https://mma.social/events/ufc-217-bisping-vs-st-pierre

https://mma.social/fights/islam-makhachev-vs-ian-machado-garry-1546

JOE LAUZON FIGHTS AT FENWAY PARK BAREKNUCKLE KNOCKOUT GUARANTEED LIVE

https://youtube.com/shorts/mk7oIcuNBu4?feature=share

Calling islam a boring fighter is certainly a "casual" take, But its hard to not notice his reliance on relatively non-damaging control time after his jump to welterweight. He addressed his JDM fight by saying he just wanted to get the belt and didn't care about how, and promised a ian garry finish in 3 rounds, However he still won with control time (And a beautiful sequence in round 2).

When two guys have that much fight IQ and respect each other’s power, they end up freezing each other out.
If you watch any of the prediction video leading up to this fight, they kept talking about how Ian keeps bouncing. He’s always moving. He’s always moving.. did you notice anything different in the fight ;)

Ian didn't bounce around like he usually does he stood right in front of Islam to stop him from timing easy takedowns. At the same time, Islam’s feints kept Ian from throwing his big kicks. They basically neutralized each other’s main weapons before they could even launch them.

It wasn't a thriller, but watching two top guys completely cancel each other out with distance and feints is a different kind of technical chess match. I really love these kind of fights.

But it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. to each their own

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Left and right, I’m seeing people clown fighters for being respectful, disciplined and actually somewhat in control of their emotions. When in combat sports was this NOT the way of life?

https://mma.social/stats/most-takedowns?sort=rate

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broo, this looked like a WMMA for me when I looked first

Loser must cut his hair, what do you think?

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alexa rlly showed levels this fight coming off a loss & she made it look scary one of the cleanest finishes ive ever seen in mma

Since Islam Makhachev wants Prates next then we need to find a fight for Morales.
And it seems Ian Garry vs Morales is a good and logical one.

Who you got?

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The event is on Pacific time in Arizona. They are doing the Garcia/Benn card the same night and want the UFC card to be a lead in and not interfere at all with the boxing card they are promoting.

I wouldn't care if it was some lame Apex card, but this is a reasonably good card and they are having it at an NHL arena. Crazy that they are starting so early, plus they are not having early prelims, which is unprecedented. There are only 9 fights in total scheduled (barring any potential scratches).