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Bundt Cake posted:Jones strikes me as the kind of guy who is really rich but tries to let everyone know who he is so that they comp everything for him Like Fight Pass, for instance
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Apr 29, 2014 19:46
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Feels like the right time to repost this even though it's not Jones, it's someone who is objectively more well-adjusted than Jones, which is saying something:Chael Sonnen posted:
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Apr 29, 2014 19:48
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Bundt Cake posted:You forgot the best part, it was like a week after he'd been in a Bud Light ad and said he'd never be the guy who got caught drunk driving. Also I think he had a fiance who was pregnant I didn't even know how to include that stuff, man. I guess the guy's original point was that it wasn't like a Ray Lewis or Kobe Bryant level scandal that captured the hearts and minds of excitable American gossip blogs. We have to remember that this is our big gay cage fight punchsport and athletes acting inappropriately isn't all that surprising to most folks. After Rampage killing unborn children after a three day "energy drink" binge and it going largely unreported by Big Sports Media, I don't know what it'll take for Jon Jones to be scandalized in a meaningful way.
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Apr 29, 2014 19:49
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What if he declined being photographed with a white woman out of respect for D.S.
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Apr 29, 2014 20:09
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Gunnar Nelson vs. Ryan LaFlare in Dublin July 19th, now that's a spicy bunga
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Keven. Just. Keven posted:What if he declined being photographed with a white woman out of respect for D.S. He'd have to cut up his wedding photos, then.
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masato tatanka posted:Gunnar Nelson vs. Ryan LaFlare in Dublin July 19th, now that's a spicy bunga This match owns a whole lot. Dublin's show should be a fun card to watch with that fight, McCall/Pickett, and Conor McGregor desperately trying to live up to his own hype.
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Apr 29, 2014 20:53
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LobsterMobster posted:He'd have to cut up his wedding photos, then. Not wedding. Prom or something.  Snowball King indeed.
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Apr 29, 2014 21:00
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masato tatanka posted:Gunnar Nelson vs. Ryan LaFlare in Dublin July 19th, now that's a spicy bunga The coolest grapply fihht
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Count Roland posted:I don't think I've ever seen McGregor fight. I noticed he fought Holloway when I was looking at his record for saturday, and I saw that McGregor has only two fights in the UFC! How the gently caress do you get famous by winning a decision against Max Holloway? I feel vindicated for ignoring him this entire time. He's Irish and Dana wants desperately to break into that market, culture, etc for whatever reason (he's from Boston). See Cathal from TUF for another example of pushing a lovely, undeserving Irishman. edit - It worked on me on TUF because I was expecting a beast in the lead up to his fight. He's going to get knocked the gently caress out as soon as he fights anyone with decent hands.
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Mavis Beacon Boi posted:Not wedding. Prom or something. Pretty sure he married her
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Cathal might not be great but I think it's a bit much to be saying he wasn't at least qualified to be a TUF washout. McGregor gets a big push because of all the reasons mentioned, but also because he is pretty loving good at talking up his fights. Even the ones that don't have a chance of existing. He's got Diego Sanchez ready to fight him for one. Intel&Sebastian fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Apr 29, 2014 |
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I stared the press conference late, but I see Werdum and Cain there with "The Ultimate Fighter" logo in the background so I guess Cain vs Werdum in Mexico and latin america TUF are official.
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Count Roland posted:I don't think I've ever seen McGregor fight. I noticed he fought Holloway when I was looking at his record for saturday, and I saw that McGregor has only two fights in the UFC! How the gently caress do you get famous by winning a decision against Max Holloway? I feel vindicated for ignoring him this entire time. he finished Marcus Brimmage in a minute and absorbed the power of the dragonball. Cain vs. Werdum is on TUF Latin America finale Nov 15th, does that make it a free tv fight?
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Ariza posted:He's Irish and Dana wants desperately to break into that market, culture, etc for whatever reason (he's from Boston). See Cathal from TUF for another example of pushing a lovely, undeserving Irishman. Hell he tried pushing Marcus Davis and that guy wasn't good or Irish.
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Ariza posted:He's Irish and Dana wants desperately to break into that market, culture, etc for whatever reason (he's from Boston). See Cathal from TUF for another example of pushing a lovely, undeserving Irishman. Hey that guy at least won his fight! I don't get why they're so bothered about an Irish market, there are more people in any major city than there are in the whole of Ireland for fucks sake.
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masato tatanka posted:he finished Marcus Brimmage in a minute and absorbed the power of the dragonball. Nah just means we're getting a TUF finale on PPV. It's officially gonna be ufc 180.
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masato tatanka posted:Cain vs. Werdum is on TUF Latin America finale Nov 15th, does that make it a free tv fight? nah man, TUF Latin America finale is free for Mexico but will be known as UFC 180 here in the states on PPV. Similar to how UFC 147 was the finale for the first season of TUF Brazil but was a PPV in the states. What sucks about that is the PPV will be weaker by the fact that there will be 1 to 2 TUF finalist fights, which are almost always mehhhh. UFC better put an Aldo title defense as the co-main or something to make up for it.
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curious to see how pushing cain as the face of the UFC in mexico is going to work out. maybe they'll get fired up, maybe they'll wonder why the american who doesn't speak spanish is being portrayed as their national hero and support the weirdo macho goofball man who they already hear on their tee vee's insinuating his broadcast partners are homosexuals during UFC events
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maffew buildings posted:curious to see how pushing cain as the face of the UFC in mexico is going to work out. maybe they'll get fired up, maybe they'll wonder why the american who doesn't speak spanish is being portrayed as their national hero and support the weirdo macho goofball man who they already hear on their tee vee's insinuating his broadcast partners are homosexuals during UFC events He speaks Spanish he's just not fluent, or at least not fluent like a native.
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I don't watch boxing but friends who do have told me that Mexican American boxers are near-universally hated in Mexico and if they want to hype a native American they'll match him against a Mexican American for that reason. Is that actually true, and is there any reason it wouldn't work this way in Mexico?
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Bluedeanie posted:I don't watch boxing but friends who do have told me that Mexican American boxers are near-universally hated in Mexico and if they want to hype a native American they'll match him against a Mexican American for that reason. Is that actually true, and is there any reason it wouldn't work this way in Mexico? De la Hoya/Chavez is, I think, the most notorious example of this, but my understanding is that it has less to do with nationality than with social class. Mexican Americans tend to be (at least viewed as) wealthier and somehow not having shared in the "life loving sucks" experience that most Mexican boxers have had. I've heard more than once that the Marco Antonio Barrera/Erik Morales rivalry split along similar lines to DLH/Chavez, but both boxers are Mexican.
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my girlfriend is a racist mexicana and she stated it as if you're born in the USA you're an american regardless of ethnicity, where your parents are from, etc. so an american dude being hyped up as a mexican is viewed as a bit insulting she also stated that renan barao looks like a monkey and his victory dance reinforces this and named her chocolate lab tyson because "he's going to be big, is black and bites ears". so she might not be the best source of information on race related matters
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maffew buildings posted:curious to see how pushing cain as the face of the UFC in mexico is going to work out. maybe they'll get fired up, maybe they'll wonder why the american who doesn't speak spanish is being portrayed as their national hero and support the weirdo macho goofball man who they already hear on their tee vee's insinuating his broadcast partners are homosexuals during UFC events Insinuating your cohost is gay is one of the staples of latin american sports broadcasting, for some reason.
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I have a Canadian First Nations girlfriend who says all white people smell funny, don't shower, and apparently thinks they all look the same because she's pointed out like 15 fighters over the years she says look just like Stephan Bonnar. God I love her. She loves Hendo and gets genuinely mad if I talk like she has a crush on Mike Goldberg.
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having a racist girlfriend from another country and culture is the most fulfilling part of my life, hands down
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LobsterMobster posted:Some TUF 20 news: According to Jeremy Botter, Aisling Daly and Jessica Penne absolutely tore poo poo up at tryouts. Which makes sense I guess, since they were the two best on paper. So they're both in. I haven't been able to find out much else other than Dana White was pretty adamant about how it's not really fair for girls with "one or two fights" to have to face some of the stronger fighters, and he made some comments about some girls needing to fix their records (Karina Taylor was one). So you can probably eliminate anyone with 1 pro win or less, which is exactly a dozen people. More stuff should come out from the tryouts and I'm looking into it. DekeThornton posted:I guess Penne should make the house easily enough. Are any of the others any good? Nina Ansaroff and Michelle Ould are both Top 10 Flyweights (and both under contract to Invicta), furthering the exodus from that division. Dana White confirmed that part of the reason they did Strawweights was specifically to prevent division hopping, and he stated that they wouldn't be adding anything else "for a long time" which in Dana-speak is at least a month. Also, they confirmed they'd be taking two alternates in addition to eight open spots. Anyway, I took a look at the roster, and this is what I came up with: Locks to be on the show: ●Aisling Daly (14-5) ●Jessica Penne (11-2) Really likely: ●Nina Ansaroff (6-3) top 10 Flyweight and would have been put in an Invicta title-eliminator if she stayed there. Really small for Flyweight so size shouldn't be an issue. ●Justine Kish (4-0) former MT world champion, Russian immigrant, may have a bit of trouble with the weight cut. ●Heather Jo Clark (6-4) was BFFs with Roxy Modafferi, has a rather nasty rivalry with Felice Herrig. Blocked Yuriy on twitter pre-emptively. Would be really likely if she passes the background check: ●Michelle Ould (7-3, 2 NC) top 10 Flyweight, under contract to Invicta. Doesn't understand why "Brown Pride" is less controversial than "White Pride". Solid veterans and quality prospects: ●Lisa Ellis (15-8) long-time veteran, natural Atomweight, high-level grappler and the opponent Megumi Fujii said she feared the most going into the Bellator Strawweight tournament (she got armbarred by Fujii in 99 seconds in the semifinals but still). ●Randa Markos (4-1) Canadian person. Only loss is to Justine Kish. ●Angela Magana (11-6) Was on the Ultimate Women's Challenge reality show. Has a tendency to piss off motherfucking everyone. ●Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger (3-1) ●Claire Fryer (4-1) Australian. Friend of Bec Rawlings. Only loss is to Alex Chambers. ●Sarah Schneider-Chance (6-6) .500 record but her career strength-of-schedule has been ridiculous, including wins over Julie Kedzie and Kaitlin Young. ●Audrey Alvarez (2-0) Has a win over okay BW Anita Rodriguez, and an amateur win over high-level SW prospect Amber Stautzenberger. Middle of the road: ●Kathina Catron (4-3) Invicta Strawweight ●Angelica Chavez (4-2) Atomweight ●Amy Montenegro (3-0) ●Tyra Parker (3-4) ●Diana Rael (5-3) Atomweight The rest you can probably ignore although Eriksson Lau at Bloody Elbow seems high on Tessa Simpson (3-1).
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maffew buildings posted:
This isn't racist, it is awesome
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Bean Fried posted:According to Jeremy Botter, Aisling Daly and Jessica Penne absolutely tore poo poo up at tryouts. Which makes sense I guess, since they were the two best on paper. So they're both in. I haven't been able to find out much else other than Dana White was pretty adamant about how it's not really fair for girls with "one or two fights" to have to face some of the stronger fighters, and he made some comments about some girls needing to fix their records (Karina Taylor was one). I kinda hope both Lybarger twins make it on the house. CREEPY TWIN POWERS, ACTIVATE
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LobsterMobster posted:I kinda hope both Lybarger twins make it on the house. CREEPY TWIN POWERS, ACTIVATE Is one twin a lot better than the other? I notice Bean just mentioned one.
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my girlfriend is from lithuania and gets kind of nervous around black people, does that count? she also thinks chael is hot. man people are gonna be fuckin weird about felice herrig when she's in ufc
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This is totally out of nowhere, but sometimes I forget how intimidating Renan Barao's record looks on wikipedia. You just look at it and are like daaaaang that's a long green streak. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renan_Bar%C3%A3o
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John Romero posted:man people are gonna be fuckin weird about felice herrig when she's in ufc too late.
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