UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

that old security dude in the back was loving that Let's Go Brandon chant lol

****riding trump in the middle of the cage smh

Main event time

Nearly 20 years as a top 15 fighter

We love Trump folks 🇺🇸 

LETS GO BRANDON!

"thanks Dana for bailing me out of a felony"

but for real, Jorge is a legend. Much respect. 

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I don’t like trump but fighters clearly do this for support of powerful people to get their own brand out there. I don’t blame them for it. Want your business backed you got to occasionally get on with people you might not like 

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izzy pereira fight needs to hit over 1.5 and im gucci

I’m just down bad tbh lol

Masvidal smart for getting out now, he'd just be a punching bag the rest of his career   

Don't think i'll be able to sit down for the MAin Event

Welterweight title picture is about to be ******. Dana is 100% giving Colby the title shot now. Burns says he's not accepting anything but a title fight. And Belal is out there deserving of it and shouldn't accept anything but a title fight. Should be fun.

* Edited at 04.09.2023, 12:25 AM ET *

someone mentioned ''****riding'' trump. So i guess you can say you are ****riding whoever you support?

Come on Izzy 4th time is the charm

Ok Guys This is a very difficult fight to really actually predict you really can’t go off their kickboxing fights as its a different rule set and wrestling comes into a factor since this is MMA and so you have to go off their first MMA fight their last fight look I’m honestly thinking and I’m worried about this but obviously I rewatched their first MMA fight but DC and Joe Rogan kept talking about how big Alex Pereira is and that he be walking around fight day sometimes at 220 pounds that’s a lot of weight to cut down to for a 185er my biggest concern with Alex Pereira is the weight cut and I just don’t want to see what happened to Charles Oliveira when he was champion and when he faught in Arizona happen with Pereira I’m concerned with that with Pereira and that he is talking about going to Heavyweight it just makes me believe how exactly big does he get at his walking around weight during when he doesn’t have fights booked he is a big 185er and that he even makes the weight is shocking in itself how much is he truly draining himself down to Izzy is a natural 185er so the cut isn’t as bad for him now the power Pereira possesses you definitely can tell Izzy doesn’t like getting touched by this guy so Izzy better be on his A plus game if he is even going to hope to have a shot at winning this fight guys this is a really tough fight to call the power definitely goes to Pereira striking is about even and Izzy was winning up until that stoppage but what I’m thinking and I’m hoping for Izzy is that he trained on his wrestling a bit more for this fight as he definitely seemed to have the advantage their and if Izzy goes out their and tries to look for the takedowns while mixing in the striking and keeps Pereira guessing I think Izzy can finally get a win here against Pereira but if it just stays standing than it will go to Pereira guys I’m taking final prediction AND NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION Israel Adesanya by Decision Izzy will secure a couple takedowns and win a razor close decision this is way to close of a fight to call I can see both guys winning but to me I’m always going to take the guy or girl who I feel has the more ways to score and win based on the criteria of the rules that the UFC gives and we know judges seem to love the wrestlers because of the takedowns

I give the credit to Masvidal, surely another would have been knocked out in the third round with the punches that Durinho landed. Maybe not the best fighter, but the man went from a fighter who was always there without much of a spotlight despite being one fight away from a title shot against Maia to a star without winning a championship when he knocked out Till, Askren and stopped Nate Diaz at UFC 244, without a doubt a pioneer of MMA in Miami. 

I see no sense in politicizing his retirement speech at the end in this way, but without doubt Masvidal is the Donald Trump's Favorite Fighter: he made the former president go to seeing him fight 2 times (at UFC 244 and tonight), the only thing Colby got from Trump was a phone call.

Colby will take this belt hostage and never fight again if he beats Leon 

Hope Alex wins again so Rob can get the belt

@KyleH

Jorge Masvidal showed that he was a Trump supporter before the Kamaru Usman fight.

* Edited at 04.09.2023, 12:32 AM ET *

Adesanya is a clown and a half

Dana White gonna be real sad after tonight: Masvidal (one of the biggest PPV sellers) retired tonight and Poatan is about to send to retirement the second highest paid and PPV draw (Adesanya) with his brutal left hook.