Zero Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I mean I think it's obvious somebody in UFC or ESPN leaked it, and I got to think more on the UFC side, since I never really seen any other ESPN stuff get leaked before. While UFC has a history of pulling stunts like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I've seen it happen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Your head must stink with you keeping your tinfoil hat on all the time. Guess you forgot about this: http://middleeasy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2436:in-2006-dana-white-approved-of-people-posing-as-fans-and-leaking-videos-to-message-boards-&catid=34:organizations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Ok, and? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zheroen Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 You act like it's paranoid crazy talk to think that the UFC would leak something like this on purpose, and yet there's actual evidence of them doing it before. Durrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 No, it's just what epwar does all the time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Alex Caceres replaces Urijah Faber, meets Masanori Kanehara at UFC Fight Night 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Faber vs KID morphed into Bruce Leeroy vs Kanehara? i am disappoint. also, it's official that "literally" now means the same thing is "figuratively". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I like that Jones paused and re-stated it. Fucking people fucking up the word literally. The word irony is having a sad somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Faber vs KID morphed into Bruce Leeroy vs Kanehara? i am disappoint. At least Kanehara gets a chance to win his debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Another member of the Four Horsewomen went down as Marina Shafir got KO'd by Amanda Bell in 37 seconds last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Those ladies are so lucky Ronda is such a nerd for them (and that she's dating Shafir). Earlier info about Ben Saunders was wrong. He is facing Chris Heatherly at UFC Fight Night 49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Another member of the Four Horsewomen went down as Marina Shafir got KO'd by Amanda Bell in 37 seconds last night. The one bright spot for that camp is Jemyma Betrian might be a legit prospect if she can get down to 115 where she belongs and develop grappling skills. Shafir is a lost cause because she won't go down to 135, isn't that athletic given her hype, and has the Chris Namus chin from watching the video of the fight. She don't take punches all that well. She seems like a cool person and very likable (albeit a little airheadish from her Cheap Seats interview), but she clearly has (or had before she lost) this warped sense of what she can accomplish in a very much dead weight class. She won't be ready for Cyborg this year, next year, or the next 5 years. If she was just another random athlete from another sport, no one would give a shit that she lost. But when you hang with Ronda and you also want to bring that bravado, this is what happens when shit doesn't go as planned. She ain't even Adrien Broner to Ronda's Floyd Mayweather. At best she is what "Smoke" Gainer was to Roy Jones Jr. She might go onto to fight on the same cards as Ronda after winning some regional women's featherweight title no one cares about. She is doomed to be in her shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Marcus Sursa, he of getting beat up by Donald Cerrone over a girl fame, is replacing an injured Tom DeBlass vs. King Mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Rumors of Coker signing Gina Carano and Marloes. Big fight announcement tomorrow. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/8/11/5992789/mma-news-bellator-big-fight-announcement-tomorrow-rumor-gina-carano-signing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitlick Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Why would Carano sign for Coker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 More money to inevitably waste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitlick Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 But wouldn't a fight with Rousey in theory be far more lucrative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 It could be getting to 145 is a real bitch so 135 is out of the question...it could be she likes Coker...it could be that Viacom offers her a better schedule. It is just going to be funny (if this signing is legit) to watch Dana and Rousey shit on Gina after they've been singing her praises for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 If she liked Coker so much she wouldn't have spent the remaining part of Strikeforce's existence as a Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment property on the sidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Helwani said a source told him the Carano rumors weren't true, and that the announcement being major is "up for debate". Take that for what you will. The Carano thing is weird to me anyway. I don't know why the UFC is gung-ho on signing her, and I don't know why she would sign with Bellator instead, above reasons not withstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 They're gung ho because they want to keep the Rousey momentum going. You have a lot more breathing room w/ Rousey vs. Carano than say....Rousey vs. Amanda Nunes. If a main event falls apart, you can't go to the Rousey vs. grappling dummy as a replacement main event well too many times. That's how Laila Ali's popularity waned when she was fighting girls who were 30 pounds smaller than her and everyone wanted to see her against Ann Wolfe. Without Cyborg, you don't have that instant, legit foil. Zingano doesn't do a whole lot for everyone and we've been down the Tate street twice already. Holm is an unknown quantity, but I don't expect that fight to have more cache than your average Ronda's non-Miesha/first UFC women's fight opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 To me, Rousey vs. Carano is simply the women's MMA equivalent of Hughes vs. Gracie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Cibernetico Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Bellator having a 145 division would be pretty awesome as UFC has 135 on lock. Bellator could start making 145 look a legit as 135 in America. Connen and Shafir would be two good signing to get the ball rolling. What about getting Amanda Lucas in for a fight just for the buzz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Who the fuck is there to fight at 145 lbs? There is Cyborg, a roider. Marloes Coenen, who is a natural 135 pounder. Marina Shafir, 1-1 member of the four horsewoman who just got knocked out. Ediane Gomes. And who else? Amanda Lucas? Is Gina Carano going to hang around and build the division? It's the most thin division in MMA. It's a weight class Strikeforce made to accommodate Cyborg and Carano because they had so much trouble making weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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