Elsalvajeloco
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Did someone actually LIKE X-Men Origins?
The Wolverine was...okay. Felt more like an episode of a TV series than a big budget movie. Silver Samurai was real lame looking, Viper is a crappy villain. There's Asian Hawkeye and ninjas. They don't do much, not as much as you'd want. Jean Grey is the worst wet dream. But there's a god damn CG BEAR. Jackman obviously loves the character and he's still pretty damn good in the role, he IS Wolverine. I know everyone hates it and bitches about it but I liked Origins enough to buy it on Blu Ray. Haven't seen it in ages but I had a lot of fun with the action in it. Didn't have as much fun in this one, It's not bad but ehhh.
Found him!
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X-Men: Last Stand wasn't my initial choice because they managed to dress Dania Ramirez like an evil, slutty hybrid dominatrix stripper. And I approve of that. Now, Joel Schumacher era Batman movies have to be on every worst movie list. It's mandatory.
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Shitting on Bisping and Rockhold and then you bring up Munoz and Boetsch. Come on. The reason he hasn't fought the other guys you listed is because they weren't trying to have him fuck up other potential title fights for Silva. Those guys don't beat Vitor.
And pre-Weidman Munoz could have smothered him too.
Not with that porous defense and wet papery chin.
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Munoz and Boetsch would have got brained by new old new Vitor.
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Aww, back when people still gave a little shit about Shooto. Dudes getting put on Break.com.
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Dana says he is working on a fight between Vitor Belfort and Tim Kennedy in....you guessed it..Brazil.
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I saw Easy A on television today, and Emma Stone's Olive character has to be one of the least endearing, obnoxious, repulsive characters in the history of film. When she goes dancing across the floor, I just wanted someone to take a lead pipe and any close blunt object to her head. I can't believe they are letting Will Gluck direct the Annie remake. He can go suck a bag of dicks for this putrid pile of feces.
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Bolster may be a bit of a strong word for a bunch of dudes that can't draw. How many buys is Demetrious Johnson vs. John Lineker really adding to a show despite the potential to be fight of the night? I think they made a commitment to Fox to have title fights if they could and found a loophole by giving them Ben Henderson and Demetrious Johnson. The problem with taking those fights away is it will be hard to differentiate main Fox programming from the shows on Fox Sports 1 and not in a good way. You can't go from Velasquez-Dos Santos I to random superfight that may or may not do barely acceptable numbers on Fox. I don't it's a wakeup call because you had many instances since they moved from Spike where people just decide to skip the paid shows. They're backed into a corner one way or another.
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The Wolverine is at 66% on Rotten Tomatoes with 103 reviews and counting.
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Good for him.
Anyway, do people consider the MacDonald/Ellenberger fight the de facto main event? The Road to the Octagon show got virtually nothing out of Demetrius and Moraga outside of they got kids or have kids on the way.
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So what the fuck was your point about Rory then?
You guys wouldn't be so upset if he didn't have personality. You can't call someone wooden and bland and then blow up when he actually does something that makes him stand out.
I think with Rory the issue is more "this guy is creepy and irritating and I don't want to watch him" rather than someone like Floyd Mayweather where it's "this guy is an asshole, and I will pay my hard earned money to watch someone try and shut him up"
Bad comparison. Floyd had a history of people actually believing that he could not and would not ever draw a reasonable dime. It took him NINE YEARS from the time he won fighter of the year until the Ricky Hatton fight for people to actually get on board. By the time Floyd was Rory's age, people began to wonder if his drawing power could actually catch up to this persona he began to create once he came out his first retirement/hiatus. It wasn't enough that he had beat Diego Corrales and was talking about how good he was. He had another five years before he became someone.
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Please be Weidman
Dude, did you see Weidman's house before (and subsequently after) Hurricane Sandy? I doubt he could afford it. Keep in mind, Gamboa makes like five or six times a fight than what Weidman makes.
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After The Internship, Vince Vaughn is officially at walrus movie level.
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I'm not sure if I should start a new thread, but they are boxers and MMA fighters that have been listed as Biogenesis clients. The only person from either sport whose name actually got out when the story first broke earlier this year was Yuriorkis Gamboa. Everyone seems to be expecting some Earth shattering names, but it could be some guys from MMA past with a history of PEDs like Ken Shamrock who are on the list. So far, a lot of people are going with a bunch of people from the Blackzilians.
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So what the fuck was your point about Rory then?
You guys wouldn't be so upset if he didn't have personality. You can't call someone wooden and bland and then blow up when he actually does something that makes him stand out.
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When I think of personality I think of guys like Chael Sonnen, Rashad, Rampage, the Diaz brothers, etc. Rory is just wooden vanilla dreck.
That's not really great names to showcase what personality actually is. The first name you listed is a person who basically cribs his material from Dusty Rhodes promos and has stuff written for him beforehand. When he actually does come off as authentic, such as telling the story about how his mom almost shot Yushin Okami, people rarely get to see it.
I am not really sure why you listed Rashad since nothing about him particularly stands out except for the fact that people had the exact same resentment for Rashad five years ago that they have for Rory now. There are plenty of people still mad that he did that Fred Sanford heart attack bit after he sent Chuck Liddell to an alternate dimension. If you were doing PR events, I doubt he would be in the top 10 or 15 fighters you would send. Hell, you wouldn't send any of those dudes to do PR outside commentary booth Chael. Nick Diaz wouldn't even show up. You wouldn't send "talking about beating up LeBron James" Chael Sonnen to make your product look stupid and bush league. If I want to watch manufactured quasi-pro wrestling stuff, I'll watch....get this...pro wrestling.
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We're going to see were Rampage stacks up in the pantheon of post-HBO Roy Jones Jr. opponents
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There is boxing on Showtime this weekend. Even though it's headlined by Andre Berto vs. Mexican JTTS Jesus Soto-Karass, the fight to watch is Keith Thurman vs. Diego Chaves. Chaves is someone who I have watched for awhile. He has decent handspeed, fun to watch, and has good power, attributes he shares with many of his contemporaries from Argentina. Chaves' one problem, besides being a big fish in small pond, is that he CONSTANTLY readjusts his trunks in his fights. Like every 10 seconds, he has to readjust his trunks. He has more problems with his trunks than his opponents.
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I don't think he has any personality at all either but I think his actions have made enough people dislike him enough to tune in hoping he gets beat. So that will probably translate into buys. But that only works because of his ability as a fighter. If he wasn't really damn good, nobody would really give enough of a crap to begin with.
We need to define what personality is. Because I doubt people can look at someone's actions and then deem them to have no personality.
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What personality? He's wallpaper
I doubt folks panties would be in a bunch if he didn't have any personality. You don't have to be Rowdy Piper to have personality or charisma.
He's creepy and does an awful Ali shuffle. That doesn't = buys.
That wasn't my point.
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What personality? He's wallpaper
I doubt folks panties would be in a bunch if he didn't have any personality. You don't have to be Rowdy Piper to have personality or charisma.
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OH NO! NOT THIS AGAIN!
I don't want reignite this argument again. But I will say this: it's good that Rory can engender this type of response. If his 80s Mid-Atlantic heel shtick can make people upset, then he can actually be at least a mid-level draw for the UFC down the line. If you look at the Fox deal now, all it did was basically elevate the WEC guys (Benson, Pettis, Cub, Koch, DJ, Castillo, etc.) from Versus. And from the business Benson and Aldo have generated so far, just being a quality fighter doesn't really do it. At least Aldo has a small net with the money coming from Brazil. But who knows how the market will be if they keep cranking out cards with subpar starpower. If Rory can make himself someone who can break the 400,000 buy threshold or get a decent enough rating on Fox, it's basically on him if he succeeds or not. It's evident that they need more personalities who can get themselves over rather than just billing people as ____________ champion.
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Nice presentation Elsalvajeloco. Not keen on the Flyweight division, preferred it when Bantamweight was the lowest weight class for men. I forgot Liz Carmouche was fighting on this show.
Thank you, sir.
I think everyone forgot Liz Carmouche was on the card. Apparently, Jessica Andrade is a lesbian too so that makes this the first UFC bout between two individuals who openly identify themselves as gay or lesbian. You would expect that would get bigger coverage.
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