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Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.

Skip My Posts posted:

They hate sage bc they wanna gently caress him

myth: confirmed

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Skip My Posts
Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless

Triticum Guzzler posted:

sage should be a backstage reporter for UFC on Nickelodeon

Lol

LobsterMobster
Oct 29, 2009

"I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"
if cerrone is going back to 55, he should fight the winner of poirier/gaethje

or the loser of it

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Triticum Guzzler posted:

sage should be a backstage reporter for UFC on Nickelodeon

gently caress, that's perfect.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



I think cowboy's miles are going to catch up to him and he's going to go maybe 1-2 at LW before hanging them up, though. Warhorses can't fight forever. He would still completely destroy Sage Northcutt, though.

JaySB
Nov 16, 2006



I think Cowboy realizes his 170 train is derailed and there's no real path to a title for him there whereas he has the potential to come down to 155 and make a 2-3 fight run at the title.

kensei
Dec 27, 2007

He has come home, where he belongs. The Ancient Mariner returns to lead his first team to glory, forever and ever. Amen!


JaySB posted:

I think Cowboy realizes his 170 train is derailed and there's no real path to a title for him there whereas he has the potential to come down to 155 and make a 2-3 fight run at the title.

Agreed

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Mr. Nice! posted:

I think cowboy's miles are going to catch up to him and he's going to go maybe 1-2 at LW before hanging them up, though. Warhorses can't fight forever. He would still completely destroy Sage Northcutt, though.

I think they already caught up to him based on his 2017. Even against Medeiros he looked hittable as hell, it's just that Yancy was so much more hittable.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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Snowman_McK posted:

I think they already caught up to him based on his 2017. Even against Medeiros he looked hittable as hell, it's just that Yancy was so much more hittable.

He's always been hittable especially early on, but the guys at 170 hit a hell of a lot harder than the ones at 155. He's always said he needs to get hit a few times to wake up and really get into the game. But I do think he definitely ate a bunch of shots against Yancy that he didn't need to.

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

JaySB posted:

I think Cowboy realizes his 170 train is derailed and there's no real path to a title for him there whereas he has the potential to come down to 155 and make a 2-3 fight run at the title.

Agreed, but I think all three top-3 155 guys beat him handily.

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Mr. Nice! posted:

He's always been hittable especially early on, but the guys at 170 hit a hell of a lot harder than the ones at 155. He's always said he needs to get hit a few times to wake up and really get into the game. But I do think he definitely ate a bunch of shots against Yancy that he didn't need to.

He seemed to be tidying that up. The Cote fight especially, he showed a much better ability to gameplan and nullify offence.

But then, two fights later he and Brown just took turns belting each other.

JaySB
Nov 16, 2006



Memento posted:

Agreed, but I think all three top-3 155 guys beat him handily.

Probably but everyone in the top 10 at 170 probably beats the poo poo out of him or already has. I'd watch the gently caress out of Cowboy vs. Gaethje, Lee, or Nate

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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JaySB posted:

Probably but everyone in the top 10 at 170 probably beats the poo poo out of him or already has. I'd watch the gently caress out of Cowboy vs. Gaethje, Lee, or Nate

Nate Diaz already beat the hell out of him from pretty much bell to bell and before the third round flipped him off. Cowboy looked back and just shrugged like "yeah, you're beating my rear end" and then got beat for another 5 min.

edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEpmF0KDfCE

Mr. Nice! fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Feb 20, 2018

JaySB
Nov 16, 2006



Mr. Nice! posted:

Nate Diaz already beat the hell out of him from pretty much bell to bell and before the third round flipped him off. Cowboy looked back and just shrugged like "yeah, you're beating my rear end" and then got beat for another 5 min.

I'm aware. I'm just saying I'd watch them run it back. I'd rather watch that than see him fight Alvarez again

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


I still say give him a fight he can probably win at 55 before one that he will probably lose. Chiesa, Dariush, and Iaquinta are all good choices, and I don't see any of those being bad.

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Memento posted:

The Old Man and the Pee

Confirmed

https://twitter.com/ufc_brasil/status/966055986560684032

TheReverend
Jun 21, 2005

Memento posted:

Confirmed


Ug.

I think April has some fights I'm interested in. ..?

First half of this year just seems like trash.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

JaySB posted:

I think Cowboy realizes his 170 train is derailed and there's no real path to a title for him there whereas he has the potential to come down to 155 and make a 2-3 fight run at the title.

Can he even get down to 155 (without dying)? He's one of the 'make weight at any cost' maniacs, but isn't it supposed to get harder to cut weight as you age? He's been at 170 for a while and he's no spring chicken anymore.

Bubba Smith
Sep 27, 2004

Is tonight the greatest moment in Dominick Cruz's life?

No.

The greatest moment in my life was realizing that I didn't need a belt to be happy.
UFC has been trash for a while, but this summer should have fights like Stipe vs Cormier, Mighty Mouse vs Dillashaw, and Conor is going to fight somebody. If it's for the LW belt who knows, probably not, but he'll fight somebody.

JaySB
Nov 16, 2006



red19fire posted:

He's been at 170 for a while and he's no spring chicken anymore.

I don't think Cowboy had a particular hard weight cut to 155 and he's only been at 170 for 2 years he just fought 8 times in that span because he's insane.

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Bubba Smith posted:

UFC has been trash for a while, but this summer should have fights like Stipe vs Cormier, Mighty Mouse vs Dillashaw, and Conor is going to fight somebody. If it's for the LW belt who knows, probably not, but he'll fight somebody.

I've seen some noise around the place about a trilogy fight with Nate. Which isn't something I'm all that interested in from a competition point of view, but whatever. The spectacle will be fun at least.

Trast
Oct 20, 2010

Three games, thousands of playthroughs. 90% of the players don't know I exist. Still a redhead saving the galaxy with a [Right Hook].

:edi:

This would have been pretty cool ten years ago.

Snowman_McK
Jan 31, 2010

Bubba Smith posted:

UFC has been trash for a while, but this summer should have fights like Stipe vs Cormier, Mighty Mouse vs Dillashaw, and Conor is going to fight somebody. If it's for the LW belt who knows, probably not, but he'll fight somebody.

Ah, so we've decided this is the time it's definitely happening?

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Whittaker spending his downtime playing League of Legends

http://oce.op.gg/summoner/userName=coach+rob

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfcgoS-h46p

Matt Lindland
Feb 10, 2018

SHUT THE FUCK UP KEVEN

ALSO GJ BUYING A NEW ACCOUNT LIKE A GODDAMN COWARD
YOU USELESS WHITE NOISE POSTER

YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE THE BOLF RAMSHIELD YOU SO RICHLY DESERVE


now with professional animation
Another UFC champion who I would easily crush and humiliate. What the hell happened to this fight league?

Skip My Posts
Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
vote him off? fuckin beat him off. that didn't sound right did it? i meant suck him off

CatelynIsAZombie
Nov 16, 2006

I can't wait to bomb DO-DON-GOES!

Triticum Guzzler posted:

sage should be a backstage reporter for UFC on Nickelodeon

If sage completes the double dare obstacle course in under 3 minutes he gets a title shot

CommonShore
Jun 6, 2014

A true renaissance man


Giblert Burns was too fat so he's not allowed to fight on Saturday and his fight with Olivier Aubin-Mercier has been scratched. O A-M will get a new opponent on an upcoming card.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

CommonShore posted:

Giblert Burns was too fat so he's not allowed to fight on Saturday and his fight with Olivier Aubin-Mercier has been scratched. O A-M will get a new opponent on an upcoming card.

They should give O A-M an interim title by way of apology.

Hell, give one to Giblert too.

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


My brain no longer parses Giblert and Gilbert as different words.

henkman
Oct 8, 2008

Matt Lindland posted:

Another UFC champion who I would easily crush and humiliate. What the hell happened to this fight league?

handsome only face
Apr 22, 2010

Cockroach went out of the room in anger. And roach's go to empty room...

Cockroache's Anarchist


i thought sage won his fight at the weekend fairly, not by much but he won

BlindSite
Feb 8, 2009

handsome only face posted:

i thought sage won his fight at the weekend fairly, not by much but he won

I did too. He looked stupid easy to hit and was a bit chinny too. For a guy who's supposed to be an amazing karate specialist he didn't look great.

Skip My Posts
Aug 15, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
he looked great, fought pretty lovely tho

Triticum Guzzler
Jun 16, 2002

BlindSite posted:

I did too. He looked stupid easy to hit and was a bit chinny too. For a guy who's supposed to be an amazing karate specialist he didn't look great.

sage northcutt is like a feral child that was raised by the editorial staff of black belt magazine circa 1980. disregard anything about his accomplishments or background that didn't take place under mma rules because it exists in the parallel grey economy centered around trophy engraving shops.

Marching Powder
Mar 8, 2008



stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Skip My Posts posted:

he looked great, fought pretty lovely tho

lol

Dirt Road Junglist
Oct 8, 2010

We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

Triticum Guzzler posted:

sage northcutt is like a feral child that was raised by the editorial staff of black belt magazine circa 1980.

Accurate.

Gay Horney
Feb 10, 2013

by Reene
That fight was perplexing and almost looked like gouti was not trying to win. He won a hell of a lot more than he lost in exchanges on the feet both in the pocket and at range and kept burying his head into sages abs for a long time

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Gay Horney posted:

kept burying his head into sages abs for a long time

I thought you said he didn't win? :heysexy:

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TheTofuShop
Aug 28, 2009

The people want to bury their heads into Sage's abs.

MMAFighting posted:

The most notable thing is that the show peaked early, with 1,078,000 viewers tuning in for the Sage Northcutt vs. Thibault Gouti fight which opened up the main card, showing that even though he hasn’t lit the MMA world on fire, Northcutt remains a ratings draw.

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