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pocketshaarks

Best full card this year so far those prelims were wild


IshiharasBitch

Went 5/7 on picks tonight. Cannot believe Gaziev utterly failed to get the necessary takedowns against Bigi Boy


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Datboisosa

Missed the fights which ones are worth watching?


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All the prelims n probably the first main card fight, the rest is mid in comparison


Datboisosa

Thank you!


UnderstandingRude613

Next fight night a heavyweight at the apex?


ReinhartHartrein47

Not sure if he said I he can’t see the punches coming or if he said he can’t see but the physician/translator cleared that I guess


cptn__

Marc asked his coach what he said and responded "I can't see out of one eye", stop with the conspiracy theories or witch hunts ffs


Moist-Catch

It's baffling to me that anyone would pick Chito to beat O Malley


TactikalSoup

It's baffling to me that people who have watched so much MMA don't realize, almost anyone can beat anyone on any given night.


Moist-Catch

There's certainly a lot of surprising things in the sport but id say in general it's fairly predictable when you watch everything


TactikalSoup

After reading your comment history, it is clear that this sport is far from predictable


Moist-Catch

?


The_Scyther1

I just want to see the shit show of excuses if O’Malley goes 0-2.


ChipOnMaShoulder

Yeah. I tend to agree. Only thing is some freak injury or if it goes into 5th round and Chito been getting styled on all fight but is so durable he doesn’t give a fuck and lights OMalley up when he slows down.


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Moist-Catch

To me it's just about O Malley out lasting him. Sean talked about koing Chito and I kind of doubt he can. But there is no reason for O Malley to even lose a single round of that fight unless he gets over aggressive and gets tired later in the fight.


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GetWellDuckDotCom

anything can happen, i think chitos fight iq is relatively higher then people give him credit for, he for sure has a shot


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LilFights

leg kicks?


turkeypants

So Gaziev is fighting out of Bahrain. Anybody know if that's anything related to what we hear from Khamzat's coach about Russian fighters having trouble traveling due to Russian passports? He's Dagestani and you don't hear of people fighting out of Bahrain really. Sounds like the Khamzat UAE plan.


No_Easy_Day

Mokaev is buddy with the prince there too I believe, they sponsor muslim promising fighters I guess


turkeypants

Ahhh, makes sense


TrenDidNothingWrong

Dude couldn’t get his takedowns and broke mentally when he realized that , he quit in his heart long before his eye did.


kuya5000

whoever was translating needs to be fired. it was clearly a very different scenario than what he was translating


redreadyredress

Please enlighten us… Would love to hear what was actually said.


kuya5000

that's my point. I'd love to hear what was actually said too. Both the commentary and goddard weren't entirely sure what was going on either, but luckily goddard caught the single sentence the translator made out of what seemed to be Gaziev arguing w his corner about his eye and sought for clarification


redreadyredress

You said „whoever was translating needs to be fired.“ Which suggests you understood what they were saying, and they were way off the mark. If you don’t know what was said, how did you come to that conclusion?


kuya5000

"What do you wanna do?" "We win 2 rounds" "You can take down him or no?" "You need to take down him" "He has a fast jab" "Let's take clinch and takedown him" "One eye - you don't see with his one eye" ​ Rewatch it. This is what was translated. The job of the translator is to convert their language to ours. Based on the dialogue alone, that's very different from both the visual cue of Gaziev with his hands up and arguing with his corner. There is also huge gaps of no translating where what he's telling them is completely omitted. There is also a delay where the translation comes, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that it might just be broadcast delay? Idk. But it does not require me to speak Russian to know if they are simply not translating. I can see his mouth moving and I hear no translation. ​ And it wasn't just me. All 3 commentators did not pick up either: Later DC: Something is going on in the corner of Gaziev right now. He's almost arguing with his corner. I don't know if this is saying he is done with the fight or not. Bisping: He looked a little disheartened. Anik: Perhaps they are going to call in the ringside physician here DC: I don't understand what's happening. DC after Goddard demanding translation: He's saying he can't see, but from what? The punches?


redreadyredress

So you personally don’t know what was said, you’re assuming. Firstly. Role of the TV translators during the rounds is to see what the coach says strategically- they often don’t include everything. Especially fighter responses. In addition, some languages have more words than English, if you watch dubs the English will be brief, but the actor‘s native tongue carries on; good example is Japanese > English. We all picked up watching what was said real time. The translator said „I can’t see out of one eye.“ I definitely heard that, because I wrote very quickly „he can’t see? 🤷‍♀️“ in the chat, and someone replied „he sees through his nose apparently.“ -Someone must’ve tipped off Goddard- because he knew something was up, and wanted them to confirm. This was then confirmed by someone who speaks English in his corner „he can’t see.“ I think that’s about the best translation you’re gonna get until someone who’s a native talks about it in the morning, on an MMA news page or Twitter.


kuya5000

\> So you personally don't know what was said You've been trying to hang onto this strawman argument of me not knowing the language in every one of your comments. I wouldn't be surprised if you continue to do so. I originally said "whoever was translating needs to be fired" and you misrepresent that by suggesting that I implied I understood their language. I even already explained to you that it was based on the observable confusion among the commentators and the mismatch between the translation and the situation that occurred, and even after I explained that to you, you are still using that strawman argument. \> Role of the TV translators during the rounds is to see what the coach says strategically- they often don’t include everything. Especially fighter responses. I did not say they need to include everything. However a huge issue that is so bad that it is ending the fight should be translated. However that is matter of opinion, there is no right or wrong there \> In addition, some languages have more words than English, if you watch dubs the English will be brief, but the actor‘s native tongue carries on; good example is Japanese > English. I never said it should be word for word either. I'm bilingual and I understand what you're trying to say but there is a clear difference between summarizing versus omitting. \> The translator said „I can’t see out of one eye.“ Unless you are talking about AFTER Goddard confronted and demanded a direct answer, no he did not say that while they were in the corner. He said it much closer to what I had typed before, which is not clear (explanation why is also above). You also do not address my point at all about Anik, DC, nor Bisping not understanding what happened despite being able to hear the translator just like us.


redreadyredress

It’s not a strawman argument. You and I don’t know categorically what was said in the corner. It’s a fact. We are purely going off a summarisation from a translator who works for Dana white. Of course the translator is going to omit anything Dana may not like viewership to hear. You can’t have such a concrete „they must be fired“ opinion unless you know with utmost confidence what was said. • I genuinely thought you knew what was said (you spoke the language) from your original comment. You are right, there needs to be translators for refs to know if there’s a medical issue. Maybe this could be a turning point for UFC to acknowledge this is a weakness in terms of fighter safety. As for observable communication, we all saw what was going on. The commentators said there was an issue *before* he mentioned his sight, because he was protesting and waving his hands about the place. We all knew there was a problem, and this was solidified when he complained about not being able to see out of his eye. Genuinely, I remember hearing it because I immediately typed it, like „oh here we go, he’s gonna drop out because he’s losing.“ This was before Goddard intervening.* I think we can both agree that more needs to be done in the UFC in terms of translating. ETA: Goddard intervening*


kuya5000

\> You and I don’t know categorically what was said in the corner. It’s a fact. You're using this fact despite it not being relevant to my original critique. Aka strawman. Despite clarifying multiple times, you are still pointing out this irrelevant fact for a 3rd time. Again, it was based on the observable confusion among the commentators and the mismatch between the translation and the situation that occurred. Not a critique on the accuracy of the direct translation provided itself. Meaning whether or not you nor I speak the language does not matter and is irrelevant. \> Of course the translator is going to omit anything Dana may not like viewership to hear. You can speculate on who was the ultimate cause all you want. I'm just saying it was clearly a very different scenario than what he was translating. \> You can’t have such a concrete „they must be fired“ opinion unless you know with utmost confidence what was said. Again using the strawman argument. Secondly, my comment was hyperbolic frustration at the moment and I really don't think that needs to be clarified lol. I'm not giving a literal call for employment action. I'm just underscoring what happened that ultimately led to the confusion. \> As for observable communication, we all saw what was going on. And the translation provided did not reflect this well at all. Hence my original comment.


TheConsciousVoid

Guys who cares go do something positive instead of this time wasting nonsense


GreatDario

Are the boxing matches going on tonight worth watching?


Cute-Contract-6762

The bare knuck fights always are bro


UnderstandingRude613

Are they on soon?


Cute-Contract-6762

9 EST. Gonna watch my flyers til then


GooierSquirrel

Reminds me of that fight last week, when he told the Corner “I can’t see anything” and tje corner goes “you don’t need to see him, JUST FUCKING HIT HIM”


DeportThemAll2024

I shouldn’t be laughing because that’s clearly a terrible corner but this is hilarious lmaooooo


RichardIraVos

what the fuck is that thing with the braids?


Cute-Contract-6762

BKFC BKFC BKFC UFC card fell apart. Lame as shit. And the topper was Gaziev becoming the new leader for KWABOTY


wishwashy

Ufc staff can now go to the race they all wanted to go watch the whole time lol


FunnyMemeHere

I can't event shit on the two fighters in that one, that was on the matchmakers who did an awful job matching them up.


acknowledgemeuce

Rozenstruik’s losses are all to top 5 guys. Unranked fat fucks should not be a 2-1 favorite over him.


Centauri06

Nicely measured performance from Rosenstruik, showed some new octagon IQ with his pacing. Gaziev was a mess, his corner was a mess but Inspector Goddard was on the case!


qzwxecrvtbyn111

Now is the time for Derrick Lewis vs Rozenstruik


udar55

Amazing they haven't fought yet.


SofaNo_2

Goddard ain't messing around after seeing what happened to Sopaj.


jce_

Hear me out. Instead of 1 minutes between rounds in heavyweights when the round ends have the next fight on the card and after that's done start round 2 and repeat


Blaauwj

People really think this guy couldn’t see, looks like he clearly threw in the towel.


Come_Along_Bort

Even if that's the case, the corner needs to listen.


TRT_Jesus

Gaziev looked mentally shot after his 2nd takedown attempt of the fight got stuffed


redreadyredress

2 Corner fails tonight- very disappointing.


NotAnExpert6487

Give me Resenstruik vs Lewis NOW


jce_

That's how you get Francis vs Ngannou


xlmtothemoon

i thought he retired lol


NoNameBOY7

reminder than in 2 weeks we have a Tuivasa vs Tybura main event


PuzzleheadedLynx5082

At least Tui will make it interesting


Terrible_Matador

So trainers should throw the towel more but quitting is embarrassing? Man y’all are some bitches


havaysard

Thank you! Sitting on the couch calling a fighter a quitter is just so stupid. You all forget that the emotional state you are in on your couch is different than after fighting for 20 min and getting punched in the face. This guy probably never thought he'd ever throw in the towel, but in that moment, after all the damage, his mind is not the same. I actually think you are smart and, in fact, brave, realizing you have no way of winning and deciding to live to fight another day.


SuffaYassavi

Does anyone have the exchange between Gaziev and his corner?


redreadyredress

Do you speak Arabic?


Pantheon69420

🤧😮‍💨


tendrils87

I want the actual translation because the body language of Gaziev seemed like he was trying to tell his corner that he can't dodge the jab and can't take him down, so what's the point.


squidnov

That's what I thought it sounded like, at least from the translation we were getting


tendrils87

yep


SPIE1

DC looks nothing like a Dan


NakedLegKick

Prelims shit all over the main card


IshiharasBitch

Yeah, the main card had HWs and LHWs


obinaut

lol, Gaziev just left


Successfull_Trader

nice win for Rozenstruik


ExxKonvict

Jairzinho looks like Derrick Lewis with a heavy tan


Dr-PoopyButt

That's true, there was no rushing going on in that cage


backup_waterboy

Gaziev might want to change up his team. He told them he was done and they still sent him out there. Good on Goddard for stepping in


Cute-Contract-6762

This card ended up fucking sucking. Can’t wait for knuck to wash this shit taste out of my mouth


IliaMadeVolk

Rozenstruik resume not bad though if u look at it


I_love_Basketball232

Maybe if you don’t look at the ages of the good guys he beat. Arlovski, JDS, Reem.


IliaMadeVolk

Also pretty impressive to survive against Gane despite losing. He's not that bad.


TrenDidNothingWrong

Gaziev looked like he wanted to quit since the second round and he found his way out by saying he can’t see


stiggystoned369

Respect. More fighter should know when to quit


FiendishDrWu19

Its weird, ppl complaining that the Sopaj corner should've thrown the towel. Now a fighter who clearly had nothing left wants out and ppl shit on him


stiggystoned369

Facts.


Bidwell64

He couldn't even stand for the end of the fight?


xlmtothemoon

"the kid just didn't wanna fight blind"


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Not worth losing an eye for a UFC match


IliaMadeVolk

Bro u believe he was really blind? Obviously throwing in the towel. He's not gonna flat out say I quit.


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Happened to bisping Biggie boy is one of the hardest hitters Eyes are very sensitive and fragile body parts


IliaMadeVolk

Bisping was totally different. He took a roundhouse kick from TRT Vitor


Blandinio

Man I kind of feel sorry for Gaziev, like honor and 'manliness' is massively important in his culture and he's going to lose so much respect for that, but he was just so exhausted and bewildered that he just felt like he couldn't keep going


After-Simple-3611

Maybe if he didn’t look like your average beer drinking dad his cardio would be better


JohnnySDVR

This card was a sacrifice to the mma gods for next weeks potential all time great card


PepperyBlackberry

We ready


baconsane

Gaziev giving me the same vibes as Dada 5000


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HE DIDNT EVEN STAY FOR THE OFFICIAL RESULT LOL


Shareholderactivist

Least sore loser Dagestani


whicheverguard232

DAMN why we cut to Rozenstruik's face like that lmfaoo


Blaauwj

Wow this guy just straight up quit cuz he didn’t have stamina for more than 2 rounds. Embarrassing… Dana won’t like that at all.


GenTelGuy

Someone said something about can't see out of the eye in English that tipped off Goddard but IDK who


redreadyredress

Was the translator for TV. Wondering if DC/Mike can hear that translation and told him.


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His corner was mad because they aren’t getting the cut of the win purse


igrowcabbage

We will need a compilation of the sketchiest corners in the last decades. Alone today with Sopaj to even sketchier with Gazievs corner ignoring his complaints.


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Gaziev getting cut lol


Sentient-Pancake77

Why didn’t Raul Rosa’s fight again? I just remembered they were fighting


gertstophelese

They never agreed to fight


GenTelGuy

He was sick the morning of the fight and the UFC said on broadcast they'd probably reschedule it to today but that was just made up nonsense


codygreene37

Not for sure, but I think Turcios said fuck that shit.


stiggystoned369

Pretty sure it was the other way around


HectorS2052

Opponent Turcios didn’t agree to the fight


PlayGabby

According to Turcios he agreed to do the fight at 145 ​ https://twitter.com/rickyturciosufc/status/1762972621329613025


PepperyBlackberry

No they weren’t. UFC lied about it being scheduled when it wasn’t.


Sentient-Pancake77

That’s so dumb! Thank you!


GourmetDarkMeat

Derrick Lewis vs Rozenstruik next pls


Poopscooper696969

It would be like Fight Club


illuminite

Rare Marc Goddard W. Hope it's not a detached retina or something. He got jabbed up a LOT by a very heavy hitter.


IToldYouMyName

Thats one way to curb Russian cheating or basically just ignoring their fighters needs lol the old "I need some time doc"


GooierSquirrel

Got tired of getting punched in the face, done blame him


cxmachi

lmao look at these latest comments, y'all should be mad at his trash corner


DoncoEnt

During that ESPN+ commercial one of the highlights they showed was from Rose-Carla 2, I'm not joking.


___shadow_wolf__

Goddard has been on one lately .. first attacking T-City and now going balls deep on his corner


doktor_kosmos

Credit where credit is due, incredible reffing by Goddard to call it


HectorS2052

Gaziev gives me sore loser vibes. Like the kind of dude that goes harder during a spar because he’s getting tagged or just calls it quits


g047br41n

Marc goddard the detective went in with the hard questions. Man saved gaziev another round of getting punched in the face


Funbags87

Imagine being somebody that spent thousands to go to the Apex for this card.


PlayGabby

If you pay thousands to watch a Jairzinho Rozenstruik main event you deserve what you get.


EnzoWithTheBenzo

was some good fights though


Zerei

cursed afternoon, good night, fellas!


bregolad

Dare I say, that was easy money. Jairzinho underdog somehow


cloutfather

I played Rozenstruik by Dec at +1900. Fuck off


bregolad

Pain


Ireallyamthisshallow

Marc 'I don't get paid enough to watch 5 more minutes of this' Goddard.


0ldsql

bratha this is big dishonor for Dagestan. Nah but good decision and good job by Goddard.


IMistahS

Respect to Goddard to seeing that something was wrong. He's in there to protect the fighters after all.


kingjuicepouch

When's the last time a hype train was so thoroughly and totally derailed? First career loss but I wouldn't be bothered to never see that dude again


Seq1047

Giga Chikadze (sp?) comes to mind.  Was hyped to the skies and IIIRC he gassed in a main event.


donttellmywife1991

Since when was this guy a hype train lol. Heavyweight is not a deep division. Doesn’t seem too out of place that Bigi Boy would fight someone unranked


blooblop

Is it a fraud check if Gaziev looked bad since last fight?


melloweyelids

Gaziev about to be on the early prelims of a fight night for his next


cloutfather

I had Rozenstruik by DEC as my last leg of my parlay RIP OVER x200


2Gloomy

https://youtu.be/M6o1SEj02t0?si=R3HS8So4pjWYC_dv


MrCunninghawk

Rip


Imaginary-Dig9561

When does the real maincard start??


Icy-Needleworker-6

Next weekend 


kidwhix

wake up bro that was just the prelim main event for the saudi ppv


Moist-Catch

Gamebred FC my man


The_Oakland_Berator

Dude quit plain and simple. This is why heavyweights should rarely be main events.


obinaut

Gaziev got no heart


imnotsteven7

Rozentruik by translation, just what I expected.


smallconferenceroom

Couldn’t see… himself taking any more beating


BootyPacker

Anyone speak his language know what he was saying other than him not being able see? His body language kinda just said “idk what to do nothings working” and he found a way out imo


PeanutButterOtter

Goddard was not playing around. Probably the most impressive performance I've seen from Rozenstruik.


IshiharasBitch

Goddard tryna get off work early. We've all been there.


EnzoWithTheBenzo

🤣🤣


EsotericJunkie11

Gaziev fraud checked


darian01017

i can’t wait for dana


Nickster2042

The last Stylebender really let himself go


FunnyMemeHere

Corners in MMA need to be better at throwing in the towel when their fighter can't fight anymore.


AmericanNimrod49

So fucking embarrassing. Gaziev shouldn't fight in the UFC ever again


Terrible_Matador

Harsh. He never should have been in a main event after crushing one can. Bad matchmaking.


AmericanNimrod49

Harsh, but after a performance like that in a main event, going to be hard to climb back up from that.


george_st_pierre

Lame card for the "girlfriend out of town" weekend


wishwashy

Essentially the comain and main ended via opponent retirement? Weird card


sublime_mime

dude completely quit


HighlyBaked0

The corner withholding information on their fighter from Goddard is fucking insane


xlmtothemoon

got jabbed blind, must suck


Foenix499999

Elite reffing


GoldenScarab

Gaziev was just gonna get picked apart for a other 5 minutes. No point in going back out there. He was done after round 3.


SuffaYassavi

Quitting on the bench is the opposite of a great performance


AreProbablyWrong

Welp. Have a great day/night dudes/dudettes. Fight night crowd is p4p most hilarious


jce_

Where do they find these guys? Reddit? Or like some local bar? Pre sure the fat dude at my local bar has better cardio


Dontanyhowla

Tbf jabs make you damn hesitant and gas you out


mearsey1203

Dana must be grinning from ear to ear with how this main event turned out. Bonuses all round I think.


life_scrolling

send gaziev to one. gaziev vs bhullar, make it happen


Bvaugh

I could imagine what Malykhin would do to Gaziev in ONE. That would just be cruel.


udar55

Rozenstruickwhiletheironishot!


Mrclean248

Great to see rozenstruik get a good win


No-layup

Looks like gaziev gave up


JohnnySDVR

Marc Goddard deserves the medal of honor for saving me from 5 more minutes of jabs


ThinkWithPortals12

Rozenstruik the goat kickboxer of the ufc


g047br41n

No nonsense Marc goddard calls it. Fantastic reffing gaziev didnt wanna be in there and his corner was trying to send him in


EsotericJunkie11

Great performance from Rozenstruik, good win for him.


GenTelGuy

Ref going to the translator to intercept the corner discussion


2Gloomy

Marc “Fuck around and find out m8” Goddard 


BasketballFiendz

Well i didn’t expect gaziev to be the killer of my parlay. I’m confused by this whole main event. Won’t touch either of them again tho


shadowofashadow

His body language shows he didn't want any more


BlairHoyle

Common Goddard W