News Brandon Royval vs Manel Kape set as main event for March 1st

[svmr_db]

THIS is the main event.

No thanks.

What's wrong with this as a main event? It's for an event at the Apex.

Did you see Royval vs Taira? That was a great main event.

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

France is the fight to make

 

[TITS]

great fight but few questions. Does this mean KKF is getting next title shot or is Pantoja sitting out till summer or is he injured? If he's out then Kape vs KKF is the better fight to make with the heat between them but I do get Royval being right back in a contender fight despite losing twice to Pantoja. Of anyone in the div he's got two big wins in a row which is better than Kape and KKF but KKF/kape would produce a fresh fight. Kape lost to Pantoja but that was a few years ago in his debut so a fight now esp coming off way he looked in his last fight would be a fresher fight than Rovyal getting back in there after we just saw him lose to pantoja not long ago.


Guess we need to see what Pantoja is doing first.

They should just let Manlet Kape fight Pantoja next. No one wants to see Royval 3 ever, PKF is a journeycan with 12 losses, two of them being to Moreno, also lost to Royval and Pantoja. Him and Royval are just wasting everyone's time. Moreno already seems like he has one foot out the door.

 

[bobafett]

Hopefully kape actually pulls the trigger in this fight. When he’s not sitting back letting the other guy dictate the pace he’s a monster for the weight class

 

[blaseblase]

Please Kape get it done a new contender is desperately needed.

Pantoja already has a win over him

 

[Khaosan]

Can’t stand Kape, but he’s a tough fight for Royval. I think Royval can gas him though and manage to pull the win off.

 

[asdf122345]

Kape by easy ko. Bet all your money on him.

 

[TITS]

Pantoja already has a win over him

and 2 wins over Royval.

 

[IneedSometop]

Its shallow at the top but deep prospectively. Guys like Rei Tsuruya, Tatsuro Taira, Mokaev, Severino, Estevam, Kavanagh etc need to cook.

Yeah there's also a lot of dudes who are really good that just aren't active enough like Nascimento, Tagir, Filho, Estevam...all four of those guys could potentially work themselves into big fights if they could fight more than once a year

 

[IneedSometop]

France is the fight to make

No clue why they aren't doing this unless they are just going to give KKF a title fight in at 312 in Australia...unlikely considering how quick the turnaround time for Pantoja would be

 

[Aurelian]

There's really nothing for Pantoja at FLW at the moment if they can't get DJ back for a superfight. Henry and Fig aren't very good candidates in the fact they are old and would likely struggle to make the weight. At this point I'd be ok with Pantoja getting a BW fight to stay busy while FLW works itself out. I mean, UFC allowed it for Anderson when he was champ.

Pantoja vs O'Malley at BW would be fun.

 

[IneedSometop]

There's really nothing for Pantoja at FLW at the moment if they can't get DJ back for a superfight. Henry and Fig aren't very good candidates in the fact they are old and would likely struggle to make the weight. At this point I'd be ok with Pantoja getting a BW fight to stay busy while FLW works itself out. I mean, UFC allowed it for Anderson when he was champ.

Pantoja vs O'Malley at BW would be fun.

It's a good thought but legitimately I think that Pantoja is way too small for BW. He's not a massive weight cutter. You could see how much bigger Kai's frame was and he's not particularly big for a BW. Maybe if Pantoja's wasn't so grappling dominant he could do it but with his size and primary means of winning that would be real tough sledding for him

 

[gentel]

It’s crazy how shallow this division is.

It's a stacked division, but there's a pretty unambiguous pecking order in terms of skill and no one seems to be on Pantoja's level now, or on the level to beat his defenders, the two Brandons

An elite champ clearing their division and having no good opposition left doesn't necessarily imply it's a bad division any stronger than the opposite implication, that the champ is an all-time great

 

[Aurelian]

It's a good thought but legitimately I think that Pantoja is way too small for BW. He's not a massive weight cutter. You could see how much bigger Kai's frame was and he's not particularly big for a BW. Maybe if Pantoja's wasn't so grappling dominant he could do it but with his size and primary means of winning that would be real tough sledding for him

There's been some banter back and forth between them over a sparring session they had years ago. They both claim to have won and Pantoja has expressed an interest in a fight with Sean recently. It would just be a fun fight. Pantoja doesn't have to put his belt on the line and he wouldn't be making a permanent move to BW.

 

[gentel]

There's really nothing for Pantoja at FLW at the moment if they can't get DJ back for a superfight

Y'know what I want, is for Adriano Moraes to come over from ONE FC

His knockout of DJ was admittedly against a way older post-prime DJ, but a knockout of the GOAT nonetheless and skill-wise he's really good

 

[Aurelian]

Y'know what I want, is for Adriano Moraes to come over from ONE FC

His knockout of DJ was admittedly against a way older post-prime DJ, but a knockout of the GOAT nonetheless and skill-wise he's really good

ONEs FLW division is 135 lbs. That guy is huge (for BW) I'm not sure if he can make 125.

 

[SamuraiBro]

Come on Kape, get it done and say the word in your post fight speech

 

[gentel]

ONEs FLW division is 135 lbs. That guy is huge (for BW) I'm not sure if he can make 125.

True, supposedly the hydration testing accounts for that 10lbs gap between classes but who knows if they actually are cutting less or not

 

[bjjwar]

Kape is a bum, should be an easy one for Royval.

 

[Neck&Neck]

It’s crazy how shallow this division is.

It’s a real short division