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Marching Powder posted:Poirier at lightweight looks way better than his featherweight self Yep quote:and is much less hittable now imo. Nope I think Porier's cardio and chin have looked much better at 155 but he's still basically the same fighter, which is to say he's very gifted offensively but still extremely hittable and takedowneable.
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Bubba Smith posted:And yet don't most players in the NFL prefer to get hit in the head as opposed to getting their knees/ankles torn in half? I assume it's because if you suffer an ACL tear in the NFL you're done for the season and that can cause all sorts of problems: the team moving on from you, losing out on major money, the season going down in flames if you're an important player, etc. Meanwhile concussion protocol usually only takes you out for a few games, if that. At least fighters who have good relationships with Silva/Shelby can take years if needed to recover from an injury or a concussion. As FDog(g) mentioned yeah, sacrifice all of your long term health for the here and now. Or you can be a terrible dummy like good ol' Dogg and ruin all of your joints and muscles AND get a buncha concussions.
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I realize that we romanticize fighters a lot, and put dramatic narratives on guys who are really just trying to feed their families, but Robbie Lawler posted:The harder part of my life is NOT in the cage, NOT training.... Everyday life is harder for me, it's, it's, fighting's who I am, and I feel like that's the easiest part of my life. That's his own words, per UFC 195 Countdown. Robbie Lawler was born to punch dudes in the face.
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Nobody has given me proof that Robbie Lawler isn't a terminator sent back in time to punch people in the face
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fatherdog posted:Yep despite fighting only for a little over five minutes at lw, i thought he showed improvement. but neither of his opponents are as offensively sound as duffy, so i guess this is the litmus test for my assertions. we'll see.
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Marching Powder posted:despite fighting only for a little over five minutes at lw, i thought he showed improvement. but neither of his opponents are as offensively sound as duffy, so i guess this is the litmus test for my assertions. we'll see. He certainly might turn out to be better, but I definitely wouldn't say that his fights at 155 have demonstrated it so far. They both showed him being richly hittable but overwhelming his opponents with his offense.
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fatherdog posted:I realize that we romanticize fighters a lot, and put dramatic narratives on guys who are really just trying to feed their families, but Side note I love how years after retiring Chuck Liddell doesn't give Jon Jones much respect. That poo poo is cool to me.
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Bubba Smith posted:Side note I love how years after retiring Chuck Liddell doesn't give Jon Jones much respect. That poo poo is cool to me. Chuck on Conor is also cool. "I don't like how much he talks, but he knocks people out, so whatever."
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Bubba Smith posted:And yet don't most players in the NFL prefer to get hit in the head as opposed to getting their knees/ankles torn in half? I assume it's because if you suffer an ACL tear in the NFL you're done for the season and that can cause all sorts of problems: the team moving on from you, losing out on major money, the season going down in flames if you're an important player, etc. Meanwhile concussion protocol usually only takes you out for a few games, if that. At least fighters who have good relationships with Silva/Shelby can take years if needed to recover from an injury or a concussion. Things along those lines have been said by a lot of NFL players. I even recall some of them lamenting that it was harder to hide a concussion now with outside doctors monitoring the game and that it was taking a chance for them to make money away. Plus you still have the very real mentality that a real player plays through things like concussions for his team and if he doesn't he is soft. There were a few incidents where coaches left clearly concussed players in the game. I want to say the most recent one was the QB for the Rams. The guy looked bad getting up the backup QB started warming up on his own.
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Trast posted:a real player plays through things like concussions for his team and if he doesn't he is soft. Yeah that's an aspect I hadn't thought of but contributes a ton: since MMA is an individual sport you don't have pressure from your teammates to rush back from injury or concussion. I mean maybe the hosed up gyms in the world do, but I don't think Rockhold is calling Khabib a pussy because he pulled out of another fight or Pederneiras telling Aldo and Barao the team really needs them to get over that head trauma they had recently and step up. Ronda is just in an unfortunate circumstance where the biggest PPV of the year, and possibly the biggest PPV ever, is scheduled to happen just 8 months after her KO loss. If the card wasn't happening so soon I think there would be less pressure for her to make such a quick turnaround. That's a ton of money for everyone to pass up. I guess my point is MMA culture seems to have a much healthier approach to guys taking the time they need to recover from knock outs and injuries compared to NFL. Fans are understanding (until you pull out of a match for the 10th time like Pettis), promoters are usually supportive, and there's rarely an issue within the camp.
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Trast posted:Things along those lines have been said by a lot of NFL players. I even recall some of them lamenting that it was harder to hide a concussion now with outside doctors monitoring the game and that it was taking a chance for them to make money away. Plus you still have the very real mentality that a real player plays through things like concussions for his team and if he doesn't he is soft. There were a few incidents where coaches left clearly concussed players in the game. I want to say the most recent one was the QB for the Rams. The guy looked bad getting up the backup QB started warming up on his own. Guy fell on the ground, whacked his head, and the visibly wobbled standing up. Luckily, I'm pretty sure it was like with 1 minute to go in the game but it was still pretty messed up.
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Bubba Smith posted:I don't think Rockhold is calling Khabib a pussy because he pulled out of another fight You might not have a strong understanding of AKA
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After seeing the tatts a few times in the vlog episodes, figured I'd mention it here. Robbie's tatts on his right arm: pre:刑 激 Punishment (though really more in the legal sense, and not the metaphorical I'm doing damage to you sense) and Violent/Fierce I'd guess they're not meant to be read together, and going by the styles, were done separately:  The one on his back pre:烈
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Jose Aldo is a coward tho imo He's still my boy.
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fatherdog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=molgWartXyk&hd=1 I don't want either of these two to lose.
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Trast posted:Things along those lines have been said by a lot of NFL players. I even recall some of them lamenting that it was harder to hide a concussion now with outside doctors monitoring the game and that it was taking a chance for them to make money away. Plus you still have the very real mentality that a real player plays through things like concussions for his team and if he doesn't he is soft. There were a few incidents where coaches left clearly concussed players in the game. I want to say the most recent one was the QB for the Rams. The guy looked bad getting up the backup QB started warming up on his own. The incentive is to keep playing no matter what, because a lot of their pay is tied in to playing time, too. I saw an article on a player (Odell Beckham?) getting suspended for one game, it was costing him $53k.
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red19fire posted:The incentive is to keep playing no matter what, because a lot of their pay is tied in to playing time, too. I saw an article on a player (Odell Beckham?) getting suspended for one game, it was costing him $53k. In ODJ's case he was suspended for his own massive stupidity. He took a cheap shot at another player by lunging at him helmet first in a way that could have very well caused a concussion. There is a sad bit of irony in that in regards to our conversation.
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It was cool right before Dos Anjos Vs Cerrone 2 when Brian Stann was like, "Yeah, I spent this whole week thinking Rafael Dos Anjos was going to win, but then I heard a sad story about Cerrone's grandmother, so Cowboy will win for sure."
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Triticum Guzzler posted:it was on the last page but it's funny that people think Aerts is fine just because he's been completely unintelligible for his entire adult life, his brain is completely hosed and he relies on his wife to remember everything for him a 400lb man fell on him today several times
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kensei posted:This should work: https://www.ufc.tv/secure/subscription?sku=PFIGHTPASS12MONHD&code=Welcomeback05 I got that email too. I just went to re-sign up and it says the code is invalid. Maybe it's expired now? Augh, dangit.
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Eat This Glob posted:Augh, dangit. Best quote of all mma history, 10/10 will watch roidtech again.
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BT Sport are doing a countdown of the 10 best fights of the year. They're English though so Bisping/Dolloway made it on. However the rest are very cool and they have neat highlight videos up for each one, here is a link to Arlovski/Browne. I forgot how amazing it was. https://twitter.com/btsportufc/status/682543489435828224
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EmmyOk posted:BT Sport are doing a countdown of the 10 best fights of the year. They're English though so Bisping/Dolloway made it on. However the rest are very cool and they have neat highlight videos up for each one, here is a link to Arlovski/Browne. I forgot how amazing it was. BT Sport's Twitter Feed posted:THIS CONTENT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN UR COUNTRY, oval office
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Robbie Lawler posted:"Here's the thing, when you're in there, you're just focused on what you need to focus on," Lawler said. "If you're focused on how epic this is and, like, it's some sort of movie -- that's not what it is. It's, you're bleeding? I don't have time to bleed. I need to stay sharp. Like, have you seen Predator? ‘You're bleeding.' ‘I don't have time to bleed.' http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/12/31/10675574/robbie-lawler-reflects-on-legendary-fight-with-rory-macdonald-the Not surprised that "The Predator" is Robbie's gameplan.
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Triticum Guzzler posted:it was on the last page but it's funny that people think Aerts is fine just because he's been completely unintelligible for his entire adult life, his brain is completely hosed and he relies on his wife to remember everything for him Yeah I was kind of like "Aerts was always like that" but I think I was ignoring the fact that /to us/ he's always been like that because he's been fighting professionally since I was in 1st grade
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Catching up on the Embedded videos. Looks like Carlos makes a better steak than Bigg Rigg.
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:I didn't realize Carlos had such a deep voice. Somehow that's the thing that stuck out most to me. He's incredibly sexy.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/12/31/10675574/robbie-lawler-reflects-on-legendary-fight-with-rory-macdonald-the https://vine.co/v/e9FzlaQKh5J
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In case y'all forgot how beastly Poirier is looking at 155. Duffy/Poirier going to be good. https://streamable.com/6hom
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Dan Didio posted:I always forget that Lawler's lip was ripped the gently caress up during that fight. So gross. That's part of the reason it's so funny he yelled "I feel loving great" at the post-fight doctor
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fatherdog posted:That's his own words, per UFC 195 Countdown. Robbie Lawler was born to punch dudes in the face. My uncle was supposedly a stud wrestler at Bettendorf High a few years older than Miletich, although I don't really know anything about it beyond he had a career-ending knee injury and never did anything athletically after he graduated HS. He's not really a fan of MMA but he kept up with Miletich off and on and met some of his guys over the years. Last time I saw him I asked about it and he mentioned he'd met Robbie, I think because I asked not long after the MacDonald fight and he might have seen some news about it. He said that Robbie had "nothing going on upstairs" except he was obsessed with fighting and freakishly good at everything to do with it, which made him a very scary person. That's my second-hand Robbie Lawler anecdote. Schenck v. U.S. fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Dec 31, 2015 |
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