The UFC Discussion and Prediction Topic

[pawel7777]

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I think Ankalaev fighting style can be a problem for Pereira but maybe he is not that attractive for UFC and Dana White money machine.

What I got from the post-event interviews with Alex/Dana, is that Ankalaev is next in line.
It might not generate a huge revenue but it still will be interesting.
Ankalaev winning would be the worst scenario for the UFC, but let's not forget this is also a sport, not just entertainment, so the "boring" guys also have to get their chances.

[notblox1]

Anyone heard the latest big news about ex UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov?
He is in big trouble with Russian government because of unpaid debt and taxes, and he had to escape from country and take citizenship in another country.
McGregor commented about this but I am waiting to hear what Khabib has to say.
After watching this video I concluded that mafia and criminals are behind McGregor and Khabib:

[pawel7777]

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That's not good. I thought Khabib had good relations with Putin, so I'm a bit surprised to see that happening.

Who knows, if the situation causes him to run into financial trouble, he might be forced to come back out of retirement and have at least one more fight that would set him up for life.
Meanwhile there are rumours about Chandler getting an offer to fight Islam in October.
It's all starting to look like we might see McGregor Vs Khabib 2 at the end of this year 

[electronicash]

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That's not good. I thought Khabib had good relations with Putin, so I'm a bit surprised to see that happening.

Who knows, if the situation causes him to run into financial trouble, he might be forced to come back out of retirement and have at least one more fight that would set him up for life.
Meanwhile there are rumours about Chandler getting an offer to fight Islam in October.
It's all starting to look like we might see McGregor Vs Khabib 2 at the end of this year 

sounds like the cosmic entity has planned it all together so there will be khabib vs conor 2.  i bet the real plan is to seize kabibs money to donate to the war and him to be drafted lol
nope maybe putin and and dana just planned it all for the world to see another fight while they are shooting each other there in ukraine the world will still be watching ufc. 

but chandler vs islam is not the kind that will make the world want to see. chandler will retire after he will be KO'd.

[notblox1]

Who knows, if the situation causes him to run into financial trouble, he might be forced to come back out of retirement and have at least one more fight that would set him up for life.
Meanwhile there are rumours about Chandler getting an offer to fight Islam in October.
It's all starting to look like we might see McGregor Vs Khabib 2 at the end of this year 

Khabib would beat McGregor again without a doubt, but this fight will never happen
I am sure that Khabib didnt keep all his money in Russian bank accounts and local real estates, but this is great example why Bitcoin is important.
I think that whole situation is connected with some terrorist attacks, but Khabib just learned that he doesnt own his bank account and money that was in there.

[pawel7777]

Yeah, I don't buy the story it's all only due to some unpaid tax. There must be more to that and it indeed could be due to terrorist attacks. Perhaps Khabib's gym was linked to separatist movements, which is something Putin would not take lightly.
In fact, some media report that:
"Reports state that one of the terrorists killed in the attack was MMA fighter Gadzhimurad Kagirov, a pupil of the school, which may have prompted the investigation."
https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/news/ufc-drama-police-raid-khabib-nurmagomedovs-gym-conor-mcgregor-reacts

[LogitechMouse]

Who knows, if the situation causes him to run into financial trouble, he might be forced to come back out of retirement and have at least one more fight that would set him up for life.
Meanwhile there are rumours about Chandler getting an offer to fight Islam in October.
It's all starting to look like we might see McGregor Vs Khabib 2 at the end of this year 

Khabib would beat McGregor again without a doubt, but this fight will never happen
I am sure that Khabib didnt keep all his money in Russian bank accounts and local real estates, but this is great example why Bitcoin is important.
I think that whole situation is connected with some terrorist attacks, but Khabib just learned that he doesnt own his bank account and money that was in there.

I also think that Khabib will just choke the shit out of Conor "AGAIN".
Conor will just say things like "I will fooking punch you in the face like shit, blah blah blah", but we know how good Khabib is, and how expert he is in his current playstyle which is more of grappling.

Anyway, like what you said, I don't see this happening as well, and with Khabib's situation, I don't know the exact situation about him, but I hope he's still okay. I don't also think that it's only tax that's the problem here, but there's a deeper problem. Maybe something related to criminals, or some gangs out there.

[electronicash]

conor still is big in UFC and despite his ankle i think the Irish community still wants to see him fight. rumor was that he negotiated when in that ufc 303 and the pay wasn't enough for him so he backed out. yet in Dana's interview, odd as it may seem, Dana defended conor against this rumor.

anyway, Aspinall is fighting in UFC 304 by the way. he is fighting Blaydes again. poor Tom never get to have the title shot even when he has the interim HW belt.  in his recent interview he is also eyeing to fight Poatan if Poatan goes to HW. this should be big it it happens.

[Zed0X]

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anyway, Aspinall is fighting in UFC 304 by the way. he is fighting Blaydes again. poor Tom never get to have the title shot even when he has the interim HW belt.  in his recent interview he is also eyeing to fight Poatan if Poatan goes to HW. this should be big it it happens.

It looks like everyone wants to fight Poatan now and I don't blame them. He's probably less of a draw when Conor was still at top form and at the peak of his popularity but he surely generates more money now after those knockout wins.

[notblox1]

Yeah, I don't buy the story it's all only due to some unpaid tax. There must be more to that and it indeed could be due to terrorist attacks. Perhaps Khabib's gym was linked to separatist movements, which is something Putin would not take lightly.
In fact, some media report that:
"Reports state that one of the terrorists killed in the attack was MMA fighter Gadzhimurad Kagirov, a pupil of the school, which may have prompted the investigation."
https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/news/ufc-drama-police-raid-khabib-nurmagomedovs-gym-conor-mcgregor-reacts

Thats it.
One of the killed terrorists who allegedly killed a priest in Dagestan Russia was a member of his gym, but thousands of people were doing the same thing.
But there is also some truth about his unpaid taxes because he was owner of Eagle MMA that had financial problems.
Watch the video I posted, all this big fighters have connection with big criminals.

[pawel7777]

Anyway, like what you said, I don't see this happening as well, (...)

I don't think Khabib wants to fight, BUT, if we have a scenario when he failed to secure enough money in some foreign bank (which is possible as I think there might be some restrictions to Russian citizens) and if he fell out of Putin's favour and gets all his funds frozen - what option would he have left? He's too proud to live off donations or from charging some gym fees. He'd probably consider fighting at least one more time in some big money fight to cash in couple of $ millions and secure his family financially.

As for McGregor, he's also probably after big money and fame, and fighting a rematch against Khabib is the best way to get some of the old hype back. Let's face it, he's probably going to lose to whoever he'll be fighting next, and losing to a legendary, undefeated Khabib wouldn't be that much of a shame.

[notblox1]

Guys dont forget to watch Diaz vs Masvidal boxing fight that is starting today.
This is not MMA fight but both of them are UFC fighters and I am expecting to see interesting fight.
We have to wait next week for UFC to get back but this should be very interesting main event  Namajunas vs Cortez.

[electronicash]

according to some news, they didn't like Khabib stance in Ukraine war. they say Khabib isn't supportive to the Russian government when it comes to the war in Ukraine. something they can't believe when they are united with this one.

Guys dont forget to watch Diaz vs Masvidal boxing fight that is starting today.
This is not MMA fight but both of them are UFC fighters and I am expecting to see interesting fight.
We have to wait next week for UFC to get back but this should be very interesting main event  Namajunas vs Cortez.

they are earning more in boxing https://x.com/MMAJunkie/status/1809624226195800165
i think in one match in UFC, is less than $60k but them fighting in boxing Nate gets $500k while George gets $300k.  Masvidal is a finisher.

[notblox1]

according to some news, they didn't like Khabib stance in Ukraine war. they say Khabib isn't supportive to the Russian government when it comes to the war in Ukraine. something they can't believe when they are united with this one.

It has nothing to do with that, and nobody has to support war when both sides are killing each other for someone else.
Khabib should finally come up in public and tell the truth, otherwise it is all speculation.

UFC is finally back this weekend so we can move on to that.
Main event Namajunas vs Cortez is great but I am not that excited about other fights on this fight card.

[electronicash]

according to some news, they didn't like Khabib stance in Ukraine war. they say Khabib isn't supportive to the Russian government when it comes to the war in Ukraine. something they can't believe when they are united with this one.

It has nothing to do with that, and nobody has to support war when both sides are killing each other for someone else.
Khabib should finally come up in public and tell the truth, otherwise it is all speculation.

UFC is finally back this weekend so we can move on to that.
Main event Namajunas vs Cortez is great but I am not that excited about other fights on this fight card.

khabib keep us guessing whats really happening. not that i care so much about it but people are nosey and these are MMA news anyway. fans talk a lot about what is going on. but most my guess is that tax related and Putin cracking down big USD earners since that guy gets madder everyday wants people to stop using USD.

next weekend fight night is just a filler episode of UFC. no interesting matchup. Rose is a main event kind of fighter but she doesn't deliver all the time. there are times when people expected her to win yet she lost to a fighter that doesn't have a skill set. and sometimes people expected Rose will lose, yet she won. they are speculating Tracey to win, Rose might actually KO Cortez. 

Poatan wants to fight in UFC 305 by the way, that's according to social media posts. maybe Pereira-Ankalev will actually be the co-main event. Pereira must be the most active champ in UFC.