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1st AD posted:You're not going to learn anything new in 2 weeks and have it stick, "learn better footwork" takes ages unless you've got a natural aptitude for it and are young enough where bad habits haven't had a chance to stick yet. I don't mean on this show only. I'm saying that kind of attitude will only hold her back. Maybe it's only because they're in the TUF house.
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Melendez said that Bec was a great boxer. What boxing experience does she have? I wasn't impressed with her stances or footwork.
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Nov 13, 2014 22:31
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Melendez almost got his face punched off by Diego Sanchez.
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Nov 13, 2014 22:35
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Well he certainly looks like it.
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Himuro posted:Melendez said that Bec was a great boxer. What boxing experience does she have? I wasn't impressed with her stances or footwork. Melendez also said that Jake Shields is a good striker.
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Himuro posted:Melendez said that Bec was a great boxer. What boxing experience does she have? I wasn't impressed with her stances or footwork. If someone can't grapple, you don't really have an option other than saying great boxer when talking them up. It's not like he could say, "She has cooler tattoos than Tecia, so she's got this in the bag."
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Nov 13, 2014 23:28
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"I want to teach my boys that it's never OK to hurt another person". *Tortures Tecia Torres for having the audacity for Dana White to place her in the tournament without consulting her, tortures Heather Clark for being nice to Tecia* It's hard for me to 100% say that Bec is an awful person because victims of abuse frequently learn to cope by just passing the abuse down the line, but it definitely slipped me over to rooting for Tecia "Peach Fuzz" Torres. Can't wait for her to piss hot in her UFC debut.
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Nov 13, 2014 23:54
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Charles Gnarwin posted:If someone can't grapple, you don't really have an option other than saying great boxer when talking them up. It's not like he could say, "She has cooler tattoos than Tecia, so she's got this in the bag." Bec's grappling isn't that bad. She'd be either a high blue or a low purple for a male the same weight.
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Nov 14, 2014 00:43
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:Bec's grappling isn't that bad. She'd be either a high blue or a low purple for a male the same weight. The second sentence contradicts the first.
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Nov 14, 2014 00:53
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:Bec's grappling isn't that bad. She'd be either a high blue or a low purple for a male the same weight. I really can't think of any male fighter in the UFC who isn't either a purple or has outgrappled someone who's a purple or higher. Mark loving Hunt has a purple belt.
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Nov 14, 2014 01:26
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Fat Twitter Man posted:I really can't think of any male fighter in the UFC who isn't either a purple or has outgrappled someone who's a purple or higher. Mark loving Hunt has a purple belt. I thought Joe Lauzon was a blue belt for a while in his UFC career. He only got promoted to brown last year
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Nov 14, 2014 01:50
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LobsterMobster posted:I thought Joe Lauzon was a blue belt for a while in his UFC career. He only got promoted to brown last year He submitted Gabe Ruediger, who was a black belt, in 2010. So my point stands.
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Nov 14, 2014 01:54
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You can't judge an MMA fighter's BJJ skills based on their belt colour. Rashad Evans is a BJJ black belt, not only has he never won a fight by submission, afaik he's never even attempted one. Stick a gi on him and he'd probably get destroyed by purple-belted lightweights.
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Nov 14, 2014 02:53
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I don't think looking at someone's submission victories is a useful way of gauging their skill in BJJ. BJJ doesn't work, ergo,
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Nov 14, 2014 02:58
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Fat Twitter Man posted:I really can't think of any male fighter in the UFC who isn't either a purple or has outgrappled someone who's a purple or higher. Mark loving Hunt has a purple belt. The women aren't on the same level yet, though. Did you see that kimura attempt near the start of the season? It was like "I don't know which my arms are supposed to go uhhh"
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Nov 14, 2014 03:00
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Yea, I follow Bec Rawlings on Facebook, cause I found her interesting at one point. She is a bitch and will never let it go. She won't learn anything, she's not focused on fighting or getting better. Her entire TUF recaps have been "they made us look like bitches but this episode actually spanned two weeks so it's all editing but I loving HATE Heather for helping someone who is fighting me why would that BITCH that I HATE help someone who isn't ME?!"
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02-6611-0142-1 posted:The women aren't on the same level yet, though. Did you see that kimura attempt near the start of the season? It was like "I don't know which my arms are supposed to go uhhh" That has more to do with JoJo being Scottish than being a woman.
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Nov 14, 2014 03:17
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Also I really enjoy the way that everyone is claiming that Bec being a jerk means she'll never get better at fighting, which is contrary to basically everything we've seen in mma over the last 20 years or so.
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Nov 14, 2014 03:19
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Except Bec has started bad and been bad for 3 years running. You can be a jerk but stay focused. This is not a skill that Bec Rawlings has.
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Nov 14, 2014 03:24
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Grem posted:Except Bec has started bad and been bad for 3 years running. You can be a jerk but stay focused. This is not a skill that Bec Rawlings has. You follow someone on Facebook that you have always found to be bad. That takes dedication.
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Nov 14, 2014 03:32
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Charles Gnarwin posted:You follow someone on Facebook that you have always found to be bad. That takes dedication. I thought like, I'd jump on this bandwagon way early and surely she'd get better, then I could say "I've been a fan since", but nope, always bad.
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Nov 14, 2014 04:00
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fatherdog posted:Also I really enjoy the way that everyone is claiming that Bec being a jerk means she'll never get better at fighting, Nobody said that.
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Nov 14, 2014 04:22
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Tezcatlipoca posted:Nobody said that. Tezcatlipoca posted:If she worried less about sleeping arrangements maybe she could learn some better footwork.
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Nov 14, 2014 04:43
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That isn't even close to what you're claiming and wasn't a serious statement on my part.
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Nov 14, 2014 04:56
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i watched this week's episode because last week's was funny and made me laugh with the spirituality calcified 3rd eye lady and the okay fight but this week was poo poo and the house drama is pathetic im pretty sure TUF is the best way to make me not give a poo poo about a fighter ever
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Nov 14, 2014 05:56
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Are there actually people in this thread rooting against Rose? Why? What kind of Johnny come lately motherfucker do you think you are, rooting against Thug Rose? I take this very personally. Somewhere Pat is ranting to a camera with mustard nearby and you are rooting against Rose. You go to hell.
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Nov 14, 2014 06:27
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I'm rooting for JoJo. I wish they could both win but they can't so go Calderwood.
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Nov 14, 2014 06:32
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Captain Log posted:Are there actually people in this thread rooting against Rose? Why? What kind of Johnny come lately motherfucker do you think you are, rooting against Thug Rose? I take this very personally. Somewhere Pat is ranting to a camera with mustard nearby and you are rooting against Rose. You go to hell. I was trying to decide between Rose & Jo but seeing that Rose is one of those assholes booing Tecia, I suspect Jo just took the lead in my heart.
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Nov 14, 2014 07:06
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Plus, Rose's eyes are too far apart. She looks like prey.
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Nov 14, 2014 10:05
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Rose has the charisma to bounce back from a loss, but Jojo needs to win this whole deal to ensure that the world knows how great she is.
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Nov 14, 2014 14:01
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Nov 14, 2014 15:19
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Yes. She's so cute and soft spoken  Love hearing a Glaswegian accent on tv.
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Nov 14, 2014 15:22
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I'm in favor of Rose being champion because it means I get to see Pat Barry on TV without having to watch Pat Barry fight.
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My favorite thing about JoJo was showing a highlight of her fights to a Scottish friend of mine who neither follows nor watches mma, and the first thing he said was "She looks like she's from Kilmarnock"
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Nov 14, 2014 17:31
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That episode was entirely loving unwatchable except for the gym bits. God drat. I am thoroughly unimpressed with Tecia now. You look at her and she looks good physically and I don't remember her looking bad in Invicta, but in the two fights she's had on TUF she's looked pretty bad both technically and athletically. Felice is the only fighter left in the tournament I would pick her over. Maybe she just handled living in the house poorly or had something off physically, but her stock value has dropped a lot in my eyes. I think her route to victory will be using her hilarious hair thing much like Jon Jones uses his fingers.
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Nov 14, 2014 22:09
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Obligatory vague "She must not have been able to get her usual 'supplements'" comment.
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Nov 14, 2014 22:16
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So many people from other countries this season. I imagine that makes it harder. We haven't had any awful drunken shenanigans yet either, which I thoroughly appreciate. I hope whoever loses between Rose and JoJo gets put in later as a replacement for one of the awful ladies and they fight again in the finale. No other outcome is really acceptable.
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