News Losene Keita vs Patricio Pitbull Set For UFC Paris Sept 6th

[CC27]

 

[Ares Black]

Huge fight. Great debut opponent for Keita.

 

[rollthedice]

Keita bout to become a star, he finishes pitbull imo

 

[CC27]

Huge fight. Great debut opponent for Keita.

yeah its a big name. I'd have put Pitbull on the Brazil card though but its huge opportunity for Keita right out of the gate.

Sucks though either Pitbull's UFC run is probably cooked or big new signing instantly gets derailed. Doing same with Pico. Not fucking around with these guys, there is no get your feet wet, we'll build you up slowly. ITs instant tough top ranked guys and you are ready or you arent.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Awesome fight and a huge opportunity for Keita, but kind of a strange move by the UFC. Seemed like they were trying to get Pitbull into the rankings as quickly as possible with the fights they gave him before, and now he’s facing an unranked opponent

 

[CC27]

Awesome fight and a huge opportunity for Keita, but kind of a strange move by the UFC. Seemed like they were trying to get Pitbull into the rankings as quickly as possible with the fights they gave him before, and now he’s facing an unranked opponent

Yeah I figured they'd go Pitbull vs Emmett in Brazil co main under Charles/Fiz, something like that. Or Pitbull/Allen. SOmeone above him, established name and use him in Brazil where he hasnt fought in forever. Never got to fight there in Bellator so letting him go one in Brazil would have been cool to see but nope.

 

[Thesnake101]

Awesome fight and a huge opportunity for Keita, but kind of a strange move by the UFC. Seemed like they were trying to get Pitbull into the rankings as quickly as possible with the fights they gave him before, and now he’s facing an unranked opponent

They might be mad at him due to the Ige fight and counting on Keita to scalp him and burst onto the rankings instead. Looking at Pitbull's current form it might happen too, unless Losene gets stuck on the bottom.

 

[CC27]

They might be mad at him due to the Ige fight and counting on Keita to scalp him and burst onto the rankings instead. Looking at Pitbull's current form it might happen too, unless Losene gets stuck on the bottom.

Its no doubt this is meant to skyrocket Kieta into the top 10 off the back of an older Pitbull who hasnt exactly shined in UFC thus far.

 

[SamuraiBro]

I’m still surprised they signed Pitbull at 37 years old. Even in the press conferences Dana didn’t even seem that keen, he always seemed way more interested in Pico.

 

[JoeRowe]

Pitbull has had 2 boring performances but I have to think his experience and IQ shows up here. He is 37 but a great athlete, his wrestling & grappling could be the difference.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Awesome fight and a huge opportunity for Keita, but kind of a strange move by the UFC. Seemed like they were trying to get Pitbull into the rankings as quickly as possible with the fights they gave him before, and now he’s facing an unranked opponent

Unranked isnt relevant to this equation, they have to pay Keita 6 figures a fight to sign him so hes getting a top 10 guy off the bat just like Pico. Thats how it works, how its always worked.

Now maybe they can sign Parnasse, Islam Omarov and a few other killers when theyre doing free agency.

 

[Senbonzakura]

Damn Keita is in the UFC !?!?

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Unranked isnt relevant to this equation, they have to pay Keita 6 figures a fight to sign him so hes getting a top 10 guy off the bat just like Pico. Thats how it works, how its always worked.

Now maybe they can sign Parnasse, Islam Omarov and a few other killers when theyre doing free agency.

Yeah I know, totally get it from Keita’s perspective, just not sure it had to be against Pitbull at this stage.

And true, hopefully they’ll start signing more high-level guys from other orgs or free agents.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Kinda a weird matchup but whatever I’ll take it

Throw him right in the mix at 145 and deepening the division

 

[KO Shotz]

This matchup makes perfect sense to me. 38 year old Pitbull vs 27 year old Losene Keita. They trying to see if the young buck belongs with the big dogs. The UFC trying to get some youth into the top of the division.

 

[Bubzeh]

This is nasty matchmaking. I like Pitbull. This is wrong and upsetting. He’s 38 years old.

 

[Tokoloko]

Keita time is coming!!! When i last time made thread where i shared info that UFC is trying to get high quality/ranked opponent for Keita majority of people laughed on me. Well there u go lads...

 

[Tokoloko]

This is nasty matchmaking. I like Pitbull. This is wrong and upsetting. He’s 38 years old.

He had balls to accept, no one ranked / high payed didnt want to accept fight against Keita and that was reason why UFC struggled to sign him. There was clause in his contract that UFC needs to offer him something better than Oktagon is able to and etc..

 

[KO Shotz]

He had balls to accept, no one ranked / high payed didnt want to accept fight against Keita and that was reason why UFC struggled to sign him. There was clause in his contract that UFC needs to offer him something better than Oktagon is able to and etc..

How do you know this? Source?

 

[MartiniSIDe]

Who the hell is that Keita guy?

It seems I've been under a rock since everyone seems to know him here