the two of them UFC Tonight the Giants will finally settle their competition through a trilogy of battles Las Vegas.
McGregor won the first game in 2014 and stopped Boyle in the first round, but earlier this year, “Diamond” shocked the Irish in Abu Dhabi.
“Notorious” is still the biggest attraction in MMA history, but years of retirement reversal, inactivity, boxing focus and uneven performance make him need to re-enter the top of UFC.
A fierce press conference led to a fierce weighing. What did McGregor and Poirier prepare for us in the octagon this time? Their mutual respect has disappeared?
This is the decisive game, a possible title is coming, and the new lightweight champion Charles Oliveira is in their sight.
Before the preliminaries started at 1:00 AM British Summer Time, the card kicked off for British fans at around 11 PM British Summer Time.
Main card: Poirier vs. McGregor, Burns vs. Thompson, Tuvasa vs. Hardy, Aldana vs. Kunitzskaya, O’Malley vs. Moutinho
Preliminary cards: Condit vs. Griffin, Price vs. Pereira, Hall vs. Topria, Giles vs. Du Plessis
Early qualifiers: Maia vs Eye, Tavares bt Akhmedov, Zhumagulov bt Rivera
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Ahmedov is frustrated. He has now lost two of three games. He also abandoned his decision against Chris Weidman last summer. The submission victory against Birmingham’s Tom Bliss is somewhere in between. between.
Tavares wins split decision
Tavares won through a split decision, two 29-28 scores were in his favor, and once he lost to Ahmedov 29-28.
Like a close match of this nature, the judges seem to have separated UFC Twitter from the middle!
Nevertheless, it was a great victory for Tavares, who successfully defeated Antonio Carlos Junior at UFC 257 in January.
He previously lost to Edman Shabazan at UFC 244 in November 2019, and lost to middleweight champion Israel Adsaya in the unilateral final of the ultimate fighting in the summer of 2018.
The 33-year-old player will now have a top 10 middleweight design.
A wonderful early match between Ahmedov and Tavares played three full rounds.
We are now waiting for a decision that is easy to both sides…
Champion Oliveira predicts McGregor KO
The winner of the main event tonight will face Brazil’s Charles Oliveira later this year, who blocked Michael Chandler at UFC 262 in May and won from Habib Nurmagomedo He has been vacant for the lightweight title last year since he retired after submitting to Justin Gasger at UFC 254.
What did the champion think about the McGregor vs. Poirier 3 match?
It sounds like he was not scared by the prospect of facing any man…
“Connor McGregor was eliminated,” Oliveira told TMZ this week. “I’m the champion.
“For me, McGregor or Poirier is the same. I am the champion. I am ready to fight, I am the champion.”
Poirier: McGregor’s aura disappeared
Therefore, Thursday night’s explosive press conference must have seen the return of the arrogant and shameless McGregor that many of his fans know and love, and the fight between the fighters before, during and after their UFC 257 game. Mutual respect seems to disappear completely.
After the second conflict on Fight Island, things only seemed to decline sharply because McGregor proposed to donate $500,000 to Poirier’s Good Fight Foundation.
However, it is worth noting that Diamond did not seem to be frightened by the familiar pre-match antics.
“The halo no longer exists,” he said.
“You guys in the crowd, cheer up and have fun. But I saw a person in front of me who was defeated by me, and I knew I could beat it again.”
Ahmedov vs Tavares
The second game on the early preliminaries card tonight is 185 pounds.
Russia’s Omari Akhmedov will face former TUF star Brad Tavares.
Both middleweight players now hope to build some momentum after recovering from defeat in a triumphant way in the last game.
Diamond’s last letter
Count down the minutes, no doubt.
Zhumagulov’s first UFC victory
This is Zumagulov’s first victory since joining the UFC in 2020.
He had previously abandoned his decision on Laurian Paiva and Amir Albazi at UFC 251 and UFC 257 in January.
He is very happy and understandable.
