WMMA Discussion #28

[Eater of Souls]

Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva. Holm via wall and stall /dec
Norma Dumont vs. Chelsea Chandler. Dumont /dec
Istela Nunes vs. Viktoriya Dudakova. Nunes /dec
Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Ailin Perez. Perez /dec

 

[leto1776]

Weekend prediction: four decisions

 

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[Askafan]

Time is bound to catch up with Holm eventually, maybe this weekend, anyway MBS by sub. Chandler looking big and nasty as usual, I'll take Dumont by decision though, same for Dudakova and AES. Potentially 70 minutes of wmma, can the heavies cope?

 

[Xuh]

I've seen a lot of 'worst card ever' remarks about this one, but how can a card with Norma Dumont and AILÍN PÉREZ! be the worst ever? More like 'best card ever' if you ask me

Pérez TKO
Dudakova SUB
Dumont DEC
Silva SUB... hopefully (but probably Holm by wall 'n' stall)

 

[MajorTB]

I watched Tuff n Uff & CFFC last night. Becca Evans & Taylor Gaurdado both won via tko & Jeslen Mishelle hit an RNC.

At Tuff n uff Mishelle beat an overmatched can so not much to takeaway there.

Gaurdado beat Jackie Cataline, in a neutralizing performance. I was very surprised by how competitive the wrestling exchanges were. Cataline typically wins the 1st round of her fights & hits many a TD to do so. Guardado let Cataline burn herself out a bit in RD 1 by attempting to wrestle & ended up taking Cataline down at the end of the round. In RD 2 Gaurdado was sort of lighting Cataline up before being taken down & controlled. Taylor will need to be more careful about surrendering her back. RD 3 Guardado took Cataline down & scrambled to a TKO finish. Taylor has gone on record saying she wants to drop to 135 now, & shockingly she’s only turning 32 this year despite beginning fighting over a decade ago.

Becca Evans beat Marilia Morais impressively, but not at all excitingly. She literally ran out at Morais & pressed her on the fence for a round & a half before taking her down & beating her up for the TKO. Morais was coming off 2 pregnancies & a 4 year lay off so it was smart to smash her immediately but it wasn’t exciting & I got a read that Evans might be uncomfortable at range. She’s clearly a physical specimen though, she reminds of Aspen Ladd & Kelly Kobold.

Here’s hoping both ladies can get 1-2 more fights in this year.

 

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ufc picks this week: "all underdogs" edition
- evans-smith by virtue of having actual fight experience
- nunes gets it done this time!
- can't believe chandler is the 'dog here lol
- bueno silva disrespects holm and takes her neck home

tonight I am awarding myself the Israel Adesanya award for being horribly wrong for the first 3 fights, but getting the last one absolutely spot on

 

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Mayra was hilarious in her post fight presser: "Julianna, I respect you but I will smash you."
apparently Rocky turned her down and when asked who would win between Julianna and Rocky she replies, "no one (will) watch" and shrugs comically <Lmaoo>

(will post vid once it's released)

 

[Eater of Souls]

Glad I was wrong on the Holm/Silva fight.

 

[PurpleStorm]

The four UFC fights were wild and entertaining.

Holly Holm vs. Mayra Bueno Silva. Holm started out with good footwork and got in some volume striking. But it was clear that Mayra was landing the more powerful shots. Then in round 2 it ended with a ninja standing guillotine choke for Bueno Silva. Mayra earned a Performance of the Night bonus. Her future looks bright. Bueno Silva seems to care about entertaining the fans by taking risks and going for finishes. She also called out Julianna Peña. Bravo.

Norma Dumont vs. Chelsea Chandler. Dumont showed a lively personality throughout the week and carried it into her performance. The fight included a hilarious MMA moment: Chandler running away all the way across the octagon with Dumont chasing her in a scene that looked straight out of a Benny Hill comedy. Only to smash into the fence and get bludgeoned again by Dumont. Cheers to Dumont for a fun performance and entertaining interviews.

Istela Nunes vs. Viktoriya Dudakova. Dudakova finally gets her UFC debut and makes the most of it getting the victory. It was bittersweet because yikes. Istela landed improperly on the ground and suffered a gruesome arm injury. In the hushed Apex Istela was screaming in agony. Ouch. Here's hoping for a smooth recovery. Hopefully Istela may one day train and maybe fight again.

Ashlee Evans-Smith vs. Ailin Perez. Perez thoroughly dominated Evans-Smith. From bell to bell. It was not close.

 

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[Mittens]

Hehe.

 

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spicy prospect v. prospect matchup!

 

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[leto1776]

In addition to the three title fights, Xiong Jingnan will face Nat Wondergirl in a special rules bout: 4oz gloves, punches only:


strawweight news:

 

[aerius]

In addition to the three title fights, Xiong Jingnan will face Nat Wondergirl in a special rules bout: 4oz gloves, punches only:

Definitely keeping an eye on this one. Be interesting to see if boxing in 4oz gloves is as exciting & violent as Muay Thai in 4oz gloves.

 

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