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| Miocic, Cormier |
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18 | 40.91% |
| Ngannou, Cormier |
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19 | 43.18% |
| Miocic, Oezdemir |
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2 | 4.55% |
| Ngannou, Oezdemir |
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5 | 11.36% |
| Total: | 44 votes | ||
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 Welcome to the GDT for UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou, 10 p.m. ET Saturday, Jan. 20 only on PPV! Remember, this is a PPV, so if you post streams the UFC will sic Francis on you. The UFC returns to lovely ol’ Boston for what promises to be the most exemplary main and comain event of the year, rivaling that of UFC Fight Night: St. Louis. Philadelphia may be the birthplace of our nation, but Boston is it first learned to swear and smoke and saw a boob. In just a few hundred years, the city went from playing an indispensable role in the rise of a superpower to a town that idolized a racketeering mass murderer who funded overseas terrorism simply because he came from there and seemed pretty nice if you had an Irish last name and ran into him and his mistress at the fish market. This card is kind of like Boston in reverse order — an eternity of dogshit leading up to a brief few moments of glory.  For the heavyweight world title  Stipe Miocic(c) vs.  Francis “the Predator” Ngannou Stipe Miocic is currently tied with all-time greats Cain Velasquez, WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar and Tim Sylvia for the most successful UFC heavyweight of all time, sitting on a whopping two title defenses. This fight sees the champion teetering on unparalleled greatness. Can he dump the Heavyweight Curse in the Boston Harbor just as he finally broke the Cleveland Curse by knocking out Fabricio Werdum? Or will the division be doomed to a perpetual round of hot potato? Stipe is a great fighter marred by a few tragic losses. He’s extremely well rounded and has uncanny cardio for the heavyweight division. He’s got grinding wrestling but remains active and is constantly looking for a finish from the top or on his feet ,and while he may not hit as hard as a lot of people in the division, he remains dangerous and keeps up a constant pace of steady volume to wear down opponents. He’s 1-1 in exciting fights with Junior dos Santos, he’s had repeated surgeries on his lovely knees and he hasn’t fought in forever. Take it to the bank, boys, it’s just like Cain. But Francis Ngannou is the type of guy that made Massachusetts become a free state in the 1700s. His KO of Overeem is so terrifying the crowd was quiet when they did the jumbotron replays during Joe Rogan’s interview. Thanks to Hamilton, he is what 20-year-olds literally believe Hercules Mulligan looked like. His cardio isn’t even as suspect as most heavy handed heavyweights, having shown in his UFC career he can go at least two rounds without noticably slowing down. If Ngannou can spark Stipe, which is a distinct possibility, he may well set off a revolution that forces even the smuggest of online posters to admit that heavyweight isn’t all that bad. For the light heavyweight world title  Daniel “DC” Cormier (c) vs.  Volkan Oezdemir This fight is kind of in the Cheers era of Boston history. It seems really great in a very specific context, so long as you don’t think about what is happening outside of the bar. Indeed, while Whitey Bulger was just down the street two-timing the FBI and bumping off cocaine dealers and their friends who were in the wrong place in the wrong time in broad daylight on public streets, Sam Malone’s lovable bunch of buffoons debuted, getting getting shitfaced on national television for our enjoyment. Daniel Cormier is basically Sam. His rivalry with Jon Jones is the will-he-won’t-he love story that we can very clearly see won’t happen by the end. His former opponent Alexander Gustafsson is Cliff Clavin (very tall and we seem to like him despite being a republican/nazi.) And the rest of his division is the festering pile of corpses mounting up in Southie, the cost of business for a loud-mouthed Boston criminal with a taste for nose candy. But even on Cheers you still had to squint hard to avoid looking at Rhea Perlman. And so we have Volkan Oezdemir getting a title shot not too long after barely squeaking by OSP. Featherweight  Calvin Kattar vs.  Shane Burgos Light Heavyweight  Gian Villante vs.  Francimar Barroso ’Joe Silva meeting Sean Shelby for a Fight Pass Where are They Now segment’ posted:Joe: Dana White was an alcoholic. Mean fuckin' drunk. He'd come to work hammered, looking to sign 20 no-names who weren’t worth a poo poo that he saw on sherdog. So I'd book them, so they couldn’t go after actual ranked fighters. Interesting nights were when cards were so weak they landed on the main card. Bantamweight  Thomas Almeida vs.  Rob Font This is actually a pretty cool fight. Thomas Almeida is a young gun who was undefeated until he ran into Cody Garbrant back in 2016 in the fight that secured Garbrandt’s winning shot at the title. After his brain recovered from that brutal KO he got back at it with a TKO win over Albert Morales. He has since dropped a decision to Jimmie Rivera, but that isn’t particularly shameful. Rob Font hasn’t beaten anyone of particular note and is coming off of a submission loss, but he has looked good in his UFC wins, KOing Matt Schnell and subbing Douglas Silva de Andrade Justino Paulo Alves Thiago “Pitbull.” I’m inclined to think a dude who got decisioned by John Lineker will probably lose to Almeida, who is considerably more athletic and size-appropriate for the division, but who knows. OTHER poo poo TO WATCH Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1),8 p.m. ET Featherweight Kyle Bochniak vs. Brandon Davis Welterweight Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Sabah Homasi Flyweight Dustin Ortiz vs. Alexandre Pantoja Featherweight Dan Ige vs. Julio Arce Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass), 7 p.m. ET Featherweight Enrique Barzola vs. Matt Bessette Lightweight Islam Makhachev vs. Gleison Tibau, who almost surely will either blow weight or look like a cancer patient under real drug testing Bluedeanie fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jan 19, 2018 |
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Bluedeanie posted:Joe: It's not your fault. 
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Jan 19, 2018 17:46
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gently caress it. I bet 3 whole days of probation that D.C. gets OOZED. Who wants some of this? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 19, 2018 20:17
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El Roncho posted:gently caress it. I bet 3 whole days of probation that D.C. gets OOZED. Who wants some of this? I'll take Bad Dad DC
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Jan 19, 2018 20:27
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I like how the commercials for this event are heavily Miocic vs Ngannou based because nobody cares at all about DC vs some guy
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Jan 19, 2018 20:37
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mewse posted:I'll take Bad Dad DC Deal.
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Jan 19, 2018 20:39
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I haven't seen a proper probation bet on a fight in a long time. Good work, gentlemen.
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Jan 19, 2018 21:20
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Dad Bod Bad Dad DC is gonna wrestlefuck Oozeman. Can't wait
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Jan 19, 2018 21:21
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Ngannou backs Stipe up against the cage, Stipe throws one of his pinpoint fuckin guided missiles directly at the giant's jaw but in doing so allows himself to eat a punch that covers his entire face. Boom first ever double knockout at the exact same split second. Impossible to determine a winner, the Heavyweight belt goes to the only man left alive in the cage - Herb Dean, who Joe notes has far fewer knockouts on his record, but has caused more concussions than either fighter combined.
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Jan 19, 2018 21:27
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stipe ngannou goes to a boring decision
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Jan 19, 2018 22:07
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lol jk someone getting kilt
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Jan 19, 2018 22:07
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When is the last time there was a heavyweight title match that didn't end in a finish or a super-brutal one-sided decision (JDS vs Cain 2)?
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Jan 19, 2018 23:30
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I was really excited to go to this show but then I realized I could go to Brazilian Grill and then watch it on TV after and decided that was a much better idea.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:41
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VagueRant posted:Herb Dean, who Joe notes has far fewer knockouts on his record, but has caused more concussions than either fighter combined. Nice.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:49
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I can't believe I'm going to pay 50 dollars to watch two fights
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Jan 19, 2018 23:51
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Soothing Vapors posted:I can't believe I'm going to pay 50 dollars to watch two fights what's the second one?
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Jan 19, 2018 23:52
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VagueRant posted:Ngannou backs Stipe up against the cage, Stipe throws one of his pinpoint fuckin guided missiles directly at the giant's jaw but in doing so allows himself to eat a punch that covers his entire face. Yeah, I appreciated this one too.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:56
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Marching Powder posted:what's the second one? Daniel Cormier losing and then getting the belt back in another Dusty Finish.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:56
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Marching Powder posted:what's the second one? ride or die for Fat Dad Daniel
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Jan 20, 2018 00:19
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Ditch posted:When is the last time there was a heavyweight title match that didn't end in a finish or a super-brutal one-sided decision (JDS vs Cain 2)? Tim Sylvia vs Jeff Monson?
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Jan 20, 2018 00:19
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can't wait to see how daniel cormier does against a rumble johnson that doesn't hit or kick as hard or as accurately and can't wrestle at all
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Jan 20, 2018 00:36
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JaySB posted:Tim Sylvia vs Jeff Monson? Couture vs Sylvia was after that.
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Jan 20, 2018 00:49
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"They don't even stand a chance. I don't understand why this fight was even made." -people before Rose/JJ
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Jan 20, 2018 00:53
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El Roncho posted:"They don't even stand a chance. I don't understand why this fight was even made." -people before Rose/JJ Rose was especially common to under-estimate, though. Even here, people were pretty sure PVZ would grind her out.
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Jan 20, 2018 00:58
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Tezcatlipoca posted:Couture vs Sylvia was after that. He said a non-super brutal one sided decision.
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Jan 20, 2018 01:01
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JaySB posted:He said a non-super brutal one sided decision. You have a poor memory of that fight and Sylvia vs Monson if you're trying to make that distinction.
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Jan 20, 2018 01:03
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Snowman_McK posted:Rose was especially common to under-estimate, though. Even here, people were pretty sure PVZ would grind her out. People said that because PvZ was an okay wrestler then and Rose had famously got heaps of hype from people here and then got out-wrestled by Esparza.
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Jan 20, 2018 01:03
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Dan Didio posted:People said that because PvZ was an okay wrestler then and Rose had famously got heaps of hype from people here and then got out-wrestled by Esparza. It's still a hilarious position in retrospect.
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Jan 20, 2018 01:08
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Snowman_McK posted:It's still a hilarious position in retrospect. Yeah.
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Jan 20, 2018 01:16
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UFC and professional counterstrike are in Boston on the same weekend :o
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Jan 20, 2018 01:39
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mewse posted:UFC and professional counterstrike are in Boston on the same weekend :o Sean Shelby couldn't throw Hunto a bone? smh
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Jan 20, 2018 01:55
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Still uh, still looking for MMA awards ballots to come in. Only 14 submissions have come in so far, which is kinda sad, but w/e https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3845201
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Jan 20, 2018 02:03
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LobsterMobster posted:Still uh, still looking for MMA awards ballots to come in. Only 14 submissions have come in so far, which is kinda sad, but w/e the community died when fatherdog did. it hasn't been the same since. also, the main card tomorrow is really loving good if you watch bellator instead of ufc up until the main event instead of almeida / font, we have chandler / japanese man then lima / rory then some light comedy with rampage / chael then a brief intermission or you can watch cormier / volkan if you want then the main event. great card.
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Jan 20, 2018 02:20
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Marching Powder posted:the community died when fatherdog did. it hasn't been the same since. Almeida vs Font could be cool, and won't tear my heart asunder like whatever the outcome of Handsome Mike Chandler vs Goiti Yamauchi is gonna be
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Jan 20, 2018 02:27
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Lowtax lost his loving mind leading up to FD leaving. The football forum died too. Anyone remember when oezdimir hit manuwa and sent him reeling backwards, and oezdimirs two followup shots landed on manuwas collarbone? He's okay fast and reasonably powerful but woof.
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Jan 20, 2018 02:35
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I got lazy and just casually watch these days which probably has more to do with the UFC having no one I care too hard about in it than moderator drama.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:46
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Going through and writing up a ballot did remind me that UFC 217 was a loving great show.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:49
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LobsterMobster posted:Still uh, still looking for MMA awards ballots to come in. Only 14 submissions have come in so far, which is kinda sad, but w/e I’ve never posted one of those because email is a pain in the rear end but I’d do it on a google form or something
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Jan 20, 2018 04:03
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Fat Twitter Man posted:I’ve never posted one of those because email is a pain in the rear end but I’d do it on a google form or something it is a google form, dude
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Fransico Rivera just earned himself a four-year suspension for getting Clenbuterol into his system, claiming that he got it from eating meat in Mexico, and then submitting falsified documents to an independent arbitrator in an attempt to substantiate that claim. Had he just accepted the initial suspension, he'd actually be back in action this year. He's out til 2020 now. I remember disliking Rivera, but I can't remember why now - did he get a win off of a flagrant foul that the referee missed?
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