UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero

You're welcome? Jitsu huh? Very nice. Strangulation is fun no? 

Well my **** enjoys the gable, I can tell you that for sure.

And you'll be watching this unfold saucer-eyed in the corner of the room while masturbating I presume?

Jamall Emmers   vs.   Giga Chikadze  


Pretty much the definition of a 50/50 fight. Emmers is OK, pretty much a standard outside point fighter who is content to win on low kicks and try and find a home for a straight right, but he never tries to break his opponent's time and is extremely predictable as a result, which results him getting smacked in the face more often than not because he'll just exit the exchange with his guard down waiting for his opponent to reset. He's reasonably fast but doesn't punch super hard. I'd rate his power as average.


Chickadze looks like he isn't interested, but he's very scrambly and has good GNP. He''s good at keeping leverage whilst also forcing enough space to get stuff off from the top. He's also much better at catching his opponent off-time, which is probably owing to his sambo style, but is probably slighter slower and less powerful than Emmers. Definitely harder to land on however and should be able to reverse emmers even if he does give up a TD.


This will be close. Emmers probably has the better gastank, Giga looks like dog **** after the second. I'll take Giga on points to win the first two and drop the third for a 29-28. Both of these guys are low output and couldn't finish a micheline appetizer between them, so look forward to judging shenanigans in all probability.

* Edited at 03.04.2020, 1:07 AM ET *

@Paym here's a good one for you and one of the few terms I remember from classical philosophy.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhaphanidosis

Sounds about right. I'd put Costa in the same bracket.

Mark O. Madsen   vs.   Austin Hubbard  


Wrestling fans rejoice because this is your kind of fight.
And everyone else too, because this one is going to be a barnburner and I'm picking it for FOTN.


Both of these guys are absolute savages, and don't know what backwards means. Both hit very hard, and both are very strong wrestlers, however Madsen is certainly the better and more pedigreed in this capacity. This isn't the kind of fight you can bet on; either guy could land something massive at any point, and they're both so strong from the top that whoever secures top position at any point is going to keep it and make the most of it.


That stated, I do believe Hubbard is the more sophisticated and varied striker, and the busier guy generally. He's also seven years younger. At 35 Madsen is a bit late to the game, and his best years are behind him. It's a big ask for him to take out a young Killer like Hubbard who has the style to stymie his best weapon, which is his offensive wrestling and who also has real power in returning fire. I'm 60/40 Hubbard on this, and since I don't see this going the distance, I'm gonna take him by KO/TKO in the third. Would Madsen winning shock me? **** no.

* Edited at 03.04.2020, 6:04 AM ET *