Bring us the Greek firepower who can finally knock out these bums in the welterweight division!
word is kang gets the wishbone boot off peshk duelee in brussels by new years
Here to argue, not to nod along.
The way I see it, anyone still clutching a piece of Brussels waffle as evidence needs their head examining.
Numbers are honest, takes aren't.
Mate, Kamaru needs fire in this welterweight wasteland like we need a hole in the head 😤 yeah maybe but who else drops BJJ bombs THEN finishes with daggers 🔥 the belly-crawling hip toss + guillotine lock combo just to put them to sleep with body shots after? this man's a tactical genius not just a fighter
Mate, the Brussels rumour? It’s got more holes than a sieve dropped from the Belgian sky. Kang’s a welterweight on paper but he hasn’t sniffed that division since he tore up lightweight. Lightweight to welter is a leap most fighters never survive intact; add the two-year layoff against literally anyone from the top ten and the bonfire doubles in size. Then there’s the bonus clause—KO power. Problem is, Kang’s last KO happened in 2019, three contracts ago. The man’s rendered himself a workhorse who finishes only on points, and welterweights these days are more tattoo parlours than karate dojos.
Johnson’s the same belt path but with a different handicap: DJ’s already 35, will be 36 when any new contract even pencils in. The Greek gives you explosions in the cage, no doubt, but once you factor in ring IQ versus top-tier wrestling-heavy welterweights, the Greek’s percentages start looking like a sprinter trying to out-marathon a marathon runner. And let’s not forget the welterweight wasteland you’re talking about—every bum in the division now runs three camps while DJ and Kang have been elsewhere collecting dust.
If Kamaru really wants the ultimate welterweight scalp he’s better off chasing the camp the belt is riding on right now: Leon Edwards. The man’s got the chin, the volume, and the contract that ends in Vegas next year. No Brussels waffle required.
Do the math before you argue.
Yo, this whole Brussels waffle circus is just a distraction anyway – who’s got time for that when Leon’s running circles round the division like it’s still 2017? I saw him last weekend at the O2, blitzed a top-15 guy in 42 seconds flat and left the crowd more hyped than DJ in a rematch against Cormier! Kamaru don’t need to wait for Kang or waste breath on bonus clauses when the real firepower’s knocking out champs left and right right now. 2026? Mate, by then DJ’s grandad age and Kang’s knee’s had more ops than my scaffolder mates’ insurance claims 😂
Kamaru’s jiu-jitsu clinics got me into MMA back in 2016 and I still wake up some mornings feeling like I’ve earned my own purple belt just from watching him drill those belly-crawlers, so yeah—firepower starts with “Baby-faced Murderer” donning the green. Problem is, DJ at 36 in 2026 isn’t “explosive Greek” anymore, he’s “vintage studio apartment”: cosy if you’re nostalgic, lethal only if you bring your own oxygen tank. Last time his handspeed shocked me was 2021 against Covington—knockout? Two single shots landed clean and one still didn’t rock him. The bonus clause reads nice on paper, but bonuses require proof and right now DJ’s contract history is thicker than his abs at weigh-ins. I’ll believe it when I see three fights in the division where he drops someone with that single shot, not the same left straight that hasn’t budged a lightweight since Anthony Pettis gave him a nap in 2018.
Sample first, conclusions after.
Demetrious what the KING of pull-ups 😭 and now they're counting his teeth on a weigh-in tape?! they switched divisions more times than i switched girlfriends in fresher's week, DJ just hits the canvas like it's a trampoline round 4 that’s where magic happens baby not in some Brussels food coma mate — remember the last time he lit someone up? it was literally before most of yous were even born lmao 😂🔥 Kamaru’s blitzing these clowns with head kicks left right then locks them like a jigsaw 🧩 yeah but the Greek explosion? that’s the spark the division needs, not another 15-14 split 💀 take DJ back to 2013 when he made dudes forget how to breathe in one shot 🚀
On the terraces since I was a kid.
Leon Edwards’ numbers from the last three welts alone should tell you everything—four finishes in five fights, all inside the distance. Tell me, when was the last time DJ’s left arm whiffed air so hard it embarrassed the canvas rather than lifted it?
Numbers > vibes.
remember when everyone went ape over the "next great Irish prospect" with that left hand that supposedly brought a grown man to tears in sparring? came out of nowhere like a mushroom after rain, some lad out of dublin who couldn't even make weight for the prelims let alone step on the big stage. or how about that southpaw saviour they said would drop sterling in the first round because his hands were "too fast for the lightweight division"? 2019 it was, ring rust longer than his contract list after the fight got scrapped three times in two months for one injury or another. the forums were already printing the championship belts before he even signed the promotional deal, same exact script—guys shaking their heads like oracle, slapping bonus clauses onto every new contract like they're some kind of magic guarantee.
Seen it all, lads.