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big money big clit posted:There's this idea that the UFC must have the best fighters, but we've seen from the WEC and Strikeforce acquisitions that there were a lot of excellent fighters fighting under other banners, and the UFC still continued to grow substantially. At that point in time, the UFC was only doing like a dozen-ish cards a year with plenty of room to grow. Now we're sitting on ~card a week and they're losing prospects and names to other orgs. I already don't give a gently caress about most of any given card and I'm a fan.
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Dan Didio posted:I think matchmaking and hiring practices have had a lot to do with it too, but I guess we'll see. I get the feeling that the worst decision new management has made thus far is letting Joe Silva walk. 2014 was absolutely ravaged by main events falling apart and yet the year itself was great in no small part because he and Shelby got really loving good at their jobs.
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Feb 20, 2017 02:17
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Memento posted:He retired though, right? If he wanted out there's very little they could have done to stop him. Throw more money at him and keep him as a consultant and have some puppet hold the phone and deal with the idiot child fighters. You literally cannot afford to lose a man with that degree of knowledge to retirement.
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I.N.R.I posted:no point just relying on him either .. i think the matchmaking is fine anyway he's only just left. also by all means don't rely on him, but definitely secure the services of a man who is more knowledgeable on the subject of mma than anyone breathing. especially if you run an mma company. or don't i'm not a businessman and for good reason.
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Feb 20, 2017 03:14
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Skip My Posts posted:i think silva was gone no matter what, he got a huge payoff with the sale Whoa he was a part owner? Cool. I can understand if he's now a billionaire or w/e. I was operating on the assumption that he just happened to leave when the management changed. Dangersim posted:I think dealing with the fighters was one of his best skills though Definitely, but semi retirement shouldn't involve 3am calls from Chris avila
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Feb 20, 2017 03:48
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Lombard entering the ufc with an unassailable reputation for being a killer and promptly making GBS threads the bed in his first fight and just generally losing in really cathartic ways is one of life's small but precious gifts.
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Feb 20, 2017 09:59
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Snowman_McK posted:He's at heavyweight, it's actually possible to have a massive win-streak while really, really bad. are we talking about browne or derrick lewis?
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Feb 21, 2017 00:14
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manyak posted:Ill admit i thought Browne was probably gonna beat Da Black Beast, he used to have a really good chin which let him get away with a lot like when he came back to beat Overeem, but it seems like its fading a bit after getting punched really hard 10000 times in each of his last several fights If Browne had any fight iq at all he could have finished da beast in the first imo. And he took a loving flogging before that freak shot to the crown put him down so I don't know if his chin was going before the fight (though it may well be gone now). Skip My Posts posted:hunt seems like a bad matchup for lewis Yeah. It's bad news for him. He should be hoping overeem wins, though he's been calling out hunt for a while.
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Skip My Posts posted:someone said browne looks like a drunk uncle who's loving around with you pretending to know karate in the kitchen Hahaha
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Feb 21, 2017 06:34
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Gramps posted:Sombody hurt Travie's feelies Hahaha I actually agree witwthe sentiment but now that he's posted it on twitter I feel differently.
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chaleski posted:GSP would double-leg Conor into the cheap seats, if GSP can make 155 comfortably then I think that's the worst possible matchup for him Yeah.
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Feb 21, 2017 21:40
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:How is Jack Slack? Does he actually know what he's talking about or does the accent just fool me into thinking he's intelligent? he knows what he's talking about with the standup. ground work he's learning but if someone you actually know contradicts him believe them
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Feb 23, 2017 03:52
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i come home from a hard days work and lord waffle loving beard is posting some trumped up poo poo on a bad webzone
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Feb 23, 2017 08:09
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tumor looking batty posted:Cruz actually won the fight against No Love since you learn more from failing and learning from your mistakes. it was gsp's two losses that propelled him from talented to possibly the greatest fighter to have ever done it. so on a long enough timeline, err, maybe.
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Feb 24, 2017 02:46
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You and the other guy signed a contract to hurt each other as much as possible under a certain rule set until either one specific man says stop or a bell rings. If that one specific man hasn't stopped you and a bell hasn't rang I'm not going to look down on you for not being a gentleman to a guy who seconds previous was attempting to maim / kill you.
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Feb 24, 2017 04:25
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I used to judge people for hitting the unconscious man they were fighting sometimes less than 1 second ago but then I remember that they've been hit in the head a hundred times and their body is only still working because every cell is screaming to their brain that they're either getting chased by a lion or fighting one, doesn't matter, here's the stuff needed to be as effective at that poo poo as possible.
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Feb 24, 2017 05:10
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LobsterMobster posted:Marc "Bonecrusher" Diakiese, allegedly a UFC fighter, will be in the new issue of Gay Times magazine I recognise that guy! From fighting, not gay literature (I assume).
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Feb 24, 2017 05:13
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CommonShore posted:he's not gay drat...
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Feb 24, 2017 05:20
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BlindSite posted:In some instance like the black beast v browne fight, fair enough but hendo publicly said that he knew Bisping was out and hit him anyway and it was pretty obvious he hated lombard too. Just because he made the conscious decision to drop it on him doesn't mean his decision making process wasn't impaired by adrenaline. I wouldn't like any decision I made literally seconds after being in a confrontation to be held against me as representative of my personality. I'm actually a bit of a oval office when I'm concerned for my safety. Generally though I try to not be a oval office.
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Feb 24, 2017 05:51
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BlindSite posted:So can we all be but I dont have 47 professional fights and a wreslting career spanning 17 years. It's completely different from palhares because the ref was trying to stop it. I personally have never acted in a particularly vicious manner to a defeated opponent, but I'm not going to blame the ones who hear FINISH HIM and no one's stopped them yet. It's within the rules. It's what both parties signed on for.
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re-watching barboza / fergusson for like the sixth time and holy poo poo it is so sick. the most remarkable facet of this fight that is made up almost entirely of remarkable facets is big john getting on my tits. post fergusson's insanely illegal upkick to barboza's skull big john immediately said 'you're not hurt, get up'. gently caress you big john. anyway i have no idea how fergusson is going to hold up against khabib but i do know all those empty seats in the arena are unwarranted.
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Feb 24, 2017 11:04
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Work Friend Keven posted:Usada formally apologizes to Cyborg for thinking she was on steroids, bans "Dirty" Dave Pentz for nine years for the use of (checking notes) those mints you got to pick up with the little spoon, unwrapped diner mints . Hahaha
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Feb 25, 2017 08:15
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They gotta learn sometime
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Feb 27, 2017 10:36
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even if khabib can dominate tony on the ground, khabib has slowed down in the third before and he's never gone five. and tony will not be easy to hold down for any amount of time. i'm thinking tony takes this, and will bet that way, but honestly either outcome will be sick and the fight cannot be bad. oh and maia / masvidal is confirmed apparently. did we already discuss this?
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Digital Jedi posted:https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/836749631128240128 gsp is coming back. maia needs to stay relevant. he can't just hope for a woodley.
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