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Bluedeanie posted:Requesting we add a "best quotes of mma journalism" category so we can enshrine this doozy forever. Seconded. Here's my nomination, for posting a long series of articles on drug testing while in apparent ignorance of the meaning of the word "metabolite":
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A best quotes of MMA Journalism category would be endless, but I nominate Ariel Helwani crying like a stupid bitch and telling everyone he got paid by the UFC for coverage.
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MMA crime - Alex Garcia killing a nice old man, Mike Pyle https://streamable.com/838cy
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LobsterMobster posted:MMA crime - Alex Garcia killing a nice old man, Mike Pyle You lose the mullet, you lose your chin. RIP Mike Pyle
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Performance of tge Year Cody Garbrandt
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I think Cody's the obvious pick for fighter of the year tbh
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Bluedeanie posted:I think Cody's the obvious pick for fighter of the year tbh If nothing else he's a very good excuse to not vote for Michael Bisping so thanks to him
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Worst commentator - Joe Warren, Rizin
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I'd still give the nod to Bisping, but Garbrandt would be a shoe-in in most years. Not especially relatedly, there's not been anything more entertaining this year than Bisping owning Rockhold in the cage and then again at the post fight.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I'd still give the nod to Bisping, but Garbrandt would be a shoe-in in most years. There's not been anything more entertaining this year than Bisping owning Rockhold in the cage and then again at the post fight. yeah i think i'm leaning bisping too. what cody did i considered unlikely. what michael bisping did i considered practically impossible. he spent his entire career earnestly trying to get to anderson, and the belt by proxy, and in one year beat the everloving gently caress out of his old motivation, and knocked out luke rockhold to secure the trophy. at like, 38 years old and cockeyed. it's bisping because this year gave him the picture perfect ending to a decade long narrative that consisted mostly of him getting dunked on repeatedly, whereas cody just beat a great fighter.
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Bisping's story is better than Cody's and that's all that really matters for fighter of the year.
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Fighter of the year is a two-weight champ that had a big finish at MSG David Branch, who won all 3 of his title fights in 2016, defending the middleweight belt twice and light heavyweight once
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Bluedeanie posted:I think Cody's the obvious pick for fighter of the year tbh Yah
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Shush of the year Amanda Nunes
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Kimbo-Dada Comedy Award: Edmond Tarverdyan
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LobsterMobster posted:Fighter of the year is a two-weight champ that had a big finish at MSG Jon Fitch won the fight of the century at MSG, show some respect.
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I'd just like to sit here and simmer thinking about Travis Browne's "time-out" at 203 in the Werdum fight.
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Jan 1, 2017 06:36
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That has to be up there for worst reffing. If a fighter indicates that they need a quick break, the response should be "oh you can't/don't want to keep fighting? Cool, fight's over, you lose", right?
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Memento posted:That has to be up there for worst reffing. If a fighter indicates that they need a quick break, the response should be "oh you can't/don't want to keep fighting? Cool, fight's over, you lose", right? isnt it a verbal submission? whats the rules for that?
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It's an injury TKO.
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It happened in kickboxing once didn't it? Somebody, I want to say LeBanner, got his arm broken by a kick, and tried to call a time out. He wasn't cheating, he was just in enough pain that he got confused about what sport he was in.
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quote:The Jon Jones Award for Worst Career Move quote:Breakout Fighter of the Year Amanda Nunes Stephen Thompson quote:Most Improved quote:Most Overhyped/Underperformed Tim Kennedy Travis Browne
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No one has underperformed worse than Ronda or Bigg Rigg but its a toss up on the metric - Ronda underperforms with terrible coaching, Johny underperforms with USADA. As for most improved i'd give it to Stephen Thompson even though he was riding a long winning streak going into the year he didn't seem to be upper echelon of welter. His biggest win was Jake Ellenberger who was one foght removed of a three fight losing streak and has sucked since. Then this year he beat up Rory Mac, Bigg Rigg and drew for the belt. Pretty huge leap.
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I'm not sure I'd say Bisping is in the running for most improved. As much as I think he's the FOTY for 2016, he fought Anderson past his prime and went to an extremely close decision against Henderson. I think since he went to Parillo a couple of years back, it's more like he's been steadily improving but most importantly, consistent. It's not like he went from 0 to hero. He's performing at a consistent high level against opponents who aren't putting in an equally good showing (other than Henderson who did extremely well against him too)
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Bisping's wins before 2016 were against second-tier types, and he lost to top talent literally every time. Any of his three wins would have been the biggest of his career before 2016. He went 3-0 for the first time since 2008 while facing the toughest set of opponents. "Most improved" is about fighters breaking through a glass ceiling and surpassing expectations. Thompson only had one loss before this year and was still a developing MMA fighter at the start of the year. Not sure who else fits besides possibly Nunes.
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I don't agree. To me it's about showing a marked improvement in your game as a whole. Max Holloway is a good example of it in the past couple of years, that guy has improved a ridiculous amount in every facet of the game. The breaking of glass ceilings came with it as a by product of his improvement. I think the glass ceiling and surpassing expectations is more FOTY criteria than improved fighter. A 2016 example I'd argue is in the running is the likes of Derrick Lewis, who isn't breaking a glass ceiling, but in 2015 he lost to Shawn Jordan, now he's breaking into contention. I mean, if you want to make the argument and I'm not sure it holds a ton of weight, but Bisping says he only lost to people who've pop'd and Luke Rockhold and he's been doing a lot better since USADA came in, coincidence or not. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Jan 3, 2017 |
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I'd go with Bigg Rigg over Ronda for most underperformed because Ronda at least succeeded in some facet of MMA (making weight). There is no facet of MMA, including making weight, that Bigg Rigg succeeded at.
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rare Magic card l00k posted:I'd go with Bigg Rigg over Ronda for most underperformed because Ronda at least succeeded in some facet of MMA (making weight). There is no facet of MMA, including making weight, that Bigg Rigg succeeded at. agreed. all ronda did was lose a fight and look a little goofy doing it
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Josuke Higashikata posted:A 2016 example I'd argue is in the running is the likes of Derrick Lewis, who isn't breaking a glass ceiling, but in 2015 he lost to Shawn Jordan, now he's breaking into contention.
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although i suppose he was equally good last year. but his fights seem to be getting shorter and shorter the higher he climbs
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I'd also say Ngannou is a good shout. It's heavyweight so who the gently caress really knows anything but it's good to see some promising fighters coming up the ranks slowly but surely.
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Guys, it's Misha Cirkunov.
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Misha rules.
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I'm really surprised not to see RDA vs. Tony Ferguson on the list. That was loving bananas.
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Is there going to be an awards thread?
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Lid posted:Is there going to be an awards thread? Yeah, I'm gonna put one together this week. I'm recovering from eye surgery so I haven't been doing much this weekend.
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fatherdog posted:Yeah, I'm gonna put one together this week. I'm recovering from eye surgery so I haven't been doing much this weekend. Sorry to hear mate, i've had surgeries on both my eyes so know how much that sucks. It will get better soon.
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I too would like to add that I hope you're okay, as you're a good mod, and a big part of why this is a good place to argue about handsome gay skinhead fighting
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Lid posted:Sorry to hear mate, i've had surgeries on both my eyes so know how much that sucks. It will get better soon. Actually this was LASIK, so entirely voluntary; it's just left me not in much of a mood to be poring over old threads to collate stuff.
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