Elsalvajeloco

Hate to kick a man while he's down but...

I think you mean Errol Flynn. Earl Flynn sounds like a guy who had some minor and obscure country hits in the 1970s and 80s, and his biggest claim to fame is opening up for the Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama.

I dunno how long they can let Guida continue to fight in the UFC. The last stretch has been really rough. It doesn't help that he's always been the quintessential guy who might show up in some bare knuckle promotion: someone with a notable name who was never a certain level in the UFC/MMA and also willing to take ungodly punishment. I am not sure being a UFC loyalist is gonna save him. He's getting beat up by guys young enough to be his sons.

Three notable news notes: Holly Holm is no longer on the UFC roster. Looks like she has no plans to stop fighting anytime soon. PFL has discontinued using Bellator branding effectively immediately, which means that Bellator is officially dead if it wasn't already. Helwani had some convoluted explanation on his show about how PFL would work going forward with the now former champs for Bellator. However, it made little sense to me. Only thing I understood is they are switching from a robin round points format to single elimination tournaments, which Bellator was obviously doing. Patricio Pitbull has been released from PFL on top of that news.

Tyson Fury has announced his retirement as of yesterday.

Naoya Inoue has a random opponent generator, apparently.

On that note, for a daily Observer update weeks ago, I saw that Chris Cruise was still providing updates to Dave. I had to look at the date on several calendars as well as my computer taskbar and phone cause I could have sworn we were no longer in the year 1992. In that same update, he did a small blurb about Ricky Henderson. So that made it feel even more throwback.

As much as I hate Amanda Ribas cause she is easily the most likeable person on the UFC roster, it seemed like Dern needed the win the most and definitely fought with a sense of urgency.

Casino Magic hosted a ton of USA Tuesday Night Fights cards to the point where it became very synonymous with the program much like the Blue Horizon did, which ironically based on all this NE vs. the South was in Philly. The Blue Horizon was to boxing in Philly what the ECW Arena was to wrestling. Although I'm clearly biased, I will say Mississippi heat is a different kinda heat. And I'm lived most of my life in the corner of the state (bordering Arkansas) that's not really near as much water like I'm assuming bobholly138 is on the coast. I am sure a sweltering summer in Mississippi is considered it's own circle of hell.

Here is the template for this week: EVENT #1 POINT TOTAL: 0 UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 107: Dern vs. Ribas II (01/11/2025) - Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas - Ribas, DEC Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Carlston Harris - Ponzinibbio, DEC Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. César Almeida - Almeida, TKO, R2 Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov - Kopylov, DEC Austin Bashi vs. Christian Rodriguez - Rodriguez, DEC Punahele Soriano vs. Uroš Medić - Medić, TKO, R2 Jose Johnson vs. Felipe Bunes - Johnson, DEC Marco Tulio vs. Ihor Potieria - Tulio, TKO, R2 Thiago Moisés vs. Trey Ogden - Moisés, SUB, R2 Preston Parsons vs. Jacobe Smith - Smith, TKO, R2 Ernesta Kareckaitė vs. Nicolle Caliari - Caliari, DEC Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Bruno Lopes - Gadzhiyasulov, DEC Victoria Dudakova vs. Fatima Kline - Kline, DEC Joe Solecki vs. Nurullo Aliev - Aliev, DEC The Event #1 deadline is Saturday, January 11, 2:45 p.m. CT.

RULES: Each part of your pick is worth one point. If the fighter you select wins, you receive one point. If they win in the method you specified (TKO/KO, SUB, DEC), you gain another point. If they win in the round you specified (regardless of method chosen except decision), you also receive a point. For fights that go to DEC, you will be awarded points for the method of victory as well as guessing the correct round. If you select the wrong fighter, you will receive 0 points. Title fights and tournament final fights (with both participants correctly predicted) are worth double points in each category for a maximum of six points. You are responsible for getting your picks in on time, especially when it comes to foreign cards that start at irregular times in North America.

UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 107: Dern vs. Ribas II January 11, 2025 Las Vegas, NV (UFC Apex) Mackenzie Dern (116) vs. Amanda Ribas (116) - Dern, SUB (armbar), R3 (4:56) Santiago Ponzinibbio (171) vs. Carlston Harris (170) - Ponzinibbio, TKO (punches), R3 (3:13) Abdul Razak Alhassan (185.5) vs. César Almeida (185.5) - Almeida, KO (punch), R1 (4:16) Chris Curtis (185.5) vs. Roman Kopylov (185.5) - Kopylov, TKO (head kick), R3 (4:59) Austin Bashi (145.5) vs. Christian Rodriguez (145) - Rodriguez, DEC (unanimous) Punahele Soriano (171) vs. Uroš Medić (171) - Soriano, KO (punches), R1 (0:31) ESPN+ Preliminary Card: Jose Johnson (128.5)** vs. Felipe Bunes (126) - Bunes, SUB (armbar), R1 (2:04) Marco Tulio (185.5) vs. Ihor Potieria (188)* - Tulio, TKO (punches), R1 (3:04) Thiago Moisés (155.5) vs. Trey Ogden (155.5) - Moisés, DEC (unanimous) Preston Parsons (171) vs. Jacobe Smith (170.5) - Smith, KO (punch), R1 (1:13) Ernesta Kareckaitė (126) vs. Nicolle Caliari (125.5) - Kareckaitė, DEC (split) Magomed Gadzhiyasulov (205) vs. Bruno Lopes (205.5) - Lopes, DEC (unanimous) Victoria Dudakova (116) vs. Fatima Kline (116) - Kline, TKO (elbows), R2 (4:27) Joe Solecki (155) vs. Nurullo Aliev (155.5) - Aliev, DEC (unanimous) *Forfeits 25% of purse for missing weight **Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight Event Bonuses ($50,000) Performance of the Night: César Almeida Performance of the Night: Mackenzie Dern Fight of the Night: Chris Curtis vs. Roman Kopylov

FINAL 2024 POINT TOTAL 1. DreamBroken: 1286 2. Elsalvajeloco: 1271 3. Hail Sabin: 843 4. twiztor: 16 5. The Natural: 15 EVENT TALLY: DreamBroken 1st (44 events) Elsalvajeloco 2nd (42 events) Hail Sabin 3rd (10 events) twiztor 4th-tied (0 events) The Natural 4th-tied (0 events) Congrats, @DreamBroken! Finished first in point total and also finished 1st in the event tally, which would have been the tiebreaker should it have been needed.

Please tell me that Hulk's company is owned by like Anheuser Busch InBev or Molson Coors or some other major company. You're telling me WWE couldn't get a blue chip beer sponsor? UFC changed beer sponsors last year and it was trending on Twitter for like half a day cause some right wing nuts thought Bud Light was too liberal.