Lol'ed at 294 vs 295 difference

[Schnitzl]

This is 294 with solid bangers in the main card



This is poverty Jon Jones card

- andrade 3 losses in a row
- 40 year old brunson
- I don't even know the next 4 fighters before that

[Cartiac]

yea very interesting allocation of resources.

The Abu Dhabi event obviously makes a lot of sense, extremely wealthy audience with muslim focus and served a major role in helping UFC maintain events throughout COVID, solid card with strong backup

Then we have 295 at MSG going all in on Jon Jones again vs a 41 year old opponent with no safety net. If Stipe can't make this fight the entire event is cancelled again. They can have Pavlovich as a backup but we know Jones won't take an alternate opponent he hasn't prepared for and doesn't care if that means an entire PPV gets cancelled, very risky.

Not putting anyone else on the card with Jones could also have something to do with how much they've had to pay him to come back at HW. His cost has to be very high and does not leave much room for any other high cost fighters on the event based on their target margin projections.

[CellyTech]

You can scratch that middleweight fight off the list for 295

[stayhomeneet]

Can't belive they are wheeling stipe out to fight Jones.

Heavyweight is absoloute trash

[CellyTech]

Good. It was a mismatch anyways.

Yup. Brunsen was gonna get his wig split quick

[HairyWBush]

half the ****in card is the same guy with a different beards. "islamakov machademovav" or "machedomevakchev khamislamovak"

[skinnyfat88]

Might be the weakest undercard of all time but they still have 8 weeks to add a decent fight if they want.

[Schnitzl]

Might be the weakest undercard of all time but they still have 8 weeks to add a decent fight if they want.

12 week camp is decent, 8 weeks is getting critical now unless they've already worked out several fights and fighters are prepping.

[TrueTruth]

294 will be a good cure for insomnia with all that crotch-sniffing squeezestan snoozefest. UFC keeps hiring them thinking they got the next Khabib, but they all got zero fans. Islam is one of the least marketable champs ever and has to fight superstar opponents for anyone to watch his sh*t.

[Lastro]

i think their original plan was to either have colby vs edwards or conor vs chanfler on that card. edwards doesnt fight and conor is conor... oh well

[bicmane102]

Islam is one of the least marketable champs ever and has to fight superstar opponents for anyone to watch his sh*t.

only casuals say that chit. Islam is fun to watch. Much more than Khabib.

they have tons of fans outside of the US.

[nikeoneplatinum]

That Jones card is awful, I might ask the ufc if they can reverse the order and have Jones Stipe fight first so I can go to bed. I guarantee you they add a fight to that.

[menseks]

half the ****in card is the same guy with a different beards. "islamakov machademovav" or "machedomevakchev khamislamovak"

did dagestan and the other -stans just decide to make an mma army? must've seen the success of khabib and in the mid 2000s and realized it was a money maker.

[Barteh]

Can't belive they are wheeling stipe out to fight Jones.

Heavyweight is absoloute trash

No it's not. Pavlovich and Aspinall are good prospects. They're just giving Jones an easy matchup because they think it will make them the most money.

[Schnitzl]

Things got a bit more interesting! Prohazka vs Pereira for the LHW belt added to 295! LFG, what a banger this is going to be.

[Darkhare]

Things got a bit more interesting! Prohazka vs Pereira for the LHW belt added to 295! LFG, what a banger this is going to be.

Wonder if both guys are coming into this a bit too fast to save the card.

Def watching

[sooby]

Things got a bit more interesting! Prohazka vs Pereira for the LHW belt added to 295! LFG, what a banger this is going to be.

This will be an amazing fight. Somebody is definitely getting KO'd. It could be disappointing in the sense that it will likely be an early KO. I hope Prochazka is fully healed though.

[taskmob]

Cray to think, if Johnny Walker beats Ankalaev, may get the next title shot. I doubt he wins but he's been on a tear lately.

[Schnitzl]

Cray to think, if Johnny Walker beats Ankalaev, may get the next title shot. I doubt he wins but he's been on a tear lately.

Mate I've been on Johnny Walker train since contender series/he got those highlight KO's when he first joined - even when everyone was making fun of him for the 4/5 losses I was still hopeful. Initially it looked like going with SBG Ireland wasn't the best idea but he's really coming to his own now and taking things a bit slower in the octagon. He just has that positive attitude no matter what. I hope his defence has improved even more and we see Walker vol 2.5.

[Cartiac]

Cray to think, if Johnny Walker beats Ankalaev, may get the next title shot. I doubt he wins but he's been on a tear lately.

I think Johnny has more than a decent chance of winning it assuming he gets a fair shake in Abu Dhabi. I'm not sold on Ankalaev being anything special. UFC has been pushing all these other Dagestan guys trying to capitalize on the Khabib hype but what has Ankalaev actually done? The LHW division has been extremely weak and Ankalaev has not looked impressive and also showed some serious entitlement issues, while Walker has looked great in his last few fights. I can see him out striking Ankalaev much like he did to Smith.