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Bluedeanie posted:I'm torn between being pissed about yet another goddamn interim title and being glad that middleweight is going to get an interim fight more legitimate than its actual championship The comedy outweighs the tragedy.
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May 20, 2017 00:50
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He's a Kiwi, isn't he? Though I guess a lot of Americans would just say "same difference"
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May 20, 2017 01:19
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Born in NZ, but I think he's a naturalised Australian citizen. New Zealand has a population of about the same as Australia's second biggest city, so there's a real limit to how far you can go in MMA there. Of course, there's a limit here as well but it's a fair bit higher. True about the way he'd be seen/marketed in the US.
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May 20, 2017 01:35
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Romero vs Whittaker is a Fully Sick fight.
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May 20, 2017 02:00
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Born in NZ but he grew up in Australia, since he was 2 or something
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May 20, 2017 02:28
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Brown Paper Bag posted:Born in NZ but he grew up in Australia, since he was 2 or something ah, that explains it
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May 20, 2017 03:14
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He's part Maori too.
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May 20, 2017 04:23
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so they've put aldo / mendes 2 up for free on youtube and if you've never seen it before you absolutely should. it's one of the finest fights in the division's history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZZxzwHZ2Ek
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May 20, 2017 06:40
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Josh Barnett is now a journalist for USA Today on pro wrestling it seems and as theres been zero movement on his doping violation since December this may have been the quietest retirement ever :/
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May 20, 2017 08:33
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Marching Powder posted:so they've put aldo / mendes 2 up for free on youtube and if you've never seen it before you absolutely should. it's one of the finest fights in the division's history. Buckwild Aldo in the 3rd round.
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May 20, 2017 09:07
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Marching Powder posted:so they've put aldo / mendes 2 up for free on youtube and if you've never seen it before you absolutely should. it's one of the finest fights in the division's history. And then McGregor knocked them both out.
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May 20, 2017 13:27
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Mr. Nice! posted:And then McGregor knocked them both out. McGregor would have lost to the chad that rocked up for Aldo the second time. And probably the first time.
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May 20, 2017 13:42
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Looks like Joe Silva's going into the Hall of Fame this year.
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May 20, 2017 14:28
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FishBowlRobot posted:Looks like Joe Silva's going into the Hall of Fame this year. Good
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May 20, 2017 14:37
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FishBowlRobot posted:Looks like Joe Silva's going into the Hall of Fame this year. http://www.ufc.com/news/former-matchmaker-joe-silva-gets-2017-ufc-hall-of-fame-nod-051317
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May 20, 2017 14:54
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Mr. Nice! posted:And then McGregor knocked them both out. Then he got choked out by a gatekeeper.
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May 20, 2017 14:57
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Tezcatlipoca posted:Then he got choked out by a gatekeeper. And then he went into the woods for five months and poo poo himself no goddamnit sorry I hosed it up wrong one
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May 20, 2017 15:07
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Weird hypothetical: if downward elbows, and strikes to the back of the spine and head were legal - would leg takedowns no longer be viable?
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May 20, 2017 15:51
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VagueRant posted:Weird hypothetical: if downward elbows, and strikes to the back of the spine and head were legal - would leg takedowns no longer be viable? They would be very viable, except against the cage where you would need to complete them quickly. It would also make back mount an almost guaranteed finish
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May 20, 2017 16:07
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VagueRant posted:Weird hypothetical: if downward elbows, and strikes to the back of the spine and head were legal - would leg takedowns no longer be viable? No
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May 20, 2017 16:08
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Maia would finish everyone in the first round.
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May 20, 2017 16:49
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Except game bred George
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May 20, 2017 16:52
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So I'm going to be in China from Aug - Nov. I found out UFC will be back in Saitama Super Arena end of September. I'm thinking about maybe doing some Japan tourism and maybe doing the UFC show??? I'm trying to figure out if that part would be a waste of time (as in, would there be anything special about SSA? Am I just clutching to memories of PRIDE? Would my time be better spent ya know... doing Japanese things? ) ?
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May 20, 2017 17:20
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If you do go please make 1k posts about it.
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May 20, 2017 17:32
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i think going to a ufc show with thousands of screaming japanese people would be an experience unrivalled by anything else in my lifetime. plus you can bet like a million Yens and gamble with big numbers even though it's five bucks or whatever.
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May 20, 2017 17:59
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Apparently Cody is off 213.
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May 20, 2017 18:00
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VagueRant posted:Weird hypothetical: if downward elbows, and strikes to the back of the spine and head were legal - would leg takedowns no longer be viable? The downward elbow to the back of the head is already kind of sort of unofficially allowed if one guy is pinned to the cage. It wouldn't make a big difference except more people would die or be permanently damaged
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May 20, 2017 18:21
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Dan Didio posted:Apparently Cody is off 213. Yeah his back can't handle a load.
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May 20, 2017 18:24
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You can see in the old no rules/vale tudo fights that downward elbows dont do much against a guy taking you down, theyre really nasty when you are in mount or back control though. So just like knees to the head of a downed opponent it turns out to be more of a help to grapplers than an anti-grappler weapon like people want it to be
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May 20, 2017 18:24
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Rogan and Jocko were having a pretty interesting discussion about how it's basically stupid that you have to wear gloves but can kick and elbow someone in the face.
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May 20, 2017 18:29
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That's to protect the hands, though
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May 20, 2017 18:46
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JaySB posted:Rogan and Jocko were having a pretty interesting discussion about how it's basically stupid that you have to wear gloves but can kick and elbow someone in the face. Is it interesting because gloves protect hands from breaking and have nothing to do with saving the opponent from damage?
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May 20, 2017 18:47
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if they taped up knees real well and put little knee gloves on them chances are carlos condit would have beaten tyron woodley. I'm just saying
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May 20, 2017 18:52
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I'm pretty sure if guys couldn't wear gloves/ tape their hands, they would just punch anyways and have to accept the fact that their hands would get wrecked for the sake of landing strikes.
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May 20, 2017 18:54
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TheReverend posted:So I'm going to be in China from Aug - Nov. If you've been to a UFC event before they're pretty much the same whichever country they're in. If you want to relive memories of PRIDE there's going to be a Rizin show in October with the second round of a GP with Kyoji Horiguchi, and whatever other dumb poo poo they put on it. It's impossible to second guess UFC business practices these days but I can't imagine any Japanese card these days being good, they kind of peaked at Silva vs Stann and then kept getting Roy Nelson fights.
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May 20, 2017 19:12
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Case in point: Urijah Faber going two more rounds with Mike Brown after breaking his hands.. Generally speaking, fighters are too tough for their own good.
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May 20, 2017 19:14
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Stealth Tiger posted:I'm pretty sure if guys couldn't wear gloves/ tape their hands, they would just punch anyways and have to accept the fact that their hands would get wrecked for the sake of landing strikes. Didn't old bare knuckle fights feature a lot more body shots and a lot fewer punches to the head?
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May 20, 2017 19:31
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Tezcatlipoca posted:Is it interesting because gloves protect hands from breaking and have nothing to do with saving the opponent from damage? People might be less inclined to punch, more inclined to grapple and take less repeated blows to the head.
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May 20, 2017 19:49
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DeimosRising posted:Didn't old bare knuckle fights feature a lot more body shots and a lot fewer punches to the head? possibly in some cases. especially if the fighters had regular labour jobs they used their hands for ... but if a fighter can win a bunch of money by knocking someone out with 1 punch then a fighter who can knock people out will headhunt. a broken knuckle generally wont cause you too many problems in the long run
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May 20, 2017 19:53
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david carmichael posted:They would be very viable, except against the cage where you would need to complete them quickly. It would also make back mount an almost guaranteed finish the last part got proved by shooto
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