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  1. Nick Diaz when he fought GSP coming off a loss to Carlos Condit and Chael Sonnen when he fought Jon Jones coming off a loss to Anderson Silva are up there in recent times.

     

    Vitor Belfort when he fought Jon Jones could possibly be up there too since he had only beaten Yoshihiro Akiyama and Anthony Johnson before getting the title shot against Jones in a higher weight class than what he fought at in both of those fights.

    Vitor's shot isn't as bad as Nick or Chael's shots though.

     

    Those are good picks but I was more or less thinking UFC career composite (although that definitely still doesn't help Diaz).

  2. I'm going to put together a list of fighters with the least impressive resumes to receive a title shot in the TUF era. I think number one has to be Babalu (Wiuff, "I'm gassing against Terry Martin " era Chael, Van Arsdale) if not Moraga (Cariaso and Gomez).

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    All this kind of lends credence to the rumors that Glenn Robinson just paid some big names a bunch of money to come and train and be labeled as a "Blackzilian" to give the stable legitimacy.  Then all their fighters started losing all their big fights.

     

     

    I think he brought some of the wrong elements to be on the team. Look at what Ted Ehrhardt did with Team Takedown. Roller turned into a bust and Jake Rosholt isn't the best Rosholt brother. Eric Bradley went to jail and got kicked off. Shit happens. But then it ultimately paid off with bringing in Steven Wright to help Hendricks.

     

    Guillard can't stay with one gym, and Overeem has always done his own thing since the SF/Zuffa/Golden Glory debacle. Now that the team has kinda turned it around and their guys are winning, Overeem decides to leave. I can definitely see where Rashad is coming from. All teams go through a trial and error phase.

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    I like the "maybe he doesn't want to be a champion" line. Blackzilians is obviously known the world over for their successes.

     

     

    Blackzilians is on a bit of a streak now. LaFlare, Evans, Michael Johnson, Trujillo, Anthony Johnson, and Belfort ain't exactly floundering. Plus, Eddie is Bellator LW champion. ATT has been around since 2002 and their only major champion has been Mike Thomas Brown with JZ winning that GP in 2007. 

     

    I surmise Rashad probably feels the same way about Vitor since he does his training with Gilbert Burns (current Gi BJJ World Champ), Mutante, and his other homies. But Vitor does spar with other Blackzilians from time-to-time. Overeem only did stuff with Staring and Siyar, who also trained with him at Golden Glory.

  5. His mind is willing, but his body won't let him do it anymore. All the technical errors (not gauging distance, backing up in straight line, not parrying, etc) in his striking that he got away with 5-10 years ago is stuff that will get you KOed quickly as evidenced with the fight and result you just saw. As much as it is a Brazilian thing to rally around an older fighter, it's time for Luiz Dorea to tell Minotauro to step away from the sport. He would mean a lot more as an ambassador to the sport in Brazil than he would fighting in Brazil.

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  6. I am not sold on Think Like A Man 2.  Steve Harvey is my homie and all and I love the guy, but the Kevin Hart miracle run cannot endure forever.  The Brand New Hotness should show up any day now.

     

     

    With Kevin, you could kinda tell he was going to be in a ton of movies since he was in one of those Scary Movies (and Soul Plane) before hitting it big. Plus, he had the one show on ABC that got cancelled and another make it to the upfronts. He was already all over the place before people even knew it. Dave Becky really put in the work to make sure he made it big.

     

    Hannibal, from a comedy standpoint, probably would be next. However, his whole vibe goes against the standup-to-movies thing. He is in Neighbors, but I don't think that's going to blow him up.

     

    If Kevin keeps doing the shoot three movies and then tour rinse-repeat, he is going to be around for a bit.

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