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The hyperbolic nature of the UFC marketing hype machine is nothing I am going to argue. We're talking about a company that at one point had a new P4P top fighter every month for about fifteen months just to sell PPVs during a dry spell. The pushback from that is expected. However, once you get past the weekend of the fight or Monday morning/early afternoon at the latest, you're pushing into weirdo mode. Most of the pushback I am talking about is from people who clearly don't understand how combat sports works and the mechanics of getting people to view it. If the same people are paying to watch this show, that means they paid money to see to something they hate. It was the same way I discussed with Mayweather/Pacquiao. Sure, there are some people are who made aware after the fact with gifs, Vines, etc. However, the UFC isn't getting 900k to over a million buys out of the goddamn sky. So the belief that this one outcome puts the UFC (or Ronda Rousey for that matter) at some sort of disadvantage is ridiculous. First off, as it's been discussed briefly here, Ronda is going to make money off the rematch than she could possibly make off facing contenders she already trounced. You get all these dunces (as indicated by TJ de Santis' casual fan barbershop story yesterday on the SRN) talking like she is going to lose endorsement deals and the such. Sure, she lost some luster but is she still Ronda Rousey? This wasn't a loser leaves town match. The NYT story, other than the Low Kick steroid sponsor story about Holm where they circled her crotch, is perhaps the dumbest thing I saw the last five days regarding UFC 193. That covers a lot of ground. More importantly, this woman was discussing retirement not too long ago because she was beating everyone. Knowing that she is a super competitive person, would this not mean she is going to stick around longer? Even if she runs through everyone again, the UFC still would get one or two fights out of her that they otherwise would not get. This is not like Brock Lesnar when he had a debilitating condition and just couldn't do it anymore. This also isn't like Gina Carano where she knew she didn't have the skills to compete at a top level. They're going to hype her again and it's going to work just because people bit so easily into this. That's just the smart thing to do.

You must not listen very often, since Alvarez often refers to men much larger than he is as geeks. That's his go-to word for referring to anyone who isn't a main eventer. No, I listen all the time. He usually uses the word to describe someone who is made to look silly in an angle or match, but he doesn't end it the way where it's that personal. That doesn't bother me since he is talking about either WWE and TNA making someone look like that. In that context, I can kinda understand why you would probably say that. This was his personal feeling about someone. When he was talking about Ronda Rousey's gameplan against Holm on the Monday edition of WOR, he ended his rant about why her gameplan was bad with ", geek" like he personally bet money on the fight and lost. I had to run that back 3 or 4 times just to make sure. It's like he doesn't understand that same woman could beat up him and his wife simultaneously.

So so many hats.

I get the whole point that Alvarez isn't going anywhere because he handles the technical side of things since Dave is Dave, but good lord, he is so awful, and I'm sure Dave knows it. His cadence is Shatner-esque, with it's bizarre inflections and pauses and his whole angry smart mark persona just feels really dated. Meltzer has a good amount of goodwill built up with a lot of people, but I think being associated with such an obvious troll kinda kills his credibility a little bit. Meltzer's stuff with Sempervive is a million times more pleasant to listen to, and plays more to his strengths as someone giving historical background and stories than having to play straight man to Alvarez. Dave has his radio crutches ("you know" and "um" being the main ones obviously), but Alvarez's entire shtick is a crutch.

Honestly, I can't say that I've been impressed. Not that this has anything to do with my faith in Roach, but these opponents seem like they were there to get steamrolled. I think the most I've actually been impressed with Cotto recently is his loss to Floyd. He was against a much quicker fighter and pressed him for most of the fight without being visibly frustrated. Kirkland and some of Canelo's other recent non-Floyd opponents were there to get smashed, but Canelo is a much younger and fresher guy. Cotto is out here facing frequent FNF main eventer & journeyman Delvin Rodriguez, a shot-to-pieces Sergio Martinez, and a non-threatening Daniel Geale. Cotto could have soundly smashed these guys with Pedro Diaz, who is more known now as a boxing trainer for MMA fighters. There is nothing I see where I see he has added something new. He always had a really powerful left hook. His problem was he sometimes just stop throwing it or his cardio was poor. Canelo isn't a great defensive fighter in many cases, but how many left hooks to the jaw or body is he just going to sit there for? Cotto ain't Erislandy Lara either. I believe if Cotto wins this fight, it has to be either Canelo feeling the effects of the weight cut and/or Cotto having the absolute best performance of his career post-welterweight.

It's funny that 150 pound Bryan Alvarez called a woman, who is virtually the same size as him or even bigger, a geek like she couldn't tear his arm off at the socket and jam it into the side of his neck. That is a dude in desperate need of a reality check.

I actually think that now that he's retired he doesn't feel he has to put on the heel persona any longer. or, you know, he kinda realizes that whole beef thing was insanely retarded. I think you're buying way too much into this persona thing. Once he realized he could make a boatload of money off of amplifying his own personality, that is what he did. Sometimes, it's less amplified than you usually see. He says certain stuff because he knows people will buy into it, whether it is people sheepishly agreeing with him (ex. TBE, TMT, and all this other hashtag related stuff) or people wanting to see him get his head beat in. But that's the thing. If the media picks up on this, then it gains a ton of momentum. Adrien Broner, a clone and ripoff of FMJ, does this shit all the time and often in more outlandish fashion. No one still gives a shit. The media could have downplayed this stuff and not picked it up, but that's journalism for you. It's decided by page views. A story about Keith Thurman in boxing or a Tony Ferguson in MMA is not going to get the same views as Rousey saying stupid shit about Floyd or vice versa. In addition, add in this whole asinine notion about men fighting women. Those stories don't draw the same level of reaction. Why are people discussing this? Christ, this ain't fucking 1973. Men aren't fighting women in boxing, MMA, or whatever. However, people can't get over this. So if any outlet gets another quote or soundbite, people HAVE TO drop their two cents even if it is very nondescript or non-eventful like this. It just feeds into this whole machine. The sooner people move past stuff like this, the better we will all be. However, since people are kinda gullible, more garbage will be thrown out for clicks. Who needs generic click bait spam sites when 75% of everything on legit news websites is click bait? I mean "Rousey Takes Another Shot at Mayweather" is about as potent as "You Won't Believe These Bikini Photos of Ronda Rousey". I knew this lady was a star, but it's getting downright creepy now especially with that super bizarre, make-your-skin-crawl tweet from Brazzers and some of these memes. I never expected someone from MMA to have that same appeal as Britney Spears does in that one episode of South Park. The past 72 or so hours, she has become this obsession for both derision and love that makes her seem like some deity. I don't think that is normal for someone who fights other grown people for a living.

John Stouffer ‏@johnstouffer 45s45 seconds ago Los Angeles, CA The @FS1 UFC 193 Postfight Show most-watched in net history - FS1 Prelims peaked with 1,776,000 viewers http://foxs.pt/1S2xMy2

All I knew was that Gastelum and Escudero were the coaches. It's tough keeping up with the U.S. version (especially with impromptu non-airings because of MLB postseason coverage) let alone other versions.

Everyone goes with "I'm Black Y'all", but "Sweat from my Balls" is the true gem.

I could talk about the whitewashing, but then again, I would prefer if you had black people in good movies and not whatever this monstrosity is.

Mr. Reliable for 2015. Also, I like how we get another fight in Mexico that should have been on another card. Lazaro/Prazeres should have been on the SP card a week and a half ago. This is what happens when you owe people fights. Diego Sanchez is going to look like living death at the weigh-ins, I imagine.

The UFC plastic surgery bill must be fucking insane based on what happened to Lawler and Penne. This was an offhand conversation, but I remember once talking to Brandon Vera and how much his facial reconstruction surgery cost, I think it was either after Jon Jones or his Thiago Silva fight. He said UFC paid for like $80K surgery. It would have to be the Thiago Silva fight. Jon only got his orbital bone. Thiago made him look like a circus sideshow attraction from 1926.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckBhzGSueVw

This looks absolutely horrendous.

CB4 is the only Chris Rock movie where a prime Khandi Alexander did the splits. So my bon...I mean I say that's my answer.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/11/17/9748132/ufc-lawsuit-update-plaintiffs-argue-discovery-108000-documents-produced-mma-news TL;DR version: So this thing won't actually start for another two and half years.

Jason Floyd ‏@Jason_Floyd 4h4 hours ago UFC 193 TV Ratings Prelims: 1.394 million Pre-Fight Show: 576k Post Fight Show: 490k That prelim number is only second to UFC 183 for this year.

If it ends this stupid Mayweather/Rousey thing, I'm cool with it.

So the WBC has to decided to strip Cotto of the WBC belt because he didn't pay his sanctioning fees. Since boxing orgs are corrupt, instead of recognizing Golokvin as full champ, the title is only on the line for Alvarez.

Dave Sholler ‏@Sholler_UFC 19m19 minutes ago This just in: @_HOLLYHOLM will be on @GMA tomorrow at approx 7:50am to talk #UFC193 title win. @ufc @lorenzofertitta @danawhite

I like how HBO took shit on Rigondeaux, but then decided to bring him back after Ward fell off the card. I think right now they're stuck in a bit of a holding pattern with Lomachenko. They need credible opponents for him, and they're not really building towards anything right now. I think both Rigondeaux and Walters are both high risk opponents, but for completely different reasons obviously. I guess whoever wants him to succeed would probably rather run the risk of going against a much older Rigondeaux.

I like how you had absolutely nothing to add AND botched his username. Sterling.

UFC Fight Night 78: Magny vs. Gastelum November 21, 2015 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Arena Monterrey) Neil Magny (171) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (171) - Magny, DEC (split) Ricardo Lamas (146) vs. Diego Sanchez (145) - Lamas, DEC (unanimous) Jussier Formiga (126) vs. Henry Cejudo (126) - Cejudo, DEC (split) The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 Welterweight Final: Erick Montaño (169) vs. Enrique Marín (170) - Montaño, DEC (split) The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 Lightweight Final: Enrique Barzola (155) vs. Horacio Gutiérrez (154) - Barzola, DEC (unanimous) Efrain Escudero (156) vs. Leandro Silva (155) - Silva, DEC (unanimous) Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card: Érik Pérez (136) vs. Taylor Lapilus (136) - Pérez, DEC (unanimous) Héctor Urbina (171) vs. Bartosz Fabiński (170) - Fabiński, DEC (unanimous) Scott Jorgensen (135.5) vs. Alejandro Pérez (135.5) - Pérez, TKO (leg injury), R2 (4:26) Gabriel Benítez (145) vs. Andre Fili (145) - Fili, KO (head kick and punches), R1 (3:13) Fight Pass Preliminary Card: Vernon Ramos (170) vs. Alvaro Herrera (171) - Herrera, TKO (referee stoppage), R1 (0:30) Cezar Arzamendia (155) vs. Polo Reyes (155) - Reyes, KO (punch), R1 (3:42) Valmir Lázaro (155) vs. Michel Prazeres (156) - Prazeres, DEC (split) Event Bonuses ($50,000): Performance of the Night: Polo Reyes Performance of the Night: Andre Fili Fight of the Night: Neil Magny vs. Kelvin Gastelum Attendance: 10,410 Rating: 750,000 viewers Cancelled Bouts: Matt Brown vs. Kelvin Gastelum - Injury to Brown (Ankle) Érik Pérez vs. Damian Stasiak - Stasiak Withdrew from Bout

Based on the performance of Blomkamp's last two films commercially and critically, I am still surprised that Fox was like, "....this is THE guy". He is extremely lucky that's it not on hold because they're finding another director to do it.