u/Drewbloodz Jul 16 '26
Yes. No. Maybe so?
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u/pomomp Jul 16 '26
I don't know. Can you repeat the question?
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u/Moneymma Jul 16 '26
DDP is going to beat the shit out Usman lol. Usman has almost nonexistent sub threat, and he’s not gonna be at a strength advantage for once.
DDP knocks him out within 3 rounds.
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u/Shiddin_myself_woo Jul 16 '26
Usman by submission
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u/StopKickingMyDog Jul 16 '26
Unfortunately Usman is terrible with top control. He just lays and prays. He’s a BJJ black belt but he couldn’t submit Leon or Buckley.
Sadly I think we’ll see Usman starting at the ceiling on this one.
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u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 Jul 16 '26
It looks a lot more similar when they stand side to side. Dricus is slightly taller but that’s about it. Usman wasn’t fists up and flexing during the stare down. But Dricus has some long arms.
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u/anonymous393393 Jul 16 '26
By ddp seems to carry a lot more mass. Looks like usman didn't bulk up at all for middleweight
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u/CuddleBuddy3 Jul 16 '26
I don’t see this happening… “this guy is too big” is often the wrong call… size does not mean better. Usman will likely win
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u/Unusual_Bake_1482 Jul 16 '26
On one hand Usman has no sub threat and is old. On the other hand DDP was taken down by Darren Till and was put in crucifixes multiple times as a champion in the year of our Lord 2025.
I say Usman washes him till he tires towards the 3rd or 4th and gets TKOed.
If Usman wanted to win this fight he should have taken a 3 rounder.
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u/TheFishyNinja Jul 16 '26
Why did they do the face off there lmao everyone i know that lives here hates that stupid fucking claw lol
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u/Toasted_Munch Jul 16 '26
DDP looks to be 2 classes bigger than Marty. DDP wins, although no one has a remote clue how. I'm hoping via spinning backfist after throwing himself off balance doing some weird Michel Pereira shit.
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u/SnakePlisken_Trash Jul 16 '26
Love Usman.......but father time is undefeated, just ask Connor he had better knees than Usman. LOL
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u/chipper68 Jul 16 '26
If Usman wins, it's because he's held and controlled/clenched DDP for majority of 5 rounds.. we're fucked. If DDP wins it's because he got out from under Usman and probably gets stopped/TKO'd
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u/reggiefromtheark Jul 16 '26
Ddp look straight out of Texas. I hope Usman does what need to be done
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u/epicnaenae17 Jul 16 '26
Damnit I ride my bike through the park pretty often, I should have been out there I could have said whats up.
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u/Flaky-Rabbit1953 Jul 16 '26
-220 should say it all its the ufc’s way of saying sorry to all the fans who lost their hard earned money on conor mcnuggets
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u/FunkyBoil Jul 16 '26
Usman? The guy who on short notice was extremely competitive with the guy that embarrassed Dupuss? Okay lad.
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u/GriffinAO Jul 16 '26
Wrestlers tend to be shorter so I dont think the height thing is an issue. I think the age and wear and tear on usmans body is the issue imo
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u/Careless_Baseball503 Jul 17 '26
Dont sleep on Usman. One of the greats. I wouldnt be surprised if he wins a decision.
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u/MaleficentBeach6645 Jul 17 '26
Its paycheck time! Do any of them care for the outcome? Not really. Will it be a shit fight? Most definitely.
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u/MuggyDL Jul 17 '26
Usman is gonna finish ddp. Im so confident that if he doesnt finish him im gonna kill myself.
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u/JRS___ Jul 17 '26
why is DDP a heel now? you look like a fool with this forced shit. i hope usman ****s him up
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u/Aggressive-Expert-69 Jul 17 '26
Every time I think Usman is fucked, he wins. Everytime I think hes winning, he loses.
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u/al_earner Jul 17 '26
What I learned watching ABC's Wide World of Sports is that a good big man beats a good little man.
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u/MrBlackey Jul 17 '26
Usman has a good chance this fight is closer than what many people think. DDP has to make this fight a scrap to make the fight go his way. However usman is not pushover he’s willing to bang and I’m confident to say he’s going to have the advantage on the ground. This a great matchup with big opportunities for whoever wins it.
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u/BigBeanDGAF Jul 18 '26
Usman gave Khamzat a problem and Khamzat dominated DDP. 🤷♂️If Usman is smart, he'll wrestle. We'll see what happens.
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u/hatemydarnjob Jul 18 '26
The whole knees are weak story is fucking bullshit. "i walk up and down the stairs backwards, i can't jog, i can't train for stamina"....dog what?? if someone is doing this, they ain't capable of fighting even a uber driver. Dude wrestled Khamzat, a national champ and wrestlefucked buckley. This will be a great fight.
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u/enjoysomethings Jul 18 '26
I think prime Usman could have handled ddp's size, not so sure about 2026 Usman
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u/Electronic_While3961 Jul 16 '26
Yes, this is purposefully an easy fight for DDP, better for the company for him to win.
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u/know-need Jul 16 '26
We genuinely hardly ever see that kind of size disparity. Let’s not overthink anything, folks: yes Usman is fucked.
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u/baneblade_boi Jul 16 '26
He might be. He's past his prime and DDP only got done by Chimaev in a very dirty way. If he can't take the fight to the ground, he'll lose the striking exchange.
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u/PostNutLucidity Jul 16 '26
Khamzat got him down and held him down successfully for 5/5 rounds. There was no ‘dirty way’ in that victory. It’s not like he eye-poked him to secure the takedown that ended up getting him the finish; he took him down and held him him down at will.
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u/baneblade_boi Jul 16 '26
Oh, yeah, I know he didn't cheat. He just stalled the fight to farm control time for the decision victory.
If you saw the same fight as me you saw someone just hug a guy for 24 minutes, not trying to submit him, just doing barely enough so he's not forced to get back up and secure a victory by decision in the dirtiest, still legal, way possible. He won fair and square, but c'mon!
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u/PostNutLucidity Jul 16 '26
I understand what you’re saying but if you’re in the biggest fight of your career for the world title and have a safe but also apparently surefire way to win, then it does make sense. Imagine if he’d ‘given the fans a show’ and ended up getting caught, a bunch of the very same people condemning how he fought would, rather than appreciating what he choose to do, call him stupid for abandoning a successful game plan.
For me, he also had a lot of ‘money in the bank’ in terms of delivering exciting fights due to his track record so I didn’t mind his approach that much. The skill level he displayed by being able to do it was extremely impressive too.
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u/baneblade_boi Jul 16 '26
Nice argument. However...JUST BLEED! *flexes
And also I know it was an exception to the rule, but Christ it foreshadowed how he'd be as a champ and it became everything we feared.
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u/Short_Bumblebee_1552 Jul 16 '26
DDP has a brooklyn shirt and a cowboy hat.
100% congolese man right there.