UFC 270: N'Gannou vs. Gane

People need to stop hyping up prospects like Giga just because he looks cool. Same **** happened with Darren Till, Gohkan Saki, Cody Garbrandt and very soon Alex Perreira. Giga’s resume up till the Kattar fight was generally unimpressive, including two split decisions against guys who aren’t that good. Kattar, meanwhile, has fought almost nothing but ******* monsters since his debut. 

I don’t know if Giga’s tweets are really his (people are different on social media than in real life) but if it rings true, he needs to sit down and re-evaluate if the UFC is for him cause having some level of delusion is fine, but when it borders on straight up arrogance is when his career is gonna head for an extreme downturn. Again, look at Darren Till.

* Edited at 01.17.2022, 6:26 AM ET *

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Goddamnit man, not only did Evolev have to pull out of a fight he definitely would’ve won (suck my balls) but he had to be replaced by my personal favorite Featherweight as a sacrificial lamb. I love Charles man, he’s a good fighter but I’m more impressed a man with testicular cancer is able to fight so competitively in the UFC. At least, I think he has testicular cancer, cause that’s the only logical conclusion as to how he’s able to carry those MASSIVE ******* BALLS. Jourdain is the kind of guy bring a shotgun to a sniper fight, he knows it’s not the smartest route but goddamn is it fun. 

And alas, that mentality is exactly why Charles is gonna lose. He’s way to gun happy, even when he’s trying to be defensive, he’s always throwing heat, a dangerous line to walk against a solid counter striker in Topuria. Topuria also has great body work, which is kryptonite against Charles who’s defense is a complete afterthought and consists of using the same cage guard over and over and over again. Also, while Charles may be enough of a threat on the feet against Topuria, he also has to worry about getting pinned, which Topuria is surprisingly decent at. This is the first time I hope my bet is wrong. 

Topuria via DEC

Said’s style is a poor matchup against Cody. For one, Said tends to have his lead foot pointed away from his opponent. He does this to throw more spinning ****, but this leaves him very vulnerable to leg kicks. Kind of a big problem considering Cody tends to be very aggressive. Secondly, he’s a kicker. In a Wrestler v Kickboxer matchup, the former tends to win. It’s simple logic really, you throw a kick, it gets caught, you end up having to fight on one foot against a guy who slams people who hop on one foot every ******* training camp, it’s pretty surface level ****. It also doesn’t help kickboxers tend to need a lot of space in order to land their signature strikes, so when they get pressed against the cage there is no breathing room to do so, which is something to consider because Cody is quite good at cage pressure. 

Also, between the two, I think Cody has a more impressive resume. Said’s biggest wins are against Scoggins (a fight most people thought he lost) and Ramos, whom is decent, but not top 15 material. Cody has fought Song Yadong to a draw, beat Kelleher, Caraway and Duquesnoy. Sure he’s lost his last two, but look who they were against. But no, I guess Said is considered the favorite cause Nurmagomedov is his last name. Whatever.

Stamann via DEC