Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov This was one of those times when a fighter looks great-but-who-gives-a-shit. Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes knocked out Junior Dos Santos heading into this one, which was a decent recovery after two losses in the last few years to the scariest guy in the UFC, Francis Ngannou. Alexander (just me who wantsContinue reading “UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Volkov”
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UFC on ESPN 10: Eye vs. Calvillo
I’m glad I checked this was an ESPN show in America prior to writing it up. The card was a lot of fun, as it happened, but I can’t imagine anyone would have paid for it, had it been a pay per view. Given that it wasn’t a PPV, it was actually a really smartlyContinue reading “UFC on ESPN 10: Eye vs. Calvillo”
UFC 243
This was a fun show. Thankfully the two main events were really good rather than just “fun”, as two Kiwi fighters did the biz, and outclassed their very capable opponents. The main event fights were quite similar to each other, in that you had a rangy, lean New Zealander using his reach to pick offContinue reading “UFC 243”
UFC 241
Well, I just watched the damn UFC. I was expecting Daniel Cormier to have another pretty easy heavyweight title fight against previous champion Stipe Miocic, despite the Croatian-American’s size and reach advantage. I was wrong. I was right for a while. DC nearly ended it in the first round, after a combination of quicker hands,Continue reading “UFC 241”
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