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| Jon Jones goes on a pre-fight bender in Vegas |
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3 | 8.11% |
| Jon Jones goes on a post-fight bender in Vegas |
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| Jon Jones goes on a mid-fight bender in Vegas |
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| Jon Jones tests positive for supercocaine, which USADA spends the next three months pretending is normal |
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18 | 48.65% |
| A well-fought majority draw |
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1 | 2.70% |
| No Contest on account of simultaneous dick kicks |
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10 | 27.03% |
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https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1631729412550053888 Congratulations to Brian Ortega for passing his drug tests lmao
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where’s my prize for not cheating
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Mar 4, 2023 07:10
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Dana's posture and constant chewing remind me of the guy I saw buying drugs outside of my apartment building this week lol
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Mar 4, 2023 10:42
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Bones looks fat. Dana’s got a lot riding on that gut.
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Mar 4, 2023 12:57
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Shumagorath posted:how can I prop bet this to involve recently freed man Billy McFarland? Everyone needs their AC I guess.
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Mar 4, 2023 13:24
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So I guess they burned all the copies of the Ronda Rousey Road House after it was discovered she couldn't act?
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Mar 4, 2023 15:10
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Marching Powder posted:i seriously didn't think i'd ever see decent to good mma movie again. If it's a proper remake of Roadhouse, it won't really be an "MMA movie". This would be backstory for the main character, which would line-up with him being on a card in 2018. I don't understand why Roadhouse needs a remake: it sort of made sense as a gender switch with Ronda in the lead (until Hollywood discovered that her acting skill was slightly worse than her striking defence) but otherwise the original holds up well enough except for maybe having Jeff Healey as the house band which was just such a bad decision that maybe it being bad was the point.
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Mar 4, 2023 15:15
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InfiniteZero posted:I don't understand why Roadhouse needs a remake Half of pop culture these days is just banking on nostalgia
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Mar 4, 2023 15:25
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Last week's Krush fights got posted and this one is fight of the year candidate level: Semi-Final: Tomoya Yokoyama (13-4, 7 KO) vs. Phetsamui Shimura (186-42-6, 43 KO) (132) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcjkZV5uBqU Here's my post where you can find links to the rest of the fights on the really good show: https://bocot.substack.com/p/tape-delay-kickboxing-13-krush146
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Mar 4, 2023 15:35
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Carl excellent writeup again brother! Do you post these on somewhere else? I'd like to be able to point casuals in your direction for fight writeups.
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Mar 4, 2023 16:34
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Tangy Zizzle posted:Carl excellent writeup again brother! carlcx.substack.com
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Mar 4, 2023 16:39
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Tangy Zizzle posted:Carl excellent writeup again brother! Yup, it's in the OP. https://carlcx.substack.com/ However I'll also say that you should totally point casuals to this thread, PSP isn't behind paywall so they can read without making an account. (Buy them an account!  )
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Mar 4, 2023 16:39
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thank you
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Mar 4, 2023 17:05
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https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1631849812055445504 Dana is so dumb and I hate him
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Mar 4, 2023 17:54
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Lmao just lighting millions of dollars on fire because your best asset dared to ask for healthcare
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Mar 4, 2023 17:55
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Based on previous Dana absolute statements: Congratulations Mr. Ngannou on your new UFC contract
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Mar 4, 2023 17:56
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Fozzy The Bear posted:https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1631849812055445504 I think the only ban he's ever stuck to was Paul Daley.
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Mar 4, 2023 18:00
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Shumagorath posted:Someone supercut this with Randy and half a dozen fighters I can't remember right now. what's his face from tuf? t money? something like that?
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Marching Powder posted:what's his face from tuf? t money? something like that? Jesse Taylor e: who,  , was re-hired and promptly failed a drug test
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Mar 4, 2023 18:37
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It's a little hard to tell from context how much of what he's saying is "I won't let him fight in the UFC" and how much is "We've failed negotiations with him for years, it's realistically never gonna happen". Now obviously the reason for the failed negotiations is probably his own greed and desire to underpay everyone etc, but like if Ngannou suddenly decides he wants to fight for the same amount he was being paid before, I have a feeling Dana won't say no.
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Mar 4, 2023 18:40
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Brut posted:It's a little hard to tell from context how much of what he's saying is "I won't let him fight in the UFC" and how much is "We've failed negotiations with him for years, it's realistically never gonna happen". Now obviously the reason for the failed negotiations is probably his own greed and desire to underpay everyone etc, but like if Ngannou suddenly decides he wants to fight for the same amount he was being paid before, I have a feeling Dana won't say no.
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Mar 4, 2023 18:48
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This is where the exclusivity deals with Reebok and Venum kind of show how shortsighted they are. If fighters could court their own deals with sponsors, UFC would merely need to stay the biggest MMA show in town and that exposure + star power would drive up sponsorship money for the fighters without costing UFC a thing. UFC would even benefit from this if you had somebody like Ngannou appearing in a Gatorade commercial or whatever it would work around to being a low-key UFC commercial that UFC got for free. Naturally the UFC should also be paying more.
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Mar 4, 2023 18:59
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Lucasar posted:This is where the exclusivity deals with Reebok and Venum kind of show how shortsighted they are. If fighters could court their own deals with sponsors, UFC would merely need to stay the biggest MMA show in town and that exposure + star power would drive up sponsorship money for the fighters without costing UFC a thing. UFC would even benefit from this if you had somebody like Ngannou appearing in a Gatorade commercial or whatever it would work around to being a low-key UFC commercial that UFC got for free. The problem is it's not really about the money, the money is just the most visible symptom of the UFC's struggle to retain absolute control of its fighters. What Ngannou was asking for was basically what Conor McGregor got--the right to his own sponsorships and the ability to pursue a boxing superfight--and the UFC almost certainly made more money directly from Conor McGregor than any other fighter in their history. But they also had to give him concessions, negotiate with his people, deal with his retirement threats and keep him placated, because Conor McGregor had actual, honest to god leverage and was willing to use it. The UFC would've gotten a big-rear end payday just getting their cut of the Francis Ngannou/Tyson Fury superfight, but they don't care about that. They need the extra few million dollars less than they need to discourage fighters from thinking they have leverage. Sponsorships were the most basic form of leverage every fighter had. The more sponsorship money you got, the less you needed the UFC. Yeah, you would obviously prefer to stay, your sponsorships would be worth a lot less without them, but you weren't solely dependent on the UFC's penny-pay for your future. Getting rid of that was the first step on the road to a Dana White's Contender Series roster.
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Mar 4, 2023 19:17
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IIRC, they offered Francis $10m per but he said "give me less and give other fighters more pay/healthcare" so they cut him.
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Mar 4, 2023 21:01
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The biggest thing in my mind that Ngannou was asking for was short term contracts, 1-2 fight, 1 year deals, so that he could keep renewing for more pay each time he won, and wouldn't be locked in. That takes away all of the control the UFC has, and they will never do that.
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Mar 4, 2023 21:14
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How much do you all think this would change if Dana hypothetically were to uh, disappear?
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Mar 4, 2023 21:33
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And if they'd just said 'yeah, sure' when Ngannou/Fury first became a talking point two years ago, that probably would've gotten them a bunch of press, a bunch of money AND made Francis happy enough that he didn't ask them for other (totally reasonable, it's horrifying we even have to talk about it) things.Radical 90s Wizard posted:How much do you all think this would change if Dana hypothetically were to uh, disappear? At this point, very little. Dana sucks as a human, but he's not a loose cannon running around doing poo poo. Endeavor keeps him employed despite his bullshit because this is what they want. If he was gone, they'd hire someone who does what he does, but politely and without the Nelk Boys photo ops. we probably wouldn't have had slap fighting, though, so that'd be cool
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Mar 4, 2023 21:34
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CarlCX posted:If he was gone, they'd hire someone who does what he does, but politely and without the Nelk Boys photo ops. They already have, his name is Hunter Campbell. For example, here's audio of him pitching the slap stuff to the Nevada athletic commission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2wTARKZ4u8
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Mar 4, 2023 21:49
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drake dropped $500k for bones to finish so get those gane tickets in while you can
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Mar 4, 2023 21:53
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CarlCX posted:The UFC would've gotten a big-rear end payday just getting their cut of the Francis Ngannou/Tyson Fury superfight, but they don't care about that. They need the extra few million dollars less than they need to discourage fighters from thinking they have leverage. They can just never ever give in to anything outside slightly more money. If they give in on one thing, no matter how small, it can lead to them caving on other demands once fighters ask for other things. And UFC wants the fighters to always think it's the UFC they need not the other way around. How many times fighters come to a post fight conference saying they had $20 left in the account, had to take the fight and that $40K they won is everything to them. (With Dana later saying how great that is they got that $40K and good the UFC is for fighters). It makes them take fights they shouldn't and give into demands when they shouldn't. While managers are suppose to work for the fighter I don't believe that (In other sports sure). Like I highly doubt Ali is going to fight for a new guy at all cause the UFC will just go after his star fighters instead. Radical 90s Wizard posted:How much do you all think this would change if Dana hypothetically were to uh, disappear? It's a billion dollar company controlled by a larger billion dollar company. Nothing ever changes. They are all crazy heartless rich power driven people in those top decision making spots. Changing out one won't matter. VVV Hunter Cmapbell is a solid example. You don't get to become the Cheif Business Officer by being good to people below you. Gotta be just as ruthless as Dana
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Mar 4, 2023 22:01
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So is the fight still on? Jon Jones hasn't done anything to gently caress it up?
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Mar 4, 2023 22:04
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ilmucche posted:So is the fight still on? Jon Jones hasn't done anything to gently caress it up? lol ur timing
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Mar 4, 2023 22:07
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JOHN CENA posted:lol ur timing ???? Goddamnit Jon Jones
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Mar 4, 2023 22:11
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What happen
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Mar 4, 2023 22:18
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https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/1632128527792218112
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Mar 4, 2023 22:19
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JOHN CENA posted:lol ur timing JOHN CENA posted:i can't believe this fuckin guy, hours from the fight Quoting from two different threads, what are you talking about?
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Mar 4, 2023 22:22
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this is also how i'm preceded whenever i arrive anywhere - grocery stores, nail salons, courtrooms,
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Mar 4, 2023 22:23
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As far as I know we're still on, and so is the GDT. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4026210 Come solve the Jon Jones mystery.
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Mar 4, 2023 22:32
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GTO posted:I would not be at all surprised to see some nasty eye poking, which can completely change a fight and although often warned on is rarely penalised. Also, lol 
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Benson Cunningham posted:Most of what CarlCX called sounds right, but I do think Dricus Du Plessis is going to drop Brunson, who really looked his age against Cannonier. My guess is that this is the beginning of the end for Brunson, and that this fight ends up being pretty lopsided for Du Plessis. Heyyy I feel pretty good about this call. Brunson had some wrestling in round 1 go his way and traded for a little while, but was then just overpowered and blown out by the end of round 2.
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