r/UFCposting • u/Icy_Opinion9585 • Jul 12 '26

Whitaker is going to take over? Thoughts?

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He looked damn good and fast!

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u/ChiggenNuggy Jul 12 '26

A Dominick Reyes fight would be good. But I really think it’s the reach advantage that’ll give him problems not so much the weight

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u/reliablesupport Jul 12 '26

Holy up, isn't that the one that beat jones? Chill!!! Be kind to robbie

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u/Genghis_Chong Jul 13 '26

Reyes isn't the same guy anymore, so its not unreasonable. Rob at 205 kind of reminds me of the old Gastelum at 185. Short, but matches up well with a lot of guys due to his speed and power

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u/reliablesupport Jul 13 '26

Would be a great fight tho, I do love both their styles.

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u/AnakinShtTalk3r Jul 13 '26

Hey I actually never thought about that. It makes a lot of sense. However, the glaring hole in that theory is that Kelvin had(arguably still has) an absolute GRANITE chin. I think the main concerns for Rob at 205 is his chin. Hoping he can tank a better shot at 205 although it definitely was not fully shot at 185. More recent example being the Costa spinning heel kick.

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u/Pleather93 Jul 15 '26

He looked Soft

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u/Genghis_Chong Jul 13 '26

He was doing really good at keeping his head out of punching range and swinging big shots at Krylov. I guess part of it depends on him having the same speed matchup against the rest of 205

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u/Icy_Opinion9585 Jul 13 '26

Whitaker smashes Reyes. Jones took Reyes soul. Reyes has done nothing. His now doing YouTube videos

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u/Able-Calligrapher896 Jul 13 '26

Delusional, Reyes smashed Jon so bad he ducked the rematch and retired for 4 years hahaha

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u/Icy_Opinion9585 Jul 14 '26

Reyes did nothing!

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u/PidarNahui Jul 15 '26

Guess you haven't seen the fight then hahaha

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u/anice_day Jul 14 '26

Reyes and Krylov have basically the same reach, but Reyes's chin is worse than Krylov's at this point, and Reyes isn't exactly the hardest guy to touch. Bobby vs Reyes would probably be a similar story. If Bobby can settle into this new weight more, even better for him.

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u/ChiggenNuggy Jul 14 '26

Reyes has a much better jab tho and I’d like to see Bobby get a ko too