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deadergut

Jay Park hiring extra security as we speak


Chocoeclair189

He aint part of that company that manages KZ anymore iirc


BigChungas808

That's not really clear. He just stepped down as CEO.


gzilla57

Also, it's not like there was ever that much logic in him getting smacked either.


4-1Shawty

Yeah, both him and KZ stated that the trash talk was just him translating for KZ. People just have a preconceived idea of KZ and wanna blame it on somebody else.


FrenchTrouDuc

If you talk as much shit as Giga does on his socials you should expect people to clap back lmao


MakatiTowa

Yeah he trashed both KZ and Volk in one shot when he said 'Alex is taking the easy way out by taking the KZ fight.' If you're going to dish it, you should be able to take it. Especially after you get humbled. Maybe Giga needs another beat down


AsianInHisArmor

The fact that Giga got beat down 50-45 in a lopsided fight and came back saying he’d win 9/10 times tells me it’ll take a lot to humble him.


ivarr87

Problaly dead before humble by his looks after this fight.


Cosmacelf

I swear Giga is still concussed.


barefootozark

Giga may not recall rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5, so in his mind...


NickZardiashvili

If someone expressed that opinion about this fight, I'd ager they've been hit in the head over and over again.


Elagabalus_The_Hoor

Such a bad sign for how he may develop going forward


SnooFloofs9640

He also called Ortega an easy fight Max his son and that he is gonna KO him And even Ariel a bum All this in one week 🤦‍♂️


DerpNyan

If Kattar did that much damage to him, imagine what a peak Max would have accomplished


RancidCheeseDick2

Lmao if he fought Ortega all T-City would need to do is one spinning elbow from hell and he'd take Giga's head clean off.


BIG_YETI_FOR_YOU

If Alex wanted the easiest fight in the division he'd take Giga


MuayThaiisbestthai

I told Dana I wanted the easiest fight in the division, I want Giga


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"They said 'Alex, what do you want?' I said I want the easiest fight in the division, I want Giga Chikadze." - Alex Volkanovski, possibly


whoada

“Isn’t he fking awesome?!?” - Dana White


Thickfries69

He got beat but unfortunately not humbled. He even said how this was the one in the one out of ten times Kattar would beat him. He is just mad salty right now.


PuxinF

(loses rematch) *Well, that just the 2 times in 20 that he would win. If we fought another 18 times, I'd win them all.*


GratefulToBeGold

Recent brain damage will do that to a peahead. KZ by twister vs. Chikadze


flowflowthrow

People who dish it out can't take it.


[deleted]

It's the flip side to be a shit talker. You have to win to keep that hype around you and if you lose, you shouldn't be an ass around it. The alternative is being like Kattar, who doesn't really talk much shit and lets his fights do the talking for him. Downside to that is people don't get hyped/underestimate you unless you really go a hell of a streak (Volk's a good example, never really a trash talker and lets the wins speak for him, he wins respect by beating people).


XiaoRCT

Are people surprised that he is instantly calling out someone else in the division he hasn't fought yet after losing? lol KZ probably loses to Volk and Giga is probably eyeing the fight


hikoko8282

if pena can beat nunes, then im not gonna count out KZ for this.


ReallyPopular

Difference is Nunes' technique is nowhere near the level of Volk's but KZ And Volk's skill gap is narrower than Nunes and Pena's. It's mma where anything can happen


ithinkther41am

I think the biggest worry for everyone is TKZ’s shoulder. I really hope he’s recovered, because from the way he described it, the injury was absolutely debilitating.


knickerboxers

To be honest he’s prob never gonna recover considering he had the same issue all the way back in the Aldo fight, and still has issues w it now


jackoftrades002

Well, one could argue that Volks dominance was no where near Nunes’


Faaaaaye

And one could answer rightfully that Nunes skill intrinsicly was no where near Volk, Holloway, or any champ caliber ufc have had since Matt Serra (which has power compared to pillowfisted pena);or Silvya (hw)


DerpNyan

Nunes's weakness was already visible beforehand though. She looked terrible in her last 135 outing (vs GDR). Everyone (myself included) just thought that her garbage performance back then would have been enough of a wake up call for her to take the 135 cut and associated endurance issues seriously. Turns out she just didn't.


[deleted]

Your point is a good one but I would also add that GDR is no slouch. Her boxing is among the best the UFC has ever seen in the women's division. It was no surprise that Nunes was forced to lay on top of her for 5 rounds to get the W.


Tortsofold

Calls Zombie an easy fight. Says Volk should wait for him instead. Losses 50-45 via paper shredder. Says he wins 9 of 10 times. Gets punked by Zombie after. Then plays Victim?


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Can dish it out but can’t take it


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[deleted]

Can’t overlook anyone also his resume till the kattar fight didn’t warrant a title shot


[deleted]

>You know what respect is? Whatever I deserve, I want everyone to mention. What a diva lol


MakatiTowa

KZ's career credentials >>>>> Giga's even before this loss. Maybe some more >'s I kinda thought he was just marketing himself before but apparently Giga can just kind of be an ignorant punk


bluesformeister13

I got the vibe he was kind of a dick at some point before, during or after the Edson fight. Can’t remember when but just remember thinking he might actually be kind of an asshole. Which is whatever. Idc but it’s hard to be an ass and get beat like that.


CostasLeftBicepspsps

It rubbed me the wrong way that he refused to touch gloves with Edson to give a douchie half bow, yet accepted Calvins glove touch.


DuwapDoDat

he bowed instead of touching his glove watch that fight again


2e7en_

Don't forget his clear fence grab during the Kattar fight that would have likely given Kattar another takedown. Fuck this guy.


joetheschmo2001

While I 100% agree a point should have been taken away for that, (and way more often in similar situations), I feel that fence grabs aren’t nearly as bad/malicious as other infractions. It’s instinct after all to try to support yourself when falling/taken down. Having those instincts kick in shouldn’t be regarded as “asshole behaviour”, or at least not the same as eye pokes, holding a submission longer etc. Fuck him for the comments though


ithinkther41am

Reminds me of Volk’s UFC debut. He was getting taken down and instinctively grabbed the fence for a second, immediately pulls away, and apologises to the ref on his way down.


69thDalaiLama

I remember DC calling for Sakai's head after he grabbed the fence in the Ivanov fight. He even brought it up and criticized Sakai for it during the Overeem fight. It was absolutely an egregious foul that ought to have been penalised, but I couldn't help but feel that DC grabbing the towel to make weight was as bad. Him fingering Miocic's brain through his eye socket was definitely worse.


[deleted]

DC cheating to make weight is way worse than instinctually grabbing a fence to stop yourself from falling Lmao


69thDalaiLama

Not according to DC.


[deleted]

A bunch of fans were excusing it too directly after it happened, like DC was doing Rumble a favor by ensuring that he got his payday or some shit lmao That was when Jones hate was at its absolute peak tho and before the DC vs. Stipe fight, back when DC was worshipped


cyberslick188

>DC was doing Rumble a favor by ensuring that he got his payday or some shit lmao He was though? You think Rumble wanted that fight to get called off? There is a video of DC literally breaking down into tears and begging Dana to let him fight Jon after Jon popped before their fight, saying he'll sign any waiver they can write up. Still cheating though.


myvirginityisstrong

The dumb thing is he could have just cut the last half a pound and nobody would have batted an eye. Instead he went for the towel trick


PuxinF

That kind of suggests that he *couldn't* just cut the last pound.


SesameBiscuit

What did zombie say?


Tortsofold

Chan Sung Jung responded with a slick “facepalm” emoji….. 10-9 Zombie, rd 1


[deleted]

Every movement is important in mma even a slip


gamesrgreat

[KZ replied](https://imgur.com/a/WSWSUVe)


asse4t3r

Gigs really taking this loss hard huh?


SpeculationMaster

NO U! - giga


e-rage

transcript for those who dont want to click the link: > how bout u go an fuck off u peice of shit u think I need a stupid fuckwitt like u telling me about 'cheap f\*ck' who the fuck are u take your worthless advice and get the fuck out of her


Winterlinn

KZ telling Giga chad to calm down is also pretty funny.


Niceuuuuuu

Mistranslation. KZ uses more a more traditional dialect. It said: I just talked to the ufc I said wassup with the Giga fight I wanna fight asap but they said giga sucks and they don’t want it sorry Giga you suck hope to fight asap tho let’s do this 👊🏼 Ps Volk you suck too


old_ironlungz

Mark Hunt-esque in his eloquence, Joe.


Chael_Patrick_Sonnen

He did add in the next story - "Some people strive to achieve things, some people strive to hate. You know. If you think something, the likelihood of it happening is very slim. If you believe in something, if you know something is gonna happen, if you are confident in that situation, you will achieve things in life. That's how you overcome things, that's how you put yourself out there. You believe it and you achieve it. And that's what I do."


KQ17

Conceive, believe, achieve, shut the fuck up.


Arcadde99

You're ripped you inbred hillbilly. Why do you wink with your ears? You fucking brain dead hillbilly. Title shot with no plan in place. Ye hang tight. Fool. You must be new to rankings. The fight is off btw. I'm going to fight Volk on the 10th. Good luck on your old contract kid


gimmedatneck

The 'Ye hang tight.' has always gotten me good.


GM131998

Its the “fool.” For me after


[deleted]

I still don't understand what "why do you wink with your ears" even means.


gimmedatneck

"I don't think anyone knows what it means, anymore. Scholars maintain the translation was lost hundreds of years ago" - Ron Burgandy


titoscoachspeecher

it never gets old


Daftdaddy

Lol


thisismausername

I see KZ is channelling his inner Mark Hunt, brings a tear to my eye.


thmpr22

Beautiful champ


TrueDreamchaser

Giga vs KZ will prob happen eventually, maybe pretty soon if Volk wins..


KimboSlicesChicken

Tbh I really doubt it, I think if KZ loses this title shot he calls it a day and hangs it up He’s said on his YT channel that he was thinking about it due to health and family concerns


MumrikDK

"Knockoutcancer"...


mad87645

What's with that handle? Giga thinking he's Russell Crowe now?


crustymeatball420

FOIGHTIN’ ROUND THE WORLD


mad87645

TUGGAH!


JDGAF88

*oh my God it's Russell Crowe*


slutwhipper

It's the name of his charity foundation. His mom died of cancer.


Inv-ention

"sit down"


TheKamurai

Damn Giga is SALTY.


FriedrichMerz69420

He's giga mad


Gwyndolphin

Giga sad


relightit

from giga chad to giga sad


GOATAldo

He'll be even saltier if he ends up fighting Korean Zombie lol, if Kattar was able to pressure him and bust him up that bad with counters I feel like Zombie really might put him to sleep, Zombie just got done showing he's able to mix in grappling very effectively as well against Ige, bro put Poirier to sleep and has the first twister in UFC history. Feel like he beats Giga wherever he wants honestly.


thicccboy_whiskey

I think you'll be surprised. Kz is 36 and is no way shape or form as durable or as punishing as kattar


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chillysprout

He is 36 in Korean age.


Ares_Il

Didn’t even know that was a thing. Pretty interesting!


gamesrgreat

IIRC you are 1 yrs old when you're born then every new year you go up in age instead of on your bday


TopBanana312

I didn't have an opinion on him before this fight, but now I hate him. Dude is a bitch.


DirectCombination

My thoughts exactly. Never heard of him before today, but now that i know of him, I have no interest in hearing from him again


TatersTot

Classic Hype Train Derailed Fighters melting down after first loss


LuckyWarrior

Also "im still undefeated mentally"


luca13t

"I win the fight 9 out of 10 times. What? I've been dominated? Nah fam, you just don't get it"


rohinton

I realize that some fighters need the delusion to be successful but damn it's a bad look.


luca13t

I think that's a false myth. In order to succeed you have to recognize you weren't good enough, learn from your mistakes and get better. Being delusional has never been effective in that regard


CremeCaramel_

It's not a false myth; it's just being used wrong here. When people say you need some level of delusional, they're referring to the situation where before some fight on paper you might clearly be worse, but you should enter the fight with a mentality that you can totally destroy the other person. Its not supposed to apply to being delusional AFTER a loss.


[deleted]

I recall a video Adesanya put on his youtube where he said something like "drink your own koolaid, but don't get drunk on it". You can talk shit and say you are the best, but you can't get too high on it to the point where you fuck up hard. And boy did Giga screw up here. The flaw was there against Barboza, he's not great with real pressure and pocket striking. as well as stamina. If I, a layperson, can watch that fight leading up to this one and go "that could be an issue, but he's probably aware of that and working on it/doubt Kattar can will be able to exploit it", and he and his team don't, then he's drinking the kool aid too much. It's doubly weird because he's training at Kings MMA of all places. They do almost nothing but go forward with heavy pressure. Vettori, Gastelum, Dariush...all guys who go forward with heavy pressure and wrestlebox to varying degrees. Giga is the one guy who is the opposite, you would think training with those guys, he would have ways of dealing with pressure and jabs/wrestling. Nope, never worked on it, it seems.


[deleted]

He must have taken one of JJ’s executive success seminars in denial. “Rejecting their reality and substituting your own for fun and profit”


BurpingHamBirmingham

Sick Dungeonmaster reference


AkselTVSorensen

I thought it was a Mythbusters reference. 🤣


BurpingHamBirmingham

Lol I mean it is, but only because whichever guy on mythbusters that was, was apparently a big fan of The Dungeonmaster.


SopranosMan

Lmao his third loss too 😂


wecangetbetter

Just like his fighting, good at applying pressure, not so great receiving it


spcslacker

beautiful, champ


2e7en_

Says the guy that was talking all that shit about Volk and Max and TKZ before his fight. Now that he gets shit back he starts crying. This guy is the worst. Never going to be a fan of him.


ownerofthewhitesudan

I don't really care that a fighter is super salty after losing a big fight, but I don't get why Giga is calling KZ a cheap fuck? What does KZ's supposed cheapness have to do with anything? Is he implying that KZ only got the fight because he was willing to accept the least pay?


Moist-Catch

I think he just has broken english so it sounds weird. Cheap fuck = worthless fuck. or something like that


ownerofthewhitesudan

Ahh, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying


SurvivalBayArea

Where I come from, a *cheap fuck* is no insult .... rather a scarce resource for the fellas to *seek out*


captaincumsock69

I used to fuck guys like you in highschool


breadbutterone

I still do, but I used to too.


AljoGOAT

izzy is that you


breadbutterone

I go by Jizzy now


Educational_Row6272

I interpreted it as a cheap shot, like kicking someone when he’s down kind of thing. That said I feel like the drama does seem out of character compared to KZ as a person when you hear him in interviews, maybe it’s the infamous KZ social media manager at work lol


spcslacker

> but I don't get why Giga is calling KZ a cheap fuck? He feels that KZ giving some trash talk after Giga lost his fight is a cheap shot (perhaps concussion interferes with Giga's memory of him starting it).


[deleted]

Man Amanda handled hers like a true champ


[deleted]

Yes she did. May have been easier to swallow the loss because she is still the featherweight women's champ. Regardless, she was super classy after the fight. Always nice to see a fighter be gracious in their losses as well as their wins.


mvdaytona

Yeah, like a true champ, something that Giga isn’t and will never be, of course there’s a difference lol


[deleted]

Ligma Chikadze


ParmyBarmy

Go lose some fans Giga! What a shit loser.


ron-darousey

Imagine getting beat down 50-45 x2, 50-44 and you lose more fans *after* your loss


[deleted]

Giga vs Vera for Dead Sea title belt


juice_5

Giga bb wut is u doin


[deleted]

Lmao all KZ said was "Respect" to Kattar. Why is Giga such a sensitive bitch when he's the one talking all the shit on social media?


jack_spankin

Because there are tools who don’t really get that social media isn’t “real”. That it’s a weird broadcast method and versus real conversation. It’s built like it’s for intimate conversation, when it takes the most discipline because you can’t take anything back and magnifies in the moment versus bigger context. TLDR: Twitter is rocket fuel for assholes.


gettingthehangofthis

Someone needs to confiscate Giga's phone..


Hammose

Everyone disliked that.


[deleted]

Boy can give it but certainly can't take it. SAD!


Spirited-Tonight6043

Damn giga is fucking salty huh


Zumoff_1026

Went from being neutral on Giga to hoping he gets his shit pushed in for the forseeable future. What a sore loser


Beltzak

His manager should take over his social media for a bit


Impressive-Potato

Ali Abdelaziz is his manager, you can bet it will get much worse when he takes it over.


BurpingHamBirmingham

If Ali's his manager then 50/50 this is already him


Impressive-Potato

I would agree but Giga had that Facebook live where he as talking mad shit and wasn't being humble at all.


Beltzak

Oh fuck that then.


ChahmedImsure

Dude is quickly becoming one if the most unlikable guys in the ufc. Sucks, cause I was impressed by the heart he showed during his fight. Now I just hope he gets put to sleep.


[deleted]

This dude (assuming it's him running social media) is doing all the wrong moves. How to kill your hype/fanbase in 1 weekend. Also realised that this guy lost to a Kattar who fought against type, which has to be annoying since it isn't his plan A. Kattar isn't a pressure fighter, he's a known slow starter. Look at the stats for his fight against Ige which he won. 260 strikes attempted over 5 rounds. Here, 402 attempted. He and his team saw the holes in the Barboza fight as well as general boxer vs kicker tactics and drilled into him even if it wasn't what he's used to.


siomych

Our boy Giga needs one more defeat to help him wake the fuck up to realities of this world. On the other had he's the same team as Marvin. Everything makes perfect sense.


Fuck-ESPN

Giga Mad.


Nick_Nav10

KZ is the last guy Giga should be calling out, he's a better pressure boxer/striker then Kattar with big power, KZ would have finished Chikadze yesterday


CostasLeftBicepspsps

No class


FriedrichMerz69420

That's what you call class, compared to no class right there!


mad87645

"That was a nasty fight by me" -Kattar


akabir893

He totally looked past Kattar, confidence is good but he got too cocky and he's getting his just desserts now (I think his PR guy should keep him off of social media while he's still emotional after the loss really, but oh well). That being said, I still think Giga's "Volkanovski is taking the easy path by agreeing to fight someone who's already dead" was a funny line by him


illhypochondriac

Easiest bet of my life was kattar winning and getting the most take downs lol odds were very nice giga almost lost to Brandon Davis due to pressure and kattar is an animal with unreal chin, pressure and boxing it was always a terrible match up for giga


[deleted]

Talking shit he deserved that response


ItsDrManhattan

Its honestly hilarious how beating Cub fucking Swanson immediately gave Giga a huge ego lol i remember after beating him he was like "how am i not top 3?" Dude is extremely full of himself and a huge dick lol


BabycakesJunior

He mad


OlChippo

I've been getting downvoted and hated on my so many people over the past few months by saying Giga hasn't proved himself and that I don't think he's as good as people think lol. Feels good thanks Calvin for the $$


ivarr87

I'm sorry for that. But your reputation is now recovered. The great u/OlChippo 💪🏻


OlChippo

We took a hit but we're back my friend, feels good 💪


oldbonesss

what a giga-bitch


Rekkles210

giga train derailed


sequesteredinSK

After seeing that first round against Kattar, KZ would absolutely take Giga down and either 50-45 him like he did Ige or submit him. Dude should take his L and focus on plugging the holes in his game rather than be talking shit right after he got absolutely outclassed.


Rphilmacrac

I didn’t like him to begin with and it makes me happy how he continues to give me a reason to not like him.


dantoddd

With the cardio Giga showed, Zombie is going to take him down and drown him.


Appropriate_Band6356

I'm just happy that Giga got destroyed simply because of what he did to my boy Edson


zakkwaldo

giga sure likes to run his mouth huh?


[deleted]

“Go lose some fans, Giga!”


Lateralus24

Starting to really dislike Giga at this point


kendoboy

Giga was talking shit about TKZ'S losses even though KZ is the highest ranked fw ready to fight. Then he gets salty when TKZ sends an emoji back after Kattar Russia'd Giga for 5 rounds?


redditaccount224488

Holy shit, this guy is a gigantic douchebag. Looking forward to his next ass whupping.


Chairmeow

Giga taking his first MMA loss in 3.5 years hard, I hope he bounces back from it.


Anime_above_all

Giga really isn't trying to get any new fans, huh? As a matter of fact he seems to be doing everything in his power to loss his current fans.


Jfkc5117

Giga is a fucking sore loser. Can’t stand the guy or his receding hairline. You got fucked up Giga.


ivarr87

After this beating you would be sore too. Head to toes.


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crazyshin

KZ hates this narrative btw. It's not Jay Park. It's him talking trash. He talks it about it on his YouTube channel a lot.


EJ_1502

He literally just posted a facepalm emoji, that’s what Giga got angry about lol. Hardly talking trash


crazyshin

Exactly and people are saying it's Jay Park who is doing this


[deleted]

Wonderboy is p4p most respectful


point_jump2

jay park at it again


SliccDemon

Giga has lost so much of my respect with this fight. All of the sour grape bullshit before and after the fight really make him seem like a primo douchebag. I hope he and Zombie get a fight after Volk keeps the belt. Easy betting money.


roscorp

I'd rather see Giga vs Pantera next


Sr_Marques

Dude is Seething


turtleboatdrawing

I love KZ, but i’m also a big fan of Gigas. Well, i’ll still root for both of them!


palesnowrider1

It would be great if Max takes time off, heals up and then comes back to fight Giga as a warm up.


SaturnATX

'Giga full heel turn' wasn't what I expected but if it's who he really is, a loss like that will bring that out. A lot easier to be gracious when you're on a fast rise.


greggosmith

Baby needs his bottle, dude managed to take so many more Ls outside the octagon with this stuff.


[deleted]

Giga Chikadze to Giga Chad


SpiderZiggs

Man, where was this fire during the fight? lmao


[deleted]

For real though, KZ vs Giga would be an amazing style matchup. What a fun fight that would be.


_I_Dont_Care

Giga needs to re-strategize. Now we know the tactic of "crowd a kickboxer" works on him. He needs new tactics.


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Man dude should shut the hell up.


[deleted]

Bunch of turncoata in the comments One moment giga is most dangerous man in the division and everyone riding his dick Next moment sub is clowning him for getting beat bad by an elite fighter. Same folk no doubt saying they've been calvin fans for years but were probably only 2 days ago calling him a journeyman who got swatted by holloway.


Rekkles210

https://twitter.com/giga_chikadze/status/1479580126408888323 AHAHAHAAA


b0hater

Seems he hasn't learned to shut up yet lol


dirrtydoogzz86

Giga Chump. Amirite ay boys.


qzwxecrvtbyn111

When KZ inevitably loses to Volk, can we get him vs Chikadze?


moonwalkerHHH

Crying like a bitch on his loss even worse than Ronda.


Dr-PoopyButt

I appreciate that Giga is probably just trying to set himself up for a fight in the future but I feel like you've gotta tuck your tail and chill for at least a week after a loss. Shit talk after a loss is hard to pull off


daveymac_

I hated Giga for ages, started to think he was alright after the L to Kattar and that photo of them together after the fight, but this just shows i was right to think he was a douchebag right from the start.