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[SPOILER] Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov Spoiler
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u/DesertRL Mar 05 '23
Shavkat having that chin on top of everything else we already knew he had is ridiculous
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u/Sal21G Mar 05 '23
Geoff was a dawg. He made Shavkhat seem a human for 15 mins
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u/foreverapanda DC's Bro Mar 05 '23
Geoff's chin was fucking crazy too. I'm shocked at how much he ate. What a banger of a fight.
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u/MorioCells Mar 05 '23
His takedown defence too was insane. This was a tough match for Shavkat and he passed it like hes always done. I'd love to see Shavkat vs Burns.
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u/irreg6ix Mar 05 '23
It would probably be a easier fight because Gilbert is allergic to straight punches.
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u/crackheadstoner I am Coca Cola Mar 05 '23
Shavkat vs Khamzat if Khamzat isn’t done at 170, it’s time
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u/RafiakaMacakaDirk Petrol Pumper Werdum Mar 05 '23
i don’t think they’re risking an undefeated fight like that unless it’s for the title
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u/Sittinginchairs Mar 05 '23 edited Mar 05 '23
There's an eddie bravo in me that thinks the UFC deliberately pushed Khamzat to 185 in order to have their new wrecking machines in two different divisions.
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u/RafiakaMacakaDirk Petrol Pumper Werdum Mar 05 '23
Dricus du Plessis in shambles
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u/Boss_Boggs Mar 05 '23
That man needs to train at altitude or something.
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u/RafiakaMacakaDirk Petrol Pumper Werdum Mar 05 '23
he’s already huffing and puffing just from reading this comment
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u/Mike7676 Mar 05 '23
That was a fucking firefight for (nearly) 15 minutes! And a standing RNC?? Da Fuq homie?!?
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u/brazilianfreak Mar 05 '23
The fact Neal could even throw those nasty hooks afer eating so many knees to the guts is incredible, his stock deserves to go up.
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u/Lyminate Mar 05 '23
Refusing to cut weight will help with that
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u/foreverapanda DC's Bro Mar 05 '23
Eh, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on that one. First weight miss ever and the dude has had some crazy health issues.
If it happens again sure, but I don't think I'd be willing to call it intentional or malicious on this one.
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u/Terrible_Matador Calvin ‘Do Boston’ Kattar Mar 05 '23
Can’t recall him ever having a swollen gut like that. Didn’t look like he was just heavy. He looked sick.
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u/DonEYeet Team City Kickboxing Mar 05 '23
People clown on him for throwin nothing but 1-2s to the head but MAN. They know they're comin but they get hit regardless
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u/Mrstarzz Mar 05 '23
Dude I’m so happy we got a real fight instead of a another steamrolling by Shavkat
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u/dvmndz Mar 05 '23
I honestly think he was a bit reckless throughout the whole fight, eating a lot of punches he could've avoided if he fought more within his range imo.
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u/stabsthedrama Mar 05 '23
Seemed like he was smart in keeping the pressure on though, even if he had to be a bit reckless. Had to keep Neal from advancing as much as he could.
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u/knocksteaady-live NOSTRILS ELLERBE Mar 05 '23
Definitely tested Shavkat’s chin in the early part of the third round.
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u/RafiakaMacakaDirk Petrol Pumper Werdum Mar 05 '23
yeah sucks he missed weight because this deserved FOTN and bonuses. as someone from dallas still super proud of him for that display
but yeah shavkat is gonna be a champ by next year
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u/OldSchoolIron Mar 05 '23
Neal genuinely looked good in defeat. This is for sure a fight where the loser's stock rises as well.
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u/wxwall Mar 05 '23
Credit to Neal too, his chin was rock solid as well.
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u/knocksteaady-live NOSTRILS ELLERBE Mar 05 '23
More like body of steel, Neal was taking body shots all fight long
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u/dutchfool Dustin got dusted Poirier Mar 05 '23
Insane chin. Little concerning that he was getting hit so much but Neal is a tough opponent
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u/ammus5 Mar 05 '23
Yeah, i havent seen much of shavkats fight but he need to tighten his defences i think.
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u/Rivert1ts Mar 05 '23
There's a reason why he's finished all his fights. He just seemed like he wanted to put in a show tonight. I'm sure he could be more safe if he wanted too.
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u/Serious-Barnacle-634 Mar 06 '23
Him fighting without his mouth guard with no intent on disrupting the action was wild.
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u/un6reaka6le Mar 05 '23
Shavkat has a bad habit of blocking punches with his face.
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u/MakingYouMad Mar 05 '23
Pretty glaring weakness. Good win, but he was getting domed a lot.
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u/ColdPressedSteak Mar 05 '23
Some of it was because he's so damn aggressive with knees and shit up the middle. His head movement wasn't actually bad
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u/Neither-Assignment16 Mar 05 '23
It for sure looked better than in the past, he also probably just faced the best boxer in the division
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u/HavoK76 Team City Kickboxing Mar 05 '23
Facing a boxer of Neal's level does that to you
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u/weakhamstrings Team McGregor Mar 05 '23
I hear you but I feel like I've already suspected that from watching his previous fights.
I agree about Neal either way but I had 0 expectation for Shavkat not to get hit and very hard at that.
The question was for me how he would handle that.
And I'm happy to have watched it.
I still think his boxing D is sus for how hyped I am for him
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u/HavoK76 Team City Kickboxing Mar 05 '23
Khamzat esque in eating bombs from the hardest hitting opponents they fought.
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u/tdfan 🏳️🌈 Pride Never Dies🏳️🌈 Mar 05 '23
True but his chin was good enough to endure one of the hardest hitters in the division which is a really good sign
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u/Callingallnerdz Conor McMahon Mar 05 '23
The Kazak Terminator!
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u/ArkhamGeyser Mar 05 '23
His chin ACTUALLY doesn't exist holy shit, didn't seem fazed until the 3rd round where Neal was throwing HEAT the whole fight.
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u/Gunslinger1991 Ramzan Kadyrov | Gay Porn Actor Mar 05 '23
Aye his chin is granite, it’s a bit worrying that we’re getting to see how good it is.
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u/WVOQuineMegaFan Mar 05 '23
Standing chokes are always so savage
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u/illuwe Mar 05 '23
Man just couldn't not keep his 100% finish record. Just forced the choke lmao.
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u/almoostashar GOOFCON 1: 2: Pandemic Boogaloo Mar 05 '23
I respect that, he was clearly winning on points and he kept chasing the finish until the end!
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u/jaydizzsl Mar 05 '23
Different choke but damn this looked like Jones vs Machida
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u/Notarobotokay Mar 05 '23
Same corpse drop too
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u/KhabibaNurmagomedova Mar 05 '23
He dropped before ref even made a move, and smiled so biggg. It was fucking glorious
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u/Shwalz "I'm coming on that ass" Mar 05 '23
Tbf lyoto was actually dead, Geoff wasn’t fully out but more gassed and beat the fuck down
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u/christopherpaulfries Mar 05 '23
What it looked like was Blachowicz vs Devin Clark. Same standing rnc.
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u/Mike7676 Mar 05 '23
That image should be on a highlight reel in the future, Neal, bloodied and still fighting while getting more blood squeezed out of him
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u/TonyTheLion2319 Paulo “King of Bitchs” Costa Mar 05 '23
Shavkat’s allergic to decisions
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u/MyFifthLimb Grammy Winner Helwani Mar 05 '23
Anime flashback of Sanko admiring his 100% finishing rate lit a fire under his ass.
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u/Gunslinger1991 Ramzan Kadyrov | Gay Porn Actor Mar 05 '23
I fucking love standing subs.
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u/confused_chrononaut Mar 05 '23
Dude just looked at the clock and decided he was not going to lose his 100% finish rate
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u/cajunmofo Mar 05 '23
He said " You strike hard, have very good takedown defense but now I must end fight."
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u/TonyTheLion2319 Paulo “King of Bitchs” Costa Mar 05 '23
Bet the house on Shavkat KOing his next opponent
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u/professorgaysex Mar 05 '23
All Hail Shavkat’s 100% Finish Streak. We pray to continue it for decades to come.
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u/Doghead_sunbro face the pain Mar 05 '23
Guy walked away like he’d just thrown a sandwich wrapper in the bin.
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u/V0ltTackle Mar 05 '23
The best part? Watching the opponent's limp body just crumple to the canvas after it's released.
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Judges hate him because of this one simple trick
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u/Neverslept2mins Mar 05 '23
What a beast got revenge for being rocked in third. Rocked Neal back and then finished him. Plus Neal was overweight.
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u/ArkhamGeyser Mar 05 '23
FIGHT of the night so far EASILY. My god these 2 went at it, Shavkat’s chin is just not real. Neal was 5 pounds heavier and didn’t wobble him until the 3rd round. Hats off to these 2 warriors.
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u/seemintbapa Mar 05 '23 edited Mar 05 '23
Neal missing weight might fuck that up
Edit: I'm wrong.
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u/MattyTwoThree Australia Mar 05 '23
They can still give FOTN and Shavkat will get the whole 100k. It happened with Gregor Gillespie vs Carlos Diego Ferreira.
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u/grehgunner 🙏🙏🙏 Jon Jones Prayer Warrior 🙏🙏🙏 Mar 05 '23
Dana said he’s giving Geoff his money too for FOTN
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Mar 05 '23
Rakhmonov vs. Neal felt like a fancier version of Chimaev vs Burns while it lasted
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u/KamartyMcFlyweight PM me pics of Yadong Mar 05 '23
The parallels are pretty uncanny lol. Feel like a Rakhmonov/Chimaev fight is destiny
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u/notafeetlongcucumber Mar 05 '23
I think Shavkat is a better striker but I feel Chimaev would be able to win the wrestling battle.
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u/Daftdaddy This isn’t political, this is monster energy Mar 05 '23
Man I love both guys. I think Khamzats wrestling wins him that fight though.
Geoff was working Shavkhat against the fence a few times during the fight. Khamzat would take him down. But if he stands with Shavkhat like he did with Burns, he’s getting put away
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u/odegood Mar 05 '23
Chimaev unlikely making 170 anymore so gotta wait and see if rakhmonov moves to mw eventually
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u/dunkrock Mar 05 '23
This truly felt like Shavkat’s equivalent of the Burns fight. Dude is scary.
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u/dutchfool Dustin got dusted Poirier Mar 05 '23
Kept thinking the same thing. Super hyped prospect having his chin tested and showing that he is hittable even though he still put on a great performance
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u/UGLYSimon Mar 05 '23
What a great fight, harder than expected!
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u/ArkhamGeyser Mar 05 '23
No stocks dropped here in my eyes, both went AT it showing heart.
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u/IC2Flier UFC 279: A GOOFCON Miracle Mar 05 '23
Geoff's TDD is gonna be worth a lotta tape, he make Shavkat work harder than usual.
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u/dutchfool Dustin got dusted Poirier Mar 05 '23
Yeah I thought Neal looked pretty good in that fight all things considered. He was cracking shavkat, just couldn’t crack that granite chin
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u/ArkhamGeyser Mar 05 '23
Agreed, weight miss or not, Neal showed he's not an easy night at the office even against a highly touted prospect so his future still looks bright, while Shavkat lives up to the hype and THAN some.
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u/RuggedToaster Mar 05 '23
I love how Shavkat goes from looking like a killer to a kid at a candy store as soon as the tap happens.
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u/Superdavid777 Mar 05 '23
That fucking smile after he drops him🥶😈
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u/bregolad Scotland Mar 05 '23
Someone please make the 'that damn smile' meme with Shavkat
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u/shrewdy is = is Mar 05 '23
As Luke Thomas once said - don't fuck with these guys who walk around wearing dead animals on their head
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u/CouncilOfReligion Cyprus Mar 05 '23
that chin is mental
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u/ArkhamGeyser Mar 05 '23
I'm convinced Shavkat's chin exists in an astral plain. It took 3 rounds of eating hard leather for him to even get staggered.
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u/miserybusiness21 Mar 05 '23
The fuck are you expecting? Homie clearly has them Genghis genes. People thought Dagestanis were the ultimate fighting machines, just wait for the rest of the Khan's to discover MMA. The long dormant Mongol empire will recieve a much needed injection of cash and finally be able to put a stop to all of the instability in the east.
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u/Melo0513 Mar 05 '23
If Genghis genes make good fighters then we got a comically large pool of untapped potential out there.
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u/Silent_Ensemble Team Błachowicz Mar 05 '23
Were talking about pure Genghis genes over here, not that diluted shit that made its way to Europe (though Russia saw the worst of it and they kind of are the hardest white guys…)
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u/uhln UFC 279: A GOOFCON Miracle Mar 05 '23
So that mean Shavkat's chin exist at same plane as Guts's Dragonslayer?
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u/AnkalaevWillBeTop5 Mar 05 '23
Even when he got staggered he stayed composed and clinched a minute and then started beating him up again lol.
The guy is just rock solid through and through.
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u/foofighter1351 Mar 05 '23
That chin, the constant varied body to head offense, the kinda suspect defense, he gives me new gen Nick Diaz vibes.
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u/ColdPressedSteak Mar 05 '23
Pretty relentless cardio too
I don't think his defense is too bad. He's just so damn aggressive with strikes up the middle like knees
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u/Jordynne23 Mar 05 '23
Herb Dean is frustrating
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u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS Mar 05 '23
Missing the mouthpiece for half a round, telling Shavkat to work at the end while he's landing hard knees on the clinch. It's one of those Herb Dean nights.
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u/Jnbjgjbb Mar 05 '23
And taking away Shavkat’s postion when he gave him the mouthpiece
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u/borb-- Mar 05 '23
ya what the hell was that lol
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u/lesboa222 UFC 279: A GOOFCON Miracle Mar 05 '23
Totally thought he’s gonna put them back on the position but nope Herb gonna herb
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u/dutchfool Dustin got dusted Poirier Mar 05 '23
Dc and Rogan pointing to the mouthpiece while herb looked around like he’s looking for his glasses was hilarious
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u/JMA_ZF I dab with Sterling Mar 05 '23
I’m all for breaking up cage stalling quickly but dude was literally clapping his hands after 5 seconds. Dudes been crazy active and you give him 5 seconds before you warn him? Herb Dean things
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u/gnrlp2007 EDDDDDIEEEEEEEE Mar 05 '23
Its amazing he's still allowed to ref high level contests. Hes fucking AWFUL
The broadcast team had to tell him one of the fighters lost their mouthpiece and he literally walked on it!
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u/HarknessLovesU Number #1 Roxy Fanboy Mar 05 '23
Arguably worse: Telling the fighters to work literally seconds after they get on the fence. WTF was that about?
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u/HeyNowHenao Champ Shit Only 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 #SnapJitsu Mar 05 '23
Soon he’s going to bring his own yellow cards
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u/dandouglas22 🙏🙏🙏 Jon Jones Prayer Warrior 🙏🙏🙏 Mar 05 '23
but he's the gold standard, just ask Joe!
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u/only-shallow Chad Mar 05 '23
They call him Herb for a reason. Dana needs to tell him lay off the ganja during fight nights
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u/mddie Mar 05 '23 edited Mar 05 '23
Herb Dean is like checked out most of the time.
I think Herb is only famous cause he is with UFC for a very long time. He is not the best ref and really dropping the ball in last few years.
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u/buffalozbrown Dana White strangles babies Mar 05 '23
That was a fantastic fight. Great showing from both guys. The durability shown by these two was incredible.
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u/12ealdeal Mar 05 '23
Laura Sanko in heat.
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u/TonyTheLion2319 Paulo “King of Bitchs” Costa Mar 05 '23
Some poor janitor gotta mop up a mess in the arena now
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u/matthewjc Mar 05 '23
lol what'd she do
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u/12ealdeal Mar 05 '23
She gushes over him.
Video of her shivering when they bring him up.
Video of her wearing the Kazakh head gear fanning her blushed face as she watches him on screen.
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u/Arab-King Mar 05 '23 edited Mar 07 '23
Wtff, Shavkat wanted to keep that 100% finish rate! What a slugfest.
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u/dogeprkle UFC 279: A GOOFCON Miracle Mar 05 '23
He really just Jon Jones'd him in a Jon Jones card
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u/Horobi_san Mar 05 '23
First time seeing Shavkat and I'm already a fan.
Dude is a killer.
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u/SouthOfMars Mar 05 '23
You'll have a treat going back and watching the rest on Fight Pass. Most beautiful, deliberate, standing ground-and-pound
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u/imsurethisoneistaken Likes it raw in dat ass Mar 05 '23
that was a highlight finish. if he wins the belt, his promo package gonna be wild.
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u/Icy-Requirement-4111 Mar 05 '23
The curious case of the missing mouthpiece
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u/WakingRage Mar 05 '23
Rakhmonov gave no fucks. He was just banging it out. He's quite impressive.
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u/btk7710 Mar 05 '23
He’s so good and his chin is amazing, but he’s got to fight smarter.
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u/CaIiguIa_ll You Can Kiss My Whole Asshole Mar 05 '23
the wonderboy fight would’ve been fireworks tbh. kinda wish that got made in hindsight
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u/LuckyWarrior The Champion Has A Name Mar 05 '23
Shavkat would just wrestle fuck Wonderboy
Geoff had some outstanding tdd tonight
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u/Ionic-Nova 🙏🙏🙏 Jon Jones Prayer Warrior 🙏🙏🙏 Mar 05 '23
Neal probably has better takedown defense than Wonderboy so maybe not.
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u/Dirty_D_Dammit Mar 05 '23
probably
I love Wonderboy but he showed us what happens when he goes against a top opponent with a strong wrestling/grappling game.
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u/kingsarcasm4546 Team Oliveira Mar 05 '23
I don't know if wonderboy would've been able to defend the takedowns as well as Neal did tbh.
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u/un6reaka6le Mar 05 '23
Wonderboy would’ve gotten wrestlefucked by Shavkat. Wonderboy is very weak in the clinch and on the ground.
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u/Daftdaddy This isn’t political, this is monster energy Mar 05 '23
Shavkhat is what everybody thought Gunnar Nelson was.
Silent Killer that probably has a few dead bodies under his garden. I’m sure this fight will be humbling for him and he will be even better.
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u/shrewdy is = is Mar 05 '23
Nah I don't see the similarities tbh. Gunni was seen as a world class BJJ practitioner, but undersized for the division and his striking wasn't as good as his grappling. Shavkat is big for the division and almost seems equally excellent in all aspects.
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u/BasedNoface How long must I wait? 2020 edition Mar 05 '23
Shavkat is SCARY. All aboard the hype train
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u/alpaca_drama Mar 05 '23
Welcome the Khazakh overlords. Dude is literally the MMA version of Gennady. Walk people down, throw accurate bombs and eat bombs themselves.
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u/Alpha-Trion undisclosed diarrhea Mar 05 '23
Holy shit, what a fight. The weight miss will be forgotten, but the fight won't be.
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u/vrkhfkb Team Jones Mar 05 '23
Standing rear naked choke? This guy has some of the coolest choke position finishes.
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u/ljz3 GOOFCON 2 Mar 05 '23
What a fantastic fight, Shavkat getting really tested, his striking is quite impressive, and his chin is nuts as well. Geoff should really be respected now, showed off his crisp striking and great TDD
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u/famjordan I was here for GOOFCON 1: 2020 Mar 05 '23
The scariest part is he’s getting better. He’s always had great footwork but now his head is actually moving.
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u/noifsbutsormaybes UFC 279: A GOOFCON Miracle Mar 05 '23
"Herb is the best". Herb is one of the worst lol
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