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He beat both Yan and Cejudo better than Aljo did.
looool he should so find a jacket like this for when he fights OMalley
Wdym he kept it. Lmao.
didn't Sean get mad at him in the ring for wearing it??
Dude is the definition of
Made funny vids leading up to the fight. Won Mexican fans over at press con. Crowd liked his walkout. Then wins an pretty entertaining fight w big moments like the slam and talking to Zuck
He was hated after holding Aldo on the fence for 15mins
overconfident theory vanish adjoining tub chop hurry disgusted sink cake
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Legit Q: Is there a rule against throwing your opponent out of the octagon?
I think Kieth Hackney being thrown out the cage made that move illegal.
I looked up the fight. Looks like the door wasn't latched and opened when he was pushed into it. What if you intentionally throw someone over the fence?
I think they either misremembered or misspoke. The match was Tank Abbot vs Cal Worsham. Tank legit tried to lift and throw Worsham out. Since then, it has been declared illegal and would result in a DQ nowadays.
Edit: here's the clip
I’d imagine you then have to stop them from getting back into the octagon for the remainder of the round.
The ultimate control time.
If both feet touch the floor they lose. If only 1 foot touches the floor or they land on the cage apron they can get back in and continue the match.
Yes. I don't remember which fight it was but I remember John McCarthy explaining there was a fight in the early days where one fighter did try to throw his opponent out of the ring and so the made it a rule you couldn't do that.
Tank Abbott is your man
So is the alex hernandez stock. That guy is fucking awesome. Instant fan.
Antony Hernandez
When merab was smiling at the end of the second I knew it was over lol
Imagine fighting for your life trying not to get choked and being exhausted in a UFC setting. Just for the guy choking you to be horsing around with Zuckerberg.
Yeah looking up and seeing Zucc dying laughing would be absolutely brutal.
Cejudo going home to dump his Meta headset 💔
Zuckerberg in there like an emperor watching his toy gladiators lol
LMAOO fr I feel like that's how all those rich people think of fighters
100%, look at how Zuck hooks them up when he gives them props.
Yall got a clip of the choke?
Damn, he big brothered him...
That pic will be reposted a billion times this coming week. Lol
Live Merab Reaction
He drawfed him
Has anyone ever been thrown out of the ring during an MMA match? …because that’s what I thought was going to happen.
Those guys are not tall enough to throw someone out, but I agree
Such a good picture lmao
Merab stealing women to smuggle into his mountain hideout.
‘This is your Triple C?’
Lmao well you found it sir. The coveted Wonka Golden Ticket. Congratulations!!!
It’s so unfair, so unreasonable
Flash back to Matt Hughes
I actually showed my friends that clip before this fight. They need to learn.
And Frank Trigg was reffing tonight.
They can't keep getting away with that
Disqualified
Was it Hughes?! Oh man I was trying to remember, and kept thinking it was Forrest Grif. Who carried and slammed the other guy across the ring. Thanks for saving me from a YouTube deep dive
That’s an Olympic wrestler 💀
Is suga wins he is calling for Corey. Merab is a nightmare matchup for anyone but especially o’malley
I was a doubter tbh and I know Cejudo is past his prime but damn Merab looked incredible
I have never seen anyone dominate Petr yan like he did. That made me a merab truther
Yeah, I’m sold on the dude. I want Sean to stay champ but he’s in shark infested waters rn
I think the sandman takes Omalley and think the best bantamweight matchup possible is sandman and merab. Think it’s one of the best possible ufc matchups possible right now regardless of weight class
Absolutely
I disagree with everything you said. I think O'Malley takes sandman due to power discrepancy and merab mauls absolutely everyone at that weight class.
I agree with you. O’Malley is too quick
I see no one but Cory having a shot at Merab
it wasnt even all the showmanship shit, it was the fact he kept speeding up as the fight went on. where did this energy come from????
unless omalley gets a ko on him, the division is in trouble until someone else comes along
Pretty sure he does this most fights, the ones I’ve seen anyway. He gradually ups the tempo through rounds, he did the same thing against Yan. Not sure how he does it though? Pony meat?
I thought CCC looked great till about midway through the 2nd. I think he broke his arm and then it was all over. Those kicks don't look like much but I guess the machine hits. Good win for the grinder. He keeps beating my favorite fighters. Lol.
Suga is also a bad matchup for merab. Merab gets hit too much and gets wobbled almost every fight. Suga is much taller, longer, possibly faster and knows how to use range. He could clip merab like he did aljo
Only thing merab is far more relentless than aljo was, and can setup his takedown better. Malley would have to put him a way early or the advantage goes to merab as the fight goes on. Sean surprised me with how great his tdd is against sterling but merab is a different breed like a bantamweight Colby Covington
bantamweight colby covington is that supposed to be a compliment lol? colby who hasnt won a match against anyone not on a losing streak for 6 years. When will you guys shut up about colby?
10 fight win streak… and huge star power Merab is 100% getting the next title shot
and huge star power
🧢
You overestimate the power of his funny posts. He's still from a country that's not "popular" and is a decision machine whose only finish in the UFC is Marlon Moraes
Dana already said it’s happening, I don’t see how it doesn’t unless Suga Shane goes for illia or loses to chito
Damn Merab could be going on an all time great title streak if he would have just fought aljo. His record will still be good as fuck tho
"Petr Yan is a nightmare match up for anyone but especially O'Malley"
"Sterling is a nightmare match up for anyone but especially O'Malley"
I know this is a fucking crazy take but I feel like Henry got Merab a few times in the stand up and if it was Suga throwing then Merab would have been in a world of hurt leaving his chin out there like he did a few times last night. I’ve only watched the fight live but I was thinking Sean would have dropped Merab a couple times.
Tbf that was like 16 years ago
That's a triple c
37 year old with broken arm
Against an Olympic gold medalist and a former ufc double champ. Merabs endurance is beyond human
Henry definitely sitting in the locker room with a 1000 yard stare
i feel like he's so delusional, he thinks it was really close and he almost had him
instead of the reality that he hit him with his best shot, and had his best start possible and he still was dominated in 2 and 3
Henry should of stayed retired. This new generation of bantamweights are elite and he isn’t going to be champ again. He had a great career call it quits now and don’t take more unnecessary damage
It's 'should have', never 'should of'.
Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!
It was more competitive than what people are making it out to be but the third round sealed the deal
It’s a good thing DC wasn’t there, he would have broke live on commentary watching that slam
Merabs endurance is beyond human
EPO
what do you mean by epo?
Doping substance that increases stamina. Dillashaw got banned for it. There is no USADA anymore.
Oh, Thanks!
Henry may never sleep again...
Olympic gold medalist wrestler...?
This night will definitely haunt him forever. He should’ve never came out of retirement
He should've never went into retirement! He's spent his prime out of the octagon.
I think Dana and company are happy how it played out.
Henry shouldn’t have bluffed and retired during his prime.
When he came back there were fights to make if he won, and if he won great, but he has lost both now and they can just harp on the poor business decision CCC made then.
No love in the presser. Said he shouldn’t have retired. Accepts that he will retire now. Emphatic that he wasn’t given the mic in the octagon after the fact.
It’s a good template/lesson for fighters to learn from and it works for the UFC.
Yeah It's a real shame when you put it like that. I hadn't thought of all that but you're right sadly. A really hope one day we can either have fighter unions or at least decent competition.
Funny I’ve never heard CCC mention a gold medal.
Lol. Mma wresting is entirely different though. Gsp never wrestled and yet was able to outwrestle guys like koscheck and fitch. Also Henry’s like 5’4 he’s a natural flyweight with muscles.
It’s not different. The difference is Cejudo is an old man now lol
Henry won that medal 16 years ago
TBF, Cejudo has never really utilized his wrestling all that effectively in MMA minus a few fights.
Bringing his sacrifice to Zucc.
He brought him straight to Dana
Who was looking at his phone smh
That’s what you call a statement.
It was smart. Henry probably never expected to be slammed. He was waiting to grapple as soon as he was going down.
And he didn't really telegraph the slam. He just whipped him down without warning after Henry stopped bracing and squirmed a bit. Kind of a scary killer instinct lol
Good eyes that was beautiful, he starts to swing right on him too hahaha
Happy Cake Day
Any guy with freestyle/greco background SHOULD have expected to be slammed there. Henry should have tried harder to keep the front headlock or go for a chest lock to lessen the blow and lessen the space between them for the ability to throw and land punches
He completely embarassed Cejudo
Which is hard to do given how routinely he embarrass himself.
And people said Merab is boring
They did!!! He entertains!!!!
He has the volume/activity of Khabib, if you dislike grappling he's boring but he always stays moving and never stops pressuring the opponent. I would say a low volume counterstriker like Leon Edwards or Adesanya is less exciting than Merab.
Nah, Merab has very good wrestling but he doesn't have grappling. He gets people down but he can't control them.
He just hits them as much as he can as they try to get up and when they do he shoots again.
yeah if he really going to be great he needs to adabt that khabib-esque groundgame
Nobody has that Khabib-type control at BW. We have never seen it. The lower the weight class, the harder it is to hold down opponents effectively.
Aldo’s loss to Merab looks better and better in retrospect.
Only time I ever really came close to falling asleep was during an Adesanya fight
The only time I’ve ever yelled in excitement and almost pissed myself was an Adesanya fight.
The duality of Izzy
He's the bantamweight Khabib
Just no. Khabib got you down you were completely and utterly fucked. He would maul you. Him and Jones have some of the most vicious ground and pound I've ever seen. Merab wrestles more like Colby than anything.
My theory is that if you dont claim your full ancestral background you cant unlock all the powers of your DNA. Merba has his Georgian Mountain cardio DNA on max - Ilia with the georgian grappling - but Cejudo being a loser meant that his powers are capped - he cant access the Mexican rage.
He went full Mexican vs Moraes and won against the odds... he is just too old now
Francis proves this
Merab is incredible
Jesus christ!!! I missed it when I was putting my kid to sleep. God damn kids.....
😅😅😅 They're the reason we can't have nice things
Awww. That's very sweet
Like a sack of potatoes
First time seeing Merab fight. Love the man. This was hilarious.
Is this your king Olympic gold medalist?!
Merab is fun as hell to watch and I will never understand those saying otherwise. No, he doesn't have flashy knockout striking. But he has great energy, tries interesting things with his pressure, and is very interactive with the audience
Can we seriously get USADA on this guy
Ain’t usada gone? Lol
Oh yeah hahahhahahha
It is. Current drug testing consistents of a 'Are you taking PEDs?' yes or no checkbox.
"Would you like to submit to a drug test in exchange for an additional 10% off Venum merchandise coupon?"
Bro on that TJ Killashaw cycle or sum
Bro has to be smoking crack right before entering the cage. There’s no way
Except he’s always been like this even when there was testing.
As soon as i heard Merabs corner tell Merab that Cejudo was tired at the end of round1 and i saw Cejudo breathing heavy i knew it was over.
Fuck PEDs, dudes running on straight fucking gasoline
He showed us that already
Even practicing the carry move haha
BRUH
Hey should have spanked him on the way down!
Olympic wrestling is not real
Jon Jones 🫱🏿🫲🏻 Merab
Not disrespectful at all. If you have a guy up like that, you drop him in front of your corner so you can hear your coaches. Fantastic takedown.
I thought he carried him over to the zucc 😂
He did, which made it so much funnier
Is the one carrying or the one being slammed friends w zucc
bro Merab is an absolute beast in the octagon. He's slated to go toe-to-toe with Sean next, but I've got this gut feeling that the UFC might shuffle the deck and offer Sean a different opponent. Why Because Merab's just too much for Sean to handle he's got the skills the strength and the strategy to come out on top. It wouldn't be a shock if the UFC decides to give Sean a different matchup to avoid what seems like an inevitable defeat at the hands of Merab.
I've got this gut feeling that the UFC might shuffle the deck and offer Sean a different opponent.
I wouldn't be surprised either. But Merab is winning a lot of fans lately, especially after this fight, and even through his socials. Sean vs. Merab could bring in a lot of money for the UFC so Dana might not resist the idea as much now.
EDIT: Dana just confirmed Merab is next. And Dana never lies.
This was mad embarrassing, Olympic gold medalist getting treated like a child by a mountain man lol
And that’s the real reason why AlJo refused to fight him lol
Always thought Henry was too small for that division.
Georgians stay ending careers tonight
nah, there are judges and they sometimes do insane things
i don't fault anyone for making it CRYSTAL CLEAR you are in control
Its even worse when it was done against an olympic champion and a former double champ 💀
Made that cringy ass troll look like a bitch in brilliant fashion.
Merab is literally a fucking terminator, he even added a lot of body kicks this fight too
Super necessary.
I thought the flirting with Zuckerberg was harder to watch
Merab has been the man. This shit looked like some UFC5 shenanigans.
Merab is the champion we need.
I loved every second of this. Almost as much as the Dern ass show, I meant “fight” my bad.
Merab strong af for a short guy. Could probably be 135/145 champ champ,
Henry Cewhotho?
Best moment of the fight.
Cejudo well deserved that. Prior to the match started teasing the georgian by speaking russian, Davai, in his face.
Merab DeMoLishViLi💯
At first I was worried that Merab might lose this one, but the moment Cejudo started talking to him in russian to piss him off, I knew Cejudo would get humiliated. Talking to a Georgian in russian that's what's disrespectful. Cejudo got off easy.
My guy manhandled Cejudo 😂
Shades of khamzat vs li jiliang
Karma for humiliating and firing people on camera be careful what you do out there karma is real. good or bad
Triple L deserved it for firing one of his coaches
Merab is going to be champ
the commentators saying they don’t know how his endurance is so good. Dudes juiced to the gills
Cejudo gon be a meme for the next month 💀
Henry deserved it
Merab kind of goated rn
If Cejudo had a better gas tank, he would’ve completely dominated Merab
And so incredibly enjoyable to watch. Best retirement party ever.
I loved it. F Cejudo
That's me taking my screaming 3 year old to the bathtub
This was a hell of a fight it was hilarious to hear the crowd cheering for Merab at the beginning then start chanting USA for half the fight 🤣
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Matt Hughes did it better.
Yeah, I grew up watching Matt Hughes when he was trucking thru everyone, but this is entirely different and far more impressive. It’s a meme, but the dude just carried around a gold medalist wrestler like a naughty baby.
Yep!
Bro should stay retired, these last 2 losses definitely ruin his legacy. 🙄
He should’ve never retired
This is gonna get brought up every time Henry is gonna talk shit now, isn’t it? Smh
After this event is all said and done, this goes down as the biggest bamf moment. Hands down. Merab did him dirty af lol
the merab stock is definitely up rn