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Which main event fighter are you most looking forward to seeing in July? This poll is closed. |
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Jul 11, 2023 14:24
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Fury will probably win that but Francis will make more money than he ever did in the UFC in a single bout.
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Jul 11, 2023 14:30
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gently caress Yea! Glad his bet on himself will pay off and get him an insane payday (but sad it's blood money but that's the world today)
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Jul 11, 2023 14:34
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Dana could've had a bad bitch
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Jul 11, 2023 14:39
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I hope Francis gets his payday, but I really doubt it will ever happen. Fury is notorious for not going through with these kinds of things, and he has a lot of big money fights that would actually mean something that he could make.
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Jul 11, 2023 14:51
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I made the mistake if looking elsewhere and Du Plessus is being hailed as a hero because of reverse racism and ignoring literally everything he said up to that point. Izzy was a gently caress too but the overtones of white saviour and Great White Hope are everywhere.
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Jul 11, 2023 15:18
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Lid posted:I made the mistake if looking elsewhere I understand that you have poor impulse control, but why are you sharing this poo poo with us?
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Jul 11, 2023 15:31
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Lid posted:I made the mistake if looking elsewhere and Du Plessus is being hailed as a hero because of reverse racism and ignoring literally everything he said up to that point. Izzy was a gently caress too but the overtones of white saviour and Great White Hope are everywhere. A white South African saying he was going to be the first fighter to bring a belt back home to Africa when Izzy, Kamaru, and Francis exist is pretty hosed. I can get why Izzy reacted the way he did.
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Jul 11, 2023 15:52
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Lone Goat posted:I understand that you have poor impulse control, but why are you sharing this poo poo with us? The run up to this fight is probably going to be real bad for the sport so if that was too much for you the next few months are going to be deeply unpleasant.
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Jul 11, 2023 16:27
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blue footed boobie posted:I hope Francis gets his payday, but I really doubt it will ever happen. Fury is notorious for not going through with these kinds of things, and he has a lot of big money fights that would actually mean something that he could make. See, I feel like this one's likely to actually happen. It's a huge money fight that will get Fury more publicity than anyone else outside of the people he already doesn't want to fight except this time Fury's practically guaranteed a win.
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Jul 11, 2023 16:28
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Fury will never make so much for doing so little. Ngannou poses very little threat to him in boxing. I think it happens.
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Jul 11, 2023 16:30
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Marching Powder posted:The run up to this fight is probably going to be real bad for the sport so if that was too much for you the next few months are going to be deeply unpleasant. Yeah that's a big part of why I've been drifting further away from ufc the past few years. But the whole point of following MMA here and nowhere else is to avoid the world's shittiest opinions. I don't see the need for people to import them into this thread, and I'd prefer not to be involved with their bad take fetish.
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Jul 11, 2023 16:47
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That's why we have the quarantine thread
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Jul 11, 2023 16:52
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CarlCX posted:See, I feel like this one's likely to actually happen. It's a huge money fight that will get Fury more publicity than anyone else outside of the people he already doesn't want to fight except this time Fury's practically guaranteed a win. See I don’t read believe Fury has it in him to duck Usyk for too long. Plus Fury could basically push the “easy money” button and fight Joshua at Wembley for all of the money whenever he wants. Just seems like a very weird thing for Fury to do now. Marching Powder posted:The run up to this fight is probably going to be real bad for the sport so if that was too much for you the next few months are going to be deeply unpleasant. There seems to be some awareness on Du Plessis part that he hosed up, so I’m cautiously optimistic that this might not be awful. He backpedaled pretty hard after he made the initial comments about being the African champion, and all he said back to Izzy was “what will you say to the people in New Zealand” so I wouldn’t be surprised if this either dies down or just ends up as Izzy screaming the N word into the ether.
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Jul 11, 2023 18:22
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he’ll never fight usyk, whereas ngannou is easy money and he’ll probably get a million new fans in the process from all the mma fans who tune in just because you never know. good for ngannou though, hope he gets paid and fucks off into comfortable retirement with the last lingering whiffs of prestige of the ufc heavyweight division
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Jul 11, 2023 18:35
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i don’t care at all about the stupid drama with du plescis and izzy but the fight is basically guaranteed to be funny/weird/good (at least one of these) so i’m all for it tbh
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Jul 11, 2023 18:37
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Marching Powder posted:Fury will never make so much for doing so little. Ngannou poses very little threat to him in boxing. I think it happens. Yeah I came to post this exactly. He's just gonna show up for 1 day of work, make Francis look like an amateur clown and make enough money for every single person itt combined to retire 10x over
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Jul 11, 2023 18:38
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Colby covington is rolling in his grave that he's not getting to profit off of all this Racism
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Jul 11, 2023 18:40
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Marching Powder posted:The run up to this fight is probably going to be real bad for the sport so if that was too much for you the next few months are going to be deeply unpleasant.
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Jul 11, 2023 18:55
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beep by grandpa posted:Yeah I came to post this exactly. He's just gonna show up for 1 day of work, make Francis look like an amateur clown and make enough money for every single person itt combined to retire 10x over Is it still slated to be an exhibition match? Or does being in Riyadh allow them to dodge all commissions and do a "proper" bout? If it's the former, then yeah I fully expect a six round dance routine like Mayweather vs Logan Paul.
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Jul 11, 2023 18:57
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Snowman_McK posted:I'm still mad at Hendricks. The version of him at UFC 171 is probably the best Welterweight in the sport up to that point. He finally delivered on all that promise. It all came together. His striking, wrestling, game planning. He even added leg kicks. And he dug deep. I don't agree with the decision, but being able to rally and win the last round after rounds 3 and 4 is bloody impressive. He finally won me over. And then he followed it up by never looking even passable as a fighter ever again. has there been a fighter who's dropped off a cliff harder then Hendricks? he looked so good in those GSP/Lawler fights and then that Wonderboy fight happened and everything just went to complete dog poo poo.
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Jul 11, 2023 19:15
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Barao is the first one that comes to mind. He was never the same after the Dillashaw loss.
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Jul 11, 2023 19:52
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My first thought is Daron Cruickshank - when he first got into the UFC I loved his fights, but his career can definitely be summarized as "before the eye injury (16-5)" and "after the eye injury (7-9)"
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Jul 11, 2023 19:59
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Marlon Moraes has been pretty depressing to watch imo But it's still probably Hendricks
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Jul 11, 2023 20:03
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Lone Goat posted:But the whole point of following MMA here and nowhere else is to avoid the world's shittiest opinions. I don't see the need for people to import them into this thread, and I'd prefer not to be involved with their bad take fetish. I'm ok with knowing context going into a fight. Carl's previews continue to confront the industry/ landscape in which fighters work, and that lets us be informed fans. As he's shown, it is impossible to separate the sport at this level from the capricious and unsatisfying matchmaking. We're basically always rooting against Dana in every fight and every inconveniencing outcome. We root against Colby cuz he's a willing participant to the MAGA movement. I suppose some might not like his style in a vacuum, too. I have zero problem keeping up to date in as objective way as possible how much of a shithead every fighter is. Keep reminding me that Izzy is transphobic. Let me know if GSP rolls with Elon again.
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Jul 11, 2023 20:07
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Lone Goat posted:I understand that you have poor impulse control, but why are you sharing this poo poo with us? Agreeing with this post
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Jul 11, 2023 20:16
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He didn't get that much done in the UFC but if you followed Hector Lombard's earlier career his dropoff was pretty brutal
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Jul 11, 2023 20:17
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Weidman
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Jul 11, 2023 20:24
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It has to be Barao. He won the belt and defended it three times before losing to TJ twice. Five fights (1-4) later, he was losing to Andre Ewell while missing weight. At least Chris lost to respectable names and neither he nor Hendricks had an 0-5 streak.
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Jul 11, 2023 20:29
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kimbo305 posted:I'm ok with knowing context going into a fight. Carl's previews continue to confront the industry/ landscape in which fighters work, and that lets us be informed fans. As he's shown, it is impossible to separate the sport at this level from the capricious and unsatisfying matchmaking. We're basically always rooting against Dana in every fight and every inconveniencing outcome. I think the objection was not to posts about the fighters (or dana) directly, but something like "here's what the worst bystanders with a blue checkmark said", you know?
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Jul 11, 2023 20:31
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Uncle Creepy could make a case. Yan is 1-4 his last 5.
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Jul 11, 2023 20:46
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Bigfoot Silva is probably the most depressing slide now that I think about it
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Jul 11, 2023 20:49
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kimbo305 posted:I'm ok with knowing context going into a fight. Carl's previews continue to confront the industry/ landscape in which fighters work, and that lets us be informed fans. As he's shown, it is impossible to separate the sport at this level from the capricious and unsatisfying matchmaking. We're basically always rooting against Dana in every fight and every inconveniencing outcome. Yeah to be clear, the problem isn't finding out which fighters are shitheads (most of them), but this: Brut posted:I think the objection was not to posts about the fighters (or dana) directly, but something like "here's what the worst bystanders with a blue checkmark said", you know? It's bad enough we got fighters shaking hands with Trump in the arena, or giving unhinged post match qanon child safety rants, but I absolutely do not need to know the opinions of some dipshit on another social media outlet.
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Jul 11, 2023 20:56
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Pretty big news. https://twitter.com/marcraimondi/status/1678887788463423489?s=20
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Jul 11, 2023 23:25
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If you somehow haven't seen this fight, go watch it now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRSavbVM_s4it's genuinely one of the best fights the sport has ever produced. Ideally, show it to someone who has watched very little MMA up to this point. As for major drop offs, I'd still say it's Hendricks. A lot of those guys lost a physical trait that made them good. Chuck and Moraes' chins utterly went, for instance. Yan's fought high level guys and been hosed over by a bad decision. Barao was clearly mentally broken from the two very sustained beatdowns. Hendricks...just lost it. Every aspect of his game suddenly went. He went from being able to box with Lawler in the pocket to looking confused about what a jab was. He stopped kicking only a fight after he started. He could no longer set up his takedowns or complete them when he shot. His gas tank turned comically bad. Like, literally everything fell apart for him. I don't think any of the others fell apart so consistently across the board. Even before the Thompson knockout, he looked like absolute lukewarm dogshit against Lawler the second time and was terrified to engage against Matt Brown. That was one of the worst instances of 'lay and pray' i can remember. Something snapped in him. I mean, missing weight, really badly, a weight class up, when you're loving 5'9 is completely incomprehensible. I'd actually like to read a genuinely honest autobiography from him. I wonder if he even knows what happened to him Ah, he must have heard me when I said he should quit and just stand around being good looking.
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Jul 11, 2023 23:30
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I don't really understand why any B-league would voluntarily adopt USADA
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Jul 11, 2023 23:36
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moctopus posted:Uncle Creepy could make a case. Yan is 1-4 his last 5. By the numbers maybe, but if you look at the actual fights, yeah his last one was a blowout but Merab is arguably the second best bantamweight on the roster right now, the fight before that was complete bullshit (see attachment), before that it's a relatively close decision loss to the champ, and before that it was a fight he was winning until he lost it for himself in the most hilarious way. Moraes is probably my answer as well.
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Jul 12, 2023 00:07
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sausage king of Chicago posted:has there been a fighter who's dropped off a cliff harder then Hendricks? he looked so good in those GSP/Lawler fights and then that Wonderboy fight happened and everything just went to complete dog poo poo. Weidman is the first that comes to my mind. Anderson after the first knockout is probably the second
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Jul 12, 2023 00:12
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Thought of another, Cody Garbs 11-0 leading into fighting Cruz. Styled on him like no one ever did and won the title. Went on to lose 3 straight, all KOs, and 2 back to backs against TJ 2-5 since the Cruz fight
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Jul 12, 2023 00:20
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BJ Penn fell off hard too. A work ethic issue according to news outlets and various social media posts.
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