UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

One thing I can say about Jordan Leavitt is that he leaves his chin wide open and gets cracked a lot.  So does Paddy but Jordan has the least power in his hands compared to Paddy's two previous opponents.   This should be an easy TKO win for Paddy on paper.  

Volkan Oezdemir should be an easy win for Paul Craig. Oezdemir struggles with power punches and grapplers. Paul Craig is one of if not the best in his division. I don't think Craig will finish Oezdemir. I mean, who knows I didn't think Craig would finish Krylov but he did so, I don't know. Easy win for Craig. 

Easy win 😂. I dare you to bet your house

why is Jack Shore not on this card?

No clue. Shore himself didn’t even know lol. Makes no sense to not book him here 

Maybe cause Ricky Simon will wrestle F him to a decision loss?  

Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall
Tom Aspinall TKO R2
Very close fight, the way I see this going is Tom will be able to defend Curtis’s takedowns in the first round and it it will be a feeling out process. The second round things will open up and Tom will catch him with the hands and finish him


Jack Hermansson vs Darren Till
Darren Till DEC
Zero confidence in Till, especially after that horrid performance against Brunson. However I like him enough to want  to see him perform well, he has the striking edge. As long as his TD defense is on point I see him winning


Paddy Pimblett vs Jordan Leavitt
Jordan Leavitt SUB R2
Not a big Paddy fan so I’m pretty bias. But that doesn’t change that Paddy just isn’t that good, his striking is terrible(Ik Jordan’s striking sucks too), his clinch game is also pretty weak, his ground game is his strength. I think Leavitt catches him with a slick submission in transition(and twerks on Paddy afterwards). If Paddy wins I’ll put some respect on his name but for now he’s nothing but an overhyped guy to me


Paul Craig vs Volkan Oezdemir
Paul Craig SUB R1
This will be your typical Paul Craig fight, he gets pieced up, dropped and nearly finished. But he will throw up some crazy submission and somehow finish the fight. I have little confidence considering Craig gets hurt in pretty much every fight and has some real baffling losses but I believe in him more than Oezdemir


Muhammad Mokaev vs Charles Johnson
Muhammad Mokaev DEC
Great fight here. 2 great flyweight prospects, however I see Mokaev as the more polished fighter. Could easily see it being close though

Jordan’s striking is much, much worse than paddy and paddy can can keep it on the feet but might get taken down once or twice. But he will get back on his feet and start hammering Jordan on the feet, paddy via TKO 

I’m interested to see the scrambles but on the feet it’s (shockingly) paddy all day 

It’s weird becuase Paddy is one of the worst strikers in the division, he’s somehow fighting someone who has worse striking than him. We’re gonna see how it plays out, definitely rooting for Jordan though

Pimblett vs. Leavitt
Paddy Pimblett, TKO, R2
Paddy might be smarter than he looks, he has all the advantages and jordan has good record makes him good stepping stone.

Tommy Aspinall, Tommy Aspinall, Tommy Aspinall

Mokaev is the logical pick here but I think I’m going with Johnson because 6% on him is just disrespectful. Mokaev is a legit prospect but so is Johnson. Don’t sleep people

Jai Herbert vs Kyle Nelson. Finally giving jai the easy win he deserves 

Herbert vs. Nelson
Jai Herbert, TKO, R1
LFG jai man this is ur dub in the bag

@ayy I ain’t sleeping on him he’s a killer but I got mokaev, also British prospect so imma side with him Johnson is a killer tho 

Herbert vs. Nelson
Jai Herbert, TKO, R1
Cmon Jai

Fair enough, I mean mokaev is 10000% the logical pick, just think 6% is crazy on Johnson; doesn’t incdicate how the fight will go whatsoever

Kyle Nelson gasses bad

Herbert vs. Nelson
Jai Herbert, TKO, R1
Thought herbert would be cut tbh after his last one out, not that i dont like him hes a very fun fighter to watch but im surprised hes still in the ufc