UFC Freedom 250: Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Ray Gaethje & Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Romain Gane RBR.

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  1. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Dayuum! As much as I love Poatan I have to admit he's been a massive weight bully and this is probably one of the few times in the UFC he's fought someone his size and not knowing how he would handle HW power was a concern for me. Gane is a huge unit and he can punch but he isn't really a KO artist
     
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  2. Rob

    Rob Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gane was on his way to beating aspinall that fight. Aspinall was getting pieced up a lot.

    Where does Poatan go from here? That's a lot of weight to cut if he wants to drop back down a class.
     
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  3. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Haven’t seen a Frenchman beat down a Brazilian like that since France 1998.
     
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  4. PopPellegrino

    PopPellegrino Active Member Full Member

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    That win might be one of the best-aged MMA win of all time.
     
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  5. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    Protan barely threw any punches tonight. He was slow to pull the trigger. I think the 50lbs is just too much and made him lethargic.
     
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  6. ubareem

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    Numerous elbows to the back of the head in typical Gane fashion.
     
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  7. Dagnaldinho

    Dagnaldinho Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Zidane 06
     
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  8. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Brutal, stayed up past 5am for this lol

    Gane boxing well with the jab. Still a fan of Poatan though
     
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  9. NoChin

    NoChin Sir Tim Tszyu - Knighted! Full Member

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    Going to get back on my yacht and sail to Perth. Been a blast.
     
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  10. Lonsdale81

    Lonsdale81 Active Member Full Member

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    Ok. We'll see ;)
     
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  11. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yeah. He fights everybody.
     
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  12. DaRealJT

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    Yeah I think Poatan could just dominate LHW if he wanted to.
     
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  13. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    It did look like a lot of those elbows were to the back of the head upon initial viewing
     
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  14. lobk

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    Will be interesting to see if Pereira drops down or stay at heavy.
     
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  15. Dagnaldinho

    Dagnaldinho Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So Poatan vs Hokit next, book it.
     
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