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How many of this month's B-league main eventers do you recognize without googling? This poll is closed. |
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| Logan Storley |
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16 | 9.20% |
| Brennan Ward |
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17 | 9.77% |
| Chingiz Allazov |
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13 | 7.47% |
| Marat Grigorian |
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7 | 4.02% |
| Bubba Jenkins |
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21 | 12.07% |
| Jesus Pinedo |
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4 | 2.30% |
| Renan Ferreira |
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7 | 4.02% |
| Maurice Greene |
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24 | 13.79% |
| Clay Collard |
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22 | 12.64% |
| Shane Burgos |
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43 | 24.71% |
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derrick lewis's last performance was all-time. i'm so glad i tuned in to see that. he is a fantastic fight fan's fighter. previous to this his high water mark was a million fights ago back in 2018 where alexander volkov beat the poo poo out of lewis for 2.9 rounds before lewis shut his lights out in the closing seconds. and he had the decency to lose to mark hunt. 10/10 no notes.
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Aug 11, 2023 05:12
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ONE Friday Morning Fights in about 25 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUbe8fi6BNI
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Aug 11, 2023 13:06
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Who did this dude piss off to get matched up with this uzbek, holy poo poo
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Aug 11, 2023 14:14
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yea he got just mauled for like what 13 minutes or something? Had nothing but toughness and that doesn't win one a fight like that.
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Aug 11, 2023 14:17
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Man these first few muay thai fights really feel like the non-thai fighters are kind of set up to fail, I mean it's not like rigged or anything, they all physically have chance/opportunity to do well, but this fight against a 19 year old Italian dude went pretty much exactly how you'd expect, I suspect the next 3 are gonna be pretty similar.
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Aug 11, 2023 14:42
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god drat you know the knockdown was hard when you can hear the thud of his head bouncing off the mat
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Aug 11, 2023 15:18
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Insane morning of fights
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Aug 11, 2023 15:33
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u wanna see people get hosed for free https://twitter.com/Matysek88/status/1690061161977257984?t=z04vAPClv39Klev0WuhUqA&s=19
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Aug 11, 2023 19:06
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LobsterMobster posted:u wanna see people get hosed for free lmfao at least it’s only 6 minutes these corpses need to shuffle around for
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Aug 11, 2023 22:17
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LobsterMobster posted:u wanna see people get hosed for free what the gently caress
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Aug 12, 2023 00:23
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is kimo leopaldo booked
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Aug 12, 2023 00:25
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STONE COLD 64 posted:is kimo leopaldo booked No, but would you accept tiki carrying a cross instead?
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Aug 12, 2023 00:57
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That fight is great news! (Because it made me realize Oleg Takturov is still alive)
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Aug 12, 2023 01:19
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Kinda weird optics booking a communist against a dude who's people were genocided by commies but that's the MMA world I guess.
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Aug 12, 2023 01:38
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Taktarov used to be my favourite fighter when I rented early ufc on tape as a child in the 90s. This is very sad.
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Aug 12, 2023 01:45
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if anyone wants to see a worse fight than rose - esparza turn on bellator immediately
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Aug 12, 2023 02:47
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COPE 27 posted:if anyone wants to see a worse fight than rose - esparza turn on bellator immediately I couldn't find it - was it hte Justine Kish one?
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Aug 12, 2023 02:58
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CommonShore posted:I couldn't find it - was it hte Justine Kish one? yup
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Aug 12, 2023 03:40
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COPE 27 posted:yup I watched some of it. The average UFC heavyweight fight is way worse than that.
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Aug 12, 2023 04:19
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If you want to go into the archives and see a really dogshit bad fight go watch Maryna Moroz vs Danielle Taylor. There are levels to this poo poo.
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Aug 12, 2023 04:33
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this bellator card is the worst mma card i have seen all year.
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Aug 12, 2023 04:55
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LobsterMobster posted:
everything i said is wrong
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Aug 12, 2023 05:14
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LobsterMobster posted:everything i said is wrong writing about mma events-to-come lets you enjoy an aspect of betting on mma without betting on mma.
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Aug 12, 2023 06:09
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At one point I had plans to write an MMA blog. I wrote up my predictions for the Whittaker/Brunson card (Whittaker's middleweight debut) as a practice article, to get my eye in. I got literally every fight wrong and abandoned the idea, preferring private embarassment to public.
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Aug 12, 2023 06:12
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Snowman_McK posted:At one point I had plans to write an MMA blog. I wrote up my predictions for the Whittaker/Brunson card (Whittaker's middleweight debut) as a practice article, to get my eye in. I got literally every fight wrong and abandoned the idea, preferring private embarassment to public. if you could achieve that level of incompetence consistently, I would follow your blog religiously and sleep in money.
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Aug 12, 2023 06:36
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Snowman_McK posted:At one point I had plans to write an MMA blog. I wrote up my predictions for the Whittaker/Brunson card (Whittaker's middleweight debut) as a practice article, to get my eye in. I got literally every fight wrong and abandoned the idea, preferring private embarassment to public. As someone whose fight prediction percentage has gone measurably down since he started writing longform MMA poo poo: You must embrace the void of chaos at the heart of the sport. Also, nothing is better than when you pick someone for a dumb reason like "the other guy is better in every way but my heartsong sings for Guido Cannetti" and then they smash the poo poo out of someone.
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Aug 12, 2023 18:41
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Predictions tend to be more accurate when you don't put them somewhere verifiable
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Aug 12, 2023 18:58
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4039192 Luque/dos Anjos GDT is up. Prelims in 20-30 minutes pending dead air.
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Aug 12, 2023 20:40
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Predictions in sport is always hard. It's why we watch it as much as anything. I never judge anyone too badly for taking a stance rather than getting splinters in their rear end going "oh well maybe if this then this" kinda bullshit. I actually quite enjoy the way sometimes I completely disagree with someone elses prediction because it's kinda fun to be proven wrong like I was when Pantera won the title.
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Aug 12, 2023 23:41
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LobsterMobster posted:u wanna see people get hosed for free monson looked to me at first like fedor and then my brain filled in that fedor was retired, so then the next thought was "the old guy from metallica's 'enter sandman' music video" and was then surprised to read monson's name
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Aug 13, 2023 01:09
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BlindSite posted:Predictions in sport is always hard. It's why we watch it as much as anything. I never judge anyone too badly for taking a stance rather than getting splinters in their rear end going "oh well maybe if this then this" kinda bullshit. my current avatar is probably my favourite because it reminds me constantly that taking strong stances is rad and it entertains people whether you're extremely wrong (me) or extremely right (jase, rip).
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Aug 13, 2023 02:16
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Marching Powder posted:my current avatar is probably my favourite because it reminds me constantly that taking strong stances is rad and it entertains people whether you're extremely wrong (me) or extremely right (jase, rip). Shumagorath fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Aug 13, 2023 |
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Aug 13, 2023 02:27
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Shumagorath posted:I actually don’t know what that Rogan reaction is from, but someone spliced i with Costa’s nut shot on Rockhold and I can’t imagine anything else. 
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Aug 13, 2023 02:58
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 PFL Playoffs Oh boy, we got beefbois and lorj ladies! But before we look at the playoff bracket, let’s see what PFL has cooking on the prelims. It’s doodoo feces from a butt. This is putrid. Louie “The Vanilla Gorilla” Sutherland can’t even get his own nickname and has to take Chase Sherman’s, which is just sad, man. Louie has one win on his record over a guy who isn’t fully terrible. He’s facing Daiqwon Buckley, and if I were him, I’d go by “The Radish”. His previous level of competition is also pretty lackluster. Kaytlin “Katniss” Neil is taking on Maira Mazar, who is on a two-fight losing streak and has really only beat up Brazilian cans. Danilo Marques took his 2-2 UFC record to PFL and went 2-1. He’s facing Croatia’s second favorite son, Satoshi Ishii. For some reason, the Olympic judoka has been having kickboxing matches the last few years, because I guess Satoshi doesn’t want to enter a combat sport where he’s got any kind of skill advantage. Abraham Bably with his 3-0 record against Some Guys is taking on Hamilton Tiger-Cats legend Anthony Wint (I can neither confirm nor deny if this is Twitter user Dril) Chris Mixan is facing Eddy George, but it’s not the former running back, which is a disappointment. George is 6-1 in MMA and has had 6 bouts canceled due to his opponents withdrawing. This fight might not even happen! Prelim advice: Don’t watch this. There might be some quick finishes, but unless you are a registered Satoshi Ishii Aficionado, there’s no reason to tune in. Nothing of consequence will happen, no new information will be gleaned from these fights. Ok, that was pretty bad. Let’s see how that main card looks. Well, we begin with Nate Kelly taking on Damion Nelson. Nelson is 4-3 with one stoppage victory. Kelly is 7-2 with 3 TKO and 3 sub wins, and he’s a SBG Ireland guy, so he is now my enemy. Women’s Featherweight has a standard 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3 set up. Marina Mokhnatkina takes on Amber Leibrock. Leibrock had a cool head kick KO to start her PFL run, but then she got Pacheco’d. Mokhnatkina has a ground and pound stoppage plus a decision win to get the number two spot. This should come down to Leibrock’s ability to keep the fight standing. Larissa Pacheco faces Olena Kolesnyk. Kolesnyk took two decisions to squeak into the 4 seed. She’s previously been Pacheco’d in 2021 and 2022. Larissa went to her third ever decision win against Julia Budd, and then proceeded to Pacheco Amber Leibrock. For reference, to Pacheco an opponent is to obliterate them in one round, usually inside of 3 minutes. Expect Olena to get Pacheco’d again for 2023. Men’s Heavyweight has had a slight shakeup as Marcelo Nunes had to withdraw, allowing Maurice Greene to swoop in. First up, we have #1 seed Denis Goltsov taking on Jordan Heiderman. Despite several issues with visas and opponent changes, Goltsov scored two first round knockouts in the regular season to clinch the top spot. Jordan Heiderman is here because his opponent’s knee exploded. He’s gonna get hit in the face and neck and chest and torso very hard for around 3 minutes before he falls over. Renan Ferreira took the #2 seed thanks to a 50-second KO after his decision loss to Rizvan Kuniev was overturned because shockingly, a PFL heavyweight failed a drug test. Greene punched out Marcelo Nunes for a Fast Five Finish, but then lost to Ante Delija. Fortunately for most of the other heavyweights, Delija only had one fight in the 2023 regular season, and the Greene fight went to a decision, leaving him without enough points to qualify. This fight will come down to Greene’s ability to take down Ferreira and not get obliterated as he tries to accomplish said takedowns. Ferreira, for all his scary striking prowess, has shown roughly negative ground skills. Main card advice: The tournament bouts should be fine. Hopefully they don’t last too long. Remember, when it comes to the biggest weight classes, we aren’t here for a good fight, we’re here for a short fight.
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Aug 15, 2023 02:22
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LobsterMobster posted:
i don't appreciate being called out like this, I don't mind telling you Thank you because I genuinely cannot read a PFL prelim card without my eyes just completely glazing over. Also, Mario Bautista has a new opponent four days before this weekend's card, and it is...Da'Mon Blackshear, who just fought last weekend. I hate this poo poo.
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Aug 15, 2023 05:55
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This was both informative and very funny, thanks!
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Aug 15, 2023 12:00
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CarlCX posted:i don't appreciate being called out like this, I don't mind telling you Hey, I'm the forum's #1 Tall Steve Mowry freakazoid, I have no place to judge anyone for their b-league heavyweight peccadilloes
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Aug 15, 2023 14:35
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I'm not knowledgeable enough to provide any breakdown on any of these We also have ONE's Friday Morning fights Glory Kickboxing has a card Saturday.  And, KSW also has a Saturday show  KSW put out some good promo videos for the main and comain; both title fights Main for the feathweight title Salahdine Parnasse (c) vs Robert Ruchała https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAPParfHrxE Co-main for the light heavyweight title Ibragim Chuzhigaev (c) vs Bohdan Gnidko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJtZr8sLKMo
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Aug 15, 2023 14:59
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https://i.imgur.com/t9UBbTp.mp4
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Aug 15, 2023 16:41
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that's about as good as that barboza one when it comes to a guy getting hit with an invisible mallet
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