UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

when did I ever say Olives is better than Khabib because he beat Justin faster? I didn't. that's not the logic I'm using. all I'm saying is it was an extremely impressive performance from Oliveira, and the odds rightfully shifted soon after 

what does it officially say?

You are aware that it was Gaethje, not Oliveira, who was finished, are you not? Who cares if he got hurt. It's unarmed combat, everyone gets hurt every now and again. It's not like the dude has a glass chin.

its how those 2 fight

they both come forward and throw heat. yea of course the winner would get a r1 finish

a .5lb miss absolutely cannot be compared to a 7.5lb miss 

a miss is a miss

and oliveira missed by like 9 pounds against lamas. he outdid khamzat

nah you just can't be reasoned with can you 

Nope, but you're welcome to keep trying.

All these kids trying to discredit Khabib nowadays, But he is probley the most dominant fighter I ever seen in MMA, never lost a fight and rarely loses round or is in trouble, He also beat Mcgregor, Poirer, Gaechje and RDA in dominant fashion so he can also do it it top guys. He did retire early, But he did his job in the octagon, And can you blame him for retiring early 

If Islam can do the same thing to Oliveria, I give him the respect of Khabib, He is absolutely ******* up the opponent he fighting, But none of them are top 5, Doing what he doing to unranked fighter is different IMO

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"Amount of lbs doesnt matter" when 0.5lbs is being compared to 7.5lbs (miss is a miss)

then pointing out 9 lbs miss 1 post later

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The typical mistake fans make is believing the rankings means something. They mean ****. Charles win streak is impressive but if we're honest he's the living epitome of the "call the ambulance - ...but not for me" meme. It's astonishing, miraculous even, that he won his last 3 fights. Islam has been troubled twice in his entire UFC career and all signs point to him being a technically superior grappler than even Khabib and better striking than his cousin too. I have no reason to doubt the gym stories from multiple accounts that Islam has rolled with a number of world class even champion BJJ practitioners and never been submitted. MMA is different but it only strengthens Islam imo. I think Islam is over estimating the danger Charles poses to him as well (which is good). He thinks he will take 3 rounds. I'll be surprised if he survives 1. I'm not impressed by submitting Gaethje and Poirier, they acted like scared little girls in the grappling exchanges and good god if you can't back yourself in top positions to defend a triangle from a semi conscious opponent you've got no business being anywhere near a title. Both those guys folded like sponge cake batter when Khabib got hold of them and them and did the same against Charles. Fiziev, Tsarukyan, Gamrot and Ismagulov smoke both of them I am certain and I think they all probably take Charles's head as well. All he did was tie a washed T-Ferg up like a pretzel and everyone forgot you can just beat the piss out of him from top positions like Felder did.

Nishikawa vs. Mustafaev
Magomed Mustafaev, DEC
Nishikawa might be a can crusher, but 21 cans is a lot to crush at such a young age. He will probably lose this one but he looks like a good prospect to watch after this.

Oliveria most certainly dusted Justin. Those 2 knockdowns were the only success he had in that fight, he got *****ed around the octagon the rest of the time just like Khabib did to him and Charles did whatever he wanted. In the striking and the clinch 

I can't even begin to explain how ******** what you just said is

Muhammad vs. Brady
Belal Muhammad, DEC
I think people are over valuing Sean Brady's undefeated record.

An accurate one? A jump from middling/lower 30's ranked lightweight in Gordon to Top 5 gatekeeper in Lee, vs jump from top 20 lightweight Green to former champ Oliveira. Both situations seem comparable enough

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What the probilty of Sean O'Malley surviving 3 rounds with Yan, While landing high enough volume, Sean O'Malley has the second most sig strikes landed per minute at 7.75 landed a minute, If Aljamain Sterling and countless other  can win rounds on volume alone, Shouldn't O'Malley do also

I'm personally leaning O'Malley winning early out than get KTFO out of nowhere, But Sean suviving and outlanding Yan could be possible as it only 15 minutes