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Bundt Cake posted:neither cerrone or bendo even put enough effort into anything to deserve to win so who cares yeah at first i thought that maybe cerrone was just overtrained or something, and then i remembered that he's always a useless turd if he isn't fighting someone who is garbage.
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Jan 19, 2015 19:20
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I'm just glad he'll be able to take a rest without also getting back in line again. Assuming he does take that rest, which he should.
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Jan 19, 2015 19:25
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Bundt Cake posted:neither cerrone or bendo even put enough effort into anything to deserve to win so who cares that's why it should have been a draw
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Jan 19, 2015 19:25
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I don't care for Benson Henderson and hope he goes away to spread the word of Christ to aboriginals somewhere
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as much as I like seeing him do cool stuff like take a fight out of nowhere, or hunt man as prey (I am assuming he has to keep upping the adrenalin), Cerrone really should take a minute and let himself recover. I am glad he's got a breath here. seconding the "it's cool seeing Conor go from a cool prospect to the top contender" thing, though it's not my first it's my favorite so far I think. He's a lot more exciting than fighters this dominant usually are, since he doesn't seem to mind taking (usually pretty damned smart) risks.
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:It's p much this, yeah. Cerrone lost the second round by being very tentative and letting Bendo push him back. He won the first and third by doing more damage. Bendo landed a lot, but they were mostly ineffective check strikes or jon jones poo poo. His off-the-cuff trash talk is only slightly better than Michael "Toilet Store" Bisping's. Seriously, Decorated NCAA Wrestler Dennis Siver managed to score two takedowns on him, Conor' fall is going to be Icarian (wrestling is the sun). What are the chances that the hype will make for an insane underdog betting line? Like how Edgar was +500 in his rematch with BJ. Just doing some quick research, Ricardo Lamas, Frankie Edgar, Clay Guida, Nik Lentz, and Ben Askren have called out McGregor, he's the new Bisping. I also see that he took a page from the Chael Sonnen PR playbook: crush nobodies for the highlight reel or fight for the championship on PPV, no in-between. The judging was terrible and thus hilarious all night, like almost as bad as Texas in boxing. I really hoped they would cut to Edgar looking smugly into the camera after that decision, would have been amazing. red19fire fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Jan 19, 2015 19:38
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Nik The Carnie Lentz v. Conner Greg is the fight the world wants dana...
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Jan 19, 2015 19:44
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The Lamas video reminds me a lot of Buffalo Bill
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red19fire posted:
Uhhh Chael's beaten a lot of good fighters man.
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I really hope the rumors of Cowboy vs Khabib doesn't happen because I like both dudes and don't want either to lose
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Apparently both Melendez and Edgar had Bendo winning on the postfight show v  v
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canoshiz posted:Apparently both Melendez and Edgar had Bendo winning on the postfight show v Like 5/6 fighters picked DC to beat Jon Jones so
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red19fire posted:His off-the-cuff trash talk is only slightly better than Michael "Toilet Store" Bisping's. Seriously, Decorated NCAA Wrestler Dennis Siver managed to score two takedowns on him, Conor' fall is going to be Icarian (wrestling is the sun). What are the chances that the hype will make for an insane underdog betting line? Like how Edgar was +500 in his rematch with BJ. He was briefly taken down by a guy he wasn't showing any respect to at all, with good reason as he defended each takedown attempt easily. If you are just throwing at a guy and showing off flashy kicks you maybe aren't showing your best takedown defense.
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Like 5/6 fighters picked DC to beat Jon Jones so Not after the fight happened, which is what he said.
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Chexoid posted:Uhhh Chael's beaten a lot of good fighters man. It's from this interview a while ago: quote:When people would ask me, I would go one of two ways; I would either go after the champion, or I would say I wanted to fight the worst guy with the most appalling record in the biggest venue for the largest paycheck. Why? Because it's also a truthful answer. You don't need to fight Number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-10. Either fight Number 1 or fight Number 20. You want to get the championship, or you want a fight that will make you look great in there. If there's not an architecture, you've got to create one.
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Tezcatlipoca posted:Not after the fight happened, which is what he said. I'm saying fighters are not always right. Like in this case, where Benson Henderson got thoroughly owned and defeated by a man who wears a cowboy hat with Budweiser logos on it.
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Nobody was thoroughly owned in that fight.
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It looked like a mid-day sparring match and neither looked tired at the end of it. I only thought Benson was going to win since he was more active.
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conor mcgregor is an incredibly entertaining striker and good for the ufc and the fw division and that's usually enough for people but for some reason web fans have this overwhelming need to watch this guy get wrestled which you don't see with other great strikers who are bad at wrestling like condit, matt brown etc. i think it's because they've been saying mcgregor is bad since his first fight in the ufc and as he's been proving them wrong ever since by dismantling pretty good fighters like siver, holloway and poirier they see it as a surefire, though belated, way to say they were right all along. surely it's not because he's cocky or arrogant or whatever as you could use that to characterize most of the great and universally loved fighters through history e: i'm mostly talking about the gdt btw Mean Bean Machine fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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red19fire posted:His off-the-cuff trash talk is only slightly better than Michael "Toilet Store" Bisping's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr62C5iT3sw
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Mean Bean Machine posted:conor mcgregor is an incredibly entertaining striker and good for the ufc and the fw division and that's usually enough for people but for some reason web fans have this overwhelming need to watch this guy get wrestled which you don't see with other great strikers who are bad at wrestling like condit, matt brown etc. i think it's because they've been saying mcgregor is bad since his first fight in the ufc and as he's been proving them wrong ever since by dismantling pretty good fighters like siver, holloway and poirier they see it as a surefire, though belated, way to say they were right all along. surely it's not because he's cocky or arrogant or whatever as you could use that to characterize most of the great and universally loved fighters through history i think he is a cool fighter but i also think he is slightly less believable than bruce buffer when he speaks
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Wanting to see someone fight a good wrestle/boxer when they haven't fought any good ones and are about to leapfrog their way into a title shot off of a win over Siver isn't necessarily some internet revenge trip, that's a perfectly rational thing to expect a contender to go through before getting a title shot. Yeah I'm sure there's "haters" out there who are convinced he would never survive that kind of fight and want to gloat over it if he loses...but his fans aren't exactly vindicated by him NOT going through that fight. There's just as many reasons for someone who loves him to want to fight a real wrestler as someone who hates him. If I was a true blue Conor superfan right now I'd be saying "give us Frankie, give us Mendes, give us Lamas. My boy will starch them too no question." But all things considered I don't really mind because Aldo deserves this payday, and if you have to protect a super popular guy to do it then so be it. Just don't be telling me he's had a tough road to get there or that there's no questions at all about whether he truly deserves the shot more than others. Intel&Sebastian fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Jan 19, 2015 20:41
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good on bj for not going out on the edgar loss btw
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Triticum Guzzler posted:good on bj for not going out on the edgar loss btw Well really good on BJ for not getting in a mayhem-esque situation with some skank, but instead getting caught inebriated in a hotel room with another man
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Robert Analog posted:Bendo looked like when your friend sucks at street fighter so they just mash low kick and still win sometimes
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The thing with Conor not fighting any wrestlers is that for every 5-fighter chunk of fedderweight rankings, there's at least one wrestle-boxer he was strategically not matched up against. Also, I'm pretty sure BJ hit that dude for saying something other than Honey Bunches of Oats (With Almonds) is the best cereal in the world.
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he wanted to find out if bj could jump out of a pool but he asked him like just after he ate are you tryin to give him a cramp on purpose??
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Wanting to see someone fight a good wrestle/boxer when they haven't fought any good ones and are about to leapfrog their way into a title shot off of a win over Siver isn't necessarily some internet revenge trip, that's a perfectly rational thing to expect a contender to go through before getting a title shot. Yeah I'm sure there's "haters" out there who are convinced he would never survive that kind of fight and want to gloat over it if he loses...but his fans aren't exactly vindicated by him NOT going through that fight. There's just as many reasons for someone who loves him to want to fight a real wrestler as someone who hates him. If I was a true blue Conor superfan right now I'd be saying "give us Frankie, give us Mendes, give us Lamas. My boy will starch them too no question." Agreed, I'd love to see McGregor fight Mendes just to see how it'd go. It'd be nice to see how he deals with wrestling meat tanks or even if he can
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Wanting to see someone fight a good wrestle/boxer when they haven't fought any good ones and are about to leapfrog their way into a title shot off of a win over Siver isn't necessarily some internet revenge trip, that's a perfectly rational thing to expect a contender to go through before getting a title shot. Yeah I'm sure there's "haters" out there who are convinced he would never survive that kind of fight and want to gloat over it if he loses...but his fans aren't exactly vindicated by him NOT going through that fight. There's just as many reasons for someone who loves him to want to fight a real wrestler as someone who hates him. If I was a true blue Conor superfan right now I'd be saying "give us Frankie, give us Mendes, give us Lamas. My boy will starch them too no question." At this point, the only person who is getting passed over for the shot is Frankie Edgar. All of the other top contenders either just fought Aldo (Lamas, Mendes) or lost their streaks (Bermudez, Cub). Sure the UFC protected Conor, but the elite in the division also helped him by removing each other from contention.
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Conor should've fought either of Lamas or Bermudez instead of Siver
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Mean Bean Machine posted:conor mcgregor is an incredibly entertaining striker and good for the ufc and the fw division and that's usually enough for people but for some reason web fans have this overwhelming need to watch this guy get wrestled which you don't see with other great strikers who are bad at wrestling like condit, matt brown etc. i think it's because they've been saying mcgregor is bad since his first fight in the ufc and as he's been proving them wrong ever since by dismantling pretty good fighters like siver, holloway and poirier they see it as a surefire, though belated, way to say they were right all along. surely it's not because he's cocky or arrogant or whatever as you could use that to characterize most of the great and universally loved fighters through history The UFC strapped a rocket to his back and protected him more than anybody since Brock. If you can't see why that bothers people I don't know what to tell you. If an American or Brazilian Koed those three fighters you just listed they'd still be three to four fights away from a title shot. Fans wanting to see him actually tested (by a middling wrestler or top guy in the weight class) before stealing a title shot and getting pasted by Aldo isn't unreasonable.
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ufc could have stopped all this doubting of their golden boy by at least having him fight elkins. if he can't beat elkins, lmao. if he can, you can point to him screaming when someone dares cast aspersions. what a waste
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Agreed posted:as much as I like seeing him do cool stuff like take a fight out of nowhere, or hunt man as prey (I am assuming he has to keep upping the adrenalin), Cerrone really should take a minute and let himself recover. I am glad he's got a breath here. I've enjoyed few fighter career arcs as much as Charles Oliveira going from cool prospect to massively overhyped to everybody saying he sucks back to cool prospect. speaking of "beat elkins"
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Fat Twitter Man posted:I've enjoyed few fighter career arcs as much as Charles Oliveira going from cool prospect to massively overhyped to everybody saying he sucks back to cool prospect. His KO loss to Cub is essentially a metaphor for his entire career, especially if looped into a gif so it happens over and over.
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Jan 19, 2015 21:18
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He put a calf slicer on someone in the UFC. For that, he's alright in my little notebook.
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Fight Night last night put up a 1.7 overnight rating, making it probably the most-watched UFC event on FS1.
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Seltzer posted:The UFC strapped a rocket to his back and protected him more than anybody since Brock. Protected Brock? By putting him in there against the former world champion (and still good) Frank Mir in his 2nd professional fight?
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:Fight Night last night put up a 1.7 overnight rating, making it probably the most-watched UFC event on FS1. Mick Diaz, bringer of ratings
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