Appreciation thread: Robert Whittaker is everything a UFC champion should be.

[WoozyFailGuy]

I love Bobby knuckles. And I prefer his style over Adesanya's to be honest

Adesanya is only as entertaining as his dance partner as he's as pure a counter striker as we have currently; see Brunson, Romero fights.
But that's why it's fun seeing him get stalked down, there's always tension in his fights if he can end the fight up until the Strickland fight. Looked broken, hasn't fought since, and needs to take on a surging DDP.
Tall task for China's greatest middleweight.

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Khamzat was never going to win this fight

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Always loved me too

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Correct in being a fucking retard, I agree.

Significant definition: "of a noticeably or measurably large amount." ie in this case a heavy favorite which again he was not you moron.

Again, I didn't say he was the heavy favourite, idiot. You did. He won a fight he was supposed to win.

"But almost everyone here".

You're a 'tard.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Who is the favorite out of Whittaker and Aliskerov to win?​

According to the pre-fight odds, Whittaker has been listed as the sure-fire favorite to brush aside Aliskerov, 31.


The former title challenger has been instaled as a -145 favorite, with Aliskerov suitably priced at +125.

But given that Whittaker has only finished one of his last seven victories with a KO, there is a more favorable price offered for him to win by decision at +265 with BET99.

https://www.marca.com/en/ufc/2024/06/22/6676ce1f268e3e903d8b4575.html

"Not significant"

 

[BoomStronk]

Khamzat was never going to win this fight

I don't know about that, mate. Khamzat is for sure STILL a bit of an unknown, and has demonstrated increasingly troublesome reluctance to book matches and a tendency to pull out of fights lately but he's still quite obviously a more dangerous opponent than whoever the fuck it was with the Abraham Lincoln beard on a nonexistent training camp that Bobby Knuckles knocked out last night.

 

[BoomStronk]

Yes but look at his level of competition. He has fought exclusively top 10 opponents since 2016.

This was the first time he fought a non-top ten opponent in years and he decimated him in 2 minutes.

True - Bobby Knucks has has a pretty unique career in that he's been the bridesmaid for like a decade. He's been active in that time, too, fighting against highly ranked killers with a variety of styles - strikers, wrestlers, BJJ guys - and fighting for the title and/or earning performance bonuses in half of them. Very impressive.

 

[HolmeZy55]

Again, I didn't say he was the heavy favourite, idiot. You did.

Umm idiot, you were the one who said he was the significant favorite? I literally posted the meaning of significant and you still can't even comprehend it, did you get dropped on your head at birth or what?

Robert closed as a -125 which roughly gave him a 55% probability, even at the opening odds of -145 it only translates into a 59% probability, not exactly significant is it, again look up the meaning of the word you spastic.

Now fuck off, you're embarrassing yourself.

 

[sanguinius]

Lol a fluke KO win to rev up the hype train.

Hype train? For a former champion that’s been too 5 for years?

 

[sanguinius]

Significant favourite wins a fight. Sherdorks - "see, he's the fucking man, he destroys everyone, he proved everyone wrong!"

Tards.

Can’t imagine what kind of person feels the need to shit on a guy like Whitaker. He always fights at a high level and he’s always humble and direct. What about him makes you angry? That he has fans? Hating on things just to be a contrarian is no way to go through life.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Umm idiot, you were the one who said he was the significant favorite? I literally posted the meaning of significant and you still can't even comprehend it, did you get dropped on your head at birth or what?

Robert closed as a -125 which roughly gave him a 55% probability, even at the opening odds of -145 it only translates into a 59% probability, not exactly significant is it, again look up the meaning of the word you spastic.

Now fuck off, you're embarrassing yourself.

Yes, I did say he was a SIGNIFICANT favourite, and I even posted the fucking odds which confirm that, you 'tard.

I'm embarrassed for you, at this point.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Can’t imagine what kind of person feels the need to shit on a guy like Whitaker. He always fights at a high level and he’s always humble and direct. What about him makes you angry? That he has fans? Hating on things just to be a contrarian is no way to go through life.

Where did I shit on Whitaker?

 

[SuperAlly]

He wasn't even the heavy favorite in the betting odds, and almost everyone here had Ikram as a very live dog.

Seems you're the retard.

At the start of the bout they literally flashed up the odds on screen and Rob was a very marginal favourite

 

[SuperAlly]

I didn't say "heavy". You did. I said "significant". I was correct.

Using "almost everyone here" as some kind of argument, just confirms that you are a total simpleton.

You’re an idiot.

Heavy/significant, you can argue semantics all you like. He was neither.

 

[SuperAlly]

I have hence me saying he’s a g but he’s been getting hate for years for being pretty boring

Now he’s the champ everybody needed after a KO over somebody not at his level

Decision does not equal boring

They are not one and the same. The nature of the fights is what counts

 

[SuperAlly]

Nice to see Izzy's son doing well

“everything a champion should be”


Except a champion… bros accepted being gatekeeper to the elite MW’s

Awww, look at the little Israelites now that Alex has outshone his career in every waay

 

[HolmeZy55]

Yes, I did say he was a SIGNIFICANT favourite, and I even posted the fucking odds which confirm that, you 'tard.

Yes you did say that and yet you still think somehow you're correct LOL.

Man your parents must be very disappointed in bringing such a moron into this world, I feel for them.

 

[HolmeZy55]

You’re an idiot.

Heavy/significant, you can argue semantics all you like. He was neither.

I seriously cannot believe I even had to explain it, I truly feel sorry for him, being that stupid must be painful.