****** UFC 303 PEREIRA vs. PROCHAZKA and MICHAEL "VENOM" PAGE vs IAN GARRY

Helico-pterFunk · Jun 30, 2024

UFC 303 PREVIEW: 'Black magic' accusations and three days in darkness

No replacement fight could ever hope to live up to the hype generated by Conor McGregor's comeback - but Alex Pereira vs Jiri Prochazka is about as strong an alternative as possible.

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GRAPHIC CONTENT: Female fighter suffers horror cut at UFC 303

Brazilian fighter Mayra Bueno SIlva suffered one of the worst cuts in UFC history on Saturday night. In the second round of her UFC 303 contest against Macy Chiasson, Silva was sliced.

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Lexx Diamond · Jun 30, 2024

Ballatician · Jun 30, 2024

DragonXJC said:

When Jiri first entered the UFC I found his style absolutely bizarre, he kept his hands down or behind his back, and was egging folks to hit him. One time he got rocked, recovered, and knocked his oppponent out. That style would have issues against a more skilled striker.

God-Of-War-420 · Jun 30, 2024

Ballatician said:
When Jiri first entered the UFC I found his style absolutely bizarre, he kept his hands down or behind his back, and was egging folks to hit him. One time he got rocked, recovered, and knocked his oppponent out. That style would have issues against a more skilled striker.

Another white hype job that took advantage of the weakest division in the company at the time. Jon Jones left and it's been a carousel of paper champs. Alex is the only scary champ in that division since Jon, that fight at heavyweight would be massive(Jon takes him out faster than he did gane)

DragonXJC · Jun 30, 2024

Ballatician said:
When Jiri first entered the UFC I found his style absolutely bizarre, he kept his hands down or behind his back, and was egging folks to hit him. One time he got rocked, recovered, and knocked his oppponent out. That style would have issues against a more skilled striker.

He's an autistic fighter surviving on athleticism.

Helico-pterFunk · Jun 30, 2024

Ballatician · Jun 30, 2024

God-Of-War-420 said:
Another white hype job that took advantage of the weakest division in the company at the time. Jon Jones left and it's been a carousel of paper champs. Alex is the only scary champ in that division since Jon, that fight at heavyweight would be massive(Jon takes him out faster than he did gane)

I agree, Jon wouldn’t even hesitate to take him down. He’ll hang on the outside and bait him with a few feints and strikes and go straight for his legs.

Something folks don’t talk enough about is Jon’s game plan, it’s the best in all of MMA. His team does and impeccable job of putting together a strategy for him, and he always executes it perfectly.

Deezz · Jun 30, 2024

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Helico-pterFunk · Jun 30, 2024

Ballatician · Jul 1, 2024

Helico-pterFunk said:

Yeah he needs to evolve by improving his defense.

Ballatician · Jul 1, 2024

Helico-pterFunk · Jul 1, 2024

Ballatician said:
Yeah he needs to evolve by improving his defense.

Being more technical would have saved him from plenty of damage throughout his career.

Helico-pterFunk · Jul 1, 2024

Helico-pterFunk · Jul 1, 2024

@Ballatician

I think one thing too with Jiri is that he's had a false sense of security over the years.

Fortunately he hasn't taken many losses, and has KO'd and TKO'd a number of his opponents. But Alex is a whole different beast. The elite of the elite when it comes to kickboxing / MMA presently. 2 losses to him in under a year.

As for Jiri ... prior to the Alex losses ... his last loss via KO was over 8 years ago on New Year's Eve 2015 against King Mo.