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  • MilkM Milk

    @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

    Quite possibly, but where the fuck were his team to manage the situation?

    Yeah, spot on. I actually found the above scene really uncomfortable to watch and part of the reason is how isolated he is. Apparently Dana White was trying to convince Cormier he was knocked out and it wasn't until Cormier saw that footage that everything started to click into place for him. And this is the result:

    Rogan has since apologised for interviewing him as he is no longer supposed to interview fighters who have been knocked out.

    DC's statement:
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BXMcRjEhW6j/

    First off, thank you all for the kind words. I have felt the support. Congratulations to Jon Jones and his team. They did a phenomenal job and got the victory. Also, to Big John McCarthy, I would like to apologize for acting up with you. I am thankful for the time you gave me to try and defend myself and stay in the fight. You are the best in the business for a reason. I also wanna thank my team and my coaches. I love you all from the bottom of my heart. Your time and energy is greatly appreciated. You guys did a wonderful job, I was ready. It's a fist fight and things happen. Dana White and the @ufc, thank you for being the premiere organization in all of MMA. Again, congrats to Team Jones and JacksonWink. Love you all. I'll see you soon. DC

    Big John's response:
    https://i.redd.it/xncsud95hwcz.jpg

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    MiketheSnow
    wrote on last edited by MiketheSnow
    #299

    @Milk said in UFC:

    @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

    Quite possibly, but where the fuck were his team to manage the situation?

    Yeah, spot on. I actually found the above scene really uncomfortable to watch and part of the reason is how isolated he is. Apparently Dana White was trying to convince Cormier he was knocked out and it wasn't until Cormier saw that footage that everything started to click into place for him. And this is the result:

    Rogan has since apologised for interviewing him as he is no longer supposed to interview fighters who have been knocked out.

    DC's statement:
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BXMcRjEhW6j/

    First off, thank you all for the kind words. I have felt the support. Congratulations to Jon Jones and his team. They did a phenomenal job and got the victory. Also, to Big John McCarthy, I would like to apologize for acting up with you. I am thankful for the time you gave me to try and defend myself and stay in the fight. You are the best in the business for a reason. I also wanna thank my team and my coaches. I love you all from the bottom of my heart. Your time and energy is greatly appreciated. You guys did a wonderful job, I was ready. It's a fist fight and things happen. Dana White and the @ufc, thank you for being the premiere organization in all of MMA. Again, congrats to Team Jones and JacksonWink. Love you all. I'll see you soon. DC

    Big John's response:
    https://i.redd.it/xncsud95hwcz.jpg

    Great to see all round.

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    • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

      @Milk said in UFC:

      @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

      Quite possibly, but where the fuck were his team to manage the situation?

      Yeah, spot on. I actually found the above scene really uncomfortable to watch and part of the reason is how isolated he is. Apparently Dana White was trying to convince Cormier he was knocked out and it wasn't until Cormier saw that footage that everything started to click into place for him. And this is the result:

      Rogan has since apologised for interviewing him as he is no longer supposed to interview fighters who have been knocked out.

      DC's statement:
      https://www.instagram.com/p/BXMcRjEhW6j/

      First off, thank you all for the kind words. I have felt the support. Congratulations to Jon Jones and his team. They did a phenomenal job and got the victory. Also, to Big John McCarthy, I would like to apologize for acting up with you. I am thankful for the time you gave me to try and defend myself and stay in the fight. You are the best in the business for a reason. I also wanna thank my team and my coaches. I love you all from the bottom of my heart. Your time and energy is greatly appreciated. You guys did a wonderful job, I was ready. It's a fist fight and things happen. Dana White and the @ufc, thank you for being the premiere organization in all of MMA. Again, congrats to Team Jones and JacksonWink. Love you all. I'll see you soon. DC

      Big John's response:
      https://i.redd.it/xncsud95hwcz.jpg

      Great to see all round.

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      Unco
      wrote on last edited by
      #300

      Yeah, um, about that main event... Jones failed a steroid test...

      So I guess DC gets the title back and Jones gets banned for four years because it's his second failed test?

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        Duluth
        wrote on last edited by Duluth
        #301

        FFS the LHW division is a mess now

        Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

        Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

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        • DuluthD Duluth

          FFS the LHW division is a mess now

          Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

          Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

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          MiketheSnow
          wrote on last edited by
          #302

          @Duluth said in UFC:

          FFS the LHW division is a mess now

          Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

          Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

          What an idiot.

          But possibly shows that Jones didn't feel he could beat DC clean.

          Ban him for life.

          There are some good LH coming through.

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            raznomore
            wrote on last edited by
            #303

            He'll end up in Bellator in no time.

            He was my guy, based purely on ability, but what an utter piston wristed gibbon. That speech at the end of the fight is so slimey now. I actually thought he showed some class for once in his life.

            Cormier probably Knew and so did White.

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            • MilkM Offline
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              Milk
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              #304

              Classy response from DC. IMO smart to withhold his opinion until we know more:

              “It's hard to find words to describe how I'm feeling right now,” Cormier said. “I'm disappointed to hear the news. It's very emotional.
              “We as athletes are entitled to due process, and I will refrain from saying much more until I know exactly what happened.
              “In my mind, on July 29, I competed and I lost. I thought Jon Jones was the better man that day. I don't know what to think anymore. I can’t believe we are going through all of this again. We will see what happens next.
              “Thank you to all my fans who have supported me during this dark time. I love you all very much.”

              https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/8/22/16187722/daniel-cormier-releases-statement-regarding-jon-jones-drug-test-failure

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              • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                @Duluth said in UFC:

                FFS the LHW division is a mess now

                Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

                Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

                What an idiot.

                But possibly shows that Jones didn't feel he could beat DC clean.

                Ban him for life.

                There are some good LH coming through.

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                Unco
                wrote on last edited by
                #305

                @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

                @Duluth said in UFC:

                FFS the LHW division is a mess now

                Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

                Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

                What an idiot.

                But possibly shows that Jones didn't feel he could beat DC clean.

                Ban him for life.

                There are some good LH coming through.

                I think what it shows is if you combine it with his weird T/E ratio a couple years ago and the inhibitor he was banned for last year, he's probably been on roids his entire career. It calls into question every fight he's won.

                It'll be interesting to see what kind of ban he gets. The inhibitor he failed for last year was only a 1 year ban, whereas roids are two years and second time offenders are double that. So it'll depend on whether they consider this his first or second fail because they're two different drugs. If it's his first then he should get a 2 year ban but if it's his second, it'll be a 4 year ban. At 30 right now, he's snorted, crashed into and pissed hot the peak years of his career. What a fuckwit.

                Oh and while I know they're waiting to see how things play out before doing anything, if they don't just give the belt straight back to DC and pretend that loss never happened, it'll be a complete joke. You can't lose a fight to someone who shouldn't have even been allowed in the octagon.

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                • UncoU Unco

                  @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

                  @Duluth said in UFC:

                  FFS the LHW division is a mess now

                  Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

                  Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

                  What an idiot.

                  But possibly shows that Jones didn't feel he could beat DC clean.

                  Ban him for life.

                  There are some good LH coming through.

                  I think what it shows is if you combine it with his weird T/E ratio a couple years ago and the inhibitor he was banned for last year, he's probably been on roids his entire career. It calls into question every fight he's won.

                  It'll be interesting to see what kind of ban he gets. The inhibitor he failed for last year was only a 1 year ban, whereas roids are two years and second time offenders are double that. So it'll depend on whether they consider this his first or second fail because they're two different drugs. If it's his first then he should get a 2 year ban but if it's his second, it'll be a 4 year ban. At 30 right now, he's snorted, crashed into and pissed hot the peak years of his career. What a fuckwit.

                  Oh and while I know they're waiting to see how things play out before doing anything, if they don't just give the belt straight back to DC and pretend that loss never happened, it'll be a complete joke. You can't lose a fight to someone who shouldn't have even been allowed in the octagon.

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                  MiketheSnow
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #306

                  @Unco said in UFC:

                  @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

                  @Duluth said in UFC:

                  FFS the LHW division is a mess now

                  Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

                  Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

                  What an idiot.

                  But possibly shows that Jones didn't feel he could beat DC clean.

                  Ban him for life.

                  There are some good LH coming through.

                  I think what it shows is if you combine it with his weird T/E ratio a couple years ago and the inhibitor he was banned for last year, he's probably been on roids his entire career. It calls into question every fight he's won.

                  It'll be interesting to see what kind of ban he gets. The inhibitor he failed for last year was only a 1 year ban, whereas roids are two years and second time offenders are double that. So it'll depend on whether they consider this his first or second fail because they're two different drugs. If it's his first then he should get a 2 year ban but if it's his second, it'll be a 4 year ban. At 30 right now, he's snorted, crashed into and pissed hot the peak years of his career. What a fuckwit.

                  Oh and while I know they're waiting to see how things play out before doing anything, if they don't just give the belt straight back to DC and pretend that loss never happened, it'll be a complete joke. You can't lose a fight to someone who shouldn't have even been allowed in the octagon.

                  Agreed.

                  If they don't see the long term impact of this and ban him for life then the UFC is on the WWE road.

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                  • UncoU Unco

                    @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

                    @Duluth said in UFC:

                    FFS the LHW division is a mess now

                    Jones won't come back. The fans won't look at Cormier as the real champ. The UFC tried to pretend Manuwa was a contender and he got exposed. Rumble had a chance against Cormier and fucked it up, then retired..

                    Hopefully Gustafsson gets the next challenge and wins the belt

                    What an idiot.

                    But possibly shows that Jones didn't feel he could beat DC clean.

                    Ban him for life.

                    There are some good LH coming through.

                    I think what it shows is if you combine it with his weird T/E ratio a couple years ago and the inhibitor he was banned for last year, he's probably been on roids his entire career. It calls into question every fight he's won.

                    It'll be interesting to see what kind of ban he gets. The inhibitor he failed for last year was only a 1 year ban, whereas roids are two years and second time offenders are double that. So it'll depend on whether they consider this his first or second fail because they're two different drugs. If it's his first then he should get a 2 year ban but if it's his second, it'll be a 4 year ban. At 30 right now, he's snorted, crashed into and pissed hot the peak years of his career. What a fuckwit.

                    Oh and while I know they're waiting to see how things play out before doing anything, if they don't just give the belt straight back to DC and pretend that loss never happened, it'll be a complete joke. You can't lose a fight to someone who shouldn't have even been allowed in the octagon.

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                    Milk
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #307

                    @Unco said in UFC:

                    Oh and while I know they're waiting to see how things play out before doing anything, if they don't just give the belt straight back to DC and pretend that loss never happened, it'll be a complete joke. You can't lose a fight to someone who shouldn't have even been allowed in the octagon.

                    Surely they'd have to. The result gets overturned so you would hope the belt goes back. DC probably won't fight again this year so perhaps they'll also have an interim belt fight.

                    Considering the brutal nature of the knock out, could DC sue Jones?

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                      MiketheSnow
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                      #308

                      'Tainted supplement' coming out of the Jones camp

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                      • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                        'Tainted supplement' coming out of the Jones camp

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                        Crucial
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #309

                        @MiketheSnow said in UFC:

                        'Tainted supplement' coming out of the Jones camp

                        More like supplemented taint.

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                        • MilkM Milk

                          @Unco said in UFC:

                          Oh and while I know they're waiting to see how things play out before doing anything, if they don't just give the belt straight back to DC and pretend that loss never happened, it'll be a complete joke. You can't lose a fight to someone who shouldn't have even been allowed in the octagon.

                          Surely they'd have to. The result gets overturned so you would hope the belt goes back. DC probably won't fight again this year so perhaps they'll also have an interim belt fight.

                          Considering the brutal nature of the knock out, could DC sue Jones?

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                          raznomore
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                          #310

                          @Milk said in UFC:

                          @Unco said in UFC:

                          Oh and while I know they're waiting to see how things play out before doing anything, if they don't just give the belt straight back to DC and pretend that loss never happened, it'll be a complete joke. You can't lose a fight to someone who shouldn't have even been allowed in the octagon.

                          Surely they'd have to. The result gets overturned so you would hope the belt goes back. DC probably won't fight again this year so perhaps they'll also have an interim belt fight.

                          Considering the brutal nature of the knock out, could DC sue Jones?

                          Mark Hunt mate. He took the UFC to court for his fight with Brock Lesnar.

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                            MiketheSnow
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                            #311

                            UFC 215
                            Some very good action, upsets and controversy.

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                              Jones ... positive second test. UFC must be red Rover for him.

                              Ben Johnson moment.

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                                Jones ... positive second test. UFC must be red Rover for him.

                                Ben Johnson moment.

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                                #313

                                @MajorRage said in UFC:

                                Jones ... positive second test. UFC must be red Rover for him.

                                Ben Johnson moment.

                                Hopefully.

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                                  MiketheSnow
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                                  #314

                                  Been some cracking fights the past month.

                                  UFC 216

                                  Last three fights delivered. Def worth a watch.

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                                    #315

                                    Cerrone v Till is definitely worth a watch

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                                      #316

                                      UFC 119

                                      Golm v Colombo
                                      Impressive debut from Golm. Fast and tough. And skills to pay the bills

                                      Figueiredo v Brooks
                                      Bullshit hometown decision
                                      Brooks' wrestling too good for Figueiredo

                                      Dos Santos v Griffin
                                      A barrage from Dos Santos in Round 1 and somehow Griffin survives
                                      Steady Round 2
                                      And a deserved unanimous decision for Dos Santos after some heavy bombs in Round 3

                                      Dias v Gordon
                                      Gordon's ground game too strong for Dias

                                      Carlos Junior v Masrshman
                                      Too easy for Carlos Junior as Marshman gives his back

                                      Luque v Price
                                      Luque faster, stronger and more precise

                                      Lineker v Vera
                                      Dominance from Lineker

                                      Santos v Hermansson
                                      Dynamic kicking and striking from Santos for a first round stoppage

                                      Trinaldo v Miller
                                      Tough, tough toe to toe with Trinaldo getting the decision

                                      Munhoz v Font
                                      Fantastic guillotine from Munhoz

                                      Maia v Covington
                                      Big win for Covington. Deserved.

                                      Machida v Brunson
                                      Wow. Machida in control and then Brunson turns out the lights. Maybe on his career

                                      Big night next week 🙂

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                                        #317

                                        GSP!

                                        Pity about the other two titles fights though. Joanna 😞

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                                          #318

                                          UFC 217

                                          Zahabi v Ramos
                                          If at first you don't succeed...
                                          Great second attempt at spinning elbow from Ramos turns Zahabi's lights out

                                          Oleinik v Blaydes
                                          What a chin on Oleinik in Round 1
                                          Then a controversial illegal kick that barely brushed Oleinik's ear in Round 2 caused confusion before Blaydes got the TKO after the ref called Oleinik couldn't continue

                                          Brown v Gall
                                          A war, back and forth, but Brown too strong

                                          Saint Preux v Anderson
                                          Tough, tough battle with Saint Preux tiring and down on the cards and then he pulls out a roundhouse kick to the head that puts Anderson out for the count
                                          Wow

                                          Harris v Godbeer
                                          Godbeer spent most of the first round on his back but did a good job of covering up
                                          Then Harris has an accidental low blow followed by a kick to the face after the ref called time twice
                                          Harris DQd, Godbeer with the win. Not that he knew anything about it
                                          Harris will come though. Fast, dynamic and tough. With skills

                                          Vick v Duffy
                                          Really good back and forth fight with Duffy ahead on the cards
                                          Then Vick catches Duffy with a great uppercut for the ref to stop the fight just before the 2nd round buzzer

                                          Hendricks v Costa
                                          Costa too big, too quick, too skillful for Hendricks. But Hendricks durable and game. And experienced.
                                          A pissed off Costa ups the pace in the second round and Big John McCarthy calls it after a Costa barrage

                                          Thompson v Masvidal
                                          Masvidal bamboozled by Thompson's speed and style

                                          Jedrzejczyk v Namajunas
                                          WOW
                                          What a fight, what a finish from Namajunas
                                          Accurate and punishing

                                          Barbrandt v Dillishaw
                                          WOW
                                          So fast
                                          Brilliant finish from TJ
                                          Rematch please

                                          Bisping v GSP
                                          MSG, GSP, OMG

                                          BEST CARD EVER

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