UFC 282: Błachowicz vs. Ankalaev

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Błachowicz vs. Ankalaev
Magomed Ankalaev, DEC
I feel like Magomed can win and hold this belt for a while

Pimblett vs. Gordon
Paddy Pimblett, SUB, R2
Paddy will eventually get slept but not in this fight

Till vs. Du Plessis
Dricus Du Plessis, DEC
Would love to see Darren Till come back and be the fighter he was before the Woodley fight. Who knows which Darren will show up

Mitchell vs. Topuria
Bryce Mitchell, SUB, R3
Don’t really care for all the conspiracy theories but I’m a fan of his fighting

Rozenstruik vs. Daukaus
Jairzinho Rozenstruik, TKO, R2
Replay of the Derrick Lewis fight

Perrin vs. Rosas Jr.
Raul Rosas Jr., DEC
Rolling with the youngster. He’s legit

Quarantillo vs. Hernandez
Billy Quarantillo, DEC
Billy Q 10 out of 10 times in this fight

St. Preux vs. Trócoli
Ovince St. Preux, SUB, R2
Second round von preux finish

Morono gonna get sparked. Hope we get good odds

Anyone who thinks Bryce Mitchell is beating Topuria please retire.

Jai Herbert who 1-3 in the ufc almost knock out your boy 

* Edited at 12.06.2022, 12:37 AM ET *

Goddamnit if TJs fight is off, got him as a moderate dog, he's favorite now. Was the most solid bet for me on the card.

Well, besides Ankalaev but that doesn't pay as well.

* Edited at 12.05.2022, 11:23 PM ET *

I’m not sure that fights off actually @gilese

Ponzinibbio vs. Morono
Alex Morono, DEC
There Ya Go

Ponzinibbio vs. Morono
Santiago Ponzinibbio, TKO, R2
Cmon ponzi surely you can get this one done. Call it a career if you can’t

ponzinibbio vs morono? alex morono always gives me those weird uncanny valley vibes. ive seen him fight quite a bit and have no idea what hes good at

You obviously can't read.

I said anyone who think Bryce Mitchell will beat Topuria should retire 

You're lucky. You would have lost that bet. Badly 

Topuria is from Georgia and has a very good background in sambo and grappling (most of his victories before making his UFC debut were by submission). Ilia has proven in the past to be very smart when it comes to fighting grapplers with Ryan Hall and also against wrestlers like Damon Jackson. Bryce Mitchell excelled greatly improved in strike against Edson Barboza, but much of his success in grappling is due to victories over fighters with poor ground defense: Fili is a striker with decent takedown defense, Charles Rosa despite being Black Belt he is not good with his back on the ground (Minner beat Rosa in a totally dominant way, he was even closer to submitting him), Sayles don't have good submission defense. Mitchell is good, but Topuria is a Heavy Handed fighter who can defend takedowns or generate ground scrambles. Topuria received a Flash Knockdown from a Herbert who has good KO Power and had a huge reach advantage (Topuria doesn't have much of a chance in Lightweight honestly, he's short and has little reach for that weight class). After all he came back in the second round and knocked out brutally, it's a shame that sometimes MMA fans stop believing in fighters because some other fighter gets them in trouble during a fight or they lose to more experienced fighters. People Hype fighters for an undefeated record or victories against weak competition and then those Hype Train end up being humiliated against good level fighters or even receive controversial decision victories to maintain that mystique of the "rising star". MMA is increasingly similar to boxing in that of undefeated records without any value at a competitive level. To me, Topuria's Comback Win is probably his best performance in the UFC, along with his KO victory against Ryan Hall.

Ponzinibbio vs. Morono
Santiago Ponzinibbio, TKO, R1
Morono leaves his chin in the air ponzi hits like a truck, he arguably won both his last 2 fights aswell

Damn, poor OSP. He just had a third opponent pull out, hopefully they find him another fight. This card is cursed.

You're high on Erik Silva eh?

Somewhat impressed. But not very impressed with TJ. Even less brains than Tartara and gets taken down pretty easily. If Erik gets him down the ground and pound will be vicious and I can see him wuit. Also with the whole Krause thing I can't think he had a good camp

Ponzinibbio vs. Morono
Alex Morono, DEC
Alex will point fight pozi scammer or get lucky like wang did.

No WMMA.....on this card....??
It's ok....but would have been grt....
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**** you stupid simp. Who wants Womens MMA on this card except you, you pervert.

No one wants to see that ****. Especially now the card is going to **** with the cancellations.

You stupid Tartara flea bitten mutt. Just keep your mouth 🤐