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Who should get the next welterweight title shot? This poll is closed. |
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| Colby Covington |
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2 | 3.51% |
| Belal Muhammad |
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17 | 29.82% |
| Shavkat Rakhmonov |
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| Matt Serra |
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| Marius Zaromskis |
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4 | 7.02% |
| Ben Quadrinaros |
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5 | 8.77% |
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Bluedeanie posted:"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm having an old friend for dinner."
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Apr 10, 2023 23:34
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blue footed boobie posted:Is it against the rules for a guy to go into a fight extremely well moisturized? I know they can’t go in with substances on them, but I didn’t know about lotion that comes out as you sweat. Sexyama did it against Sakuraba on tape, applied six bottles of lotion on camera and got disqualified after the fact. His real punishment was when he got to the UFC and Joe Silva booked him to get beaten increasingly more viciously.
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Apr 11, 2023 01:09
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Is there an objective way to measure how lotioned a fighter is? I feel that if we don't draw a line in the sand, we are only inviting greasier fighters to take part in the sport. Has a ref ever stopped a fight and demanded a fighter use an alcohol-based body wash in order to dry out their skin?
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Apr 11, 2023 02:27
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Stealth Tiger posted:Is there an objective way to measure how lotioned a fighter is? I feel that if we don't draw a line in the sand, we are only inviting greasier fighters to take part in the sport. I'm the land of the ungreased, the basement gamer is king
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Apr 11, 2023 02:31
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oil. dome.
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Apr 11, 2023 02:32
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GREASE ME UP, WOMAN! https://youtu.be/UEc5KUtwrE8
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Apr 11, 2023 02:35
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Lid posted:Sexyama did it against Sakuraba on tape, applied six bottles of lotion on camera and got disqualified after the fact. His real punishment was when he got to the UFC and Joe Silva booked him to get beaten increasingly more viciously. That was just his skincare routine!
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Apr 11, 2023 02:35
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Marching Powder posted:oil. dome. good point. we level the playing field and transform the octagon into a bowl filled with grease
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Apr 11, 2023 02:36
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crepeface posted:good point. we level the playing field and transform the octagon into a bowl filled with grease
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Apr 11, 2023 02:38
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i wonder if this would work for a running back/wide receiver in the NFL new meta is greasing yourself up.
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Apr 11, 2023 02:51
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crepeface posted:good point. we level the playing field and transform the octagon into a bowl filled with grease Would MMA be better off if we rendered down the heavyweight division into tallow in order to lubricate all of our fighting surfaces? I wish to begin a civilized debate.
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Apr 11, 2023 03:01
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No, wait, we render down 205 because they're just heavyweights but not hilarious. Use that to grease up the big boys. Heavyweight improves dramatically.
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Apr 11, 2023 03:06
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Marching Powder posted:oil. dome. He puts the oil on the floor So he can win the dome again
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Apr 11, 2023 03:10
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TheKingslayer posted:No, wait, we render down 205 because they're just heavyweights but not hilarious. Use that to grease up the big boys. Heavyweight improves dramatically. lol im imagining two wet seals slipping and sliding all over the place as they attempt to set their feet to swing a haymaker
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Apr 11, 2023 03:15
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Kragger99 posted:He puts the oil on the floor
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Apr 11, 2023 03:15
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Watching episode 1 of Shrinking. Frank Trigg made a very brief appearance.
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Apr 11, 2023 03:36
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As a shrinker or shrinkee?
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Apr 11, 2023 04:41
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Stealth Tiger posted:Is there an objective way to measure how lotioned a fighter is? I feel that if we don't draw a line in the sand, we are only inviting greasier fighters to take part in the sport. The actual procedure is, I'm not kidding, that the ref wipes down the fighter with a paper and sees if it dries normal or as your window to DQ. I can't remember if it's with a paper towel or a special test strip that they're supposed to keep around but probably never do.
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Apr 11, 2023 04:45
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CommonShore posted:The actual procedure is, I'm not kidding, that the ref wipes down the fighter with a paper and sees if it dries normal or as your window to DQ. I can't remember if it's with a paper towel or a special test strip that they're supposed to keep around but probably never do. wow they really use the simpsons test
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Apr 11, 2023 04:57
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Lucasar posted:As a shrinker or shrinkee? A MMA trainer, funny enough 
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Apr 11, 2023 05:05
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Did Izzy say anything in the presser about how messed up his leg/s were getting?
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Apr 11, 2023 11:37
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Did Izzy say anything in the presser about how messed up his leg/s were getting? i've been waiting to post about this. until pereira got caught, he was eating up izzy's leg and it might have been my imagination but even his very hittable 'lean back' approach to defence he seemed to be taking most of izzy's punches on the shoulder. i had pereira comfortably winning and in control until he stopped being conscious. i'm memeing giving izzy poo poo for being scared but in all seriousness i don't blame him for wanting to fight any other opponent. it kind of reminded me of manhoef / lawler lite.
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Apr 11, 2023 12:17
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:Did Izzy say anything in the presser about how messed up his leg/s were getting? Nothing outright descriptive. Specifically, he said "I knew my leg was hurt. I went southpaw. I was like I can't keep getting kicked like this. I knew this was it. Possum. Possum. Possum." He added it was far sneakier/quicker than he realized and wants to learn how to land it like Pereira does because of how it worked so well.
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Apr 11, 2023 12:28
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it's a weird kick. i've watched it really closely and I can't tell the difference between when he's just flicking it out and when he's putting some stink on it. either way it should serve him and anyone else who finds a way to crib it really well going forward.
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Apr 11, 2023 13:00
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That's cool, thanks. Looked like bad news they way it buckled twice near the end of the 2nd round
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Apr 11, 2023 22:16
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The walk back https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1645896915031056384?t=
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Apr 11, 2023 22:37
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It's funny to easily defeat a beloved fighter in his retirement fight then also accuse him of cheating, wear that flag proudly
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Apr 11, 2023 23:38
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Gilbert Burns is on a whole other level of Brazilian excuses.
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Apr 11, 2023 23:53
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i hate masvidal so i chose to believe he was cheating
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Trillhouse posted:i hate masvidal so i chose to believe he was cheating Yeah, even if Burns realized after the fact "wait, poo poo, I still live in Miami after this", I believe the first thing he said about the matter.
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Apr 12, 2023 01:20
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Have the EA UFC games demonstrated the worst cover curse across all their sports franchises?
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Apr 12, 2023 01:57
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Shumagorath posted:Have the EA UFC games demonstrated the worst cover curse across all their sports franchises? I need a break from this week's card writeup so let's look at this whole loving history.
So basically, don't be on video game covers, it's bad for you and may have killed Charles Lewis. I also have no loving idea what Mark Kerr was doing on a UFC game cover in 2002 when his last UFC appearance was in 1997.
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Apr 12, 2023 02:42
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CarlCX posted:he's beating up Charles "Mask" Lewis incredible
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Apr 12, 2023 02:53
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You guys were right about that weird count in the Bigdeli fight at the recent ONE event. Olivier Coste is usually pretty good but I don't know what he was on during that one. Then again... 
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Apr 12, 2023 08:55
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Shumagorath posted:Have the EA UFC games demonstrated the worst cover curse across all their sports franchises? I think its still Madden tbh.
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Apr 12, 2023 09:26
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 pfl is real weird with this one PFL 2023: #3 - Friday, April 14 Welterweight - Sadibou “The Swedish Denzel Washington” Sy vs Jarrah Hussein “Jordanian Lion” Al-Silawi Sy is 13-6 with 6 TKO wins. He’s 7-4 overall in PLF, and went 4-0 in 2022 to claim the tournament title. Al-Silawi is 18-4, 7 of those by TKO, 5 by submission. He’s 2-1 in PFL, winning in the 2022 Challenger Series to make the regular season, beating Gleison Tibau by split decision, then getting knocked out by Magomed Umalatov last July. Sy looks like he’s putting it together, but he also got lucky in that he faced the #7 seed in the finals because everyone else was injured and Rory MacDonald turned out to be horribly washed. Sy still has 8 inches of reach on Al-Silawi which is pretty significant. Welterweight - Magomed Magomedkerimov vs “Brutal” Ben Egli Magomed Magomed Magomed. Magomed? Magomed! And a hearty chuckle was had by all. In other news, Magmoedkerimov is 30-6 with 11 TKO and 9 sub wins. He’s 12-1 in PFL, winning the 2018 season. He’s had illness and visa issues that have kept him from competing consistently, but he’s on a two fight win streak. Egli is 14-4, with 2 TKO and 12 submission wins. He’s also on a two fight win streak. Egli hasn’t faced a lot of top level competition, and as always, you gotta go with the man with the most Magomeds. Lightweight - Natan “Russo” Schulte vs Stevie “Braveheart” Ray Schulte is 23-5 with 4 TKOs and 11 submission wins. He’s 12-2 in PFL, and is currently on a two fight win streak. Ray is 25-11 with 6 TKO and 9 subs. He’s 2-2 in PFL, most recently losing in the championships. Ray has only beaten Anthony Pettis in his PFL career, and last time I checked, Natan Schulte is not Anthony Pettis. Looks like a bad night for Stevie. Lightweight - Raush “Cavalo de Guerra” Manfio vs Alex Martinez Manfio is 16-4 with 8 TKO wins. He is 5-1 in PFL, winning the 2021 tournament. He lost to eventual 2022 champ Olivier Aubin-Mercier in June, keeping him out of the playoffs last year. Martinez is 10-3, with 2 wins by TKO and 4 by submission. He’s 3-3 in PFL, going 2-1 last year, losing to OAM in the playoffs. Well, luckily for both guys they aren’t facing OAM here. Manfio’s probably the better fighter, but even good fighters have off nights. Or they just inexplicably decide to make the dumbest possible choices and throw a winnable fight away. Lightweight - Shane “AAA” Mitchell vs Nayib “Cachorro” Lopez Mitchell is 13-4 with 8 TKO and 4 submission wins. It took until his 8th pro fight for him to fight someone with a record better than .500, and that guy was 2-1 at the time. He’s currently on a 3-fight win streak, most recently defeating the 8-11 Dave Butt in 2021. Lopez is a perfect 15-0 with 6 TKO and 1 sub win. Most of his opponents have winning records, but I’m not going to bother to investigate to see how many of those guys are can crushers. This ain’t the Butt you’re used to, Shane. Lightweight - Bruno “Robusto” Miranda vs Ahmed “The Butcher” Amir Miranda is 14-3 with 9 TKO and 2 sub wins. He’s on a 5-fight win streak, including going 1-0 in PFL, winning on the 2022 Challenger Series, but he never made his 2022 regular season debut. Amir is 12-3 with 2 TKO and 7 submission wins. He’s on a three fight win streak, though only one of those guys had a winning record at the time of the bout. Amir got some pretty favorable match ups on the Middle Eastern regional scene. I think PFL’s midcarders are going to be too big a step up in competition for him. Welterweight - Zach “The Juice” Juusola vs “The Human Highlight Reel” Brandon Jenkins Juusola is 13-9, with 4 TKO and 5 submission wins. He took a decision victory in the 2023 PFL Challenger Series to get here, but he might be overlooking his opponent, because Tapology says he’s booked in May at something called MCFC 2, and any time you can be the co-main to a Travis “Room with a” Wiuff headliner, you gotta jump on that opportunity. Jenkins is 16-9, with 11 TKOs and 3 submission wins. He went 1-0 in PFL back in 2021, then parlayed that into a 0-2 UFC run, where he got TKO’d in both bouts. Someone’s 9 is running out of time? I have nothing to say about this bout between two men who will most assuredly circle, jab, awkwardly clinch and repeat for the full fifteen minutes. Lightweight - Olivier “The Canadian Gangster” Aubin-Mercier vs “Hurricane” Shane Burgos I don’t even want to talk about either guys records or accomplishments, this makes no sense. OAM and Burgos on the prelims, behind “Da Joose” vs “Human Highlight Guy” or that Mitchell vs Lopez thing? Honk off, PFL. Honk off to eternity. Ok so this isn’t the prelim main event it’s the televised Main Card main event, but still, you’re putting Sy, last year’s champ on as the final Post Lim and that’s also dumb. Now that I’ve vented my spleen a bit, here we go. OAM is 17-5 with 2 TKO and 8 submission wins. He is 6-0 in PFL, capturing the 2022 title by second round knockout. Burgos is 15-3 with 5 TKO, 5 submission, and by process of elimination, 5 decision wins. He had a very respectable 8-3 UFC record, ending on a two fight win streak. Despite only ever competing at Featherweight, Burgos is taller with a longer reach. Should be a good fight! Lightweight - “Cassius” Clay Collard vs Yamato Nishikawa Collard is 21-10 with 10 TKO and 3 submission wins. He’s 3-2 in PFL, losing his most recent bout by split decision last June. Nishikawa is 21-3 with 14 TKO and 4 sub wins. He’s currently on a 14 fight win streak, though 8 of those guys were at .500 or below at the time of the bout. I think Nishikawa is gonna learn real quick that My Main Man Cassius Clay Collard ain’t no Shooto Japan jobber Heavyweight - Denis “The Russian Bogatyr” Goltsov vs Patrick “The Brick” Brady Goltsov is 29-7 with 13 TKO and 10 sub wins. He is 7-2 overall in PFL, going 2-0 in 2022, but missing his playoff appearance due to visa issues. Brady is 5-0 with one TKO and two submission wins. He’s faced a grand total of one fighter with a winning record. Goltsov is gonna smush this guy into a jelly. Welterweight - Carlos “The Lion” Leal vs David “Sagat” Zawada Leal is 17-4 with 6 TKO and 2 sub wins. He is 3-1 in PFL, losing to Sy in the 2022 Playoffs. Zawada is 18-7 with 12 TKO and 4 submission wins. He went 1-4 in UFC, that lone win being a sub over Abubakar Nurmagomedov, but he ended on a two fight skid. This should be a solid fight between two solid fighters. Welterweight - Magomed “Prince” Umalatov vs Dilano “The Postman” Taylor Umalatov is 12-0 with one submission and 10 TKO wins. He’s 3-0 in PFL, going 2-0 in 2021, 1-0 in 2022 with a pair of withdrawals. Taylor is 10-3 with 3 TKO and 2 sub wins. He’s 3-2 in PFL, most recently falling short to Sadibou Sy in the Tournament Championship bout. If Umalatov can get his paperwork in order, he’s got a great chance to win the title. Let’s see if he can manage it this time around. LobsterMobster fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Apr 12, 2023 |
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Apr 12, 2023 16:41
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Glad Sy is buried as the last fight at 1 AM ET on ESPN+, because his fight in the finals of the 2022 season was one of the worst fights ever in MMA.
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Apr 12, 2023 16:47
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LobsterMobster posted:Lightweight - “Cassius” Clay Collard vs Yamato Nishikawa I don't know if that's the best or worst nickname I've ever heard.
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https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1646192738239492096
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