MMA ( Mixed martial arts )

Final betting odds are in
Oliviera - 142 favourite
Chandler + 116 underdog
So I'm still confident enough in my prediction to state it on here but I'm not going to be putting my money where my mouth is. Either way one of the most intriguing fights so far this year. I keep forgetting this is for the title. Even if the belt wasn't on the line still a must watch headliner

Press conference was a bit more spicy than other pandemic ones with the crowd, think Tony got a bit carried away.

Yeah I think and hope Oliveira has the tools, but man Chandler looks dangerous.

I'd be putting money on Chandler, then either my guy Oli wins, or I do 🤷🏽‍♂️

Nasty Atomweight fight in One Championship just now, Killer Bee is vicious

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Shoulda put my faith in Olives. He took Chandlers punches and totally turned it around the next round. 👍🏼

https://youtu.be/de4tcWP9XcI

He was in trouble though but it was a great action fight and I'm glad he got the win he totally deserved it. Garbrant vs Font promises violence tonight definitely not going to the judges. Not an amazing looking card on the whole though so I'm going to be watching the Josh Taylor fight and catching up with the UFC tomorrow

Leon Edwards deserves a title shot, even if I'm pretty sure he won't win it.

Also, Adesanyas rope a dope head movement against the cage was impressive. He's still making grappling mistakes but there's an obvious improvement.

Sorta impressed with how Nate Diaz performed in 5 rounds considering he looks like he's baked 24/7

https://www.vmtv.co.uk/2021/05/25/ufc-to-help-combat-knife-crime-in-uk-with-new-partnership/

The worlds leading mixed martial arts promotion, the UFC, has today announced its partnership with UK based charity OnSide and Legacy Youth Zone in a bid to tackle the knife crime epidemic in the UK. The partnership will be led by UK athletes Leon Edwards, Darren Till and Jimi Manuwa who will lead an MMA-focused mentoring program at OnSide in Croydon, Wolverhampton & the Wirral.......The partnership will be aimed at 12-16 year olds and also to those on probation for knife possession and assault and also gang and drug-related crimes. The programme will consist of weekly classes over a six-to-eight week period at selected OnSide centres.

Just seen the Craig vs Hill bout. Fuck what was the ref doing?

The problem is, he's probably not gonna lose his job over that. He's a bit more of an unknown ref compared to the bigger names. Firing him is sending the right message I think.

It's lucky Hills arm was dislocated and not broken!

Another questionable ref decision letting Murata carry on for another round in that state?

Anderson Silva shows how to cross over properly at 46. GOAT 💪👊

Tonight's UFC card has some interesting fighters/styles represented.

Wonderboy, Ryan Hall, O'malley to name a few, I'll be watching.

I'll be watching tomorrow morning. Wonderboy vs Burns should be a good technical vs bulldozer fight. I'd like to see Greg Hardy get KO'd and I'm not on the O'malley bandwagon but should be some great fights that can easily fly under the radar with such a big main event. I'm not going to make any bold predictions as they're often wrong. Really excited for the main event though

Was going to mention this previously, but have a real soft spot for rose namajunas. The head kick that she took out wei lei with was a thing of beauty, and the outpouring of emotion from the “and NEW!” announcement until she got her first few questions in the post fight interview was what I kind of want to see whenever a fighter makes it to the promised land..

I’ve also got a sneaking suspicion that Poirier will repeat against mcgregor, especially if he can’t check the calf kicks..

First female comeback champ!
Big love for Namajunas despite the slightly off comments about Weili before the fight

O'malley is fighting a bum, so he bound to win. I hope conor gets done as he's annoying and in the press and stuff been the old arsehole he was.

Yeah I don’t really follow the pre fight chat or hype so was slightly confused when that came up in the post fight interview.
I don’t hold that shite against fighters, apart from Covington I don’t think any of them believe half the bile they’re spewing..

He’s fighting a complete can, who has basically only had a month of full time camp, working daft hours in a paint factory day to day. I’d absolutely love to see suga Sean get dusted tbh.