recently I was thinking about BJ Penn's career, specifically his fight against Lyoto Machida at heavyweight. BJ Penn, a 5'6 natural featherweight contended pretty decently with Lyoto who fought at Light Heavyweight, and it got me to wonder if any modern fighters would be skilled enough to do anything similar.

Obviously bigger guys are going to be favored, but smaller guys do have a speed and skill advantage. Imo Light heavyweight would probably be the most successful division overall just because heavyweight is so void of talent but there could definitely be some interesting results.

Who would win an openweight UFC tournament nowadays, and could you see there be any interesting upsets or dark horses?

Hi there peeps, I'm Josh and I recently started an MMA YouTube channel called "Dialectic of Violence". Its structured towards medium-to-longform videos (mostly audio) that delve deep into particular topics. Its focused more on analysis and contextualisation than anything else, so hopefully if you like Jack Slack or Heavy Hands you might enjoy it (even though I dont profess to be as good as those guys). I have two videos up at the moment (one on a breakdown of Jiri Procházka's style and the other on Imavov, Savate and where Izzy goes after his loss).

Here's a link to the channel: https://youtube.com/@dialecticofviolencemma?si=QeHCcp1ZHrqbXAXK

Its still in its infancy so I'm still finding my feet there. Would also really appreciate engagement on YT to help get it off the ground. Hope you're all doing well!

Long story short, i bought ufc tickets that i need to sell immediately, so i am trying to resell them through axs. Standard price is $705, i am reselling it for $599. When looking at the website and app, every time I filter a price range between 399-650 or so, zooming in ONLY on my tickets takes the price filter away. Im not sure, but i feel like the fact that my price is so low might cause them to try and hide it. Am i being crazy? If anyone wants to try and buy them they are in section 12, you might be able to make some money on them.

I’ve always thought that Iranians could make a huge impact in MMA. I’m a big fan of Beneil Dariush, but his style is very different from the traditional wrestlers Iran is known for, like Mohammad Mohammadian, who defeated Bo Nickal. I’d be especially interested in seeing Iranian wrestlers in the higher weight classes.

I also believe China could develop an amazing WMMA scene if the UFC introduced an atomweight division.

I remember a fight where one fighter is deep in a guillotine and tries to escape it by repeatedly punching his opponents crotch. Looked pretty funny. I think it was in the early days of MMA. Do any of you remember what fight it was?

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