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Which rumored fight are you most looking forward to in 2024? This poll is closed. |
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| Alex Pereira vs Tom Aspinall for the Heavyweight title |
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4 | 8.89% |
| Conor McGregor vs Michael Chandler at Middleweight |
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0 | 0% |
| Francis Ngannou vs Ryan Bader to break the sport's skull ejection record |
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8 | 17.78% |
| Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. in some kind of amateur MMA match |
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1 | 2.22% |
| Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic in a double retirement bout |
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4 | 8.89% |
| The UFC vs The American Legal System in an antitrust fight |
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28 | 62.22% |
| Total: | 45 votes | ||
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blue footed boobie posted:I had some memory that Dillashaw retired because he was looking at a multi year comeback from his shoulder injury, so I went and googled him to confirm that. Didn't even recognize him, I was like, huh, Ryan Bader's looking slimmer... TJ should have to bareknuckle box all the ex Team Alphamale guys.
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DeimosRising posted:lol I was trying to formulate a Liam Neeson joke, the resemblance is uncanny "Schindler's Fist" "Star Wars: EPOsode 1" "Rob 'Roid" "4 Oz. Glove Actually" "Taken: Tag Tournament"
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Jan 4, 2024 19:42
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Freudian slippers posted:I'm only on my second cup of coffee and (not being too familiar with feet and inches) thought to myself "Aren't 6'4" arms awfully long?" before realizing that you meant arms like a 6'4" fighter. Wingspan and height are often pretty close to the same, so the reach (as measured in a tale of the tape situation) of a 6'4" (193 cm) person would be right around that same length within a few inches for most people. I think the way reach is measured is such a reductive stat as to be meaningless. For example, commentators and analysts will talk about somebody having a reach advantage over Max Holloway, but neglect to mention that Max is the taller fighter by a greater margin. If the shorter man has longer arms but has to punch upwards to reach Max's head, they lose some reach. And if Max's natural punch height is at head level for the shorter man, then it is entirely possible that Max will have the actual reach advantage. And that's not even accounting for stance differences, with Max's somewhat upright stance preserving his height advantage compared to lower or more side-on stances. And Max has narrow shoulders, so a larger portion of his wingspan is arm than it would be for a broad-shouldered fighter. But most analysts just look at two numbers and remark on the larger and then act baffled when Max seems to be the rangier guy in practice.
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Jan 5, 2024 17:21
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It's why I said a single number is reductive. How long your fingers are matters in the sense of going for an ankle pick, but does not matter much for throwing a punch. Broad shoulders can contribute to the length of a punch, but if you're shooting a double-leg your shoulders will be relatively square to the angle your arms are extended, thereby not contributing any reach.
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Jan 5, 2024 18:49
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