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raingwc posted:Oh absolutely, but the other half will probably never get back to the UFC, atleast not in the next couple of years. His alledged troubles with Irish cartels and getting his side chick pregnant is a sure way to get into Jon Jones career territory. yeah, for all his 'anyone, anytime, anywhere' schtick, he's clearly pretty meticulous in his preparation, and it feels like all that poo poo is a pretty big impediment to preparding properly. Southpaugh posted:Overeems chin is dust, which is why hes been running away from everyone, from Stipe to Hunto. He can't take the heavyweight shots anymore. I thought Ngannou would be able to close with him and connect, considering he nullifies alot of Reems big physical advantages. I think if Reem could have stayed on the outside long enough Francie would have gassed, he was burning serious energy in there against one of the best strikers ever. Would be looking forward to Stipe - Francie though. That would be exceptionally sick. Why are we all so sure Ngannou gasses? I mean, he is a heavyweight, but in his one fight that lasted any amount of time, he was fine. Also, he was against Overeem, who's cardio is even less consistent than Shogun's. Gay Horney posted:I like Ortega a lot but cub is cub. He's a fuckin savage. Tough fight for anybody. The fight will very likely kick rear end Watching Cub transform from a punchline (remember he was Jens Pulver's one win from late 2006 right through to 2010) to a legitimate top fighter has been one of the stranger and cooler things of the last few years.
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Ngannou's first fight went into the second round and he didn't really gas. This was when he was still effectively living on the streets training in Paris.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Ngannou's first fight went into the second round and he didn't really gas. This was when he was still effectively living on the streets training in Paris. I just rewatched the Henrique and Blaydes fights. He got wrestled a lot in both and never really slowed down, though he’s not a high-output fighter.
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Skip My Posts posted:I don’t think he will gas unless he’s getting beat up or controlled and we haven’t seen anyone do anything close to that yet Stipe has a history of loving up enormous dudes who have big power in their hands.
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Gay Horney posted:I like Ortega a lot but cub is cub. He's a fuckin savage. Tough fight for anybody. The fight will very likely kick rear end I'm rooting for T City but I love both fighters.
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kensei posted:Since Ngannou was unscathed after this last weekend, rumor has it they are shooting for late January or early February. That would be cool. drat, put him on the Perth card with Whitaker for 221. I'm just putting my leave in now for work and it looks like Hunt is clear to fight as well. Scapegoat fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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10oz gloves aren't that big. Overeem not dying in K1 had more to do with him diving into a clinch every two seconds then the gloves
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kimbo305 posted:https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/12...weight-mma-news lol
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kimbo305 posted:https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/12...weight-mma-news I wonder if Luke used to gently caress guys like that in high school.
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kimbo305 posted:Rockhold now back on top of P4P eating loads. Cody hears the word 'pound' and his ears prick up.
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Bundt Cake posted:reem was pretty much as punchy as he is now when he won k-1 gp, but he made his style perfect for awhile with his shell n stuff. Was he? I was watching some of his older fights and I thought he was more willing to exchange to his advantage, (age/juice?) I figured his super defensive style in the UFC was to counter a now glass jaw. A dude that size turning his back and fleeing and then resetting within 1.5 seconds is always amazing to watch though. Snowman_McK posted:Why are we all so sure Ngannou gasses? I mean, he is a heavyweight, but in his one fight that lasted any amount of time, he was fine. Also, he was against Overeem, who's cardio is even less consistent than Shogun's. I thought he'd gas versus Reem specifically, if you look at his head movement and stuff he is at 100% effort right from the get go. I think he knew that the longer the fight went on the more likely he was to get countered/read correctly and put to sleep. I mean, Reems been knocking dudes Ngannous size out for going on 20 years the sheer experience advantage is intimidating even if you are a "whatever coded racist bullshit Rogan comes out with" fighter.
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Southpaugh posted:Was he? I was watching some of his older fights and I thought he was more willing to exchange to his advantage, (age/juice?) I figured his super defensive style in the UFC was to counter a now glass jaw. A dude that size turning his back and fleeing and then resetting within 1.5 seconds is always amazing to watch though. Maybe hes a bit more now or sumthin but he wasnt absorbing many shots
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Poor Bobby Knuckles is going to have to defend his interim title before even getting a title shot? That is pretty funny to me
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Soothing Vapors posted:let's be real, the interim middleweight title is the real middleweight title GSP is openly saying at this point he doesn't think he's going to defend the belt. https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/12/6/16742756/georges-st-pierre-doesnt-think-hell-defend-ufc-middleweight-title He should vacate if he has any sort of doubt so Bobby Knucks can have the legit title imo, though I'm sure Bobby would prefer to win that title in name in a real fight.
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Eat This Glob posted:Poor Bobby Knuckles is going to have to defend his interim title before even getting a title shot? That is pretty funny to me It sucks, but it's not the first time it's happened. Belts are silly and a mess once you start adding superfights and interim poo poo everywhere.
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CRISPYBABY posted:It sucks, but it's not the first time it's happened. Belts are silly and a mess once you start adding superfights and interim poo poo everywhere. I remember Barao defending his interim against Michael McDonald because Cruz didn't have legs.
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Snowman_McK posted:I remember Barao defending his interim against Michael McDonald because Cruz didn't have legs. Due to Randy loving off to try to fight Fedor we had the Heavyweight and Interim Heavyweight titles defended within a month of each other in 2008.
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MassRafTer posted:Due to Randy loving off to try to fight Fedor we had the Heavyweight and Interim Heavyweight titles defended within a month of each other in 2008. Man, as terrible as HW is now, it's a nice reminder that it used to be worse. I also feel like this statement would be true at almost any point in the history of the UFC.
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Snowman_McK posted:I remember Barao defending his interim against Michael McDonald because Cruz didn't have legs. Didn't Barao have multiple interim title defenses? Edit: Apparently it was just the one. I forgot how soon they stripped Cruz during Barao's reign. Those were the days. El Roncho fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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When people say interim titles are stupid they don't mean when they are actually defended while the real champ was out, because that's how they are actually supposed to work instead of as cheap marketing tools and guaranteed title shots. So Barao having defenses until Cruz was stripped is an interim belt working as intended. The whole Randy/Nog/Mir/Lesnar thing and Whittaker having a legit title fight to win an interim belt while Bisping was out with a short term injury and then Whittaker getting injured so Bisping defended the belt against a fat welterweight are not. e: also Condit winning one when GSP tore his acl and then sitting on his hands for a year to get a big title fight while Hendricks thinned out all the other possible contenders.
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Note to self - That card was loving insane Glad I have such amazing foresight.
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Southpaugh posted:Was he? I was watching some of his older fights and I thought he was more willing to exchange to his advantage, (age/juice?) I figured his super defensive style in the UFC was to counter a now glass jaw. A dude that size turning his back and fleeing and then resetting within 1.5 seconds is always amazing to watch though. Before he became good at kickboxing he had a fight with sergei where he turned around and tried to run away. And sergei knocked him out through the ropes
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