@@coloredtimi1428 um ok... you could literally go down the card with each guy that lost and say they weren't expecting something. Max didn't expect Poirier to have such legit power and cleaning boxing, Anders wasn't expecting Khalil to abuse his leg, OSP wasn't expecting Krylov to go for a sub, Jouban wasn't expecting Grant to back up the majority of the fight and play counter puncher. It's fighting. Most wins come from a guy doing something his opponent "didn't expect". Kelvin rocked a guy that was 7-8 inches taller than him with a headkick, it was impressive.
Yeah you can definitely feel the tension in the air between the two. Okamoto can hardly make eye-contact with Ariel lol. I think Bretts just mad that ESPN just completely embraced Ariel giving him so many different platforms to showcase his skills, while Brett probably thought he deserved that spot having been a company man long before Ariel. But rivalry aside, can we take a minute to appreciate how good and intelligent both these guys are. I wasn't mad at Okamoto disagreeing with Ariel at all because he mas making such poignant and valid points. These two are the kind of professionals that this sport desperately needs. Right call ESPN on hiring Ariel. There is no one more worthy for the job than him. And now if these two can just get along and be more friendly with each other, they can take these post-fight recaps to the next level! Do it for the fans boys. Much respect to both of you. :)
Cormac Mac Aongusa askeren? Tyron? Robbie? Thompson? Petits? Masvadil? A stacked Devision means title contention it means elite fighters, something welterweight has. And other then maybe petits and masvidal any one of the other guys can fairly challenge usman. Not Robbie cause they’re teammates or something. Overall I think you’re letting your bias effect your thinking which usually leads to one being wrong.
... And won with a busted knee and hand, izzy figthing kelvin is a vacation compared to 10 rounds of war with Romero. Im a fan of izzy too but I don't see him winning to yoel or Robert any time soon.
What kind of scares me is exactly that about Whittaker and Romero.. I feel like they softened each other’s chins up way too much.. been saying this since Whittaker v Romero 2.. the next guy to fight Whittaker will probably KO him.. and Gastelum aka Baby Hendo would have.
and Jacare. as well as Romero. also Whitakker KO'd Taveres in 1 round....Adesnays needed 5 rounds and it went to decision when he fought Tavares. Whitakker will destroy Adensaya
Mauquez Barnard most UFC fans hated him so Dana didn’t want him as champ because the UFC has became a popularity contest. Hence why Dana only wants “needle movers” being champ. With the Rockhold fight....Romero pulled out, Jacare was gonna step it but declined so it was either scrap the card or find a quick replacement. And bisping called Dana to say he’s ready and the rest is history
@Mohamed Saad The only person I think has a slight chance of beating Khabib is Tony. I don't see anyone in the near future beating Khabib. The only person who can beat Khabib is a someone who can neutralize his takedowns and has great cardio.
Tony won the interim belt of then ranked #7 Kevin Lee who is a washed up lightweight, when Conor was the champ. Conor didn't fight Tony for whatever reason. Then Tony had a chance to win the real belt against Khabib which he fucked up by tripping on the wire. He then came back to beat #8 Pettis. Whereas, Dustin has beaten a former champ in Alvarez, top 5 contender Justin Gaethje and now the feather weight champ Max Holloway. I am pretty sure Dustin deserves it more
@@rubenjimenez8433 Al was ranked #11 when they fought and he is #4 now after beating Kevin Lee(The same guy Tony got mounted by and almost got finished). Also Khabib only had 24 hours to prepare for Al and still dominated him. This argument is also invalid now because he beat Conor who was the undisputed champ before him
Fuck that hilly Billy porier he was on that white boy tj dellashaw steroids get him checked asap my gut tells me he is cheating no way he generates that power endurance for 5 rounds against max he looked way bigger tonight ! Fuck these 2 weisels aswell !!!!
@Oscar the golden toy dela Hoya don't ignore me pussy you know porier is on something look at the size of him ! No way some one has that much energy after a 5 round fight natural fuck max stupid i wouldn't of taking this fight . Fuck Dustin porier he is the worst human Alive lol
IAmVenom that’s why Dana keeps explaining how Interim belts means something. Yes, to the fighters they want a belt but to Dana and the UFC it means nothing.
Max isnt a KO type of guy, he’s a TKO type of guy, meaning he never has knocked ppl out cold, he overwhelmes them with his volume of punches and kicks just like the Diaz brothers. Going up in weight had nothing to do with tonight, Dustin just has more power and Max had a bad game plan. Max will be back at 55 and will do just fine.
“Going up in weight had nothing to do with tonight”. How can you say something so retarded? That’s exactly how Max lost. You are talking about how Max wins. He’s not a KO artist. OK fine. But he lost. How did he lose? By getting stunned like we never seen before. We’ve never seen him at 155lb before tonight. It had everything to do with the weight. You literally said the power made the difference. Um, that power comes from the weight difference between the two.
I feel one of the main reasons why Max looked weak is because he took some massive shots from Poirier in round 1. He got rocked badly several times early in the beginning and it was hard for him to recover from that. When your brain is getting smashed around in the skull non-stop with those piston hooks from Poirier, it's not easy to be yourself. Still he dug deep and fought back like the warrior he is but he was weakened early on by the Diamond. Dustin had the perfect game-plan for Max. Do to him what he does to everyone else. Crowd him with punches until he wilts. It takes incredible cardio and crisp boxing skills to pull off but he managed to do it. So hats off to him. Max will definitely be back at 155. Just not with Dustin. Styles makes fights. And the Diamond is the Blessed's cryptonite.
@Lou Zer your a dumb shit, Max has spent few years making sure he can make a weight cut for 145. One fact is these lads cant cut muscle mass, only thing they can cut is fluid. If Max had fought 3 years in 155, he would literally have 10 pound more of conditioned muscle mass and that's after a weight cut!. Your say the weight had nothing to do with it? lool...your a dumbass
@Steve Legend Yeah for a guy Max's height, 145 is a hard cut. Only way he has been able to do it is to sacrifice body mass gambling that even though he's lean...he'll still have enough to beat the 145 guys. Like you said, a quick jump to 155 isn't going to do him any favours at all. He's lost too much mass to where its a big power difference now. If he was fighting a scrub it would have been fine but he wasn't .
walkwithaswagger well he kinda outweighs him by 40lbs off camp. Considering Israel came in light at 183. Jonny needs to go up to HW with all that juice running in his veins
Jones needs to STFU or move up to heavy weight. Calling green fighters way lighter then him is weak as f@#k. 🤡 Go fight Francis and not pop for steroids and we might have more respect for him.
I wrongly predicted ALL 6 fights on the main card 🤦♂️🤦♂️ I had Israel but then thinking Kelvin has never been ko’d and has crazy ko power. I thought over 5 rounds Kelvin would connect that big shot. The last stylebender is a BEAST
RamsestheGreat I’m a big MMA fan but all of them fights could have gone either way. Would you be surprised if the results went the other way? Especially Max. And kelvin with that crazy ko power
Can we give these guys some credit? They're doing this post-fight analysis at about 3am local time. The main events didn't kick off until after 12am local! Mad props to the fighters and to the crew giving us this great content
John Homes nah. Kelvin’s poor diet and training habits did that. Kelvin is what should be a welterweight, several inches shorter and has a major reach disadvantage compared to Adesanya. And if he never got tired would have beat him. He was piecing him up in the beginning of the fight. Not a good look for Adesanya in my opinion.
@@coloredtimi1428 I was rooting for Kelvin all the way, but Adesanya also showed big heart and iron chin. He got rocked, and hurt multiple times, and continued to scratch the line. Big props to the Stylebender what a fucking beast.
@@TPNL1Agreed. So very disappointing, and I can't imagine how Kelvin feels. He just didn't have the cardio and because of that he looked terrible in the 5th to the point most people believe Israel generated enough power to have dropped him every single time, when in fact he was just exhausted. I saw him eating a gigantic burrito and dips on embedded. It's always been clear he loved food, but man, I didn't expect his gas tank to have a hole in it
Huge Respect to Max for even taking that fight butTBH I really don’t know what Holloway fans are talking about…Max got touched up hard by Dustin! Just look at their faces to see who took more damage! Don’t worry he’s still the 45er king
Ismaiel Aden You don’t win fights on damage. It’s scored in rounds and I though Max won more rounds. Round 1 was Dustin’s only solid round and the knee he landed but other than that I thought Holloway landed more and pressured him.
Cobra dude Im the biggest Holloway fan there is and he definitely did not win that fight. And damage does count. It's in the scoring criteria my friend. Max fought a good fight, I honestly thought he was going to walk away with it before the fight but there was definitive difference in damage and even if you go by rounds and look at shots landed. Besides the 3rd.. and maybe 5th? I had tough time giving it to Max. He just belongs at featherweight unless he is going to work on his build.. Dustiin just looked so much stronger and more powerful than him. Max would need to build his frame up a bit to be more like Tony to hang at 155.. still greatest 145er ever though in my opinion and gave one hell of a fight.. but he did not win that fight. I thought Max would pick Dustiin apart and I was very wrong. Dustin won that fight any way you look at it. Damage and he took 3 rounds. I knew Max needed a finish in the 5th as I'm sure many thought the same as well to win. No controversy
I had dustin winning 4 to 1. But max wasnt outclassed he has nothing to hang his head about. He did a good showing. Peopme saying max was hype. I think max is really good. But dustin is better than everyone thought
Tony would get rad-dolled, he's literally been dropped multiple times in his last two fights and has been inactive, dustin Conor, even max and especially khabib all beat Tony.
??? He just struggled pretty badly in what was basically a kickboxing fight with a 5 foot 9 chubby wrestler. He rallied in the fifth like a champion, but this performance is not one where you can just cast aside all doubt from now on. There's still many questions and red flags.
@@Random_qubit That was a different Robert and at a different weight. If you actually are knowledgable enough to breakdown fight tape, you'd see how vastly different the Rob of today is compared to the him of 5 years ago. Bad comparison. That's like using the first Max vs. Dustin fight as a basis to predict how their fight tonight would play out. Daft.
That wasn't really a Hawaiian shirt, it was more like a Fantasy Island shirt. Can picture him on a cruise ship with Cejudo at his side yelling "The plane boss! The plane!!!!"
He doesn’t suck, he just was hesitant and just threw 1-2 punches after countering. He needed to kick more. And no, I have never fought in a cage or trained mma. The only competition I’ve done was getting bronze at the pan ams in BJJ.
Bobby Knuckles will send him back to new Zealand pretty damn quickly. Izzy will have to become a concreter or a scaffolder like the rest of the kiwis after that fight....he wont wanna fight again. Probably should rename himself to Sonny and say churs bro a lot. All kiwis should be named Sonny tbh and for dinner order Fush and Chups
If we have to compare - as y’all are doing ... Ariel is just better. There’s something about his relentless, crafty approach to journalism that gets us hyped for fights or even potential match ups (e.g. Rockhold vs Smith) .
Devorantem hi mate. Hey, can you explain here? I know Dana doesn’t like Ariel but what do you mean? Was Ariel banned from being somewhere in the arena during the event??
@@karnhall No problem bro. Essentially, Dana has barred him from being anywhere near the live broadcast. Even though he works for ESPN and is their top journalist, the UFC runs the production, and since Dana hates Ariel, they picked Chael over him to work the desk.
@@Mike81139 Of course he wants to be up there. That's like saying UFC fighters don't want title fights, they just wanna work on the prelims. Makes no sense. The UFC broadcast is where the most eyes are at during fight night. Of course he would wanna be on there.
Dustin is a beast,max is a lesser beast. Dustin has a better fight IQ! Than max. I feel bad for the fans of max,i know this was a big upset for them. Both was crazy to watch last night.
We've all been lied to....There are no such things as continents! It's all arbitrary BS anyway...What's the definition of a continent? I dare you to find one used consistently. He misspoke obviously, he knows Africa is not a country. He meant to say region or country of Nigeria, but who cares?
@Joe Sudz Why not? Our entire universe may be a flat hologram on an enormous event horizon. Wait a second....I'm not even sure if "flat" exists either....If space is curved, what does flat mean? Oh, all the lies....
@Tayo was not going off on Ariel. He was merely correcting him. He even said “I like Ariel”. @VZ Richie and @Joe Sudz, why are you two entering so hot and with insults??? I’m so tired of the incivility in the TH-cam comments.
The notion of Max losing to Poirier being indicative of him being too small for lightweight is a strange premise. It's a lightweight title fight... The implication being these guys are the elite of the division. So in a debut outing he loses to a top 3 guy... Therefore he must be too small... That's illogical. He's inexperienced at this division. Worth also noting that Poirier has beaten him before. He's likely got his number. Or he's simply better. That is not indicative of Max being too small. It's a roundabout way of taking away from Poirier's win.
Great main event and tbh the whole card was a good one. We've had a lot of amazing fights this year and it's still only the 1st quarter. The MMA gods must be pleased with the sacrifice of Artem 'The GOAT' of hammers.
Dustin has gotta be one of the most underrated fighters in UFC history. He rose to 3rd in the most stacked division in the UFC and yet everyone wrote him off going into this fight. MMA is different from other sports in the sense that anyone can truly beat anyone but you always have a sense of who the elite fighters are. I don't think Dustin was ever counted among those elite until now. I've never been so happy to be proven wrong. Good job Dustin.
Ferguson outclass khabib.. that fool struggled against a short notice aiquinta who just beat Lee, that ferguson tapped in the 3rd, & fucked up pettis to win tko. bum conor shouldn't even count as win top lightweights destroy him at this current time.
"Kill" lol. Khabib has no power in his punches. He begs guys to give up because he doesn't know how to finish them. He has no hands game..if he was in the hood. Everybody would drop him because they don't let you grapple. Also wrestling for beta males
Lol that he did. Later in the fight it felt like max is turning up on him and he was breathing heavy. I didnt like that max was standing in front of dustin and taking headshots
Dustin Poirier & Max Holloway, two true Gladiators doing what they do best, doing it with class, dignity, & respect for one another! This fight was a real display of the two top mixed martial artists on the planet showing what real combat sport is all about! Kudos Gentleman, You're Both Class Personified!
Okamoto is wrong. Dustin admitted that he was hurt bad several times and his nose got broken. I actually thought Max was gonna TKO him in the 4th Dustin was in trouble several times. That was a lot closer than he is saying the 2nd 3rd and 4th rounds all very close Max won atleast 2 rounds maybe 3.
just shows how bloody good conor was , guy went from 145 to 155 effortlessly and made eddie alveraz who had a war with dustin look like a deer in the headlights , even when conor went up to 170 hes power carried with him
2:53 how many’s fights you’ve had doesn’t matter in regards to how long it took to earn a title shot. *What matters is WINS!* And in that case, *TONY FURGUSON* has the most consecutive wins *IN UFC HISTORY* without getting a title shot... that’s a problem.
UFC - Nigeria, baby! Let's see a UFC event in Lagos state in Nigeria with Usman and Israel on the card, maybe even Ngannou. That would be awesome! Let's get it done, Dana!!!
The audio is always low on ESPN.......It's the only channel i have to turn up on all platforms. Luke Thomas has better audio on his personal channel ! sort it out ESPN.
I really dont see whitaker beating adesanya,He's not a pressure fighter and also doesnt have that really one ko punch. I think only a pressure fighter and a guy who has one ko punch can beat izzy.
Bret is a liar conor didnt tweet that holloway and Poirier were two people he beat.. His tweet was more like these two are my former competitors tune in
I want this 2019! (Khabib vs Tony Ferguson), (Mcgregor vs Nate Díaz 3), (Adesanya vs Whittaker), (Lawler vs Askren 2), (Masvidal vs Nick or Nate Díaz), (Holloway vs Zhabit), (Jones vs Jhonny Walker)
Glad I stayed awake for them fights all 4 in main events are why I watch this sport awsom Max and Dustin showed Khabib and Conner how to act like champions true respect
I think they will play dirty to Dustin, like "you will figth Tony" and if he doesn't agree to it, Dana will say his "I offer you figths and if you don't want them wtf you doing here not willing to work" type of douchy bend the situation move.
It seems like Dana has some kinda hate towards ariel and he seems more interested in Brett props to Ariel for being professional and just doing his job
Why is it that half the comment section acting like Max was a power puncher moving up? No, Max is a VOLUME puncher. He's never had the reputation of knocking people out cold, he's known for breaking people down. He didn't lose because he lost power moving up, he got beat by a legit ko artist with crisp boxing that couldn't be broken.
Interim titles still matter. Without the belt Tony’s claim would be just as good as Dustin’s. Dana sent a message by allowing Usman to jump Colby, but Colby did request a little more time to have surgery. Despite all the belly aching we have still yet to see an interim champion who was 100% ready, willing and able to fight get skipped over.
Everyone always says that Conor moved up no problem but being as small a lightweight as he is gave him even less chance of beating Khabib. Yeah he finished Eddie but that wasn't a one shot KO like people seem to think it was. Conor and Max are both natural Featherweights.
@@dantdt4693 I think it will be a brilliant fight. I don't think Izzy will be able to finish Rob but I could see Bobby knuckles putting Izzy away. But what the fuck do I know, just speculating.
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The fact that Kelvin rocked Izzy with a headkick was insane lmao
He wasn't expecting it
@@coloredtimi1428 um ok... you could literally go down the card with each guy that lost and say they weren't expecting something. Max didn't expect Poirier to have such legit power and cleaning boxing, Anders wasn't expecting Khalil to abuse his leg, OSP wasn't expecting Krylov to go for a sub, Jouban wasn't expecting Grant to back up the majority of the fight and play counter puncher. It's fighting. Most wins come from a guy doing something his opponent "didn't expect". Kelvin rocked a guy that was 7-8 inches taller than him with a headkick, it was impressive.
You’re a genius!!! Do u mean to say it landed because it took him by surprise ?!?!?!
@John Homes no shit buddy
@@coloredtimi1428 no one
We have rivalries like McGregor Khabib but nothing can be compared to Helwani vs Okamoto
Hahaha everything helwani says Okamoto disagree
Clash of the slick pre packaged mma commentators.
Yeah you can definitely feel the tension in the air between the two. Okamoto can hardly make eye-contact with Ariel lol. I think Bretts just mad that ESPN just completely embraced Ariel giving him so many different platforms to showcase his skills, while Brett probably thought he deserved that spot having been a company man long before Ariel.
But rivalry aside, can we take a minute to appreciate how good and intelligent both these guys are. I wasn't mad at Okamoto disagreeing with Ariel at all because he mas making such poignant and valid points. These two are the kind of professionals that this sport desperately needs.
Right call ESPN on hiring Ariel. There is no one more worthy for the job than him. And now if these two can just get along and be more friendly with each other, they can take these post-fight recaps to the next level! Do it for the fans boys. Much respect to both of you. :)
I like them together
Okokoto looks cringy to me on air every single time. Ariel is so much better at everything. Okomoto when he talks we fall asleep.
That 155 pounds division is the best divison ever. Real alpha s sharks tank.
170 and 185 are pretty stacked too
Heavyweight
@@CjtheSmoke 170 isn't too stacked. Only Covington is the only worthy title contender
155 has always been the toughest division imo ... since BJ’s reign
Cormac Mac Aongusa askeren? Tyron? Robbie? Thompson? Petits? Masvadil? A stacked Devision means title contention it means elite fighters, something welterweight has. And other then maybe petits and masvidal any one of the other guys can fairly challenge usman. Not Robbie cause they’re teammates or something. Overall I think you’re letting your bias effect your thinking which usually leads to one being wrong.
Adesanya is an elite kickboxer, but Whitaker still fought Yoel Romero for 10 rounds
... And won with a busted knee and hand, izzy figthing kelvin is a vacation compared to 10 rounds of war with Romero. Im a fan of izzy too but I don't see him winning to yoel or Robert any time soon.
Agreed. Kelvin is no joke but Whitaker is something else entirely.
What kind of scares me is exactly that about Whittaker and Romero.. I feel like they softened each other’s chins up way too much.. been saying this since Whittaker v Romero 2.. the next guy to fight Whittaker will probably KO him.. and Gastelum aka Baby Hendo would have.
Fought Romero with a fucked knee and then with broken arm, madness
and Jacare. as well as Romero. also Whitakker KO'd Taveres in 1 round....Adesnays needed 5 rounds and it went to decision when he fought Tavares. Whitakker will destroy Adensaya
Crazy bisping fought 26 times before he got his shot at the belt
He was inconsistent back then
Mauquez Barnard most UFC fans hated him so Dana didn’t want him as champ because the UFC has became a popularity contest. Hence why Dana only wants “needle movers” being champ. With the Rockhold fight....Romero pulled out, Jacare was gonna step it but declined so it was either scrap the card or find a quick replacement. And bisping called Dana to say he’s ready and the rest is history
Pink Napkins lmao
Buzz Lightyear “needle movers” like TJ Dillashaw and Jon Jones 🙃
Flying Filipino 🤣🤣🤣 good one 💉👀
None of these guys interrupted each other in this conversation. That was nice. 👌
Brett shoulda when Ariel called Africa a country lmfao
then they went home and sucked each other off.
karlos Lowry that's not Logos
That's what you get when Luke "let me interrupt you but don't you dare interrupt me" Thomas isn't in the conversation.
*Neither of these guys...
I know Khabib will beat Poirier but I'm very happy for Poirier.
Well you really don't know shit
@Mohamed Saad khabib is gonna tap that ass then Dustin can go back to 145 for the rematch with max
@Mohamed Saad The only person I think has a slight chance of beating Khabib is Tony. I don't see anyone in the near future beating Khabib. The only person who can beat Khabib is a someone who can neutralize his takedowns and has great cardio.
Khabib's sucks ass, and who's he fought? lays on dudes and patty cakes.
@Stephen Stephens khabib lays on dude's. and does nothing.
Khabib needs to fight Tony Ferguson.
I couldn't agree more but there's already a interim champ (Dustin) therefore Dustin vs khabib is mandatory even more than Tony
Tony won the interim belt of then ranked #7 Kevin Lee who is a washed up lightweight, when Conor was the champ. Conor didn't fight Tony for whatever reason. Then Tony had a chance to win the real belt against Khabib which he fucked up by tripping on the wire. He then came back to beat #8 Pettis. Whereas, Dustin has beaten a former champ in Alvarez, top 5 contender Justin Gaethje and now the feather weight champ Max Holloway. I am pretty sure Dustin deserves it more
@@aidenglover9587 and Khabib won the belt against an unranked fighter
@@rubenjimenez8433 Al was ranked #11 when they fought and he is #4 now after beating Kevin Lee(The same guy Tony got mounted by and almost got finished). Also Khabib only had 24 hours to prepare for Al and still dominated him. This argument is also invalid now because he beat Conor who was the undisputed champ before him
Tony should fight the winner of Dustin and Khabib
The heart of Kelvin during that fight, Jesus Christ....
Courage and determination runs deep in the veins of Mexican fighters.
should of finished him in the fourth what was he thinking. He did a gsp
@@t-bone7988 is that when he tried to take him down when he was knocked out on his feet lol
Sam Howe yeah I saw that too, couldn’t believe he shot for the legs there. Love Izzy but he was one punch away from a nap 😴
Joe Sudz he was probably gassed
Watch once Khabib comes back... Dana will announce a rematch with him and Conor, and once again they'll screw Poirier and Ferguson again
Fuck that hilly Billy porier he was on that white boy tj dellashaw steroids get him checked asap my gut tells me he is cheating no way he generates that power endurance for 5 rounds against max he looked way bigger tonight ! Fuck these 2 weisels aswell !!!!
@Oscar the golden toy dela Hoya don't ignore me pussy you know porier is on something look at the size of him ! No way some one has that much energy after a 5 round fight natural fuck max stupid i wouldn't of taking this fight . Fuck Dustin porier he is the worst human Alive lol
IAmVenom that’s why Dana keeps explaining how Interim belts means something. Yes, to the fighters they want a belt but to Dana and the UFC it means nothing.
I don’t think khabib will come back.
King Joshua what are you saying 😂😂 he gassed in the middle rounds and Holloway poured it on and hurt him by Poiriers one admittion, you need to chill
Max isnt a KO type of guy, he’s a TKO type of guy, meaning he never has knocked ppl out cold, he overwhelmes them with his volume of punches and kicks just like the Diaz brothers.
Going up in weight had nothing to do with tonight, Dustin just has more power and Max had a bad game plan. Max will be back at 55 and will do just fine.
“Going up in weight had nothing to do with tonight”. How can you say something so retarded? That’s exactly how Max lost. You are talking about how Max wins. He’s not a KO artist. OK fine. But he lost. How did he lose? By getting stunned like we never seen before. We’ve never seen him at 155lb before tonight. It had everything to do with the weight. You literally said the power made the difference. Um, that power comes from the weight difference between the two.
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I feel one of the main reasons why Max looked weak is because he took some massive shots from Poirier in round 1. He got rocked badly several times early in the beginning and it was hard for him to recover from that. When your brain is getting smashed around in the skull non-stop with those piston hooks from Poirier, it's not easy to be yourself. Still he dug deep and fought back like the warrior he is but he was weakened early on by the Diamond. Dustin had the perfect game-plan for Max. Do to him what he does to everyone else. Crowd him with punches until he wilts. It takes incredible cardio and crisp boxing skills to pull off but he managed to do it. So hats off to him.
Max will definitely be back at 155. Just not with Dustin. Styles makes fights. And the Diamond is the Blessed's cryptonite.
@Lou Zer your a dumb shit, Max has spent few years making sure he can make a weight cut for 145. One fact is these lads cant cut muscle mass, only thing they can cut is fluid. If Max had fought 3 years in 155, he would literally have 10 pound more of conditioned muscle mass and that's after a weight cut!. Your say the weight had nothing to do with it? lool...your a dumbass
@Steve Legend Yeah for a guy Max's height, 145 is a hard cut. Only way he has been able to do it is to sacrifice body mass gambling that even though he's lean...he'll still have enough to beat the 145 guys. Like you said, a quick jump to 155 isn't going to do him any favours at all. He's lost too much mass to where its a big power difference now. If he was fighting a scrub it would have been fine but he wasn't .
I like Israel more than jon.
But Jon would seriously go to town on Israel if they fought.
With picograms though (of course)
He's not yet ready a couple of hard fights would strengthen him. Jon Jones knows this n he's trying to break him before he ripes.
walkwithaswagger well he kinda outweighs him by 40lbs off camp. Considering Israel came in light at 183. Jonny needs to go up to HW with all that juice running in his veins
Jones needs to STFU or move up to heavy weight. Calling green fighters way lighter then him is weak as f@#k. 🤡 Go fight Francis and not pop for steroids and we might have more respect for him.
Izzy is not ready for Jones and
As much as I don't like it
Jones will juice again and get away with it and izzy would lose to him.
@youngfya he went at Jones first you tit. Jones would kill him now and anytime over the next ten years for sure
I wrongly predicted ALL 6 fights on the main card 🤦♂️🤦♂️ I had Israel but then thinking Kelvin has never been ko’d and has crazy ko power. I thought over 5 rounds Kelvin would connect that big shot. The last stylebender is a BEAST
Why? Have you not been keeping up? Weird you got them all wrong lol
RamsestheGreat I’m a big MMA fan but all of them fights could have gone either way. Would you be surprised if the results went the other way? Especially Max. And kelvin with that crazy ko power
Hopefully you didn't bet
The Jouban fight was close though
Me too 😑
Can we give these guys some credit? They're doing this post-fight analysis at about 3am local time. The main events didn't kick off until after 12am local! Mad props to the fighters and to the crew giving us this great content
Helwani is a weasel and a liberal puppet
Turn the volume up next time please
you cant turn your own volume up wuss?
kelvin turned adesanya into face bender
This proofs he can take hit n still bang. He will learn from this fight. There's more we have not seen from Israel. Believe it
Israel should have got a selfie with mickey rourke. Both got the same smile now
John Homes nah. Kelvin’s poor diet and training habits did that. Kelvin is what should be a welterweight, several inches shorter and has a major reach disadvantage compared to Adesanya. And if he never got tired would have beat him. He was piecing him up in the beginning of the fight. Not a good look for Adesanya in my opinion.
@@coloredtimi1428 I was rooting for Kelvin all the way, but Adesanya also showed big heart and iron chin. He got rocked, and hurt multiple times, and continued to scratch the line. Big props to the Stylebender what a fucking beast.
@@TPNL1Agreed. So very disappointing, and I can't imagine how Kelvin feels. He just didn't have the cardio and because of that he looked terrible in the 5th to the point most people believe Israel generated enough power to have dropped him every single time, when in fact he was just exhausted. I saw him eating a gigantic burrito and dips on embedded. It's always been clear he loved food, but man, I didn't expect his gas tank to have a hole in it
When Dustin beat Justin it was all she wrote.....
Joe Sudz thanks Joe lol you know what I meant
Huge Respect to Max for even taking that fight butTBH I really don’t know what Holloway fans are talking about…Max got touched up hard by Dustin! Just look at their faces to see who took more damage! Don’t worry he’s still the 45er king
Ismaiel Aden You don’t win fights on damage. It’s scored in rounds and I though Max won more rounds. Round 1 was Dustin’s only solid round and the knee he landed but other than that I thought Holloway landed more and pressured him.
Well look at israel adesanyas face, like dude said you cant judge by their face lol
@Blake Ranew it wasn't that obvious but ok lol
Cobra dude Im the biggest Holloway fan there is and he definitely did not win that fight. And damage does count. It's in the scoring criteria my friend. Max fought a good fight, I honestly thought he was going to walk away with it before the fight but there was definitive difference in damage and even if you go by rounds and look at shots landed. Besides the 3rd.. and maybe 5th? I had tough time giving it to Max. He just belongs at featherweight unless he is going to work on his build.. Dustiin just looked so much stronger and more powerful than him. Max would need to build his frame up a bit to be more like Tony to hang at 155.. still greatest 145er ever though in my opinion and gave one hell of a fight.. but he did not win that fight. I thought Max would pick Dustiin apart and I was very wrong. Dustin won that fight any way you look at it. Damage and he took 3 rounds. I knew Max needed a finish in the 5th as I'm sure many thought the same as well to win. No controversy
I had dustin winning 4 to 1. But max wasnt outclassed he has nothing to hang his head about. He did a good showing. Peopme saying max was hype. I think max is really good. But dustin is better than everyone thought
Great chat guys, keep these post-fight wrap ups coming
Now we gotta watch Dustin get rag-dolled by khabib before we get the real fight between khabib and tony 😪
Illuminate I right smh
Illuminate I Tony would rag dolled lol
isnt tony going through mental issues anyway? when could we realistically see him fight
@@TheAz943 tony, Conor and diaz brothers are retreated from the start
Tony would get rad-dolled, he's literally been dropped multiple times in his last two fights and has been inactive, dustin Conor, even max and especially khabib all beat Tony.
stop doubting the Last Stylebender.
Never!
??? He just struggled pretty badly in what was basically a kickboxing fight with a 5 foot 9 chubby wrestler. He rallied in the fifth like a champion, but this performance is not one where you can just cast aside all doubt from now on. There's still many questions and red flags.
Devorantem well two question they can stop worrying about are his “pillow fists” and “chin” lol
Bobby Knuckles will annihilate the poor boy.
@@Random_qubit That was a different Robert and at a different weight. If you actually are knowledgable enough to breakdown fight tape, you'd see how vastly different the Rob of today is compared to the him of 5 years ago. Bad comparison. That's like using the first Max vs. Dustin fight as a basis to predict how their fight tonight would play out. Daft.
Unfortunately Gastelum gassed out in the 5th. He fought Adesanya to a draw in 4 rounds - had a shot but was too tired.
Ben Sieber that round body type an cheese burgers 🍔😂
It was the burrito
Still can’t get over Dustin wearing a Hawaiian shirt at the post interview lol
he wore that shirt before the fights hotshot. and thats technically a hawaiian shirt. He has nothing but respect for Max
@@lowlowseesee You TRIGGERED, son?
@Joe Sudz A shirt thats worth more than your entire Net Worth.
That wasn't really a Hawaiian shirt, it was more like a Fantasy Island shirt. Can picture him on a cruise ship with Cejudo at his side yelling "The plane boss! The plane!!!!"
Believe it or not he wasnt being douchey. He conquered a great champion from the Islands and paid tribute with the shirt.
The craziest thing all night was Jouban thinking he got robbed.
a te jouban sucks👍
He doesn’t suck, he just was hesitant and just threw 1-2 punches after countering. He needed to kick more. And no, I have never fought in a cage or trained mma. The only competition I’ve done was getting bronze at the pan ams in BJJ.
Bobby Knuckles vs The Last Stylebender.
Bobby Knuckles will send him back to new Zealand pretty damn quickly. Izzy will have to become a concreter or a scaffolder like the rest of the kiwis after that fight....he wont wanna fight again. Probably should rename himself to Sonny and say churs bro a lot. All kiwis should be named Sonny tbh and for dinner order Fush and Chups
@Charles brown how old are you kid? now run along..be good
Travis Travis Nope...Izzy may have ended Bobby Knuckles’ chin. Now you know Izzy is no joke. 😄
If we have to compare - as y’all are doing ... Ariel is just better. There’s something about his relentless, crafty approach to journalism that gets us hyped for fights or even potential match ups (e.g. Rockhold vs Smith) .
Poor Ariel snubbed from being anywhere close to the broadcast. Old Chael got the rub, not the Nose. Uncle Dana sure holds a grudge huh.
He doesn't want it
Devorantem hi mate. Hey, can you explain here? I know Dana doesn’t like Ariel but what do you mean? Was Ariel banned from being somewhere in the arena during the event??
@@karnhall Ariel doesn't do this desk work with UFC commentators like Brett and Chael do
@@karnhall No problem bro. Essentially, Dana has barred him from being anywhere near the live broadcast. Even though he works for ESPN and is their top journalist, the UFC runs the production, and since Dana hates Ariel, they picked Chael over him to work the desk.
@@Mike81139 Of course he wants to be up there. That's like saying UFC fighters don't want title fights, they just wanna work on the prelims. Makes no sense. The UFC broadcast is where the most eyes are at during fight night. Of course he would wanna be on there.
Dustin is a beast,max is a lesser beast. Dustin has a better fight IQ! Than max.
I feel bad for the fans of max,i know this was a big upset for them.
Both was crazy to watch last night.
I just wanna see Tony Ferguson smoke Poirier and Khabib
That will only happen in your dreams bud! Ferguson fanboys are more delusional than the the man himself...
What Ariel I like you but Africa is a continent, both fighters are from Nigeria a country on Africa continent.
We've all been lied to....There are no such things as continents! It's all arbitrary BS anyway...What's the definition of a continent? I dare you to find one used consistently.
He misspoke obviously, he knows Africa is not a country. He meant to say region or country of Nigeria, but who cares?
@Joe Sudz Why not? Our entire universe may be a flat hologram on an enormous event horizon. Wait a second....I'm not even sure if "flat" exists either....If space is curved, what does flat mean? Oh, all the lies....
Who gives a fuck but we just wanna watch people punch on
@Tayo was not going off on Ariel. He was merely correcting him. He even said “I like Ariel”.
@VZ Richie and @Joe Sudz, why are you two entering so hot and with insults???
I’m so tired of the incivility in the TH-cam comments.
Okomoto vs Ariel. Make it happen Dana
The notion of Max losing to Poirier being indicative of him being too small for lightweight is a strange premise. It's a lightweight title fight... The implication being these guys are the elite of the division. So in a debut outing he loses to a top 3 guy... Therefore he must be too small... That's illogical. He's inexperienced at this division. Worth also noting that Poirier has beaten him before. He's likely got his number. Or he's simply better. That is not indicative of Max being too small. It's a roundabout way of taking away from Poirier's win.
Poirier is continuing to gain fans at an alarming rate. Deservedly so.
I've been a fan since Fightville. Not ny favorite fighter, but tremendous respect to him. He is a great man.
Fools gold
10:55 I thought Africa was a continent Ariel not a country wtf do better man !!!
Africa is a fuckin country!
Well they are both from the same country in Africa, I think that's what he meant
Where is chael, we demand chael
Okamoto>Ariel
Kelvin won rounds 1,3, and 4. Round 5 was a 10-8 round for style bender. Should’ve been a draw.
Nope
I want to see the two Dustin's go at it at UFC 238. Dustin Diamond Poirier -v- Dustin Razor Kane McPhetridge
Poirier says "Send Location" 🤣😂😅😎
I Don't compare bisping and poirier , Dustin is much more successful, guy only has 5 losses and is still 30 years old
I wanted Max to win but Man Hats off to Dustin Poirier! Both Absolute Warriors! And Respect To Kelvin and Izzy! Two of the best fights ive saw !
Great main event and tbh the whole card was a good one. We've had a lot of amazing fights this year and it's still only the 1st quarter. The MMA gods must be pleased with the sacrifice of Artem 'The GOAT' of hammers.
No ones talking about, Israel v. Romero. I honestly believe Israel has no shot against him. as much as i love israel, he really can't.
I'm an Israel fan but that's the fight I wanted to see. Only one person has cracked that puzzle.
Kiean Coba coz he ain’t fighting him next duh
I'm an Israel fan but I was annoyed he didn't fight Romero or jacare souza first. Kelvin was a good match up though.
@@youngfyah Isn't Yoel sick?
You don't need drama, animosity or a rivalry to make a fight great. This event was the proof of that.
I agree with the first round 10-8 Dustin turned the heat up
Yeh, watch all Max's fights he gets clipped bad in the 1st most of the time
Dustin has gotta be one of the most underrated fighters in UFC history. He rose to 3rd in the most stacked division in the UFC and yet everyone wrote him off going into this fight. MMA is different from other sports in the sense that anyone can truly beat anyone but you always have a sense of who the elite fighters are. I don't think Dustin was ever counted among those elite until now. I've never been so happy to be proven wrong. Good job Dustin.
Okamoto's takes in this vid are on point!
*Great fight from the 2 new interim champs* ✅😀
Let me make it simple for you guys, no one is beating Khabib.
Ben askren would smother khabib.
@@cheyennejohnson7107 sure buddy
Hey, 4oz gloves ya never know bruv.
Ferguson outclass khabib.. that fool struggled against a short notice aiquinta who just beat Lee, that ferguson tapped in the 3rd, & fucked up pettis to win tko.
bum conor shouldn't even count as win top lightweights destroy him at this current time.
@@ITJustMeKG barboza spin back kick Khabib in the head and he still went forward. Khabib mentally is above all.
both main events were classic. both good decisions. congrats to all involved
Agreed on the portier vs Holloway fight
All this talk of fight of the year.. did we all forget about zombie and Rodriguez?
I was just impressed both fights had it all, man. UFC has been KILLING it lately as far as quality fights. Fuck, man.
Khabib is going to kill Dustin.
No dustin has ko power if dustin gets him i think khabib gets knock out
@@GM-qg7zb " if dustin gets him i think khabib gets knock out" Yo where did i hear this before??? 🤔🤔lol
"Kill" lol. Khabib has no power in his punches. He begs guys to give up because he doesn't know how to finish them. He has no hands game..if he was in the hood. Everybody would drop him because they don't let you grapple. Also wrestling for beta males
Kill? You mean trying to bear hug Dustin for 25 minutes 😴😴
Slime and me Crystal Francis there no way khabib is going to stand and bang with Dustin
Tony Ferguson is a guy waiting for someone to say something to his face, all he hears is crickets.
Nobody wants that monster. Hes the boogeyman pacing in the shadows, everybody just runs by quickly to bypass.
They both got an interim title. We all know what is going to happen to both of them!
They're going to be stripped?
Poirier held on for his life max got crazy cardio
Lol that he did. Later in the fight it felt like max is turning up on him and he was breathing heavy. I didnt like that max was standing in front of dustin and taking headshots
Ebrima Leigh 2-0 Dustin over max lmao max got outboxed and beat up all night
brett is spot on about his opinion on max vs dustin weight issues n advantages
A 155 tournament would be cool. Kabibz Nate Connor Dustin max Tony cowboy gathie ,one night event. Lol
Haha yessss!!! Old school style.
Dustin Poirier & Max Holloway, two true Gladiators doing what they do best, doing it with class, dignity, & respect for one another! This fight was a real display of the two top mixed martial artists on the planet showing what real combat sport is all about!
Kudos Gentleman, You're Both Class Personified!
Was somebody playing league of legends at 7:07 and a match was just found?
Very astute commentary by Brett Okamoto.
Damn Brett said some real stuff about dustins fight and advantages he had.....I was impressed 👍🏽 good job keep up the good work
Okamoto is wrong. Dustin admitted that he was hurt bad several times and his nose got broken. I actually thought Max was gonna TKO him in the 4th Dustin was in trouble several times. That was a lot closer than he is saying the 2nd 3rd and 4th rounds all very close Max won atleast 2 rounds maybe 3.
Please turn up the sound next time! Thank you
Happy for Poirier but Ferguson is the true interim LW champ
You delusional ferguson fans grow on trees...
Last two fights were epic love it
The khalil fight was Amazing too
If the Adesanya/Gastellum fight isn't fight of the year I'll be happy because that means we will see another great fight but it will be hard to beat.
just shows how bloody good conor was , guy went from 145 to 155 effortlessly and made eddie alveraz who had a war with dustin look like a deer in the headlights , even when conor went up to 170 hes power carried with him
Good post fight show!
2:53 how many’s fights you’ve had doesn’t matter in regards to how long it took to earn a title shot.
*What matters is WINS!* And in that case, *TONY FURGUSON* has the most consecutive wins *IN UFC HISTORY* without getting a title shot... that’s a problem.
unprofessionally scored DP 3 rounds to 2
DP was getting tired but the power didnt waver and stopped max from getting in the inside
Poirier was more acive than Max those couple of year, just like Adesanya was, they both deserves their wons.
this
Thanks bret for correcting Ariel used stupid nd depressing question all the time
Zelenoff / McGregor........that's a good match
UFC - Nigeria, baby! Let's see a UFC event in Lagos state in Nigeria with Usman and Israel on the card, maybe even Ngannou. That would be awesome! Let's get it done, Dana!!!
The string of amazing main events we are on right now is second to none, wow.
Last night is why Middleweight is my favorite top 5 ever.
Dustin is a fucking savage, he thought he was going to get robbed after that fight
The audio is always low on ESPN.......It's the only channel i have to turn up on all platforms. Luke Thomas has better audio on his personal channel ! sort it out ESPN.
Going into the 5th round, it was Gastelum’s fight to wrap up, Andesaya turned up the switch. Whitaker will destroy him though.
I really dont see whitaker beating adesanya,He's not a pressure fighter and also doesnt have that really one ko punch. I think only a pressure fighter and a guy who has one ko punch can beat izzy.
@@gilson4life turns out you was right. 👌🏾
I think if Max could have worked the body a little more like Nick Diaz does he could have taken Dustin in the end.
Dimond can Hit!
IF!!!
Bret is a liar conor didnt tweet that holloway and Poirier were two people he beat.. His tweet was more like these two are my former competitors tune in
Can't believe ESPNMMA is only 720p cmon guys, not everyone has an iPhone with a garbage screen
Africa is not a country. It is a continent. With countries
EXACTLY you give max the same time to build at 155 it’s a completely different fight
Hahahahahhahah!! WHATEVER YOU SAY, SON!!
Dustin beat a real legit legendary champion to earn that belt, he’s a fucking champ. He earned that shit looks who he’s beat
I want this 2019! (Khabib vs Tony Ferguson), (Mcgregor vs Nate Díaz 3), (Adesanya vs Whittaker), (Lawler vs Askren 2), (Masvidal vs Nick or Nate Díaz), (Holloway vs Zhabit), (Jones vs Jhonny Walker)
Glad I stayed awake for them fights all 4 in main events are why I watch this sport awsom Max and Dustin showed Khabib and Conner how to act like champions true respect
Amazing Fights . Score Cards in both Main Events little sketchy but still an amazing night .
Awesome Card ...Best of 2019
I think they will play dirty to Dustin, like "you will figth Tony" and if he doesn't agree to it, Dana will say his "I offer you figths and if you don't want them wtf you doing here not willing to work" type of douchy bend the situation move.
It seems like Dana has some kinda hate towards ariel and he seems more interested in Brett props to Ariel for being professional and just doing his job
Why is it that half the comment section acting like Max was a power puncher moving up? No, Max is a VOLUME puncher. He's never had the reputation of knocking people out cold, he's known for breaking people down. He didn't lose because he lost power moving up, he got beat by a legit ko artist with crisp boxing that couldn't be broken.
Brett Okamoto really showed up Ariel in this segment
Joe Sudz stfu who are you ? You didn’t have to comment
Interim titles still matter. Without the belt Tony’s claim would be just as good as Dustin’s. Dana sent a message by allowing Usman to jump Colby, but Colby did request a little more time to have surgery. Despite all the belly aching we have still yet to see an interim champion who was 100% ready, willing and able to fight get skipped over.
Don’t think av stood up with ma hand in the air so many times Crazy!
13:38 When Brett looks at the camera, it feels like he's really looking at me. Creepy.
Everyone always says that Conor moved up no problem but being as small a lightweight as he is gave him even less chance of beating Khabib. Yeah he finished Eddie but that wasn't a one shot KO like people seem to think it was.
Conor and Max are both natural Featherweights.
How did roundtree not get a performance of the night bonus?
What an epic main and co-main! I can't see either of tonight's winners beating the champs though 🤔
Israel matches up great against rob Whittaker their both kickboxers yet Israel has way more pro kickboxing experience and has reach on Whittaker
@@dantdt4693 I think it will be a brilliant fight. I don't think Izzy will be able to finish Rob but I could see Bobby knuckles putting Izzy away. But what the fuck do I know, just speculating.
I think whittaker os the most underrated champion the ufc has ever had. I woupd bet he beats izzy. But i do like that guy