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UFC on FOX 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko -Main Card Discussion

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Saturday, July 23rd in Chicago, Illinois.



Main Card (8 PM ET, FOX)

Holly Holm vs. Valentina Shevchenko
Edson Barboza vs. Gilbert Melendez
Francis Ngannou vs. Bojan Mihajlovic
Kailin Curran vs. Felice Herrig

 
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Perhaps Gil can come back strong and surprise. But I just can't see it. I have been impressed with Barboza, he continues to get better.

Hoping it can be a great fight. But I see Barboza winning for sure.

I'm a Gil fan but sort of would be nice to see what Barboza can do at the top. He is a handful for anyone in the division.
 
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Gil is off the juice and looking well soft. Interesting Nate talks about everyone on roids. Given his whole camp was on them I suppose he's right!

But Barbosa is gonna finish him, he wont be able to take a punch anymore, and he can't step into the pocket with no juice like he used to.

I wonder can this mad looking serb pull off an upset. Real nice odds for him to win by KO. The wild african dude has nice odds for a 1st R sub too.
 
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Yeah she has a great ground game, impressed with her kicks too, improved a lot. If she could box she could make a run.

I wonder will this serb pull a knife in this fight. He looks like a serious psycho.
 
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Herb so inconsistent. Bad stoppage, and punches to the back of the neck,.

Francis needs to be tested now, he is some beast of a man. Give him a top 10 now. And by test I mean steroid testing too! :thumb02:

His arms are bigger then Rogans head, and Rogans head is big!!
 
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Anyone this Kailin Curran is hot... hotter than PVZ i think...



Well... Melendez was the dumb one, Barboza knew he had won, Melendez should be still doing everything he can to steal the fight.


And that is what a 17 time world champion in Muay Thai and kickboxing will do when she doesn't have to worry about take downs.

Now you know why she beat Joanna 3 times in Muay Thai.
Yeah, the difference in the hands between a womens boxing champion and a Kickboxing or Muay Thai champion is not all that much, unlike with the men, where the boxers are a world better.

I get why Shevchenko beat Joanna, because if there is one thing you could point to and be critical about Joanna's stand up, its her openness to counters.
 
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I enjoyed Barboza tossing Melendez around as if he were a sack of potatos.

Steroids made Melendez weak & the cleaner fighter in Barboza manhandled him everytime they clinched.

Thought about going all in on Shevchenko, definitely thought she would win. But didn't have the guts to do it. :/
 
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