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International Combat League (GFL) is devoted to reserving the match ups followers need to see.
Or, at the very least, those they suppose followers need to see? Earlier on Friday, the upstart promotion introduced one other match up that includes a embellished former UFC fighter in Tony Ferguson. Per the GFL, Ferguson will face controversial ex-Bellator fighter and Logan Paul opponent Dillon Danis, who nonetheless stays simply 2-0 in his skilled profession. Apparently, that’s sufficient to qualify him for legend standing, and GFL claims that match up was extremely demanded.
The speedy reactions aren’t so constructive regardless of the alleged need from the preventing neighborhood. UFC Light-weight Terrance McKinney, for instance, rapidly responded that “No one requested for this.”
Take a gander at extra of the responses on social media under:
“This one hurts”
“Fairly presumably the worst poster ive ever seen”
“Dillon’s going to make 165? He’s preventing at 185 on March 29.”
“Dillion Danis is a rustic mile removed from something legendary constructive”
“Wait Tony can truly win this”
“I’ll consider it once I see Danis within the cage. This dude’s flakier than a complete field of corn flakes.”
“Bumfights are making a comeback?”
For many who don’t bear in mind, Ferguson was as soon as top-of-the-line Lightweights round, a real rival to Khabib Nurmagomedov and proprietor of top-of-the-line 155-pound win streaks in UFC historical past. Alas, “El Cucuy” started to collapse after a five-round shellacking by the hands of Justin Gaethje. As quickly as his win streak ended, Ferguson started the longest shedding streak in UFC historical past.
Possibly he rebounds in GFL? There’s nonetheless no debut date for the controversial legends promotion, however theoretically it ought to occur sooner or later in Q2 2025.
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Is it not time to provide Montel Jackson a high-profile battle? Man has received 5 in a row in constantly spectacular vogue.
Yuki Yoza has maybe the best shut quarters punch-and-kick combos I’ve ever seen.
I’ll confess that seeing a number of of my buddies of their early-to-mid 20s “dwell the dream” of getting signed to the UFC by way of Contenders Sequence after which find yourself launched with little to point out for it inside a number of years was moderately demoralizing. A tricky trade has gotten more durable …
Since 2017, a complete of 268 athletes have been signed by the UFC by way of DWCS, and amongst them, 95 athletes have been lower.
Of those 95, 62 athletes (~65%) have been lower after 4 matches or much less, whereas 33 athletes (~34%) have been lower after 5 or extra matches.
Detailed breakdown under. pic.twitter.com/PaR9xhUjCE
— Al Zullino (@phre) February 28, 2025
It may be straightforward to by chance be disrespectful of a reducing fighter. Ilia Topuria was able to throw all of it away!
#ApexSlopStats
The UFC roster bloodletting continues …
❌ Fighter eliminated: Roosevelt Roberts
— UFC Roster Tracker (@RosterTracker) February 28, 2025
In case you weren’t round again in 2013 or so, there was a quick interval the place outdated man Vitor Belfort was the scariest fighter alive. He’ll ALWAYS be the face of TRT to those that bear in mind!
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Karate Fight and spinning backfists are a match made in heaven.
Ex-UFC Welterweight Dwight Grant falls sufferer to the parry throughout the body-left hook counter shot.
Fatigued and on the fence is one other unhealthy spot to be … notice the standing hammerfist!
Random Land
Biblical.
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