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polyh3dron
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They should've used CSAC favorite Cecil "You Can't Win A Fight With Leg Kicks" Peoples instead.
Instant 50-45 Melendez there.
Also, fuck Francis Carmont and his coach Firas "The Real Sport Killer" Zahabi.
Yikes, talk about opening a can of worms. How the fuck CSAC?
I'm glad Gil had a chance to prove he's worth his salt to all of these armchair experts acting like he wasn't even in the top 10. So many people acting like Bendo was gonna just go out there and steamroll him, and now half the people who watched the fight think he won. Watch the post-fight scrum with Dana and about everyone in the media chimes in saying they thought Gil took the fight.
Can't wait for that salty runback.
Can't wait for that salty runback.
Jest Chillin
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People said the same thing about Diaz v. Condit. Talking about Diaz won that fight. They were wrong then too.
TheNatural
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Lightweight/Featherweight title decisions bitched about in recent years that the judges got right:
Penn-Edgar I
Edgar - Maynard II
Henderson - Edgar I
Henderson - Edgar II
Aldo - Edgar
Henderson - Melendez
If someone doesn't like the champ, then go out and finish them. Stop trying to win tradeoffs, step back and spar for two minutes, and then cry after the fight.
Penn-Edgar I
Edgar - Maynard II
Henderson - Edgar I
Henderson - Edgar II
Aldo - Edgar
Henderson - Melendez
If someone doesn't like the champ, then go out and finish them. Stop trying to win tradeoffs, step back and spar for two minutes, and then cry after the fight.
TheKaeptain
Banned
If you think Gil won any round outside of the 1st and 5th you might as well come out and admit that you're a Leonard Garcia fan.
TheKaeptain
Banned
All I saw was Gil miss a shit ton of times and land like 1 punch for every 4 thrown.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Team Cesar Gracie lose.
I've been sporting the weirdest boner since last night as a result.
AstroZombie
Banned
That's a known effect of prolonged exposure to Josh Thomson's handsomeness.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Just imagine if Condit was in the crowd? Wet chick crotches everywhere.
AstroZombie
Banned
I think that would cause some kind of handsome singularity.
parrotbeak
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Jesus, I just watched the XFC 23. What was the ref doing in the last fight? Probably could have stopped it about 30 seconds earlier.
After watching nate get knocked I dont think most of us were even paying attention to the main event. Well at least I wasnt.
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A More Normal Bird
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Diaz & Melendez 1, 2, 5.
Agree, but it applies to the champions as well. Henderson and Edgar in particular, but even Aldo is guilty of backing off and coasting in the later rounds. It's fine when your opponent is a Urijah Faber who should be confined to a wheelchair, but I have a feeling it might cost him against Pettis.
TheKaeptain
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Neither was I. Yo check your PM's.
Aaite.
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A More Normal Bird
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Have you at any point referred to the takedown Edgar landed in the 4th as a 'brutal slam'? If not I'm afraid you may have to turn in your Fe Fan Club membership card.
I think this every time. Sure, I bitch at the champ for coasting, but ultimately I blame the challenger. No one wants a milk toast, lukewarm, champion of sparring practice. If both fighters are going to bring that to the table, why give the new guy the seat? The old guy can handle that job by himself apparently.
I'm fascinated with the whole incident.
That crazy Englishman on River Monsters was fishing in the cooling pond last week on his show.
I do think Aldo's coasting (read: gassing) in the later rounds is going to bite him in the ass eventually. He's so far above everyone at 145 though it's tough to see him losing.
I would be interested to see him against Bendo, who's a big ass wrestler with tons of cardio.
I would be interested to see him against Bendo, who's a big ass wrestler with tons of cardio.
Havent seen that one. I'll look it up.
If he beats Pettis that's two top 5 LW's under his belt at FW. At that point I'd think he'd want to move up to LW and be done with it. His cardio at 155 would probably be better, but I don't know how much better.
Guys like Benson and Melendez have so much cardio and so much sparring in them that you could probably run them for ten rounds and get just as contentious a decision as ever.
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A More Normal Bird
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It's a little ridiculous that the best 3 fighters at FW (Aldo, Pettis & Edgar) could easily be top 3 (or at least 3 of the top 5) at LW. A bit like how Machida, Hendo, Rashad and possibly Shogun could all make MW without dropping much muscle (Lyoto and Dan wouldn't have to lose any).
"All that matters" is this small team who grew together have each made their way into title shots in the top MMA organization in the world.
Jake, Nate, Nick, and now Gil.
not too many people in the world can say they have come that close to their Ultimate Goal, be it in sports....business...politics...etc.
Well thankfully i didnt have to get involved in that debacle. Someone had enough sense to get the authorities involved.
TheKaeptain
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No one cares about losers in sports. Quick (don't use google) who was on the Jazz in 98?
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Isn't it 0-5? Or was David Terrell not at Cesar Gracie's gym when he got beat by Evan Tanner?
The Buffalo Bills of MMA.
The only reason I want Aldo to win more than Pettis is so he can be more easily convinced to move up to LW and allow some of the former LW contenders a legit chance at an elusive championship belt. Simultaneously, I'd like to see him struggle as many of the LW champs have to. Despite gassing in later rounds, FW is still too easy for him given his current track record.A More Normal Bird said:
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Well, there is only a 10lb difference in the former. If it were up to me, I'd merge them into a singular 150lbs division. The resulting division would be the craziest shit in the world.
MW has been a dumping ground for mediocre LHWs since forever. With the aforementioned 10lb difference I expect to see a lot more dudes at lightweight join Siver, Edgar, Guida, et al in making the drop.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
In my retooling of the UFC's weight classes I would use something like the following:
Lightweight (150lbs)
Welterweight (170lbs)
Middleweight (190lbs)
Light Heavyweight (215lbs)
Heavyweight (265lbs)
I wouldn't be against HW becoming an Open weight class, but that's even less likely to happen that this scheme here. LW works as you describe it, and moving MW a little further from WW and LHW would have it's intended effect of funneling smaller LHW's into MW. LHW work probably work a lot better for Jon Jones even though smaller heavies would finally cut weight to compete. LHW is also practically made for guys like Rumble, lol.
Host Samurai
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I like your style
Bantamweight - (130lbs) Merge Bantam/Fly and the rumored 115lb division.
Having HW be an open division would be great too.
It's easy to forget about the little guys! Sure, throw bantamweight in there. Again, it's a 20lbs difference, so there's no question where a fighter belongs. Moving up or down requires some hefty body recompositions this way. These changes are significant and certainly not the at-will decisions as they work now. Currently the way most fighters can move between LW and FW is out of sorts.
Maklershed
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So athletic
I like this.
Oh shit Cheesy check it out ... http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=70504
Mighty Mouse/Benavidez would cry.
Ninja Scooter
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Together they might have one whole chin.
Can Crusher
Banned
Both of them on horse meat.
Too bad Overeem tweeted he is only staying at Mike's Gym for a couple weeks, then returning back to Blackzilians. I doubt he can make any significant progress in such a short time span, and returning to Blackzilians will probably fuck up anything he could have potentially learned at Mike's Gym.
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