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Chihiro Suzuki KOs Patricio Pitbull in 1st round - Super RIZIN 2

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2020 Olympic silver medalist Beatriz Ferreira 🇧🇷 just won the IBF lightweight title!

She’ll be turning her attention to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in August.

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Sports Illustrated - April 15, 1996

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Kendra McIntyre KOs Katarina Legorreta in the 2nd round via head kick - LFA 182

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Thoughts on Payton Talbott vs Victor Henry?

Big step up for Talbott from an experience stand point but god, Henry giving up a bunch of size. Tough fight for a guy who likes to be directly in front of the other fighter to pressure. Still, there’s a lot about Talbott we don’t know so a guy with the experience and diversity of skill of Henry would be a good test for him. I’d be excited to see it though!

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Vergil Ortiz KOs Thomas Dulorme on a body shot in the 1st

Honestly, telling us nothing about Ortiz again at 154lbs. He’s just KOing these undersized fighters to keep that KO ratio perfect (21-0, 21 KOs) which sucks cause I wanted a better sense of where he’s at before fighting Tim Tszyu this summer. But we shall see I guess.

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Nowadays, it feels like Glory Kickboxing events are full of underwhelming fights, weird finishes, and the occasional crowd riot. Every now and then though, if you sit through all of that you get to see something cool. That just happened. Chico Kwasi just beat Endy Semeleer via 3-knockdown KO in the 2nd round. His run through Glory has been perfect so far and he just managed to take out a great, highly skilled champion in emphatic fashion. Awesome stuff.

He truly did have the power of anime on his side.

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Oscar Duarte stops Jojo Diaz

Time for Diaz to hang ‘em up. 1-5 in his last six and now picks up his first stoppage loss.

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Alex Perez KOs Matheus Nicolau in the 2nd round!

Good win for Perez! Great finish too. With Nicolau along the fence he shows the right hand on a feint, Nicolau tries to exit that same side because he thinks a punch is coming and Perez shifts to cut NIcolau off with a series of right hooks. Nicolau is forced to sit still to defend and Perez uncorks a 3-piece that ends with another right hook that puts Nicolau down and out.

The thing stopping Nicolau from being an elite flyweight is his inability to draw out punches to counter. Silva had his jab. Machida had his kicks. Nicolau just doesn't have a range tool he can use to score and force guys into bad exchanges. As a result, he's on a hair trigger and if you can overwhelm him with information, you can find his chin and shut down return fire.

Happy for Perez. Man's career seemed to be over for a hot minute. Loss to Figs for the title. Gone two year and returns only to lose to Pantoja in a round. Then gone again for two years to return against Mokaev, which he actually looked good in (from a certain perspective) imo. But this is Perez's first win in like 4 years. It's a nice comeback story and it should line him up for another big fight - Kape, Pantoja-Erceg loser, or maybe Tim Elliott.

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Did…did the UFC have Ryan Spann fight Anthony Smith a 3rd time????

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Gabriela Celeste Alaniz takes SD over Marlen Esparza.

Wild score cards in Fresno. One just had it like 8-2 Esparza and another had it 7-3 Alaniz.

I think this is the right decision. For as much as Mora and Mannix were celebrating Esparza's back foot boxing, she was missing a lot of the counters and jabs they were giving her props for. By a lot often. Alaniz did struggle getting her volume going in the back half though. The body punches were paying early from Alaniz.

With Esparza missing weight, this feels like the right decision tbh. Good on Alaniz to come back and get the revenge win. Now she can go face Gabriela Fundora for the undisputed title. Esparza is probably moving up from here. Or at least she should if making 112lbs is too tough.

watched this over the UFC fights so didn't see much of Silva-Lipski and Spann-Guskov.

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Jhonata Diniz KOs Austen Lane in the 2nd round!

Listen man, I'm not paying close attention to unranked heavyweight fights. I saw Lane dominated with the wrestling early on but seemed to get tired and fell apart when Diniz started having space to throw big punches. Turns out being a NFL defensive lineman is not the best base for MMA.

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David Onama takes UD over Jonathan Pearce.

Onama is slowly but surely getting better fight to fight. Still has some really clean hands, particularly with the jab. Was catching Pearce repeatedly with it at range and would go southpaw to throw that cross too. Pearce managed to get Onama down multiple times, even taking his back a bunch but Onama was surprisingly adept at getting Pearce's back to the mat and then spinning around to end up in top position inside guard. He had about 5 reversals overall through the fight. Small waist and a terrific athleticism definitely helps. And while Pearce was able to get him down a bunch, Onama's jab made it hard for Pearce to pressure for 15 minutes straight.

A good growth fight for Onama.

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Uros Medic KOs Tim Means in the 1st!

Medic KOs Means in the first round with a lovely uppercut as Means who is stepping in from range with a jab to the body. Great shot from Medic who anticipated the level change and just dropped it on Means. Gutted for Means. Always been a fan of the Dirty Bird but the durability of old just aint there at 40. Especially for a guy who is essentially a pocket boxer.

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2020 Olympic silver medalist Beatriz Ferreira 🇧🇷 just won the IBF lightweight title!

She’ll be turning her attention to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in August.

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Victor Henry stops Rani Yahya in the 3rd round!

Waking up in time for one of the more interesting fights on the card.

I like Yahya but at 40+ years old, man is basically a one round fighter unless you are completely trash at wrestling. Had a good first where he managed to get Henry down while still eating shots but it did not last. Henry keyed in on where he went wrong and then proceeded to stuff every takedown for the rest of the fight. I really like Henry's noncommittal flurries and attacks, setting up his big power shots like the right hook around the guard or to the ribs. Just a really fun style to watch that allows him to score while being relatively safe in the pocket. Sucks he's not a young gun himself but he's still rolling along at 36 years old in a shark tank at 135lbs.

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