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MMA-GAF |OT5| Father Time Is Undefeated
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Maklershed
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And he's fighting a guy who is 1-0 and whose one fight was a prelim on a card almost nobody saw in the first place.
RBelong2Us
Member
The reliance on Wand coming through really derailed UFC 175.
But seeing Machida get put to deep sleep again will be extremely fun to watch. Dragon era dies again.
But seeing Machida get put to deep sleep again will be extremely fun to watch. Dragon era dies again.
Fornaximus
Member
Yesterday a co-worker asked me if Tito Ortiz is a good fighter. Bellator's bag of cans is breaking through among casuals better than the UFC's hypersaturation strategy.
No. Taz's line was "Beat me if you can....survive if I let you". The "at the end of the night/when the smoke clears/when all is said and done" was a generic phrase that got used ALL THE GOD DAMN TIME in wrestling for 30 years. No one could ever say, "When the match is over....". I have zero doubts Chael used it because it has been used so frequently in pro wrestling.
dream
Member
GLORY does almost everything right. But unfortunately, I think their biggest problem is that they are a kickboxing promotion, which is a tough sell that requires a slow build and a long education process. But being on Spike helps, especially since they seem to understand how to build fighters in the same way Bellator once did before losing sight of everything.
Kick boxing seems way easier sell than full MMA. It's boxing, with kicks. No wrestling. No ground stuff. High level punching/kicking the shit out of each other. MMA has way more education, as if you want to be a fan of more than hanging and banging, you need to have knowledge of BJJ/wrestling/boxing/MOOEY TIE/judo to understand why guys and girls are doing what they're doing to try to win a fight. People who don't want to learn any of that shit can just watch GLORY and watch guys hang and bang, see some dope strikes they won't see in MMA, and call it a day.
dream
Member
I don't disagree with any of that, but I feel like Ultimate Fighting has been, to some degree, normalized, whereas kickboxing is viewed as the X-Games of combat sports. It's something that's always been on the periphery of people's awareness, but fuck it, let's watch Mayweather box.
Can it be real?
Nice dress Gomi
Muscle Lady Shark looks MISERABLE in every picture I've seen of her. Unrelated to that, I was listening to the JRE with Duke Roufus and jeeeeeeeezus did he piss me off saying "X VERSE X" everytime. It's versus. Some weird people use "verse" as a verb, as in, "I'm going to verse Little Jimmy in basketball". Those people are dumb dumbs. A fighter and commentator not being able to tell the difference between verse and versus bugs the shit out of me.
Maklershed
Member
Metamoris 4 is expected to take place August 9, 2014 at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, CA and stream live as an online pay-per-view for $20. Kenny Florian and Jeff Glover will return as commentators.
The complete Metamoris 4 card can be seen below.
The complete Metamoris 4 card can be seen below.
- Chael Sonnen vs. Andre Galvao
- Josh Barnett vs. Dean Lister
- Saulo Ribeiro vs. Robert "Comprido" Medeiros
- Vinny Magalaghaes vs. Keenan Cornelius
- Gary Tonon vs. Kit Dale
- Secret Match
The idea of a "secret match" where the competitors allegedly don't even know who they're going to grapple is something I can get behind, especially if one of them turns out to be "King" Kevin Casey.
Metamoris was rumored to have sold out to Fight Pass. Glad to see they're soldiering on, as it seems like they're really starting to turn the corner. That all falls apart pretty quickly if and when the UFC decides to not let their roster compete, though.
Metamoris was rumored to have sold out to Fight Pass. Glad to see they're soldiering on, as it seems like they're really starting to turn the corner. That all falls apart pretty quickly if and when the UFC decides to not let their roster compete, though.
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
What got pauly this time?
juliushandle
Member
Metamoris may still happen on Fight Pass, just not live PPV events. I for one would love to see grappling and other combat sports like Muay Thai on Fight Pass. Heck, even instructional videos on Fight Pass. Imagine being able to view Bang Ludwig's striking instructional or BJJ instructionals. I'd buy in for sure.
I just noticed that he went out and Horse is back all of the sudden.
Lambda Pie
Banned
i just want Kron to come and dazzle every female in the ultimate with his looks and Rolls Gracie level jitsu.
Lambda Pie
Banned
ya, on one of them Anita ban bait threads.
Sounds like every reveal from TNA since 2010.
Sounds like Christian's return to WWE.
dream
Member
YES THATS IT THANKS MCFRIEND!
Lambda Pie
Banned
it's around breakfast time here, good timing. i'll sacrifice myself and watch it and make a full report.
Maklershed
Member
BTW, when do they stop referring to him as the brother of Jake Rosholt? Who knows who that is anymore? At this point Jared is much more relevant.
When do they stop referring to him completely?
what the fuck
Hioki/ Oliveira is gonna be great.
Yep and literally nothing else on the whole card looks like it'll be worth watching.
UFC has reached self parody status.
im seein itLambda Pie
Banned
remember the day someone did an OT for a Te Huna card and it wasn't me.