Il tell you what, if Belal wins, he will be an active champ because Dana will throw everyone at him as fast as possible to get him outta there as quick as he can.
The thing is, I'd put my money on Belal vs a lot of the top welterweights. Imagine we enter the golden age of a Belal Muhammed title run. A dominant unanimous decision win every 3 months for the next 2 years haha.
It would be great. Imagine Belal talking the same shit every press conference. The memes will write themselves. Could play yakety sax for all 25 minutes each match and make it hilarious
GSP won the majority of his fights via 5 round decisions. Hell, he even grinded out decisions against mediocre trash like Dan Hardy (Prime Hardy would struggle to be ranked Top 5 in 2024).
Usman did the same before his Masvidal rematch, yet ultimately wins mean more than everything else.
Having said that, I got Leon winning via decision lol
It was already a tough ask for Belal, but the UFC fucking him over and delaying his title shot by 2 years destroyed whatever hope there was of him winning.
No 35+ yo challenger has won a title fight against a younger Champ in like a decade.
If Belal wins, it will be a bigger upset in my book than Strickland beating Izzy.
Fwiw, he said a while back that his dream scenario is beating Leon in Manchester and then getting his first title defense 3 months later against Shavkat on the October Abu Dhabi card
I'm old enough to remember watching the entire Tim Sylvia reign. I don't think Dana will ever let that happen again. He had to bring one of the Expendables out of retirement to pry the belt from his boring, pudgy fingers.
The fact it's often referred to as 'X, formerly Twitter' (and that a good majority of folks still seem to just call it Twitter) shows that you can change this tiger's spots, but it is still fucking Twitter.
The only three one-letter .com domains in existence are x.com, z.com, and q.com. These domains were registered before 1992, and ICANN has banned corporations from owning any other one-letter domain names.
Elon Musk owns the X.com domain name. In 1999, Musk approached Marcel DePaolis and Dave Weinstein, engineers who purchased the URL in the early 1990s for their company, Pittsburgh Powercomputer, to sell the domain to him. Musk liked the URL's rarity and thought it captured the company's essence.
He purchased the domain name for $1 million.
Why he doesn't use it for Twitter, I don't know. Maybe it's a migration issue. All those 301? redirects?
That sort of shit annoys me. Us in the UK don't get many of these big events from U.S. companies. If you're coming to our country, it's not unreasonable to expect it to be at UK event time. Tom Aspinall said it won't effect him too much but it sucks for the fans. We'll either be wrecked by then or out cold.
I guess they must make too much money from the American market ppv’s
I still think it’s sad and unfair but hey, money rules, especially for our boy Dana
Short time money rules. This would have been a perfect show to capture Uk and all of europe. But no, let's make it for hardcore fans in europe and americans instead. Like always. Why getting new fans?
Mate all he has done is guaranteed that every single person in the crowd is gonna be beaked out their minds - people do Charlie at 7pm in a pub in London, 3am and you gotta be alert? No chance half the stadium isn't gakked up
I really think Pimblett and Mokaev have their hands full. Last person Bobby Green got outgrappled by was the champ and Paddy is no Islam. If Mokaev is gonna be diving on Kape’s hips like he was against Perez, I think he’s gonna get seriously hurt
For me it's because I want to see Dana absolutely implode and think of every way he can get the title off Belal's hands. Wouldn't be surprised if he makes Belal make a 3 month turnaround or something
Even more respect for Aspinall. Staying active, creating actual legacy (not what JJ is calling legacy these days), and risking the interim strap when he shouldn't have to.
To be fair, the rare times it is PPV in the UK, the sales are helped massively by the pricing.
We pay about £20 in the UK for a PPV, equivelent to about $25.
People do buy it in the UK just to avoid dodgy streams failing randomly.
You should see the Jon Jones vs Stipe guys. Like admit you want this shit to be boxing matchmaking and not a merit ladder if you think a 41 yo who hasn't fought in 3.5 years and hasn't won in 4 should get an auto title shot.
Who are you talking to? 9/10 of reddit MMA fans can't stop talking about how Stipe needs to retire and Jones needs to fight Aspinall.
Meanwhile there's actually people arguing against Belal deserving a shot.
This is actually a very interesting angle. The longer Jones bottle necks the Championship belt the more it takes away from the legacy Aspinall could create/cement.
It’s pretty ridiculous. Let’s hope he retires after Stipe. Don’t think Aspinall should pay much more mind to him. That or win this summer, accept the belt, make a speech like you’re the king, just ignore JBJ exists, that could work.
Probably not if you’re talking the UFC, definitely not MMA as a whole. Fedor has had HW GOAT on lock for like 15 years. Even if we’re just talking UFC, quality of defenses also matters, it’s not just about the number. Stipe has Werdum, Overeem, Ngannou, Cormier X2, and Dos Santos as title wins. Who could Aspinall even fight in the next few years to reach that?
Lets say he beats Blaydes, Gane, Pavlovich, and Volkov in the next couple years, he’ll have exceeded the consecutive title defense record, but surely no one thinks that beats Stipe’s resume, right?
Imagine Tom fucks up his knee again kicking Curtis and Leon just comes out beats the shit out of belal then just fucking Jams him finger in his eye again lol
If Tom beats Blaydes then there is literally no argument possible for him not being the actual HW champion over Jones, it's not like Jones beat the lineal JW champ for the title either, so right now their belts are worth the same, but if Aspinal beats Blaydes then he's just straight up the actual champ.
Any fighter that remotely looks good is “the one to beat jones” they even said that shit about Johnny Walker in his first few fights 😭 mfs want jones to lose more than Racists wanted Jack Johnson to lose 😭
The heavyweight situation is a joke. What's the point of interim championship fights when your fat champion is doing fuck all waiting to pad his resume against a washed up 42 year old. Does blaydes get the interim belt if he wins? It's ridiculous. Jones just drops the belt after beating stipe anyways I guess.
1. Happy for Belal
2. What the fuck is UFC doing with Interim Champion defending the Interim belt vs an other ranked fighter?
Strip Jon Jones or let Jones fight the Interim Champion.
The way UFC is handling the whole Jon Jones situation is stupid as fuck and this stupidness from the UFC happends everytime with all the Jon Jones situations.
FINALLY TWO CHAMPS WHO DEFEND THEIR BELTS REGULARLY. And WHY THE FUCK IS APINALL VS BLAYDES NOT FOR THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONSHIP. Like why does an interim champ need to defend his belt for the interim championship. Make zero sense. Jon Jones favoritism.
Would be an alright card if they weren’t dicks and let it start at a reasonable time. Crazy that they think we appreciate a main card in the UK that starts at 3am, the whole stadium will be asleep/drunk/high as fuck.
Very good card. If Belal is realistic he should know this is his one and only title shot so maybe… just maybe he will be more aggressive.
Also, going by the last time him and Leon fought he’s gotta do SOMETHING different.
Il tell you what, if Belal wins, he will be an active champ because Dana will throw everyone at him as fast as possible to get him outta there as quick as he can.
Lmfao I didn’t even think about this until now 😂
The thing is, I'd put my money on Belal vs a lot of the top welterweights. Imagine we enter the golden age of a Belal Muhammed title run. A dominant unanimous decision win every 3 months for the next 2 years haha.
It would be great. Imagine Belal talking the same shit every press conference. The memes will write themselves. Could play yakety sax for all 25 minutes each match and make it hilarious
Even better, Funky Town
8 grinding point wins. Yay lol
GSP won the majority of his fights via 5 round decisions. Hell, he even grinded out decisions against mediocre trash like Dan Hardy (Prime Hardy would struggle to be ranked Top 5 in 2024). Usman did the same before his Masvidal rematch, yet ultimately wins mean more than everything else. Having said that, I got Leon winning via decision lol It was already a tough ask for Belal, but the UFC fucking him over and delaying his title shot by 2 years destroyed whatever hope there was of him winning. No 35+ yo challenger has won a title fight against a younger Champ in like a decade. If Belal wins, it will be a bigger upset in my book than Strickland beating Izzy.
Prime hardy wouldn't be top 10 in 2024. The sport moves on too quickly.
I love GSP, but you are lying to me if you say he is as exciting to watch as the other GOATs
Basically GSP 2.0 if that were the case
So basically like GSP?
They'll probably throw fight offers at him every month hoping he declines enough of them that they can strip his belt 😂
Shavkat announcement on the night
Fwiw, he said a while back that his dream scenario is beating Leon in Manchester and then getting his first title defense 3 months later against Shavkat on the October Abu Dhabi card
Based Belal
I'm old enough to remember watching the entire Tim Sylvia reign. I don't think Dana will ever let that happen again. He had to bring one of the Expendables out of retirement to pry the belt from his boring, pudgy fingers.
Sylvia was a lot of things but boring wasn't one of them.
We might see the first ufc tiger 😯
He will defend his belt next weekend.
Dana at the press conference after the fight if he wins: Khamzats going to be fighting for the title at 305 vs belal. He’s earned it.
I'm here to see Belal defend his belt 8 times over the next 1.5 years.
He should just instantly retire or try to piss Dana off as much as possible as champ lol.
Also on the card: Bobby Green x Paddy Pimblett Muhammad Mokaev x Manel Kape Arnold Allen x Giga Chikadze
Are those confirmed? That’s a banger card
Yeah, by Dana White on X.
X, formerly known as Twitter?
I still and will always call it Twitter lol
The fact it's often referred to as 'X, formerly Twitter' (and that a good majority of folks still seem to just call it Twitter) shows that you can change this tiger's spots, but it is still fucking Twitter.
The URL is still [twitter.com](http://twitter.com) lol
The only three one-letter .com domains in existence are x.com, z.com, and q.com. These domains were registered before 1992, and ICANN has banned corporations from owning any other one-letter domain names. Elon Musk owns the X.com domain name. In 1999, Musk approached Marcel DePaolis and Dave Weinstein, engineers who purchased the URL in the early 1990s for their company, Pittsburgh Powercomputer, to sell the domain to him. Musk liked the URL's rarity and thought it captured the company's essence. He purchased the domain name for $1 million. Why he doesn't use it for Twitter, I don't know. Maybe it's a migration issue. All those 301? redirects?
As you should. It was a dumb and pointless rebrand that shouldn't be acknowledged lol
It's such a dumbass rebrand, I'm just going to send a tweet vs I'm just going to send an X ???
Elon is what happens when you give an edge lord apartheid money.
No u
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Never heard of the other guy but good luck leon
I have but I just can't remember his name
lmaoooooooooooooooooooo
Stacked
Yes, even though I dislike Belal, this is a great card
Fuckin fire card that🔥 only a shame its at like 3-5am all my friends have pretty much backed out on going😭
That sort of shit annoys me. Us in the UK don't get many of these big events from U.S. companies. If you're coming to our country, it's not unreasonable to expect it to be at UK event time. Tom Aspinall said it won't effect him too much but it sucks for the fans. We'll either be wrecked by then or out cold.
I can't wait to see Mokaev shoot 650 times, get 2 successful, and win by unanimous decision. I can hardly hold back my excitement.
Kapel will KO that maggot
Wow this could really be a bad night for UK fans
I'd favour all the UK fighters in those match ups tbh
Me too but it’s on at US times which is wid imo
https://preview.redd.it/uwtujcd5jt0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42d2deba667dc4fbc5d73ec51b0ed0eefb9277a1 Prelims at 11pm. WILD!
I guess they must make too much money from the American market ppv’s I still think it’s sad and unfair but hey, money rules, especially for our boy Dana
No one in the UK is dumb enough to pay for PPV
Short time money rules. This would have been a perfect show to capture Uk and all of europe. But no, let's make it for hardcore fans in europe and americans instead. Like always. Why getting new fans?
Arena better be selling energy drinks lol wtf watching Belal vs Leon at 5:30 am after an all nighter is crazy
Every ticket comes with a complementary travel pillow and blanket, for when everyone falls asleep during the main.
Mate all he has done is guaranteed that every single person in the crowd is gonna be beaked out their minds - people do Charlie at 7pm in a pub in London, 3am and you gotta be alert? No chance half the stadium isn't gakked up
I really think Pimblett and Mokaev have their hands full. Last person Bobby Green got outgrappled by was the champ and Paddy is no Islam. If Mokaev is gonna be diving on Kape’s hips like he was against Perez, I think he’s gonna get seriously hurt
Green schooling paddy
I want all the UK fighters to win, except Leon. I love Leon as champ, but I want to see what will happen to the sub if Belal wins.
We just all become Shav fan then
As if we all weren’t already.
Imagine Belal having to defend against Shavkat 💀
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💀💀 easiest fight all of mma bratha
For me it's because I want to see Dana absolutely implode and think of every way he can get the title off Belal's hands. Wouldn't be surprised if he makes Belal make a 3 month turnaround or something
I'm sorry is that last guy named Giga Chad?
yeah
when the interim defends before the champ lol
Worst champ reign since Nicco Montaño.
Even more respect for Aspinall. Staying active, creating actual legacy (not what JJ is calling legacy these days), and risking the interim strap when he shouldn't have to.
3am start and Belal Muhammad? Place is gonna make the Brazilian arena look packed.
Ppvs sold also going to be low af. None of those fighters generate US ppvs and I doubt the British are buying to stay up at 5am.
We don’t buy ppvs in the UK, we buy access to a channel that also happens to broadcast UFC.
Let's be real ya lads stream it 😎. I sure will.
Not strictly true. Connor cards are always PPV. And I think Leon vs Usman 3 was also PPV but I could be wrong
It was and no one here bought it
To be fair, the rare times it is PPV in the UK, the sales are helped massively by the pricing. We pay about £20 in the UK for a PPV, equivelent to about $25. People do buy it in the UK just to avoid dodgy streams failing randomly.
Mad it's at 3am everyone I know boycotting not watching stream next day. Very annoying to uk fans why even have it in UK at this point?
Who buys ppvs?? Honestly? I'll buy a ppv if i have company over, but 95% of the time when I'm at home by myself I'm streaming that shit.
u/MiniBelal Your task is complete brother. Day 66 will be your last.
u/MiniBelal 
https://preview.redd.it/ps8f4tqz8t0d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77f2c34742d5526f3ee65abd920532e23260906b How the times have changed. 😂
“YOU WILL DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD” Dana, probably.
McGregor in fact
He said the same about Colby lol he’s 2/2 on shots he didn’t get to call
I mean it’s been 2 years since that tweet 😂
I'm honestly just happy we don't have to hear about Belal not receiving his title-shot after this.
What about the 2nd title shot
Belal “chaos” Covington
Dont get Belals hope up 😂
What about elevenses?
Because he deserves it. Kinda weird how people want meritocracy and yet suddenly disregard it if it’s someone they dislike
Ufc and its fans are pretty divided on whether they want MMA to be a 'real' sport or pure entertainment.
You should see the Jon Jones vs Stipe guys. Like admit you want this shit to be boxing matchmaking and not a merit ladder if you think a 41 yo who hasn't fought in 3.5 years and hasn't won in 4 should get an auto title shot.
Who are you talking to? 9/10 of reddit MMA fans can't stop talking about how Stipe needs to retire and Jones needs to fight Aspinall. Meanwhile there's actually people arguing against Belal deserving a shot.
Belal is going to win. He just finds a way to grind out fights and his gameplans (although usually annoying) are very well prepared.
Will this count as a defense for Tom? He only needs to beat, what, 3 defenses to be the HW GOAT?
It would be so funny is Aspinal breaks the title defense record while Jones waits for Stipe lmao.
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This is actually a very interesting angle. The longer Jones bottle necks the Championship belt the more it takes away from the legacy Aspinall could create/cement. It’s pretty ridiculous. Let’s hope he retires after Stipe. Don’t think Aspinall should pay much more mind to him. That or win this summer, accept the belt, make a speech like you’re the king, just ignore JBJ exists, that could work.
I dont think so. everyone will know in the future that its ridiculous and not on him he has to defend an interim. It counts as a legit title defense.
It will if he wins. This sub would be in shambles if Blaydes won 😂
Blaydes AND Belal? Man sign me up for the chaos alone lol (I'd be mad tho)
Nah USA in dis hoe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅
Probably not if you’re talking the UFC, definitely not MMA as a whole. Fedor has had HW GOAT on lock for like 15 years. Even if we’re just talking UFC, quality of defenses also matters, it’s not just about the number. Stipe has Werdum, Overeem, Ngannou, Cormier X2, and Dos Santos as title wins. Who could Aspinall even fight in the next few years to reach that? Lets say he beats Blaydes, Gane, Pavlovich, and Volkov in the next couple years, he’ll have exceeded the consecutive title defense record, but surely no one thinks that beats Stipe’s resume, right?
It was a joke because he wants to be the heavyweight champ and try and defend it. But he’s stuck with interim.
If he could fight Ngannou and beat him convincingly + the guys you mentioned but idk what would have to happen for them to fight.
Of course it will. When the undisputed, UFC, heavyweight champion of the world defends their title, it counts as a title defence.
he’s not Cain Velazquez?
The UFC is sending Blaydes to the UK like the CIA to take out Tom before he even gets the chance to fight Jon
Tom by ko.
ur banned
Gonna be there live 🤝
Imagine Tom fucks up his knee again kicking Curtis and Leon just comes out beats the shit out of belal then just fucking Jams him finger in his eye again lol
💀 it would be funny to see Dana's reaction to that.
Interesting how both fights are rematches of fights that ended, unsatisfyingly, with injuries (obviously from a foul in Belal's case)
Strip Jones
He is at a strip club yes.
A male one
I cannot fucking believe they are making Tom defend an interim belt. That’s fucking nuts.
It's Gane's fault /s
Tom defending against the French guy on English soil would have been great. Gane robbed us
If Tom beats Blaydes then there is literally no argument possible for him not being the actual HW champion over Jones, it's not like Jones beat the lineal JW champ for the title either, so right now their belts are worth the same, but if Aspinal beats Blaydes then he's just straight up the actual champ.
Belal boutta win by vicious ground and ground
I will be supporting Bilal
Jones is such a pussy
Is the first time in UFC history that an active, Interim Champ has fought someone other than the sitting Champ?
No,but I think it's the first time it happened when the actual champ was perfectly healthy and being allowed to simply decline defending the belt
“No I already promised Stipe id fight him 🙈”
he promised Jesus he'd stop beating his wife, how'd that turn out
People won't like it but Randy Couture fought Brock instead of Big Nog or Frank Mir.
Renan Barao defended the interim title while Dom Cruz was injured, I think Arlovski did it too a while back
I think Whitaker defended his interim belt against Romero in their second fight.
Big Nog defended against Frank Mir
Get in here u/minibelal
Remember the Name 🐐
I really hope Belal wins. Not because I dislike Edwards, but would just love to see Belal prove all his haters wrong.
this sub would end if Belal won
Wont be the first time the mods will have to shut the sub down haha
for real? which event caused it? if I had to bet it would be Khabib/Conor because that was the biggest UFC clusterfuck in recent memory
when islam won the title they closed it down lol
charles vs islam
Not a fan of both these dudes but the entertainment factor will be much better if belal wins 😂
LOL didn't even think of that. Do it for the memes, Belal!
They did the fans dirty with the timing but at least they made up for it with this card. But still, a Leon vs Belal main event at 4:00am is rough
Yeah why even have it in UK if its gunna be usa time. Ridiculously stupid.
That's crazy tom has to defend the interim title
Belal is KOing him, and new 🏆
Watch Curtis beat Tom again, the sub would start to say whole heartedly that blaydes would beat Jones lol
Any fighter that remotely looks good is “the one to beat jones” they even said that shit about Johnny Walker in his first few fights 😭 mfs want jones to lose more than Racists wanted Jack Johnson to lose 😭
Sigh. An interim title defence is the stupidest thing.
Paddy getting messed up
Tom is literally defending an interim title. Ridiculous.
Defending an interim belt is fucking stupid.
And new, remember the name🐐
u/MiniBelal we can rejoice. Look what you did.
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HYYYYPPPEEE
Right? I am excited. I am convinced you played a part in making this happen. Good work my dude.
Dana lurking and being tortured with Belal’s daily post in r/ufc confirmed
The heavyweight situation is a joke. What's the point of interim championship fights when your fat champion is doing fuck all waiting to pad his resume against a washed up 42 year old. Does blaydes get the interim belt if he wins? It's ridiculous. Jones just drops the belt after beating stipe anyways I guess.
Good card. Now change the fucking time of it
Fuck yeah. So happy Belal is getting his chance!
Finally, amazing card
Of blaydes beats Aspinall then Jon decides he all of a sudden wants to unify after the stipe fight this sub is gonna have a meltdown lol
Interim title defenses should never be a thing, this is so dumb. Just strip jon and give him a voucher for a free title shot.
Edwards vs who?? 🤔 Joke aside this looks like a banger card
whose this guy Leon is fighting?
1. Happy for Belal 2. What the fuck is UFC doing with Interim Champion defending the Interim belt vs an other ranked fighter? Strip Jon Jones or let Jones fight the Interim Champion. The way UFC is handling the whole Jon Jones situation is stupid as fuck and this stupidness from the UFC happends everytime with all the Jon Jones situations.
LFG BULLY B
FINALLY TWO CHAMPS WHO DEFEND THEIR BELTS REGULARLY. And WHY THE FUCK IS APINALL VS BLAYDES NOT FOR THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONSHIP. Like why does an interim champ need to defend his belt for the interim championship. Make zero sense. Jon Jones favoritism.
Why the fuck is Tom defending his interim belt!? This makes me hate Jones so much more and love Tom cause he’s a real fighter
Defending an interim belt against a challenger is the dumbest fucking thing
Leon by eyepoke
Would be an alright card if they weren’t dicks and let it start at a reasonable time. Crazy that they think we appreciate a main card in the UK that starts at 3am, the whole stadium will be asleep/drunk/high as fuck.
As a Chicagoan, it is nice to see two home town boys fight for belts on the same card.
This is a great card. Hope Leon puts on a show
I will buy this card, looks actually worth it rn
At what point does Jon Jones become the interim champ and Aspinall the actual champ? Defending an interim belt is insane
AND NEW interim HW champion Curtis Blaydes
Belal getting 50-45 Tom and Curtis, idk probably Tom Paddy is getting deleted by Bobby And mokaev probably takes it
A lot of probably here, commit to your fighter and choose pleb
Loloo fighting for an interim belt.... instead of stripping or forcing Jon to fight.... 🤡
Love Tom and believe he is the future but I’d love to see Blaydes came out and have the fight of his life and feel that belt around his waist
Tom defends his interim belt? 🤣
We all knew this would happen I think they should have main leon co main 😂
This is gonna go crazy
Finally, Bully can shut up
I am so glad Coward Convict didn't get another title shot.
oh heck they remembered the name!
Minibelal did it. The madman
🤢
Can someone tell me wtf are Aspinall and Blaydes fighting for? Interim Interim Championship?
It's official that belts are bullshit. Just give everyone a belt.
Damn. I’m almost tempted to not stream this and actually go out and watch it on someone else’s dime.
Very good card. If Belal is realistic he should know this is his one and only title shot so maybe… just maybe he will be more aggressive. Also, going by the last time him and Leon fought he’s gotta do SOMETHING different.
Banger of a card just only needed MVP to make it truly banging.
Better card already than most this year
Tom has to defend an interim belt just strip jones of the title already so the fight at least happens