Quote from: dezoel on December 27, 2021, 08:42:23 PM

Quote from: GamblersArea on December 27, 2021, 09:47:17 AM

Moving up to light heavyweight was a win-win situation and I believed he should keep pursuing it to immortalize his legacy. There's no one at middleweight besides MAYBE Alex Pereira. Who's still unranked because he just got to the UFC. It will take years before he gets a title shot.

From a viewers point of view yes he should have moved to the Light Heavyweight division because we would have some insane fights in the future. Who knows even Adesanya vs Jones could have been a possibility. But from a fighter's personal point of view, he made an excellent decision to accept the loss and step down to the original division because this division was honestly too big for him.

TBH I'm not sure the division is too big for him; the fight was tight, but we're making it sound like he was knocked out like some armateur. I'd say the timing was off, but he still lost by decision.

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Talking about sponsorships, stake has partnered with Ngannou as well and he's due to fight on 22nd Jan so it would be cool what kind of promo stake offers for the fight

The stylebender lost his first stake sponsorship match I'm much confident that Nagonnou won't disappoint and yes I'm still waiting for the big promo as well before placing my bet.

Whittaker vs Adesanya - Rematch

This is a match I'm looking forward to as well because it won't be easy. Whittaker defeated Darren Till, Jared Cannonier, and Gastelum to earn a rematch for the championship, but I'm encouraged by some words from Adesanye and believe he'll defeat Whittaker the second time around, but it won't be easy.

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I have a point to prove to myself, but just also to like, you know, those people, I just want to shut them the f*ck up. I mean the motivation for me is just that he’s not making excuses like (Marvin) Vettori or (Paulo) Costa.

“He’s accepted his loss. He finally admitted that I was in his head, and he was emotional, and I was like, ‘Yeah, you finally admitted what I was saying this whole f*cking time,’ so that makes me take him seriously. He’s accepted that, so that makes me take him seriously that OK, he’s got a point to prove, as well, and he’s been training. He’s motivated. That gets me up in the morning to shut him up again worse than the first time. That’s what gets me motivated

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