UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier - July 2, 2022

[Chris]

Oh and marketing Izzy will still be easy bc no one will care about his boring fight bc they're still talking about his walkout, but maybe that's my wrestling fan bias lmao

 

[Darkavius]

I watch every UFC show and call every "dominant, one-sided technical" fight boring and get called out for it every time and will continue to do so anyway

At least you're consistent. Last night was one of those transition nights where you see a bunch of people that need to move to the next step in their careers. Jessica Eye finally retired. The UFC were going to cut her anyway. Cerrone finally retired. UFC wasn't going to let him fight again. You saw Volk become one of the best in the world. Izzy/Pereira is set up for likely the end of the year.

That leaves what do you do if you are Holloway and Cannonier?

 

[Chris]

At least you're consistent. Last night was one of those transition nights where you see a bunch of people that need to move to the next step in their careers. Jessica Eye finally retired. The UFC were going to cut her anyway. Cerrone finally retired. UFC wasn't going to let him fight again. You saw Volk become one of the best in the world. Izzy/Pereira is set up for likely the end of the year.

That leaves what do you do if you are Holloway and Cannonier?

Yeah I don't think it was a bad show or anything, just what happens when two champs are that good. And in this case I like them anyway so I wasn't even cheering for upsets like I do a lot. Cannonier I can see staying a top contender and getting another shot down the road but man idk where you go with Max, I still think he'd beat the rest of the division when I was looking through it last night tbh unless there's an up and comer I was forgetting about

 

[Chris]

That Jessica Eye retirement speech was nice

 

[Deezy]

People out there trying to say "no one was calling Anderson "boring'"..... like they don't remember the Patrick Cote/Damian Maia fights.

 

[Darkavius]

That Jessica Eye retirement speech was nice

In fairness Eye should have retired long ago. When she got beat by Calvillo (basically a mid-level strawweight) the writing was on the wall. She's always had excuses after she lost. Whether it was 135 was too big for her to her numerous health ailments she was just never that good.