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david carmichael posted:Yeah I only thought of Clara because I was really thinking of bobsled and powerlifting where an enormous part is bigass asses. I'm just saying that there is a lot of sports that are transferable to other sports at near-elite and elite levels. Obviously it's not happening every day and the herschel walkers are stupendous athletes. But there are people who have low level professional success at sports that they haven't done enormous amounts of sport specific training for just because there is a large overlap in required skills and training protocols I think a prime Bo Jackson could have crossed over to MMA, but Bo Jackson was once in a lifetime.
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Jun 12, 2017 21:50
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if floyd and conor do fight, does anyone here have to eat a hat?
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Jun 12, 2017 22:10
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LobsterMobster posted:if floyd and conor do fight, does anyone here have to eat a hat? Many people will be extremely wrong, myself included, but I don't think any toxxes have been made to the best of my memory
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Jun 12, 2017 22:23
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Bluedeanie posted:Many people will be extremely wrong, myself included, but I don't think any toxxes have been made to the best of my memory I don't think I did, and the more I think about this, the more glorious the train wreck becomes in my head...
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Jun 12, 2017 22:27
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Put RJJ vs. Anderson on the undercard plz
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Jun 12, 2017 22:33
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LobsterMobster posted:if floyd and conor do fight, does anyone here have to eat a hat? Please no
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Jun 12, 2017 22:36
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Run that poo poo back, mewse
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Jun 12, 2017 22:39
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1st AD posted:Put RJJ vs. Anderson on the undercard plz Oh man please
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Jun 12, 2017 22:59
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1st AD posted:Put RJJ vs. Anderson on the undercard plz Hell, why not at this point. Both of them were campaigning for it on Twitter a few months ago too.
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Jun 12, 2017 23:32
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I'd actually be happy with an all boxing vs mma event so we can collectively get it out of our system, stop preventing interesting matches with uninteresting matches, and realize that one does not translate to the other. I thought we did with Couture/Toney but I guess not.
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Jun 12, 2017 23:42
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TheReverend posted:I'd actually be happy with an all boxing vs mma event so we can collectively get it out of our system, stop preventing interesting matches with uninteresting matches, and realize that one does not translate to the other. Floyd will outbox Conor. Conor would wreck Floyd in a MMA bout tho
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Jun 12, 2017 23:44
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Yeah that's the point I'm trying to make. Like it might be more interesting if it were kickboxing because then maybe it's like "the guy who knows how to kick ok and punch pretty good for mma" versus "the guy who doesn't know how to kick or defend kicks but is a dedicated elite boxer".
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Jun 12, 2017 23:51
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I've always been confused why this debate was ever a thing. It's like trying to compare a sprinter and a decathlete. The obvious conclusion is that the sprinter will win a sprinting event, but the decathlete would win the overall decathlon event. I guess people simultaneously overestimate McGregor and underestimate Mayweather in terms of boxing ability, and also the "sudden victory" potential of combat sports makes it harder to predict.
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Jun 13, 2017 00:06
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mewse posted:Floyd will outbox Conor. I was chatting with a friend of mine about this (retarded) fight who is a huge boxing fan. His take on it is that Conor wouldn't be the #1 rated boxer in his weight division in Dublin County, and that the best boxer in his weight division in Dublin County would be ranked about 1500 in the world. It's not even going to be close. Mayweather will get his first KO win in ten years.
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Jun 13, 2017 00:17
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Pearnicious posted:I've always been confused why this debate was ever a thing. It's like trying to compare a sprinter and a decathlete. The obvious conclusion is that the sprinter will win a sprinting event, but the decathlete would win the overall decathlon event. But Conor has one shot knockout power and is kind of tall for the weightclass! Something that Floyd has never dealt with in 49 fights. There are people saying, with complete earnestness, that Floyd has never faced someone like Conor before, which is true in the sense that he's never faced anyone with no pro-boxing experience before.
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Jun 13, 2017 00:18
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Watching Conor time his left perfectly into the Philly shell repeatedly will be hilarious.
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Jun 13, 2017 00:36
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If Conor can dream it... he can do it.
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Jun 13, 2017 00:38
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Memento posted:I was chatting with a friend of mine about this (retarded) fight who is a huge boxing fan. His take on it is that Conor wouldn't be the #1 rated boxer in his weight division in Dublin County, and that the best boxer in his weight division in Dublin County would be ranked about 1500 in the world. It's not even going to be close. Mayweather will get his first KO win in ten years. *Brendan Schaub voice* I dunno man, I think you'd be really surprised.
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Jun 13, 2017 00:50
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Has Floyd ever faced The Secret before though?
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Jun 13, 2017 00:58
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Triticum Guzzler posted:i absolutely don't give a poo poo about that fight but if it happens then i'm happy both those guys can stave off bankruptcy for another 6 months after the end of their careers
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Jun 13, 2017 01:03
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As ive said before i think the best possible version of that fight would be old school American kickboxing rules, no kicks below the belt, no elbows or knees. Any more towards either side of the spectrum and its a really stupid easy fight for either guy. If its a boxing match i wont really care to watch it.. theyll have to settle for the other 69 million poeple who want to watch it
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Jun 13, 2017 01:22
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Has there been any scuttlebutt about the undercard for that fight? A mixed promotion sounds interesting. poo poo, have a bunch of different fights with different rulesets. Grappling match, kickboxing, pride rules. Seems like a good way to beef up the show, considering the main event could be a thoroughly one sided affair
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Jun 13, 2017 01:28
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The main event is gonna start at 10pm PST, go 10 rounds, and will be thoroughly unremarkable unless Floyd effortlessly clowning Conor gets you hard.
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Jun 13, 2017 01:45
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Actually, I've just come up with a preliminary undercard. All boxing exhibition matches. Deontay Wilder v. Brock Lesnar B-hop v. The Iceman Naseem Hamed v. ??? Adrien Broner v. Some Mexican mma fighter with good hands
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Jun 13, 2017 02:13
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I don't care about it, but I'm not going to poignantly stay home resolutely not watching it when every single male person I know will be watching. Terrible fight. One of the premie social events of the calendar year though.
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Jun 13, 2017 02:16
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I'm going to watch it twice for every tine you don't watch it.
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Jun 13, 2017 02:25
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Most of the people I watch UFC stuff with are (at best) casual fans and they're insanely hyped about the prospect of this fight even happening, so that's awesome. Regardless of outcome it will be a fun show and a good time. Conor has been great at keeping people around me interested in watching this dumb great sport so I salute him even if he gets clowned for ten rounds.
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Jun 13, 2017 02:28
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I assume it's going to be $100 or thereabouts for the PPV? edit: on second though, this really isn't the right thread for it. Here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3823502 Memento fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Jun 13, 2017 02:28
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Memento posted:I assume it's going to be $100 or thereabouts for the PPV? Yeah, they need to recover the money they lost on the mayweather/pacquiao ppv
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Jun 13, 2017 02:30
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So who's going to be the next lightweight champ, seeing as how Conor's going to never want or need to fight in the UFC again the second after that fight's over
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Jun 13, 2017 02:56
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Chris James 2 posted:So who's going to be the next lightweight champ, seeing as how Conor's going to never want or need to fight in the UFC again the second after that fight's over You know The Answer
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Jun 13, 2017 03:01
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mewse posted:You know The Answer He fights at featherweight
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Jun 13, 2017 03:53
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Chris James 2 posted:So who's going to be the next lightweight champ, seeing as how Conor's going to never want or need to fight in the UFC again the second after that fight's over Khahahaha Nah, I can't
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Jun 13, 2017 04:07
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El Cucuy has never fought Eddie Alvarez, make that next for an interim strap, inevitably promote that to undisputed when Conor relinquishes his second belt in two years.
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Jun 13, 2017 04:26
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Chris James 2 posted:So who's going to be the next lightweight champ, seeing as how Conor's going to never want or need to fight in the UFC again the second after that fight's over where sage fine rear end at
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Jun 13, 2017 04:56
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candide posted:where sage fine rear end at With TAM now
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Jun 13, 2017 05:06
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Tferg is the most likely lightweight champ at this point, with khabib stalking him around the place for years, yelling 'lets go champ' in kazahkstanian
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Jun 13, 2017 15:40
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kimbo305 posted:*Brendan Schaub voice* *Joe Rogan voice* I think he'd gently caress him up.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:59
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Did Lewis gently caress up a weight cut or something vs Hunto? He seemed way more shy about eating shots than normal (even more than I would expect someone to be against Hunt). I only remember him shooting for a very sleepy takedown around R3/4, which Hunt just stepped around. Strikes me as strange that he'd be so timid having called Hunt out in the first place.
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