Haven't posted in quite a while because I wasn't feeling well. Tested negative for covid 19 but the doctor reckons it could have been a false negative. Anyway, I didn't have the physical or mental energy to do anything other than get by. So this is just a post to get back into the swing of it.
As we all know by now, Khabib is in Ramadan and Justin Gaethje is to fight Tony Ferguson for the interim lightweight belt. Another one! Hopefully the winner won't be stripped this time. I'm hoping Tony wins because he deserves to fight for the title more. Looks like the UFC249 event will be held in Florida. Amanda Nunes was supposed to face Felicia Spencer but that fight is off now because Nunes doesn't feel she has enough time to prepare. Looks like Dominick Cruz will challenge Henry Cejudo for the bantamweight belt in the co-main event. There's a very interesting fight headlining the preliminary fights between Cowboy Cerrone and Anthony Pettis. Pettis had an easy win over Cowboy the first time they fought with a savage liver kick after hurting him moments earlier. I hope Cowboy shows up and makes the adjustment this time though. A Fight I'm really interested in is Jairzihno Rozenstruik v Francis Ngannou. Francis has faced a high level kickboxer before in Alistair Overeem, who has more experience than Rozenstruik and was outclassing Rozenstruik until his chin let him down again. Both Ngannou and Rozenstruik have the ability to seemingly just touch people and knock them out so that should be fascinating. We'll hear every punch and kick in an empty arena. I was thinking about this fight and I'd like Francis to win. I don't know Rozenstruik enough to like him yet. Francis also disposed of some big threats in the heavyweight division before and after his title fight, so I feel he has bigger star power overall and deserves another title chance a bit more. That is why I'd like Francis to win but I still hope Jairzinho has success building his way to a title shot eventually. I don't want Francis' star power to fade but I feel it could if he loses this, given the short memories of too many MMA fans.
I'll leave it there for now and hopefully I'll be recovered enough to get back to weekly, or fortnightly if there isn't enough MMA going on, posts from here on.
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