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  1. Elsalvajeloco
    Moving to welterweight is probably the smartest move physically, but I think he would had a much easier time adding to his resume he could have made 135 and 140. That and most of the young name are in those divisions.
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    Here is the template for this week: EVENT #39 Cage Warriors 171: Bungard vs. Girlean (04/20/2024) - Glasgow, Scotland (Braehead Arena) Chris Bungard vs. Dumitru Girlean - Bungard, DEC Reece McEwan vs. Cameron Else - McEwan, DEC Sean Clancy Jr. vs. Lucas Rodrigues - Clancy Jr., TKO, R1 Aidan Stephen vs. Gianluca Scottoli - Stephen, DEC Scott Malone vs. Nicolas Leblond - Leblond, SUB, R2 Keir Harvie vs. Kaique Modesto - Harvie, DEC EVENT #40 Haney vs. Garcia (04/20/2024) - Brooklyn, NY (Barclays Center) WBC Super Lightweight Championship(*): Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia - Haney, DEC Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Sean McComb - Barboza Jr., DEC Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Pierre Hubert Dibombe - Melikuziev, TKO, R4 Interim WBA World Super Flyweight Championship: John Ramirez vs. David Jimenez - Ramirez, DEC Charles Conwell vs. Nathaniel Gallimore - Conwell, TKO, R3 Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Vaughn Alexander - Derevyanchenko, TKO, R5 Darius Fulghum vs. Cristian Olivas - Fulghum, TKO, R5 Johnny Canas vs. Markus Bowes - Canas, TKO, R4 Amari Jones vs. Armel Mbumba - Jones, TKO, R2 Shamar Canal vs. Pedro Penunuri - Canal, DEC Kevin Newman II vs. Eric Robles - Newman II, TKO, R2 *Title only on the line for Haney as Ryan Garcia missed weight. The Event #39 deadline is Saturday, April 20, 2:45 p.m. CT. The Event #40 deadline is Saturday, April 20, 6:30 p.m. CT.
  3. Elsalvajeloco
    Totally understood. I mean I am not completely anti government regulation. It pretty much saved MMA in the United States (positive or negative depending on where you sit on the fence). It also has saved a few lives when abnormalities came up on blood work and brain scans. It also gave the boxing world one of the most hilarious fight card cancelations back in 1998 when the Holyfield vs. Henry Akinwande card was called off in New York cause Akinwande came up as Hep B positive, a fighter on the card was 21 weeks pregnant, and Ray Mercer couldn't get medically cleared. So the world was spared a 36 minute clinch fest stinker. However, stuff like that is few and far between. When it comes to pro wrestling, usually it's something like Chris Cruise being an utter rat and snitching to the Maryland commission over blood. Nothing that can be considered halfway useful.
  4. Elsalvajeloco
    I've watched maybe several dozen combat sports events emanating from the state of Oklahoma. This may be the first time I've heard of them having a commission. Maybe it's probably because everyone purposely avoids it and tries running casinos on a reservation (they have the third best Miami behind Florida and Ohio). Now that said, the only thing I would disagree with is paying any type of fine. On that, I would tell them to fuck off because AEW didn't try to sneak it by you. Yes, commission forms are commission forms. However, it ain't drug testing. The promotion knew they had a trans wrestler. You know who also knew? Literally everybody who follows pro wrestling. They didn't sneak it by you. So yeah, you weren't paying attention. Thus, that doesn't justify any punishment. I think this was a few years ago now, but when Patricio Manuel (formerly Patricia Manuel) chose to turn pro after a very lengthy amateur career as a female, Andy Foster didn't put out a press release or any form of communication as the commissioner for California, And you can say, well that's California. Except Andy Foster is from Georgia and as southern as one could get by his accent. Hell, it's probably why out of all the commissions, California has the least shittiest one out of all of them and been the most progressive in terms of fighter safety and necessary rule changes. This is purely driven by, "who can we embarrass and how?" The commissions survive purely off money from other entities. The only way to force change is freezing them out. Continuing to run there is just going to embolden them. I think one of the worst things Tony could do is subject his talent to that anywhere on the globe they run.
  5. Elsalvajeloco
    If the conversation (pun not intended) regarding Gene Hackman last week is any indication, reclusive cat man Vince is going to be fodder for a lot of wild takes centered around aging. This goes especially since Vince looked rough in recent years.
  6. Elsalvajeloco
    I love how everyone's headshot is tough but Konami is ready to shoot the cover for her latest alternative album.
  7. Elsalvajeloco
    I believe on the first ever NEO card, Kyoko Inoue wrestled not once, not twice, but THREE times. If you weren't getting enough Kyoko in your life, that's your show right there.
  8. Elsalvajeloco
    I give Jamahal Hill credit more than most people back when he challenged for the LHW title originally. However, he offered Pereira nothing he hadn't seen before. This was always going to be an extremely difficult matchup for him. You're either going to be absolutely superb as a striker or an outstanding wrestler so he doesn't decimate you on the feet. There ain't too many of those.
  9. Elsalvajeloco
    That's a big FU to Rossy.
  10. Elsalvajeloco
    I thought the same thing when I saw the lineup. However, the whole thing is weird considering the last several weeks were essentially lameduck matches waiting for everything to shake out. I am guessing they already committed to the IWGP Women's title match and Sareee is willing to honor that commitment.
  11. Elsalvajeloco
    I am not a big belt nerd, but isn't the whole thing about those belts (WWE's) is that some if not all of those designs aren't patented by WWF/E? It was cool back then cause they weren't made by the same person so they looked different. However, at some point, most of the belts were patterned after WWE's belts. Hell, other than UFC, everyone in MMA's belts looked like pro wrestling belts from the late 80s/90s. Just insert whatever promotion's logo and you got your MMA belt. There are literally several hundred of them floating around. So from that perspective, I can get why you make the logo the centerpiece. You own the logo even if you don't own the design. As much as I don't like the alphabet orgs in boxing, they have largely had the same belts for 40 or 50 years. Just little modifications over the years. What use to be the big two (the WBC and WBA) are the same, the green belt and the black belt/gold with hints of red respectively. The IBF, which came into prominence in the 80s, is the red belt with a little gold ornament hanging off of it. The WBO, which became the established fourth org in the mid 90s to early 2000s, is more brown/maroon-ish. The "super" version of the WBA title looks like the Ring Magazine belt used in the Rocky movies. Not going to blow your socks off, but they have a sense of importance, prestige, lineage, and respect.
  12. Elsalvajeloco
    Save that for a prison fights compilation.
  13. Elsalvajeloco
    If that was the case, he would sign with AEW which has some form of stability...at least relative to a company with no actual TV deal, sponsors (I wanna see who takes the brave leap to sponsor this), and ran by a man who probably won't have the vitality to run a company day-to-day. If Vince had to start over after the steroid trial, it would be different. This is 30 years later with much more dirt on his name.
  14. Elsalvajeloco
    Is he still under WWE contract? Also, if there is no one notable for Brock to wrestle, why would he go there?
  15. Elsalvajeloco
    Yeah, not Daga cause they split a bit ago. The daughters of the Four Horsemen have the market cornered for marrying luchadors. Anyway, I doubt Vince McMahon could name 10 wrestlers not contracted by WWE. The ones he could are probably deceased.
  16. Elsalvajeloco
    Tessa is working in CMLL fairly often and to the point she just did one of their biggest shows with all the AEW talent. In addition, she was tagging with Willow and Lady Frost. Guessing that wasn't up to TK or he was totally fine with it.
  17. Elsalvajeloco
    You know what? Give me Alexa and these guys on commentary.
  18. Elsalvajeloco
    "MAX IS HURT!" as Max is moving around the cage as clear eyed as one can be.
  19. Elsalvajeloco
    You know 15 years ago when it was rumored that Fedor's team wanted UFC to built a stadium? Shit, they got the money. Build a new stadium in Hawaii. Max Holloway vs. the World. Let's go motherfucker.
  20. Elsalvajeloco
    If you showed someone Jiří Procházka's fights who had never watched MMA, they would think they were fixed. He is absurd.
  21. Elsalvajeloco
    If you get powerbombed in a fight, I am guessing it's not going your way.
  22. Elsalvajeloco
    Pena and Pennington are extremely durable (see the times they fought Amanda Nunes) and Pacheco gave Harrison trouble just off resistance. However, that's a tough ask if she can just throw you with ease. Like I said (and to be fair, Holm as well before this fight), Rousey and Harrison are different fighters. Judo and not being the best strikers are the only connection. Other than that, Ronda was going for the same technique and getting it. Working with ATT, Harrison as you could see is a lot more versatile. She's not going to be frustrated like Ronda upon one missed attempt to get the fight down to the ground and blindly just go straight in at you. I think that's what exacerbated Ronda's lack of striking acumen being exposed. Ronda's athleticism was tied to her agility and pliability. Not really strength. Kayla is a goddamn Sherman tank. Tad bit different.
  23. Elsalvajeloco
    At no point was Holly Holm in that fight.
  24. Elsalvajeloco
    Sodiq Yusuff is a good fighter and Diego Lopes ran through him like ex-lax.
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