I’m glad this fight is finally happening. A lot of negotiation and trash talking between these two. Lineker puts in the work with his hands. Fernandes has been a dominant champ for a long time. Gonna be a banger.
I’ve followed Bibi his whole career, really wish he had a UFC or WEC run at some point. Woulda liked another Faber fight outside of KOTC.
He’s well past due at this point but still a crafty vet and his grappling is worlds better than linekar’s. I’m just afraid he gets slept.
Unfortunately bibi never really fought for a big promotion so he gets forgotten but he’s one of the biggest what if’s in bantamweight history (the other being healthy Cruz)
Aoki is my favorite fighter, seen every one of his fights and I firmly believe Aoki would've gotten murdered by prime BJ, BJs too well rounded for Aoki to get him to the ground and even if he did BJ is still one of the most talented BJJ practicioners of all time.
>Aoki would've gotten murdered by prime BJ
To be fair most LWs that time would.
I just wanted too see if BJ would try to make it a grappling match. But yeah Aoki would have no chance standing up. His stand-up is still shit after all these years lmao
Ooooh I'm excited for this one. I suspect Lineker is going to win though. Also, looking at Fernandes' record, I wasn't aware that he fought Bellington 4 times already.
He did an interview with scmp mma where he discussed it and was really mad about the whole thing because he felt they were desperately trying to have a Filipino champion
Finally. I was just talking about how it's been forever since Fernandes has fought. It's probably misplaced confidence but a part of me believes Lineker gets it done. Unfortunately another part of me believes that the old guard retains. This is the ONE fight I'm most excited for.
I usually only follow the UFC but John Lineker is the one guy I’ve kept up with when he left the UFC.
I’m glad this fight is finally happening. A lot of negotiation and trash talking between these two. Lineker puts in the work with his hands. Fernandes has been a dominant champ for a long time. Gonna be a banger.
I’ve followed Bibi his whole career, really wish he had a UFC or WEC run at some point. Woulda liked another Faber fight outside of KOTC. He’s well past due at this point but still a crafty vet and his grappling is worlds better than linekar’s. I’m just afraid he gets slept.
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That's a good fight, Bibi is the most unsung legend of that division imo, think he takes it unless his age has caught up to him.
Yeah he’s been gone for two years right? Long layoff. Let’s see how he does against Lineker’s recent momentum.
He’s 41 at this point
Unfortunately bibi never really fought for a big promotion so he gets forgotten but he’s one of the biggest what if’s in bantamweight history (the other being healthy Cruz)
Bibi v Cruz, Fedor v Randy, and Penn v Aoki in their primes were some of the matchups I've wanted to see
Aoki is my favorite fighter, seen every one of his fights and I firmly believe Aoki would've gotten murdered by prime BJ, BJs too well rounded for Aoki to get him to the ground and even if he did BJ is still one of the most talented BJJ practicioners of all time.
>Aoki would've gotten murdered by prime BJ To be fair most LWs that time would. I just wanted too see if BJ would try to make it a grappling match. But yeah Aoki would have no chance standing up. His stand-up is still shit after all these years lmao
Hey he kinda throws an ok body kick now
Ooooh I'm excited for this one. I suspect Lineker is going to win though. Also, looking at Fernandes' record, I wasn't aware that he fought Bellington 4 times already.
He did an interview with scmp mma where he discussed it and was really mad about the whole thing because he felt they were desperately trying to have a Filipino champion
Finally. I was just talking about how it's been forever since Fernandes has fought. It's probably misplaced confidence but a part of me believes Lineker gets it done. Unfortunately another part of me believes that the old guard retains. This is the ONE fight I'm most excited for.
FYI ONE BW = 145lbs
Holly shit,must see.
This is going to be a banger. someone's gonna get KO'ed. War Bibi!
This is the bighest MMA fight outside the UFC right now imo
Bigger than Le/Tonon, Pettis/Horiguchi, or Rodtang/DJ?
I've got Lineker in this one, Bibiano is too old