Matches to make after Whittaker vs de Ridder

[Aurelian]

Yeah, agreed. He gets destroyed by both Dricus or Khamzat. He has no cardio. Striking is very subpar. He is great on the ground, but that is too narrow. Whittaker had great TDD and was negating his takedowns all night until Whittaker simply gassed. I thought Whittaker was going to win, but he started slowing down in round 3.

I was just questioning how in the OP, there is no mention of loser of Dricus/Khamzat. Instead, it is only Dricus loss mentioned.

Not sure why anyone is certain Reindeer is just some free win for Khamzat. Hes probably the most interesting challenge for him at MW. Big durable guy with legit judo and BJJ.

 

[MMAFanCal]

Whittaker didn't gas, he got the has taken out of him by vicious knees at range, and knees and dirty boxing against the cage.

But yeah RDR is very limited overall, although his striking is definitely improving, defensively more so than offensively I'd say.

OK I see. Thanks for the correction. Whittaker did look really gassed in 3rd round.

I agree, after all of the hype, RDR was a huge disappointment. I still have heartbreak of Whittaker losing. Who could ever hate on Whittaker? He is the most lovely guy ever. Still, I am grateful to RDR for putting that POS Bo Nickal in his place.

p.s. He seems delusional enough to think he gets winner of Khamzat vs Dricus. Imavov vs Caillou winner should be first in line ahead of him. It was a lackluster performance. Not worthy of titleshot. He will get eaten alive by Dricus or Khamzat.

 

[Safton]

-- RDR vs. Strickland or Loser of DDP/Chimaev (depending on length of Sean's suspension)

-- Whittaker vs. Allen

-- Yan vs. Winner of Merab/Sandhagen

-- McGhee vs. Farid Basharat

-- Shara vs. Nickal

-- Barriault vs. Reese

-- Almabayev vs. Perez or KKF (if Alex is injured)

-- Ochoa vs. Osbourne

-- Guskov vs. Hill

-- Krylov vs. Menifield

-- Mitchell vs. Mix

-- Salikhov vs. Wonderboy

-- Leal vs. Curtis

-- Grant vs. Lima

-- Blackshear vs. Hiestand

-- Ricci vs. Xiaonan

-- Ribas vs. Robertson

-- Elekana vs. Lopes

-- Aslan vs. Tokkos

-- Nguyen vs. Ofli

-- Yayha vs. Silva or Romero

-- Buday vs. Tuivasa

-- Buchecha vs. Spann or Usman

 

[Trupsi]

-- Ricci vs. Xiaonan

This one happened just before fighting Ribas, she got schooled by Xiaonan.

 

[Shadey1]

Marcus Bucheca vs. Alvin Hines - Both lost their debuts. Good rebound
Martin Buday vs. Valter Walker - Two heavyweights on win streaks. Let's see who can continue to build momentum.
Mohammad Yahya - CUT - 3 fight losing streak.
Steven Nguyen vs. Yadier del Valle - Both got their first UFC wins. Let's see who can build on this.
Ibo Aslan vs. Bruno Lopes - Must win for Aslan. If he loses he's cut.
Billy Elekana vs. Tuco Tokkos - A good follow up fight for two men picking up their first UFC wins.
Amanda Ribas vs. Hill/Lucindo loser - Must win for Ribas to stay in the top 15.
Tabatha Ricci vs. Gillian Robertson - Winner gets a top 5 opponent.
Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Cody Garbrant - Rebound fight for both men coming off losses.
Davey Grant vs. Ricky Simón - Two veterans on resurgences. Winner gets a top 15 opponent.
Carlos Leal vs. Nicolas Dalby - Rebound for both coming off stoppage losses.
Muslim Salikhov vs. Michael Chiesa - Both on decent win streaks. Let's see who can continue to build momentum.
Said Nurmagomedov vs. Javid Basharat - Rebound fight for both coming off tough losses.
Bryce Mitchell vs. Raoni Barcelos - Two veterans coming off wins. Has the makings of a fun on grappling wise.
Nikita Krylov vs. Alonzo Menifield - Must win for Krylov to stay in top 15.
Bogdan Guskov vs. Dominick Reyes - Winner gets a top 5 opponent.
Jose Ochoa vs. Rei Tsuruya - Rebound fight for both coming off losses.
Asu Almabayev vs. Alex Perez - Winner potentially gets a top 5 opponent.
Marc Andre Barriault vs. Andre Petroski - Happy with this for both men's next fight.
Shara Bullet vs. Brad Tavares - Not the most impressive performance. Happy with this next.
Marcus McGhee vs. Kyler Phillips - Rebound to stay in the top 15.
Petr Yan vs. Sandhagen/Merab winner - Yan should have next tbh. Makes sense to me.
Robert Whittaker vs. Hernandez/Dolidze winner - Whittaker does fall a little out of the rankings with this one. I think this is a good rebound.
Reinier De Ridder vs. Chimaev/DDP loser or Strickland - Still think the winner of Imavov/Caio is next inline unless that fight completely sucks in which case give it to RDR. In the meantime happy with RDR facing the loser of the title match or Strickland depending on his suspension.

 

[JBJ was here]

Marcus Bucheca vs. Alvin Hines - Both lost their debuts. Good rebound
Martin Buday vs. Valter Walker - Two heavyweights on win streaks. Let's see who can continue to build momentum.
Mohammad Yahya - CUT - 3 fight losing streak.
Steven Nguyen vs. Yadier del Valle - Both got their first UFC wins. Let's see who can build on this.
Ibo Aslan vs. Bruno Lopes - Must win for Aslan. If he loses he's cut.
Billy Elekana vs. Tuco Tokkos - A good follow up fight for two men picking up their first UFC wins.
Amanda Ribas vs. Hill/Lucindo loser - Must win for Ribas to stay in the top 15.
Tabatha Ricci vs. Gillian Robertson - Winner gets a top 5 opponent.
Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Cody Garbrant - Rebound fight for both men coming off losses.
Davey Grant vs. Ricky Simón - Two veterans on resurgences. Winner gets a top 15 opponent.
Carlos Leal vs. Nicolas Dalby - Rebound for both coming off stoppage losses.
Muslim Salikhov vs. Michael Chiesa - Both on decent win streaks. Let's see who can continue to build momentum.
Said Nurmagomedov vs. Javid Basharat - Rebound fight for both coming off tough losses.
Bryce Mitchell vs. Raoni Barcelos - Two veterans coming off wins. Has the makings of a fun on grappling wise.
Nikita Krylov vs. Alonzo Menifield - Must win for Krylov to stay in top 15.
Bogdan Guskov vs. Dominick Reyes - Winner gets a top 5 opponent.
Jose Ochoa vs. Rei Tsuruya - Rebound fight for both coming off losses.
Asu Almabayev vs. Alex Perez - Winner potentially gets a top 5 opponent.
Marc Andre Barriault vs. Andre Petroski - Happy with this for both men's next fight.
Shara Bullet vs. Brad Tavares - Not the most impressive performance. Happy with this next.
Marcus McGhee vs. Kyler Phillips - Rebound to stay in the top 15.
Petr Yan vs. Sandhagen/Merab winner - Yan should have next tbh. Makes sense to me.
Robert Whittaker vs. Hernandez/Dolidze winner - Whittaker does fall a little out of the rankings with this one. I think this is a good rebound.
Reinier De Ridder vs. Chimaev/DDP loser or Strickland - Still think the winner of Imavov/Caio is next inline unless that fight completely sucks in which case give it to RDR. In the meantime happy with RDR facing the loser of the title match or Strickland depending on his suspension.

I don't usually put anyone on ignore for font and style choices, but occasionally exceptions are warranted. Seriously though, WTF?

 

[Sticko]

Not sure why anyone is certain Reindeer is just some free win for Khamzat. Hes probably the most interesting challenge for him at MW. Big durable guy with legit judo and BJJ.

Don't get me wrong, I would watch a Khamzat vs RDR fight, but I don't really see a path to victory for RDR. I don't think he can take Khamzat down, and I think Khamzat would just knock him out standing.

 

[Safton]

This one happened just before fighting Ribas, she got schooled by Xiaonan.

My brain totally wiped this fight from existence to be honest. I doubt she'd fight Dern given that they're primary training partners. Probably just have to wait around for the loser of one of the upcoming Top 5 matches.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Reinier de Ridder vs Fluffy Hernandez - Not impressed by his performance
Robert Whittaker vs the loser of Imavov vs Bo Ralyo - He is still quite good

honestly, just a cringey opinion.

Reninier just beat a fighter who is notoriuous hard to beat by decision.
and if that's supposed to be whittaker who is still quite good, it's never been more obvious his time is up

 

[Shadey1]

I don't usually put anyone on ignore for font and style choices, but occasionally exceptions are warranted. Seriously though, WTF?

Sorry dude. I didn't clock an issue with it. Mind if I ask what the issue was?

 

[Koala]

honestly, just a cringey opinion.

Reninier just beat a fighter who is notoriuous hard to beat by decision.
and if that's supposed to be whittaker who is still quite good, it's never been more obvious his time is up

I've been way more impressed by Imavov vs Adesanya, Bo Rayo vs Canonnier than RDR yesterday
He had good timing of the knee to the body and better cage wrestling than Whittaker, that's it. He couldn't even use his reach to jab an outgassed Whittaker
Whittaker won close decisions over Costa, Canonnier, and even Till in the past
IMO Imavov vs Borralho is still a title contender fight, and Adesanya vs Strickland 2 would be a great PPV co-main. Hence, RDR vs Fluffy

 

[Nimrod]

Sorry dude. I didn't clock an issue with it. Mind if I ask what the issue was?

He said it in his post.


What are you fucking stupid you cant read?

 

[Shadey1]

He said it in his post.


What are you fucking stupid you cant read?

It didn't seem strange when I typed it so I wasn't sure what the issue was. Not sure I appreciate your comments TBH. Really unnecessary considering I wasn't asking you nor was I being rude.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

RDR gets smoked by either. He has a few things going for him (huge MW, good grappler, good knees) but he's slow/sloppy on his feet, hittable and a bit chinny as he almost got finished in R3. He's good but not elite and never has been.

RDR isn't chinny at all. That punch Whittaker hit him with would have koed the majority of the MW roster.

 

[The_Renaissance]

The Winners
Reinier De Ridder vs. Israel Adesanya
Petr Yan vs. Deivison Figueiredo
Shara Magomedov vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Asu Almabayev vs. Matt Schnell
Bogdan Guskov vs. Alonzo Menifield
Bryce Mitchell vs. Raoni Barcelos
Muslim Salikhov vs. Stephen Thompson
Davey Grant vs. Bernardo Sopaj
Billy Elekana vs. Jimmy Crute
Steven Nguyen vs. Jamall Emmers
Martin Buday vs. Ryan Spann


The Losers
Robert Whittaker vs. Cannonier/MVP winner
Marcus McGhee vs. Ramon Taveras
Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Robert Bryczek
Jose Ochoa vs. Luis Gurule
Nikita Krylov vs. Jamahal Hill
Said Nurmagomedov vs. Alateng Heili
Carlos Leal vs. Niko Price
Da'Mon Blackshear vs. Ricky Turcios
Ibo Aslan vs. Junior Tafa
Marcos Buchecha vs. Alvin Hines


The Cull
Mohammad Yahya