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| Olivier Aubin-Mercier |
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1 | 3.85% |
| Larissa Pacheco |
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4 | 15.38% |
| Sadibou Sy |
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1 | 3.85% |
| Lance Palmer |
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0 | 0% |
| Nicco Montano |
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1 | 3.85% |
| Alexander Shlemenko |
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2 | 7.69% |
| Bobby Southworth |
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3 | 11.54% |
| Hardcore Holly |
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14 | 53.85% |
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Snowman_McK posted:For satisfying beatdowns, a lot of the good ones already got mentioned, so I'll put in an obscure one: Mike Brown Leonard Garcia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-ZNAGObkLE
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Shumagorath posted:Jesus that fight goes on a whole two minutes after that shot oh yeah Garcia was and is insanely tough. He's a guy who had an obvious gameplan to beating him but who also made it clear why it was so very hard to execute it.
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Nov 21, 2023 03:15
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I am reminded of a different kind of one sided beat down: WEC 49: Varner vs Shalorus The Prince of Persia repeatedly fouls Goon Enemy Jamie Varner and the judges rule the fight a draw. Varner was as dejected after one of those nut shots as any man.
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Nov 21, 2023 03:20
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haven't seen that name in years. always looked forward to "non important non champion: jamie varner" to close out the monthly OPs back in the day
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Nov 21, 2023 04:03
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MassRafTer posted:I am reminded of a different kind of one sided beat down: Shalorus landing one kick to the groin, getting a warning, landing a second kick to the groin, losing a point, then landing a third kick to the groin and somehow going back to just getting a warning remains one of the most infuriating yet endearingly funny things that has happened in MMA.
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Nov 21, 2023 04:12
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CarlCX posted:Shalorus landing one kick to the groin, getting a warning, landing a second kick to the groin, losing a point, then landing a third kick to the groin and somehow going back to just getting a warning remains one of the most infuriating yet endearingly funny things that has happened in MMA. IF THE REFEREE DQ'S ME FOR NUT KICKS I WILL FACE REED HARRIS AND SHOOT BACKWARDS INTO HELL
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Nov 21, 2023 04:18
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MassRafTer posted:I am reminded of a different kind of one sided beat down: I sat in the 6th row for this and it was amazing
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Nov 21, 2023 04:58
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Foul Fowl posted:anderson/chael was a heartbreaker. chael was like half a round from becoming champ and then getting stripped of the belt for steroids which would have been incredible. Anderson Silva has caught a lot of kicks and punished them in his career. As soon as he caught Chael's first kick, I was like "oh no" and then Chael loving Sonnensaulted out of it and thats when I knew that fight was going to be special. Very few fights give you butterflies in your stomach through the whole thing, but that fight was bonkers. Chael may not have won, but in my books, he didn't lose either.
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Nov 21, 2023 05:23
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MassRafTer posted:It seems impossible that this trial will ever reach a conclusion but we might be closing in on something. If this happens, it will be my favourite UFC beat down.
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Nov 21, 2023 06:48
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Freudian slippers posted:If this happens, it will be my favourite UFC beat down.
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Nov 21, 2023 07:40
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someone find a way to work that way into december's thread title, jfc
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Nov 21, 2023 07:40
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Fedor/Bigfoot was also super satisfying. People who are newish here may not remember how insanely annoying Fedor fans were, so imagine Conor fans but somehow worse. Fedor had gotten subbed shortly beforehand but that was explained away as him getting 'caught.' But then Bigfoot, slow even by heavyweight standards but with decent striking fundamentals, straight up outboxed him, exploiting all the shortcomings in Fedor's boxing that had been there for years. No one had been able to exploit them because heavyweight is a toilet fire in a dumpster, but they'd been there. And a glacially slow heavyweight was able to exploit them. His fans tried to explain it as Bigfoot simply being too big, but then Cormier, who was smaller, knocked out Bigfoot in about three minutes.
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Nov 21, 2023 09:33
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Fedor is only talked about with any sort of reverence in MMA communities because he's become that sort of mythical grandfather figure that is obviously the best because everyone says he's the best. A bit like saying Cobain was one of the greatest guitarists in history. Saying anything to the contrary is showing that you don't know anything about the topic at hand because EVERYONE says it so it has to be right, right? There's maybe a two year window (05 & 06) where he was the best HW going... maybe. Also, Fedor's loss to Kohsaka was legit, not an intentional elbow, block/evade better, the format demanded a winner. 
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Nov 21, 2023 09:47
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Additionally, it should be illegal to allow Arlovski to fight in 2024 (he's fighting in Jan)
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Nov 21, 2023 09:59
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delightful posted:Chael may not have won, but in my books, he didn't lose either. Well you see he only lost the round, so on balance he won the fight
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Nov 21, 2023 10:17
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ilmucche posted:Well you see he only lost the round, so on balance he won the fight Possibly my favourite MMA moment.
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Nov 21, 2023 11:22
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ilmucche posted:Well you see he only lost the round, so on balance he won the fight iirc, chael said he didn't know tapping meant you lost the fight, just that you lost the round, which is some grade-a chael-ing right there
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Nov 21, 2023 15:46
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Eat This Glob posted:iirc, chael said he didn't know tapping meant you lost the fight, just that you lost the round, which is some grade-a chael-ing right there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV5zqPW-ukI
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Nov 21, 2023 15:48
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Watching Faber and dom is the best part of this
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Nov 21, 2023 15:59
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CommonShore posted:Watching Faber and dom is the best part of this lmao yeah, that was a treat. good looking out, mr nice!
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Nov 21, 2023 16:17
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Eat This Glob posted:iirc, chael said he didn't know tapping meant you lost the fight, just that you lost the round, which is some grade-a chael-ing right there That's what I was referencing. It was top level comedy
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Nov 21, 2023 19:07
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Snowman_McK posted:Fedor/Bigfoot was also super satisfying. People who are newish here may not remember how insanely annoying Fedor fans were, so imagine Conor fans but somehow worse. Fedor had gotten subbed shortly beforehand but that was explained away as him getting 'caught.' But then Bigfoot, slow even by heavyweight standards but with decent striking fundamentals, straight up outboxed him, exploiting all the shortcomings in Fedor's boxing that had been there for years. No one had been able to exploit them because heavyweight is a toilet fire in a dumpster, but they'd been there. And a glacially slow heavyweight was able to exploit them. His fans tried to explain it as Bigfoot simply being too big, but then Cormier, who was smaller, knocked out Bigfoot in about three minutes. Fedor's camp claiming Bigfoot's camp had used some kind of curse made it even better
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Nov 21, 2023 20:12
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i think it was claimed a witch doctor was in the crowd hexxing fedor in the ring directly which is pretty smart thinking for bigfoot
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Nov 21, 2023 20:42
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i've seen things you people wouldn't believe.. witch doctors in the crowd hexing fighters... boomerangs and quail eggs... the MOTHTAGON... all of these moments lost in time.. like tears in rain.. time to die
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Nov 21, 2023 21:10
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Rogan yelling, "NOOOOOOO" like Darth Vader while Cung Le was getting his face flattened was another crowd pleaser of a beat down.
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Nov 21, 2023 21:27
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MassRafTer posted:Fedor's camp claiming Bigfoot's camp had used some kind of curse made it even better Ah, gently caress. Forgot about that part. "Forbidden psychic technologies" is the phrase I remembered. The most Brazilian of excuses coming from a Russian. TheKingslayer posted:Rogan yelling, "NOOOOOOO" like Darth Vader while Cung Le was getting his face flattened was another crowd pleaser of a beat down. I feel like it's been a while since Rogan complained excessively about an early stoppage that wasn't early in any way.
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Nov 21, 2023 22:09
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Snowman_McK posted:I feel like it's been a while since Rogan complained excessively about an early stoppage that wasn't early in any way. The last ppv. When jiri was stopped after falling to his back when getting hammered during his recovery shot, before he said he was out in the interview.
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Nov 21, 2023 22:20
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sorry to interrupt a lively and entertaining discussion, but well... B-League Round-Up PFL 10: World Championships - Friday, November 11  We’ve made it to the fireworks factory. Well, maybe it’s just the sparkler store. Either way, it’s the PFL Championships. There are six world titles at stake tonight, so let’s jump right into the card breakdown. The prelims start with some guys. Jesse Stirn versus Josh Blyden and Khai Wu versus Phil Caracappa. There are no notable things I can find to say about these four men. Next up is the rubber match between Bubba “Bad Man” Jenkins and “The Long Island Killer” Chris Wade. Wade took the first meeting in 2021 by decision, and Jenkins returned the favor this year. Both men are wrestlers who fell to 2022 champ Brendan Loughnane, and both lost in the playoffs of 2023. Because they are so similar, they hate each other immensely. Then there’s the contractually obligated Biaggio Ali Walsh Amateur Hours Showcase match. Did you know: Biaggio Ali Walsh is the grandson of Muhammed Ali? To show how much PFL really doesn’t want either guy here, the Featherweight title bout is the Prelim Main Event as Jesus Pinedo takes on Gabriel Alves Braga. These two met at PFL 1 this year, with Braga taking a split decision. Another thing to keep an eye on is that Pinedo missed weight for his playoff bout against Bubba Jenkins. Will he hit 145.0 on the dot against Braga? Or will it be a shitshow? To start the main card, we have a classic Big Dumb Idiot Fight as Ray “Bradda Boy” Cooper III makes his Middleweight debut against former UFC participant Derek Brunson. At 5’7”, Cooper was severely undersized as a Welterweight, but he just punched people in the face, real fuckin hard, so most of the time that didn’t matter that much. Here, he’s giving up half a foot of reach and height. Let’s hope both guys embrace how stupid this matchup is and just swang hammers at each other until someone falls over. Or, more likely, Brunson just wrestles the hell out of Cooper. Next up, we’ve got the last non-title fight as Kayla Harrison takes on Aspen Ladd. Harrison has not fought in over a year since losing for the first time ever to Larissa Pacheco in the tournament finals. This is also just the second time she’s making the Featherweight limit, having done a trial run in Invicta in 2020. Ladd is on a one-fight win streak, submitting Karolina Sobek back in June. We are now at the start of five straight title fights. For the Light Heavyweight title, Impa Kasanganay faces off against Josh Silveira. Impa’s riding a five fight, four finish win streak, while Josh has won three in a row, all by first round stoppage. What happens when two guys with power that know the other guy has power meet? You guessed it: Tepid Kickboxing! In the Welterweight title bout, we finally get our required dosage of B-League Magomed, as Magomed Magomedkerimov faces “The Swedish Denzel” Sadibou Sy. Magomedkerimov hasn’t lost since he failed to capture the 2021 PFL title, winning five in a row. Sy, on a seven fight win streak of his own, took home the 2022 PFL belt and is looking to go back to back. I feel like I should have made a reference to a Denzel movie, but I’m tired. So very tired. Larissa Pacheco is looking to become Featherweight champ with her tenth straight win as she faces Marina Mokhnatkina. Marina has won five in a row, including three finishes, while Pacheco has 7 stoppage wins in her streak, all coming inside the first round. With Amanda Nunes retired, we need Pacheco to continue the proud tradition of a hard punching Brazilian 145er. Let’s go, Larissa! In the co-main event, we’ve got BIG BEEF’UM BOI ACTION! Renan Ferreira faces off against Denis Goltsov. Ferreira has won two in a row, while Goltsov has won five straight, his last loss coming in 2021. But really, the story here is both guys are mildly cursed. Goltsov’s Tapology page is full of fight cancellations, withdrawals, and rebookings. He’s 10-2 in PFL, and has had 9 other fights fall apart. As for Ferreira, his curse has taken the form of Weird poo poo Going On. Renan is 5-1 in PFL with 3 No Contests. The first one came in 2021 against Fabricio Werdum. Ferreira was originally declared the victor by ground and pound TKO, but video review showed he actually tapped to Werdum’s triangle choke prior to escaping (And he only escaped because Werdum thought he had just won) and beginning the punching. Next up, Renan lost a decision to Klidson Abreu in 2022, but that was overturned when Klidson failed a test for an unspecified banned substance. Then Ferreira dropped another decision to Rizvan Kuniev in 2023, but Kuniev tested positive for the following anabolic steroids: drostanolone, metenelone, boldenone, and 19-norandrosterone. So this fight actually taking place and the result not getting changed after the fact is going to be a tough loving journey, a real hard row to hoe. We are finally at the main event, the Lightweight title bout between “Cassius” Clay Collard and “The Canadian Gangster” Olivier Aubin-Mercier. Collard has won all three of his 2023 PFL bouts by punching, punching, just endlessly punching people. His strategy to counter anything done by his opponent is to punch them, many times. OAM has won 9 in a row, including taking home the 2022 170 lb title over Stevie Ray. He has not tasted defeat since 2019. This should be an exceptional card, because OAM will try to not get punched, but buddy, if you think you ain’t getting punched while in a fight against Clay Collard, you’ve got another thing coming. That other thing? You guessed it, punches!
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BJ Penn getting kissed by a dude right before the GSP fight
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Fozzy The Bear posted:BJ Penn getting kissed by a dude right before the GSP fight Also quitting on the stool after going 'to the death' was pretty drat funny. Penn had some of the most annoying fans as well who viewed him as a shroedinger figure. He was a massive badass for going up in weight to fight Diaz or Rory, but also those losses didn' count because the other guy is too big.
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Nov 22, 2023 00:37
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remember penn edgar 3 hope everyone had a good weekend
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John Romero posted:remember penn edgar 3 *kramers in awkwardly on my tiptoes* I'm trying something new for this fight.
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Nov 22, 2023 00:40
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LobsterMobster posted:sorry to interrupt a lively and entertaining discussion, but well... I am attending the PFL Championship show, I will post pictures. I hope to see Francis Ngannou in person.
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Snowman_McK posted:Also quitting on the stool after going 'to the death' was pretty drat funny. Penn had some of the most annoying fans as well who viewed him as a shroedinger figure. He was a massive badass for going up in weight to fight Diaz or Rory, but also those losses didn' count because the other guy is too big. FWIW I think that's true at least about his fight with Lyoto loving enormous by comparison Machida. Lyoto weighed in at 220, and it was somehow kind of competitive until Bloated BJ gassed.
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Nov 22, 2023 00:52
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LobsterMobster posted:The prelims start with some guys. Jesse Stirn versus Josh Blyden and Khai Wu versus Phil Caracappa. There are no notable things I can find to say about these four men. Khai Wu was the guy sparring with Zuck, Commodus style. One of a few leadups to Elon wanting to fight Zuck and also all those fighters getting on Zuck’s implication party boat.
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Joey McChrist posted:i've seen things you people wouldn't believe.. witch doctors in the crowd hexing fighters... boomerangs and quail eggs... the MOTHTAGON... all of these moments lost in time.. like tears in rain.. time to die Before the Diaz's were mainstream cult and just cult cult remember the time Nick Diaz claimed he missed weight by like 5 pounds because of seawater?
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Nov 22, 2023 02:10
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Someone find Duncan's Brazilian national anthem
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Nov 22, 2023 02:11
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Dunc, in the long-forgotten past posted:
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Nov 22, 2023 02:31
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Dan Hooker injured out of UFC Austin co-main event vs. Bobby Green
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https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1726964739291639926 hehe
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