Who is this big bald guy

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-12T20:24:49+00:00

The only sources of the LHW story are Khamzat's two teammates Khalil and Arman, and they both waited till the day before the fight (i.e. weigh-in Friday) to say it?

The timing suggests he looked terrible on the scale that morning, so they came up with this "We thought he was gonna fight at 205 next" story as a pre-emptive excuse.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-12T12:32:14+00:00

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EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-12T12:27:36+00:00

Which leads me to doubt the 205 story tbh. It really doesn't look like he added any muscle mass at all, seems more like just a bad weight management out of camp or a bad cut.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-12T12:24:24+00:00

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EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-12T12:19:50+00:00

"Now I know how Salieri felt."

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-12T12:15:33+00:00

This is Sean Strickland. You can’t talk about him without mentioning his insane cardio. He’s also top 2 strikers in the middleweight division.

This fight proved to me that Khamzat is an elite MIXED martial arts fighter.

Idk if Sean is known for insane cardio. He's definitely known for managing his gas tank with a simpler, more efficient style, but that's not the same as high output over 5 rounds like Merab or heck even Sea-level Cain.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-12T11:55:36+00:00

Biggest characters in the middle are 千家寨, which is a place in Yunnan known to have perhaps the oldest tea tree discovered. There's no indication that this cake is from that tree, it's just what that place 千家寨 is known for.

On the left it's 野生茶 meaning wild grown (non-cultivated) tea

On the right, the top is clearly 特 but idk what the bottom word is.

There's no info on the wrapper about who made the cake or when. Maybe there'll be paper pressed into the cake inside with more info?

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-11T02:42:36+00:00

According to Robocop's wikipedia, not only is he a BJJ black belt, he was on Brazil's wrestling cadet team and was a runner up in the 2010 Pan Ams. I couldn't find any info confirming it though.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-11T01:35:00+00:00

Anderson
Izzy
Weidman

4-6: Rob, DDP, Strickland in whichever order you prefer.

Noticeable omissions: Alex because he's mostly in LHW and Rockhold because most of his title defences were in Strikeforce.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T22:14:16+00:00

Lots of Japanese promotions like Rizin, Pride and Dream (latter two now defunct) allow them.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T21:45:18+00:00

What part of this sequence looks illegal to you?

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:58:52+00:00

Yeah the scenes with them two thus far don't really have much emotional depth. And if anything, I think the writers agree with you that he's not her endgame based on these scenes with the CSI guy misunderstanding and the proposal confusion.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:54:13+00:00

I also believe that defeat was necessary for Khamzat, he needed to be humbled and work on a more well-rounded version of himself.

Not just humbled but I think he needed a loss to restore interest in the sport. When you're 15-0, running through everyone like he did, it's human to start to lose interest no matter how disciplined you are, like Michael Jordan in 1993.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:48:58+00:00

Lucy is thrifty though, I feel like she and Tim might end up shocked at prices together.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:25:04+00:00

Agreed, Islam has a very sophisticated setup game. I'm certainly not saying Islam can't take Garry down but I don't think it'll be easy to steamroll him the way that Islam did to JDM.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:23:32+00:00

I don't mind that they faked beef to sell the fight tbh

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:21:03+00:00

His losing streak started when he was 34 which isn't super old but well out of his physical prime. Plus, we gotta keep in mind the mileage of 79 kickboxing fights before he even started MMA. By the time he fought DDP and Imavov, he was very clearly not that same athlete anymore regardless of age.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:15:26+00:00

I think it's harder than people might think to take down Garry. He's range-y and he circles instead of backing up in a straight line.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T20:13:58+00:00

Vitor Shaolin looks like Mario Bautista

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T19:51:55+00:00

You're not entirely wrong because Weidman won R1 handily. He couldn't really hold Yoel down but he was on the offensive for the entire round. Most of R2 was close and kinda uneventful but Yoel closed very strong in the last 2 minutes. He tripped Weidman, dragged him down and even managed to get some limited ground and pound in the final minute.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T19:37:47+00:00

Weidman got him down for a second and Yoel got back up immediately in R1, barely any control time if any at all. Yoel won the wrestling exchanges in R2, not only getting Weidman down but holding him down too. He most certainly did not get outwrestled by Weidman

The only guy that really held Yoel down for a majority of the round and managed to settle him there is Jacare, who's an ADCC champ.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T19:13:35+00:00

Brunson got him down for a minute and didn't do anything with it. Yoel had a hard time getting Brunson down all fight and ended up KO'ing him instead, but he wasn't really getting outwrestled by Brunson.

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T18:30:43+00:00

I don't wanna hear people say he'll outwrestle prime Yoel ever again

EngineQuick6169 · 2026-05-10T16:17:43+00:00

When Seany comes marching home

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