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| Colby Covington |
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2 | 3.51% |
| Belal Muhammad |
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| Shavkat Rakhmonov |
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| Matt Serra |
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| Marius Zaromskis |
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| Ben Quadrinaros |
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CarlCX posted:Some part of this is also the context of the illegal blow Yeah, imo, when you come in behind your straight punch / elbow with a lowered head, you're at the very least being ok with head contact, and at the most hunting for a piece of that action. I never regarded myself as a dirty fighter, but the one lapse would be when I was dead in the water in later rounds in sparring, I would sometimes resort to throwing a poorly targeted and not too tight straight punch with the head right behind it. Even if it doesn't land, the head filling up the opponent's vision is a significant distraction to their overall defense. The way Green maximized the reach of his dome behind that forearm is exactly how I would set it up so it would be there for a 2nd shot. The 1st shot is all the pretext and cover you need to defend the 2nd.
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Marching Powder posted:i feel kind of sick watching that poo poo. i really don't like the idea of really hurting a person who cannot defend themselves. I've blocked everything on social media so I don't see it. I only ever see it here. We have the power to say no Power Slap in the mma thread... because its not mma, and open a new thread just for it. Just my thoughts.
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Apr 24, 2023 04:33
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I don’t think a separate power slap thread is materially different from “no power slap in the MMA thread”, and that’s not really fair when MMA and power slap have their biggest nexus in the former’s most influential rear end in a top hat. I used to roll my eyes at Fightsport calling Dana “Built Like A Fascist” but now they just seem ~15 years ahead of their time.
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Apr 24, 2023 04:48
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white power slap unfortunately is very relevant to mma because dana is a lunatic. i don't mind scrolling past it.
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Apr 24, 2023 05:22
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I dont necessarily have a problem if anyone wants to post or discuss it. I have 0 interest in giving it clicks or engagement though.
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Apr 24, 2023 05:24
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Fozzy The Bear posted:I've blocked everything on social media so I don't see it. I only ever see it here. i agree with this. make it in gbs too.
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Apr 24, 2023 06:08
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Yeah the slap stuff sucks, it's one thing if it gets brought up here because the UFC is directly advertising it and poo poo like that, but I don't think just some random slap thing needs to get posted here without comment as if you're saying "hey look at this cool poo poo".
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Apr 24, 2023 06:46
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Pretty much, yeah. Like I said last time, slap fighting is unfortunately tied to the UFC and when there's something relevant it's worth discussing, but barely-mobile retiree Tim Sylvia slapping Inaction Bronson for ten bucks in the stockroom of a Costco is just depressing. Also, while working on next month's thread/this week's writeup and generally looking forward, the next couple months of UFC are kind of loving dire. Your next nine main events, as of now, are:
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Tangy Zizzle posted:1) slap league stuff sucks he probably came to his senses while getting punched and iirc the headbutt was in the middle of the round, what was he supposed to do? give up and let kelvin pummel him into a TKO? fight for another two minutes and then quit on the stool? then pray the commission will make a reasonable decision and overturn it? i'm not even sure what the solution is but i get that he's pissed. headbutts in general are a huge issue in mma, idk what the solution is other than more use of instant replays and refs needing to be better trained to be facing both fighters side on instead of doing the herb dean lazy bitch walk behind one fighter. it's not like eye pokes that are basically sanctioned cheating, headbutts happen all the time just because people are crashing into each other. having a big head might be the most underrated skill in MMA. it won cejudo a belt. it won figuereido an interim belt. matt serra lost every second of every round to matt hughes except for when he smashed him with his fat head.
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CarlCX posted:barely-mobile retiree Tim Sylvia slapping Inaction Bronson for ten bucks in the stockroom of a Costco is just depressing. lol those main events all look dire except for men's division at 155lbs and under, though nunes/pena was hilarious both times so i'm hoping we'll get another comedy masterpiece out of that.
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Apr 24, 2023 09:34
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I think power slap feeds into pervasive toxic masculinity, in that it very visibly is something any schmoe can have success with. Unlike mma where you can always get finished in your first z league fight.
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Brut posted:I don't think just some random slap thing needs to get posted here without comment as if you're saying "hey look at this cool poo poo". yep
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Yeah I'm ok with slap stuff as a Tim Sylvia update or something but not slap stuff in its own right, just as a clip from a Nate Diaz street fight is relevant even if this isn't the place for general street fight posts.
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Keep in mind that Tim Sylvia hasn't fought in the UFC in 15 years, and hasn't fought in any actual MMA organization in 10 years, I don't know exactly what the number should be but I think there's probably some expiration of relevancy here.
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Apr 24, 2023 15:13
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It always cool to kick villains while they're down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUx9OE7DZAo&t=10s
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kimbo305 posted:It always cool to kick villains while they're down I love Ray's look of disappointment when Sylvia broke their gentleman's agreement to just box. Ray probably would have given him a good fight had he not opened with that kick. After that, though, no amount of "don't do it champ" could stop the man from doing it.
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Apr 24, 2023 15:18
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Fedor v Tim Sylvia is the only Fedor victory fight that deserves to live on forever.
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Apr 24, 2023 16:09
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If you're a fan of the MMA content Seanbaby used to put out one to two decades ago (we are dusty skeletons holy poo poo) his current site 1900HOTDOG did an episode of their podcast The Dogg Zzone 9000 about The Slapquote:Power Slap: Road to the Title, is a show about a fighting league where men slap. To be more clear, it’s a style of fighting where men with nothing to live for flip a coin to see which one gets knocked out. It’s the sad parts of violence without the skill of martial arts pinned to a reality show made twenty years too late. If a pet store owner told you, “These two fish will kill each other in a bowl that small,” Power Slap is a sport based around ignoring him.
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Apr 24, 2023 17:10
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So they made The Ultimate Fighter But Slap Fighting and pilgrim media group agreed to be involved? Gross
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DoombatINC posted:If you're a fan of the MMA content Seanbaby used to put out one to two decades ago (we are dusty skeletons holy poo poo) his current site 1900HOTDOG did an episode of their podcast The Dogg Zzone 9000 about The Slap Seanbaby loving rules and as usual is right on the money.
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DoombatINC posted:about The Slap This blurb is so good I'll prob put this on while I clean up my last chievos in re4 tonight 
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On the topic of lamentable inevitability: https://twitter.com/MMAFightingSM/status/1650617690971840512
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Fozzy The Bear posted:I've blocked everything on social media so I don't see it. I only ever see it here. Shumagorath posted:I don’t think a separate power slap thread is materially different from “no power slap in the MMA thread”, and that’s not really fair when MMA and power slap have their biggest nexus in the former’s most influential rear end in a top hat. Marching Powder posted:white power slap unfortunately is very relevant to mma because dana is a lunatic. i don't mind scrolling past it. BlindSite posted:I dont necessarily have a problem if anyone wants to post or discuss it. I have 0 interest in giving it clicks or engagement though. Brut posted:
Let's just crowdfund bringing back XArm and the Yamma Pit. I'm still pissed off I never got my shirt from the event. That was a FUN watch along For the new lil babbies: https://bloodyelbow.com/2013/04/11/remembering-yamma-pit-fighting-five-years-later/
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Apr 24, 2023 23:20
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the diaz brothers forever living inside the 'when keeping it real goes wrong' sketch
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Also as long as we're going through all the depressing poo poo today: The coroner's report came out and "Stephan Bonnar died from heart problems" line was either a respectful cover or misunderstanding, he ODed on fentanyl.
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Most deaths are ultimately heart problems of various onset and duration, just like one of the two fighters who saved a certain someone's company is an independent contractor unworthy of a pension and long-term health support.
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CarlCX posted:Also as long as we're going through all the depressing poo poo today: The coroner's report came out and "Stephan Bonnar died from heart problems" line was either a respectful cover or misunderstanding, he ODed on fentanyl. It's a sad state when steroid abuse inducing heart failure at a young age is the respectful death.
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CarlCX posted:On the topic of lamentable inevitability: Cell 209 please
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The saddest news possible Tim Sylvia's next slap fight is against Mark Coleman. I wish I was lying.
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Lid posted:The saddest news possible Nice! I hope someone posts that one too!
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Hoping Mark goes full IKEA, drat the rules.
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Lid posted:The saddest news possible i hate this
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can't stop thinking about 'it's a gloryless spectacle of desperate misery'
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Lid posted:The saddest news possible drat that's depressing 
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Sure am glad that the UFC looks after the athletes that helped build its brand and sport into what it is by *checks notes* doing nothing and leaving them in a place where they need to do slap fighting for a pittance.
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They’re not even in the Dana white affiliated league where they could at least get handed a bigger check to go home.
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Lid posted:The saddest news possible I'm willing to bet the puffy fat bald guy ends up winning this one.
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Apr 25, 2023 13:01
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Just a reminder that this is happening Saturday
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Lid posted:The saddest news possible jfc what's the over/under on how many people die from this before it's banned. or how many people are found to have suffered irreparable brain damage from doing this behind the school when they were teenagers. this is the stupidest mma-adjacent thing that has ever happened.
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and no one seems to like it. even UFC fans who are the dumbest people on the planet don't like it. everyone is saying it sucks. and this is what brings dust-necked mark coleman out of retirement. blurgh.
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