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One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river. The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back. Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream. "Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?" "Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly. "Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!" Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!" "This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!" "Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog. "Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!" So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current. Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs. "You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?" The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back. "209 motherfucker 209"
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jack slack's analysis of mcgregor vs holloway is eternally frustrating to me. while he acknowledges that mcgregor's kicks either all missed or landed on the arms of holloway, he claims that these kicks closed the distance and allowed mcgregor to then successfully miss punches and land on the arms of holloway. he chalks this up as a brilliant tactical showing
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mcgregor smartly threw kicks he wasn't flexible enough to land towards nothing and wisely travis browned himself
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UFC December - Hark the fallen angels sing
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Captain Log posted:loving Big Titted Duck. quote:Keven. Just. Keven posted:
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So, Hendricks hired a nutritionist.
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What's different between this guy and Dolce in the grand scheme of things?
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Bluedeanie posted:What's different between this guy and Dolce in the grand scheme of things? One is a pseudoscientific hack and the other is Mike Dolce
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"Not everything need gravy, Johny" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGyeY2abns Also considering 194 is on the 12th someone needs to make a "On the 12th day of Christmas..." GDT or discussion thread title.
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UFC December - Sage Northcutt Appreciation Station
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EmmyOk posted:"Not everything need gravy, Johny" I second that notion for the monthly thread. I've got two GDTs in the works for the three cards that week, and neither have a Christmas theme I'm afraid.
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Conor McGregor December - There's other people fighting too.
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Bluedeanie posted:I second that notion for the monthly thread. I've got two GDTs in the works for the three cards that week, and neither have a Christmas theme I'm afraid. Concerning, I will be keeping a close eye on snack rating "On the 12th Day of Christmas Uncle Dana sent to me, 3 main events in one PPV"
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Detroit_Dogg posted:One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river. The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back. As the great writers all say, why use one word when 1,200 will suffice.
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i cant wait for sage northcutt to lose embarassingly. this time hes fighting someone without a wikipedia though.
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UFC December - Cowboys & Aliens Alternatively "Cowboy & Alien" for GDT Another UFC December or 194 GDT "Jingle bells, Lindland smells, Conor laid an egg"
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Nov 30, 2015 22:48
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who wants to talk about rockhold/weidman and romero/jacare? rockhold is big, strong, aggressive yet patient, and fights well off the counter. both guys have excellent top games. i think weidman has better hands, better footwork, better wrestling, but perhaps less punching power, reach and maybe even speed. if rockhold can get on top and stay on top i think he can get a stoppage or at least grind him down to the point where he can win, but i think the same is true with weidman. i think weidman will have a strategy to deal with the right hook and the left kicks, but it will still be a draining fight if it goes the distance. i think jacare/romero will also be really interesting, but i would love for it to be a 5 rounder instead. for no reason i still think jacare is very chinny and i think if jacare can't keep romero down he'll get tko'd. i also think that jacare's striking, speed and strength are more than enough to get anyone down.
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I think Weidman Rockhold is a very interesting fight because in my mind they are very similar fighters with similar builds. There's only a 1 inch height and reach difference between them and they're both really well rounded. I'd give Weidman the edge in striking and wrestling but Rockhold the edge in BJJ. I think Chris takes it because not only do I think he's better, but he's just slayed the Mount Rushmore of middleweight and has unshakable confidence in himself. Rockhold is probably Weidman's toughest test after the first Anderson fight. Seltzer fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Nov 30, 2015 |
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Foul Fowl posted:i cant wait for sage northcutt to lose embarassingly. this time hes fighting someone without a wikipedia though. I usually disagree when people online accuse the UFC of protecting fighters since they basically never do it to the degree you see in boxing or whatever, but Northcutt might be the exception, theres no way they are gonna let him fight anyone who might beat him for a really long time especially since hes so young. He will be knocking out fat guys for years to come
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Serra-Longo are just so god drat good at creating gameplans that Chris is ruthlessly efficient at following.
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david carmichael posted:who wants to talk about rockhold/weidman and romero/jacare? I think rockhold is by far weidmans toughest fight yet in terms of style matchup, somehow I see rockhold winning a close fight but i also wouldnt be surprised if weidman came out with a perfect game plan and beat him really badly. so basically I dont know
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Was it Roger Gracie who went on record saying 'Chris Weidman could probably submit ne'? If so I don't think I'd give anyone in the ufc middleweight division except for jacare the title of Better Than Weidman at BJJ.
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Admittedly I don't know much about Souza, but with Romero's recent Machida Murder in mind, I think he takes it. Given the quality of Souza's grappling, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if he caught Yoel in a submission coming off a scramble, but I think Yoel's wrestling is good enough to allow him to generally dictate where the fight happens. I haven't the slightest clue what Rockhold/Weidman will look like, but it'll be cool as hell.
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Marching Powder posted:Was it Roger Gracie who went on record saying 'Chris Weidman could probably submit ne'? If so I don't think I'd give anyone in the ufc middleweight division except for jacare the title of Better Than Weidman at BJJ. I mean Gracie's can and will say anything. Was he part of Weidman's camp at any point?
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Vinny Mags caught Weidman in a really cool flying armbar at ADCC 2009. I'd post a video but I'm on mobile. I felt it was necessary to bring up in a discussion on Weidman's grappling prowess, but I'm not really sure it says anything about any possible fight Weidman could have in the UFC.
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manyak posted:I usually disagree when people online accuse the UFC of protecting fighters since they basically never do it to the degree you see in boxing or whatever, but Northcutt might be the exception, theres no way they are gonna let him fight anyone who might beat him for a really long time especially since hes so young. He will be knocking out fat guys for years to come That said, if you think he'll lose sooner rather than later, there's money to be made  those are like, McGregor/Siver odds
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I have basically no useful analysis of Jacare/Gay Jesus other than that it's an extremely cool and good fight. Jacare has shown better conditioning, I think, so if they end up wrestling a lot I think Jacare has the edge, despite Romero being more credentialed in wrestling.
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UFC 194 gdt: ... and to Aldo good fight! UFC December - All fighters (b)advent calendar UFC December - O Holy Fight UFC December - Only two more days til Condit-Lawler
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Seltzer posted:I mean Gracie's can and will say anything. Was he part of Weidman's camp at any point? They both train at Renzo's a lot.
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Seltzer posted:I mean Gracie's can and will say anything. Was he part of Weidman's camp at any point? Yeah I remember all those times gracies went on record saying other people are really great or implying that they themselves aren't that great or a mixture of both you're absolutely right dude touche good talk
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Seltzer posted:I mean Gracie's can and will say anything. Was he part of Weidman's camp at any point? They both have spent a lot of time training at Renzo's in New York so it's possible they've had a chance to roll. efb, but I feel I should add that Roger is perhaps the least full of poo poo of any of the well known Gracies.
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I think Jacare is going to style on Romero and then Romero will pull off a miraculous come-from-behind KO in the 3rd that makes me feel like a dumbass.
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Marching Powder posted:Yeah I remember all those times gracies went on record saying other people are really great or implying that they themselves aren't that great or a mixture of both you're absolutely right dude touche good talk You're being ridiculous if you think that it's impossible for Roger to overcome an apparent genetic Gracie predisposition to never admit weakness in order to say something positive about a guy he trains with.
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Seltzer posted:You're being ridiculous if you think that it's impossible for Roger to overcome an apparent genetic Gracie predisposition to never admit weakness in order to say something positive about a guy he trains with. Hahahahaha manyak posted:I think rockhold is by far weidmans toughest fight yet in terms of style matchup, somehow I see rockhold winning a close fight but i also wouldnt be surprised if weidman came out with a perfect game plan and beat him really badly. so basically I dont know This basically, but the more I think about it the more I'm thinking that rockhold hasn't really experienced the type of ridiculous pressure that Weidman applies as his modus operandi so I'm leaning towards Weidman beating the poo poo out of him
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Marching Powder posted:Hahahahaha sick argument
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Seltzer posted:sick argument Let me put it another way. Maybe, just maybe, Weidman is loving excellent at BJJ
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He's very good, everybody knows that.
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Nov 30, 2015 23:41
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Seltzer posted:He's very good, everybody knows that. Yeah but rockhold's way better though. I'd give him the edge. - hypersensitive forums poster
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I agree with the argument that Weidman is definitely better at striking and wrestling than Rockhold. I understand the inclination to say Rockhold is the better submission grappler based on their recent fights and overall fighting styles, and I think that may be true, but I struggle to concede that in confidence just because of Weidman's background and training style. Ultimately I think where the fight gets more interesting is Weidman's team's ability to gameplan coupled with Chris' ability to go in the cage and execute it flawlessly vs. Rockhold's style of being a lot flashier, more creative and committed to risk-taking. I see the fight being a finish either way as Rockhold will either catch Weidman off guard with something he was just not prepared to encounter like the Magalhaes armbar, or Weidman seeing right through it and capitalizing on an opening Rockhold presents on a golden platter. It's actually pretty compelling and good.
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EmmyOk posted:Serra-Longo are just so god drat good at creating gameplans that Chris is ruthlessly efficient at following. This right here.
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