Rumored Ank/Alex 2 for 320, Tom/Gane for 321, & JDM/Islam for 322

[cmw43]

Easy matchup for sure though.

What matchup would be a challenge?

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Idk why that fucking CAN Gane is even fighting for the title, is HW that shallow right now?

Tom pretty much cleaned the division.

Who you got if not him?? Almeida with a win.. if not you jump all the way to Derrick Lewis or that Warley bum LOL

 

[Tokoloko]

So JDM isn't fighting in Australia?

If ank vs alex 2 is offi then iam 100% sure that Ulberg was offered main event in Australia vs Jiri. - Jiri officially started preparation for his next fight and stated that he would like to share opponent name, but opponent did not sign yet...-



On otherside iam not surprised, i would be scared of Jiri too, mainly when even Chuck Norris is on his side...roundhouse kick KO incoming.

 

[LeBron]

Gane needs to fuck off and retire already. Stick to movies.

 

[The_Renaissance]

If ank vs alex 2 is offi then iam 100% sure that Ulberg was offered main event in Australia vs Jiri. - Jiri officially started preparation for his next fight and stated that he would like to share opponent name, but opponent did not sign yet...-



On otherside iam not surprised, i would be scared of Jiri too, mainly when even Chuck Norris is on his side...roundhouse kick KO incoming.
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Excellent point actually, if it's a UFN this would make a lot of sense.

Have the likes of Tom Nolan, Jonathan Micallaf, Qunnan Salkilld etc on the prelims / undercard.

 

[Luffy]

Joe Son!?

I dunno. But check this interview:




He says "the guy I'm fighting next is the most dangerous man in the UFC"

At the same time, he says "my career is definitely closer to the end now. If I lose, I want people to see me as someone who has given their best in defeat. I want to leave no regrets"

"I won't stick for too long. I'm not like some guys who will stay for years, due to cognitive decline... getting punched in the head is not something that I want to do for much more"

"Alex Pereira? I don't know. It's definitely one of the biggest fights I could have but I don't think about the biggest fights right now, I'm not motivated by legacy. I'm open about fear, people think fighters are like gladiators, but I fear every fight and it gets worse and worse. Knowing there will be thousands of people watching you potentially be separated from your own consciousness is my biggest fear ever. "

[Curious tho as if it's the most dangerous man and it's not Alex Pereira nor Ngannou, as Dana said Ngannou won't be back, then it'd be Jon Jones... Or ire Alex and he's avoiding telling it. Gane isn't the most dangerous man. Nor is Curtis Blaydes]


... He said he's closer to the end. In another interview, he said that "the UFC lies to people, that fear never leaves the cage." Tom raises awareness about mental health and the backlash fighters might suffer from losses, with the way fans act and memes mocking losses, make him rather have a private fight than having a bout with many people watching live... In which he says "an arena full of people watching me makes me nervous, while losing with 10 people watching seems more bearable"





If people watched the whole interviews like I do, instead of clips (I've sit down for the whole interviews, watched them all fully) they'd have more of an Intel. Instead, many ppl here laugh off while they don't even follow the fighters... I don't dislike Tom, I'm just saying — fans themselves contribute to fighters feeling like this, in which case, a loss like Bo Nickal, who was young, filled the fandom with comments like "biggest hype derailment". That's what leads into this psychological fear. If fans were more watchful, if they read more, if they watched the whole interviews instead of carefully clipped short YouTube videos, they'd have a more grounded PoV.

 

[darcandkharg]

I went to check if Valter Walker was ranked yet and saw that they just scrubbed it from the UFC website and replaced with a fan rankings page, let's put Black Beast at number 1 ftw.

 

[jeskola]

Derrick Lewis is the most dangerous as he owns the KO record.

 

[Blastbeat]

Tom pretty much cleaned the division.

Who you got if not him?? Almeida with a win.. if not you jump all the way to Derrick Lewis or that Warley bum LOL

Almeida definitely
not really looking to see it again but if Volkov wins vs Almeida he does deserve a shot by merit
Tom just beat most of the top 15 on his way up. makes it weird to matchmake him now.

 

[Evangelion]

Any particular example?
It's weird to me that I always follow MMA news and never saw this one as an original source

Yea you aren’t on social media then cause Marcel breaks as many fights as anyone.

 

[FriskyRandy]

Alex vs Ank should be reserved for the final fight. The two current top fighters of UFC ... I don't think anyone in the roster can beat them, tbh

God dam every post you make sounds like a blind retarded person wrote it. You're the worst poster I've seen on this board in a long time.

 

[Luffy]

God dam every post you make sounds like a blind retarded person wrote it. You're the worst poster I've seen on this board in a long time.

+ 1 score for being original!! Wow!!! Want a cookie?

 

[Thepaintbucket]

UFC 322 in Google and the first thing that pop ups is a rumored match up between Jones and Tom Aspinall via Gemini

 

[Aurelian]

We expected all of these matchups. Islam probably needs time to acclimate to the new weight so 322 makes sense.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Derrick Lewis is the most dangerous as he owns the KO record.

I mean, he poses more threat than Stipe did to Jon, arguably.

 

[jeskola]

I mean, he poses more threat than Stipe did to Jon, arguably.

The context is Aspinall's fear of being KOd on live TV coupled with the specific statement of "most dangerous man", not "best competitor" or "toughest fight for me" etc.

 

[AimedWithV]

FFS if youre unfamiliar with Marcel then you dont follow mma media very closely at all.
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Nah. He's legit... But I don't recall him dropping high profile fights like these... mostly prelim fights.

Yea you aren’t on social media then cause Marcel breaks as many fights as anyone.

OK nice people, I'll follow him from now on and will let you know if he's the first to confirm any fights.
thanks!

 

[Luffy]

Ankalaev is saying, with news of Alex Pereira going to HW, that Alex has been ducking him again... Wtf... Did Ankalaev forget he has the belt and that Jiri Prochazka is ready to fight, that there's Khalil Rountree too, or that Chinese young dude Zhang, Reyes maybe... ?? It's like he's on a date with Alex Pereira and is jealous if Alex fights anyone that's not him. Lol he seems obsessed with Pereira

 

[Luffy]

The context is Aspinall's fear of being KOd on live TV coupled with the specific statement of "most dangerous man", not "best competitor" or "toughest fight for me" etc.

Yeah Aspinall is open about fearing being defeated live... He said he'd rather have a fight with only a few ppl watching instead of thousands of ppl in an arena

 

[Luffy]

Joe Son!?

Lol didn't even know who tf this guy was until I googled now and saw he was an ex kickboxer, MMA fighter and a convicted criminal. How the fuck did he fight in the UFC though when it's labeled as UFC 4 and the year is 1994? It wasn't even called UFC back then.... Was it?