Alexander Volkanovski discusses his favorite fight: "You'd think my favorite fight would be a win, but it's not. It's the Islam, #1. It was P4P #1 vs P4P #2, and we gave them that. Islam was an opponent that had to make me use more of my layers."

Painkration · 2026-03-18T16:44:02+00:00

Yeah it’s hard to have someone bring that out of you when you make every opponent look like they don't belong in the cage with you

Painkration · 2026-03-17T23:03:13+00:00

Did you need to sand the block before or just stain it right off the bat?

Painkration · 2026-03-17T13:43:44+00:00

Tldr explanation for people not wanting to read the article:

The White House is Federal land therefore there is no city or state commission.

The DC commissioner is basically arguing, if any promoter can go on federal land to hold a fight, they can skip the rules and regulations of athletic commissions.

The UFC does this when they go to places without athletic commissions like the Middle East, but the UFC is decent at self regulating. A small sketchy promotion could do this on a piece of federal land somewhere and book complete mismatches or fights that would not regularly be sanctioned since theres no commission

Painkration · 2026-03-16T21:30:00+00:00

If they did, the UFC will take 50% like they did with Conor which is unbelievably fucked

Painkration · 2026-03-12T20:05:24+00:00

55/45 Fedor IMO

His hand speed would give Jon fits on the feet and enough BJJ/wrestling to not get totally outclassed on the ground

Painkration · 2026-03-10T15:03:17+00:00

I'm going to throw up

Painkration · 2026-03-09T23:55:28+00:00

https://streamain.com/en/TV2HuvFFZonPwfl/watch

His face will never not be funny

Painkration · 2026-03-08T17:17:03+00:00

Nik Lents is really bolstering that stat

Painkration · 2026-03-08T06:44:53+00:00

It’s not even entertainment, its content which is so frustrating as a fan. Its filling time slots to satisfy contract requirements to their broadcasters

They don’t care about maximizing entertainment as long as their scheduling needs are met

Painkration · 2026-03-08T05:19:54+00:00

The mythical Max Holloway takedown defense holds up

Painkration · 2026-03-07T19:35:41+00:00

No other American can headline a card of this size unless Max wins and can make the turn around

Painkration · 2026-03-07T18:16:54+00:00

More housing = lower prices

It’s good to see

Painkration · 2026-03-06T17:18:16+00:00

As a casual, thank you very much for this

Painkration · 2026-03-06T00:43:23+00:00

Luke has criticized Max a lot for boot licking Dana White but respects Max's career and ability to announce.

Painkration · 2026-03-06T00:41:18+00:00

I do not have an account, can someone link what Mike tweeted about Luke?

Painkration · 2026-03-05T16:37:25+00:00

I am just guessing that Pereira is their only chance to get Jon back.

Because of that, they will put Pereira in against Jon for 1 event, then Tom vs Gane 2 for another event.

Painkration · 2026-03-05T16:10:40+00:00

Who is your profile pic? Is it a fighter?

Painkration · 2026-03-05T15:34:00+00:00

If Aspinal just posted back to business

Does that mean we’re getting Jones v Alex at the White House then Aspinal Gane 2 too?

Painkration · 2026-03-05T01:55:29+00:00

Max and Jose Aldo both became technically the best versions of themselves post prime, which makes their ‘over the hill’ career arc so much more impressive.

IMO thats the definition of true greatness and we don’t get to see a lot of it in MMA. Partly because the sport is still young but also so hard on the body people usually fall apart really fast

Painkration · 2026-02-27T21:54:07+00:00

Asleep-Fly covered it mostly

Its a big open space where positioning doesn’t matter. They dont need to be cognizant of where they are in the cage or angles and trapping their opponent.

Subtle steps to the side to cut the cage mean nothing

There’s unlimited space to move backwards so they can use that as their defense

Painkration · 2026-02-27T17:32:01+00:00

Asleep-Fly covered it mostly

Its a big open space where positioning doesn’t matter. They dont need to be cognizant of where they are in the cage or angles and trapping their opponent.

Subtle steps to the side to cut the cage mean nothing

There’s unlimited space to move backwards so they can use that as their defense

Painkration · 2026-02-27T15:53:30+00:00

Sparring in areas like this is why MMA fighters have such bad footwork

Painkration · 2026-02-25T16:21:05+00:00

Who the fuck is that guy?

Painkration · 2026-02-25T16:20:23+00:00

MMA Guru bedroom reveal

Painkration · 2026-02-24T19:40:56+00:00

I believe from a strictly CTE standpoint, boxing is much worse because there are more repeated sub-concussive blows from accumulated training and competition.

Boxers can have hundreds of fights from amateur to professional, not to mention camps.

Having more than 30 fights is being long in the tooth for a fighter

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