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Which ghost of MMA still haunts you?
This poll is closed.
Nick Diaz 1 3.57%
Chuck Liddell 5 17.86%
Matt Serra 0 0%
Matt Serra 2 7.14%
Matt Serra 0 0%
Oh no you said his name three times 8 28.57%
Run 1 3.57%
RUN 11 39.29%
Total: 28 votes
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Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
It's Friday! ONE FC morning fights in about 20min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhKUpUNICII

Also, we have a ONE Prime card tonight as well

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Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
Bellator gonna Bellator

https://x.com/LynchOnSports/status/1710332887944622464?s=20

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

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LobsterMobster posted:

:siren: B-League Round-Up :siren:

ONE Fight Night 15 - Friday 8PM ET, Amazon Prime

ONE Championship is back at the hallowed grounds of the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium for another night of action. Tawanchai P.K. Saenchai takes on Jo Nattawut in a kickboxing bout. Mikey Muscumeci is gonna do the Man-Grab in a grappling bout against Shinya Aoki. Timofey “Tim Nasty” Nastyukhin faces Lipeng Zhang, and in the main event, former champ Thanh Le faces Ilya Freymanov for the Interim Lightweight title.

This should be a really good card with a lot of fun fights. Watch it!

Show is live

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
gently caress if that is true, really sucks for Charles. Really looking forward to their rematch

Also, Volk is a madman if he is taking this on 2 weeks notice. Especially with what he had surgery back in July on his shoulder

Digital Jedi fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Oct 11, 2023

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
https://x.com/BloodyElbow/status/1712170616227258678?s=20

First UFC show in KSA next year.
Just a fight night which is weird but I guess they will just throw a title match on it anywys

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
UFC doing a press conference talking about USADA.

https://x.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1712593661672702043?s=20

Raimondi is also tweeting but isn't doing a thread
https://twitter.com/marcraimondi

Long short is USADA is bad, they did horrible things to Conor, UFC might sue them

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib

mewse posted:

anyone have non-X format

Aaron Bronsteter's tweets
UFC Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell and UFC Senior Vice President of Athlete Health & Performance Jeff Novitzky are speaking with the media regarding the UFC's partnership with USADA concluding at the end of 2023.

Campbell says that the UFC have sent a legal letter to USADA that will be issued to media soon

BREAKING: The UFC will be partnering with Drug Free Sport International in the future

Campbell says that what USADA have done to Conor McGregor is disgusting and that they may be legally liable for it.

Campbell says that USADA CEO Travis Tygart "lost his mind" on the phone call that they had on Monday after he was told that the UFC were going in a different direction.

Campbell says that testing will continue through the end of the year and that in the new year, they will launch a new program.

Campbell says that the way USADA have treated McGregor is different from how they have treated any other athlete in the past.

Campbell says that they plan on having an anti-doping program that will be even better than what they had with USADA.

Novitzky says that he is very happy with how the program has gone and that they have had less than a 1% positivity rate.

He says that the UFC have learned that USADA is not the only player in the space and that they have the means to make the next program stronger and better.

Novitzky says that he will never be involved in a program that isn't the gold, and now platinum, standard.

Novitzky says that he has dedicated his life to anti-doping, even at the risk of his family.

Calls USADA's narrative yesterday "garbage" and "trash"

He says that it has done damage to the emphasis that the UFC have put on anti-doping.

Novitzky says that the athlete experience under USADA has not been popular due to the burden that it has put on them.

He says that the UFC's internal team has been hard at work to give the athletes better technology when it comes to whereabouts reporting.

The UFC will be continuing the milestone recognition program.

Novitzky says that they will continue to have the most transparent anti-doping program in pro sports.

Novitzky says that Drug Free Sports International will be tasked with sample collection, as they have been for the NBA, NFL, NHL, WNBA, NASCAR and many other pro sports leagues.

Novitzky says that Drug Free Sports International is a perfect fit with the UFC because of how experienced they are with sample collection.

Novitzky says that Dr. Dan Eichner, who runs the SMRTL lab, which has the highest accreditation in anti-doping, will run the UFC's laboratory analysis and the science.

Per Eichner's recommendation, they will have the best EPO testing, use a leeching device called TASSO+, which does not require needles and blood draws. They will increase blood testing using this new method.

Novitzky says that they will have the most comprehensive prohibited list.

They will implement oral fluid testing to be stored long-term to compare in case using stimulants proves to be an issue.

Novitzky says that they will be using advanced growth hormone detection as well.

They will continue to look at biological passports with additional enhancements.

Calls it "smarter, more efficient, more effective technology and more convenient for the athletes"

Campbell counters what Tygart had told him about the UFC not having truly independent testing, says that this will add even more independence under this new program.

Campbell says that he received a call from California State Athletic Commission Andy Foster after USADA issued their press release that he was happy that the UFC would no longer be working with USADA because they have been difficult for his commission to deal with.

Novitzky says that the independent administrator running the UFC's next anti-doping program is George Piro.

George Piro was a special agent in charge at the FBI's Miami Field Office, was the Team Leader of the Saddam Hussein Interrogation Team in 2004 (per Wikipedia)

Novitzky says that the independent administrator running the UFC's next anti-doping program is George Piro.

George Piro was a special agent in charge at the FBI's Miami Field Office, was the Team Leader of the Saddam Hussein Interrogation Team in 2004 (per Wikipedia)

Novitzky says that Piro will make EVERY decision in the program and that the authority will be his and his alone.

Novitzky says that he will be surrounded by many expects, including the aforementioned Dr. Eichner.

Novitzky says that despite the "garbage narrative" that USADA put out, that the proof will be in the pudding that the UFC's new anti-doping program will be superior to the one with USADA.

Novitzky says that USADA's press release has confused the fighters and managers and that it is counter-intuitive to their claims that they are looking out for the athletes.
Start talking about Conor now
Campbell says that USADA's response to the McGregor situation has proven that they run like a dictatorship.

He says that they have tried to impose their will on the UFC and that McGregor, as an independent contractor, isn't the type of athlete that they are used to dealing with.

Campbell says that he assured Tygart that McGregor wasn't fighting in December after McGregor proclaimed that he was.

Campbell says that there was NEVER going to be an exception made for McGregor where he wouldn't be in the program for six months prior to competing.

Campbell believes that USADA have used McGregor as a vehicle to advance a false narrative and calls it "incredibly unethical".

Campbell says that he believes the press release that USADA sent yesterday was rooted in "ego and fear"

Campbell says that when he spoke to Tygart on Monday, he was extremely calm, whi

Campbell says that Dana White always demands the best when it comes to all aspects of the UFC and that was top of mind when they went to develop the best possible anti-doping program going forward.le Tygart became unhinged. Calls Tygart an individual who's "dealing with a lot of sh*t"

Campbell says that Dana White always demands the best when it comes to all aspects of the UFC and that was top of mind when they went to develop the best possible anti-doping program going forward

Campbell says that they put up millions dollars for USADA to enhance the anti-doping technology.

Novitzky says that they haven't seen "jack sh*t" when it comes to technological advances. He says they spent $1.8 million to make things easier on the athletes and nothing was done.

Campbell says that he doesn't know where USADA will go from here when it comes to professional sports and it is clear why so many sports leagues have gone with Drug Free Sport International.

Campbell urges media to reach out to the athletic commissions to ask about their experiences with USADA.

Campbell says that he sat through hearings that he felt were unethical.

Digital Jedi fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Oct 13, 2023

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib

kimbo305 posted:

It’ll be like USADA, but on steroids.

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
We got a new org/program to do the testing that does testing for MLB, NFL, NBA which we know all their players are all clean so thank god

The guy over seeing it is a former FBI agent whose claim to fame is interogatting Saddam Hussein

The lab they are using in Utah had it's acreditation stripped by WADA in 2019 (it ragained it about a month later).

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
No ONE FC card this morning :(

It saddens me immensely

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib

Spaced God posted:

god i love gsp so much

KSW has been good 2 fights in

Guy's corner should have stopped it in the 2nd and not let him continue into the 3rd. His leg was already gone and could have been a leg kick tko. He collapsed at least 3 times due to them. Grabbed it a few times (in the clip he grabs it twice!)
https://x.com/EPLSportsHDLive/status/1713255133989998625?s=20

Lots of knees
https://x.com/viaplaysportpl/status/1713254904783843405?s=20

Digital Jedi fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Oct 14, 2023

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
Make that 3 for 3 fights
https://x.com/viaplaysportpl/status/1713260548240945214?s=20

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib

It's a feature, not a bug

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
Nope, looks like it's legit thing

He has Smesh and Wolf fragrance. $75 for the small, $150 for the large

https://superz.com/

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
Haven't posted it in a while and this seems like a good card to do so
Join up in the Tapology group and get your picks in
Winner renames the group again and takes solace in the fact you are #1 i guess
Cut off is early cause of the start time

https://www.tapology.com/groups/998

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
ONE FC Friday is back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrgxHD0k_-0

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
https://twitter.com/pelunaton/status/1715366398229147727?s=20

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
UFC is going woke

https://twitter.com/marcraimondi/status/1716877615674634646?s=20

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
:siren: JONES IS INJURED AND OUT OF THE FIGHT :siren:

https://x.com/danawhite/status/1717042305969090982?s=20

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
Pavlovich was the backup for Jones v Stipe.

CarlCX posted:

https://twitter.com/marcraimondi/status/1717050104522350603

Oh yeah. I'd put the odds pretty high Pavlovich/Aspinall is to crown whoever takes over after Jones/Miocic ends in double retirement.

8 months puts it in June so probably do the July International Fight Week card if they can.

Digital Jedi fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Oct 25, 2023

Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib
ONE FC Friday!!!
25minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0h79WYQIOc

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Digital Jedi
May 28, 2007

Fallen Rib

LobsterMobster posted:

:siren: B-League Round-Up :siren:

Invicta FC 54: McCormack vs Wojcik

Oh hello. Is it time for your quarterly Invicta check-in already? Time sure does fly, doesn’t it? Let’s see what the premier all-women’s MMA organization has on store for this card.

Danni “Mac” McCormack defends the Strawweight title against Karolina Wojcik. This is a very surprising fight, mostly for the fact that McCormack has not yet dropped the belt in the trash en route to a UFC contract. I mean, she’s Irish and everything!

Danni took the belt against me-favorite “Tina Black” Valesca Machado back in March by a solid unanimous decision. On that same card, Wojcik was edging out Ediana Silva by split decision, one fight removed from losing in a vacant title bout against Machado in 2022.

In the co-main event Valesca Machado (Everyone simply cannot stop talking about her because I won’t let them!) takes on Kalindra Faria. Faria was last seen on the global stage losing to triangle armbar to Joanne Wood in 2018, and last notched a victory over a then 3-0 Dina da Silva in 2022. Hopefully Shannon Knapp has read my letters that say “let tina black beat people up more” and this is her answer.

The rest of the card is solid enough. Kristina “Warhorse” Williams looks to rule rear end over Combate Global legend Dee Begley. Hilarie Rose brings a 6-6 record, with those six wins coming over fighters who are currently a combined 9-28 up against 3-2 Andrea Amarao (Those 3 ladies are 4-13 right now. Yeeps!) Riley Martinez takes on the accomplished judoka, German sumo champion and TV news presenter Julia Dorny. I am so glad I got to type that last sentence, MMA is so weird.

The card starts off with “Sweet” Maria Djukic taking on Fernanda Araujo. Araujo is only 2-3 as a pro, but she has amateur fights with Pam Sorenson and Peggy Morgan dating back ten years ago. You may remember Peggy Morgan from TUF 18 (to quote Carl, JESUS CHRIST)

This is on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DDbYDzoMkI

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