UFC/MMA November: On behalf of the boxing thread: We surrender

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Which PFL champion are you most looking forward to seeing this month? This poll is closed.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier	1	3.85%
Larissa Pacheco	4	15.38%
Sadibou Sy	1	3.85%
Lance Palmer	0	0%
Nicco Montano	1	3.85%
Alexander Shlemenko	2	7.69%
Bobby Southworth	3	11.54%
Hardcore Holly	14	53.85%
Total:	26 votes

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ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016

hell yeah get them a big condom depot sponsorship too

# ? Nov 22, 2023 11:14

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# ? May 14, 2024 22:59

kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Dang, never thought of that

# ? Nov 23, 2023 11:56

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

kimbo305 posted:

Dang, never thought of that

great

# ? Nov 23, 2023 12:05

LobsterMobster: Oct 29, 2009; "I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"

i am thankful for my good posting friends and the good posts they make here.

# ? Nov 23, 2023 18:50

beep by grandpa: May 5, 2004

Happy Thanksgiving to a thread that makes me laugh out loud at home, at work, on the train, wherever I am. You all kick rear end and are routinely the funniest ppl i see on this site 🙏

# ? Nov 23, 2023 19:09

Freudian slippers: Jun 23, 2009; US Goon shocked and appalled to find that world is a dirty, unjust place

I am thankful for Carl's outstanding effortposts!

# ? Nov 23, 2023 20:03

AndyElusive: Jan 7, 2007

Freudian slippers posted:

I am thankful for Carl's outstanding effortposts!

# ? Nov 23, 2023 20:38

Shumagorath: Jun 6, 2001

Freudian slippers posted:

I am thankful for Carl's outstanding effortposts!

# ? Nov 23, 2023 21:11

Spaced God: Feb 8, 2014; All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!

Carl and tko got me into this hell sport so I think I should be thankful for them?

# ? Nov 23, 2023 23:31

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016

I just remembered sea level cain

# ? Nov 23, 2023 23:39

Joey McChrist: Aug 8, 2005

dominick cruz's corpse knee ligaments

# ? Nov 23, 2023 23:47

Kragger99: Mar 21, 2004; Pillbug

Johny Hendricks Huge, Massive... Appetite.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 00:15

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016

Zombie's friend telling him about the time he saw overeem's hog and said "I was shook"

# ? Nov 24, 2023 00:22

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

the one-two punch of the tiki-themed turd golem Travis Browne and Ronda Rousey's assertion that she simply had to have babies with him

# ? Nov 24, 2023 00:24

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016

Gray Maynard slamming Emerson so hard that Emerson's shoulder popped out prompting a tap, only gray landed on his own head and KOed himself

# ? Nov 24, 2023 00:52

LobsterMobster: Oct 29, 2009; "I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"

chris weidman's various poop stories

# ? Nov 24, 2023 00:53

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

LobsterMobster posted:

i am thankful for my good posting friends and the good posts they make here.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 04:11

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

LobsterMobster posted:

chris weidman's various poop stories

Chris Weidman's expensive dog.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 05:29

Shumagorath: Jun 6, 2001

ilmucche posted:

Gray Maynard slamming Emerson so hard that Emerson's shoulder popped out prompting a tap, only gray landed on his own head and KOed himself

I think he broke Emerson�s rib? Gray arguing he wasn�t out when he clearly was� I don�t laugh at this sport quite like that anymore.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 05:48

Orange Carlisle: Jul 14, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

Chris Weidman's expensive dog.

chris weidman doing a commercial spot for a local jeweler while paying interest on said dog

# ? Nov 24, 2023 05:52

CarlCX: Dec 14, 2003

I am deeply thankful for all of you, our dead gay forums and our dead gay sport.

May we all consume this dumb poo poo forever.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 09:05

Radical 90s Wizard: Aug 5, 2008; ~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~

I'm thankful for yoel romero and gay jesus

# ? Nov 24, 2023 11:44

Tom Clancy is Dead: Jul 13, 2011

I'm thankful for Yoel Romero stool-gating Tim Kennedy out of relevance.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 14:13

moctopus: Nov 28, 2005

Friday fights time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaoEfwnN3V0

# ? Nov 24, 2023 14:17

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

All I know about this card is there's a fighter named Joker, and the co-main has a guy named Ferrari

I think I love ONE Friday Fights

# ? Nov 24, 2023 14:32

Tom Clancy is Dead: Jul 13, 2011

Tuned into ONE Friday for the first time live, it's a crazy war. Awesome.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 15:00

Omnikin: May 29, 2007; Press 'E' for Medic

These fights tend towards wars, and fights with coffee in the morning are a very nice way to get ready for the weekend

Chris James 2 posted:

I think I love ONE Friday Fights

I'm in agreement, they're great

# ? Nov 24, 2023 15:32

Digital Jedi: May 28, 2007; Fallen Rib

moctopus posted:

Friday fights time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaoEfwnN3V0

Thanks for posting! With no work today, i wasn't forced to by up at 7am to post it.

Chris James 2 posted:

I think I love ONE Friday Fights

# ? Nov 24, 2023 16:07

Omnikin: May 29, 2007; Press 'E' for Medic

That man's brain was completely shut off, but he was still on his feet. Humans are wild

# ? Nov 24, 2023 16:32

DoombatINC: Apr 20, 2003; Here's the thing, I'm a feminist.

that caught kick into sweep was so loving cool and smooth that my wife ran in from the other room because when i saw it i hollered like i hurt myself

# ? Nov 24, 2023 17:23

DeimosRising: Oct 17, 2005; �Hola SEA!

Josuke Higashikata posted:

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.

Who do you think was better in 03 04? Hell, it's really not until he started losing fights in 2010 that the UFC had a heavyweight champ he wouldn't have been heavily favored against (Cain). Don't get me wrong I agree that he certainly wasn't anywhere as good as some people would have you believe but it's not like there were any other, better heavyweights at the time. He beat Big Nog repeatedly, he beat Cro Cop, he beat Tim Sylvia and Arlovski (lol), he almost certainly would have beaten eg Couture or Lesnar.

# ? Nov 24, 2023 20:28

DO YALL WANT A BOXC: Jul 20, 2010; HAHA! WOOOOOOO WOOO!; Fun Shoe

Lid posted:

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?

I don�t remember that but I do remember him missing open workouts because of planewater

# ? Nov 24, 2023 22:59

LobsterMobster: Oct 29, 2009; "I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"

LobsterMobster posted:

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!

pfl is live on espn plus

# ? Nov 24, 2023 23:43

Digital Jedi: May 28, 2007; Fallen Rib

just made a gdt for it, for the 8 of us that might watch

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4048049

# ? Nov 24, 2023 23:44

COPE 27: Sep 11, 2006

uh https://twitter.com/JourdainAir/status/1728084343745040634

# ? Nov 25, 2023 00:29

Orange Carlisle: Jul 14, 2007

COPE 27 posted:

uh https://twitter.com/JourdainAir/status/1728084343745040634

full on pornhub brain mixed with getting hit in the head for a living is my guess

# ? Nov 25, 2023 01:50

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

i am watching the pee eff ell

# ? Nov 25, 2023 02:08

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

im at the show, heres my thread of pics on twitter dot com

https://twitter.com/boco_t/status/1728193889256034736

# ? Nov 25, 2023 02:14

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

DeimosRising posted:

Who do you think was better in 03 04? Hell, it's really not until he started losing fights in 2010 that the UFC had a heavyweight champ he wouldn't have been heavily favored against (Cain). Don't get me wrong I agree that he certainly wasn't anywhere as good as some people would have you believe but it's not like there were any other, better heavyweights at the time. He beat Big Nog repeatedly, he beat Cro Cop, he beat Tim Sylvia and Arlovski (lol), he almost certainly would have beaten eg Couture or Lesnar.

You had me until the very last word in this post.

Also my favourite MMA trivia is in every common opponent Frank Mir and Big Nog had Mir beat them so much worse than Nog did and when they did meet Mir brutalised Big Nog.

# ? Nov 25, 2023 05:28

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# ? May 14, 2024 22:59

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

In ither news Conor is the new face of racism Ireland

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1728103250962808866?t=8l04F_t5xgJEehnFUeCD9A&s=19

# ? Nov 25, 2023 05:32

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