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[East_Clintwood]

Kevin Lee regrets not applying for exemption to avoid Adderall suspension: ‘I’m still kicking myself in the ass over it’

Kevin Lee is looking to make some serious life changes as he serves a suspension that will keep him out of action until early 2022.

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So Kevin apparently knew he needed a TUE for his Adderall, but decided not to bother applying since he thought he could get away with it. Now he's been caught and punished for it, instead of using this time to apply for one going forward (which he'd almost certainly get since it's a prescribed medication), he's instead decided to literally pour it down the sink and stop taking it. Dafuq is wrong with this mong?

 

[Slimy Time]

Kevin Lee regrets not applying for exemption to avoid Adderall suspension: ‘I’m still kicking myself in the ass over it’

Kevin Lee is looking to make some serious life changes as he serves a suspension that will keep him out of action until early 2022.

www.mmafighting.com

So Kevin apparently knew he needed a TUE for his Adderall, but decided not to bother applying since he thought he could get away with it. Now he's been caught and punished for it, instead of using this time to apply for one going forward (which he'd almost certainly get since it's a prescribed medication), he's instead decided to literally pour it down the sink and stop taking it. Dafuq is wrong with this mong?

Same big brain thinking that made him decide to try two failed moves up to Welterweight and doing everything except work on his obvious weak point, his cardio. He also got that ridiculous head tattoo, so he's not the sharpest guy.
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Edit: Also, the state of the MW division where Vettori is the number 2 ranked guy. Not saying he doesn't deserve it after beating Costa, but skills wise does he seem so...meh. It's like there is Adesanya, a striking specialist. Whittaker, a very good all rounder, then a massive gap, and then everyone else in skill. Really feels that way since Rockhold and Romero left the division.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Kevin Lee regrets not applying for exemption to avoid Adderall suspension: ‘I’m still kicking myself in the ass over it’

Kevin Lee is looking to make some serious life changes as he serves a suspension that will keep him out of action until early 2022.

www.mmafighting.com

So Kevin apparently knew he needed a TUE for his Adderall, but decided not to bother applying since he thought he could get away with it. Now he's been caught and punished for it, instead of using this time to apply for one going forward (which he'd almost certainly get since it's a prescribed medication), he's instead decided to literally pour it down the sink and stop taking it. Dafuq is wrong with this mong?

He probably took it outside of a doctor's supervision and is trying to cover it up lol

 

[Slimy Time]

So who have people got for this upcoming UFC event?

Jan v Glover - The sadness fight where you simultaneously want both guys to win and neither to lose, and it feels shit that one has to. I think Jan takes it. Glover always gets rocked/the shit kicked out of him and then defaults to diving on the single leg (see every fight on this winning streak). At now 42, it is not impossible that Jan just ices him with the first punch. I also think that if we have a protracted clinch session Jan is good at hitting on the break.

Yan v Sandhagen: Genuinely think this is a hard/the hardest fight for Petr Yan. Watch round 1 of his fight with Aljo. Aljo uses reach, body shots (so did Aldo), leg kicks, pace and landed flying knees. All things Sandhagen is really good at. Aljo is also a spaz who has no pop behind his shots, Sandhagen does. Same time, Sandhagen's wrestling and tendency to give up his back has fucked him many times. Probably going to be a very brutal fight both ways if Sandhagen doesn't spark him.

Islam v Hooker: Islam obviously, though unlike Khabib he isn't a physical specimen, and has to be more technical to do his work. Has been chinned before. Dan might keep him at bay with jabs, low kicks and get him to run into a knee or heavy punch. Hope he does.

Leech v Khamzat: Basically the highest ranked fighter who is stylistically a good matchup for Khamzat, should win it as long as he's not shot from coughing blood up for a year or is overhyped. Seems like a real test fight for him post long covid (which was primarily brought on by him training hard while he had it).

 

[JamusActimus]

Jan VS Glover: Great old blokes fight I won't even be mad if it's a bit boring like Jan vs Jacare. I got Jan like most he can crack and stay composed,way to physical to get td's on,decent cardio. See him koing Glover or winning by dec after rocking him early.

Yan Vs Sandhagen: FOTY maybe? Yan is the better fighter but the match up is great for Cory. Cory by dec after putting damage on early and getting fucked up late or you know what fuck it maybe it's a draw with Yan winning the last round 1-8 let's be crazy

Islam Vs Hooker: Glad to see Hooker unable to wrestle because he's boring af when he goes to the ground.I just think Hooker will be too tentative and if it goes to the ground his bjj is not good enough. Islam by sub round 3

Jingaling V Khazat: Let's trust the hype and style match up : Khamzat by dec

Volkan Vs Anklepicklaev : Ankle pick by split decision with a shaky round. Volkan's chin and willingness to pressure will be problematic

 

[naffatune]

Man, i'm amped for the upcoming card, particularly the Yan vs Sandhagen fight. Yan and Sandhagen are one of my favorite fighters in the UFC right now, but I'm picking Yan to win by split decision.

Sandhagen is going to be able to score jabs and a few knees to the body or head just because he's taller and longer than Yan, but I still think Yan will be able to beat him since he can use his high guard to take the sting off of Sandy's attacks, which will allow him to close distance and land combos. Yan is also better than Sandy at boxing as a whole, although the difference between them is not too big.

Jack Slack normally makes his Filthy Casual's Guide videos private after a certain time to avoid copyright issues. Here's the guide that he released on Petr Yan, which I downloaded and uploaded here for you guys. It's worth a watch.

 

[Slimy Time]

Man, i'm amped for the upcoming card, particularly the Yan vs Sandhagen fight. Yan and Sandhagen are one of my favorite fighters in the UFC right now, but I'm picking Yan to win by split decision.

Sandhagen is going to be able to score jabs and a few knees to the body or head just because he's taller and longer than Yan, but I still think Yan will be able to beat him since he can use his high guard to take the sting off of Sandy's attacks, which will allow him to close distance and land combos. Yan is also better than Sandy at boxing as a whole, although the difference between them is not too big.

Jack Slack normally makes his Filthy Casual's Guide videos private after a certain time to avoid copyright issues. Here's the guide that he released on Petr Yan, which I downloaded and uploaded here for you guys. It's worth a watch.

A Filthy Casual's Guide to Petr Yan.mp4

I am certain that unless Sandhagen lands a Edgar-esq perfect flying knee, this fight is going long and painful for both guys. The high guard and walk forward to apply pressure does open him up to body shots and kicks, which is pretty good at. I do expect Sandhagen to have a shockingly strong early rounds 1 and 2 for a lot of people because of the length and exploiting the holes in the high guard, but at some point Sandhagen is going to be unable to resist the temptation to spin and is going to end up dumped on his head off a back take, or Yan is just going to crash through into range and get the clinch trip/box him up.

I also noticed that with both Dillashaw and Edgar, Sandhagen did do a very back foot style performance because of the reach advantage. Not sure if that is the best move to do against a guy who wants to back you up to the cage. It is the big cage though, not the one in the Apex, so he could get away with it. I also wouldn't be surprised that if Yan gets a takedown that he doesn't just unload some disgusting ground and pound on Cory. Blasted Aldo's liver in the first round with GnP with noticeable effect, and then there was that unloading which went on for far too long in the 5th.

This really has FOTY candidate written on it. Aljo is probably praying for Sandhagen to win this. He would love to have a rematch with the guy who always spins and gives his back, as well as someone he slept in a minute, rather than the near no chance fight he has against Yan.

 

[I.B. Niggin]

I'm pretty split on the main because both guys deserve the belt in all reality. I'll probably go with Jan because he's just peaking at the right time.

Just give him a few more months on the throne before King Jiri comes to take what's destined to be his.

 

[Slimy Time]

Lol, Khamzat misses weight by 0.5lbs, comes back in an hour and tries to towelgate his way to making weight, ends up pushing too hard on the towel and initially comes in at 166lbs until someone points out that it didn't make sense. Made the weight in the end at 171, but not looking good if he's struggling to cut.

It is Abu Dhabi, and there have been accusations thrown last year about them fucking around with the scale for Khabib, where they didn't wait for the counterbalance to level, just as it's going up they declared him safe. There is no commission there, it's all UFC staff, so they can fuck around all they like.

At least it's not as shady as ONE, where it's all closed doors and they have their dumb hydration test that no one fully understands, and it doesn't matter anyways since if Chatri likes you, they will declare you on weight even if you miss (especially if you are a Lee sibling).
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A lot of the fights on the 267 prelim card are good so far. Not a lot of finishes, but damn are these fights bloody. Also, only one women's mma fight on the entire card.

 

[Bush did USS Maine]

Khamzat did it again. Incredible.

 

[Slimy Time]

Khamzat did it again. Incredible.

So did Islam, made it look easy.
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Yan-Sandhagen going kinda like we predicted. Cory shooting and Yan using more leg kick makes this interesting. Sandhagen winning early. I find it funny how Yan clearly has respect for Sandhagen, and at the end of every round he goes for the glove touch, and Cory just goes no". Fight is as advertised.

Fantastic fight, I think Yan took it. Yup, Aljamain is now crying in a corner, because that nightmare matchup is the one he has to fight, or get stripped. Lol, they just called him a "2 time Bantamweight champion", not interim, just straight champion. No one likes Aljamain.

Fucking hell, he fucking did it. Glover did it. Feel bad for Blachowicz. Finally gets the respect from people and he loses the title. Just mixed feelings about it.

 

[Swiss46]

Glover actually did it, champion at 42.

 

[Slimy Time]

Glover actually did it, champion at 42.

Mix of happiness Glover and sadness for Blachowicz. This was the most Light Heavyweight type of outcome. Blachowicz beats Izzy pretty convincingly, gets the respect he deserves, comes in as the favourite, and looks quite poor against Glover. His reward for that is facing Jiri Prochazka, which I think he might have a pretty good chance at dealing with so long as he doesn't get caught.

 

[Swiss46]

Fantastic fight, I think Yan took it. Yup, Aljamain is now crying in a corner, because that nightmare matchup is the one he has to fight, or get stripped. Lol, they just called him a "2 time Bantamweight champion", not interim, just straight champion. No one likes Aljamain

My only disappointment is that we didn't get Yan illegally kneeing Cory for him to become the interm Champ by DQ to face the Champ by DQ.

 

[Slimy Time]

My only disappointment is that we didn't get Yan illegally kneeing Cory for him to become the interm Champ by DQ to face the Champ by DQ.

After the first round minor eye poke I was expecting him to potentially have a point taken, but it didn't happen. Man that was by far one of, if not the best title fight this year. It's up there with Volkanovski Ortega. No real dramatic moments like that one had in round 3, but it was clearly two very technical fighters going at it, not just in the standup, but on the ground as well, and pretty even. It's up there for sure.

The Jan and Glover fight really show how styles make fights. You had Jan whooping Reyes and giving Adesanya a tough fight and winning in both areas, to looking completely helpless against Glover and honestly quite shit. I think that first round where he spent on his back getting neck cranked and weight put on his jaw etc made him really hate it. The leg kicks stopped quickly after that. Really did the silly move of going for the Kimura trap instead of double hooks like he did in his previous takedown defences.

 

[naffatune]

I'll be honest. After watching Yan's fights with Faber, Aldo and Sterling, I slept on him a little bit. I appreciated his hand speed, but I was never a big fan of how stationary and defensive he was at times. During his fight with Sandy though, I was completely blown away. The guy's head movement, footwork, and counters were on point, and his ability to piece together fast combinations was on full display. The spinning backfists were things of beauty too. They may look impractical, but with the proper setups, you can land them clean.

I usually have a hard time deciding who the best fighter in the UFC is, because a lot of them do not have fast hands, fast footwork, solid defense, consistent counters and consistent pressure all at the same time. I jumped from person to person. First, it was Dominick Cruz. After learning more about what worked in fighting, Dustin Poirier became my favorite. Then, I went over to Volkanovski.

But finally, I can (personally) say that Petr "No Mercy" Yan is the best fighter in the UFC right now. He's like Canelo if he went into MMA; his guard is high, has good head movement to match it, and counters you hard the moment you decide to throw anything. He just operates so smoothly with his hands, and when he makes you afraid of them, he literally goes for pretty much anything he can think of on the spot, and he pulls it off on a stupendously high level (e.g. body kicks, spinning attacks of all kinds, taking the back, etc.).

 

[Slimy Time]

I'll be honest. After watching Yan's fights with Faber, Aldo and Sterling, I slept on him a little bit. I appreciated his hand speed, but I was never a big fan of how stationary and defensive he was at times. During his fight with Sandy though, I was completely blown away. The guy's head movement, footwork, and counters were on point, and his ability to piece together fast combinations was on full display. The spinning backfists were things of beauty too. They may look impractical, but with the proper setups, you can land them clean.

I usually have a hard time deciding who the best fighter in the UFC is, because a lot of them do not have fast hands, fast footwork, solid defense, consistent counters and consistent pressure all at the same time. I jumped from person to person. First, it was Dominick Cruz. After learning more about what worked in fighting, Dustin Poirier became my favorite. Then, I went over to Volkanovski.

But finally, I can (personally) say that Petr "No Mercy" Yan is the best fighter in the UFC right now. He's like Canelo if he went into MMA; his guard is high, has good head movement to match it, and counters you hard the moment you decide to throw anything. He just operates so smoothly with his hands, and when he makes you afraid of them, he literally goes for pretty much anything he can think of on the spot, and he pulls it off on a stupendously high level (e.g. body kicks, spinning attacks of all kinds, taking the back, etc.).

Yan vs Sandhagen 3.mp4

Yan vs Sandhagen 5.mp4

Yan vs Sandhagen 6.mp4

Yan vs Sandhagen 8.mp4

Rewatched the fight this morning, the change between rounds 1 and 2 with Yan was noticeable. I don't think on a rewatch that Cory won a round other than the 1st. Yan basically gave the first round up on volume while also doing good enough work to the leg and body to have an effect later on. Dude was throwing some wild shit out there as well THAT WORKED. It's usually a bad idea to do spinning back fists and spinning heel kicks, and we have never seen him really do it before, but he got it to work.

The stats on this fight are something. 445 strikes thrown by Sandhagen to Yan's 270, only 37% of them landed. Yan landed at a 55% clip, and those shots really stuck out over the pitter patter of Sandhagen's in terms of impact and damage done. The man is just a machine. Someone on the r/mma subreddit translated the Russian interviewer and Yan's responses in the post fight presser. Reporter asked him about the body shots he took, and his answer was something like "I have trained boxing since young, I know how they feel like and how to defend, Aldo's were better". Just an absolute machine.

You mentioned Volkanovski being your prior "best fighter in the UFC", that is a fight I would like to see between them. They were pre covid times training partners at Tiger Muay Thai. Both guys in the running for best title fight of the year, though I think I would have to lean towards Volkanovski-Ortega purely for the heartstopping drama of round 3. That as a viewer I don't think I have experienced such sharp turns in emotion/excitement before so quickly.

Pure excitement with this fight, followed by a mix of both happiness and sadness in the next fight.

 

[TheFieldisNicelySeasoned]

I'll be honest. After watching Yan's fights with Faber, Aldo and Sterling, I slept on him a little bit. I appreciated his hand speed, but I was never a big fan of how stationary and defensive he was at times. During his fight with Sandy though, I was completely blown away. The guy's head movement, footwork, and counters were on point, and his ability to piece together fast combinations was on full display. The spinning backfists were things of beauty too. They may look impractical, but with the proper setups, you can land them clean.

I usually have a hard time deciding who the best fighter in the UFC is, because a lot of them do not have fast hands, fast footwork, solid defense, consistent counters and consistent pressure all at the same time. I jumped from person to person. First, it was Dominick Cruz. After learning more about what worked in fighting, Dustin Poirier became my favorite. Then, I went over to Volkanovski.

But finally, I can (personally) say that Petr "No Mercy" Yan is the best fighter in the UFC right now. He's like Canelo if he went into MMA; his guard is high, has good head movement to match it, and counters you hard the moment you decide to throw anything. He just operates so smoothly with his hands, and when he makes you afraid of them, he literally goes for pretty much anything he can think of on the spot, and he pulls it off on a stupendously high level (e.g. body kicks, spinning attacks of all kinds, taking the back, etc.).

Yan vs Sandhagen 3.mp4

Yan vs Sandhagen 5.mp4

Yan vs Sandhagen 6.mp4

Yan vs Sandhagen 8.mp4

Where does Sean O Malley fit into all of this?

 

[Slimy Time]

Where does Sean O Malley fit into all of this?

We will find out in December once he's done crushing cans.

 

[TheFieldisNicelySeasoned]

We will find out in December once he's done crushing cans.

In all seriousness, he seems like an exceptional striker and a good prospect but I don't know if he can compete with the top 5 especially with Petr Yan. He's probably one of the fastest fighters in the division but so many things are still in question(leg strength,chin wrestling etc). A lot of people like to talk about the Chito fight but he was winning until his leg gave out and he got out of the clinch pretty easily which is where Chito excels. I think he's going to beat Paiva but he could be winning for two and a half rounds until his leg suddenly snaps and the fight is stopped.