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Previous thread - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3647047 *HELP SANCTION MMA IN NEW YORK http://www.mmafacts.com  Just like actual living conditions in China, this month is not too great. Plenty of throwaway cards to keep you busy if you are bored, but not enough to cancel any plans or anything. UFC 177 has two title fights but I'm not really that pumped for either one of them. Hopefully Bisping vs Cung Le turns into a good fight or this month might be a total loss. Important champions -  Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez  Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones  Middleweight Champion Chris "The All-American" Weidman  Welterweight Champion Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks  Lightweight Champion Anthony "Showtime" Pettis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUxWa9hBFQA Featherweight Champion Jose "Scarface" Aldo  Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw  Flyweight Champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson  Women's Bantamweight Champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey Upcoming Events: UFC Fight Night 47 - August 16 UFC Fight Night 48 - August 23 UFC Fight Night 49 - August 23 UFC 177 - August 30 Credible news sources: http://www.mmabuzzsaw.com/ http://www.mmajunkie.com http://www.fightopinion.com http://www.mmapayout.com http://www.mixedmartialarts.com Yahoo! Sports MMA http://www.mmaweekly.com http://www.mmamania.com http://www.mmarated.com http://www.cagepotato.com/ http://www.f4wonline.com/ Other news: http://www.sherdog.com http://www.bloodyelbow.com Related threads: Best/Worst of 2014 Ask/Tell me about Martial Arts Bellator Goonweight Grand Prix Boxing training thread Combat sports Q&A Grappling thread Other: Sherdog Fight Finder Unified rules of MMA http://www.fightmetric.com MMA Fantasy league(join SA Goons) MMA IRC chat room at #mma on SynIRC.net Welcome to MMA, here's the history of the sport Comparison of MMA betting lines Understanding Sports Betting Cool UFC galleries GIFs Ariel Helwani's YouTube channel Entrance_Music.xls LobsterMobster's MMA blog BeanFried's MMA blog Lord Of Space posted:my good god if mma could land a proper NYC venue I will eat a hat
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I made a post about ufc1 in the other thread but it's gone now.
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Aug 1, 2014 01:56
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Excellent OP pictures
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Aug 1, 2014 01:59
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Remember guys while this month may not be that great. Metamoris is on the 9th and will probably be cool (I'm not a grappler and the last card was the first one I watched, but I thoroughly enjoyed it). You can also get your badly needed Chael fix. I know Chael is ex-UFC, but Barnett is still on the roster and more people should check Metamoris out.
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Aug 1, 2014 02:02
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And Kenny who still works for the UFC!
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Aug 1, 2014 02:03
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Metamoris is cool poo poo and lots of other grappling tournaments make unexpectedly good viewing; the Grappling Thread tends to have the up to date news about 'em
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Aug 1, 2014 02:06
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Seltzer posted:I know Chael is ex-UFC, but Barnett is still on the roster and more people should check Metamoris out. What is the rule on retired fighters in the UFC thread? Chael's last fight was in the UFC. Shouldn't be B-league until he's actually resorted to fighting in one. Edit: Nm, misread. Balthesar fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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Balthesar posted:What is the rule on retired fighters in the UFC thread? dont be a baby
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Aug 1, 2014 02:12
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Chael transcends all leagues and all threads.
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Aug 1, 2014 02:14
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News about any mma that airs on Fox affiliates or FightPass goes in the UFC thread, any other mma goes in the B-league thread, news about retired fighters goes wherever.
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fatherdog posted:Metamoris is cool poo poo and lots of other grappling tournaments make unexpectedly good viewing; the Grappling Thread tends to have the up to date news about 'em I am as excited for Renzo vs Matt Hughes as probably any fight this month. Did Metamoris ever get their poo poo straight enough so they could get on Fight Pass? It's such a no-brainer that it needs to happen.
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Aug 1, 2014 02:24
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All Tito Ortiz and Rampage Jackson news to the wrestling thread.
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:I am as excited for Renzo vs Matt Hughes as probably any fight this month. Last I heard Zuffa was interested but Ralek was still "figuring it out" (ie figuring if he can get more money off of iPPV than they're offering)
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Aug 1, 2014 02:27
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fatherdog posted:News about any mma that airs on Fox affiliates or FightPass goes in the UFC thread, any other mma goes in the B-league thread, news about retired fighters goes wherever. Speaking of this, with Bellator no longer weekly and Invicta moving to Fight Pass and the many other htings that are happening, we need a new B-league OP. Volunteers?
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Aug 1, 2014 02:28
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thread title speaks to me in more ways than one
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fatherdog posted:Last I heard Zuffa was interested but Ralek was still "figuring it out" (ie figuring if he can get more money off of iPPV than they're offering) It'd be a really smart move to get on Fight Pass for a reasonable amount and become one of the big BJJ tournaments and have UFC advertise your tournament during events ONLY ON FIGHT PASS and sell a bunch of merchandise and maybe sponsors or whatever too. But it sounds like this is too forward-thinking.
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Coconono either you or yuriy are a FRAUD and I find it shameful you drageed Sheik into it.
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Love the thread title.
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:It'd be a really smart move to get on Fight Pass for a reasonable amount and become one of the big BJJ tournaments and have UFC advertise your tournament during events ONLY ON FIGHT PASS and sell a bunch of merchandise and maybe sponsors or whatever too. But it sounds like this is too forward-thinking. I have to assume the UFC is waiting until Chael is not featured on Metamoris cards before they would put them on fightpass (Chael was announced to appear on the Metamoris card before he got caught). Seltzer fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:It'd be a really smart move to get on Fight Pass for a reasonable amount and become one of the big BJJ tournaments and have UFC advertise your tournament during events ONLY ON FIGHT PASS and sell a bunch of merchandise and maybe sponsors or whatever too. But it sounds like this is too forward-thinking. I wonder if Zuffa gives out a lump sum of money for the broadcasting rights of Invicta & Metamoris or if they give them a small piece of the subscriptions who tune in, or both. If it's more of the latter then Ralek really should go to Zuffa since whatever numbers they are pulling in will probably quadruple on Fight Pass, and that would make up for the $20 iPPV they pull in.
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Hey guys I was just thinking about the fact that Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz is a thing that is going to happen.
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http://instagram.com/p/rIoiuDhUCl/ Will def make the weight and pass the tests to fight Rousey.
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Bubba Smith posted:I wonder if Zuffa gives out a lump sum of money for the broadcasting rights of Invicta & Metamoris or if they give them a small piece of the subscriptions who tune in, or both. If it's more of the latter then Ralek really should go to Zuffa since whatever numbers they are pulling in will probably quadruple on Fight Pass, and that would make up for the $20 iPPV they pull in. Not to mention that the UFC has a lot of expertise and pull in putting on combat sport events. Even just a short term deal would be very helpful for metamoris.
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turntabler posted:http://instagram.com/p/rIoiuDhUCl/ I didn't know Mickey Rourke was a bantamweight
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turntabler posted:http://instagram.com/p/rIoiuDhUCl/ This is hosed up
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:
Schmoozing up to the judges again are you Jon? You piece of poo poo!
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Someone animated Nick Diaz's story about fighting Joe Riggs in the hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QybqrxyFSKs
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@JonnyBones posted:I can't wait to see the look on Daniel's face once he realizes that I'm nothing like Dan Henderson or Patrick Cummings 
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I wonder if he's anything like Frank Mir, who was able to mount no successful offense against Cormier yet could drunkenly take down Jones off a single in a hotel lobby.
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Good title, good photos.
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I can't wait to see the look on Daniel's face once he realises that Herb Dean is calling off the fight in round 2 because Jones tapped to strikes on his back.
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Anderson Silva has opened as a -360 favorite on Bovada. That's significant but much loving lower than I thought.
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Bluedeanie posted:I wonder if he's anything like Frank Mir, who was able to mount no successful offense against Cormier yet could drunkenly take down Jones off a single in a hotel lobby. Or Josh Barnett whom Cormier ragdolled like a small child. DumbWhiteGuy posted:It'd be a really smart move to get on Fight Pass for a reasonable amount and become one of the big BJJ tournaments and have UFC advertise your tournament during events ONLY ON FIGHT PASS and sell a bunch of merchandise and maybe sponsors or whatever too. But it sounds like this is too forward-thinking. Metamoris is not a tournament. 2/3rds of Metamoris bouts two date have gone the distance and it seems like they're going to stick to no judges from now on. I don't know how well a sporting event in which a majority of matches are draws is going to catch on. I love it, and the most entertaining bouts have been draws (the main events from I and III), but I think a lot of people like to see winners and losers when following a sport.
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grappling will never ever take off as a spectator sport. Unless everyone in the world starts to do grappling themselves
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New Jack Slack: MMA's Book of Five Rings: Knowing Collapse, Crushing and Pushing Down the Pillow http://fightland.vice.com/blog/jack-slack-mmas-book-of-five-rings I normally dislike it when writers from different fields try to apply Musashi or Sun Tzu to their profession (I don't think a salesman should promote separating the military from the government) but it's Jack Slack and this actually is the martial arts so it works He succeeds in making Nate Marquardt look good
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Aug 1, 2014 17:06
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Holy poo poo I never noticed Jones doing that shoulder crank thing on Glover when he has him tied up, that's hosed up and also kind of cool.
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Panama Red posted:New Jack Slack: MMA's Book of Five Rings: Knowing Collapse, Crushing and Pushing Down the Pillow http://fightland.vice.com/blog/jack-slack-mmas-book-of-five-rings Marquardt is good. Don't make me post the street fighter gif again. edit: street fighter gif is in the article Count Roland fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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I don't know if I'd say he's good overall but as mentioned in the article he's a great finisher when he gets the chance.
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