Author Topic: MMA General Discussion 2019 (Read 27683 times)

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #650 on:** September 19, 2018, 12:47:35 AM »

RIP to one of the OG's of lightweight fighting who at one point was considered the P4P best in the game. When MMA revolved around Japan in the early 2000's he was THE guy, I read that his kickboxing match against Masato on NYE drew 30 million viewers which is fucking insane, no North American fighter can come close to touching those numbers especially on New Years.

RIZIN in a few weeks is going to be super emotional with his protégé Kyoji Horiguchi taking on Tenshin in a kickboxing bout which is an eerie parallel to Kid's fight in 2004.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #651 on:** September 20, 2018, 10:03:01 AM »

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@kid_yamamoto is a fuckin beast, so many people would have gave up last year with what this MAN had to endure, another level of Champion, unparalleled will power, there’s is levels to this shit and KID is at the top... thank you @melchormanibusan so much for everything you did and I know you would do the same for all of us 😢... Nori (Kid) messaged me a few months ago asking to come and stay in Hawaii to visit, But kid never showed up, @rich_chou called me one day and told me Kid is sick and is in Guam, Kid would always make me feel so important even when he was the biggest fighting star in Japan and the world thank you for always believing in me

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #652 on:** September 20, 2018, 12:23:34 PM »

damn, nobody's talking about conor's new contract? This sport must really be bush league again.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #653 on:** September 20, 2018, 12:25:42 PM »

Sad news, Glenn Robinson suddenly passed away. RIP

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #654 on:** September 20, 2018, 04:16:25 PM »

Quote from: The Paper Industry on September 20, 2018, 12:23:34 PM

damn, nobody's talking about conor's new contract? This sport must really be bush league again.

Sorry fam busy day in 909 Land.

He won't fight out that contract.

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #655 on:** September 21, 2018, 12:46:05 AM »

Getting his whiskey on the canvas for all of his fights is a pretty sweet deal on his part. No one else could have pulled that off.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #656 on:** September 21, 2018, 01:40:47 AM »

Conor is the best trash-talker in the history of the game. The references that he was dropping on Khabib likely flew over the heads of 95% of both media and fans but they were fucking brilliant, then mocking Ali Abdel-Aziz as a terrorist snitch and bringing up his son that he's a deadbeat dad to, fucking genius.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #657 on:** September 22, 2018, 04:27:38 PM »

Sam Alvey had his sixteenth ufc fight tonight’s. He’s never fought on a ppv.

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #658 on:** September 22, 2018, 07:35:51 PM »

Barao. Good lord. Losing to a guy who doesn’t even have a Wikipedia entry. USADA or not what a decline.

Grit, Toughness, Soul, & Spirit · « **Reply #659 on:** September 23, 2018, 02:03:15 AM »

Quote from: Zetterberg is Go on September 22, 2018, 07:35:51 PM

Barao. Good lord. Losing to a guy who doesn’t even have a Wikipedia entry. USADA or not what a decline.

He missed weight as well and is now 2-6 in his last eight fights. I imagine he's cut after this.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #660 on:** September 23, 2018, 02:22:58 AM »

I skipped this event because it looked like trash but I did see Sakai cement himself as a prospect.

Also, I didn't want to see Alvey take advantage of Legendary Lil Nog's fading status, so when I saw the result this morning LOL

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #661 on:** September 23, 2018, 02:26:05 AM »

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira bounces back with the TKO win! pic.twitter.com/5YKOh51i2Z
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) September 23, 2018

It's crazy to think him and Big Nog are twins, and he did this 7 years after Big Nog had that dramatic old dawg win over Schaub. That just shows how bad a fighter Sam Alvey is.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #662 on:** September 23, 2018, 11:20:39 PM »

Serious question: is Charles Oliviera the greatest submission fighter in UFC history? He beat Royce's record on Saturday and even before beating it his accomplishments were arguably more impressive because he's fighting modern day athletes with no gi and a limited ruleset.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #663 on:** September 24, 2018, 03:08:31 AM »

Social media is poppin' off that Eddie Alvarez is finalizing a deal with ONE FC. If so, wow. Didn't see that coming. I don't think there's anything wrong with an OG vet like Eddie fighting for the biggest payday at this point in his career but at the same time you can't say that he has any interest in fighting top level competition because if he did he'd be re-signing with the UFC or going back to Bellator.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #664 on:** September 30, 2018, 11:43:06 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I636W2yxfCw&feature=youtu.be

TENSHIN VS KYOJI GUCCI MANE WATCH THIS SHIT BEFORE IT GETS TAKEN DOWN

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #665 on:** October 13, 2018, 12:54:23 AM »

Hyped for the fight but pretty concerned about Max still slurring his words.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #666 on:** October 13, 2018, 06:21:12 AM »

Quote from: Lord of The Curry on September 24, 2018, 03:08:31 AM

Social media is poppin' off that Eddie Alvarez is finalizing a deal with ONE FC. If so, wow. Didn't see that coming. I don't think there's anything wrong with an OG vet like Eddie fighting for the biggest payday at this point in his career but at the same time you can't say that he has any interest in fighting top level competition because if he did he'd be re-signing with the UFC or going back to Bellator.

Sounds like this is a done deal. Hopefully Eddie is getting a serious payday.

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #667 on:** October 24, 2018, 04:20:42 AM »

Breaking: UFC, ONE Championship close to trade involving Demetrious Johnson and Ben Askren. Potential history in the making for MMA -- https://t.co/HllP7dY0of
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 24, 2018

I would be very surprised by DJ not trying to get his title back.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #668 on:** October 24, 2018, 04:54:25 AM »

I wonder if anything is written into the contract about either guy returning at any point. I want to see Askren in the UFC but not if it means we see MM leave.

Having said that, good chance Johnson is getting a sick payday being that his manager is also a VP in ONE.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #669 on:** October 24, 2018, 05:30:36 AM »

I’d love to see Ben in the UFC. But not at the risk of the goat. I want to see a hungry MM fighting for his title again.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #670 on:** October 24, 2018, 07:55:34 AM »

Anybody with above- average takedown defence would give Askren problems. I don't see him having any chance against Woodley, Covington or Usman.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #671 on:** October 24, 2018, 08:10:09 AM »

http://teameverlast.everlast.com/the-dwyer-score-ufc-fight-night-volkan-oezdemir-vs-anthony-smith/

So only 3 fighters (THREE!) on the entire card for Saturday have won their last fight and Anthony Smith is the only one with a winning streak...……at two fights. The scoring doesn't include guys like Chris Fishgold making their debuts cause his win streak is real good but holy shit this is the loser-est card in forever.

HSJ · « **Reply #672 on:** October 27, 2018, 02:57:41 PM »

Patrick Cummins still sucks.

HSJ · « **Reply #673 on:** October 27, 2018, 02:58:58 PM »

Quote from: Lord of The Curry on October 24, 2018, 07:55:34 AM

Anybody with above- average takedown defence would give Askren problems. I don't see him having any chance against Woodley, Covington or Usman.

Actually, Askren and Woodley are training partners and won’t fight. But those other two? If Askren is still at a high level, I think he DECs them pretty easy.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #674 on:** October 27, 2018, 10:00:44 PM »

I don't think I've ever changed my opinion on a fighter as much as I have on Anthony Smith. I guess the weight cut really had an effect on him. His jiu jitsu is legit even though he made a dumb mistake to not get up in the second round, when Volkan just rode him out for two minutes. He seems to be a good tactical striker also, and has good range and reach.

I think he has the style to beat Cormier and Gus at 205, but not Roided Jones or Rumble. In the USADA era, I still have to see Jones perform to get a good read on him.

Volkan's RNC defence was p. bad but he was getting worn down before that anyway.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #675 on:** October 28, 2018, 07:32:23 AM »

Smith is a walking indictment of LHW. And he's not that good either. Dom Reyes would fuck him up if that fight happens.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #676 on:** October 28, 2018, 07:37:08 AM »

Great win for Smith. But LHW is just a bad division right now. I hope he’s really turned the corner and is as good as he’s showing. But I’m leaning towards it being a paper thin division outside of DC, Jones, and Gus.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #677 on:** October 29, 2018, 12:07:43 AM »

Smith is a gritty action fighter who's good everywhere and not great anywhere. He lost to Mutante and Santos at MW and was also getting beaten by both Lombard and Andrew Sanchez prior to finishing them in the 3rd, much like the Volkan fight. I have nothing against him personally but he won the lottery by fighting Rashad and Shogun in a row prior to getting this fight. I'll echo the sentiments that he doesn't get past DC, Gus or Jones and I think the wrestling of guys like Corey Anderson and Misha would give him a lot of trouble.

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #678 on:** November 02, 2018, 05:10:12 AM »

Sijara Eubanks missed weight, which I suppose we all should have expected after 1. blowing it at the TUF finale and 2. all the jawing she was doing after losing the main event at 230.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #679 on:** November 02, 2018, 05:30:55 AM »

Quote from: Zetterberg is Go on November 02, 2018, 05:10:12 AM

Sijara Eubanks missed weight, which I suppose we all should have expected after 1. blowing it at the TUF finale and 2. all the jawing she was doing after losing the main event at 230.

It’s pretty damn funny. She’s been non stop on twitter bitching about losing this title fight. I’ve never seen her fight. And her record is crap. But he twitter trash talk was fun... and now this.

Just Call Me Dan · « **Reply #680 on:** November 02, 2018, 08:06:00 AM »

She appeared to be a decent fighter on TUF. WAY better than her record would indicate.

The problem with taking her seriously as a legit threat is two-fold:

1) Its the TUF crew, so they're a step down from the top level women (ex: the Strawweight season just getting murdered one by one by Joanna)
2) She can't ever make weight. She's clearly a smaller bantamweight, and just clings desperately to the size advantage.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #681 on:** November 02, 2018, 11:16:40 AM »

Somebody make a thread for the show so we all have a place to talk about Weidman getting plastic surgery.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #682 on:** November 02, 2018, 12:54:23 PM »

wait what

I forgot this card was even happening this week.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #683 on:** November 04, 2018, 11:35:32 PM »

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/25181251/floyd-mayweather-schedules-bout-rizin-fighting-federation

BAHHHH GAWWWWD

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #684 on:** November 05, 2018, 12:31:06 AM »

Anybody who thinks this will be anything other then a boxing match is fooling themselves. Floyd isn't dumb enough to try anything beyond straight hands against Tenshin otherwise he's a dead man.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #685 on:** November 05, 2018, 03:39:51 AM »

Agreed that it will be boxing rules. But Floyd fighting under an MMA banner, especially in a foreign country, is huge news. He hasn't fought outside of Vegas since '05 as well.

This could potentially be a huge boost for Rizin's popularity too, I don't know enough about the business to know. But Floyd has global name recognition. He is particularly popular in Japan, and this may get many locals to give Rizin a chance that otherwise wouldn't have.

AA484 · « **Reply #686 on:** November 05, 2018, 04:30:48 AM »

I'm guessing it will be an "exhibition" match. Tenshin is a top 10 fighter in his class who is undefeated so I doubt Rizin would risk him getting finished by Mayweather in a straight boxing match.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #687 on:** November 05, 2018, 07:12:46 AM »

And on the other hand Floyd isn't going to risk his 0 either. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a work much like the Fedor/Aoki exhibition grappling match a few years back.

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #688 on:** November 07, 2018, 06:43:08 AM »

Or he's already backpedaling:

https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/11/7/18072798/floyd-mayweather-shoots-down-misleading-news-of-tenshin-nasukawa-fight

HSJ · « **Reply #689 on:** November 10, 2018, 03:29:35 PM »

Mike Perry sucks but I feel like we all knew that.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #690 on:** November 10, 2018, 03:36:40 PM »

Quote from: HSJ on November 10, 2018, 03:29:35 PM

Mike Perry sucks but I feel like we all knew that.

He’s a blast when it’s just fistfighting.

Goddamn that Cowboy win was a feel good moment.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #691 on:** November 10, 2018, 04:20:27 PM »

Jesus!

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #692 on:** November 10, 2018, 04:21:08 PM »

Only fitting after the theatrics with the posing.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #693 on:** November 10, 2018, 04:22:46 PM »

What a goddamn fight! Seeing Sung get flatlined at the very last second was so damn shocking.

I thought Yair was going to win initially. I didn’t think he’d get it at 24:59. I was into the fight and wasn’t scoring it that closely. Was he losing?

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #694 on:** November 10, 2018, 04:22:57 PM »

holy shit

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #695 on:** November 10, 2018, 04:33:32 PM »

I will add too what’s with the commentary team. Expiring Fox deal and all but still.

AA484 · « **Reply #696 on:** November 10, 2018, 09:05:45 PM »

Quote from: Youth N Asia on November 10, 2018, 04:22:46 PM

I thought Yair was going to win initially. I didn’t think he’d get it at 24:59. I was into the fight and wasn’t scoring it that closely. Was he losing?

It was an extremely close fight that I had 3-2 for Jung until the last second.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #697 on:** November 14, 2018, 01:08:49 AM »

I had it 3-1 Jung and it seems like the judges did too. Fucking crazy fight though. FOTY, KOOTY and Comeback all wrapped up into one.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #698 on:** November 19, 2018, 12:48:08 AM »

Solid card on Saturday night, really good and measured performance by Ponzi. Magny is good enough to beat top guys on nights when he's on but this was a fight Ponzi was supposed to win and he looked great. Awesome jab, brutal leg kicks, cardio held up. I'd like to see him take on Till next.

Darren Elkins got brutalized (again) and honestly should think about hanging them up. The Mirsad comeback win was one for the ages and a great moment for him but with each fight that goes by the case for him being an average fighter who's just ridiculously tough gets stronger. I know that it's unlikely but if they could get Lamas to fill in and fight Moicano on the Toronto card in a few weeks that would be sick.

I really hope that Pantoja is one of the flyweights that they keep around and move up to BW, dude is ridiculously good. Since 2008 he's only lost to Formiga and Dustin Ortiz and the latter fight was really close too.

The Art of Rasslin' · « **Reply #699 on:** November 24, 2018, 12:58:34 AM »

Ngannou looked revitalized. The Champ hype is back, and it's deserved.

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Author Topic: MMA General Discussion 2019 (Read 27683 times)