Im starting this year in a few months after I do some strength training and cardio...fully prepared to get my ass kicked.
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Im starting this year in a few months after I do some strength training and cardio...fully prepared to get my ass kicked.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
I plan to go to Thailand for a month in spring to train full time Muay Thai. After I get back to Taiwan I'll see about taking up some beginner BJJ as well.
Pristine_Condition
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Dana on the UFC Postfight show, on Rumble: "Honestly, we're probably gonna cut him. Three strikes and you're out."
Ninja Scooter
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Pristine_Condition
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Goes back to the guys around the desk--Glazer, Forian, and Helwani: All three were like "Yeah, they should cut him."
parrotbeak
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Well no shit he was cut. Poor guy was fucked as soon as he tried to cut 50 lbs or whatever ridiculous shit he was doing. He was as aggressive as he could be and tried to fight his game, but against a guy like Miragliotta, I mean Belfort, what could he do?
Pristine_Condition
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Rumble interview (taped before they talked to Dana) just concluded.
Asked would he change anything, would he come in lighter so he wouldn't have to cut as much...he basically said no, it was just a medical issue that popped up.
Asked if he thinks he still has a future in the weight division in the UFC, he says "yeah" and then says HE WANTS A REMATCH!
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What a moron.
They cut back to the desk, and they guys are basically saying they think Rumble must be stupid or something.
Asked would he change anything, would he come in lighter so he wouldn't have to cut as much...he basically said no, it was just a medical issue that popped up.
Asked if he thinks he still has a future in the weight division in the UFC, he says "yeah" and then says HE WANTS A REMATCH!
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What a moron.
They cut back to the desk, and they guys are basically saying they think Rumble must be stupid or something.
parrotbeak
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His brain is dried out.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Right on dude. Which jiujitsu school are you looking at?
Pristine_Condition
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JDS interview just concluded. Hyped for the Reem fight. Says the knee is coming along nicely.
Dude just basically looked like he won the lottery tonight. He has to know that with tonight's event, the UFC is just molten hot right now in Brazil...and he happens to be the HW champ and a native. His manager is probably signing fat ass sponsorship contracts right now.
Dude just basically looked like he won the lottery tonight. He has to know that with tonight's event, the UFC is just molten hot right now in Brazil...and he happens to be the HW champ and a native. His manager is probably signing fat ass sponsorship contracts right now.
A little north of Cincinnati Ohio, Jorge Gurgels school. Its the only one semi close to me thats strictly BJJ. Pretty sure everyone else is MMA. I want to kind of focus on one discipline for now.
http://ohiomma.com/
parrotbeak
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I was trying to figure out what interview Dana was talking about when he was tweet fighting with Gross on Friday, and came across Gross's predictions for how 142 would go. He is a pessimistic fuck. Sad voice saying there's no way it will be as good as the last Brazil card, because that card had more Brazilian legends and people were pumped because it had been so long since the UFC was there. I forget what else he said but he said other stupid shit. It's like the negative version of UFC's hype. Still bs though.
TheNatural
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Damn, read that OTL column, it's pretty interesting. Of course without names or anything else it doesn't mean a hell of a lot. We don't know who is getting paid what.
parrotbeak
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They're just going to spend the money on bad tattoos anyway.
You pay the new guys at least a living wage so they can actually train in the sport to eventually get better, thus making more money.
dream
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Now what does suck is the fact that every single competitor to the UFC was run by absolute retards with the most horrifically flawed business plans. I don't think I'm willing to say Zuffa doesn't have a monopoly on MMA but I give just as much credit to the idiocy of their competitors (Affliction having to pack it in after cancelling a single event, EliteXC getting shot in the head because of all the Kimbo hijinks, Strikefarce taking on Freddy's absurd contract when they had almost no revenue stream, etc) as I do Zuffa's business acumen.
Bellator shows that you don't have to put all your eggs in one basket in order to have a moderately successful MMA company.
Bellator shows that you don't have to put all your eggs in one basket in order to have a moderately successful MMA company.
It has started
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbbs5nKXliU&feature=youtu.be
Basically, you guys do it too, comparing apples and oranges.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbbs5nKXliU&feature=youtu.be
Basically, you guys do it too, comparing apples and oranges.
Maklershed
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Ha nice
I aim to please.
not a bad list sir. i think i'd put nick diaz at 6 though.
is that the stuff dana was promising to leak out?
sazabirules
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Boetsch after his Okami fight?
UFC seems set on Bisping/Maia getting the next title shot after the Munoz/Sonnen winner, right? I hope they reconsider that plan. I don't think either of them have earned it quite yet.
There's no way the winner of Bisping/Maia will sit on the shelf that long. Recall that Anderson is claiming he's injured again.
I'd hope not. But even then, is beating Paul Harris really solidifying someone as the #1 contender? Not to me. Damn this division is really reaching right now.
Save us, Chael.
I can agree with that if Paul Harris beats someone legitimate like Belcher in the meantime.
Beating Harris right now straight away doesn't hold a lot of value to me. I know it's the same fighter regardless of who they've beaten, but you've gotta beat the man who beat the man in this sport to prove your worth and build a legitimate title fight.
TheNatural
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LOL awesome ownage. It's so true what Friday Night Fights fighters make. How about he brings up some of the shit ESPN has done to ruin college athletics and cause this conference realignment mess.
Ninja Scooter
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Nice. ESPN needs and deserves to be called out more on the conflict of an entertainment company trying to pass themselves off as credible journalists. How they skated on the Roethlisberger thing is beyond me.
parrotbeak
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I'd agree with this list for whatever p4p is worth, which is not much imo. Hendo's recent attempts at 185 can be dismissed because cutting becomes so much harder when you're a senior citizen.
Nick Diaz is #1 on most entertaining fighter list, but until he develops some tdd he's not a p4p contender. But p4p is a stupid concept anyway, but I have been out all day and wanted to post something.
Maklershed
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Another UFC event this weekend wheee!!
Also, ProElite 3. Lets see if they can keep the streak alive from 2 where every single fighter gasses in the first round and all fights go to decision. (and yes I'll count that Arlovski finish in there cause it happened with 1 second left on the clock)
Also, ProElite 3. Lets see if they can keep the streak alive from 2 where every single fighter gasses in the first round and all fights go to decision. (and yes I'll count that Arlovski finish in there cause it happened with 1 second left on the clock)
parrotbeak
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Oh I remember now, Gross said the UFC was trying so hard to get major network coverage but failed and had to settle with Fox Sports. I can see that as a joke but his voice is so depressive. I don't watch ESPN so not up on who these guys are, but based on the little I've seen I gotta side with Uncle Dana on this.
pr0cs
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I'm a bit late (still recovering from the evening), but 142 fucking delivered. As usual the haters shit on a card and the fights more than make up for it. Thoroughly enjoyed last night with some pretty crazy shit all around. The last few events have been really good IMO.
and with that statement I probably jinxed it didn't I?
terrible defense right there
FNF usually pays a license fee of 20k to the promoter to air there fights and it is hardly comparable and brings in nowhere near the revenue of a ufc ppv event.ESPN doesn't even pay the fighters. Im sure he knows that though. they even talk about the low pay that clubfighters make in the ESPN piece.Also they have the option of fighting anywhere else that isn't possible with the UFC.
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