UFC / MMA
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Well, Dan Hookers winning streak is over. His leg got beaten up in the first round, mobility was compromised and then he took a lot of damage
Some of the body shots were brutal
Strangely Hooker seems to have a bigger profile among mma fans after this loss. A great chin and his toughness borders on stupidity
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Well, Dan Hookers winning streak is over. His leg got beaten up in the first round, mobility was compromised and then he took a lot of damage
Some of the body shots were brutal
Strangely Hooker seems to have a bigger profile among mma fans after this loss. A great chin and his toughness borders on stupidity
Well, Dan Hookers winning streak is over. His leg got beaten up in the first round, mobility was compromised and then he took a lot of damage
Some of the body shots were brutal
Strangely Hooker seems to have a bigger profile among mma fans after this loss. A great chin and his toughness borders on stupidity
Impressive resilience though. Hence the respect.
Deserved win for Iaquinta.
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@raznomore said in UFC:
No one touching this one?
Go Gustafsson.. but I would have been saying that anyway
It's bullshit how they treated fans who were turning up in Vegas.. and yes, the UFC treat Jones differently than anyone else. They would have lost a few fans moving the fight like this.
Jones should be paying the cost of fighters going from Nevada taxes to California taxes
Would USADA lie for a UFC event? I find that hard to believe. But their credibility has taken a huge hit. It seems like they are making it up as they go
It will still be a fun event. Hoping for a Nunes upset too
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Would love to see Jones sparked out and finally put to bed.
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Not a fan of UFC at all, but developed a degree of begrudging respect after listening to the 30 for 30 podcast on UFC 1.
Seems it morphed into a different beast than the original vision, but I kind of get the motivation now.
(Still won't / can't bear to watch though. )
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Best card of the year until Jones won.
Fuck him.
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Nunes must be the sports biggest star and best pound for pound now. Insane.
I’d like to see DC tell JJ to get lost. He won’t, and White won’t allow it either, but the man is forever tainted.
@MajorRage said in UFC:
Nunes must be the sports biggest star and best pound for pound now. Insane.
How are you defining star? There's a lot more famous fighters and she's not marketable. She'll stay at that 'co-main ppv' or 'headline a fight night' level
Pound for pound? Highly subjective, and I think there should be a seperate female list (taking 'pound for pound' literally).. However the best fighters list? I would have Khabib, Holloway, Ferguson, Dillashaw, Cormier, Whittaker and Jones (Booo!Hsss) easily ahead of her. There's a probably a few more than that too
Female fighters have the same problem Mighty Mouse has in these conversations, the divisions have paddling pool depth
Female GOAT though
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@MajorRage said in UFC:
Nunes must be the sports biggest star and best pound for pound now. Insane.
How are you defining star? There's a lot more famous fighters and she's not marketable. She'll stay at that 'co-main ppv' or 'headline a fight night' level
Pound for pound? Highly subjective, and I think there should be a seperate female list (taking 'pound for pound' literally).. However the best fighters list? I would have Khabib, Holloway, Ferguson, Dillashaw, Cormier, Whittaker and Jones (Booo!Hsss) easily ahead of her. There's a probably a few more than that too
Female fighters have the same problem Mighty Mouse has in these conversations, the divisions have paddling pool depth
Female GOAT though
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@Duluth she’s destroyed Tate, Rousey and now Cyborg. Not beaten, destroyed.
Khabib, Jones are the only two similar. One is a wrestler/grappler which has never been as popular and the other has too much baggage.
Highly subjective indeed.
@MajorRage said in UFC:
@Duluth she’s destroyed Tate, Rousey and now Cyborg. Not beaten, destroyed.
Yes, she's the best female fighter of all time.
But the depth of fighters she is up against is not comparable to the men. The womens divisions are still so immature.
This fight was in the 145 division which is a complete joke. The UFC don't even bother keeping rankings in that division because not enough fighters are signed to make a list out of.
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@MajorRage said in UFC:
@Duluth she’s destroyed Tate, Rousey and now Cyborg. Not beaten, destroyed.
Yes, she's the best female fighter of all time.
But the depth of fighters she is up against is not comparable to the men. The womens divisions are still so immature.
This fight was in the 145 division which is a complete joke. The UFC don't even bother keeping rankings in that division because not enough fighters are signed to make a list out of.
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@MajorRage
Of course.
..and its the same for men fighting in shallow divisions
Its a bit like Valentina Shevchenko who I think is a fantastic fighter but it's really difficult to rank her
She's had two close losses to Nunes, but her natural weight is 10-15 pounds less than Nunes. Then she dominated Joanna who belongs in another weight class.
Shevchenko might deserve a high p4p ranking but it can't be justified yet
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Well there's not much sport to discuss right now so I thought I'd make a fool of myself with some shitty predictions.
Copying the idea from this article: ESPN how-every-ufc-weight-class-title-decided-next-year
Who will hold each belt on 01/01/2020?
My guesses:
Division Champ at the end of the year Flyweight TJ Dillashaw Bantamweight TJ Dillashaw Featherweight Max Holloway Lightweight Tony Ferguson Welterweight GSP Middleweight Israel Adesanya Light Heavyweight Jon Jones Heavyweight Stipe Miocic Woman's Strawweight Tatiana Suarez Woman's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Woman's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes Woman's Featherwight Megan Anderson Flyweight I believe the rumours that they are shutting this division down. So it all depends on this weekends fight. If TJ isn't killing himself to make weight (it's looking like a really tough cut) he'll have too much power
Bantamweight TJ slightly better than everyone else
Featherweight No contest for Max. Only question is if he moves up a weight before the end of the year
Lightweight Ferguson stops the Khabib winning streak if the fight ever happens
Welterweight GSP gets offered a shitload of cash to fight at welterweight. UFC desperate for a more marketable champ than Woodley
Middleweight Nigerian Kiwi beats Aussie Maori in kiwi-ish title fight
Light Heavyweight Jones. Booo! I guess the prediction here is that he doesn't move up and doesn't fail a drug test
Heavyweight I think Stipe beats DC is they fight again. But the probably don't. DC retires after beating Lesnar then Stipe reclaims vacant title
Woman's Strawweight Rose looked great against Joanna both times but I don't think she matches up well with Suarez
Woman's Flyweight Easy for Valentina
Woman's Bantamweight Easy for Nunes
Woman's Featherweight Division probably gets shut down. Nunes doesn't seem keen to fight Cyborg (probably smart - she doesn't have much to gain and could easily lose). Cyborgs contract ends soon and I don't think she gets resigned. I'm picking Nunes to get stripped of the belt while she defends at 135 and if the division still exists Anderson is the best of the rest.
Any predictions from @MiketheSnow @MajorRage @raznomore or anyone else?
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McGregor and Khabib will be in the mix.
Ortega and Stephens too.
Whittaker to beat Adesanya.
Thiago Santos to put Jon Jones' lights out please.
And lets see how Velasquez returns.
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McGregor and Khabib will be in the mix.
Ortega and Stephens too.
Whittaker to beat Adesanya.
Thiago Santos to put Jon Jones' lights out please.
And lets see how Velasquez returns.
Good summary - I don’t see too much to disagree with honestly. I’ve not watched enough in the last 18 months to have a real handle across all divisions.
Only one I disagree with is Jon Jones - I don’t think he will hold the title - although I’m not sure who will. Cormier May drop weight to fight although I’m not sure if he has desire to fight him again.
I have one additional 3-fold prediction though.
Diaz McGregor 3 happens this year
It’s the biggest ppv by a mile
Diaz takes it -
