Elsalvajeloco
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Prime example of what I mean. The Sursa incident was two months before the WEC ran their last show. -
I'm only entering for Blood Simple so I can remember one of America's greatest actors as sweet and innocent and not looking like a lot lizard. Don't judge me. THAT'S RIGHT, M. EMMET WALSH! GET IT TOGETHER, MAN!
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I believe February 9 was going to be The Predator's release date. That's now coming out August 3rd.
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Considering how he first was when WEC finally folded into the UFC, Cerrone is a damn angel. If you watched the official UFC pre fight interviews like I did back when they were regularly on Youtube and UFC.com, he was always on 10. He was just really volatile. Jeremy Stephens was the same way. Even though the UFC didn't enforce their behavioral policy back then, they always were on the cusp of getting trouble, running afoul of the wrong person, and saying the absolute wrong thing on social media. When the UFC started making examples of certain people, I think it became abundantly clear that this isn't the wild, wild West of MMA that both started their career in. You can probably get away w/ some stuff now, but there is no guarantee you will keep your job afterwards. So if you're someone like Mike Perry, it would be wise to keep doing stuff like he did last night (because he does come off as likable to the fans in combo w/ his fighting style) and try his best to avoid crossing any line.
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If you're winning the striking battle, no need to waste energy for takedowns you probably won't get. Midway through the fight, they were both telegraphing their takedowns and trips. If this was a heavyweight fight or light heavyweight fight, trying to tip someone over probably would have worked. However, it wasn't and Swanson was winning convincingly on the feet. Lobov's power was diminshing and his shots were getting wider and wider. Swanson is a natural striker, and likely preferred a finish in the feet than on the ground. Many of those kicks he landed (even partially) would have put several guys away, especially that late in the fight. Just didn't happen last night.
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When you're not naturally a wrestler, it's hard to be inclined to go for takedowns that deep into a fight since you are already winning handily on the feet. The last thing he wanted to do is blow takedowns and gas his arms. He tried some takedowns after that first one, but they didn't work all that well. Lobov was able to get his hips back. If he wanted to get them, it had to be something cleverly set up like that hip toss.
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Considering the obvious talent disparity and haven't ever faced an opponent of Swanson's caliber, Lobov gave a good account of himself and probably should be facing dudes better than what he had been facing.
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Swanson's speed and accuracy are taking over the fight now.
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I gotta hand it to Lobov. Even though he's giving up the straight right easily, he is throwing back in combination early on.
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Safe to say they can throw Iaquinta back in with the top level lightweights after his time off.
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Ellenberger was looking pretty good up until that left hook. Then, it went all downhill. Straight downhill. As for Perry, they might as well put him against another striker (or wrestler/striker).
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I would recommend everyone check out Holtzman-McBride and Ortiz-Moreno on the prelim undercard. Those two fights were pretty dann good, especially the comeback Moreno made. Moreno is still plenty raw, but he has tools and personality to be a star.
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Having seen it this afternoon, I would say Free Fire is more Wheatley's speed than something like High-Rise. I thought High-Rise was decent, but I think it's a little too ambitious for Wheatley at this point of his career. You could rewatch Free Fire three or four times in a day, and still be satisfied with every viewing. That brings me to my next point: I would compare Free Fire more to The Hateful Eight than Reservoir Dogs if I had to compare it to a Tarantino film. I think the people who were dissatisfied with Hateful Eight wanted something along the lines of Free Fire rather than the equivalent of a bloody, slow burn three hour stage play. I think people readily compare Free Fire and Reservoir Dogs because of the setting. You take away the setting, and it's a completely different movie. Johnnie To's Three that just came out not too long ago is more similar to Reservoir Dogs than Free Fire and that's in a hospital (even though the final act is part Die Hard). Free Fire has dark humor mixed with blood, but it's more cheeky than a cop getting terrorized and Lawrence Tierney cutting promos. I was laughing like 85% of the time (especially when Ord, Harry, or Vernon would drop one liners in the background). Plus, the exposition in Reservoir Dogs means WAY MORE than what you're given in Free Fire. In the latter, you got the IRA dudes, Stevo fucking with Harry's cousin, and Vernon as the Apartheid era white South African guy calling his giant black associate who can kick his ass "boy". Everything else you don't really need as the whole thing revolves something extremely stupid that could have been handled easily. Reservoir Dogs had outside forces that fucked the job up, and the fact Roth's character was an undercover (that guy from Colors who was Roth's partner is still one of the worst actors I've ever seen BTW) along with other stuff central to the plot. The Hateful Eight didn't have that many moving pieces that were extremely important. It just happens to be double the length as Free Fire and Reservoir Dogs.
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Which of these movies belongs in the 2017 Summer Blockbuster Pool?
Elsalvajeloco replied to S.K.o.S.'s topic in MOVIES & TV
I'm even surprised Amityville: The Awakening made THIS list. That shit was filmed YEARS ago. How hard up for money are you that this movie is one of your big summer releases? -
2017 Non-Event General MMA Talk Thread
Elsalvajeloco replied to Elsalvajeloco's topic in BOXING & MMA
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How many shots realistically is Artem Lobov going to get to headline a UFC card? He is basically Henry Bruseles to Conor's Miguel Cotto. He is there to act as a surrogate and friend to take an ass whooping. He might as well make the most of it. Lobov fights how people THOUGHT McGregor fought before everyone had to give in and say McGregor was a great fighter. Short of an incredible upset, he is going to be a lifelong lower to mid level fighter with maybe some upside to be a gatekeeper/trial horse. On TUF, they built him up as the guy no one wanted to fight but it pretty turned out he was one of those fighters who is probably a beast in the gym. Mike Pyle was able to parlay that rep into a decent career, but he was already known among hardcore fans before he got that rep. Lobov isn't as versatile as a Mike Pyle, and there is no real opening for Lobov to make a run inside the UFC. This is his one moment in the sun.
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2017 Non-Event General MMA Talk Thread
Elsalvajeloco replied to Elsalvajeloco's topic in BOXING & MMA
I think this just shows the lack of knowledge the new owners have in MMA. The IFL concept/model was fun (if you're a hardcore, hardcore fan) for maybe 4-5 months at most. Getting people invested in tournament MMA is going to be super difficult. Getting people invested in tournament MMA when you have only 3 top level fighters (who are average TV draws at best) on roster is pretty much impossible. The lightweight tournament they did as WSOF was fun, but that's because they didn't do tournaments before (or after) that and Bellator cease to do them several months before. Sinking literally millions of dollars into this when you aren't even guaranteed to have TV in 2018 is absurd. If you're going to spend money, you might as well replenish the roster (because they're likely to lose nearly everyone worthwhile before 2017 ends) with talented prospects and sign about 3-5 notable free agents. That way if you run an event every 6 weeks, you at least get someone notable in the main event and have quality prospects on the undercard. Even with the name change, since they didn't clean out the front office in the sale, they're still battling a bad image they created themselves. Who the hell is going to sign with them even with the lure of a million dollars? If they're hemorrhaging money three events in as one would expect, they might not make it into this "playoff" portion of the season. They already had trouble getting ton of folks fights to fulfill their contract...why amplify that and create an even worse atmosphere after the re-branding? I mean if they cancelled and postponed several events this year and last year, I don't expect that trend to end next year just because they have new owners. It's going to be a struggle to sell tickets. -
Even if Cub made a mental mistake, what can Lobov really do about it? Lobov's claim to fame is his power but he couldn't even finish Chris Avila who fights like a low budget Diaz brother (seeing as he trains with them) who didn't even belong in the UFC to begin with. Yes, you will lose if you let him stalk you around the cage and potshot you. However, if you're a featherweight with any significant quality, you should be able to beat Lobov just based on activity alone.
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2017 Non-Event General MMA Talk Thread
Elsalvajeloco replied to Elsalvajeloco's topic in BOXING & MMA
Two new IFW fights: - Gray Maynard will be fighting Teruto Ishihara at the TUF 25 Finale. Yes, they decided to unleash Ishihara out on the streets of Vegas. - Curtis Blaydes will be fighting Daniel Omielanczuk at UFC 213. -
2017 Non-Event General MMA Talk Thread
Elsalvajeloco replied to Elsalvajeloco's topic in BOXING & MMA
Moraes really didn't have an option. Who was he going to fight really? You can fight some UFC castouts and some random Russian/Dagestani fighters, but what does that do for the organization? This goes especially knowing that the WSOF was using the latter as guys to beat up other random fighters.
