Signings/Scouting WMMA Discussion #29

fortheo said:
Anyone else really excited to have mizuki inoue back in a couple weeks? She only just turned 29 like a week ago, so she still has time to be relevant in this division. I really hope to see her finally reach her potential.
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Honestly....

She makes me feel old...

I started to follow her career when she was 18...
 
fortheo said:
Anyone else really excited to have mizuki inoue back in a couple weeks? She only just turned 29 like a week ago, so she still has time to be relevant in this division. I really hope to see her finally reach her potential.
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Of course
<YayKpop>
Plus she's fighting one of the worst fighters on the roster, she's gonna submit her and the odds will be glorious, thank you in advance for the cheque Mizuki-san.
<Wink2>
And her BFF Kanako (a WRESTLER) is coming back the week after as well.
<Oku03>

Though... I think this is like the 20th time Mizuki's knees have been rebuilt, so I'm not so sure about 'finally reaching her potential'. Hard to do that when you have no knees left :(
That problem on top of the usual JP lack of physicality (as seen most clearly in the Lemos fight) (though most everybody is out-physical'd by Roidmos so maybe that's not so damning)... :confused:

So maybe Mizuki's potential now is more in becoming a female Ms Miyagi, unleashing a new wave of talent on the MMA world to take the prizes that were cruelly denied to her. Kanako (and an entire area of Japan?) already calls Mizuki 'the boss' (future Yakuza godmother role unlocked?):


(not to try and be a downer though, she's gonna crush her opponent, get hyped Mizuki title run 2024 incoming)
<Wendy2>
 
Xuh said:
Of course
<YayKpop>
Plus she's fighting one of the worst fighters on the roster, she's gonna submit her and the odds will be glorious, thank you in advance for the cheque Mizuki-san.
<Wink2>
And her BFF Kanako (a WRESTLER) is coming back the week after as well.
<Oku03>

Though... I think this is like the 20th time Mizuki's knees have been rebuilt, so I'm not so sure about 'finally reaching her potential'. Hard to do that when you have no knees left :(
That problem on top of the usual JP lack of physicality (as seen most clearly in the Lemos fight) (though most everybody is out-physical'd by Roidmos so maybe that's not so damning)... :confused:

So maybe Mizuki's potential now is more in becoming a female Ms Miyagi, unleashing a new wave of talent on the MMA world to take the prizes that were cruelly denied to her. Kanako (and an entire area of Japan?) already calls Mizuki 'the boss' (future Yakuza godmother role unlocked?):


(not to try and be a downer though, she's gonna crush her opponent, get hyped Mizuki title run 2024 incoming)
<Wendy2>
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This time her knees will be rebuilt stronger than ever!
 
fortheo said:
This time her knees will be rebuilt stronger than ever!
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Mecha-Mizuki 2.0 coming for that belt with HARD WORK AND GUTS! (and flying stomps)
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fortheo said:
Anyone else really excited to have mizuki inoue back in a couple weeks? She only just turned 29 like a week ago, so she still has time to be relevant in this division. I really hope to see her finally reach her potential.
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Yes! September 23 UFC fight night. Mizuki hasn't had a pro fight since 2020 so it will be interesting to see how she does.

Mizuki
Inoue
14-6-0
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Strawweight
Hannah
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6-3-0
 
PurpleStorm said:
Manon Fiorot vs. Rose Namajunas. When Rose walked out without Trevor Whitman I thought uh oh. Not a good sign. So I guess she changed camps?
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IIRC when Rose did the grappling event at the end of last year, her gym was listed as "RGN" (her initials) kamaru has also gone back to Kill Cliff/Hooft so maybe Whittman is only with Justin for now... who knows. could also be that Trevor didn't want to travel to Paris

i think Rose is gonna follow the Alexa path and bulk up for flw, rather than immediately heading back down to sw. armchair psychologist me reckons that despite the finger break, Rose's demeanour all week is promising - acknowledging the badness of the Carla fight, staying focused on present goals, still fighting despite her gnarly injury and her relatively relaxed attitude post fight in a loss - all very promising. (i hope.)
 
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werepig said:
IIRC when Rose did the grappling event at the end of last year, her gym was listed as "RGN" (her initials) kamaru has also gone back to Kill Cliff/Hooft so maybe Whittman is only with Justin for now... who knows. could also be that Trevor didn't want to travel to Paris
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Yeah it's somewhat baffling. Post-fight she said that she didn't want to bother Whitman because he was training Justin for his last fight. She said there may be more to it than that and it is no one else's business. She doesn't want to talk about it further publicly at least for now. Like you say, who knows.
 
Eater of Souls said:
@aerius Rose may not have fought southpaws but she did train with Shevchenko for some time.
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Wasn’t only the span of one fight camp for each? It often feels like people overestimate the time they spent together
 
Eater of Souls said:
@aerius Rose may not have fought southpaws but she did train with Shevchenko for some time.
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True, but that was like 6-7 years ago around the time of Valentina's fight vs. Pena. Now that I think about it, this was also when Rose made huge improvements, and Wittman also credits Shevchenko's team with giving him new insights into how training & coaching is done.
 
leto1776 said:
Wasn’t only the span of one fight camp for each? It often feels like people overestimate the time they spent together
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Yep. Which means she had a bit of time to actually learn. Other southpaw training partners as well, IIRC.

aerius said:
True, but that was like 6-7 years ago around the time of Valentina's fight vs. Pena. Now that I think about it, this was also when Rose made huge improvements, and Wittman also credits Shevchenko's team with giving him new insights into how training & coaching is done.
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Yep.
 
leto1776 said:


As Dawson has never fought outside of Missouri, can’t help but wonder if this means Invicta is returning to KC
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that's lw grant dawson's wife, she was on renato moicano's show recently and she is quite the betting analyst! makes me wonder how close to the krause debacle she was, given that grant used to train out of there...

 
leto1776 said:


Marnic Mann (6-1) Marnic Mann tapology

1-0 since getting head kick KOd by Bruna Brasil last year.
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Iasmin Lucindo is out of her matchup with short-notice Knutsson ('smart' of Lucindo to suddenly get injured for that IMO) so maybe this is the even shorter notice replacement for the other short notice replacement? (both Dana's Cantender-rejects, albeit for different reasons...)
 
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