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Malott really did a number on Buckley's mental last weekend... Buckley states that his goal of being world champion seems too far away at this point and he doesn't think its worth it to continue. He wants one more fight to go out on a win and call it. Not his biggest fan, but I gotta feel for him and its pretty obvious emotions are getting the best of him at this point. Hopefully he figures it out and gets his head back on straight. I dont think he is anywhere near world champion caliber, but he definitely deserves to be in the UFC. Best wishes for him moving forward 🙌

Breaking down Alexander Volkov’s best performance of his career vs. Sergei Pavlovich: Alexander Volkov was a +200 underdog against Sergei Pavlovich and looked about -1000. Although Kuniev and Pavlovich don’t fight alike, Volkov has the tools to defeat both. You wouldn’t know it just from watching the fight, but Pavlovich actually has a 4-inch reach advantage over Volkov. The difference between the two is that Volkov knows how to use his reach. Pavlovich often sets up his combinations with a jab and usually finds the target because of his longer arms, but Volkov constantly disrupted his rhythm with jabs, teeps, and, most importantly, leg and stomp kicks. Pavlovich also has rudimentary defense, which Volkov massively exposed by using same-side combinations throughout the fight. This was his most effective weapon and allowed him to land his best strikes. I imagine Volkov will look to use these against Kuniev, too. Volkov also knew exactly when to throw against Pavlovich. If you watch the highlights, he almost always throws his strikes when he’s in front of the black line running around the Octagon. He has his range dialed in so well that, as soon as he’s behind that line, he focuses on defense and circles back into range. You can also see him get into trouble a couple of times when he tries to strike and Pavlovich catches him, particularly in the third round. Volkov also used a high guard effectively, blocking many of Sergei’s strikes with his forearms. I think Kuniev is more athletic than Pavlovich but isn’t as polished as a striker. He also faces a bigger reach and height disadvantage. I expect Volkov to win by decision and look more comfortable than he did against Waldo and Jailton. I also expect Kuniev to gas out, as Volkov is good at targeting the body with his kicks. Kuniev’s history as a drug cheat is another factor worth considering. This is also a good fight to analyze if you’re a Pereira fan. Pavlovich is far more one-dimensional than Ciryl Gane, and he does NOT like getting hit. Pereira could knock him out if he gets the game plan right.

Who is the most hated man in MMA? I’m not talking about people with some haters or disliked by some people, I’m talking about literal demons hated by everyone. For me it’s gotta be Dillon Danis. He’s hated by every single group involved in MMA, he’s hated by every group of fans, I mean he’s even hated in influencer boxing, and that’s bottom of the barrel stuff. If you haven’t seen, he had another brawl with Arman and Khamzat at a RAF presser today, mocking Khamzat and then getting rushed by Arman, Khamzat and their whole team.

Who I think will be on the UFC 336 main card 🇷🇺 Islam Makhachev vs 🇧🇷 Carlos Prates 🇧🇷 Natalia Silva vs 🇨🇦 Jasmine Jasudavicius 2 🇦🇺 Jack Della Maddalena vs 🇨🇦 Mike Malott 🇺🇸 Steve Garcia vs 🇺🇸 Tommy McMillan 🇧🇷 Melquizael Costa vs 🇺🇸 Jared Gordon 🇨🇦 Gillian Robertson vs 🇺🇸 Fatima Kline

Career Review - Merab Dvalishvili Been a minute since I’ve done one of these so for anyone who’s new, here’s a breakdown of how this works: I'll be breaking down fighters' resumes by assigning each win a tier based on its quality. Here are the rules: * S Tier Win - 15 points * A+ Tier Win - 10 points * A Tier Win - 7 points * B+ Tier Win - 5 points * B Tier Win - 3 points * C+ Tier Win - 2 points * C Tier Win - 1 point * D Tier Win - 0 points Fighters also get bonus points for successful title defenses, how long they’re a champion for, and they lose points for drug tests and weight misses. Next up is Merab and I’ll try to do Volkanovski too before fight day. As always let me know if you disagree with any picks, happy to adjust my rankings around if enough people want them switched. Current Rankings: Jon Jones - 126 Demetrious Johnson - 115 Jose Aldo - 108 Islam Makhachev - 100 Charles Oliviera - 82 Merab Dvalishvili - 81 Khabib Nurmagomedov - 75

Am I tweaking or is Kevin Holland low-key about to win this? When I first saw this matchup I was like alright medic wins, but then I was thinking about it and.... Holland stylistically SHOULD win this fight, medic has power and is very dangerous early but Holland's chin is stupid, he's been hit with huge shots and he just never seems to go out, obviously medic might be the most dangerous guy he's been in there with but still Holland's chin is tested even against big middleweights, I also can't skip over the fact that Holland has a 10 INCH reach advantage over medic which can help alot with staying on the outside, landing straight shots and chopping the legs early which Holland likes to do, medic is also quite chinny, he gets hurt or dropped in every fight and we've seen him KOed stiff before, Holland carries some power and is pretty accurate with his straight shots, combine that with the 10 inch reach advantage and I could see Holland chinning medic out cold off the break of a weird pocket exchange, Holland also has a serious edge in the grappling especially if this matchup leaves the first round, which it probably will given Hollands chin, Kevin can mix in takedowns as the fight goes on and we've seen medic struggle here against guys like oralbai and Jalin Turner. Uros medic will be explosive and dangerous early but Hollands chin can and probably will hold, and after round 1 I see Medic slowing down, Holland taking over using that reach and speed, mixing in takedowns, and eventually, medic enters the pocket does some weird exit and Holland cracks him at the end of a straight right hand, sitting him down, where he follows medic to the ground and latches up the rear naked choke, subbing Uros Medic, now obviously take this with a grain of salt cuz it's Kevin Holland, he losses fights he should win all the time.