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  1. Saw a gif of the Ill Will/Chandler finish and it seemed like a bad stoppage. Chandler seemed to have signaled to the ref. for what seemed like an eye poke or something and Will jumped on him and got the stoppage. For those of you who watched this, who was winning until that point?

     

    It was a good stoppage.  In the scramble, Brooks hit him with a monster right and Chandler had no idea where he was and just started waving his hands.  There was no eye poke.  I had Brooks up all three rounds before the stoppage in round four.

     

    Melvin Manhoef, never change!  They should have him open every card in 2015.

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    ESPN has hired Chael Sonnen to be an MMA analyst.  And people wonder why the sport is on the fringe nowadays.

     

    Because nothing says fringe like being hired by the preeminent sports broadcaster in the country.

     

     

    I doubt they are magically going to start covering the sport any more than they barely do now.  And hiring the modern era's most caught PED abuser pretty much indirectly slams the sport that is barely seen as legitimate among ESPN viewers now.  It is like hiring Pete Rose to cover baseball or Lance Armstrong to cover cycling.  "But he is soooooooooo personable and brings the ratings," cry the Chael fans.  No he's not and no he doesn't.  All he brings are poorly recycled wrestling promos and a huge negative stigma about the sport.  

  3. Not sure what the structure of UFC's deal is, but they really should just cut ties with him and let him do what he wants.

     

    It will be a lot of fun to see what they do, esp. after Dana's rant about Bjorn holding fighters who don't want to be there and saying, "We don't do that!"

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  4. Guram Gugenishvili was killed in a car crash.  He was M-1's Heavyweight champ and they wanted him to be the heir to Fedor.  You might remember the M-1 shows on Showtime ran Guram is coming ads...and then he never debuted.

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    As per usual, Bisping won his last fight against a somewhat decent opponent earning him a step up in competition against a better fighter than him and who will beat him.

     

    Yup.  I'd say we're finally done with Bisping, but the UFC will probably repeat the same routine all over again.

     

    Yes because he makes them money. Duh.

     

     

    Can this be proven?  He hasn't actually headlined a card in the UK in years.

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  6. As per usual, Bisping won his last fight against a somewhat decent opponent earning him a step up in competition against a better fighter than him and who will beat him.

     

    Yup.  I'd say we're finally done with Bisping, but the UFC will probably repeat the same routine all over again. Interesting fact: everyone Bisping has ever beat in the Octagon outside of Cung Le and Dan Miller are no longer in the organization.  

  7. Like I said, I don't expect it to happen either.  Siver is probably the most carefully vetted opponent McGregor has faced yet.  But this is MMA and anything can happen, so I thought they'd lessen the chances for something crazy to happen. I mean, what if Conor turns out to be even less of a cardio machine and we don't find out until round 4?

  8. 5 rounds versus 3 rounds gives a greater option for a loss.  Not that I think it will happen, but imagine Dana's tears if Siver got that spinning liver kick win with one minute to go in the fifth.

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