Slugnoid posted:

so that's why they're called crackers

Jippa posted:

Freudian slippers.

Zipperelli. posted:

Schadenfreude for people in Texas who spent tons of money on hurricane prep: Harvey has been downgraded to Cat 1, and is expected to be downgraded again here soon.

Negrostrike posted:

nexus6 posted:

Is no-one going to mention that MacGregor lost? Phone posting just now but Mayweather's retiring so I guess there's no chance of a rematch.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/27/floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-boxing-fight-report

Magnus Manfist posted:

Yeah on the one hand he got knocked out by a 40 year old retiree who hasn't KOd anyone (properly) in like a decade, on the other in all fairness he did go 10 rounds with the world's best boxer and Mayweather said he was tougher than he expected. He got paid a completely absurd amount to go through the motions of what was definitely gonna happen and didn't really embarrass himself too badly in the process.

The only schadenfreude is on the fans who expected anything interesting to happen

Proteus Jones posted:

A TKO is not a KO. Fight was called because a) he could no longer keep his hands up and b) was unsteady on his legs. But not because he was all loopy from punches. He ran out of gas and had zero energy to protect himself, which everyone predicted. That's why the ref called it with a TKO.

All said, he did far better than I thought he would. I figured he'd be running on fumes by the 6th round.

Magnus Manfist posted:

Oh yeah fair enough, he didn't get KOd at all, and he's more tired than loopy. But he was against the rope taking big punches and unable to defend himself, it's just stopping an actual KO at the point where its inevitable and pointless. Not a KO but (discounting Ortiz) still I think the first time Mayweather's finished a fight early in like a decade?

Karate Bastard posted:

O good God is that thing over now? Wow. Now we don't need to talk about that poo poo ever again God be praised what a relief Good Lord

Karate Bastard posted:

O good God is that thing over now? Wow. Now we don't need to talk about that poo poo ever again God be praised what a relief Good Lord

swordfish duelist posted:

Until the inevitable rematch with mma rules.

quote:

As soon as the opening bell rang, Inoki ran the 16-foot gap and slid at the legs of Ali, who sidestepped the attack. Inoki stayed on the ground for all but the first 14 seconds of the three-minute first round, kicking at Ali and landing one clean hit to Ali's right leg. The majority of the fight saw Inoki on his back kicking Ali's legs, occasionally connecting. By the third round, a wound had appeared on Ali's left knee.

Ali began walking around the ring, out of reach of Inoki's kicks, taunting him by shouting "Coward Inoki! Inoki no fight!". In the fourth round, Inoki, still on his back, trapped Ali in a corner and started kicking wildly at his thighs. Ali leapt up on to the ropes and tucked his legs underneath him. In round six, Ali tried to grab Inoki's left ankle as he kicked him, but Inoki wrapped his right leg around Ali's right calf and flipped him over on the canvas. He then rolled over on top of Ali's chest. While in this hold, Inoki elbowed Ali in the face, costing him three points.[4]

Ali did not throw his first punch until the seventh round. In the eighth, Ali's trainer, Angelo Dundee, demanded that Inoki tape the tips of his shoelaces, claiming that one of the eyelets came loose and was cutting Ali's legs. A wound had already opened up on his thigh. In the tenth, Ali threw his second punch, and two more in the thirteenth. He threw only six punches in total during the fight.[5]

ilmucche posted:

Not really schad. He was always going to lose and get paid likely 100 million dollars to do it.

Randaconda posted:

https://i.imgur.com/gA5n70j.mp4

Besesoth posted:

IIRC, the schadenfreude isn't on MacGregor, it's on what are apparently the overwhelming majority of fans who bet on him to win.

Tarantula posted:

Jon is mad in a van.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6l2py68WY4

chitoryu12 posted:

I don't bet on sports, so I'm not clear how odds work. I know something like 95% of people bet on the underdog who was destined to lose.

Do the odds actually affect how much your return is? Like if I were to bet $100 on Mayweather, would I still just be getting $200 back? Or does it just affect bookies?

Zipperelli. posted:

Schadenfreude for people in Texas who spent tons of money on hurricane prep: Harvey has been downgraded to Cat 1, and is expected to be downgraded again here soon.

quote:

In a place famous for its lack of building zone regulations, thousands of homes are located in floodplains and next to bayous and creeks.

chitoryu12 posted:

I don't bet on sports, so I'm not clear how odds work. I know something like 95% of people bet on the underdog who was destined to lose.

Do the odds actually affect how much your return is? Like if I were to bet $100 on Mayweather, would I still just be getting $200 back? Or does it just affect bookies?

Zipperelli. posted:

Schadenfreude for people in Texas who spent tons of money on hurricane prep: Harvey has been downgraded to Cat 1, and is expected to be downgraded again here soon.

PJOmega posted:

I believe it was -400 Mayweather, +300 McGregor. That means that a $400 bet on Mayweather would earn $100. Alternatively, a $100 bet on McGregor would earn $300.

dumb. posted:

Ride The Gravitron posted:

This is just sad

Zipperelli. posted:

Schadenfreude for people in Texas who spent tons of money on hurricane prep: Harvey has been downgraded to Cat 1, and is expected to be downgraded again here soon.