Author Topic: MMA General Discussion 2017 (Read 12542 times)

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #700 on:** November 24, 2018, 03:47:42 PM »

Chuck Liddell will be 49 in a few weeks. Looked every bit of it.

Just Call Me Dan · « **Reply #701 on:** November 25, 2018, 06:26:27 AM »

Caught a vid of the fight. I couldn’t believe that Chuck didn’t even have one good somewhat quick punch in the tank. Not one. Wanderlei/Rampage were fighting at light speed compared to what he showed.

This made me even more scared of the Anderson/Israel debacle upcoming.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #702 on:** November 25, 2018, 07:48:08 AM »

I caught the fight on YouTube last night. He was so painfully slow. Tito celebrating after beating that version of Chuck Liddell was sad to see.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #703 on:** November 26, 2018, 12:22:33 AM »

Quote from: The Paper Industry on November 24, 2018, 12:58:34 AM

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

I think the Blaydes hype needs to be walked back a bit, concurrently. His head movement was horrible and Ngannou read it quickly and put him away quickly because of it.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #704 on:** November 27, 2018, 03:45:41 AM »

Sage Northcut’s contract is up and not being renewed as of now.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #705 on:** November 28, 2018, 10:42:17 AM »

It's not being renewed period. Dana is trying to sell the "He needs time outside the UFC, we'll take him back eventually" line but the real reason is because Sage wanted money they wouldn't pay him. He was offered a fight against Wonderboy on the ESPN debut card in Brooklyn and turned it down.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #706 on:** November 28, 2018, 11:36:46 AM »

Ehh. Dana had gone back on a ton of “this is final” statements.

I know he’s young. But he has some serious gaps to fill to fight the top guys in the ufc. Probably is for the best if he goes elsewhere for a bit.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #707 on:** December 03, 2018, 01:21:19 AM »

Nobody watched either card on the weekend?

- Rick Glenn vs Kevin Aguilar got robbed for FOTN on Friday, everybody should watch that one. Really good stuff.
- Benavidez winning made me feel happy, the dude has had a rough road recently and with him holding a win over Cejudo and being former teammates with Dillashaw I hope he can get one last title shot in before his skills hit a decline.
- Don't know anything about either TUF winners though I knew who Kinzaid was because of her Invicta fights so I guess Chaison is okay cause she beat her?
- Usman is a talented, horribly boring and ineffective fighter. Keep him the fuck away from top fights until he learns to finish. RDA needs to fight a grappler or striker next to get some confidence back, in 2017 you could make an argument for him being Fighter of The Year and in 2018 he's 0-2 and has had back to back horrible stylistic matchups.
- SHOGUN

Fan of Sports with Integrity · « **Reply #708 on:** December 03, 2018, 10:47:08 AM »

yeah SHOGUN

ViciousFish · « **Reply #709 on:** December 09, 2018, 01:41:37 AM »

So Ian Kidd from BloodyElbow is super into child porn. Fucking gross.

Also BE turfed him.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #710 on:** December 10, 2018, 01:00:17 AM »

I found out I'm blocked on twitter by Front Row Brian which I have to say, I'm incredibly proud of.

⚰ · « **Reply #711 on:** December 13, 2018, 07:20:47 AM »

Dana White and Oscar De La Hoya have been tearing each other apart the past few days. "Surprisingly" Dana really has nothing to counter Oscar's points about him being sleazy garbage as businessman so he's snapped and has challenged him to a drug test and keeps calling him a cokehead junkie even more than he was a few weeks ago.

AA484 · « **Reply #712 on:** December 13, 2018, 07:46:58 AM »

Lol, like Dana didn't (doesn't?) do blow on the reg.

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #713 on:** December 15, 2018, 01:28:35 PM »

Kevin needs to move up in weight. He seems to have no energy half the time.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #714 on:** December 15, 2018, 02:34:45 PM »

Barboza being an underdog made no sense to me. I thought he was going to tool Hooker up. What a nasty beating.

Great win for Al. The way fights are scored it wouldn’t have surprised me to see Kevin win, but Al put a beating on him.

⚰ · « **Reply #715 on:** December 15, 2018, 02:50:18 PM »

UFC is gonna need some new trainers at their state of the art Vegas facility that all their hype trains are ending up at. Between tonight showing Lee's low level fight IQ and Ngannou saying he had no idea what Stipe was doing to him and he never seen anything like that when it was just basic wrestling control I wouldn't wanna go there even with all the money that's saved by not going to a real camp/gym.

Brodypedia · « **Reply #716 on:** December 15, 2018, 06:28:04 PM »

Third fight is golden.

Mr. S£im Citrus · « **Reply #717 on:** December 29, 2018, 02:55:52 PM »

Gaaaaaaaaaaad damn!

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #718 on:** December 29, 2018, 02:57:08 PM »

HOLY SHIT

Brooklyn Zoo · « **Reply #719 on:** December 29, 2018, 03:05:42 PM »

Just wanna say, I have it on video right before the fight saying Nunes in round 2. I really wish I put money on this. I felt like Cyborg was in a weight class that had no one great while Nunes has proven she’s a great striker, the level of greatness that Cyborg hasn’t faced. We all should’ve put money on this.

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #720 on:** December 29, 2018, 03:51:21 PM »

“This peice of shit company has always promoted cheaters and now they moving the show in one week from Vegas to California for money. they certainly have taken away my love for fighting fucken scummy theives I hope everyone sues the ass out of u fuckers fucken trash Oh and merry Christmas to all u fuckers dahahahahaha and a happy new fucken steroid year.” - Mark Hunt

LIRL HOW DID I NOT SEE THIS BEFORE NOW

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #721 on:** December 31, 2018, 12:29:34 AM »

Floyd-Tenshin, fixed or no?

AA484 · « **Reply #722 on:** December 31, 2018, 12:54:06 AM »

Haven't seen it yet (at work) but I followed the PBP and I don't really understand what Rizin's goal was if it wasn't a work or a "true" exhibition/sparring match:

1) Bring Floyd in to score a decent buyrate with DAZN; which doesn't work because Floyd/Tenshin isn't aired on the American broadcast

2) Bring Floyd in to score a decent rating with local population, who arguably don't care about Floyd. I can't speak for Floyd's popularity in Japan but I can't believe that it's enough to pop a decent rating domestically. It's not a direct correlation but it's similar to if UFC would have brought in a Sakuraba or Masato when they were big.

3) Bring Floyd in and work a boxing exhibition, which is what most expected and apparently didn't get, because I can't believe that they'd have Tenshin go out less than a round in, unless they believed the Japanese fans were so familiar with Floyd's greatness that they believed it wouldn't hurt him.

I'm just confused about the whole situation. Maybe Floyd wouldn't agree to a work and Rizin officials just thought that it wouldn't hurt to have him come in and gain attention for the promotion outside of Japan?

Zetterberg is Go · « **Reply #723 on:** December 31, 2018, 01:06:08 AM »

To me it looked legit but more than a few of the Reddit MMA mutants were saying lulz fixed pretty fast so I thought I'd see what ya'll thought.

AA484 · « **Reply #724 on:** December 31, 2018, 01:13:36 AM »

Another (farfetched?) scenario is that Rizin told Tenshin to try and KO him in a potential double cross but Floyd, being the experienced fighter that he is, caught on and finished him off. Not likely, but you have to think about the history of Japanese MMA and Inoki/Ali, etc.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #725 on:** January 04, 2019, 10:21:11 AM »

Let's talk more about how Kyoji Horiguchi is making a serious run at being the GOAT Japanese fighter.

Fan of Sports with Integrity · « **Reply #726 on:** January 04, 2019, 10:47:57 AM »

sorry bro has to happen in a UFC cage.

also re: the floyd fight, the only reason it looked worked to me is because I didn't think Tenshin would look so bad. His reflexes were way slower than the 41-year-old. This guy is supposed to be the kickboxing star?

AA484 · « **Reply #727 on:** January 04, 2019, 12:02:45 PM »

Takeru is better than Tenshin. Look him up on Youtube.

⚰ · « **Reply #728 on:** January 07, 2019, 08:57:30 AM »

Jesus Christ

Dramatic Pizza · « **Reply #729 on:** January 07, 2019, 09:15:29 AM »

He probably couldn't make Super Heavyweight now.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #730 on:** January 12, 2019, 03:56:16 AM »

John Linekar is off the Brooklyn card next weekend so 50% of my interest in it is gone.

⚰ · « **Reply #731 on:** January 18, 2019, 02:09:04 AM »

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #732 on:** January 18, 2019, 04:10:48 AM »

Yep. Looks like shit, alright.

Fan of Sports with Integrity · « **Reply #733 on:** January 18, 2019, 06:13:43 AM »

There is a verified photo of Conor being arrested for assault, but lots of rumours swirling that it was of a sexual nature and was actually rape.

As much as I dislike the guy, I never thought he would be capable of something like that. I will wait for confirmation before hating him for being a rapist as opposed to just finding him to be an annoying asshole.

Fan of Sports with Integrity · « **Reply #734 on:** January 18, 2019, 06:27:40 AM »

Here is one source:

http://rawentertainment.org/conor-mcgregor-arrested-dna-taken-on-alleged-sexual-assault-in-dublin-ireland/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #735 on:** January 19, 2019, 02:36:41 PM »

Pretty solid night of fights thus far.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #736 on:** January 19, 2019, 03:05:06 PM »

And Greg Hardy gets DQed with one of the most blatant fouls ever. Fuck that guy.

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #737 on:** January 19, 2019, 03:06:02 PM »

Hopefully NY takes his license.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #738 on:** January 19, 2019, 03:09:24 PM »

God. I hate having to sit through pretending like Stephen Smith is an mma expert now

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #739 on:** January 19, 2019, 03:21:07 PM »

No idea where my rooting interest is in this main event. TJ has always been a favorite. But it almost feels like Cejudo has to win for flyweight to have a chance to live.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #740 on:** January 19, 2019, 03:22:49 PM »

!!!

Motherfucker keeps fighting like that he’ll be the star flyweight needs.

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #741 on:** January 19, 2019, 05:22:16 PM »

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #742 on:** January 21, 2019, 03:46:19 AM »

Gregor Gillespie is the next contender at LW. Mark that shit.

no fact, no matter · « **Reply #743 on:** January 21, 2019, 03:51:40 AM »

That new belt is crazy. It's like something Lex Luthor would have as the waistband part of his power armor.

no fact, no matter · « **Reply #744 on:** January 21, 2019, 03:52:05 AM »

Also this

Power Ranger belt? Ugly pic.twitter.com/TzJEB8nhSU
— Jason Rego (@jrego54) January 19, 2019

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #745 on:** February 02, 2019, 02:02:38 AM »

Bantamweight
Raphael Assunção vs. Marlon Moraes

Featherweight
José Aldo vs. Renato Moicano

Welterweight
Demian Maia vs. Lyman Good

Lightweight
Charles Oliveira vs. David Teymur

Light Heavyweight Johnny Walker vs. Justin Ledet

Catchweight (123 lbs) Lívia Renata Souza vs. Sarah Frota

Preliminary Card (ESPN+)
Middleweight Markus Perez vs. Anthony Hernandez

Welterweight Thiago Alves vs. Max Griffin

Women's Flyweight
Mara Romero Borella vs. Taila Santos

Heavyweight
Junior Albini vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Bantamweight
Geraldo de Freitas Jr. vs. Felipe Colares

Bantamweight
Ricardo Ramos vs. Said Nurmagomedov

Catchweight (127 lbs)
Rogério Bontorin vs. Magomed Bibulatov

Brazil card tonight fucking sick, totally getting slept on. Best main and co-main on free tv in a while.

Youth N Asia · « **Reply #746 on:** February 03, 2019, 01:18:06 AM »

Great main card last night. Other than the female fight everything was a finishing within two rounds. Show was paced very well. Always nice seeing Aldo look like a killer

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #747 on:** February 07, 2019, 09:37:19 AM »

Middleweight
Robert Whittaker (c)
vs.
Kelvin Gastelum

Middleweight
Anderson Silva
vs.
Israel Adesanya

Bantamweight
Rani Yahya
vs.
Ricky Simon

Women's Flyweight
Montana De La Rosa
vs.
Nadia Kassem

Light Heavyweight
Jim Crute
vs.
Sam Alvey

Preliminary Card (ESPN)

Lightweight
Devonte Smith
vs.
Dong Hyun Ma

Featherweight
Shane Young
vs.
Austin Arnett

Flyweight
Kai Kara-France
vs.
Raulian Paiva

Bantamweight
Teruto Ishihara
vs.
Kyung Ho Kang

Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Lightweight
Lando Vannata
vs.
Marcos Rosa

Lightweight
Callan Potter
vs.
Jalin Turner

Bantamweight
Wuliji Buren
vs.
Jonathan Martinez

Outside of the main and co-main every other fighter is making their PPV debut. This is probably the worst offering since, oddly enough, their last Australia card.

Lord of The Curry · « **Reply #748 on:** February 07, 2019, 11:19:31 PM »

Kelvin has ringworm and staph.

Everything is fine.

Firmino of the 909 · « **Reply #749 on:** February 08, 2019, 12:07:02 AM »

Lol that’s so disgusting.

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Author Topic: MMA General Discussion 2017 (Read 12542 times)