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  1. Elsalvajeloco
    I don't have as big of a problem with him missing weight as I do with him not informing Cerrone ahead of time, especially with the policies the commission has in place. If he did that, Cerrone wouldn't have to do the standard cut and also get 20% of Gastelum's purse in addition to being able to get a win bonus if he won.
  2. Elsalvajeloco
    I don't think it's making it worse because fighters are going to do stupid stuff regardless. Letting them sit around dehydrated from the morning to the early evening is not healthy and the commissions (especially California) were already moving away from that anyway. If you want to make that final big cut, you have that 1-3 hour window. You don't make it, it's on you. No more trying to cut again.
  3. Elsalvajeloco
    After the Gastelum bout fell off the 205 card, the UFC is working on Cowboy Cerrone vs. Matt Brown for UFC 206.
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    I'm guessing because you no longer have the entire morning and afternoon the day before the fight to make that drastic final cut.
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    I know he was working with George Lockhart for the Magny fight as the UFC paid for that. I believe he was working with Lockhart for the Hendricks fight. Don't know if he brought him back to prepare for Cerrone.
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    Ideally the MW fight on the main card because even as an alternate, he would still need to be within 9 pounds of whoever he was facing. So technically at 189 pounds, he can only fill for either Weidman, Romero, Sapo, or Tim Boetsch.
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    Two things: Gastelum didn't even bother to show up in weigh in. He said he was 178, but who the hell knows? Second, they wouldn't give Gastelum a fight and leave Cowboy on the shelf without a fight. That would be very ass backwards.
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    Safely assuming Weidman vs. Romero just in case we get a USADA violation, someone passes out and hits their head on a pipe, etc.
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    FWIW Jacare weighed in at 189 as an alternate.
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    If Gastelum was truly 178 (he didn't bother to weigh in), he would've only needed to lose one pound for the fight to be on at catchweight and just be fined a portion of his purse. Either Gastelum or his team should've informed Cerrone that he could rehydrate so they both can be within the specified weight range. Jim Miller, who isn't being fined, knew about Alves missing and just rehydrated to get to 157.
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    Miller vs. Alves is still on, but Cerrone vs. Gastelum is off because Gastelum (178) didn't weigh in within 7 pounds of Cerrone (170.4). That's NYSAC rules so Cerrone couldn't accept a catchweight.
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    It took me a hot minute to realize what Eddie was talking about even though I kinda figured that's what he was talking about. He needs someone to punch up his material.
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    I'm not saying they're stupid, but more saying that their bar and criteria is different for stuff like this. Sometimes, the bar is a little bit higher (IMO boxing has shaved away a lot of their casual fanbase because they did it for 30+ years for several fights that don't deserve that attention) but over the last 4-5 years it hasn't been that high for the UFC. Right now, the expectation is for Conor to do something crazy at the presser no matter who the opponent is. Hence, why everyone watches these things with McGregor. But yeah, I expect this one to add buys just because no one is testing the authenticity of this. That's something hardcore fans jabber about. In addition, plenty of casual fans who do talk shit about whether this or that is fake end up buying the PPV anyway.
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    I think this is more on Conor in that he knows Alvarez isn't biting on a lot of stuff, which is why some of his stuff sounded extremely hokey today. Also, the need isn't in tickets as it is in PPV buys. Technically, all this stuff isn't for hardcores. Stuff like this gets casuals willing to pay for it whether we like it or not.
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    Back then, the ATT corners would vary a lot. I mean fighters like Lombard and Masvidal would have dudes I didn't immediately recognize. Now it's a lot more stable as far as the corners go. You will see Conan, Katel Kubis, Mike Brown, Parrumpinha, Kami Barzini, and maybe like Roger Krahl, Jucao, or King Mo. You still have people who might have a personal coach for one discipline, but it's more stable across the board.
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    So Conor came to the presser dressed like the token, non-villain white dude in an early 70s blaxploitation film. Like he came out a casting call for the lead in Trick Baby.
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