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UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
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11.22.2019 | 12:47 PM ET
Responses Page 9
03.02.2020 | 5:08 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 425 Points | 1989th Place
A very difficult fight to think about. Full disclosure; I think Zhang is a chinese PED creation and is probably as natural as rainbow slush puppie.It would not surprise me at all to learn that post-fights she sheds her skin, lays eggs. When her trainer draws her blood for some unthinkable black-market commercial purpose, it is luminescent green, smells of welding, causes the air to smoke and can only be harvested with a specialized anti-corrosive pure glass syringe. I also don't care what you think about that, and will not be dissuaded from this opinion. Go to Shenzhen and try and find any Chinese female with traps like prime phil heath then get back to me.
What makes this fight interesting is that Zhang isn't very good at middle distance and does her best work inside the clinch and at intimate range, which is where JJ is very strong defensively. As a thai fighter JJ is always going to struggle against Boxers like Thug Rose, who have excellent middle-distance striking, but Zhang really isn't that--she'll sling heavy kicks from range then zoom in for close-quarters savagery; lots of dirty boxing and viscous elbows.
How does Zhang look over five rounds? I've no idea, but she's horrific over three. JJ will have to put on a masterclass to not only avoid getting utterly smash****** early, but to win an early round, because I strongly doubt Zhang can keep up that Tempo for the full five. It's a big ask, but I'm going to back her to do it for whatever reason.
JJ by decision.
* Edited at 03.02.2020, 5:54 PM ET *
03.02.2020 | 6:14 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 1079th
Now Zhang is champ, she's getting tested double the average fighter. Time will tell if she's STILL using, but I doubt she's that stupid.
And, you don't need to go to Shenzhen. What average woman, from any country, has "traps like that".
03.02.2020 | 6:24 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 400 Points | Tied for 2137th
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03.02.2020 | 6:38 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 425 Points | 1989th Place
And in case you didn't notice I did include the specific clause that I don't care what anyone thinks about this opinion (informed or otherwise) and won't be dissuaded from it, having predicated the exact white-knight response you have offered.
* Edited at 03.02.2020, 6:39 PM ET *
03.02.2020 | 6:38 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 1079th
03.02.2020 | 6:40 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 425 Points | 1989th Place
* Edited at 03.02.2020, 6:43 PM ET *
03.02.2020 | 6:51 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 1079th
03.02.2020 | 6:57 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 1079th
You can get "traps"if you focus your training on it. Most MMA fighters don't bother, because it's useless.
03.02.2020 | 7:07 PM ET
03.02.2020 | 7:24 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 425 Points | 1989th Place
Quite simply, nobody cares what you think about anything at all. If you're after consensus validation by defending every fighter's honor like it's your baby sister's chastity, this isn't the forum for you. You'd be better served by Bloody Elbow, which is perhaps the largest contingency of SJW's on the internet outside of Reddit. Or perhaps outsports. You'll get your dopamine hit on either site guaranteed.
Make your predictions, post your breakdowns, and save the moral grandstanding for the comments section on Buzzfeed.
Edit: Catholic priests aren't more likely to be tickle monsters than anyone else.
Double edit: Maybe they are, I don't know.
Triple Edit: I feel like they have to be Pedos going in, because if not their mentality has to be 'Welp no ***** for me, guess the next best thing is kids" which is disturbing and an idea I wish I didn't find funny.
* Edited at 03.02.2020, 7:25 PM ET *
03.02.2020 | 7:38 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 500 Points | Tied for 1079th
@Justice Makhachev, Tukagov, Ruslan. My point wasn't to cast doubt on Khabib. It was to point out that it's ridiculous to give a fighter an automatic pass based on the fact that he's religious, but defame another based on not passing the eye test. I mean, pretty sure the dude mentions she's a mutant every time.
@Imp Make your predictions, post your breakdowns, and save the moral grandstanding for the comments section on Buzzfeed. "
Back at ya. You're the one who lost his nut when someone disagreed. The problem with you boomer types is that you think everyone who doesn't share your views, or isn't happy about your mildly-offensive BS, is a "soy boy/SJW/snowflake". From where I'm sitting, you're the triggered snowflake in this one. If you don't want to debate/converse/interact then you piss off. I'm not gonna shut up just because you get offended by someone who disagrees with your pompous, uninformed BS. Post your picks on some website. I'm a bit of a Zhang fan, so when someone calls her a "mutant" and goes on and on with essentially libelous BS, what do you expect? I can disagree. Or, have I invaded your safe space?
Catholic priests. Yeh, they def have a higher percentage of pedos. You try going celibate and see what happens...(Don't answer that, dont wana know). And, my point was that people can lie, break promises etc. Including religious people, like Khabib.
03.02.2020 | 8:16 PM ET
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03.02.2020 | 8:29 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 425 Points | 1989th Place
You people are like waiting for a late bus between split shifts on a Wednesday. You are the Ngannou vs Lewis of commentators. Boring, dull, uninspired whiny dittoheads. No identity, no individuality. You all come out of the same factory identical as biscuits. I've met twenty of you this month.
You're going to have to live with being mildly offended. That's the world. I also did give you my reasoning for my opinion that Zhang is a PED mutant and explicitly stated it wasn't going to change, and also gave you an example of someone I do not believe is a PED mutant, and gave reasons for that opinion. I don't care that you're a fan of Zhang, and had I known this, I still would have made the same post. I have nothing against her either, and don't especially care who wins this fight because WMMA doesn't especially interest me.
Edit: Not a Boomer. If only.
03.02.2020 | 9:02 PM ET
Over and over, we hear about how good of a wrestler he was on the Cuban Olympic team, and it is brought up continually, nearly every fight. Yet, he only seems to use it for end of round pointless takedowns or during chaotic exchanges where he's so off balance he can't even hold the takedown.
03.02.2020 | 9:14 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 425 Points | 1989th Place
03.02.2020 | 9:23 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points | Tied for 2725th
The Dagestani fighting this weekend is Saparbeg Safarov, the most dirty fighter ever
lol
https://mobile.twitter.com/CrooklynMMA/status/1234182415704297472
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"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." -H.L. Mencken
03.02.2020 | 9:35 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 11 Winners, 5 Perfect, 425 Points | 1989th Place
03.02.2020 | 9:57 PM ET
and I believe its because Yoel is so strong & athletic that he can actually struggles to control it. Like a race car on a gravel road.
* Edited at 03.02.2020, 9:59 PM ET *
03.02.2020 | 10:58 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 11 Winners, 4 Perfect, 550 Points | Tied for 567th
03.02.2020 | 11:01 PM ET
Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 2 Perfect, 380 Points | Tied for 2291st
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