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[Ninja Scooter]

Scooter, o' wise one, does the same rule apply to Japanese fighters being cans in MMA? I want to believe but evidence to the contrary is becoming overwhelming. Thank you friend.

no all japanese people are cans. The ones that aren't fighters just haven't unleashed their inner can.

 

[Heel]

no all japanese people are cans. The ones that aren't fighters just haven't unleashed their inner can.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Every fighter can lose, it just depends on how much money they are being offered to do it.

 

[Heel]

Every fighter can lose, it just depends on how much money they are being offered to do it.

Perhaps the Yakuza have been paying off all Japanese fighters to throw their fights in the Ultimate in an elaborate scheme to clean up in the Vegas sportsbooks. Those who refused early on like Hioki had their families threatened.

Yeah, that's gotta be it. Thank you for the insight Scooter.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Perhaps the Yakuza have been paying off all Japanese fighters to throw their fights in the Ultimate in an elaborate scheme to clean up in the Vegas sportsbooks. Those who refused early on like Hioki had their families threatened.

Yeah, that's gotta be it. Thank you for the insight Scooter.

Dana's behind it all.

 

[Heel]

Dana's behind it all.

Yep.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Oh he scurred.

 

[DKehoe]

I obviously really, really hate Sonnen and the disrespect in the sport that he breeds. It'd be poetic justice.

He really bothers you that much?

 

[Plywood]

I obviously really, really hate Sonnen and the disrespect in the sport that he breeds. It'd be poetic justice.

Eh, I hate Condit for playing safe. I hate GSP for not breaking Hardy's arm. I hate ultimate stalemates. I hate when a fighter simply does not try to finish. I hate Guida for laying on people. But I can't hate Sonnen for making the road to their fight not only entertaining but also relevant. On top of that he has actually motivated Anderson for a fight. Fact is dude was full of his own shit and needed to be humbled and things like his performance against Forrest for example showed that.

 

[TheKaeptain]

You guys are still awake? Anyways, Dream I got asked "Why would a grown man read for fun?"

 

[yacobod]

Oh he scurred.

Anderson Balboa gonna get smashed.

 

[Chamber]

Dana White predicts UFC 148 to match 'UFC 100-level numbers' on PPV

"There's no doubt that we expect over 1 million buys here. We expect UFC 100 numbers."

 

[Gr1mLock]

Anderson Balboa gonna get smashed.

Im afraid you got that backwards friend. As much as we all wanna see yamatoe get a real avatar Andy gonna son sonnen.

 

[DKehoe]

In the call he was kinda forced into saying it will do UFC 100 numbers. It's not like when promoting something he could say "nah it won't be that successful" He does think it will do over a million though.

 

[Gr1mLock]

We about to go triple digits yo.

 

[ldcommando]

Silva´s trash talk is working, a couple of brazilian tabloids put that shit on their first pages.
One of them even did a photoshop of chael with broken teeth.

 

[yacobod]

We about to go triple digits yo.

Brah 100 posts per page 4 lyfe.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Brah 100 posts per page 4 lyfe.

 

[GungHo]

No one has posted Anderson's quotes from the media conference call?

He obviously encountered a rip in the fabric of reality and now believes that he is the Ultimate Warrior.

 

[Chamber]

In the call he was kinda forced into saying it will do UFC 100 numbers. It's not like when promoting something he could say "nah it won't be that successful" He does think it will do over a million though.

800k tops, friend.

 

[yacobod]

I think Anderson’s a really good setup guy. He uses a lot of movements and motions to set guys up, but at the end of the day, his skills are amateur. If you walk into a fist fight with your hands down, that’s amateur, and you know, I treated him like an amateur the first time, and he’s going to look like an amateur this time.

So says the man with the largest arms in mixed martial arts brahs.

 

[RBelong2Us]

The phone conference was pretty hillarious. Silva repeating the same stuff no matter the question and Sonnen with one word answers.

 

[Heel]

The Forward Roll: UFC on FX 4 and UFC 147 Edition

Clay Guida

It's been a long time since we've seen someone go from crowd favorite to subject of contempt so quickly, but Guida pulled the trick in less than four rounds with his quirky, defensive-minded game plan against Maynard. Every fighter has to go in with a strategy that he feels confident with, regardless of what criticism may follow. That said, they have to know that criticism will indeed follow, because no one watches fights for defense. It is and always will be an offensive game, and because this was so far out of the norm for Guida, I don't expect many to hold it against him unless it happens again. After losing two in a row, I can't imagine he will, and put his job on the line in the process.

Prediction: He faces Jim Miller

 

[Chamber]

The Forward Roll: UFC on FX 4 and UFC 147 Edition

Prediction: Maynard-Pettis

Pettis just crapped himself.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Pettis just crapped himself.

Im sure. Between doing triple looping axel kicks and two chicks at the same time im sure he's crapping his pants at the prospect of getting wrestlefucked. =)

 

[Heel]

Pettis just crapped himself.

The Bully takes this every time, friend. Makes a lot of sense too.

Bendo vs. That guy getting sent to 145
Bendo vs. Diaz
Champion vs. winner of Pettis/Maynard

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Guida/Miller? Calling that Bad MMA would be an insult to BadMMA.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Guida/Miller? Calling that Bad MMA would be an insult to BadMMA.

BAD 122

 

[Plywood]

Im sure. Between doing triple looping axel kicks and two chicks at the same time im sure he's crapping his pants at the prospect of getting wrestlefucked. =)

Maynard is a striker now.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

BAD 122

We need a new term for when two boring, cardboard personality "gritty" wrestlefucking American dudes with shitty stand up are fighting. It's beyond BAD MMA.

 

[parrotbeak]

Miller/Miller

 

[TheKaeptain]

We need a new term for when two boring, cardboard personality "gritty" wrestlefucking American dudes with shitty stand up are fighting. It's beyond BAD MMA.

Miller-Time

 

[Heel]

We need a new term for when two boring, cardboard personality "gritty" wrestlefucking American dudes with shitty stand up are fighting. It's beyond BAD MMA.

"Fan favorites"

 

[ShaneB]

Meh, have some positivity you goons. Wrestling cancels each other out so we'll hopefully get a stand up slugfest.

...well it would be nice.

 

[parrotbeak]

THE FIGHT FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL OUR LIVES

IS FINALLY HERE

 

[Heel]

Meh, have some positivity you goons.

This weekend's kickboxing and the return of Mo Smith will bring us all together and cure all ills. I am absolutely sure of it.

THE FIGHT FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL OUR LIVES

IS FINALLY HERE

 

[Keen]

Maynard is a striker now.

And Pettis a wrestler. So Maynard getting wrestlefucked?

 

[Heel]

Pettis' only hope would be to employ a Carpenter-like strategy against The Bully. Sitting in the pocket would be a death sentence.

 

[Chamber]

Maynard is a striker now.

Only because Edgar is arguably a better wrestler than Maynard now and Guida is also a wrestler. Pettis is getting 30-27'd by Gray.

 

[BigKaboom2]

BJ tweeted Rory saying that VADA anti-doping offered to "sponsor" their fight, whatever that means, and Rory seems to have accepted.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Pettis' only hope would be to employ a Carpenter-like strategy against The Bully. Sitting in the pocket would be a death sentence.

Cocaine is a helluva drug

 

[yacobod]

BJ tweeted Rory saying that VADA anti-doping offered to "sponsor" their fight, whatever that means, and Rory seems to have accepted.

that tri-star gym is a hotbed for PED usage in MMA.

 

[dream]

????????????????????????????????

 

[Heel]

dream, friend, where's the next panel where Anderson clutches at an injury in pain, offering both he and his fans an excuse as to why he lost or why his victory was that much sweeter?

 

[TheNatural]

Or the panel where Sonnen makes a deal with prosecutors to get a lighter sentence by snitching on his contemporaries, while his fans throw stones at Jon Jones for the same thing.

 

[alr1ght]

Andy doing that promo work. Sonnen/Silva actually mentioned on PTI. Wilbon was still his usual hater self.

 

[Heel]

Do you guys think Anderson was coaxed into saying what he did during the conference call, or did Chael finally make him crack? Ed Soares tried to prod him into promoting the first fight. You can see the footage in the Like Water documentary. He wasn't having it.

 

[yacobod]

????????????????????????????????

Anderson Balboa friend.

 

[Kellen]

Andy doing that promo work. Sonnen/Silva actually mentioned on PTI. Wilbon was still his usual hater self.

 

[DKehoe]

Do you guys think Anderson was coaxed into saying what he did during the conference call, or did Chael finally make him crack? Ed Soares tried to prod him into promoting the first fight. You can see the footage in the Like Water documentary. He wasn't having it.

I think the UFC got lucky and Anderson accidentally started promoting. He has been avoiding any promotion he can for this fight. He almost didn't do the countdown.