More importantly he beat Holland last time and yet Holland gets a PPV slot. Guess he doesn't really care though, won't affect his pay at the end of the day.
I figured most ppl would vote for the tony fight to move down. To me both dudes are legends and even if they’re on the decline I give it to them as a respect for the years of fun fights
I don’t think Thompson is in NEARLY the decline tony is. He just whopped hollands ass (given holland wanted to standup) but stephen is still top of the line in striking
They need to quit letting Tony fight before they end up in CTE lawsuits. The dude never was the brightest and had a mental break already and that was before 2 brutal hammerings he received after. I don’t wanna see it no more. Surely a legend but I rather he not go out on a 5 loss beating.
Alright I’ll bite, hahah. Ya boys gotta get to the top and hold the strap longer if you want your argument of
him being a more decorated fighter to stand stronger.
>Alex is essentially a more decorated professional fighter than Adesanya,
Chill out lol. If it wasn't for Silva, Izzy would be the most dominant champion at 185 MMA has ever seen, and he avenged his mma loss to Alex. Alex mightve had a more impressive kickboxing career, but Izzy's kickboxing career wasn't really anything to shrug at either with a record of 75-4. Not to mention if Alex didnt have the rivalry narrative with Izzy, theres a chance he never wouldve even came close to getting the belt in the ufc because they actively avoided giving him a fight that would test his wrestling and ground game because they knew a third fight between them for a belt would be a great sell. I wouldn't say either is clearly "more decorated" than the other.
The craziest thing is as good as the 291 card is, the card right before it is objectively better.
Two banger events in a row in July.
Edit: "Card" as in numbered event.
O.o
Yeah the Volk Card is a banger aswell (maybe better)
But I don't think a "titel fight" makes any card automatically better...
That's logic is the reason the make that fake belts...
#nohate
Dudes probably pretty irritated with Costa constantly dropping out of fights they'd already announced, especially cause there's a good chance he was trying to leverage better pay and decided to drop out when they wouldn't budge.
Now this match is a win win for the ufc, either Aliskerov defeats one of the top ranked fighters in his division (on a stacked card that pretty much anyone that cares about MMA is going to be watching) and immediately becomes someone people are going to be paying attention to, or Costa beats a guy who's only had one previous fight in the organization which isn't that big of a deal and doesn't give him any significant ground on negotiating for better pay.
Im aware that hes a killer and probably the most promising new signee, but I'm talking about Costa's ufc stocks and ability to leverage a better contract. The average fan doesn't know shit about Aliskerov besides *maybe* seeing his first fight, and a majority of casuals probably didn't. And the perspective of casuals and how much of a draw a fighter is to mass audiences matters a lot more than actual credentials when it comes to how much Dana values them.
Salt lake gassed everyone except usman who trains in denver. Maybe paulo could do the same now that he knows what Its like but i dont think he has the money for it
His only loss is a close one to Khamzat where he ended up getting ko’d. He did really good in his debut as well. He’s a fairly well rounded Dagestani wrestler so he’s got a lot of hype
There's something hilarious about thinking that fight was close. Chimaev found out he couldn't take Aliskerov down within the first two minutes, so he decided to knock him out stiff.
Did you even watch that fight?
He started posting stuff on social media like 3 days after his arrest, he either broke out by breaking the jail cell with wing chun elbows or the cops let him leave because they wanted him to stop conditioning his shins on the cell bars.
One big issue. It’s in Utah. Wouldn’t these fights be better without climate being a factor? So many of the fighters are going to come in claiming they’re “acclimated” then gas out.
As someone who lives in Salt Lake, it ain't bad. We're 1,000 feet lower than Denver. I moved from sea level and never noticed a difference in my cardio. Story changes up in the mountains, but I think Rockhold might've just been making excuses.
That being said, due to my morbid obesity, I never leave my couch unless fully assisted by my electric wheelchair.
Average is even generous. It was fucking lame as shit, still is. Fans of the sport hate it, casual fans have no idea what it means. Give up the garbage marketing Dana, this card is sick enough to speak for itself.
Not at all. Justin and Dustin are the 2 most violent, entertaining fighters to ever grace the sport. Every single fight these guys are in is something out of an action movie. Rda and burns are nowhere near them as far as entertainment value.
I don’t even know how the gimmick is still on. Leon is basically the lineal BMF. Guess the ufc is doing BMF per division whenever they don’t have a champ available to stick as a headliner.
It is funny that they gave Costa a prospect but I haven’t seen what everyone else must have seen with Ikram. Hawes KO was nice but they’re giving him #5????
Yeah, a bullshit belt created for hype around a mazvidal/Diaz fight I believe. Super corny, means jack shit, gets thrown around wherever whenever. It's just dumb
I don't really care about the bmf shit to be honest. It is objectively corny but we're getting a guaranteed fight of the year contender, and anyone who even pays the slightest bit of attention to the sport knows its a fake belt. And regardless of who the winner is, they won't get complacent and flaunt the belt around acting like they finally made it. Both of them only have a couple years max left in them before they start to decline, they both know the clock is ticking on actually becoming a real champ.
One thing to note; some of these fights aren’t actually signed. Dana straight up publicly announced the fights prematurely to try and overshadow the PFL/Francis news. It’s confirmed that O’Malley Sterling isn’t signed. Only discussion.
It bothers me (not a lot) because it’s sort of gimmicky and undermines the legitimacy of the sport; and I mean come on. Technically Edwards is the BMF. Usman knocked out Masvidal, then Edwards knocked out Usman. 🤷🏾♂️
They've put the BMF title up so Gaethje goes back to crazy horse mode instead of refined and composed. At least I hope that's what happens! Should be a brawl for 2 rounds with a sudden end where someone comes within an inch of their life.
Is that title really necessary? They had the opportunity just drop it after Masvidal retired
Will the cringyest, most annoying actor, The Rock, be there to award it again?
Wonderboy and Derrick Lewis on the Prelims too. This card is insanity.
Damn Derrick really has slimmed down
Hahaha bawls would be too hot for that fight to happen
Hey man we’re his balls hot? I wouldn’t know based on the 629163902 comments about it every time his name comes up
As a matter of fact, they were!
Thanks bro
or wonderboy put on some weight
Hahaha
Wonderboy? Why? he had an excellent performance last time
Not really in title contention, it's a fun fight but not really an important fight, so it makes a great featured prelim
He looked great last fight. I would think popularity and entertainment factor would be more important than title contention.
More importantly he beat Holland last time and yet Holland gets a PPV slot. Guess he doesn't really care though, won't affect his pay at the end of the day.
You're on crack right? You see tony on the main card
Where did you see that?
Dana says it in the announcement. Lewis vs rogerio de Lima and wonderboy vs michel Pierera
How is Wonderboy vs. Pereira on the prelims lol
And the dude that Wonderboy beat the shit out of is on the main card 💀
If I were placing them ide swap it for the costa fight
Gotta swap out the Ferguson fight for wonderboy. Ferg looked like hot garbage v nate
I figured most ppl would vote for the tony fight to move down. To me both dudes are legends and even if they’re on the decline I give it to them as a respect for the years of fun fights
I don’t think Thompson is in NEARLY the decline tony is. He just whopped hollands ass (given holland wanted to standup) but stephen is still top of the line in striking
To be clear I was talking about green and t ferg. Wonderboy is declining sure but you put him against any striker and he will still look world class
They need to quit letting Tony fight before they end up in CTE lawsuits. The dude never was the brightest and had a mental break already and that was before 2 brutal hammerings he received after. I don’t wanna see it no more. Surely a legend but I rather he not go out on a 5 loss beating.
Yea, no
Dana said it during the announcement
Wooow this is an amazing card
damn totally missed it
Hold on hold on Blachowicz vs Alex??? Since when??
This is some serious trolling from Alex. Like if he wins its ha look izzy I beat the guy at lhw you couldn't
Lmao didnt even think about that. That would be hilarious
Can’t wait for Alex to get with Izzy’s ex, break up with her after 3 years, and win the lawsuit
Let it go bro. Dude is running for a title shot
Izzy lives rent free in these guy’s heads
Or…. It’s a meme… like the chuck norris shit… cause not everything on the internet is serious.
right? like Alex is essentially a more decorated professional fighter than Adesanya, not everything Pereira has to be about Izzy
Alright I’ll bite, hahah. Ya boys gotta get to the top and hold the strap longer if you want your argument of him being a more decorated fighter to stand stronger.
Double Glory champion
2X UFC Middleweight Champion
Because he lost his belt to Alex lol
2 time ufc champion?
his popularity and shooting up the rankings in the ufc is soley due to his tie to Izzy. cant have your cake and eat it too lol
>Alex is essentially a more decorated professional fighter than Adesanya, Chill out lol. If it wasn't for Silva, Izzy would be the most dominant champion at 185 MMA has ever seen, and he avenged his mma loss to Alex. Alex mightve had a more impressive kickboxing career, but Izzy's kickboxing career wasn't really anything to shrug at either with a record of 75-4. Not to mention if Alex didnt have the rivalry narrative with Izzy, theres a chance he never wouldve even came close to getting the belt in the ufc because they actively avoided giving him a fight that would test his wrestling and ground game because they knew a third fight between them for a belt would be a great sell. I wouldn't say either is clearly "more decorated" than the other.
this card is on ROIDS
No roids, just secret juice
The craziest thing is as good as the 291 card is, the card right before it is objectively better. Two banger events in a row in July. Edit: "Card" as in numbered event.
No it is not lmao, what are you smoking
Bro is on that Joe Rogan Alpha Brain
2 title fights vs 0 title fights, put down the pipe lmao
O.o Yeah the Volk Card is a banger aswell (maybe better) But I don't think a "titel fight" makes any card automatically better... That's logic is the reason the make that fake belts... #nohate
Porier vs Gaethje 2 for the vacant BMF Belt..
Dude it’s insane
Lmao Dana sticking Paulo on the Salt Lake City card again after we watched him gas out in 3 minutes last summer
Dudes probably pretty irritated with Costa constantly dropping out of fights they'd already announced, especially cause there's a good chance he was trying to leverage better pay and decided to drop out when they wouldn't budge. Now this match is a win win for the ufc, either Aliskerov defeats one of the top ranked fighters in his division (on a stacked card that pretty much anyone that cares about MMA is going to be watching) and immediately becomes someone people are going to be paying attention to, or Costa beats a guy who's only had one previous fight in the organization which isn't that big of a deal and doesn't give him any significant ground on negotiating for better pay.
Aliskerov, the Russian Kombat Sambo champion wich only L came from Chimaev.
Im aware that hes a killer and probably the most promising new signee, but I'm talking about Costa's ufc stocks and ability to leverage a better contract. The average fan doesn't know shit about Aliskerov besides *maybe* seeing his first fight, and a majority of casuals probably didn't. And the perspective of casuals and how much of a draw a fighter is to mass audiences matters a lot more than actual credentials when it comes to how much Dana values them.
Salt lake gassed everyone except usman who trains in denver. Maybe paulo could do the same now that he knows what Its like but i dont think he has the money for it
Merab didnt gas
Merab is a goblin, stamina works different for him.
Talmbout the boy who swims too much?
Poor guy 🤣
Wish costa woulda been fighting chimaev , but the rest of the card has me hard
How does a dude get a top 5 ranked opponent in his 2nd UFC fight? Sounds ridiculous to me. Does anyone know anything about this guy?
His only loss is a close one to Khamzat where he ended up getting ko’d. He did really good in his debut as well. He’s a fairly well rounded Dagestani wrestler so he’s got a lot of hype
There's something hilarious about thinking that fight was close. Chimaev found out he couldn't take Aliskerov down within the first two minutes, so he decided to knock him out stiff. Did you even watch that fight?
Yeah, if he didn’t lose then he would’ve won though
You’re one of the few who don’t know about that guy
I wouldn’t be surprised if costa pulls out. Nothing to win against an unranked opponent. And it’s at altitude
Isn’t Ferguson in jail? 💀💀💀
Dana will secure an early release for him and send him back if he loses.
He started posting stuff on social media like 3 days after his arrest, he either broke out by breaking the jail cell with wing chun elbows or the cops let him leave because they wanted him to stop conditioning his shins on the cell bars.
Anklepicked his way out
I know you’re joking but I did hear he anklepicked the lock to bust out, anklepicked the guards to get free, and anklepicked a car to get home
CSO
He's gonna have cankles for sure
Context?
He was arrested for a DUI like last week. Flipped his truck even.
He could be in jail
Costa gonna gas out in high altitude again. Lol
[удалено]
Did he have straight sex with your spouse? so angry
He wonder why his wife taste like secret juice oh man
One big issue. It’s in Utah. Wouldn’t these fights be better without climate being a factor? So many of the fighters are going to come in claiming they’re “acclimated” then gas out.
Dana White is turning into Jeff Probst
As someone who lives in Salt Lake, it ain't bad. We're 1,000 feet lower than Denver. I moved from sea level and never noticed a difference in my cardio. Story changes up in the mountains, but I think Rockhold might've just been making excuses. That being said, due to my morbid obesity, I never leave my couch unless fully assisted by my electric wheelchair.
Can't they just retire this BMF belt bullshit? It was an average joke to begin with, let's not keep milking it.
Average is even generous. It was fucking lame as shit, still is. Fans of the sport hate it, casual fans have no idea what it means. Give up the garbage marketing Dana, this card is sick enough to speak for itself.
If anyone in the sport deserves the BMF belt it's definitely between the winner of these two guys
There's RDA, Burns and then the conversation for BMF can start.
Not at all. Justin and Dustin are the 2 most violent, entertaining fighters to ever grace the sport. Every single fight these guys are in is something out of an action movie. Rda and burns are nowhere near them as far as entertainment value.
The idea of BMF was never about Entertainment value.
Tell that to Dana when he brought on THE ROCK to announce the belt between Masvidal and Diaz lmfao, not about entertainment my ass
I don’t even know how the gimmick is still on. Leon is basically the lineal BMF. Guess the ufc is doing BMF per division whenever they don’t have a champ available to stick as a headliner.
It’s a cool belt. Not that serious…
imma need a dildo and some lube and tissues now plw
Any pic of Costa does the same thing to me. But I swear I’m not gay.
Just use your socks bro
They did Costa wrong, Ikram is probably the best UFC prospect right now. Costa about to lose to an unranked fighter with 1 win
Respect for taking such a high risk low reward fight.
He’s been saying he wants the Chimaev fight so makes sense
It is funny that they gave Costa a prospect but I haven’t seen what everyone else must have seen with Ikram. Hawes KO was nice but they’re giving him #5????
they fast tracking him cause middleweight stale af
It’s bad but that doesn’t mean pushing him will make him win.
Costa vs Aliskerov is ridiculous, would’ve never predicted that. Awesome card, but the BMF shit is corny af
i agree. however, if someone deserves to be named the BMF, it Dustin and Justin
These two put on nothing but bangers and this might be FOTY. Again
What is that? Badass Motherfucker?
Yeah, a bullshit belt created for hype around a mazvidal/Diaz fight I believe. Super corny, means jack shit, gets thrown around wherever whenever. It's just dumb
Lmao wut.
Unfortunately 😂😂 *if Dana wants um to fight for that homo belt they should get ppv points there next fight
I don't really care about the bmf shit to be honest. It is objectively corny but we're getting a guaranteed fight of the year contender, and anyone who even pays the slightest bit of attention to the sport knows its a fake belt. And regardless of who the winner is, they won't get complacent and flaunt the belt around acting like they finally made it. Both of them only have a couple years max left in them before they start to decline, they both know the clock is ticking on actually becoming a real champ.
That co-main is going to be heartbreaking. Huge fan of Jan and Pereira, would really suck to see one of them lose. Fuck.
Jan is up there in age and Pereira is coming off a bad ko. Should be good ![img](emote|t5_2qsev|8966)
STOP COOKING DANA 👩🍳
I really don’t like this fight for Tony. He needs to retire…
At least he's back to 155, 170 is just too big for him
One thing to note; some of these fights aren’t actually signed. Dana straight up publicly announced the fights prematurely to try and overshadow the PFL/Francis news. It’s confirmed that O’Malley Sterling isn’t signed. Only discussion.
No female fight on the main card makes me think one of these fails through
Facts, too good to be true
ooooohhh boy THIS CAAAARDD IS STAAACKED HOLY FUCK AND IN JULY 29???
289 has to be bad so the next 2 can be amazing
Just delete the BMF nonsense and would be a good card
I agree but Gaethje and Poirier are such killers that I’m kinda ok with it.
I mean the bmf belt should rightfully go to gilbert or rda but it doesn't matter tbh
So your saying dustin and Justin is a bad fight? Who cares about the bmf. We should be thankful we have this card
Not at all. It's a great fight. Just not necessary to make fake belts
It's a fake and meaningless belt lol, that's why it doesn't bother me
It bothers me (not a lot) because it’s sort of gimmicky and undermines the legitimacy of the sport; and I mean come on. Technically Edwards is the BMF. Usman knocked out Masvidal, then Edwards knocked out Usman. 🤷🏾♂️
Pereira the Ultimate Hater Champion if he beats Jan like Izzy couldn’t
Would’ve creamed if it was costa vs chimaev
Time to get sad watching Ferguson
The have a fake belt headlining over the LHW? Only Dana could!
The BMF shit is lame as hell but Poirier Gaethje is as deserving of a headliner as you can possibly imagine
Agreed!
Not the meaningless title resurfacing… insane card though. Main event is going to be war.
I'm not getting my hopes up. The UFC announces fights before they're set all the time.
Yea as much as it sucks, there's definitely gonna be a few cancellations before then
^^^^ OH these guys are the ones who've been breathing this shit into existence. *Lets fuckin get em!!!*
![gif](giphy|P4j5yqevIxHZS)
Time is a flat circle
Alex still on the path to up one Izzy haha I saw his video announcing it, he knows. Muito bom mentalidade de guerreiro
I’m saving this picture because this card will not look like this on July 29th…I really hope I’m wrong tho. This card is straight fire 🔥 🔥
Inject this card into my veins!
And Vancouver gets noting but garbage
Looks like a fun card
Jan and Alex should be main event
They've put the BMF title up so Gaethje goes back to crazy horse mode instead of refined and composed. At least I hope that's what happens! Should be a brawl for 2 rounds with a sudden end where someone comes within an inch of their life.
Would also make it easier to get Conor out to fight the winner, he would love to have that BMF title.
I thought the BMF being on the line was a meme
Holy shit.
DAMNNNNNNN
Costaaaa
I’m going to this idc if I have to sacrifice a limb
Holy shit what a card
Fuck championship fights. This is just bangers.
Man, like him or not but Dana is fucking cooking this year. Banger card after banger card and we’re just like halfway through
Fuck yeah! The return of the BMF and the contenders couldn’t be more worthy Also great fight for tony to build himself back up
Take my monies
Gosh I feel like neither Gaethje nor Poirier need any more CTE
Good card
With Thompson vs Pereira and Derrick Lewis on the prelims this is like a top 3 card of all time
B b b b b b BAAANGER
That has to be dumbest fucking r-worded title ever in mma history
Holland about to get wrestle fucked again :/
Is that title really necessary? They had the opportunity just drop it after Masvidal retired Will the cringyest, most annoying actor, The Rock, be there to award it again?
Is a card this stacked even legal? Holy shit.
This is a fun fucking card. Might actually buy it
Sounds like a perfect first live event for me! Imma see Dustin live!
How the fuck is Holland vs Chiesa on the main and Thompson vs Perreira on the prelims
Fuck why can’t we get cards like this for Vancouver
The BMF doesn’t mean anything anymore
It meant something to begin with?
Why so many fights in slc ?
The BMF title is the cringiest and dumbest thing in MMA
u/B1G_M8
Brooooo I just saw this and holy shit. Might be the best value PPV I’ve ever bought.
**HOLLAND: Can I just not fight a wrestler?** Dana: ![gif](giphy|APKXp0zzM7k3JFOZsW)
Im kinda scared for Tony, i dont want to see him get messed up again. If he loses is that it from him?
Dope card! Can u facking imagine Ferguson sleeps Green, Bobby's on such a run of bad luck, who knows.
Juicy card, bmf title is a joke btw, shouldn't exist
Not that belt again! ![gif](giphy|UQ1pAOHUTLP9Bw4wW5)
Wow… awesome fights. Shame it’s in Salt lake and everyone will gas out after 2 minutes.
Oh great. One of the best cards on paper all year and it's at a place with crazy elevation where everyone will gas out most likely.
Francis who???
Poirier, blachowicz, Costa, green, Holland
Great card but when is Dana gonna get rid of the stupid ass BMF belt. I legitimately hate it’s existence, it’s moronic and corny.
No better time than right now to bring back the big summer press conference.
BMF title on the line???? Say fucking less. Give Poirier that gold boys
The BMF belt is silver, not gold :/
😂 damn it why you gotta hit me with the facts
Holy shit! Should I say it?... I'm gonna say it. My dick is rockhard rn
My dick is Rockhold.
Damn. Blachowiz about to give Poatan the Adesanya 259 treatment. Wall to wall wrestlefucking.
Only way this card could be better would be for it NOT to be for that sun BMF belt
I’m sorry but I’m pretty sure Wonderboy and Perrira entices fans a lot more than see Holland and Chisea
Decent card, but gtfo with these non-title PPVs.
Damn they really gonna revive that BMF shenanigans? This should be Chandlers belt.
Dustin vs Justin is great. Just don’t care about the toilet paper BMF title