The Doctor's Stoppage MMA Blog

 What a time to return to writing because it was just in time for one of the biggest upsets we've seen over the last handful of years and, at least from a narrative perspective, of all time. I know betting odds wise it won't make any list of the biggest upsets we've seen, but from a general public perspective, it really didn't feel like there was anyone giving Gaethje more than a punchers chance in this one. Even finding someone saying "well you never know" was hard to come by. It was almost a forgone conclusion that Topuria would win, it was just a matter of what method and how long it would be. Gaethje flipped all of that on it's head with one of, if not the best performance of his entire career. It all culminated in what will be a fight of the year candidate when we look up in 6 months with both guys having their highs and lows before the fight being called off by someone in the Topuria corner. There is some debate as to who actually made the call and w...

 It has been quite a long time since I did one of these and while it is exciting to be back, it does feel a little odd. On one hand, it feels like it has been forever, but also feels so familiar at the same time. A lot has happened since my last real post here. If you missed it in my previous update, I ended up not being able to keep up with this during grad school and now that I am graduated, I am back and ready to update this more regularly. I have a lot of things to cover because the MMA landscape has changed drastically since my last appearance so we have a lot of ground to cover. Let's not waste any more time and get to what you came here for. Just to be clear, my picks will be in the bolded font , and the real results will be listed next to it in italics after the fight is official. Official bets will be at the bottom. Bets are now being officially tracked at BetMMA as well. Diego Lopes defeats Steve Garcia                  ...

Well, here we are. My last post was in 2023 and they just stopped with no warning. I know that I mentioned within the context of some of the posts that I was beginning a grad school program and wanted to try to keep up with this and suspected I would be able to do so. As you can tell, that was not the case and I ended up tailing off pretty quickly after the program picked up. Fast forward a few years and I have now graduated and have the time I need to restart this again and plan to do just that. While I was not writing, I never stopped following MMA during this time, although I did not consume nearly as much content outside of the fights themselves as I used to. I also did not track my bets during that time, but I will be returning to doing that consistently. I am excited to be back and if anyone who used to read my posts a few years ago is reading this now then it is great to have you back. If you are new then I am glad to have you. In any case, I want you to put the word out that we...

 Unfortunately, we are setting up for what probably ends up being the weakest PPV of the year, at least on paper. With that said, I think we do have the potential to see some pretty decent action, so it's not all lost. The main event doesn't really have a ton of steam on it though. With options like Dricus Du Plessis, Khamzat Chimaev, or a third fight against Alex Pereira, it's sort of hard to get up for a Sean Strickland title fight. I think I've been pretty clear on the fact that I find Sean to be kind of annoying, but on top of that, I just don't think he's all that interesting to watch and this matchup is pretty much the worst case scenario for him in my eyes. That doesn't mean he can't make it interesting, but I think our entertainment will likely have to come earlier in the card. Just to be clear,  my picks will be in the bolded font , and  the real results will be listed next to it in italics  after the fight is official. Official bets will be at ...

 We were having such a good week last week until the end when Korean Zombie decided to go out on his shield a round earlier than I needed, but that's just how it goes sometimes. It was probably a fitting end to an incredible career for him. It wouldn't have been right for someone named the Zombie to just sheepishly lose a decision in their last fight. Zombie went out the way he fought his entire career and it's nothing but respect to one of the legends of the game. Unfortunately, I had some trouble getting my post to actually upload after I finished writing it. I think it was a problem with Blogger because my internet was working fine, but I just couldn't get the upload to work. I have all of the picks saved, but my bets didn't, so I have to redo that part at the end. The post is up as of now so all of the picks were there. The bets were still tracked on BetMMA so the transparency of the operation is upheld, but it is a bit annoying that I couldn't get that out ...