Throwing Jabs

RECAP:

• Max Holloway destroys Calvin Kattar in first UFC fight card on ABC
  • What’s next for Holloway? Volkanovski vs Ortega winner? Move up to lightweight?

CURRENT EVENTS/ FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Canelo will face off against Avni Yildirim 02/27

PREVIEW:

• UFC 257: McGregor vs Poirier 2
  • Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier
  • Dan Hooker vs Michael Chandler
• Who you got? Khabib says he needs to see a spectacular performance to come out of retirement, who has the best shot to impress Khabib?

FLURRY:

• End the show like we always do, Jared hit us with that Flurry

RECAP:

CURRENT EVENTS/ FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Stacked card on March 6th UFC 259 PPV, Blachowicz vs Adesanya, Nunes vs Anderson, and Yan vs Sterling. Which is the fight of the night?
• March 13 UFC Fight Night Leon Edwards vs Khamzat Chimaev

WHO YOU GOT?:

• What is more likely to happen in 2021?
  • Joshua vs Fury
  • Crawford vs Spence
  • Khabib comes out of retirement

PREVIEW:

• UFC Fight Night, Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar

FLURRY:

• End the show like we always do, Jared hit us with that Flurry

RECAP:

• Ryan Garcia knocks out Luke Campbell in the 7th round via TKO to claim the WBC interim title

CURRENT EVENTS/ FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Anything that pops up over the course of the week

WHO YOU GOT?:

• Fighter of the year 2021 draft
  • Snake draft, order will be determined prior to draft
  • 8 rounds
    • 3 UFC only rounds
    • 3 boxing only rounds
    • 2 wildcard rounds

PREVIEW:

• No fights this weekend

FLURRY:

• End the show like we always do, Jared hits us with that Flurry

FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT

• UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (19-0) moves up to challenge light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz (27-8) at UFC 259 in March
  • Adesanya opens up as a -255 favorite
  • Where does Jon Jones fall in all this.

WHO YOU GO?

• What is your dream fight for 2021?
  • Fury vs Joshua
  • Crawford vs Spence Jr
  • Adesanya vs Jones
  • Jones vs Miocic
  • Khabib vs GSP
  • Lopez vs Lomachenko 2
  • Nunes vs Shevchenko 3

PREVIEW

• Ryan Garcia (20-0) vs. Luke Campbell (20-3), 12 rounds, for the vacant WBC interim lightweight title on DAZN

THE FLURRY: Flowers vs Weeds

RECAP:

• Charles Oliveira earns himself a spot in the UFC lightweight title picture via a unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26) against Tony Ferguson
  • Is Charles Oliveira next in line for a title shot? Gaethje? McGregor vs Poirier 2 winner?
  • Where does Tony Ferguson go from here, 2 losses in a row, can he get back to the title picture?
• Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno put on a show in a fight of the year contender which ended in a majority draw (47-47, 47-47, 48-46 Figueiredo)
• Anthony Joshua puts Kubrat Pulev away via 9th round TKO to retain his WBA, WBO, and IBF titles
  • After this performance, how does Joshua match up with Tyson Fury?

FIGHT NEWS:

• After getting released from the UFC, Yoel Romero signs a deal with Bellator
  • Could we see Romero vs Anthony Johnson at light heavyweight in Bellator?
• Jake Paul calls out Conor McGregor on Instagram attacking McGregor and his fiancee also changes his Instagram profile to only follow McGregor’s fiancee. Paul also drove by an interview recording with McGregor’s jiu-jitsu partner Dillon Danis and threw toilet paper and water balloons at him then proceeded to follow Danis’ girlfriend on Instagram.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJdeFEog-YQ 
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqil4ttfOa8 
  • Is Jake Paul vs Dillon Danis a more realistic fight?

WHO YOU GO?

• 2020 Throwing Jabs Awards
  • Fight of the year
    • Weili Zhang vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  • Knockout of the year
    • Sean O’Malley KO of Eddie Wineland
  • Female fighter of the year
    • Weili Zhang
  • Fighter of the year
    • Valentina Shevchenko

PREVIEW:

• UFC Fight Night: Welterweights, #5 Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson (15-4-1) vs #11 Geoff Neal (13-2)
  • The card is stacked (just mentioning)
    • Jose Aldo vs Marlon Vera
    • Michael Pereira vs Khaos Williams
    • Marlon Moraes vs Rob Font
    • Marcin Tybura vs Greg Hardy
    • Anthony Pettis vs Alex Morono (prelims headliner)
• Live on DAZN: WBA “regular” super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez vs WBA “super” super-middleweight champion Callum Smith fight for the vacant WBC super-middleweight belt

THE FLURRY:

RECAP:

• Marvin Vettori proves that he belongs at the top of the middleweight division as he defeats Jack Hermansson via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-45)
  • How does Vettori matchup with the top middleweights?
• Errol Spence Jr. successfully defenses his IBF and WBC welterweight titles as he defeats Danny Garcia via unanimous decision (116-112, 116-112, 117-111)
  • How does Spence matchup with Crawford? Will we see that fight next?

FIGHT NEWS:

• Fight Announcement: Floyd Mayweather will face YouTuber Logan Paul in an exhibition bout on February 20th.
• Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Anthony “Rumble” Johnson signs a deal with Bellator
  • This is the second of big releases of the UFC after Yoel Romero got released last week

WHO YOU GO?

• The greatest UFC light heavyweight fight that never happened: Anthony “Rumble” Johnson vs Jon “Bones” Jones

PREVIEW:

• UFC 256 Co-Main Event: Lightweights, #3 Tony Ferguson (26-4) vs #7 Charles Oliveira (29-8)
• UFC 256 Main Event: Flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (20-1) vs #1 Brandon Moreno (18-5-1)
• Live on DAZN: Heavyweights, WBA, WBO, and IBF champion Anthony Joshua (23-1) vs Kubrat Pulev (28-1)

THE FLURRY:

RECAP:

• Anthony Smith scores a first-round submission victory against Devin Clark via triangle choke
  • Can Smith work his way back to the top of the light heavyweight ladder?
• Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr go the distance in their 8 round exhibition bout to end in a draw.
  • Who won the fight in your eyes?
• Jake Paul KOs Nate Robinson (JACE RANT)

FIGHT NEWS:

• After the success of Tyson vs Jones Jr, Evander Holyfield calls out Mike Tyson in a press release.
• Women’s WBA, WBC, and IBF middleweight (160 lbs) champion Claressa Shields signs a multiyear deal with PFL.

WHO YOU GO?

• Amanda Nunes is and has been the best female fighter now, who inside or outside the UFC has the best chance to dethrone her.

PREVIEW:

• UFC Fight Night: Middleweight main event, #4 ranked Jack Hermansson (21-5) vs #13 ranked Marvin Vettori (15-4-1)
• Fox PPV: Danny Garcia (36-2) challenges WBC and IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr (26-0)

THE FLURRY:

RECAP:

• Rafael Dos Anjos wins his return to lightweight bout against Paul Felder via a split decision (50-45, 50-45, 47-48)
  • Where does Dos Anjos fit in the lightweight division?
• Terence Crawford remains as the undefeated WBO welterweight champion with a 4th round knockout of Kell Brook
  • Will we ever see Crawford vs Spence?
• Katie Taylor outclasses Miriam Gutierrez via a unanimous decision victory (100-89, 100-90, 99-91) to remain the undefeated undisputed women’s lightweight champion

FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• On December 19th, Canelo Alvarez is back in action as he takes on Callum Smith
• Former UFC featherweight champion #1 Max Holloway faces off against #6 Calvin Kattar in the headlining bout of UFC Fight Night on January 16th

WHO YOU GO?

• Who you got? MMA’s heavyweight Mount Rushmore

PREVIEW:

• UFC 255 is all about the flyweights as in the co-main event women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko (19-3) takes on the #3 ranked contender Jennifer Maia (24-5)
  • In the main event, UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (19-1) faces off against the #4 ranked Alex Perez (24-5)

THE FLURRY:

RECAP:

• Glover Teixeira secures the rear-naked choke submission victory over Thiago Santos
  • Does Teixeira get a title shot?
• Devin Haney defends his WBC lightweight title in a decisive unanimous decision (120-107, 120-107, 118-109) victory over Yuriorkis Gamboa

CURRENT EVENTS:

• UFC 256 headlining bout between women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson is called off due to Nunes having an undisclosed injury.

WHO YOU GO?

• Who you got? UFC Draft
  • Snake draft, the order will be randomly selected before the show. Each round is a different weight class, everyone from any era who fought at that weight class is available.
    • Round 1: Heavyweights
      • Cain Velasquez
    • Round 2: Light Heavyweights
      • Daniel Cormier
    • Round 3: Middleweights
      • Yoel Romero
    • Round 4: Welterweights
      • Matt Hughes
    • Round 5: Lightweights
      • Tony Ferguson
    • Round 6: Featherweights
      • Max Holloway
    • Round 7: Women’s Featherweights
      • Cris Cyborg
    • Round 8: Bantamweights
      • Henry Cejudo
    • Round 9: Women’s Bantamweights
      • Ronda Rousey
    • Round 10: Flyweight
      • Henry Cejudo
    • Round 11:Women’s Flyweight
      • Joanna
    • Round 12: Women’s Strawweight
      • Rose

PREVIEW:

• UFC Fight Night on ESPN+: lightweights, welterweight #12 Rafael Dos Anjos (29-13) vs #7 Paul Felder (17-5), steps in as a 5-day replacement of Islam Makhachev due to a staph infection
• Live on ESPN+: WBO welterweight champion Terrence Crawford (36-0) vs Kell Brook (39-2)
• Live on DAZN: undisputed women’s lightweight champion Katie Taylor (16-0) vs Miriam Gutierrez (13-0)

THE FLURRY: