WMMA Discussion #28

[leto1776]

Bannon is way better than McCormack in my estimation. Much more dynamic and fun to watch too.

Bannon wouldn’t have beaten Machado, or a number of other wins on McCormack’s resume

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Bannon wouldn’t have beaten Machado, or a number of other wins on McCormack’s resume

Disagree pretty strongly there, I think she's way too dynamic on the feet for Valesca and she's a decent enough grappler too.

 

[PurpleStorm]

Thursday June 8, 2023

[MMA] PFL 4: Regular Season Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Main Card – ESPN / ESPN+ – 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT
Preliminary Card – ESPN+ – 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
Abby Montes vs. Brandy Hester

Friday June 9

[MUAY THAI/MMA] ONE Friday Fights 20
Bangkok, Thailand
Main Card – YouTube – 8:30am ET / 5:30am PT

[VARIOUS] ONE Fight Night 11: Eersel vs. Menshikov
Bangkok, Thailand
Main Card – Prime Video – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT
Martine Michieletto vs. Amber Kitchen

Saturday June 10

[MMA] Cage Warriors Academy South East 31
Colchester, England, UK
Main Card – iPPV – 10:00am ET / 7:00am PT
Federica Di Filippo vs. Rhi Rhi Hudson
Cherisse Davis vs. Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

[MMA] UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Main Card – PPV (ESPN+) – 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT
Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana
Preliminary Card – ESPN / ESPN+ – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT
Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Miranda Maverick
Preliminary Card – ESPN+ – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT
Diana Belbiţă vs. Maria Oliveira

https://grabakahitman.com/

 

[Eater of Souls]

Nunes via DEC
Maverick via DEC
Belbiţă via DEC

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Wow, a bantamweight.

Good pickup in all honesty.

 

[werepig]

special "rock and a hard place" edition of UFC picks this week:
- belbita through aggression
- I dislike maverick but I think she takes this one against jas (even with home crowd advantage)
- hoo boy. I'm invested in Amanda v. Irene and would love to see Irene win but I have my reservations... I can see Irene being spooked by Amanda's hard shots and galloping away. on the ground I can imagine Irene troubling Amanda but that's not a great path to victory... eeep. coin toss here.

 

[PurpleStorm]

Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana. Nunes by sub. Rooting for Irene to pull of the upset. Should be a fun fight.
Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Miranda Maverick. Maverick by decision.
Diana Belbiţă vs. Maria Oliveira. Oliveira by decision.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Another Bantamweight and imo probably the best one available.

 

[leto1776]

“Mama B” is not going to do well here

 

[MajorTB]

Another Bantamweight and imo probably the best one available.

I sort of hope they find some canon fodder for her debut as Dixon is very violent when she’s at her best.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

“Mama B” is not going to do well here

Should be fine, Bruna is good offensively but has horrible defense.

Although I'm getting a distinct feeling you just don't like Shauna for some reason.

 

[Dreyga Hates You Sherbums]

They signed 2 new BWs in one week

A sign that the UFC is actually building the division???

 

[leto1776]

New winner for best nickname:

Should be fine, Bruna is good offensively but has horrible defense.

Although I'm getting a distinct feeling you just don't like Shauna for some reason.

She’s impressive to those easily impressed.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

New winner for best nickname:




She’s impressive to those easily impressed.

lol, we'll see dude. I reckon she beats Bruna. You don't. We'll talk after.

 

[leto1776]

 

[leto1776]

lol, we'll see dude. I reckon she beats Bruna. You don't. We'll talk after.

You really seem to care a lot. I don’t give a shit either way. It’s still a weird signing, when more proven fighters have had to go through DWCS

 

[Hellowhosthat]

You really seem to care a lot. I don’t give a shit either way. It’s still a weird signing

I care in the sense that I think she's a really good fighter with a lot of potential who started MMA quite late so is around 29 so they can't wait forever to bring her in.

I also think it makes more sense to bring her in than Danni when Danni hasn't improved in years and doesn't show any signs in doing so as well as being pretty boring, compared to the much more dynamic and fun to watch Shauna.

 

[aerius]

Bannon is way better than McCormack in my estimation. Much more dynamic and fun to watch too.

I'm not familiar with McCormack so I can't say how they compare, however, I generally agree with @leto1776 that Bannon isn't really that good. Dynamic and fun to watch, yes, and she has a pretty decent left kick but nothing else really stands out in a good way. Once you get past her kicks there's just way too many weaknesses to be exploited; her clinch work is questionable and she's not hard to take down either, her punches are telegraphed and wild and she doesn't set things up with a jab or put good combos together, striking defence is also pretty non-existent. Not particularly strong or athletic either, seems pretty average there.

IMO, prelim filler, maybe top 15-20. I don't see her having much success against the ranked fighters unless she shows serious improvements.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I'm not familiar with McCormack so I can't say how they compare, however, I generally agree with @leto1776 that Bannon isn't really that good. Dynamic and fun to watch, yes, and she has a pretty decent left kick but nothing else really stands out in a good way. Once you get past her kicks there's just way too many weaknesses to be exploited; her clinch work is questionable and she's not hard to take down either, her punches are telegraphed and wild and she doesn't set things up with a jab or put good combos together, striking defence is also pretty non-existent. Not particularly strong or athletic either, seems pretty average there.

IMO, prelim filler, maybe top 15-20. I don't see her having much success against the ranked fighters unless she shows serious improvements.

Ranked is a pretty high bar to be fair. I think she'll do fine though, I'm noticing quite a lot of improvement from fight to fight myself. I actually bet against her when she fought Vera but she improved a lot in that one (Vera is underrated), and then again in her next one.