So fighting is a whole different way of thinking, and the mind is the most important thing. It isnt very easy at first) 3.) to block high hold R1 to block low hold R2. (you have to guess/look at the animation of the direction that they are trying to transition. 2.) hold R2 and press the same direction as the opponent. He says that training is always different because his training partners don’t actually want to hit him. 1.) press R2 and down on the right stick as soon as they attempt a take down. He respects Glover, and knows that it’s near the end of Teixeira’s career. Jan Blachowicz does media, overlaid with some training footage. Chimaev says he’s at home in the cage and can’t wait to beat his opponent’s face and eat him. His coach says that everyone saw him as a Khabib-style grappler, but he’s also knocking people out. Hopefully with the next patch, this is changed, either by reducing the time of how much you can hold the strike button or by changing the parry system to the same as EA UFC 1, where for punches you had to parry with the punch strikes and for kicks you had to parry with the kick strikes. His most recent fight was a first-round finish of UFC veerant Fabio Maldanado this past. We move to another gym in Abu Dhabi, with Khamzat Chimaev. Lewis-Parry, who has achieved his greatest accclaim as a kickboxer in Glory, also has 9-0-2 MMA record.
She talks up her opponent Virna Jandiroba, and her father/coach talks Amanda up. He says that the weight is coming off well.Īmanda Ribas likes having everyone in the same hotel because it feels like her judo days. We hear from a training partner that Glover has had for his whole career, and the partner’s son is there too. Things are now in Glover Teixeira’s hotel room. He wants a fancy finish, but he’s always prepared for ugliness. He thinks it’s strange to pack for traveling to a fight because you don’t need a lot. He says the flight to Abu Dhabi will be okay because of the time change and him being in business class. The show that gives you an inside look at the marquee contestants on PPVs (even if this isn’t a PPV per se) has issued the second episode for this weekend’s huge show on Fight Island, and it serves as a brief introduction to the fighters at the top of the card. Presented by Gopuff, the Official On-Demand Delivery Partner of UFC 268.Ĭheck out the episode in the video above.Īlso see: UFC 268 ‘Embedded,’ No.UFC 267 is almost here, and as usual, Embedded is here as well. Champion Rose Namajunas reaps what she sows. Justin Gaethje gets competitive in golf teammate and champ Kamaru Usman takes Uno seriously.
Michael Chandler embraces the Florida heat, then packs for his trip. The second episode of “Embedded” follows the featured fighters as they go throughout their fight week. The main card also features a marquee lightweight bout between top contenders Michael Chandler (22-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Justin Gaethje (22-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC).
And in the co-headliner, strawweight champ Rose Namajunas (10-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) and Zhang Weili (21-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) meet again after Namajunas won by knockout in their April title fight at UFC 261.
In the main event, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman 19-1 MMA, 14-0 UFC) runs it back with rival Colby Covington (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) looking to repeat his victory from December 2019. The top of the bill features two title-fight rematches. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews/ESPN+ and early prelims on ESPN+. UFC 268 takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York. The opponent (Anthony Johnson) was talking mad trash and spamming parries, so I to pull out the feints.
The UFC returns to pay-per-view Saturday with UFC 268, which means the fight week video series “Embedded” is back to document the fighters behind the scenes.