News Junior Tafa vs Ibo Aslan set for UFC Perth on September 27

[mkess101]

It's cool. Some Aussie in the stands will take a swing at another random fan when this one starts so whoever else is there gets to see an entertaining fight that they care about.

 

[jnes]

Neither guy should be in the UFC. Card filler bs only slightly better than WMMA.

 

[MigitAs]

I like Jr so much more than his brother

I HATE that he has zero get ups
I dont care that he sucks at wrestling. so Stack all the grappling into getting the hell up

Not sure he will ever be able to close that deficit.
I was so pumped to see him after shredding the weight and looking in great shape. His cardio failed him and his grappling was abysmal still.

He’s just not very good unfortunately, I can’t point at a single thing he’s good at.

 

[legedema]

Ibo was very disappointing in his last fight.guess the loss against Cutelaba got him or he was injured, he didn't even try to punch.
hope he comes back stronger and we will see another KO

 

[ThaiSexPills]

I think this is a real question of who is worse, not who is better. I expected a lot more from Ibo but he’s been a total bust.

Ibo wins and keeps his spot on the roster for now I’d imagine. Hopefully it’s a better fight than his last one though

 

[Safton]

Weird matchmaking considering Tafa got Ibo Aslan. Feels like it should be Erslan/Tafa and Crute/Aslan.

I wonder what version of Aslan shows up. Is it gonna be the forward-pressure, zero-defense, haymaker-heavy knockout artist? Or the gun-shy sparring partner we saw against Elekana? The Cutelaba loss apparently made him lose enough confidence that he forgot what got him to the dance in the first place, so this recent loss might make him double down on his new "style"... or it might cause him to revert back to his roots. We won't know which is true until fight night. I'm kind of curious to see if Ibo will flex his grappling at all... assuming he has any. He has zero wins by submission, has been submitted twice, and hasn't attempted any takedowns or subs under the UFC banner. He supposedly did his last camp in Dagestan, but we didn't really see anything in his game to indicate an expansion of his grappling skills. Junior's defensive grappling is basically nonexistent; he's the epitome of low-hanging fruit for anyone willing to take him down, control him, and submit him... but I genuinely don't know whether Ibo has that in his repertoire or is even interested in doing so.

On the other side of things, Tafa has no excuse here. Ibo is clearly not some masterful grappler and there's a good chance he will indulge Junior in a striking match. Regardless of whether the hesitant point-fighter or the aggressive brawler comes to play, Junior will absolutely have a chance to make something happen... but gun to my head Ibo strikes me as the better fighter of the two. It wasn't so long ago that we watched Tafa get TKO'd via leg kicks by a fat Brazilian boxer/BJJ guy.

 

[JustforBROCK]

Man, I try not to crap on fighters but the Tafas are the shits. Junior will lose in embarrassing fashion and get pissed and pushed someone afterwards.

 

[Shadey1]

Loser leaves UFC for sure. Tafa really let me down in his last fight but rooting for him here

 

[BjPenn2017]

How the fuck do you lose to tuco tolkos and get another fight in the UFC? That’s fuckin crazy

 

[The_Renaissance]

How the fuck do you lose to tuco tolkos and get another fight in the UFC? That’s fuckin crazy

Yeah Tokkos was the worst LHW under contract, until he fought Tafa of course and won easily.

 

[Mr. Snrub]

Tuco Tacos arguably has the p4p worst name in MMA. What were his parents thinking?

 

[The_Renaissance]

Tuco Tacos arguably has the p4p worst name in MMA. What were his parents thinking?

Nickname, his name is George.

 

[Mr. Snrub]

Ok. So George is completely to blame for his goofy stage name.

I apologize to his parents.