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MMA-GAF |OT6| All Our Heroes Are P.E.D.
- Thread starter Plywood
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UFC offered him a pay cut to take a short notice fight.
This new management sure is real fucking good.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Lose-Lose situation sadly. Less pay, no belt, and he was already beaten by MJ once.
ldcommando
Banned
Came back home after watching logan all hyped to watch some weigh-in shenanigans and this is the news I get. Fuck everything
Yeah I can't argue against that. But it does make you appreciate the few who do stand up and take those fights.
Won't they just re-arrange the Khabib/Ferguson fight?
StylesClash
Member
Just saw the news. Wtf man.
-MD-
Member
For the 4th time? Eh.
Conor has no need to return to the UFC until he gets the Mayweather fight.
WME needs to suck it up and make it happen.
The longer they play hard ball, the longer before Conor will be willing to return.
I'd be pretty surprised if Khabib's next fight isn't at 170lbs. He was already planning on making the move because of how difficult the weight cut to 155 is for him.
WME needs to suck it up and make it happen.
The longer they play hard ball, the longer before Conor will be willing to return.
I'd be pretty surprised if Khabib's next fight isn't at 170lbs. He was already planning on making the move because of how difficult the weight cut to 155 is for him.
juliushandle
Member
How is taking the MJ fight a pay cut when he gets show money for making weight?
-MD-
Member
Conor will have no need to return to the UFC after the Mayweather fight. He's not gonna come back if that fight happens.
Non title fight I assume.
pixelation
Member
Fuck Nurmagbebhsvghsvgh he always looks kinda flabby, i don't know how pro fighters don't stay in shape or very darn near all year round. Fuck him... i am not interested in fucking champ wimp vs generic ass lame-o movie villain #6.
And Bisping killed GSP on the presser, he really nailed it in saying that he (Bisping) is a fighter and GSP is an athlete, he didn't even deny it, fuck GSP... GO COUNT!!!
And Bisping killed GSP on the presser, he really nailed it in saying that he (Bisping) is a fighter and GSP is an athlete, he didn't even deny it, fuck GSP... GO COUNT!!!
It's a good possibility you're right, but right now WME needs Conor more than he needs them.
but it's not an injury this time.
juliushandle
Member
Doctor stoppage before he even walked into the octagon. That's an L as far as I'm concerned.
Royce Gracie's 11 fight win streak says otherwise. Harold Howard was robbed of his rightful place in history.
The true face of a champion.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
Another reason to love McGoat.
juliushandle
Member
Aldo was named the 145 champion for doing nothing. Ferguson should be handed the 155 belt, he at least came to fight and made weight.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Dangerously dehydrated from trying to make the weight.
Khabib says he cuts 37lbs during fight week.
I'm sorry, but that's fucking stupid. Either walk around lighter or change weight classes.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/2/8...-difficulties-of-making-weight-without-iv-mma
That severely dehydrated? I would never have thought that would be a thing for a professional athlete, though if he lost 37lbs in a week then he needs to consider the weight he fights at. I thought Ricky Hatton ballooned up when he wasn't training but 37lbs? Fuck me that's pathetic.
Eddie Alvarez said on twitter that he's at 185 and he offered to take the fight on a day's notice. Fighters cut a stupid amount of weight in the UFC regularly.
Bits N Pieces
Member
I can't believe that they allow that to happen, it makes the UFC look amateurish.
juliushandle
Member
I wonder how the PPV buys will be now? I thought it would get between 200-250k buys but without the "real" main event, it's gonna be hard to hit 100k.
Russians, Muslims, Southern California where Tony trains, now don't give a fuck about this card.
If Damian Maia where fighting for the belt they'd at least get Brazilians to watch.
Russians, Muslims, Southern California where Tony trains, now don't give a fuck about this card.
If Damian Maia where fighting for the belt they'd at least get Brazilians to watch.
Sato Koiji
Member
Canceled? Thank god they put Lando on that card to save it a bit.
Cutting 37 lbs just seems extremely reckless. Its sickening.
Cutting 37 lbs just seems extremely reckless. Its sickening.
pixelation
Member
I know right?, very few actually like Woodley and/or Thompson.
Infernostew
Member
Ugh... burn this card to the ground.
I ordered it last evening, and it didn't cross my mind that something could go wrong and the only fight I wanted to watch would end up getting cancelled. Feels bad.
I'd die if I saw that live.
StylesClash
Member
I was waiting for the DDT.
The ref seems concerned that man might be dead, but not so concerned that he's willing to stop the fight.
Rumblebones
Banned
I had Morales/Soukhamthath a draw, but that was a good fight.
Pedro/Craig should be a good scrap.
Pedro/Craig should be a good scrap.
You had a 10-8 round in the first fight?
Rumblebones
Banned
Pedro has nasty knees.
I had them a round each going into the third and scored the third a draw.
edit;
Good stoppage.
I had them a round each going into the third and scored the third a draw.
edit;
Good stoppage.
I really don't think a 10-10 round should ever be used unless guys are choosing not to attack each other.
Rumblebones
Banned
If it's a pick 'em round, I think draws should be fine, and I think judges should be more liberal with awarding draws as well as 10-8s, but I digress.
Under the old rules, Morales would have more than likely gotten round 3, however under the new rules - and, admittedly, this is based on my understanding of them - Soukhamthath did enough to negate the grappling advantage.
Oh, well. It was a good scrap.
That's fine, I just wasn't sure if I missed something when asking about the 10-8.
I completely agree that 10-8s should be awarded more, as they were talking about at the end of the FightPass stream as well.
Personally, the idea of 10-10 round makes me want to puke a little. I prefer to force the judges to pick a 10-9 winner, even if that means they each flip a coin.
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Recalling like listening to Thompson and hope he can take it. Have a feeling Woodley knocks his head off tonight though.
Rumblebones
Banned
Yeah, there wasn't a single 10-8 round in that fight. It was very competitive.
10-10 rounds aren't ideal, but so often two fights are just so damn evenly matched that it just doesn't seem fair to just pick one. I sympathise with judges that have to score close fights, but these fighters are putting everything on the line.
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Woodley/Thompson is one of those fights I love and hate at the same time because I don't want either to lose.
I am going with Woodley again though. I just want racist fucks online to lose their shit again, and while I love Wonderboy, he's gotten away with saying shit other fighters would have gotten ripped to pieces for by the fans. My problem in particular is that he's acting like he should have won the first fight because he won 3 rounds. Which is nonsense. Round 1 should have been a 10-8 for Woodley. Round 2 was a 10-9 for Wonderboy. Round 3 was so evenly matched that it could have gone either way - if not a draw - and round 4 clearly was a 10-8, so even with Wonderboy taking round with another 10-9, Woodley should have won that fight. The fact only one judge awarded him a 10-8 in round 4 is ridiculous. But, again, I digress. I've argued this enough.
Here's hoping to a great main event.
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