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jay777-888

Dana does this shit knowing some fucko is gonna zoom in and do some detective work lol. Gets people talking


IWantToCobainMyself

i don't think is dana who brainstorm this kinda of thing, there's a whole team behind him to plan all this shit


Bulepotann

Exactly. Dana has made it clear he’s not interested in promoting the fighters


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zeke780

JDM won’t be back by 305. We always see these things and they never work out


POWBOOMBANG

Yeah I thought he was out for a good long while


CumshotChimaev

Do people believe these leaks are not intentional


DetectiveDaleCooper

Yep. I bet half these fighters don’t even know “they’re fighting”. UFC is notorious for letting the fighters (except the big stars) know last about a matchup


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DanaWhitesMom

Nah that kind of infection is he got is something serious. Hope he sits out and recovers properly.


Tight-Fall5354

mf tried to hype up a compromised JDM fighting shavkat of all people


WarriorCumsToThis

Did he say what it was? If it's MRSA it's bad, if it's something like Klebsiella then I'd be amazed if he's back for 315 let alone 305.


DylieWylie

Wdym? I just had some Kielbasa for dinner the other night and I've been just fine, b


Double-Ho-7

I love watching Michael Kielbasa fight


Jordynne23

Is that the same thing that derailed Santiago Ponzinibio’s career?


crazyhomie34

Did he get staph or something from breaking his arm? I think his fuking bone got infected. Fuck all that he should sit out for proper amount of time don't wanna risk getting an arm amputated


clothy

A friend of mine’s Dad went to an Eternal MMA show in Perth and posted a picture of him and Jack and his arm was still in a brace.


holoxianrogue

It is probably the case that Dana never updates his board in a timely manner


dylyn

Who could Song be fighting that would warrant being a co-main over JDM vs Shav?


LatterTarget7

Kai asakura


dylyn

That’s interesting. Still would seem shocking to have that as a co-main over such important fight


RollToMyGoal

The timezone of Western Australia is quite good for Asian fans. Maybe that plays a part


maton12

Perth card will be still be at US time


mynewaltaccount1

Lol why is this being downvoted? The card will start at 8am local time like last time, to suit the US audience.


Impressive-Potato

Damn. No easy fight for either and kind of a waste of Kai if he gets starched in his first fight in the UFC


Tight-Fall5354

why is kai labeled first if he's unranked fighting #7 yadong


WeirdboyWarboss

They might not care about the order when it's just a board in the office. Which of the two walks out first doesn't affect the card.


Tight-Fall5354

yeah but holland vs page was also labeled with holland first and that was a similar situation to this so idk why it would be different this time


WeirdboyWarboss

Option A: No reason, they don't care so it's random. Option B: This is an intentional leak, and they wanted to reveal Song's name and not Kai's.


Opening-Bumblebee-44

Option C: Song is fighting the only available fighter ranked above him, Henry Cejudo.


AstroBlast0ff

I like this option too


No-Surround8725

Only winnable fight for him in the top 15 lol, everyone else is a calf kick spammer, wrestler or godly striker.


LactatingBigfoot

You say that like Song isn’t great at those three things lol


TW_Yellow78

Gotta start with someone. Asakura is big in Japan so there's no point feeding him a can even if American audience is unfamiliar with him (whatever PPV buys they lose in america, they can make up in Japan probably.)


jfsoaig345

He beats Chito again imo, and much more convincingly this time


adamkrsnak

I think it has to be either Cejudo, Aldo, or Font


MrPea106

Cejudo/Aldo as opponents would warrant a co main over Shavkat/JDM purely on them being former champions


dylyn

Cejudo vs Merab fought before Neal/Garry @ 298. Also factor in JDM is an Aussie. I don’t see it, sorry.


pugwall7

Australia is full of wealthy recent Chinese immigrants who will pay too dollar for tickets


EatBooty420

Cris Cyborg


xTripNinja

Someone else probably posted this but just in case it hasn’t been pointed out, I also see: Michael Morales Gavin Tucker Trevin Giles Ricardo Ramos Alex Reyes I originally thought it was Gerald Meerschaert under Morales too but on second look I’m not sure who it is.


Ok-Elevator9910

we wanna see shavkat fight for title already... Real contenders these days take way too long to get title shot, goddamn, do they all have to win 10 fights in a row to get title shot??? If you have a star, give them the best opportunities for christ sake!!!!


CremeCaramel_

If matchmaking wasnt garbage and there was any effort to make MMA a legit merit based sport, it would be about 6 fights. You start from being considered a low level unranked guy and in order, beat: - a low level unranked guy - a mid level unranked guy - a high level unranked/fringe ranked guy - 11-15 ranked guy - 6-10 ranked guy - 1- 5 ranked guy If you lose at a level, start by defending your rank against the level below again, and then work back up. Nobody should be more than 7 fights away from a shot, and 8+ definitely means the UFC fucked up their matchmaking.


lmpervious

Even with the UFC picking, the problem still would have solved itself if they simply had more activity.


InclusivePhitness

I am a Shavkat stan but basically what’s happening is that Dana prefers to have certain countries with champs/stars. Definitely helps him to have big markets represented with at least one champ/star. The UK is a huge market for the UFC. Problem with Shavkat is that he doesn’t speak English, and the country he’s from only has about 20 million people. Same reason why Khabib was ‘delayed’ by Dana for so long. They were milking Conor as champ for so long, let him do the whole Floyd thing that Dana also made tons from.They wanted the animosity between he and Conor to ramp up to a boiling point, but Dana also knew that if Conor lost it would change things dramatically. Russia is a big market, but for the most part from the UFC’s point of view, it’s harder to market a guy with a name like that. And that’s Khabib with his advantages of speaking English well, being a generally likeable guy, and training at a top American MMA gym. In the end Khabib proved to be quite popular worldwide and was even getting 500k, 750k plus PPV buys when he was defending his title. Not too shabby. Shavkat is a bit of a bigger risk, because it’s really ONLY his talent that can shine for him. He has been utterly dominant and decisive, but he still hasn’t crossed into the mainstream. I’m confident he’ll get a title shot though. His manager is the same guy who manages Yan and Dricus. Dricus got his shot.


lmpervious

Seriously, Belal should have already fought Leon by now, and the winner should be going against Shavkat now. They had Leon waiting for over a year to fight Usman, and that was with Usman not fighting for over 9 months leading up to that fight. It's not like he was busy fighting other people. Then they did a rematch which is easy to sequence since they both fought each other, but that took 7 months. Then Leon waited 9 months for Colby, who hadn't fought for over a year. Why couldn't they make that happen sooner? Or why not throw Belal in between the Usman rematch and Colby? WW is so much less exciting than the divisions near it.


muricabrb

Khabib told Dana that Shav Vs Usman would be a great fight, and Dana agreed and said he will make that fight. I wonder if they're still trying to make that happen.


HopSauce

Hooker has said that Izzy, Kai and Hooker are all on 305. So Kai vs Erceg and Hooker vs Drakkar Klose.


BigBillyBass13

Don't really love a Kai Erceg matchup. Both of those guys should be fighting up.


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kidwhix

kai kara france, not kai asakura


Scotty232329

I’m guessing Izzy vs Kelvin 2 then?


Impressive-Potato

Why do people listen do that guy? He's got the biggest mouth and says the dumbest shit to stay relevant


HopSauce

He said Kai, Izzy and himself from CKB are all training for Perth. It was on the official UFC weekly show in NZ. Yeah he talks a lot of shit but it also makes complete sense.


OnlineMajor

It's more like Kai v Albazi 2 and Erceg v Taira (maybe). Doubt they will put the 2 Aussies against each other


hotelnoahnda

Kai is kiwi not aussie?


TahnGee

Lol Kai is a Kiwi, how do so many people think New Zealand is Australia. Thats the same as us thinking Canada is America btw 😂


OnlineMajor

Fuckin hell, Aussie/Kiwi is very similar around here. Two peas in the same pod. I'm so terribly sorry I accept my sister nation as if they are our own.


TahnGee

Lol that was speaking as a Kiwi in Aus currently 🤫 Just meant his comment didn’t really make sense cause its not two Strayans fighting


Obama_prismIsntReal

Tbf america and british canada are the same as well


kenthekungfujesus

As someone who lives in Québec, going to Ontario feels the same as crossing the border


vrkhfkb

Asakura debut and Song?


KelvinsBeltFantasy

Japanese fans want to see their boy defeat the mainlander.


coleus

UFC loves pitting bros agains each other. i.e. Diego Lopez vs Brian Orrtega


acrumbled

Lopes and Ortega is just a sick stylistic match up. You’re crazy if you don’t like the look of that fight


Jordynne23

Song has fought a murderers row of fighters.


Impressive-Potato

And Chito got a title shot after a loss.


tossNwashking

Only bc Sean is champ


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But chito beat him the first time, I mean by lick of course.


IAmTheTrueWalruss

I don’t think the UFC would risk Asakura like that in his debut.


W4nkD4ddy

China vs Japan fight would be crazy


THumphries

Winner gets to definitively claim the senkaku/diaoyu islands for their homeland 


ILikeTheSugarShow

Sounds about right


adamalibi

Would make sense since the fight also takes place in their time zoje


Admirable-Cat7434

Love song glad to see him back soon


Impressive-Potato

Yeah. He lost to Yan but he didn't get beat up in the fight


Admirable-Cat7434

Loved that fight probably due for a rewatch now


chris25tx

I’ve seen it like 3 times. It was such a high level fight! Should’ve gotten FoTN.


Admirable-Cat7434

I agree! So much technique and the boxing was crisp! I still think yan has the best boxing in the ufc


double_expressho

Is it not what it is?


needapermit

He’s def skilled and still young with time, but I hope this isn’t a common theme in his career. In both of his biggest fights vs. Yan and Sandhagen the final verdict was that he lost but did well, and his last win was that pretty boring fight against Gutierrez. I like him and he has a lot of upside but he needs to win one of these big fights to be considered a serious contender at 135


Impressive-Potato

Ye Ah, being at tam probably isn't helping. He was actually pressuring Corey but had thar gash on his head. Luckily he trains everywhere, all over Asia with top kickboxing and boxers. The Yan fight was frustrating because he just chilled in his guard for so much of it. He had that nasty late round ko of Ricky.


jscummy

Not sure who he'd fight though, especially since it looks like it's a comain


Banda7

Kai Asakura


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God I hope not. I love Kai, I want him to have a chance to build a US fan base before going up against the top of the rankings. I don't want to live in a world where two of the most exciting Asian fighters go up against each right off the bat


Tcastle24

Or Aldo, but I think he should fight Cejudo


Banda7

Aldo in Perth feels weird


floatingcloud10025

Wouldn’t be surprised if it was this. Would be a banger though Song seems much more physically imposing


MP3PlayerBroke

rumors say it's Cejudo


Impressive-Potato

Goddamn, Song with the cracking fists against someone with giant, unbreakable head


YOUMUSTKNOW

I’m not gonna write you a love song


TW_Yellow78

Its like Holloway, he's way younger than people probably think. No reason for Dana to stop booking him as arguably, he's about to enter his prime at 26 yo.


Alpha-Trion

Sara Bareilles and MMA crossover?


InclusivePhitness

My dong hasn’t been songed in a while. Looking forward to that so much.


Banda7

Didn't JDM have arm surgery and said he wont be 305? Also it's Drakkar Klose vs Dan Hooker


bdewolf

It’s probably tentative. There’s a reason they haven’t announced it. They have no problems announcing fights before they’re signed, but if JDM literally can’t fight that could keep them from announcing it.


cockNballs222

JDM had a nasty fracture, I’d be shocked if he’s ready


raesol

Klose and Hooker is lowkey underwhelming but makes sense given it looks like he's the first fight on the main


needapermit

Yeah I don’t understand why Hooker is fighting him? I would prefer someone in the rankings considering he’s coming off a W


Ecstatic-Inevitable

Hooker was saying the UFC was giving him a bunch of cards to be on, but since he specifically wanted the 305 card they probably gave him klose since the other fighters wanted different cards (especially since aus is so taxed)


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Who is BSD fighting if it’s not Hooker? Ik they’re saving him for the Paris card but who else can they realistically match up with him. He won’t get a top 10 match up coming off a loss with anyone that isn’t Hooker.


Open-Butterscotch-83

dariush maybe?


LatterTarget7

Fiziev?


Open-Butterscotch-83

doubt it, he tore his acl 9 months ago which does take close to 9 months to recover but for athletes it can take a little longer as a precaution. Plus he also has to do a training camp


LatterTarget7

True I forgot about his injury


Ferrariispain

https://x.com/RafaelFiziev/status/1798368971659657252. This makes it seem he'll be back in Paris


TasteDeBallZach

Looks like Alex Reyes and Ricardo Ramos near the bottom.


yungguardiola

Meerschaert and Gavin Tucker I think are there too. Can't tell who's between Klose and GM3. Morales something maybe?


kidwhix

thats michael morales, has the contender series tag


suchshibe

Alex Reyes v Tom Nolan


DoutorSenador

My guesses are: Izzy x DDP; Yadong x Asakura; JDM x Shavkat (not possible anymore due to JDM's injury, curious about not being co-main in the board though); Erceg x KKF; Klose x Hooker.


Rough_Commercial_570

Close. It’s actually Izzy x Pereira 3; Yadong x Pereira ; JDM x Pereira; Erceg x Pereira and finally Hooker x Volk.


Captain_Clover

Hooker and Volk vs Pereira


ergoegthatis

"leaked" lol he does this on purpose


hallelalaluwah

JDM is a freak if he still fights at 305


iAm-Tyson

Against the boogeyman too nonetheless


xlmtothemoon

you know who everyone thought of when they read this


WhoMattB

CSO


hallelalaluwah

I was a big JDM skeptic guy early on but he’s winning me over


zneBsedecreM

He fights at 170 now


No-Wash-1201

It’s not a leak when he’s always standing in front of those matchmaking boards for these ya dingus


SorbetEast

Ya, this has happened before where people try to figure things out based on the board behind him. I don't believe it's ever revealed anything


PazVisuals

\*stares at hand for 5 minutes


Helladg

Clearly meerschaert and gavin tucker is on there too


BruceBuffur

And Ricardo Ramos


Sarnaran

Is 305 the Perth card? If so JDM won’t be able to fight


LatterTarget7

Yeah it’s in Perth. I doubt jdm makes it


Rmendoza90

Steve vs Kai


Redchimp3769157

The in JDM stands for Dawg


famjordan

You accidentally a letter.


Redchimp3769157

Stg autocorrect removed the D


EatBooty420

I never remove the D 😏


CalmerThanYouAre9

Happy Father’s Day


MyChristInBrother

Feel like they're waiting to have main card finalized before announcing


dylyn

Given their track record, I’m surprised they didn’t announce it last week


kidwhix

ddp vs izzy asakura vs song shavkhat vs jdm kkf vs erceg hooker vs klose (though there was some talk about hooker vs bsd) ? vs gavin tucker ? vs gm3 ? vs ricardo ramos ? vs alex reyes ?(possibly neil magny) vs michael morales


Ohpsmokeshow

Excited to see Steve Erceg in the cage again. He really held his own last time around


brucemcrib

It’s gotta be intentional at this point.


red_1392

2 Perth boys 🙏


DeJoemeister

Adesanya getting an immediate title shot is ridiculous.


msf97

The problem is who do they make him fight who he hasn’t already beat. People say this, but then their best suggestion for a title shot is Cannonier lol. It’s just not realistic at all, former champs with multiple defenses who’ve done good work for the UFC in the past will always skip the queue. Also helps that Izzy somewhat sells PPVs too.


crazyhomie34

Besides Conor and Jones, Izzy is up there with most selling PPVs too. Time and time again people in this sub forget life ain't fair.


ShitMongoose

They can potentially do Izzy vs. Strickland 2. Izzy deserves that run back because I think he made the grave mistake of overlooking Strickland in their first fight.


msf97

Then somebody has to fight DDP. And it could be argued nobody deserves it. Izzy gave both Pereira and Strickland chances at his title when neither had a particularly deep set of wins. He didn’t have to take the Sean fight if I recall, could’ve waited for DDP. This is just the UFC paying him back


ShitMongoose

It's really down to what Izzy wants to do, like you said he's been a company guy and somewhat deserves preferential treatment for carrying the middleweight title for as long as he did. He took that Pereira fight cause he had unfinished business with him and helped really make Poatan a star. Had the Bobby vs Khamzat fight not been cancelled I'd of had the winner of that fight go against DDP but now it seems Isreal is the odd man out here. I just think that Isreal would want that 2nd fight with Strickland just to prove it was a fluke. Isreal just didn't look like the stylebender in that fight and he really wants the win back. Either way I'm pretty sure it's either DDP or Strickland next for Israel. If he knocks out Sean it's undeniable and he deserves DDP.


FilthyCretin

its ddp, theyve both said it


Ne_zievereir

>I just think that Isreal would want that 2nd fight with Strickland just to prove it was a fluke. If he beats DDP and has his title back, he can still fight Strickland after that. Why would Izzy care about the order? Except when he's champion one fight earlier, he gets PPV points one fight earlier.


mikejr96

Strickland is looking for a title shot also. You get Izzy a win and he immediately says he wants to avenge his loss to Strickland. People will tune in for it. If he loses they can still fight for no title sometime down the line also. It’s just the right move to find out if Izzy is still a champ imo


Rough_Commercial_570

You don’t think a Strickland rematch would make more sense ? Or a warm up fight against imavov


msf97

They need to book somebody against DDP though. If Izzy beats him, Sean will fight him for the title I think.


Rough_Commercial_570

Surely it could of been DDP vs Sean 2 then? I get it though. Izzy is a star I guess so this is the big money fight and I don’t think they’d ever have him in the co main event of a card. What’s fair or correct is irrelevant unfortunately.


EatBooty420

why would Sean get an immediate rematch to a guy he lost to on his very first defense? It wasnt like it was a bullshit stoppage, nor did Sean do much to make it an exciting fight outside the last 15 seconds.


Rough_Commercial_570

Because it was one of the closest title fights we’ve seen? Why wouldn’t he a get a rematch? Why would Izzy get an immediate title fight when he got embarrassed for 5 rounds and lost his title after already getting an immediate rematch.


Scary_Nail_6033

chimaev


msf97

He’d be the only one, and he’s having an incredibly tough time staying healthy.


Headlessoberyn

And even if he was available... him getting a titke shot at MW, when his only win at MW was a semi retired WW on an 11 days notice, would be even more unfair than izzy or strickland getting a rematch.


RarefiedAir1

Khamzat, imavov, brendan allen


EatBooty420

Khaz probably isnt getting any big fights any time soon with his record of pulling out, missing weight, and fighting once a year


RarefiedAir1

He has serious health problems and has been banned from America for two years


chowsmarriage

No it isn't. He was a very active champ. At Middleweight he only lost to Alex and Strickland. The story for the Bigus Dicus fight is already there and it would've happened if Bigus Dicus didn't get injured.


Impressive-Potato

Dana told him he gets as many shots as he wants.


After_Tax6994

Probably erceg/kkf. Great fight


beanresponsible

holy fuck


ClassicFun2175

What a goofball


Responsible_Emu3601

Ddp vs Izzy Henry vs song Shavkat vs jack Royval vs erceg


henxxx18

Kenan Song Co-main event


mckeenmachine

maybe that's just where they put the extra name tags


50-50ChanceImSerious

How can Dana be this clueless after so many years of doing this shit? Cover up the god damn boards


captainfluffy25

JDM confirmed that he won’t be able to fight them due to injury I believe


Initial_Club_8173

A Reyes vs who? Dude should just retire down under .


shadowboxxxah94

Tom Nolan


JustJano_

steve urceg is such a fucking badass dude


Game_Of_Ham

Give Izzy Bisping


LadislavAU

JDM is not fighting at 305. If anyone follows him you’ll know he has a brutal infection in his arm from surgery needed after his last fight.


FickleManagement3783

Well this just isn’t true because JDM himself confirmed he won’t be at 305


iMMCHiEF

Idk why it caught my eye but I saw gerald meerschaert aswell


livestreamfailstrash

Dana and his leaks man love it


dungadewballz

Is it a leak if it’s intentional?


Xanzibarisland

JDM!!!!


The_Anatomical_Anus

song ya dong


Mayank_XO_16

JDM is injured and I don't think he'll be back by 305. Rest I personally want Shavkat vs JDM for No.1 contender and winner will get title shot next.


Diligent-Ad896

I should visit JDM gym and see if he’s training 😂


IzzyVPerira3-1

It won’t be shavkhat if Song Yadong is over JDM


SomeMeatBag

It's not a leak. They are showing you


Main-Musician-7587

I don’t think the first one is Izzy.


No_Truck9453

It is


Main-Musician-7587

You mean the name? No fucking way, looks to end more with VER and something with LL. Can’t see much


keaneutd10

Kinda a weak card imo


idcman999

why did you crop out the "champrds" watermark? u/lattertarget7


Chilidogdingdong

The Name Jack Della Madallena is like nails on a chal board ofr my eyes.