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Triticum Guzzler posted:for the love of god can jon jones sign with mike kogan if he hasn't already That's actually kind of an interesting point, because nominally Jones' manager is Malki Kawa, but on Embedded the negotiations were being handled by a different dude whose name I don't recall.
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vainman posted:Google says Wayne Harriman is Jones' manager and, uh, this That's the guy from embedded, but as recently as last month Malki Kawa was still purporting to be his manager - http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/4/24/5650912/malki-kawa-on-the-jon-jones-business-why-he-wont-wear-nike-at-ufc-172
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Jun 3, 2014 02:00
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vainman posted:Yeah, the only articles I see saying Harriman is his manager are using the embedded video as a source. Would a fighter ever have two managers? I mean, there's nothing preventing it, but paying two people to do the same job seems kind of senseless? I'd forgotten about the Harriman/Ortiz bail thing though, that's interesting.
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Jun 3, 2014 02:08
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Pwny_Xpress posted:On the podcast today TJ said he is completely confident he could make 125 and would love to one day have a superfight with DJ. Considering he made 135 three times in six weeks on TUF, I wouldn't doubt it.
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Jun 3, 2014 03:21
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MassRafTer posted:Always side with labor over capital. I actually would have no problem with Jones holding the UFC up for more money, but he's still on a specific contract and is gonna make essentially the same amount for either dude; he's just being bitchy about who gets the honor of fighting him.
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Jun 3, 2014 03:45
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fatherdog posted:That's the guy from embedded, but as recently as last month Malki Kawa was still purporting to be his manager - So, on the mma hour yesterday Greg Jackson was still referring to Malki Kawa as Jones' manager. Jones is listed as a client on First Round Management's website, and Harriman wasn't listed as an employee. Makes him acting as an apparent manager on Embedded kind of weird.
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Jun 3, 2014 18:23
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Did Jones decide he wants to fight Cormier now like, RIGHT after this story was published, or did he wait a day or two to think about it?
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Jun 3, 2014 23:18
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MassRafTer posted:The weigh ins are going to turn into the fight scene from the Quiet Man. A title that accurately describes neither fighter involved
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Jun 4, 2014 00:51
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Attn Vegas goons, or anybody that plans to be in town for UFC 175 - arielhelwani posted:Note: following the UFC 175 weigh-ins on 7/4, there'll be a live taping of a UFC Tonight special edition show that fans can stick around for
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Jun 4, 2014 21:58
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"[Cormier] isn't relevant to me.... he's not top 5." -Jon Jones, April 2014 "Daniel Cormier has an LCL and ACL injury after the Hendo fight and may need surgery." -UFC Tonight, May 2014 "I don't want to fight Alexander Gustafsson, I want to fight Daniel Cormier." -Jon Jones, June 2014
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Jun 6, 2014 16:40
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Bundt Cake posted:I dont remember that. After the test happened and Vitor got taken off the card, somebody asked his lawyer what the results of the test were and the response was "Vitor is no longer fighting on the card, and therefore no longer applying for a license in Nevada, so the results of the test are not relevant."
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david carmichael posted:well now he's fighting on the card, and applying for a licence, so its relevant. paper's are all in order, see you at the summerslam Thank you for explaining my explanation of the joke. Triticum Guzzler posted:http://media.wix.com/ugd/d66b02_3b9aceb7091c46ed8d938dfb413c973c.pdf hahahhahahahahahah oh my god
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Street Horrrsing posted:I think it's funny that there were jokes about how hendo vs vitor should be held on a chemical barge in international waters, and then it turned out vitor's trt regime consisted of determining what a lethal dose would be, and scaling it back 5%. Wasn't there a huge scandal not that long ago about some Florida-based S&C/drug emporium place?
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Jun 7, 2014 19:46
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CommonShore posted:There was one "high profile" mma fighter in their "database," but I never recall seeing that get revealed. Something on the uncertain fringes of my memory says Carwin... Carwin's steroid scandal was much further back than that; somebody found records where "S. Carwin" had ordered steroids but it was from before he'd fought MMA at all, let alone in the UFC, so nothing ever came of it. I found the Biogenesis scandal thing - http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/7/25/4556890/biogenesis-mixed-martial-artists-boxers-ped-scandal the dude involved says there are fighters involved, but no names are named.
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Jun 7, 2014 20:36
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Mr. Carlisle posted:Haven't seen many Vitor fights so this is the kind of response I was hoping for. Vitor, juice or no juice, is incredibly dangerous for about a round and a half.
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Jun 7, 2014 22:12
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Rashad would most likely do the same thing to Vitor even faster.
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Jun 7, 2014 22:17
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-Atom- posted:Although, we haven't seen that Vitor in a while, as he looked pretty game against Jones until the submission. Nope quote:Perhaps the "Wilting Vitor" stigma is something of the past? Nope
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Jun 7, 2014 23:06
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Mr. Nice! posted:I don't think there are many fighters that can survive that combo to back mount that Bendo threw to end the match. That poo poo was loving smooth. :joke:
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Jun 10, 2014 14:52
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Diego has never been good at anything. He was best at BJJ but he still wasn't really that great at that. All his success was based on being in such good shape that he could plow into all his opponents at a pace they couldn't match, and now he's gotten old enough that he can't do that anymore.
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Jun 10, 2014 17:19
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Nibbles141 posted:Clay did give us that moment in the Maynard fight where Maynard became so frustrated he dropped his hands and let him hit him. Never go full Diaz.
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Jun 10, 2014 17:20
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david carmichael posted:Better at bjj than kenny, at least. Also i loved when he muscled passed some dudes guard, got to mount and elbowed some dude into submission and joe rogan + diego attributed it to soley training in the gi with xande or saulo or whoever Technically Kenny was probably better at BJJ than him, but Diego had the cardio and ~explosiveness~ to slam past his guard, and once Kenny was in a lovely position that he didn't expect to be in he basically gave up, as per every other fight where somebody put him in a position he didn't think he could get put into. Also Diego hits really hard in terms of GnP, I think he actually fractured something in Kenny's face.
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Jun 10, 2014 17:47
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TheRationalRedditor posted:as funny as this is it takes no heat off of wanderlei's bumbling public self-immolation whatsoever Literally all Wandy had to do to come out of this as the winner was not gently caress up before Sonnen did, and he couldn't even manage that. vainman posted:Can't wait for Chael to look directly at the camera and tell the world this was all a misunderstanding in a slam poem Come on and slam, and inject Nurezan
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Jun 10, 2014 22:01
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coconono posted:is there anything preventing UFC from having an unsanctioned fight on a PPV or whatever? They do it every time they run a show in a country without a sanctioning body, but thus far they've been very careful to observe the appearance of propriety by never running a show featuring anyone currently unlicensed or suspended by a sanctioning body.
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Jun 10, 2014 22:46
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vainman posted:Well sure but he popped for Clomiphene, which is explicitly banned both in and out of competition, and he doesn't have an exemption. It's pretty clear cut. Reminder that James Toney tested positive for steroids while still under suspension for testing positive for steroids the first time, and still got his suspension reduced under the rationale of "He's been fighting a long time, and, uh, LOOK OVER THERE"
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Jun 11, 2014 00:22
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Street Horrrsing posted:I can't believe Dana is trying to carry the water for chael at all. It's a terrible decision with no upside. Lorenzo and Dana are actually pretty bad capitalists because they've demonstrated multiple times over the years that they care a shitload more about loyalty than they do about profits, and Chael is tremendously loyal to Zuffa
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david carmichael posted:why is pat cummins getting so many fights fatherdog posted:Lorenzo and Dana are actually pretty bad capitalists because they've demonstrated multiple times over the years that they care a shitload more about loyalty than they do about profits
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Jun 11, 2014 01:23
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It's a very fortunate accident of history that mma doesn't suck even worse than boxing because the major promotion is owned by really eccentric billionaires instead of a block of shareholders.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:I don't really have an opinion on High yet, but protesting and pushing the ref in response to getting stopped after a knockdown and taking 14 (?) unanswered shots while doing fuckall seems to indicate other-than-nice qualities. Heat of the moment and all, yeah, but more dickish fighters have managed to act less dickish after unfairly-perceived stoppages. As a general rule, you should probably give people a pass on what they do while they have a concussion.
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Reminder that Frank Mir named his kids Kage and Ronin. Speaking of which, I wonder if Mir's going to try to get a post-TRT run in or just quietly retire.
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Count Roland posted:Did I miss anything else? There's some news about Wanderlei and Chael you may want to read up on.
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I hope Rin escapes to the US so she's no longer a literal sex slave
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1st AD posted:I don't know why anybody likes Rin Nakai because she's bad at fighting and has a busted-rear end face. Nobody likes Rin Nakai as a fighter, we're just generally sympathetic to someone who's been forced into chattel slavery
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Count Roland posted:Has Arlovski been featured in any Embedded episodes? He was there joking around with MM a little bit on episode 3 or 4 of this one, but other than that I don't think so. If you're looking for more Arlovski footage I believe mmafighting recently did a video interview with some footage from his training camp. EDIT: found it - http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/6/12/5801020/andrei-arlovski-training-camp-journal
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Jun 14, 2014 16:07
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Mr. Carlisle posted:One of the best parts of these videos is Burt Watson when they show him trying to corral the fighters and keep them in the right places at the right times. How can these fighters not be in a good mood while being around him? He's hilarious. Also always yelling. If Watson ever writes a book I'm pre-ordering it as soon as it's available.
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Arlovski comes across as friendly and personable in the brief time he was on Embedded and in most of his interviews, and Schaub is a huge dink, so I'm rooting for Arlovski, but he's kind of in the Pat Barry category where I root for him to win but wish he'd stop.
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Jun 14, 2014 16:18
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:Also, how can we forget "How taste my big peepee"? Honestly that entire deal was pretty weird. "I'm dating your ex" really shouldn't be a "lol burn" situation for either side. EDIT: Count Roland posted:I remember the line, but what is the context? This was a taunt, right? At one point Sylvia was dating Arlovski's ex, and made fun of him about it,and Arlovski responded with that line. Like I said, pretty weird on both sides.
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Bundt Cake posted:i feel like its more of a comment on her hygiene than anything Well I mean that's still not something I'd be using as a burn. "I'm dating your ex!" "Haha, I dated a real filthy skank!" that's not really a good thing for either side
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A lot of dudes outside the UFC have arguments like "Sure nobody I've beat in my three fight streak has had a winning record, but I still beat them!" which is terrible, but at least they have an argument. Tim's argument is "I haven't won since 2012, but I could probably make 265 now!"
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Zuffa prizes loyalty above just about any other quality, so Hughes is never, ever, eeeeeeeeeeeever going to be fired. He'll have a job with the company until his wife hits him with a shovel and puts him under the sod, and even then he'll still probably be drawing paychecks for a while.
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