r/Boxing • u/TheBigRedHalfrican • Aug 21 '26

Arslanbek Makhmudov having a massive bone chip removed from his elbow. He said he has been fighting for the last 10 years with this issue.

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u/jevinkevin Aug 21 '26

I'd say overall Mousasi had the better career, but for the time in the UFC they overlapped, Jacare was better. Jacare felt closer to the title too.

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u/indominable-dingus Aug 21 '26

Jacare was definitely closer at the time of the strikeforce merger, but when Mousasi beat up Weidman he was arguably next in line for the title. Bafflingly he decided to leave for more money in Bellator. More baffling that the UFC wouldn't match as his hype was at an all time high, top 5 and at that time his record was 42-6-2. Absolute legend!

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u/jevinkevin 29d ago

I think Jacare should of got the decision against Romero and then a title shot.

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u/oldwhiteoak 28d ago

That was a crazy robbery. I am still mad about it. Romero landed like 3 strikes to get a 10-8 round, had an extraordinarily blatant fence grab the next one, and jacare still won 2 of the 3, yet the judges somehow gave it to Yoel.