TrAcEr_x90
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Drugs? Weed? Yeah that makes a person age just like crack.....Rogan lives a pretty damn healthy lifestyle, yet still has fun.
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Drugs? Weed? Yeah that makes a person age just like crack.....Rogan lives a pretty damn healthy lifestyle, yet still has fun.
this would be the greatest thing ever. maybe we can have tito GNPing ghandi and then doing the gravedigger.
sazabirules
Unconfirmed Member
They added most of the fights to the main card for 144. 8 fights on it now.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Freddie is 100% right.
SATURDAY FIGHT SCHEDULE
UFC 143: Diaz vs. Conduit - OFFICIAL THREAD
Early prelims start at 4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET, free on Facebook.com
Late prelims start at 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET on FX
Main event starts at 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET on pay-per-view
OTHER NOTABLE FIGHTS
Shonie Carter vs. Tony Bonello (Thursday, King of the Cage: Reckless Abandon) [Heel's Bad MMA Fight of the Week]
Tony Lopez vs. Ryan Fortin (Thursday, King of the Cage: Reckless Abandon)
Joey Gambino (#2 FW prospect) vs. Kenny Foster (Saturday, Cage Fury Fighting Championships 13)
UFC 143: Diaz vs. Conduit - OFFICIAL THREAD
Early prelims start at 4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET, free on Facebook.com
Late prelims start at 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET on FX
Main event starts at 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET on pay-per-view
OTHER NOTABLE FIGHTS
Shonie Carter vs. Tony Bonello (Thursday, King of the Cage: Reckless Abandon) [Heel's Bad MMA Fight of the Week]
Tony Lopez vs. Ryan Fortin (Thursday, King of the Cage: Reckless Abandon)
Joey Gambino (#2 FW prospect) vs. Kenny Foster (Saturday, Cage Fury Fighting Championships 13)
Maklershed
Member
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
GSP getting a decision against the Dalai Lama.
TheNatural
My Member!
UFC girls having a little Super Bowl fun:
I need a minute to MYSELF ...
I need a minute to MYSELF ...
TheKaeptain
Banned
TBC has good taste in Quarter backs.
Also, Chamber is going to die when he sees this
http://instagr.am/p/nmNk_/
Also, Chamber is going to die when he sees this
http://instagr.am/p/nmNk_/
parrotbeak
Member
What happened to alr1ghtstart?
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Maklershed
Member
My God, look at those apps.
TheNatural
My Member!
No one can tell me Arianny looks better than this woman. No one.
Let's play identify everything on Britney's kitchen counter.
Is that a McDonald's cup holder in the background?
No one can tell me Arianny looks better than this woman. No one.
And she sides with Team Dog in the Dog v. Cat debate.
*swoon*
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
The undercard of last week's It's Showtime event is airing on HDNet in a couple minutes. Even for an undercard it's pretty damn good.
Maklershed
Member
While its interesting and cool that he's so motivated to learn different stuff, huka huka is just a very watered down version of wrestling.
But...
No one can tell me Arianny looks better than this woman. No one.
Arianny looks better than this woman.
parrotbeak
Member
Then the huka huka champion said "Ok, but in Amazon rainforest, man who wraps legs around other man's head is not the winner."
NO ONE.
I just did.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Anderson should be working on his actual wrestling.
The ace ventura 2: when nature calls wrestling should be fine
This was amazing. Thank you.
sazabirules
Unconfirmed Member
Vera is already hurt so we won't have to see Thiago Silva dominate him again.
Maklershed
Member
There's a local event coming up this weekend near me and one of the fighters is 0-7.
TheKaeptain
Banned
I'm posting this for when Yaco ignores his thread about the 209 era starting.
is m-1 going to be there scouting him?
BigJonsson
Member
wtf @ this retweet by Rampage
D_Franklin09 Doug Franklin
What happened to fighting to win?!? All these fighters were fighting not to lose! @danawhite needs more ppl like @Rampage4real #brawlers
18 hours ago
Retweeted by Rampage4real
lol @ Rampage brawling
D_Franklin09 Doug Franklin
What happened to fighting to win?!? All these fighters were fighting not to lose! @danawhite needs more ppl like @Rampage4real #brawlers
18 hours ago
Retweeted by Rampage4real
lol @ Rampage brawling
Diprosalic
Banned
Well, some MMA promotions need jobbers!
TheNatural
My Member!
Wow all those submissions. That man has been gagged more than Brittney with Cerrone.
So fellow MMA GAF.... a topic for discussion. What makes a good fight?
I never would call myself picky, or heck, even have that much in depth knowledge of the sport to really pick it apart, but a topic like this always makes me wonder what the heck makes a good fight. Considering 'bad mma' is basically a meme at this point, I'm baffled at how much shit in in this sport if everyone but a handful of fighters are any good.
Like I said, I'm not picky, I might not love the heavyweight fights, but they can put on a good fight, as rare as it might be, but I generally seem to be in the minority, always thinking 'well that fight wasn't bad' when watching through any event. Hell, I can remember being more bored with the downtime rather than a boring fight.
I thought the card last night was fine. Nothing stellar, but none of the fights made me turn away.
So what makes a "good fight"?
I guess my barometer will be the Shogun/Hendo fight. A fight that many people will say was 2011 foty (not in my opinion), but what made it a good fight? It certainly wasn't technical, they were gassed and any sort of ground game was sloppy and they were barely able to stand, but they went in there and gave it their all, plenty of heart and just a never say die attitude.
It wasn't a showcase of talent, it was a showcase of just pure fighting will and heart. So was it a good fight because of entertainment value and it's as simple as that?
UFC 142 was full of first round finishes, and apparently everyone loved it and thought it was awesome. But were they good fights? Not really, they were just awesome finishes. If that's what the fans want, why wouldn't the match makers just send in a bunch of jobbers for the names to finish quick and have that be that?
A 3 or 5 round slugfest is a rare thing. When it's excepted like the Diaz/Condit fight, a gameplan will arguably be to go the point route and neutralize your opponent and NOT get caught in a slugfest.
I've rambled on and lost my train of thought, but I thought it would be interesting thing to discuss.
I never would call myself picky, or heck, even have that much in depth knowledge of the sport to really pick it apart, but a topic like this always makes me wonder what the heck makes a good fight. Considering 'bad mma' is basically a meme at this point, I'm baffled at how much shit in in this sport if everyone but a handful of fighters are any good.
Like I said, I'm not picky, I might not love the heavyweight fights, but they can put on a good fight, as rare as it might be, but I generally seem to be in the minority, always thinking 'well that fight wasn't bad' when watching through any event. Hell, I can remember being more bored with the downtime rather than a boring fight.
I thought the card last night was fine. Nothing stellar, but none of the fights made me turn away.
So what makes a "good fight"?
I guess my barometer will be the Shogun/Hendo fight. A fight that many people will say was 2011 foty (not in my opinion), but what made it a good fight? It certainly wasn't technical, they were gassed and any sort of ground game was sloppy and they were barely able to stand, but they went in there and gave it their all, plenty of heart and just a never say die attitude.
It wasn't a showcase of talent, it was a showcase of just pure fighting will and heart. So was it a good fight because of entertainment value and it's as simple as that?
UFC 142 was full of first round finishes, and apparently everyone loved it and thought it was awesome. But were they good fights? Not really, they were just awesome finishes. If that's what the fans want, why wouldn't the match makers just send in a bunch of jobbers for the names to finish quick and have that be that?
A 3 or 5 round slugfest is a rare thing. When it's excepted like the Diaz/Condit fight, a gameplan will arguably be to go the point route and neutralize your opponent and NOT get caught in a slugfest.
I've rambled on and lost my train of thought, but I thought it would be interesting thing to discuss.
parrotbeak
Member
I liked the Diaz Condit fight because it was interesting to watch their different styles compete for dominance. Although arguably one fighter's style dominated more, both styles were in there and competitive all the way till the end. The whole fight was great but the end of the 5th was so exciting, especially if you were thinking Diaz needed that sub to win.
Unlike a wrestle fuck which can be extremely frustrating to watch because one fighter dominates and the other one just tries to survive, without much chance of trying to fight their style.
Werdum Nelson was fun because Werdum went off on Nelson but Nelson was always in it, kept pushing forward and you knew he always had a shot.
I guess for me part of the excitement is not being sure what will happen next. Some fighters and style match-ups seem more unpredictable.
Everyone loves a good ko or sub, so fighters who are known to finish will always be more exciting.
Unlike a wrestle fuck which can be extremely frustrating to watch because one fighter dominates and the other one just tries to survive, without much chance of trying to fight their style.
Werdum Nelson was fun because Werdum went off on Nelson but Nelson was always in it, kept pushing forward and you knew he always had a shot.
I guess for me part of the excitement is not being sure what will happen next. Some fighters and style match-ups seem more unpredictable.
Everyone loves a good ko or sub, so fighters who are known to finish will always be more exciting.
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