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UFC 217 - CODY GARBRANDT VS TJ DILLASHAW

I’m going to start with this by asking everyone, why is this the most over-looked fight of this whole year?

With the past month giving us huge fights like Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier, Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather, and Canelo Alvarez vs GGG! It’s no wonder that we’ve forgotten about these two, and I have to admit, I’m ashamed of myself for it.

The UFC Bantamweight division (135lbs) has risen as one of the most exciting divisions in combat sports. Have a look at the top 10 in this division at the moment:

1. Dominick Cruz (Former Champion 22-2)

2. TJ Dillashaw (Former Champion 15-3)

3. Jimmie Rivera (21-1)

4. Raphael Assuncao (25-5)

5. John Linekar (29-8)

With the reigning champion Cody Garbrandt (11-0).

All of these fighters have the potential to win the belt on any given day, but the 2 who have stood out the most the last few years is Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw.

TJ Dillashaw is personally my favourite style as a fighter, the way his footwork and head movement flows reminds me of an MMA version of Vasyl Lomachenko. Except his mixing up wrestling and slick kickboxing into his game, making his opponent have to worry about his switching of stance and strikes from different angles. 

Then you have Cody Garbandt, the Mike Tyson of the 135lb division, proving in his career by knocking out 9 of his 11 opponents. Cody has an amateur boxing record of 32-1, and has brought these skills with him into the Octagon, no opponent has been able to find a way to withstand the speed and power in Cody Garbrandt’s hands. Cody has also brought his high school wrestling skills into the cage with him, and when moving to Team Alphamale in Sacramento, they have helped mold him into the perfect MMA fighter, by sharpening his skills and introducing A-grade kickboxing and Jiu Jitsu into his style.

There is so much emotion and animosity going into this fight by both fighters, being former training partners at Team Alphamale, eventually falling out due to TJ leaving the team, and now finally being able to take out their differences with each other in the cage, for the claim of being the best 135lb fighter on the planet

If you’re not excited yet, than you should be ashamed of yourself! Check out their highlights on youtube now and I guarantee they will both be your favourite fighters.

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KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 - FINAL CHAPTER PROLOGUE REVIEW

Okay so I finally ended up finishing this game and I have mixed feelings with this one.

So there are 3 playable games that you’re able to play inside this game, these are:

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance

Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth By Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage

Kingdom Hearts X - Back Cover

At first I played Dream Drop Distance, all round fun game and is pretty much the same as Kingdom Hearts, the first one, just different stories and updated gameplay techniques. I was pretty disappointed with the graphics as it was still very cartoony and not much different to the PS2 version, I also felt that Square Enix and Disney were targeting a niche of ages 8-10 with the storyline.

For Birth By Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage, this games graphics was stunning, the gameplay and story ticked all the boxes for me, complex puzzles that keep you interested and the combat was great! I really hope that Kingdom Hearts 3 is everything like this game. The only disappointing characteristic about this game is that it was pretty short.

Now for Kingdom Hearts X - Back Cover, this one wasn’t even a game which I had a feeling that was, it was all HD cinematics telling the ongoing story which i personally found boring.

I had high expectations for this game and i’ll have to give this one a 2.5/5 in my books, anyone else feel the same?

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KICKBOXING LEGEND GOKHAN SAKI SIGNS WITH UFC

Yes, this is 100% correct....

Gokhan Saki has made a surprise press release stating that he has been signed with the UFC.

With long contract disputes with Glory Kickboxing chasing the super fight with Rico Verhoeven, Saki has called his retirement from Glory to be signed with the UFC.

Now the first question is definitely, ‘how is his ground game’?

That will be the biggest question in his first match up, and you best believe that whoever he fights will be testing his takedown defense and grappling within the first exchange with this striker.

There has been many great kickboxers that have tried to make the transition into MMA, and only few have been successful., Mark Hunt and Alistair Overeem to name a few.

Others like Joe Schilling, Duane Ludwig, Semmy Schilt, Gary Goodridge, having great careers but never reaching championship caliber in MMA.

This is a huge signing for the UFC, and they really need to give him a great match up in his debut, someone who won’t be scared to stand with him. But most importantly Saki needs to make sure his ground game is prepared.

How about Shogun Rua vs Gokhan Saki?

Or if he comes to heavyweight, Mark Hunt vs Gokhan Saki!

Tell me your match ups!

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Uncharted 4 Review

For some reason I’ve been living under a rock and have just found out about and played this game.

Unbelievable graphics and gameplay, you will find yourself just walking around the map just so you can see the picturesque background and world. An emotional story which will make you wish it never ends, and what makes this so great is that you don’t have to play the first three games to be updated on the story.

You’ll find yourself climbing clifftops, jumping and swinging from buildings, sneaking around houses, and fighting soldiers while trying to solve puzzles to find clues about treasure!

This game has everything, 5/5 in my books. Definitely going to buy the first three Uncharted’s to play!

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UFC Fight Night picks Vitor Belfort Shogun Rua Edson Barbosa Jussia Formiga Bethe Correia Tim Means It's always hard picking against the Brazilians in Brazil! I think Tim Means is the only non-Brazilian who gets it done tonight Exciting night of fights either way!

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Muscle ups 💪🏽 Going to try push out 10 next time

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TERRY CREWS: "VIDEO GAMES ARE THE FUTURE" Yes! Here’s Terry Crews saying what we all know.

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Amazing creation by @bosslogicinc 

UFC 209 BREAKDOWN

 I seriously haven’t been this excited in a fight card in a long time, even though it could have been a thousand times better if the Diaz brothers were featuring in it, there are so many good match ups on this card and if you’re an MMA purist you’ll definitely be as excited as I am!

Feast your eyes below...

Welterweight Championship (170lbs)

(C) Tyron Woodley vs. #1 Stephen Thompson

Interim Lightweight Championship (155lb)

#1 Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. #2 Tony Ferguson

Middleweight bout (185lbs)

Rashad Evans vs. Dan Kelly

Lightweight Bout (155lbs)

Lando Vannata vs. David Teymur

Heavyweight bout (265lbs)

#3 Alistair Overeem vs. #8 Mark Hunt

Now first let’s talk about Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson.

I absolutely underestimated Tyron Woodley in their first fight, I thought Woodley’s fight with Robbie Lawler for the belt was a fluke, and Woodley caught Lawler with a lucky punch and won the belt. Going into Woodley vs. Wonderboy I thought Wonderboy was going to run through Woodley like he did with Johny Hendricks, frustrate him, come in with his angles, pick him apart with countering punches, defend takedowns and keep him away with sidekicks and eventually knock him out.

Tyron Woodley came in there and proved me damn well wrong, took him down early and completely dominated him on the ground and landing big punches. Wonderboy came back and got his momentum in the next round, winning 2 and 3 by picking him apart with his footwork and punches. Tyron had another huge round in round 4 by dropping him twice with some huge punches, nearly finishing him with a guillotine at the end of the round but Wonderboy has to be made out of rubber or something because there was no quit in him. The fight ended up being a majority draw, so going into this rematch I can see them both coming in with completely different game plans. Having spending 25 minutes in the cage together already, they both have all the knowledge to come back with the perfect game plan.

Okay now for Khabib vs Tony, two of the best lightweights in the world who are hungrier than ever and have the most momentum out of anyone in the UFC.

Khabib, 24-0 record who’s never lost a round in his UFC career, coming out of AKA (American Kickboxing Academy) with some of the best grappling and top game in the UFC.

Then there’s Tony, coming in on a 9 fight win streak with a 13-1 UFC record. One of the most evolved fighters since winning Ultimate Fighter season 13. What makes this fight so exciting is that Tony has the most dangerous bottom game I’ve ever seen in the UFC. Landing elbows from his back, creative leg-locks and has the most vicious chokes. If Khabib takes him down, can he keep him down? Or does he want to keep him down? Will he get caught in one of his submissions? Will this force an all out stand up brawl? These are the reasons why I can’t wait to see this chess match.

Rashad Evans vs. Dan Kelly, Rashad’s debut at Middleweight after coming off a tough KO loss to Glover Texeira, now taking on a tough Aussie Olympic Judoka who’s coming in with momentum on a 3 fight win streak. Dan Kelly continues to defy the odds, always an underdog and proving everyone wrong with his toughness. Rashad needs to win this fight, for the first time in his career his entering this fight on a 2 fight losing streak. Rashad needs to win if he wants to get back in the mix as one of the best fighters in the world.

Alistair Overeem vs. Mark Hunt, two K1 Grand Prix champions, easily the best kickboxers in the UFC’s heavyweight division. This is a legendary match up and couldn’t come at a better time as both these fighters continue to show that they are the best fighters in the world and could be world champion in any given moment. I don’t see this fight going 3 rounds, someone is definitely going to sleep in this fight, all I can say is it’s going to be fireworks!

All you MMA fans don’t miss this, go to a pub, go to a mate’s house, get some beers, blaze up, watch!

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Some 40 light-years from Earth, a planet called TRAPPIST-1e offers a heart-stopping view: brilliant objects in a red sky, looming like larger and smaller versions of our own moon. But these are no moons. They are other Earth-sized planets in a spectacular planetary system outside our own. These seven rocky worlds huddle around their small, dim, red star, like a family around a campfire. Any of them could harbor liquid water, but the planet shown here, fourth from the TRAPPIST-1 star, is in the habitable zone, the area around the star where liquid water is most likely to be detected. This system was revealed by the TRansiting Planets and PlanetIsmals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The planets are also excellent targets for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Take a planet-hopping excursion through the TRAPPIST-1 system.

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So this just happened... 🤓 Will post a review soon!

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FINAL FANTASY XV REVIEW

So I finally got around to finishing this game, a game I’ve been waiting six years to finally be released so I can play. If you’ve read my other posts, you will see me talking about how excited I was to watch Kingsglaive, an amazing prequel movie to get us even more anxious for the release of this game.

This is the first game out of the Final Fantasy franchise to be released on the PS4, the final product of the magic that Square Enix produces.

One thing I had faith in for this game were the lifelike graphics and beautiful in-game scenery. My mind was blown on numerous occasions while playing this game, a clear example of how much we are living in the future.

Another thing is the active first person battle system! Square Enix catered to the evolutionary gaming times and have changed their traditional turn-based battle system and have adapted a battle style similar to Kingdom Hearts, where you completely control Noctis in fast-paced battles.

These are some of the satisfying components of this game for me, with that being said, I was left with a bit of a bad taste in my mouth after finishing this game. Why’s that you say? Well I just think that there was not enough story to the game. After watching Kingsglaive and seeing the background to this game, I was expecting a long story with about at least 30 chapters. Well there were only 15 chapters in this game, with most of the chapters rushed and only including 2-3 quests in them.

Okay so yes, there were many, many side-quests to keep you interested, although they were very unappealing quests with no real story to them. Basic quests asking you to gather an item for them, or slay a daemon, so you can get experience and Gil.

Also another thing was that the driving/flying of the car was very basic, and the interacting with the open world was very limited as well (couldn’t swim!).

Anyhow, with that being said I still really enjoyed this game and absolutely loved the story. I really hope that Square Enix listens to all the fan comments and reviews and release the ultimate Final Fantasy VII Remake. Or even update 10 more chapters to Final Fantasy XV :)

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Shortly after Mark Hunts return against Alistair Overeem.... 😂😂😂 @thephotoshopsteve creation

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UFC 207 Fight picks Let me know your fight picks!

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It begins...

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WESTWORLD

Who else’s mind is being blown by this new HBO series?

This series takes you through a roller coaster of emotions, twists, and imagination.

Take a look into the future where Artificial Intelligence has been perfected, and is now the most valuable entertainment for humans.

Anthony Hopkins has one of the most brilliant performances in his veteran career in this series.

Season 2 needs to hurry up and give us more!

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ANTHONY PETTIS VS MAX HOLLOWAY #UFC206

Seriously, get excited fight fans! 

This fight has all the ingredients to an all-out ninja slug-fest with spinning shit, hard kicks, hard punches, and hard chins!

Yes, I know Pettis missed championship weight by 3 pounds (148lbs), and he is no longer fighting for the Interim Featherweight Championship. 

Although, if Max wins, he will win the interim belt because he made weight, and he will go on and fight Jose Aldo next and combine the Featherweight belt.

If Pettis win, it kind of throws a wrench in the division because with him not making weight today, Dana White will not allow him to fight Jose Aldo because one thing that Dana White hates, is fighters not making weight, especially in Championship fights!

Win or lose for Max, I think he deserves to fight Jose Aldo next, he is on a 9 fight win-streak and has made weight every time. If Pettis wins, I think he should fight Frankie Edgar in a number one contender match. Do it in Brooklyn!

Either way, this fight is possibly the most under-looked fight of 2016, both are fast and experienced strikers who have the most exciting styles to watch.

Lets play a game, scull a beer every time one of these fighters does some spinning shit, whether its a spinning back fist, kick, hook kick, elbow, or cartwheel shit!

Guaranteed for a good fight, revive the 145 pound division!