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beep by grandpa posted:So career heavyweight francis ngannou got stripped of the belt he had for like 4mo bc he wanted to fight in September instead of August and we are now a month into year 2 of jon jones' hw reign which he has had approx 1 fight in ever, cool you try and strip the guy of the title. use a piss collector to distract him or something. it won't be me knocking on his door
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Trashweight is starting to make a lot of sense to me. Trash.
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😱😱 DID JON 🦴🦴🦴 JONES 👑 FUMBLE 🏈 THE BAG??? 💰 💯💯💯
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Buschmaki posted:😱😱 DID JON 🦴🦴🦴 JONES 👑 FUMBLE 🏈 THE BAG??? 💰 💯💯💯
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4058043 GDT for Allen/Curtis 2. Fights start in 30, I for once am gonna miss the prelims, someone root for Jean Matsumoto for me.
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beep by grandpa posted:So career heavyweight francis ngannou got stripped of the belt he had for like 4mo bc he wanted to fight in September instead of August and we are now a month into year 2 of jon jones' hw reign which he has had approx 1 fight in ever, cool no, career heavyweight francis ngannou got hosed over cuz he was talking about fighter pay and poo poo (though, beyond for himself, it might've been all talk)
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edit: oops, meant to post in GDT, not double post here.
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Brut posted:edit: oops, meant to post in GDT, not double post here. Coward
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beep by grandpa posted:Coward lol what? I did end up just copy/pasting it to the GDT a minute later
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Maybe this should go in the Jon Jones thread, but I also kind of think it'll just be a branding thing not an actual physical improvement to protect fighters: https://twitter.com/PhotoAmy33/status/1777453288302223658
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ccubed posted:Maybe this should go in the Jon Jones thread, but I also kind of think it'll just be a branding thing not an actual physical improvement to protect fighters: i don’t really know context for “why now” but i’ve seen ufc catching flak on socials recently for their gloves causing eye pokes despite having the IP for pride style gloves — so maybe they’re finally doing something
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ccubed posted:Maybe this should go in the Jon Jones thread I beg your pardon, the what
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The new gloves have syringes in them that inject steroids and other drugs into the opponent with each punch (or themselves I suppose)
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beep by grandpa posted:I beg your pardon, https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3877861&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 
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If they're doing some kinda pretty or pretty ugly colour scheme for the canvas I could see matching gloves or something. Still iirc didn't they premier new unis, graphics etc etc at 200? Or am I misremembering?
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My guess is it's either a sponsor going on the glove or something to do with 300 itself. Reebok era started with 189 200 they did the lovely gold/yellow octagon
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The UFC's autoopening glove has been getting a lot of flak on my algo recently, so maybe theyre debuting a glove that works completely differently right before 300 for some reason
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I haven't been keeping up but I heard about Jon Jones latest bullshit so I just wanted to pop in and say gently caress JON JONES
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It’s going to be the same old gloves with that awful 300 text
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What they mean is they're giving every fighter on the card a new pair of gloves to use, as they've forced them to use the same ones since they debuted.
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Using old gloves would better in some ways than UFC gloves. They're using new ones for every fight, and the gloves are super stiff toward the hands being open instead of closed. A glove that is naturally curved instead of straight would encourage more of a fist than straight fingers when relaxed. A bunch of different orgs use gloves like this and have fewer eyepokes per fight than the UFC. The UFC has refused to change because they own all the IP for their current gloves whereas with different ones they would have to pay someone else something, which is intolerable to Dana. Also they don't use pride gloves because Dana hates pride.
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might be new gloves? https://x.com/chase_hooper/status/1777726462659092620
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I refuse to believe that the UFC can do something positive at this point so will assume it's a tacky rebrand until proved otherwise.
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Fighters can now pick letters to get etched into the knuckle of the glove so they can cartoonishly punch their catchphrases into their opponents head
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sold branding to Meta so the fighters' thumbs stick out perfectly perpendicular to the closed fist 100% of the time to emulate facebook's iconic "thumbs up"
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Eat This Glob posted:sold branding to Meta so the fighters' thumbs stick out perfectly perpendicular to the closed fist 100% of the time to emulate facebook's iconic "thumbs up" Hey Alex, I saw your social media post and i give it a thumbs… down #MetaHorizonWorlds 🗿🗿#Threads
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Hey look UFC actually letting fighters have some custom unique shorts! https://x.com/ufcontnt/status/1777788476320358845
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Digital Jedi posted:Hey look UFC actually letting fighters have some custom unique shorts! Nice shorts for a beach party.
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It's like a captcha to prove your opponent isn't a robot
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More fighters need to wear flowers. not even joking
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Oh gently caress 300 is this weekend huh? snuck up on me. I like the custom unreadable shorts, hopefully they actually worked with the fighters about those rather than just suddenly made them wear it.
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I saw a poster with the actual fights listed on it instead of just 300. Plain to see why they're burying the lede
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 B-League Round-Up PFL 2024 2: Friday, April 12. 6:30 PM ET, ESPN 2 PFL is showing off maybe their premiere division, Lightweight. The Light Heavyweights are also here, if you’re into that kind of thing. In the main event, last year’s 205 lb champ, Impa Kasanganay takes on Alex Polizzi. Kasanganay had a very close fight with Johnny Eblen at the big Bellator champs vs PFL champs event last year. Polizzi is on a two-fight skid, having gotten punched out at the last possible second by Yoel Romero, and then dropping a decision to title challenger Karl Moore. This should be a showcase fight for Impa, since Alex is most known for sporting a temporary Arby’s tattoo. The co-main features Rob Wilkinson taking on Tom Breese because Phil Davis withdrew. Wilkinson notably tested positive for a big pile of steroids last year, knocking him out of the 2023 PFL season. Breese is on a three fight win streak, most recently winning at PFL Europe in December. In what should be the main event, Clay Collard takes on Patricky Pitbull in Lightweight action. With Olivier Aubin-Mercier’s retirement, the division will finally have a new champ, and Collard and Pitbull are probably the two biggest names in the division. Expect bunches of punches! Mads Burnell takes on Michael Dufort in another Lightweight season bout. Both guys have a slew of submission wins, so that probably means we’ll get fifteen minutes of Tepid Kickboxing. Back up at 205 lbs, former Welterweight champ Sadibou Sy moves up two weight classes to take on Josh Silveira. Both guys lost in the 2023 tournament finals, so they have that in common. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov takes on Jakob Nedoh in another Light Heavyweight contest. Yagshimuradov is on a 3-bout Bellator win streak, while Nedoh hasn’t lost since his pro debut, running up a total record of 8-1. Nedoh won the PFL Europe title last year, finishing all three bouts by first round KO. The main card starts with FACE SHOE taking on Simon Biyong. I don’t give a hoot or a honk about the other 205ers, I care only for FACE SHOE. Down on the prelims, we’ve got Bruno Miranda taking on Brent Primus. Miranda most recently lost to OAM in the playoffs, while Primus No Contested with Usman Nurmagomedov. Both guys are solid enough, so the bout should be pretty decent. Gadzhi Rabadanov faces Solomon Renfro. Rabadanov is on a six-fight win streak, while Renfro most recently lost to Magomed Magomedkerimov. This would mark Renfro’s first fight at 155 lbs. Next up, my dude Jay Jay Wilson takes on Adam Piccolotti. WIlson is 10-1 with his lone loss coming against Gadzhi Rabadanov, and I just think he’s real neat, while Piccolotti became my nemesis after he defeated my other dude, Mandel “Rat Garbage” Nallo. Elvin Espinoza takes on Anthony Romero and Marcelo Nunes faces Jordan Heiderman to start the prelims. Those sure are four men.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I saw a poster with the actual fights listed on it instead of just 300. If you’re not into this card, you’ll probably want to sit out the next half year or so.
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Zhang vs Xiaonan on it's own is enough to sell a card
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I guess the quality depends on how many of those fights you feel are squash matches. I think Justin Gaethje is gonna kill Max and make everyone sad.
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cagliostr0 posted:Zhang vs Xiaonan on it's own is enough to sell a card That certainly not what UFC marketing thinks, but when have they ever been right. I’m curious about country vs same country title fight stats. US, obviously. But struggling to think of any all Brazil title bouts.
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kimbo305 posted:That certainly not what UFC marketing thinks, but when have they ever been right. Silva-Maia Machida-Shogun x2 Can you tell my fandom started to decline 100 UFCs ago?
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Anderson fought Vitor and Maia. Shogun vs Machida Efb
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