News Joshua vs Ngannou Official March 8th Saudi Arabia

[MMALOPEZ]

Full card

Why would you do a double post of this ?

@BoxerMaurits

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[tomjones]

Thoughts?
Imo the card feels a bit underwhelming compared to the previous Saudi cards, although we got ourselves a fantastic fight in the co-main event!

I'm only interested in the 2 main event fights aswell.

But I'm not complaining, cause there two highly anticipated fights. Sherdog will probably crash when the Ngannou/Joshua fight starts. It's a huge fight for mma fans, and we will find out if Ngannou is just a flash in the pan or a genuine top boxer.

 

[Hagler]

I don't mind Rey Vargas vs Ball, actually. Ball is a midget and he might be a little green but he has quite some speed, gas tank and moves.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

Anyone think his 2 biggest rivals shitting the bed, lifted his mood

Lol

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Why would you do a double post of this ?

@BoxerMaurits

Well bud, because there might be a chance I’m not constantly checking out if someone else already posted something about the full card in a 10+ pages long thread…

More importantly, I think the announcement of the undercard for such a big fight deserves some own discussion, and not to be a nitpicker, but you made a separate thread aswell about the co-main event (Zhang vs Parker), which easily could’ve been posted in this megathread for the very same reason, lol.

So I don’t know what exactly is your problem here, but I think you shouldn’t be complaining to be honest. The more eyeballs and discussion these fights get, the better, sir.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

Report: UFC Saudi Arabia postponed, possibly until June

The UFC’s Saudia Arabia debut will be delayed until later in 2024, according to a report.

mmajunkie.usatoday.com

Saudi’s focused on boxing only it seems

 

[BoxerMaurits]

I don't mind Rey Vargas vs Ball, actually. Ball is a midget and he might be a little green but he has quite some speed, gas tank and moves.

Nick Ball also got that dawg in him, I think he’s a fun fighter

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Thoughts?
Imo the card feels a bit underwhelming compared to the previous Saudi cards, although we got ourselves a fantastic fight in the co-main event!

Yeah should be a great fight, as a Parker fan I was hoping he'd wait for the winner of the main event, but I'm sure he's getting paid well anyway and hopefully he wins and fights the winner anyway.

Good to see Justis Huni get on the card as well. If you haven't seen him fight he's very skilled (strong amateur pedigree) but he doesn't seem to have much power unfortunately, might be hard for him to become a draw.

 

[Ruv]

Its going to be great to see Francis knockout that bodybuilder AJ.

 

[Blastbeat]

A great main and co-main. Don't know any of the undercard fighters but you never know who might be able to deliver an exciting fight.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

Thoughts?
Imo the card feels a bit underwhelming compared to the previous Saudi cards, although we got ourselves a fantastic fight in the co-main event!

Parker vs zhang is a good fight and ball vs Vargas is potentially a great fight. I think it’s a decent card

No wilder then? No surprise there really as he doesn’t get to cherry picking his opponents with the Saudis.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

I don't mind Rey Vargas vs Ball, actually. Ball is a midget and he might be a little green but he has quite some speed, gas tank and moves.

This will be fight if the night!

 

[Jonny Ninja]

Rey Vargas (second PBC guy to appear in Saudi)( Frank Sanchez the first) 36-1 vs his mando (Nick Ball 19-0) also added

This is a great fight!

 

[Jonny Ninja]

Well bud, because there might be a chance I’m not constantly checking out if someone else already posted something about the full card in a 10+ pages long thread…

More importantly, I think the announcement of the undercard for such a big fight deserves some own discussion, and not to be a nitpicker, but you made a separate thread aswell about the co-main event (Zhang vs Parker), which easily could’ve been posted in this megathread for the very same reason, lol.

So I don’t know what exactly is your problem here, but I think you shouldn’t be complaining to be honest. The more eyeballs and discussion these fights get, the better, sir.

You carry on doing your thing big man!

 

[burningspear]

'imagine if francis had the team gb treatment' lol

 

[Athenry04]

Zhang v Parker. Great match-up, and I give Parker a good chance here.

 

[burningspear]

this guys on a mission and in a hurry -

 

[wwkirk]

this guys on a mission and in a hurry -

I imagine it's nice being royalty. At least as long as the danger of assassination is pretty low.

 

[defjaam]

Joshua's sort of a weird cat. With Helenius and Wallin he was acting bad boy during the face off, now with Ngannou he's all humble and respectful. Is he bipolar or something?

For that alone I'm rooting for Ngannou.