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Originally Posted by ManifestBlasphemy666

The spank bank has been re-filled.

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Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz both made weight [205 pounds] for the third fight in their trilogy, which takes place tomorrow night.

Any predictions on how the fight will end?

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Tito Ortiz TKO'd Chuck Liddell @ 4:24 into the first round.

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Former UFC Middleweight Champion and GOAT contender Anderson "The Spider"
Silva [34-8 MMA, 17-4 UFC] is slated to come off of the shelf after a 2 year hiatus,
making his return at UFC 234 against the undefeated prospect Israel Adesanya
[15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC] on Sunday, February 10th, 2019, in Melbourne, Australia.

SOURCE: https://mmajunkie.com/2018/11/israel...4-in-australia

[ManifestBlasphemy666]

Chuck Liddell did not belong in that fight the fact that he even got licensed to fight is baffling. It just looked like he was gassing just from circling and fell down on his own from the first punch he threw. Tito Gaines nothing by beating him he beat and out of prime Chuck that shouldn't have been there to begin with.

And Delahoya Is a POS for putting this fight on everyone knew Chuck had no chance.

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Alistair Overeem [44-17] picked up a first round TKO over Sergei Pavlovich [12-1] via
ground-and-pound @ 4:21 of this heavyweight bout. This fight ended Overeem's 2-fight
losing streak and gave Pavlovich his first professional loss in 13 fights.


Francis Ngannou [12-3] picked up a first round TKO over Curtis Blaydes [10-2] via
standing punches @ 0:45 of this heavyweight bout. Ngannou is now 2-0 over Blaydes,
counting his TKO win via doctor's stoppage in Round 2 of their April 2016 fight.
Ngannou ended Blaydes' 4-fight win streak and his own 2-fight losing streak.

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Originally Posted by ManifestBlasphemy666

Chuck Liddell did not belong in that fight the fact that he even got licensed to fight is baffling. It just looked like he was gassing just from circling and fell down on his own from the first punch he threw. Tito Gaines nothing by beating him he beat and out of prime Chuck that shouldn't have been there to begin with.

And Delahoya Is a POS for putting this fight on everyone knew Chuck had no chance.

Liddell was in shape, just not his prime. I agree that he had no business fighting Ortiz, especially after being on the shelf for so long and performing so poorly before that.

They both just wanted a pay day. And De La Hoya saying that Dana White was wrong for telling fighters to retire after bad performances is bullsh!t. That is one [rare] time where White was actually looking out for his fighters [which, in reality, he was probably just looking out for his bottom line, as a losing fighter usually doesn't draw money].

Liddell and Ortiz had better not string this feud out like Arlovski and Sylvia did.

[ManifestBlasphemy666]

I'm Glad Overeem won he really needed that win and to win in such an impressive way with a brutal KO.

That GNP though sounded like someone with a bat smashing a watermelon brutallllll

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Originally Posted by ManifestBlasphemy666

I'm Glad Overeem won he really needed that win and to win in such an impressive way with a brutal KO.

That GNP though sounded like someone with a bat smashing a watermelon brutallllll

I hope his brain still functions correctly after that!

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Just when it looked like the UFC was scrapping their 125-pound Flyweight division . . .


UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw [16-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC] will move down a weight class to face Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo
[13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC] in a super-fight for the UFC Flyweight Championship on January 26th, 2019 at UFC 233 in Anaheim, California.


Dillashaw looks to become the third fighter in UFC history to simultaneously hold championships in 2 different weight classes, following in the
footsteps of Conor McGregor [Featherweight & Lightweight] and Daniel Cormier [Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight].


This will be Cejudo's first defense of the Flyweight title after winning it via split decision by defeating longtime 125-pound champ and GOAT contender
Demetrious Johnson back in August.


Cejudo will enter the bout on a 3-fight win streak. Dillashaw will enter the bout on a 4-fight win streak.