UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Slava has more like 300 I’ve heard. His standup is very good Ik not sure where you think it isnt 

And Brito has some serious ko power. Algeo leaves his chin up a LOT when he rushes in. He rushes in to throw multiple shots. His takedown defense has lost him lots of fights

* Edited at 01.14.2022, 10:11 PM ET *

This Collier vs Sherman fight is fooking with my brain. Lmao

Pickett vs. Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Real toss up I have no clue

I think Brito will be fine so long as he's not completely Dada'd in the third round. Algeo has way too many holes he can exploit for him to be in danger while he's still fresh imo. Expecting a good amount of top control from Brito here.

As far as Slava/Bush goes, there's always some degree of danger when going up against a guy that empties his gas tank in the first 3 minutes even if the skill discrepancy might be pronounced. Outside of Dakota catching Borschev cold though, I don't think he can win. He's never actually beaten someone with a pulse, and while he did have a good first round against Hubbard, Austin is a slow starter and a plodder.

The only fight I'm truly worried about is Rosa/Brown since I still don't get that line. Charles being such an underdog makes me feel like he'll get struck by lightning mid-fight and TJ will win by default.

I guess McGee/Brahimaj could also shock me since I've seen many people give Ramiz glowing reviews whilst I think Court grinds him out. I'll die on the hill that Court gets the nod though, too much experience for a guy with one path to victory (yes, I know Ramiz is competent on the feet) to overcome imo.

Ya Ik. Hubbard is the grappler gatekeeper. He usually gets denominated by the better grappler and he actually outgrappled the supposed grappler in bush. Shows me his tda isn’t that good

I hope everyone is right about Slava because I have put a fair bit of money on him. But is his striking actually as good as everyone is saying? Sure Slava has a lot of amateur fights in K1 but his pro MMA fight record is not against great opponents. 

Rewatched the Will Starks fight and was not as impressed as I remember being. It was a very close fight on the feet and Starks is no world beater. Also the Duncan fight on DWCS by R2 Duncan had gassed badly and slowed down and was fighting with his hands down leaving his chin open.

The best thing about Slava is his body work and his defensive movement, but his volume is not great and he does not seem to have a lot of power. Bush also has a decent reach advantage but the reason I think he will lose is because he also fights with his hands down and is open to getting hit.

Like I said I have picked Slava and he probably still wins but I think it will be a lot closer than a lot of people seem to think. I hope I am wrong about this, but there are questions in my mind about him and I think Bush is getting under rated a bit here because of his short notice fight against Springer. I should have tape studied him more earlier. I would now definitely not call him a lock.

Like I said I hope I am wrong and hope Slava takes it!

lol that was funny man! Your imagination seems like a wild place

Why is TJ Brown -250? 

@Kyle why do people give money to TV evangelists?

Just take the gift horse and stick it in a parlay as I have done IMO.

Sherman vs. Collier
Chase Sherman, TKO, R2
8th

Bush vs. Borshchev
Viacheslav Borshchev, TKO, R2
8th

WT.

* Edited at 01.15.2022, 4:01 AM ET *

Hopefully  there are no fight day cancellations. Card only has ten fights remaining. 

This just in : UFC 270 will now be headlined by Randy Savage fighting a trans-gendered sewer gator made of styrofoam.

My job often includes close study of body cues, which I'm telling you because it's hard to turn it off elsewhere.  That's why I noticed Maia's odd choice of putting up only one fist, and placing the other across her belly.  What that means may be open to speculation, but it's not nothing.