News Chris Barnett OUT, Mohammed Usman will now face Mick Parkin on March 23

[BoxerMaurits]

UPDATE:

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I’m surprised this fight didn’t get announced as the UFC 300 main-event

 

[Mickey Mick]

Barnett by spinning head kick.

Mohammad Usman is terrible.

 

[NoSmilez]

I’m surprised this didn’t get announced as the UFC 300 main-event

Yea I was about to comment this should be UFC 300 material. Usman kinda boring though. I hope Beastboy puts him out and does a front flip.

 

[jk7707]

I’m surprised this fight didn’t get announced as the UFC 300 main-event

There's still time.

 

[NoSmilez]

Usman needs to pull out so we can have Black Beast in this fight.

 

[milliniar]

Usman needs to pull out so we can have Black Beast in this fight.

Black beast vs beast boy.

 

[meast]

15 minutes of LNP guaranteed

 

[Khaosan]

Dream matchup.

 

[Mr. Snrub]

Usman has a TUF tattoo lol

 

[Jose Beehive]

 

[jeff7b9]

Sponsored by diabetes

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Usman isn't very technical but he's strong as hell and willing to lay and pray which is more than enough to win these type of HW matches. Should be a gas fest with both men dying for air by round 3.

 

[Ares Black]

I will root for Barnett as hard as I have rooted for a fighter in years. Exciting charismatic fat guy vs boring meathead?
I'm in!

 

[Safton]

I love Barnett, but IMO this is not a good fight for him unless he is able to time something big on Mo as he plods toward him... which, to be fair, isn't out of the question. Tafa rocked Usman bad multiple times during their fight as Mo was making his entries, but wasn't able to follow up as Usman wrestled through the adversity.

Barnett's lack of physicality was readily apparent in his fights against Rothwell and especially Buday. He was constantly on the back foot: being pressured, getting crowded, and ultimately getting beaten up and controlled against the fence with no answers. It is very obvious that Barnett is not a natural Heavyweight in a lot of these match-ups. Hell, even Collier -- another bloated guy fighting in the division -- was beating the absolute hell out of him early and looked to be en route to a TKO victory until he blew his wad with an early 10-8, went for a bum-ass takedown in the second round, and got finished for his trouble. Speaking of takedowns, Barnett's TDD in the UFC is a rather unfortunate 33%. The only takedown he has successfully defended was from the aforementioned gassed Collier... a former Middleweight.

I just don't have much faith in Barnett to keep Usman off of him if Mo decides to copy the blueprint laid out by the guys who came before him by wrestling Chris or even just holding him against the cage and wearing him down as the bigger, stronger man. Chris has a legitimate striker's chance, but that's about it. Usman probably wins a snoozer of a Decision.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Nice, I was just asking about my boy Huggy

War BeastBoy HuggyBear

 

[PhotographyRaptor]

Call me a casual if you must but are we supposed to know these dudes nicknames? You could’ve wrote Giant Douche and Turd Sandwich and I would’ve voted trusting those were accurate

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

lol at wasting a $6 beer

 

[Bobby Boulders]

This dude is gonna win lmao

 

[PhilMcCavity]

Chris Barnett is a human bowl of porridge