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Bubba Smith
Sep 27, 2004

Is tonight the greatest moment in Dominick Cruz's life?

No.

The greatest moment in my life was realizing that I didn't need a belt to be happy.

I dunno how another month or two would really matter for 39 year old demian maia

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Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Bluedeanie posted:

They sure seem to like feeding Ngannou beat up former champions coming off of bad losses.

Just a few years ago Cain and Junior were held up as MMA's Ali and Frazier, and now look at then both. It's really sad.

In that sense, it's a very accurate rendition of Ali/Frazier, just a few years early.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



I'm not saying JDS is completely shot nor am I trying to say that he couldn't wreck probably more than half the current heavyweight roster without much trouble.

Francis Ngannou is a loving killer though that is bigger, stronger, and a lot younger than him, though. (just had to look it up and JDS is a few months older than me :suicide:)

Work Friend Keven
Oct 24, 2015

I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD
JDS is much older than me, grandfather.

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Mr. Nice! posted:

I'm not saying JDS is completely shot nor am I trying to say that he couldn't wreck probably more than half the current heavyweight roster without much trouble.

Francis Ngannou is a loving killer though that is bigger, stronger, and a lot younger than him, though. (just had to look it up and JDS is a few months older than me :suicide:)

To be fair, you've probably had fewer Dutchmen, Croatian-Americans and Mexican-Americans beat the poo poo out of you than him.

TheRationalRedditor
Jul 17, 2000

WHO ABUSED HIM. WHO ABUSED THE BOY.
all Maia has been doing is waiting, for 2 years. this bowling shoe clown is the pits!

vainman
Nov 2, 2012

I find your lack of faith... disturbing
That July 7 card is so good

vainman
Nov 2, 2012

I find your lack of faith... disturbing
Gaethje should be fighting Jeremy Stephens or Guida though. This is a waste

vainman
Nov 2, 2012

I find your lack of faith... disturbing
Cyborg is going to take Evinger apart and I'm not sold on Ngannou yet but will probably be wrong. He's fast but I think he leads with hooks and uppercuts too much and will probably get jabbed a bunch. Gaethje will get finished, I think

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin
Dana White: Conor McGregor wants Khabib Nurmagomedov in Russia after Floyd Mayweather.

That's going to be an awesome fightretarded level of poo poo-talking about Khabib after he pulls out with achy breaky pelvis or whatever reason he won't actually fight.

Fartbox
Apr 27, 2017
What's happening? Dri fu an only two? what is this?
Is this an avatar? I don't know rm dunk

Conor is going to make a fortune on Floyd and is going to retire forever

He is going to make more in that fight than you will make in your entire lifetime

Skip My Posts
Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
you dont know me dude. i might make more

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Fartbox posted:

Conor is going to make a fortune on Floyd and is going to retire forever

He is going to make more in that fight than you will make in your entire lifetime

Yeah, but the amount I make won't be dependent on me being humiliated in public on the largest stage possible.

jay z's sedan
Nov 22, 2005

milk truck just arrive

Snowman_McK posted:

Yeah, but the amount I make won't be dependent on me being humiliated in public on the largest stage possible.

you win I guess

SquirrelGrip
Jul 4, 2012

Skip My Posts posted:

you dont know me dude. i might make more

op dont wanna suck your ding dong though

SquirrelGrip
Jul 4, 2012

Bubba Smith posted:

I dunno how another month or two would really matter for 39 year old demian maia

the extra 6 weeks will help woodley

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Is Demian Maia the first fighter to fight their way up to a title shot in two different divisions, unlike the usual "was a contender/champ at the other weight so lets fast lane them to the title"?

reeg
Jul 5, 2002

Lid posted:

Is Demian Maia the first fighter to fight their way up to a title shot in two different divisions, unlike the usual "was a contender/champ at the other weight so lets fast lane them to the title"?

well he got his first shot off the strength of one straight win over dan miller, so no (chael got hurt iirc)

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.
I hope the lines on ngannou / jds are close so I can put money on the technically sound striker instead of the relatively new guy whose main attribute is 'strong'. I learned from hunt / Lewis that this is quite a good strategy.

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Marching Powder posted:

I hope the lines on ngannou / jds are close so I can put money on the technically sound striker instead of the relatively new guy whose main attribute is 'strong'. I learned from hunt / Lewis that this is quite a good strategy.

I don't know, JDS tended to depend a fair bit on his physical attributes when he was coming up, being insanely fast and strong, and much lighter on his feet than a 6'3 240 pound should be.

Triticum Guzzler
Jun 16, 2002
Please god let the North Korean state collapse before Choi gets drafted

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Lid posted:

Is Demian Maia the first fighter to fight their way up to a title shot in two different divisions, unlike the usual "was a contender/champ at the other weight so lets fast lane them to the title"?

Demetrious Johnson for sure. Machida had to beat Munoz and Mousassi at 185 before he fought Weidman.

Work Friend Keven
Oct 24, 2015

I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD

Snowman_McK posted:

Yeah, but the amount I make won't be dependent on me being humiliated in public on the largest stage possible.

Do you think Conor's pants are going to fall down right after he KOes Mayweather

I.N.R.I
May 26, 2011

Snowman_McK posted:

Yeah, but the amount I make won't be dependent on me being humiliated in public on the largest stage possible.

lighten up a little .. its only sport

Work Friend Keven
Oct 24, 2015

I'M A BIG STUPID IDIOT WHO GETS TRIGGERED FROM THE WORDS SPORTS BALL AND HAS SHIT OPINIONS ABOUT CARD GAMES. ALSO I SAID I WAS GOING TO QUIT HEARTHSTONE OUT OF SPITE OF A TAIWANESE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP SO REPORT ME IF YOU SEE ME POST IN A HS THREAD
How could I live with myself if a bunch of people gave me 100 million dollars to lose a fight in a sport I don't do. Nothing is more embarrassing than that.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Also Conor has lost in hilarious ways before. See for example Nate Diaz and Joe Duffy fights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjwIZhT5hg&t=117s

Rigel
Nov 11, 2016

https://twitter.com/MetroPCS/status/880410671002906624

Southpaugh
May 26, 2007

Smokey Bacon


Definitive proof that MM would be competitive at 170.

Also Joe Duffy is the balls.

henkman
Oct 8, 2008
Floyd could whatever he wants to me for the money Conor is getting

Skip My Posts
Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless

Work Friend Keven posted:

How could I live with myself if a bunch of people gave me 100 million dollars to lose a fight in a sport I don't do. Nothing is more embarrassing than that.

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.
Dana is still extremely salty about DJ

quote:

“You want Ray Borg, we’ll give you Ray Borg,” White told MMAjunkie. “I’m sure the fans will be clamoring, and ticket sales will be through the roof and pay-per-views will be off the charts.”

[. . .]

“I’m not thrilled with Demetrious Johnson,” White said. “You’re the pound-for-pound best in the world, T.J. Dillashaw challenges you – one of the best in the world, former world champion – and you flat out deny the fight, flat out say, ‘I won’t do it. I want Ray Borg.’

“Who wouldn’t want to see Demetrious Johnson vs. T.J. Dillashaw? Dillashaw calling me every day: ‘I’m cutting weight. I’m cutting weight. I’m dieting. I’m training. I’m cutting weight. Do I got the fight? Do I got the fight?’ Ask T.J. Dillashaw next time you see him or you interview him. Calling me every day, chomping at the bit for the fight. You expect the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world to go, ‘Let’s do it.'”

hmm

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Wow, Dana conveniently doesn't mention he's playing hardball with MMMDJMMJ over points.

"I refuse to pay you like a champion and you won't do what I want" is a less sympathetic argument I guess.

Skip My Posts
Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
dana's right

Skip My Posts
Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtyqaFc-8LQ

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

It would be great for Dana to keep paying bargain rates but to make the biggest fight possible. for sure.

Gay Horney
Feb 10, 2013

by Reene
Dana's a dick but he's right in that I will not watch mighty mouse fight Rayborg but would clear my calendar to watch him fight dillashaw

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

if DJ told more people to suck his dick and called Samoa Joe fat, like a whole lot, I would watch his fights.

1st AD
Dec 3, 2004

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: sometimes passing just isn't an option.

coconono posted:

if DJ told more people to suck his dick and called Samoa Joe fat, like a whole lot, I would watch his fights.

same

Trast
Oct 20, 2010

Three games, thousands of playthroughs. 90% of the players don't know I exist. Still a redhead saving the galaxy with a [Right Hook].

:edi:
Didn't the UFC scrub the PPV that DJ would supposedly fight TJ at anyway?

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Auron
Jan 10, 2002
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I agree with Dana White. Here's a trash can go draw 300k viewers on FS1 idiot.

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