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| Nick Diaz |
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1 | 3.57% |
| Chuck Liddell |
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5 | 17.86% |
| Matt Serra |
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0 | 0% |
| Matt Serra |
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2 | 7.14% |
| Matt Serra |
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| Oh no you said his name three times |
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8 | 28.57% |
| Run |
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1 | 3.57% |
| RUN |
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11 | 39.29% |
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Marching Powder posted:my dude they just made an interim heavyweight title fight, i read it in a tweet about 2 minutes ago as i type this, and i can't name either of the people fighting for it and i'm a mostly detached ex fan. imagine a casual viewer Casuals know names, not weight classes.
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Oct 26, 2023 08:21
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Scapegoat posted:It's not though, Jones has fought one guy in the top 5, I'd like to see him fight all the others with Stipe probably being the least interesting fight given his age. Yes the division still has a bunch of fat one trick ponies but it's not like they JDS / Cain days when there were no options for title fights. My contention is not that Bones has cleared the division, it's that the division has few fighters that provide any level of challenge to Jones that would make for an interesting fight. Aspinall makes news articles here in England cos he's British, that's the only reason I could name him at all. Pavlovich's record is not like abysmal, but he also has a total of zero takedowns landed and a 75% takedown defense. He's not got the Ngannou punch of death, he's not a wrestling threat. What's he gonna bring to the table against a big long eye poking dirty fighter like Jon Jones who is gonna take his eye out of its socket and then trip him and choke him like he's a toddler. Stipe at least has an exceptional winning record, is well rounded, and has trained himself against body shots by eating gravel. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 12:16 on Oct 26, 2023 |
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Oct 26, 2023 12:13
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Jon Jones Vs an actual toddler would be a better watch if anything. Most people wouldn't attack a child, but Jon Jones would punt that thing over the cage.
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Oct 26, 2023 12:20
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Jon Jones Vs an actual toddler would be a better watch if anything. Most people wouldn't attack a child, but Jon Jones would punt that thing over the cage. Nc eye poke
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Oct 26, 2023 14:26
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A toddlers knees aren't fully formed so the oblique kicks might either be too effective or not effective enough
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Oct 26, 2023 14:36
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jones apoplectic in the ring, arguing that the 12 to 6 elbows he was doing to the fontanel were 100% going from 1 to 7 as he's dq'd for a second time
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Oct 26, 2023 14:42
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Jon Jones Vs an actual toddler would be a better watch if anything. Most people wouldn't attack a child, but Jon Jones would punt that thing over the cage. That's a foul, Jones loses again, toddler relegates Matt Hamill to annals of UFC history.
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Oct 26, 2023 15:06
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The only remotely interesting heavyweight title matches are jones vs Stipe or Jones vs Pavlovich, and I only have any faith that Jones/Pavlovich will be remotely competitive.
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Oct 26, 2023 22:38
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i think jones retires before he fights someone that isn't a big draw with a puncher's chance.
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Oct 26, 2023 23:51
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Jones vs Stipe wasn't really about the heavyweight division, it's about name value and Jones/Stipe wanting to be considered the best UFC heavyweight ever. There's a reason they immediately plotted the rescheduling rather than even entertaining the idea of either dude fighting Pavlovich. We're pretty firmly in the Couture/Nogueira, Bisping/Whittaker territory where there are going to be two champions, where one is the real champion and the other is the vanity champion who's around for a good time instead of a long time. Also, that whole "PFLW" thing from a couple months ago is, as it turns out, going to be an entirely separate organization where all the women go, meaning PFL's main seasons will no longer promote women's fights. https://twitter.com/BloodyElbow/status/1717661692019024101 I wonder which side will get more fights scheduled.
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Oct 27, 2023 01:57
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And now we'll never see Jones Ngannou either. At least not in MMA
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Oct 27, 2023 05:02
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probably the PWFL won't pay $1,000,000 either.
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Oct 27, 2023 05:04
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STONE COLD 64 posted:i think jones retires before he fights someone that isn't a big draw with a puncher's chance. One thing Jones isn't though is a coward when it comes to fighting people. Dude took on guys like Gustafson just doing blow and partying. He's not one to duck. I also wouldn't be surprised if he needed to top up his retirement fund after being on the shelf so long.
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Oct 27, 2023 05:42
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One of the worst things about Jones is that he's actually as good as he thinks he is, and has been for basically his entire career. Conor is the same, but Conor was only as good as he thinks he is in the Eddie Alvarez fight, and that fight alone.
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Oct 27, 2023 06:24
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If connor stuck to 145 he'd still be champ
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Oct 27, 2023 07:21
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Nierbo posted:If connor stuck to 145 he'd still be champ I think he hit his ceiling pretty quick. There’s no way he could take Volk. I could see him matadoring Max if he stayed in shape.
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Oct 27, 2023 07:45
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Conor might have hung around for longer at FW, but I don't think he would have been able to hold out the mature Holloway we've seen for the last 5 years or Volk who's at this point the best 145 pounder in history. There's a reason why Conor who poo poo talks everyone regularly just says "well done sir" when it comes to Volk.
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Oct 27, 2023 08:45
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Yeah good point. Volk would out tough him
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Oct 27, 2023 08:47
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BlindSite posted:Conor might have hung around for longer at FW, but I don't think he would have been able to hold out the mature Holloway we've seen for the last 5 years or Volk who's at this point the best 145 pounder in history. There's a reason why Conor who poo poo talks everyone regularly just says "well done sir" when it comes to Volk. https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1700712033467924931 do not ever underestimate how many cocaine tweets conor mcgregor has made
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Oct 27, 2023 10:40
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ONE FC Friday!!! 25minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0h79WYQIOc
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Oct 27, 2023 13:04
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Peak Max would have the cardio and chin to weather the storm with Conor and put him away. Volk dictates every minute of a fight with Conor. An actual fight with Aldo would have been ridiculously interesting. It's extremely iconic and changed MMA forever, but that KO denied us what could have been an all time great fight. Ifs, buts and maybe and all that. If Conor stuck to 145, he'd still have dropped two to Dustin, probably have a torrid time with Edgar and in my headcanon, he loses to TKZ. Conor was real loving good though, don't get me wrong
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Oct 27, 2023 13:04
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Digital Jedi posted:ONE FC Friday!!! Thanks for posting this every week. I don't watch enough to know the fighters yet, but the action is always good.
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Oct 27, 2023 15:15
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Man ONE is good at finding impressively powerful 16 year olds
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Oct 27, 2023 15:34
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Amazing things are happening in Thailand
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Oct 27, 2023 15:50
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PetGarfield vs Numpangna just happened - it reminded me of Griffin v Bonnar for the first TUF winner, which I have as the greatest fight ever. Haven't seen two fighters biting down and going for it the entire time like that in ages. Make an effort to see this one. I was imagining if I was the ref of this fight, I'd be clapping for them after the final bell, and that's what ended up happening. edit: both fighters got the $350,000 Baht bonus, and they also gave the translator the same bonus. That's awesome. Kragger99 fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Oct 27, 2023 |
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Oct 27, 2023 15:58
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Amazing fight both fighters got bonuses and then Chatri gives a bonus to the translator for being the best in the business. ONE Friday Fights is hands down the best show in combat sports history.
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Oct 27, 2023 16:02
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coathat posted:Amazing fight both fighters got bonuses and then Chatri gives a bonus to the translator for being the best in the business. That's a strange way to spell fight circus
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Oct 28, 2023 00:55
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LobsterMobster posted:
This is on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DDbYDzoMkI
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Oct 28, 2023 01:31
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B-League Round-Up
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cagliostr0 posted:That's a strange way to spell fight circus Sorry but head to head ONE has much better children fighting than fight circus
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Oct 28, 2023 02:54
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That invicta card sucked. Maybe I didn't have the context or something.
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Oct 28, 2023 06:10
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Nierbo posted:That invicta card sucked. Maybe I didn't have the context or something. There's your context.
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Oct 28, 2023 06:28
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I deeply love Invicta, but if you're not really, really into MMA, those cards can be rough watches these days. They used to be better, but Invicta has fallen on some hard loving times. Even just a few years ago they were still a great hotbed for women's talent and you've still got a few real good fighters there, but between bigger companies picking them clean of talent and their own internal strife meaning they're down to just barely managing four events a year, it ain't what it used to be.
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Oct 28, 2023 08:40
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Nierbo posted:That invicta card sucked. Maybe I didn't have the context or something. Makes one yearn for the glory days of Michelle Waterson beating up Japanese grandmas
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Oct 28, 2023 09:09
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Part of the appeal of Invicta is nostalgia for simpler times
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Oct 28, 2023 14:45
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Looks like ONE is running a show in America next year using their standard rule set https://twitter.com/erikmagraken/status/1718325959726969327
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Oct 28, 2023 19:48
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Expect some big moves from Dana to be able to afford this https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyytBnvPLcA/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 
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Oct 28, 2023 22:58
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Ngannou's big boxing payday is starting now. I hope he lands something other than the millions of dollars he's taking home. It will be very funny if he lands even one good punch, not that I expect it.
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Oct 28, 2023 23:42
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Ngannou doing well through the first. Nice body work, hes getting hit a whole lot though.
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Oct 28, 2023 23:48
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Yeah he looks like a competent boxer. Fury is much better obviously.
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I assume he's gonna gas in the middle rounds and get tkod but he's honestly looking pretty good so far
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