Report: Anthony Njokuani vs. Paul Taylor in the Works for UFC 138
by Scott Haber on Jul 20, 2011 2:56 PM EDT
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Yet another match-up is being planned for the UFC 138 card in Birmingham, England, with this one featuring two of the lightweight division's most dynamic strikers. MMA Junkie reports that Anthony Njokuani and Paul Taylor have been offered a fight on the November 5th card, with at least one of them already giving a verbal agreement.
Njokuani is coming off an impressive victory over Andre Winner at UFC 132 where he dominated the Brit, whose loss ended up getting him cut from the UFC. Taylor, the team Kaobon fighter who trains alongside Terry Etim, Paul Sass, and Mark Scanlon, was scheduled to fight next month at UFC on Versus 5 against Donald Cerrone, but suffered an injury that forced Charles Oliveira to step in and replace him, while he got re-scheduled for the November card in his native England.
Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani (14-5)
Win Andre Winner (unam. decision) - UFC 132
Loss Edson Barboza (unam. decision) - UFC 128
Win Edward Faaloloto (TKO-elbow) - WEC 52
Paul "Relentless" Taylor (11-6-1)
Win Gabe Ruediger (KO - head kick) - UFC 126
Loss Sam Stout (split decision) - UFC 121
Loss John Hathaway (unam. decision) - UFC 105
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Good fight
But Nokujani is a rung above Taylor IMO. He’ll win a clear decision.
This should be a good fight
Paul Taylor is always exciting but is always on the losing end of close decisions.
Does anyone know what time the podcast starts, or have a link? The one that Dana is suppose to make an announcement on.
This was the annoncement.
by itsnotthatserious on Jul 20, 2011 3:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Damn
That’s a great fight
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He's the Lytle of LW.
Fun stand-and-banger that will put up a good fight and ultimately lose to whoever it is they want to push.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 20, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
And much like Lytle, he's not that powerful.
But he has a solid chin.
Njokuani is obviously here to wipe out the Brits in the LW division…..
Sass is next!
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 20, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Etim, if he's still alive.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 20, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just going to ask
if there was any news on him. I love watching him fight.
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Njokuani is going to crush Taylor on the feet badly. I don’t see this being ultra-competitive at all. Maybe I’m missing something.
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Njokuani is much more polished and technical on his feet. He’ll catch Taylor being reckless and “exciting”. Wont last more than a round.
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by ProfessorBLove on Jul 20, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I like that the UFC...
is providing SF-esque matchmaking for Njokuani. We all know though, at some point he’ll have to fight a wrestler.
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by John Danaher's Hair on Jul 20, 2011 3:34 PM EDT reply actions
Why?
Fuck it, I like seeing him beat up on one dimensional stand n bangers that he’s flat out superior to in that one dimension. Yes, a grappler would probably still beat him easy, but he’s fun as hell to watch and there’s something to be said for that.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 20, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
you did see...
that I said I LIKED it, right?
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by John Danaher's Hair on Jul 20, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
SFesque usually isn't used as a positive desription of something.
What everyone needs to do is calm down, take a deep breath, and prepare their bodies for the Thunderdome.
by lowellthehammer on Jul 20, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
All I meant...
was that it’s matchmaking based on intriguing/exciting fights, rather than relevance or ladder climbing.
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by John Danaher's Hair on Jul 20, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
But that's how Strikeforce made fights.
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Njokuani going to get another British fighter cut
I like it.
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He would have lost 3 of his last 4
and will be 4-6 overall in the UFC. If it is like a fight of the night, I see him probably being kept…but if he gets dished, there isn’t much point to keep him.
Even the ‘brawlers who are fun to watch’ have to be at least on a certain level of quality.
Even Lytle, aside from Matt Serra-Matt Hughes back to back losses always stayed pretty solid, he would finish a fight, then lose by doctor stoppage, then he’d knock someone out, then get decisioned, then he’d win a fight of the night and lose a fight of the night. But he did go on a 4 fight tear that had him knocking on contendership to earn his keep.
Taylor hasn’t had some sort of run like that…he’s just on and off…but mostly off.
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by Chris Groves on Jul 20, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess...but even that has to only go so far.
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by Chris Groves on Jul 20, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice!
I was hoping they’d match Njokuani up with a striker again, that’s always lots of fun to watch. I expect him to run through Taylor similar to what happened to Winner last time out, don’t think the Brit is in the same league striking wise. As always when Njokuani is in there with someone who keeps it standing, it’s bound to be entertaining, high-paced, technical Muay Thai attack. I like that.
good bye mr. taylor,
again, thx for ko’ing gabe fucking ruediger
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