Holloway became the first man to dismantle Aldo in the Octagon, methodically picking him apart in front of his home crowd at Rio de Janeiro’s Jeunesse Arena and battering the pound-for-pound great on the ground.
– If you missed UFC 212 Saturday night, you missed the beginning of the “Blessed” era, as Max Holloway scored a third round finish over Jose Aldo to win the unified featherweight title. I can see Holloway pulling off the minor upset, but Aldo is still the best 145-pound fighter in UFC history and I expect him to be at his best tonight. Holloway won and this set up his clash with Aldo that took place Saturday. A former title challenger and ranked No.1 Claudia Gadelha (14-2-0) of Brazil faces off ranked No.2 Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1-0) of Poland. Just like what Bisping vs GSP is doing to the middleweight division, McGregor’s back-to-back fights with Nate Diaz and the Eddie Alvarez scrap held up the 145 lbers.
Aldo put on a countering masterclass at the beginning of the second while Holloway was reaching with his punches.
“I don’t think I fought very good; he was the better man that night”, Swanson said.
Next up the ladies, clearly the bookmakers like Gadelha by decision as I found her -170 offshore by decision. He doesn’t want to lose any fight, you understand? “I’ve proved that. I think I deserve another shot, and I think it’s the most exciting fight you can make right now”. Keep making your payday, they tell us to go out there and fight out our contracts, go out there and make fights.
I also like the knees he throws when a fighter comes in, and they are launched with impeccable timing and accuracy. This fight would be a pass for me.
Lastly look at Mederios RD 2 and 3; if the odds are around 5-1 or more.
The win notched for Mr. Holloway (18-3) the undisputed UFC featherweight title and extended his impressive winning streak to 11 straight. I knew Kevin Randleman did that to the right, so in our fight, I caught him with a liver kick, and sometime later, he said that he really felt that one. He knocked out nine of the best featherweight fighters in the world at a time when the division was still seen as more of an underground phenomenon of World Extreme Cagefighting before UFC brought the division into the spotlight.
Belfort, who made his UFC debut 20 years ago, had been expected to announce his retirement after the bout in his hometown, but said afterwards he had “five more fights”. This is why legalized betting is so important to be on top of any unusual betting patterns, but with so much money bet illegally who knows if something was up.