#kattar

[bhagavanbhakthi]

We have only one country, let's protect it forever. Say proudly - Bharat Mata Ki Jai

[faxness]

Kate and Star from Fang's gang!

[thesportssoundoff]

Zabit Magomedsharipov decisions Calvin Kattar

First and foremost, a stupendous fight between two really damn good fighters.

Zabit feels almost like a gimmick but at this point the gimmick has been a smash hit so what the hell can you even say? He’s got stupendous head movement, a variety of tools to go to at any range and he has the threat of a takedown/trip whenever he gets his hands on you. This is now the third time in four fights where guys legitimately stop fearing him after halfway through the second round and just march him down and flurry with him when he’s tired. Zabit is somehow so good that he can be up 2-0 and then end the fight with you having a worse opinion of him than if he had somehow lost the fight. It’s weird as hell. I think a guy like Volkanovski would be the absolute worst style for him to face BUT Zabit legitiamtely seems to go into every fight with a 2-0 advantage so it may not even matter.

[thesportssoundoff]

Took six fights for somebody in the UFC to discover that Zabit doesn’t like body shots much.

[thesportssoundoff]

Calvin Kattar TKOs Chris Fishgold in a frenetic first round!

That was a REALLY good tale of two halves of the round. The first round started with Calvin Kattar getting pressured by Chris Fishgold who was able to get inside the range and land some very good work vs Kattar. The difference between Kattar and some of the other fighters we've seen tonight when pressured is that Kattar was always in control defensively, he saw what was coming his way, was able to reset when he had to and get out of harm's way if he couldn't cope with what was coming. Kattar settled down and also discovered that Fishgold is one handed, picking him apart while keeping a close ey on the ONE weapon that Fishgold had on the feet. Kattar established his range and caught Fishgold coming in every time with a stiff jab. He bloodied Fishgold up who just kept pressing forward and a shot behind the ear followed by some hellacious ground and pound.

Everything about this felt like the UFC not taking a risk with a dude who is potentially on his last fight of his deal. Kattar got a super tough no name opponent to test himself against and he aced it. Kattar's only loss in the UFC is to Renato Moicano with wins over Andre Fili, Shane Burgos and now Chris Fishgold. Dude could use another top 10 test but I'm very intrigued by Kattar going forward. Still on the right side of 30.