AA484
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Loco may be able to give more info but the only other guys on the card that I am really familiar with are the two fights before the main and Jared Gordon. Sometimes these are the cards that end up being sleepers, though, as you have a bunch of guys with a lot to prove.
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Having 1/3 of the media judges score the fight for Volkanovski is hardly a robbery. Argue about how 10-9 rounds are handed out (as opposed to 10-8, 10-7, etc.) or if fights should be judged as a whole (i.e. Pride) but with the scoring the way it is now, I'm not sure how any sane person can argue that Volkanovski got away with robbery.
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Figueiredo has Covid. Fight isn't cancelled yet but I'm pretty sure it is circling the drain.
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Not sure if it was related or not but she got cut pretty bad in an Invicta fight a year or two ago. She literally painted the ring with blood in that fight; in terms of volume of blood, it was one of the worst I've ever seen.
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UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer (6/6/2020) - Las Vegas, NV (UFC APEX)
AA484 replied to Elsalvajeloco's topic in BOXING & MMA
Not many fighters' stars have fallen as fast as Garbrandt's in the past couple years. This is definitely a pivotal fight for him. -
Did you listen to the Lebatard interview with Dana on Friday? He of course danced around fighter pay and told them to ask Jon Jones himself what he made and that Jones was a millionaire. He also said Cejudo didn't retire because of money because he won't be doing anything else after retirement so he has plenty of money. He said Cejudo retired because he was tired of cutting weight. He also called Dan ignorant because he suggested fighters aren't paid enough.
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I can see Ferguson finishing this on the ground before he does the feet.
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The probably figure they will have more eyes on this card since nothing else is happening in sports and Hardy is a recognizable name to football fans. Plus a lot of people hate him and want to see him lose.
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Probably will happen, now that the Florida Athletic Commission has given it the green light and ESPN is advertising it.
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There's the rub: I don't go anywhere else lol
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Yeah, personally I'm not trying to go to any medical facility right now
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You have to wonder if anyone is hesitant to do this card because they know if they get hurt they have to go to some corona-filled hospital.
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"We have no idea how it got to us." This is pretty much the exact reason why there shouldn't be cards, right now.
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Edit: double post
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Thankfully, in a sport where the "chud to normal fan" ratio is higher than any other, there is still a surprising amount of people upset about this.
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It is stupid, stupid, stupid that this is still going on but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't going to watch it (legitimately or not...)
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Four days of house arrest during a time of quarantine is nothing.
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I think the problem at this point is less the risk to the fighters themselves and more the risk to support staff and camera crews and what not. My stance on this hasn't changed; it is too risky to be putting these cards on right now.
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But this is different than a motorcycle accident. This virus could potentially effect any fighter at any time, not just those that own motorcycles. And 2014-2016 just seemed to be a freak time of injuries and illnesses and cancellations - not a global pandemic which could potentially effect any gym. I just think it is risky unless the fighters are able to ensure that everyone they come in contact with before a fight has not been exposed to it some form or fashion, which may be difficult considering the dearth in testing and the fact that it can be transmitted between people before symptoms even appear. I wouldn't be totally surprised if public transportation to the UK became restricted as is the case for the rest of Europe. That would probably result in the cancellation of the card. I know it is only a week away but the UK isn't exactly trending in the right direction as far as cases are concerned, having gone up 500+ within the past 24 hours.
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What about training partners? Can a fighter trust that their partners are doing their due diligence to not be irresponsible with the illness? These guys spend a lot of time with each other in the gym but besides the fighters and the main coaches most of them have jobs outside the gym and, depending on their levels of personal responsibility, social lives that they may still be trying to adhere too. I think we may make it to a card or two before one or more major fights on a card take a hit and is decimated as a result. They may have a monopoly on the sport game right now but nobody is gonna tune in to watch a card headlined by (no offense) Jack Marshman and Kevin Holland.
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It seems irresponsible to me. Glory cancelled both of their cards. Fight camps create risky situations, too. All it takes is for one fighter on a card to test positive or show symptoms (in a Rudy Gobert-like situation) and the card is done anyway. It's not like it couldn't happen right in the middle of it, either. They stopped everything in that NBA game. Fighters are notoriously stubborn and I guarantee that there are many out there who would go into a fight with symptoms or with the knowledge that they have been around someone with symptoms just because they don't want to negate the hard work they have put in. They wouldn't be anything special in this situation as everyone is having to inconvenience themselves and some with more at stake than these guys (jobs, livelihood, etc.). I just think it is irresponsible behavior by both Vince and Dana considering what the world is going through.
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I guess I'm referring more to him trying to keep events running into the future as opposed to still putting on the Brazil event.
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Dana trying to compete with Vince to see who can hold out the longest without cancelling dates. I'm sure one or both will get some votes next year in the "Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic" category.
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I thought Jones won live and so did 25% of the media, which I would not consider to be a robbery at all.
