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Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless

Fat Twitter Man posted:

For whatever reason people didn't really admit Rockhold's flaws and limitations as a striker even after Vitor punked him. You can't really just write it off as "TRT" when a guy's entire striking game is shut down like that.

(I have now made two posts in a row about Vitor and don't know how I feel about that)

Rockhold didn't take bisping seriously. He clowns bisping like 8 outta 10 times in my opinion if he fights to his potential

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Aug 15, 2005

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The op is so Fuckin long lol

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Aug 15, 2005

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TJ opens as a favorite over Cody no love

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Aug 15, 2005

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Cody has the power to finish and dealt with Cruz no problem but I think TJ is more dangerous for him. Even money fight in my opinion

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Aug 15, 2005

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Sprecherscrow posted:

Not saying I'd pick Cody to win or actually put money down myself, but I feel an underdog Garbrandt's gotta be a good value pick against anyone at this point.

It was like -130 for TJ and +100 for no love. So not much there

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Aug 15, 2005

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I consider it a pick'em fight but who knows

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Aug 15, 2005

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He's not slower than Cruz by any means

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Aug 15, 2005

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If TJ wins by stoppage i think it will be tko or sub after hurting him with strikes. I don't think he will get a KO unless he hits him with a big high kick or something. TJ doesn't seem to have a lot of power

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Aug 15, 2005

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Bundt Cake posted:

i think tj does more damage than cruz and hes committed to trying to wear the other guy down and beat them up unlike cruz

EmmyOk posted:

I think TJ is better on the lead than Cruz is.

Agreed

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Aug 15, 2005

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It's funny that Cruz is ducking call outs and waiting for a shot for some reason. You got clowned, go get a win first before you act entitled to a shot

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Aug 15, 2005

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Cruz was more than willing to fight guys like Mighty Mouse that are much smaller than him why not take a fight at featherweight ?

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i don't think it will happen but if bisping knocks out romero that would be so tight

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Aug 15, 2005

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Dana also said that they offered nick Diaz a fight against Maia and if he turns it down he will offer it to masvidal or something

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Aug 15, 2005

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Bundt Cake posted:

alistair is a better version of vitor. he roided more and won more stuff

True

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Aug 15, 2005

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BP9QPS3hx-T/

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Aug 15, 2005

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Work Friend Keven posted:

Got to say I'm a bisping fan which is why it's going to be so bittersweet when Yoel Romero brutally KOs him after cheating a bunch.

yeah

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Aug 15, 2005

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Intel&Sebastian posted:

This pic just came up in my fb memories lol



nice

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Aug 15, 2005

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Marching Powder posted:

Riggs: The history of America is actually written in the blood of black people.

Murtaugh: I'm not too old for this poo poo!

Lol

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Aug 15, 2005

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they want a huge tv deal like the mainstream sports have, it's funny you think the UFC can be "resold" via IPO

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Aug 15, 2005

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CommonShore posted:

Yeah you're right - I really meant that they'll continue to unload it piecemeal to investors, but IPO is the wrong term for that.

yeah that's a guess someone could make i suppose

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Dr. Abysmal posted:

Bisping doesn't get enough credit for getting rid of Cung Le

yeah great comeback, bisping is so tough

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Aug 15, 2005

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Lol

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I.N.R.I posted:

the ufc at least seems same old same old to me. but the cards have been better than ever, its been a fairly long time since ive watched a boring card

I agree. They haven't seemed to operate much differently yet.

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Aug 15, 2005

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maffew buildings posted:

Maybe WME doesn't exactly know what all they're doing running a company that despite being treated like an entertainment property is still a sport. I dunno

more likely y ou and all the other armchair corporate finance experts don't know whats going on at all in terms of their plans and operations

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Aug 15, 2005

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you gotta pay back debt so if you have a lot of it uhhh.... IPO, sports are not entertainment, retarded crap, etc etc

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Aug 15, 2005

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Bluedeanie posted:

If I had to pinpoint the biggest thing WME is doing that's obviously different from previous ownership, it's how they handle title matchups, but even that's a big maybe as most of the egregious ones can 90-100% be attributed to Conor McGregor.

how is it different?

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Aug 15, 2005

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Bluedeanie posted:

They've done an increasing number of interim title fights in divisions where the champion was perfectly healthy and fighting, (although this happened time to time under Zuffa anyway, so it's not even hugely different.)

yeah there have been a lot of interim belts going around lately

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Aug 15, 2005

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Lord Waffle Beard posted:

Pay-per-view : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA
http://mmapayout.com/blue-book/pay-per-view/

drat. are those accurate?

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Aug 15, 2005

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05/27/2006 UFC 60 Hughes v. Gracie 620,000
06/22/2006 Strikeforce/EliteXC Shamrock v. Baroni 35,000
07/08/2006 UFC 61 Ortiz v. Shamrock 775,000

fuckin bullshit man

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Aug 15, 2005

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manyak posted:

1. Dont do it until youre in your late 20s and have been sedentary up until that point
2. Take steroids because its hard
3. No one knows what happens at this part yet

lol

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Aug 15, 2005

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thats cool

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Aug 15, 2005

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Bubba Smith posted:

yeah. I've seen websites on the internet point toward UFC 206 Holloway vs Pettis as being a failure cause it only did 150k buys but they easily paid all of the purses that night with ticket sales. Even with a low buyrate, all those PPV sales are just profit.


They have a lot more costs than just fight purses

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That said I think they're very profitable

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Work Friend Keven posted:

Susie van Orman wants to raise those taxes.

They can write the interest payments of their debt off their taxes which is probably one reason they chose that financing

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Captain Log posted:

I honestly remember a time when Bader seemed like he could possibly do the Jon Jones thing.

Then he started fighting.

you thought that? lmao

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Aug 15, 2005

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https://twitter.com/NateDiaz209/status/827920151190179840

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Bubba Smith posted:

if you combined all the talents of chan sung jung and none of the talents of dominick cruz you'd end up with the perfect fighter!

Lol

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Aug 15, 2005

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rogan, anik, and cormier are gonna commentate 208

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