Elsalvajeloco
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2016 Non-Event General MMA Talk Thread
Elsalvajeloco replied to Elsalvajeloco's topic in BOXING & MMA
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He is also in there with someone who can have fun and exciting fights. Caceres is also still only 28 so it's not a win wouldn't possibly help him out either.
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UFC Fight Night 92: Rodríguez vs. Caceres August 6, 2016 Salt Lake City, UT (Vivint Smart Home Arena) Yair Rodríguez (146) vs. Alex Caceres (145) - Rodríguez, DEC (split) Dennis Bermudez (146) vs. Rony Jason (146) - Bermudez, DEC (unanimous) Thales Leites (186) vs. Chris Camozzi (186) - Leites, SUB (rear naked choke), R3 (2:58) Santiago Ponzinibbio (171) vs. Zak Cummings (171) - Ponzinibbio, DEC (unanimous) Trevor Smith (185.5) vs. Joe Gigliotti (185.5) - Smith, DEC (unanimous) Maryna Moroz (115) vs. Danielle Taylor (115.5) - Moroz, DEC (split) Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card: Court McGee (169.5) vs. Dominique Steele (171) - McGee, DEC (unanimous) Viktor Pešta (239.5) vs. Marcin Tybura (249) - Tybura, KO (head kick), R2 (0:53) David Teymur (155) vs. Jason Novelli (155.5) - Teymur, TKO (punches), R1 (1:25) Teruto Ishihara (146) vs. Horacio Gutiérrez (146) - Ishihara, TKO (punches), R1 (2:32) Fight Pass Preliminary Card: Cub Swanson (144.5) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (145.5) - Swanson, DEC (unanimous) Chase Sherman (245) vs. Justin Ledet (234.5) - Ledet, DEC (unanimous) Event Bonuses ($50,000): Performance of the Night: Marcin Tybura Performance of the Night: Teruto Ishihara Fight of the Night: Yair Rodríguez vs. Alex Caceres Attendance: 6,689 Gate: $481,033 Rating: 863,000 viewers Cancelled Fights: Thales Leites vs. Brad Tavares - Injury to Tavares (Rib) Maryna Moroz vs. Justine Kish - Injury to Kish (Finger Spiral Fracture)
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2016 Non-Event General MMA Talk Thread
Elsalvajeloco replied to Elsalvajeloco's topic in BOXING & MMA
There is also a rumor of potentially RDA vs. Ferguson happening on the 9/24 show in Brasilia or the TUF Latin America Finale. -
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I would have to say everyone is fighting for third behind New Vitor Belfort and Old New Vitor Belfort.
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Any spots left in the paid league? Or do I have to wait for someone who is an incredible cheapskate?
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Some of it you can put on the UFC, but a lot of you can't just because they're not going to run a ton of shows outside the country for mid-tier and/or lower tier talent. In boxing, you can have that just because of the amount of local promoters. They have almost 600 fighters, and they have to burn through the fights. So it's probably not going to look like an Eddie Hearn card or anything like that. In the last 2 or 3 years though, they've been running more Fight Nights outside the U.S. than in the past. So if a New Zealand fighter is on an Australia card, that's not exactly the worst thing in the world because you also need the timing to work out. If you look at some of the records of certain fighters, you will see some people fighting every 2 or 3 months then you see like a 5-6 month gap because the UFC wanted to sneak that particular fighter (or fighters) on a more local card. They've been better at that just because the frequency of having a lot of shows in different places does allow people to get at least 2 fights in a calendar year. Is it the same as like Kell Brook fighting in Sheffield every few months? Probably not but the UFC has a lot more fighters to deal with. Poland is a different issue in that KSW has more of a presence there and can lock down certain talent. They're not going to pay Mamed Khalidov (or Michal Materla for that matter) a grip just to be a mid level middleweight. The fact they got Kowalkiewicz when they did could be considered a boon. For the show last April, they just said fuck it and didn't advertise that much locally. Atlanta actually has a sizeable Mexican-American population. However, I would say one really doesn't have anything to do with the other. Despite having a large Hispanic population and African-Americans making up the majority of the city, the crowds for the three shows in Atlanta have been largely white. So I chalk it up to fulfilling contracts.
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I am not too mad because he is basically doing what I wanted Lawler to do since he won the belt. Lawler chose to not to call out any of the fighters that would make him money and build his brand up. While his run was very fun to watch, it really didn't do much for him like fights with GSP and McGregor would have done. Also, to be fair, Woodley has wanted to fight Nick Diaz going back to early 2011. That's gonna to draw way eyeballs than a fight with Wonderboy even though Wonderboy has basically had his entire career in the time Nick Diaz last won a fight.
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It should be noted that while Lawler and Nunes won belts for ATT and Woodley's head trainer was Duke Roufus, Woodley is the first ATT fighter to win a UFC title who started his career there.
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Well, that didn't exactly stop them from doing that first show in Poland. However, that was more of not having enough well known Polish fighters rather than having enough on roster. Plus, according to some Polish MMA members, they didn't really muster up a legitimate attempt to market that show in Poland. That's probably due to not having someone that Polish fans readily identify. By far the biggest local name on that card last year was Jan Blachowicz, and he lost after a valiant attempt. He is not that big of a draw. I believe it was Tomasz Marciniak who said last year that JJ vs. Kowalkiewicz would easily sell out an arena in Poland and make up for not having a Khalidov, Pudz, Materla, and some of these other notable Polish fighters. Plus, they could always run out and get fighters to add on to doing that show headlined by the 115lbs. title fight. It probably won't be the biggest names out there, but it would definitely be a better attempt than Gonzaga vs. CroCop 2.
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I don't think people thought Miocic would be the champ either let alone KO Werdum in one round.
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Karolina just wore Rose down over three rounds. She earned that title shot.
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Ellenberger saved his UFC career.
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So yeah, Nikita Krylov just scored a KO of the year candidate.
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Damian Grabowski has two UFC fights that lasted a combined total of 2:31. He landed 3 strikes and been KO'd twice. That's true futility.
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I thought the film was way better than the trailers, but after watching it, I can see why it really didn't do that well. The cast was riffing off each other and in between that you had the stuff with the ghosts. If you take away the obligatory cameos and the name, it's basically four women and Thor do a long skit with some CGI thrown in. I wasn't very invested in the plot. It was a fine comedy movie, but at no point did you feel like this is a license to print money.
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It feels like Stevenson, Kovalev, and Ward want to fight everyone but each other.
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I would suggest tracking down the Stevenson vs. Top Dogg fight because it was a fun back-and-forth fight with a highlight reel finish.
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I have to believe the UFC wants to bring up Grasso especially if they are doing shows in like Chicago and border towns like Hidalgo, Texas. Let Mizuki fight Hill and the winner should get called up to the UFC.
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