Elsalvajeloco
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3 minutes ago, The Z said:
Warcraft looked like a stinker to me as well, but it's directed by Duncan Jones, who previously directed Moon and Source Code, two great movies, so i don't know.
Counterpoint: Joe Wright
Sometimes, it's just better to go with your gut.
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Fair enough. For me, this little quasi four man tournament (should Teixeira vs. Rumble happen this summer as well) is the path to that. So for him to beat Cormier, who I believe could also whoop on most heavyweights still, again and then probably beat Rumble to cement him cleaning out the division is special to me. It's different than what Mighty Mouse did because that was circumstances beyond his control that didn't make it favorable for his legacy. That can only look good on paper if dudes like Horiguchi and Cejudo wreck shop years down the line. Jones, on other hand, would've pretty much beat multiple generations of light heavyweights (including folks who had success at middleweight and heavyweight) and did it all without that much trouble save for one fight (and pending what could happen against Rumble). So if going forward with Cormier again to get the title back brings those potential HW matchups, I am down for that.
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I wouldn't read too much into that, whether he was serious or not. The only thing that matter is timing. You can say anything about a card that's seven months out. At the very earliest, you probably hear something concrete by late May or early June. But April? Yeah, that's something else entirely.
I think he might not fight on the card other reasons. If McGregor decides to fight in August or September, that would probably rule him out for November because you can't call a quick turnaround just like that and the UFC likes to book main events before a certain timeframe. Another one is that they could already have something earmarked for that event and probably wouldn't make sense to just throw McGregor on there for the hell of it. I went over a lot of options that they have two weeks ago. Any combo of those easily makes a compelling first show for NYS.
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All they did was essentially swap main events. That is assuming that McGregor still desires to fight after basically losing a public negotiation he decided to make public.
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I mean...what Jon Jones fight do you not know the ending to? The only thing that changes perhaps is his method of victory.
It's honestly going to divide the fan base anyway. 50% are going to be down with it since it was good fight the first time, 15% are going to hate it regardless, and 35% are going to hate out of resentment for Conor not being on the card. In the end, should the card and main event hold up, I think a significant number of people (a million or higher) buy the PPV during the moment of truth, which is fight week or the last four days before. It has happened pretty much everytime before a major PPV especially in the last two years.
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UFC will be all over Good Morning America tomorrow between 7 am and 9 am EST. Then, later that day, the UFC will have their presser at the Theater at MSG.
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Yuta Sasaki replaces Holohan on the Rotterdam card against Willie Gates.
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Shannon Ritch is fighting Tony Lopez on Fight Pass tonight. THIS IS NOT A DRILL, FOLKS!
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I would assume the two are unrelated considering that people probably aren't playing the game to look at the uniforms.
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Sports Business Journal article on the Reebok apparel deal with comments from John Fosco along with Malki Kawa and Lorenzo Fertitta among others.
Fosco going hard in the paint to show his allegiance.
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Update to the fight kits that will debut during International Fight Week:
There will be new ones later this year.
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Devin Clark, who won the RFA light heavyweight title a couple weeks back, is fighting Alex Nicholson on the Fight Night card in Sioux Falls.
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3 hours ago, Kevin Wilson said:
So there is that. Nothing from UFC yet.
He isn't back on the card.
Anyway, Paddy Holohan has announced his retirement due to a blood disorder.
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1 minute ago, supremebve said:
Honestly I think his biggest issue is that he isn't aggressive enough. He didn't lose last night because he doesn't have the talent to beat Edson Barboza he lost, because he let Barboza get comfortable and run his game on him. All of his recent loses are because he let his opponents do whatever they want. He tries to beat his opponents while fighting their fight, which never going to be a losing strategy more often than not.
The thing is...what was he going to do to change Barboza's direction? It's not like Barboza started to really ramp it up in round 2. He was getting at Pettis from the very beginning. This dude is throwing lightning fast leg kicks. I don't think anyone wants to get hit with those. So if anything, Pettis had to be more aggressive so the judges wouldn't swayed by that even though Barboza was also busting him up with left hooks.
TBH I think Felder played more into Barboza's hands than Pettis and still ended up representing himself way better than Pettis. Pettis was looking for one big punch and/or high kick and was just shell-shocked.
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32 minutes ago, Oyaji said:
Between the LHW and heavyweight divisions, who has the best chance of beating Jon Jones? Rumble landing a few big shots? Jones is so long that he has at least a 4" reach advantage on the top 5 heavyweights (incredible). I don't think he'd beat him, but I'd like to see Stipe fight Jones regardless of how his title challenge plays out. I love Werdum, but his stand up is still pretty sloppy and he'd get eaten alive by Jones. The Reem would have a huge weight advantage but no way...
I think that fact that Jon has Greg Jackson (and Izzy Martinez) in his corner makes me believe that they don't even fool around with Rumble on the feet. I see Jon putting Anthony against the fence and wearing him out. I am not ruling out that Jon might take a couple punches from Rumble, but I see Rumble overreaching on some of his strikes. Jon can still reach him from halfway across the cage and that's what will make much of what Rumble is trying to do obsolete. Once Jon gets him down, there is nothing much good for Rumble that could happen from there.
With that said, Rumble has a better shot than almost anyone at HW. I think the bricked up Jon Jones people were expecting to show up last night would be the one you see at heavyweight.
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9 minutes ago, TheVileOne said:
Maybe it's injuries. Maybe it's cycling off something, but Pettis just looked so much slower than usual last night. Pretty much every big move he tried he missed. Granted, Barboza is good at fighting at distance and being a moving target, but Pettis was a step behind and whenever he would throw something Barboza already got in and out.
Pettis used to be able to do creative stuff that no one else was and land it. Now he can't. Now he spends a whole fight looking like he's waiting for some perfect opening that never happens. While that happens, his other opponent is doing stuff to score point.
I think part of that may play into it, but I believe it's mostly Pettis buying into his own hype. When you're fighting in the most talent laden division, you better fight every round hard. I think most of us can tell when someone isn't able to pull the trigger. Pettis just looked like a man looking for one big move to end Barboza's night. Barboza was just eating him up. He made both of his legs look two different shades of another color. I think Anthony's road to the title and what he did after capturing the title tells the story of his career. I don't think Pettis is a frontrunner or anything, but he is looking to make everything into a showcase for his talents. When you get to a certain level (especially at lightweight), those showcases are going to be few and far between. I think there are a number of fighters at 155 who Pettis would utterly destroy, but what's the likelihood of Pettis regularly fighting those fighters unless he is in a situation where he is 0-3 in his last three. He wins an easy rebound fight, but what next? Is he going to learn from those three fights or does he believe he is "back"?
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Much of OSP's strategy was "Jon isn't trying to dislocate my kneecap with oblique kicks right now so I guess I should try to punch him".
OSP landed one good right hand square on the chin, and Jon just ate that shit and kept pushing forward.
As I said in the UFC 182 event thread, you're going to need more than 3 or 4 good strikes to beat Jon Jones. You need to win rounds. Right now, I don't see anyone being able to do that.
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No way he wouldn't have. That version of Jon still beats DC no worse than 49-46 on the scorecards.
This narrative needs to stop now.
Daniel Cormier's game relies solely on slamming and suplexing dudes he is much stronger than. Did OSP do that last night? Nope. Actually, the inverse happened as Jon almost slammed him through the cage in the fifth round. We also know that Jon is much stronger than DC and is able to soundly shut down his takedowns. This was BEFORE he did decide to become Mr. Olympia.
DC also uses the cage to dirty box the shit out of people. Did OSP do that last night? Nope, he actually didn't have anything remotely for Jon except trying to not get elbowed in the face from 15 different angles.
If DC is a better striker than you and can crack your chin, he will do that. What did OSP do last night? He landed like 5 body kicks and 3 1-2s. This was all the offense he had in a 25 minute fight. Over five 5 minute rounds, he had that much offense. On top of that, he got his arm broken midway through the fight and decided to go into "don't get killed" mode. If this was football, OSP's strategy would be to have 3 guys on the LOS (just because you have to have 3) and have 8 defensive backs on his own twenty yard line. He wasn't trying to do anything to force Jon's hand.
Lack of entertainment value (which I put mostly on OSP) does not mean that 80% Jon Jones would not kick everyone's ass from 185 to heavyweight. That's enough to beat everyone. This is still Jon Jones.
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Think about it though...what was Daniel Cormier going to do differently than he did at UFC 182?
Jon Jones lifted up OSP in the 5th round like he was a tiny child.
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Brett Okamoto @bokamotoESPN 1m1 minute ago
Dana White tells me if Jon Jones is healthy and Daniel Cormier is cleared on an MRI on Monday, they will headline 200.
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FWIW, Sergio and Anthony have the same number of UFC wins (5).
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Looks like if DC gets cleared on Monday, the rematch with Jon Jones will be at UFC 200.
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I don't think it was any worse than the Rashad fight. Rashad basically spent the back half of that fight just trying to stay upright.
2016 Non-Event General MMA Talk Thread
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