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UFC 213 OT - Nunes vs Shevchenko. The Lioness, the Uber, and the The Soldier of God

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Syder

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I had Nunes by an easy TKO anyway.

It's a disappointment that after having such an easy fight against Rousey and taking 7 months to get to her next fight she pulls out at the last minute but I'm still looking forward to this event as much as I was before this fight was cancelled.
 
ldcommando

ldcommando

Banned
Heel said:
I knew Amanda Nunes was scared of that fighter she already beat. That's why she did a full camp, paid for it, all to not get paid to fight at the very last minute.

Nice try, but I'm on to you. I believe Dana White and his in-house doctor.
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The perfect crime, friend.
 
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mercenar1e

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av2k said:
Hi MMA Gaf! My instructor Trevin Giles is fighting today on fight pass as the first fight, I'm super excited about it as well as our entire school. :D

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Cheers!
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god damn that was a mauling. i was wrong lol
 
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parrotbeak

Member
I'm so used to seeing fighters flatten out their opponent and then just get the tko cuz the guy on the bottom covers up, but Giles got him to make openings and chose his shots so well. I love really efficient violence.
 
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Levito

Banned
It's kind of amazing how little Dana cares for the well being of his athletes. "I'm going to imply Nunes is scared because then everyone will get mad at her and not me."
 
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Obliterator

Member
Levito said:
It's kind of amazing how little Dana cares for the well being of his athletes. "I'm going to imply Nunes is scared because then everyone will get made at her and not me."
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Bisping, Cruz, and Kenny were all just talking mad shit on Amanda for pulling out on FS1. They were all making the same claims she was fine that Dana said
 
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Ninja Scooter

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Levito said:
It's kind of amazing how little Dana cares for the well being of his athletes. "I'm going to imply Nunes is scared because then everyone will get made at her and not me."
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and then he has to go out of his way to bring up that Joanna would have totally take the fight because she's a fucking fighter.
 
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brentech

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polyh3dron said:
Because it's after weigh-in time. That's why it was the worst possible time for Nunes to pull out. She was feeling sick for over a week, should've pulled out earlier.
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That's my issue as well. I don't really care that the fight is off, but now Valentina has done all the work and doesn't get to fight.
 
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Chumley

Banned
Levito said:
It's kind of amazing how little Dana cares for the well being of his athletes. "I'm going to imply Nunes is scared because then everyone will get made at her and not me."
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If she didn't tell Dana she was feeling sick she completely fucked up. There's no excuse for that. Dana might be talking out of his ass about being scared but he's justified to be frustrated, he could have had someone else lined up if she told him.

Pulling out at the absolute last second like this would have gotten her justifiably cut if she wasn't champ. She fucked up the money for Valentina, too.
 
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Obliterator

Member
Overeem gets a guaranteed 800k for the fight tonight. I always forget he's one of the most well payed UFC fighters. In fact I think he's maybe the highest paid fighter to never hold the belt? Can't think of any other that make almost a million per fight and never held the strap
 
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Sato Koiji

Member
I dont get the Nunes defense force. She fucked up extremely. THis could be the worst pull out of all time. I dont remember a fighter pulling out hours before a championship fight.
 
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Chumley

Banned
Sato Koiji said:
I dont get the Nunes defense force. She fucked up extremely. THis could be the worst pull out of all time. I dont remember a fighter pulling out hours before a championship fight.
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It's never happened before. Like I said, if she wasn't the champ who devoured Rousey she'd be cut.
 
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Fox318

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Sato Koiji said:
I dont get the Nunes defense force. She fucked up extremely. THis could be the worst pull out of all time. I dont remember a fighter pulling out hours before a championship fight.
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She's no Bones Jones.

He's done much much worse and people always defend him.
 
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Fox318

Member
Chumley said:
It's never happened before. Like I said, if she wasn't the champ who devoured Rousey she'd be cut.
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I also think this shit doesn't happen under Lorenzo.

This UFC is different and the fighters especially after this Reebok deal aren't going to go out on a limb if they don't have to.
 
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brentech

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She said she hadn't been feeling good for a little bit now. I'm all but certain that if the UFC was made aware of that, they would have had a replacement for Valentina.
Making Valentina cut weight and go through everything else just to back out is some real bullshit. It's entirely on Nunes.
 
N° 2048

N° 2048

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We don't have the hard facts yet, right?

We don't know if Nunes pulled out or doctor said no. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.

brentech said:
She said she hadn't been feeling good for a little bit now. I'm all but certain that if the UFC was made aware of that, they would have had a replacement for Valentina.
Making Valentina cut weight and go through everything else just to back out is some real bullshit. It's entirely on Nunes.
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Didn't think of that, great point.
 
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Obliterator

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I don't feel too much sympathy for Nunes if this is weight cut related or if she didn't bring the UFC in on this. If she had told them early on in the week we could have had a guaranteed replacement for tonight.

If she did tell them though and this illness has nothing in relation to her weight cut I feel for her
 
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TankRizzo

Banned
Fox318 said:
I also think this shit doesn't happen under Lorenzo.

This UFC is different and the fighters especially after this Reebok deal aren't going to go out on a limb if they don't have to.
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ding ding. The reebok deal is bad for 99% of the lineup. They're not gonna go out on a limb like you said.
 
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Chumley

Banned
brentech said:
She said she hadn't been feeling good for a little bit now. I'm all but certain that if the UFC was made aware of that, they would have had a replacement for Valentina.
Making Valentina cut weight and go through everything else just to back out is some real bullshit. It's entirely on Nunes.
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That's the thing. She knew she felt bad. Not informing the UFC and then pulling out at the very last minute is worse than any of the Bones pullouts, its worse than any pullout as far as I know.
 
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Obliterator

Member
stan_marsh said:
We don't have the hard facts yet, right?

We don't know if Nunes pulled out or doctor said no. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.



Didn't think of that, great point.
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Correction she was medically cleared by doctors on both Friday and Saturday. Doesn't mean she doesn't have something going on but doctors on two separate occasions told her she was fit to fight
 
BadAss2961

BadAss2961

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Obliterator said:
Overeem gets a guaranteed 800k for the fight tonight. I always forget he's one of the most well payed UFC fighters. In fact I think he's maybe the highest paid fighter to never hold the belt? Can't think of any other that make almost a million per fight and never held the strap
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Reem deserves it. He's been around forever and is a legend at this point. Still a top contender and personality.
 
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Obliterator

Member
BadAss2961 said:
Reem deserves it. He's been around forever and is a legend at this point. Still a top contender and personality.
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Yeah I agree he deserves it and is a decent draw. It just always surprises me how much he makes compared to other fighters. Like every card he's on he is usually the highest paid
 
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Archaix

Drunky McMurder
Sato Koiji said:
I dont get the Nunes defense force. She fucked up extremely. THis could be the worst pull out of all time. I dont remember a fighter pulling out hours before a championship fight.
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Randleman when he got knocked out by some pipes backstage before the fight. That was well before Zuffa was even involved though.
 
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Chumley

Banned
Trend of absolutely old as fuck looking young guys continues with meerschadt at 29 looking 49 tho that might be the beard
 
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