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| Nick Diaz |
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1 | 3.57% |
| Chuck Liddell |
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5 | 17.86% |
| Matt Serra |
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0 | 0% |
| Matt Serra |
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2 | 7.14% |
| Matt Serra |
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0 | 0% |
| Oh no you said his name three times |
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8 | 28.57% |
| Run |
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1 | 3.57% |
| RUN |
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11 | 39.29% |
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Marching Powder posted:so long as people know that if they choose to neglect ped's for ideological / religious reasons, then they are choosing to fight against mutants. the ufc doing this with usada is pretty much that declaration so i'm cool with it. Not that I think there’s many elite fighters not willing to take the risk, but concern over the medical/ health effects of PEDs is another legit reason to avoid them.
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Oct 12, 2023 13:29
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Cutting the entire anti doping mechanism to give Conor a prayer of winning is utterly incredible It is, and I look forward to the memes.
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Oct 12, 2023 16:38
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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:they’ve been taking a much more active role in monitoring weights and providing advice. they provide all the meals and specific weight cutting instruction of any fighter wants it, and even with high level guys who can afford their own specialists, they are still checking in at least daily to monitor everything. they want to avoid incidents like Khabib hitting his head on the tub again, get earlier notice if a fighter is on track to miss so they can readjust things if necessary, and they want to educate fighters and camps and disseminate knowledge and prevent some of the more Josh Fabia-level grifters from ruining fights. So the free food is only fresh stuff on site? No stipend/shipped stuff for the journeyman training in BFE?
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Oct 12, 2023 18:19
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In case anyone was wondering 
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Oct 12, 2023 20:20
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Digital Jedi posted: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. It’ll be like USADA, but on steroids.
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Oct 13, 2023 02:44
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Digital Jedi posted: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!) Hell, it could have been a leg punch TKO if he didn't reposition on the fence.
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Oct 14, 2023 19:34
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Head Bee Guy posted:is there…another…way we watch UFC without submitting financial offerings to Dana? You mean other than having a good memory? beep by grandpa posted:bring a tablet, ask for wifi and remember how to type sport's urge.
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Oct 16, 2023 00:43
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Without having reviewed positive results, it's just the eye test for me. e: and I assume you meant ATT. fighters I assume are juicing / juiced / have gotten busted at ATT: - Alves - Tibau - Arlovski - Barboza - Roan Carneiro - Marcos Rogerio de Lima - Bigfoot - Bobby Lashley - King Mo - Lombard - Yoel - JDS - Shoeface - Woodley fighters who could very well be juicing, but pass my eye test: - Dustin Poirier - Pantoja - Mike Brown - JJ kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Oct 16, 2023 |
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Oct 16, 2023 17:28
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Someone I know very peripherally is cornering someone in another MMA event in Abu Dhabi, and he ran into Volk They're pretty much the same size in that pic, and the guy I know is not tall but jacked in person, mostly hidden under that black T shirt. The 25lb cut Volk is talking about seems on the money.
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Oct 18, 2023 16:23
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I heard “no problem.”
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Oct 18, 2023 23:18
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I hate the “he’s got that dog in him” philosophy, but even Strickland’s got his limits it seems.
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Oct 20, 2023 22:53
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TheKingslayer posted:Might as well share this over here too Maybe he has evidence that he’s a hyper responder to roids.
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Oct 23, 2023 17:55
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I'm not a podcast person but I'm a longtime fan of Rampage and Cain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzOwJp4Jh5k&t=50s Cain gets into the prison stint a little bit, but I just appreciate all the details. kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Oct 24, 2023 |
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Oct 24, 2023 22:12
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FishBowlRobot posted:So Stipe can continue to decay Get Stipe on the Rogan/Dana mutant protocol. This fight feels like a test case for me -- I'm against steroid use, but in the absence of attempts at legitimate testing or controls, I'm definitely ok with people upping their juice (whether from 0 or not) when fighting known dopers.
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Oct 25, 2023 19:33
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Jon Jones Vs an actual toddler would be a better watch if anything. Most people wouldn't attack a child, but Jon Jones would punt that thing over the cage. That's a foul, Jones loses again, toddler relegates Matt Hamill to annals of UFC history.
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Oct 26, 2023 15:06
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Nierbo posted:If connor stuck to 145 he'd still be champ I think he hit his ceiling pretty quick. There’s no way he could take Volk. I could see him matadoring Max if he stayed in shape.
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Oct 27, 2023 07:45
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Expect some big moves from Dana to be able to afford this https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyytBnvPLcA/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 
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Oct 28, 2023 22:58
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Mr. Nice! posted:The announces said fury looked like a tall bag of milk at the start, and I loled. Marching Powder posted:i still can't explain francis looking that good in such a high pomp debut against that calibre of opponent. Actually, now that I think on it, his punches are so ridiculous it's actually a handicap in his favour to say that's all your allowed to do. I think there’s some truth to boxers getting caught off guard by how shittily timed non-boxer punches can be, and hesitating more than usual on when they initiate, knowing the other fighter doesn’t even realize what’s feeding into their offensive timing. With Ngannou, the power of those situationally awkward punches got respect within the first few rounds, so Fury actually had some realistic incentive to hesitate instead of trying to bully through and lead every exchange to shut him down mentally with landed punches.
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Oct 29, 2023 17:36
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:I think that's besides the point when the discussion is around them transitioning to boxing. I agree that it’s not relevant, but the discussion was around “elite level striker” so it strayed to typical mma striking context.
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Oct 31, 2023 16:08
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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:Now, unfortunately for the Diazes they don't have much sway with athletic commissions or understanding of how the Unified Rules of MMA actually work, but it's hard to find a fight where they lost according to Stockton rules. The Josh Thomson fight, maybe the Rory/Dong fights where Nate was giving up tons of weight. I can't think of one Nick lost except maybe GSP. Nick seemed to have a weird (for him) respect for GSP's cardio and grind. For Nick, he handily lost his first fight with KJ Noons on rules 1-3. He didn't really have an orthodox stance game back then, and his short chopping right that had him standing all on his front foot was totally nullified by Noons' orthodox body cross. KJ knocked him down, refused to get dragged to the ground, made Nick whiff his high kicks, and busted his nose up for the stoppage. The rematch showed that, of course, Noons still couldn't hang on rule 4.
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Nov 1, 2023 06:49
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Some amusing screenshots I got of the fight  If yall didn't know the name, quote:Ngannou spoke about GIMIK Fight Promotions and noted that UFC president Dana White was unintentionally instrumental in his decision. He mentioned that White's insults towards the discussions for his boxing bouts being gimmick fights led him to use the name.
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Nov 1, 2023 07:37
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