UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

"Glass cannon" is a great way to describe Johnny Walker. I might have to steal that lmao.

@foppa lol yeah I think it fits him quite perfectly 

Looking at it now, I think Johnny Walker beats anyone that isn't as athletic as he is. I think he found a good gym w/ SBG and can find his way into the top 10 this year. I mean Ryan Spann somehow did so

Marcos vs. Oliveira
Saimon Oliveira, TKO, R2
" I got you Dana...."

Glover as the underdog makes no sense, he was 30 seconds from beating Jiri and Hill is a step down.

does thiago moises have any chance of winning this fight on the feet and without engaging in the grappling?

haven't watched film on melq yet but in certain fights moises seems unreasonably stubborn and resorts to basing his entire game around counter striking and calf kicking instead of using his grappling

Nunes vs. Fairn
Josiane Nunes, TKO, R1
The disrespect on Fairn’s win percentage… it should be a 0

@baremaras melk leaves himself open a lot on the feet and Moises is a good counter striker, but I think he’s mostly just gonna grapple to a win. I could see him winning a decision on the feet but he would just be making it harder for himself

personally I think both andrade and burns are locks

the chatter around mma forums and comment sections though is that burns' biggest weakness is **** thats coming down the middle and most specifically the jab but I don't think magny is good enough, fast enough or sharp enough to actually maintain distance behind the jab for 15 minutes straight. in theory he has the size for it, I just think he lacks the quickness and skill to do it

sure, usman rocked the **** out of burns with a jab but then you need to put that into context. usman was just getting into his groove with trevor whittman as his coach and his striking was coming along very nicely in that fight coupled with the fact that usman really packs lots of power in his strikes. i don't think magny can replicate that once or twice, let alone consistently for the whole fight

will watch tape on this matchup after the moises/melq matchup but my general instinct is telling me burns will walk magny down up against the cage and when he does the fight is basically over, burns will secure the bodylock on magny, slam him down, get top control and do whatever he wants to magny

as far as andrade vs murphy goes, i don't think there's much to be said. murphy is old, slow, she has no real technique or pop behind her punches and her striking defense is non existent. andrade is going to put on a "there's levels to this ****" performance

* Edited at 01.19.2023, 1:46 PM ET *

Any chance to see Nunes x Fairn going the distance ? Nunes didn't finish Pascoal coming on short notice, but tbh Pascoal got her to the ground a few times in that fight. 

Against Fairn, it's gonna be a stand up fight. Nunes has the power advantage, loves to pressure her opponents and Fairn doesn't deal well with this. 

If Lauren Murphy somehow wins I will personally join her the next time she makes a trip to rehab 

I highly doubt it because what will fairn of done in her time off for almost 3 years probs nothing to benefit her career she’s 36 coming off of 2 finishes coming up against someone that’s going to try and find her chin all fight but then you do have to factor in that it is a women’s fight and pretty much anything can happen especially low level ones

does tapology have fairn's age wrong? she's listed as 36 on here but as 39 on the ufc.com site, i think 39 might be her real age

Fairn is also weak. She quits when the going gets tough