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Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

I.N.R.I posted:

I wont let a little thing like that stop me from watching it though

Embrace the grind.

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Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Tim Sylvia.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Browne's last win was the Matt Mitrione fight, which didn't show him off in any good kind of favour, because Mitrione was winning up until the eyepokes. Before that his last win was I don't know, Schaub back in 2013?

Browne's probably still athletic enough that he stands a decent chance against any heavyweight prospect barring maybe Ngannou, but I think he has legitimately lost a step that it doesn't look like he's going to get back.

It's a heavyweight fight, so it's inherently 50/50 by definition, but on paper, Lewis has shown improvements in his last few fights, whereas Browne has not, and has arguably got worse.

Shirkelton fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Feb 20, 2017

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
This Grisham dude kind of looks like a Mike Goldberg who cleaned up his act in order to get his kids back. Ryan Janes (???) kind of looks like someone tried to make a Maoi head in the Dark Souls character creator.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Le Saboteur posted:

I don't know why they called Janes a fighter from British Columbia in the promo. He's from Newfoundland.

The spirit of Goldie lives on.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Soothing Vapors posted:

fake bruce buffer also v. disappointing

gently caress you, Martinez is my dude.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Janes has no head movement. Put some bolts in either side of his neck and his physique would make a lot more sense.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
One uneasy boo emanates from the Canadian crowd.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Reported. Enjoy your ban, sicko.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Soothing Vapors posted:

somewhere in the wilderness, fatherdog stirs

He awoke already when Grisham got a small, unknown fact wrong about a near unknown fighter.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Hendricks is finally fighting someone more repugnant than him, so it's tough to decide who to root for.

Oh my god, this Grisham dude doesn't say anything about the ring girls, gently caress this sport now.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
That's the hammer from the hit Marvel motion picture Thor (2011).

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
He H-town'd that boy.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
That was a little early, but Marshman's hands were flailing pretty ineffectively, so.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Stealth Tiger posted:

It's never an early stoppage when one guy is getting his head dribbled off the mat with no resistance, jeez

He was resisting.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
He tried to control arms/posture, got hit again, brought his hands in close to fend off the next blow, it went along his forearm and missed, and then braced for the next but the ref had stepped in. It wasn't a bad stoppage, but it could have continued.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Ironic Twist posted:

Why is Lombard an rear end in a top hat again? I mean, I'm rooting for Hendricks as well, but still

He hurt Dan Henderson.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Santos has been in the ufc for like four years, lol.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

androo posted:

So Browne dumped the lovely striking coach that he and Rousey had?

No, yes, kind of, but no, not really. He won't be in his corner for this fight.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
I wanted to give this Grisham guy a chance, but he really does seem to suck.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Zahabi moves backwards really nicely, but he doesn't fight well moving back.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
That was cool. Vieira seems kind of done.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

I.N.R.I posted:

zahabi looks tired

Adrenaline dump.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

henkman posted:

zahabi keeps getting tagged

Stopped controlling his distance in the third.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Carla Esparza outed as filthy cookie thief.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
The Ultimate Beastmaster would beat either of these girls easily, I suspect.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Two questions;

Why is Markos fighting the #3 strawweight?

And

Why is Esparza the #3 strawweight?

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Holm/De Randamie, but what if De Randamie didn't know how to throw a punch either.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
In Esparza's defence, she is literally the only women's champion who has lost and then actually tried to improve in the areas she was lacking.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Markos was easily winning that round until she decided to just run at Esparza.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Lid posted:

"her face starting to match her hair .... beet red."

Agreed, beets really aren't that colour.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
29-28, Markos. A takedown that led to an illegal knee was Carla's only real offense in that third round.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

I.N.R.I posted:

wasnt it 1 hand down only? 1 hand isnt downed anymore

Her knee was down, hand position is irrelevant.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
A lot of the confusion over the rules these days is mostly because Joe, god love him, and Goldberg etc. have done a terrible job of explaining them. Letting Big John McCarthy speak for a minute before the event would clear a lot of things up. I adore that gif from 207 of Rogan loving up the rule on-mic and Big John facepalming and walking away in the background.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Ratios and Tendency posted:

Do judges have to ignore hard fouls like that if the ref. misses it?

There's no mechanism that allows them to enforce a rule that a ref didn't.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Nordine Taleb should have got way more attention for that cool as gently caress knock-out at 196. It's a shame that the co-main and main overshadowed it, for him.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Mike Cutman is a cool name for a Clive Cussler character.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

I.N.R.I posted:

was that the fight where the other guy put his hand up to touch the other guy and then threw a punch? not that i disapprove really

Yeah, Silva faked a glove-touch. Then later, Taleb caught a round kick and cracked him in the forehead and he spun like woah.

Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Yes.

It would be a lot easier for Nordine Taleb to do his job if this other guy wasn't trying to beat him up.

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Shirkelton
Apr 6, 2009

I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.
Correct decision, I think. Are we onto the main card now?

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