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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Following up on the, "is there any non-MMA fan hype for Khabib/McGregor," one of my co-workers asked me last Friday if I was, quote, "Watching the Conor fight this weekend," and I absently replied yep, totally planning on it. My coworker also asked about the Conor fight last week. Casual Fan Interest confirmed! e: and then I had to explain who Khabib is
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handsome only face posted:9-0 light heavyweight Dominick Reyes just said on Ariel's show that he left his job at an IT firm for his UFC debut, debunking years of discourse on thi s forum Actually IT work is the best base for MMA because you learn to be analytical and deal with troubleshooting on a daily basis
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Lucasar posted:I am way more pumped about Pretty vs Ugly Tony than Connor/Khabib. Like I'm more interested to know who will win the title fight, but I also think it will be pretty obvious by the end of the first round who's going to be able to do their thing. In Ferguson/Pettis you've got two of the best scramblers and most creative strikers in any division, as well as probably the two most dynamic submission games. I think Pettis' run of bad form makes people forget what a killer he is, esp off his back. He subbed Bendo, Giblert, Charles Oliveira, and Chiesa off his back; has anybody in UFC subbed more legit grapplers from that position? I don't think Pettis has much of a chance. He lost 5 of his last 8 where T-Ferg is on a 10 fight win streak. And I know it's MMAth but two of Ferg's wins are guys that beat Pettis (Barboza, RDA)
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I am Otis posted:Max vs Ortega is a great fight but any twitter link with BREAKING: makes my stomach flip since I heard Khabib is pulling out on Wednesday A true martial artist never pulls out
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Rigel posted:Is New York really going to sanction that? The UFC might argue that she did really well in TUF, but those don't count. They should get leeway because the division was established Dec 1, 2017 - it's less than a year old. But it's NYSAC so who knows
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Gay Horney posted:Valentina is going to fight someone who's in actual danger in the cage against her instead of one of the most dominant champs in the sport. The reason for this is because November is marginally more convenient than December for the UFC. exhibit 420 of why should I care about this sport or its belts at all I'm considering buying back the UFC at $420 per share. Funding is secured
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Good job, sole remaining member of the UFC social media team
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Oct 4, 2018 00:38
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I hope they parody the Kaepernick nike ad next. That's not tired
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Ad by Khad posted:Wait what the gently caress ??? she's good op
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Mr. Carlisle posted:lol I was telling a coworker that khabib is dagestani and my old serb coworker went "oh poo poo!" lol
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Oct 5, 2018 18:09
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Bluedeanie posted:I think we have pretty different recollections of either Diaz fight. Conor was beating him up a lot at the beginning of the first until he couldn't match pace or secure a finish, whereas the second fight does not deserve space in the already decrepit, limited memory part of my brain. What second fight
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If sweaty IT nerd loses the toxx please be sure to ban the forums poster named “sweaty IT nerd” and not myself, the sweaty IT nerd
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Karate Hottie is fighting today if you want to cheer on a really nice, ethical fighter. It’s About Ethics In MMA Watching
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Oct 6, 2018 22:23
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Mr. Carlisle posted:Nobody praised him when he attacked a bus to defend one of his friends And the incident tonight was a continuation of that that Dana shouldn’t get to shrug off with “well fighters talk smack”
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neonburzt posted:I sure hope that he meant all that and we don’t end up seeing a clip of the brawl being used in a promo in six months time. "It's part of the story"
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Oct 7, 2018 18:51
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If one of Conor's corner men was shouting abuse at Khabib the whole fight, he should have been stopped by the athletic commission. I hope they recognize this when they try to throw the book at Khabib but lol at NSAC holding itself accountable
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Oct 7, 2018 19:05
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il serpente cosmico posted:Was Conor getting chocked or just tired of having his neck cranked? Khabib wasn't under his chin but it's possible he was still interrupting Conor's breathing. A guy in the b league thread had his jaw snap to a crank like that
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Oct 7, 2018 23:43
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Lid posted:You elevate your hips to let the cage pass effortlessly underneathe you. Like this?
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Oct 8, 2018 03:24
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il serpente cosmico posted:Did Conor actually win last night by trolling Khabib enough to get him to do something insanely stupid? I very much doubt khabib will be stripped.
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Oct 8, 2018 06:07
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Dr. Abysmal posted:From a sporting standpoint there's really no reason to give Conor a rematch, it was a comprehensive victory for Khabib. It's not like the Diaz fight where you've got stuff like it was short notice, at welterweight, Conor was winning until he got tired, etc. "He did a flying WWE stomp to one of my friends after dominating and submitting me" isn't really the same. But then you're in the situation where it costs so much money to get Conor to fight that every time he does it has to be a blockbuster title fight PPV main event to make it worth the investment. So you can't go and do Conor vs. Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night: Gdansk or something. Yeah there's no reason for a rematch except $$$ but we've all seen the decisions the UFC has been making recently
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Oct 8, 2018 18:22
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Kragger99 posted:And even though Dominic saying Conor was trying to gas Khabib by letting him punch himself out sounded really silly, he did preface it with Conor wasn't really taking much damage. So if Conor wasn't in real danger, I kind of see his point. And right after he said that, Khabib stopped raining down the punches, as you could see it was actually happening. If we cut dom a lot of slack then yeah what he meant to say was "Conor is hoping to wait out Khabib" or "Conor is trying to weather the storm" Not "Conor is trying to gas Khabib out" like Conor had any choice about being pretzeled against the cage
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:My new pet theory is that Conor got the big belly tattoo cuz he doesn't have good ab definition. Might be related to his posture as well
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Oct 9, 2018 01:09
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JaySB posted:Yeah because what we really need is a short notice heavyweight fight with a guy who just went 3 hard rounds getting his face smashed in vs a guy coming off the couch. The gassiest HW in the division vs the “embrace the grind” guy
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Oct 9, 2018 03:57
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SquirrelGrip posted:Conor already said he’s taking time off because his wife is pregnant again, why do you think he will be back Time to celebrate not putting up a fight against khabib by not fighting anybody
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Oct 9, 2018 07:26
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Bluedeanie posted:Cormier is going to beat Lewis worse than when Master Chief and the Arbiter put aside their differences to defeat the prophets of the covenant on #halo2 Sounds like something a covenant spy would say #TeamBlackBeast #Halo2
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Lid posted:TMZ Sports quoted an anonymous cageside witness who claimed Danis was trash talking Nurmagomedov and drew a “death stare” by calling him a “f***ing Muslim rat”. I said this before but the NSAC should sanction Danis, suspend his cornering license or something
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Oct 9, 2018 23:54
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Ah, so Nate is definitely fighting
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quote:The big right hand by Khabib was actually fairly inconsequential. Conor thought it was a takedown and was surprised. But he immediately was up and on offense with a knee. He wasn't hurt. This is the stupidest re-imagining of a punch I've ever seen. Khabib sparked conor right on the button and Conor's legs gave out, he literally dropped him. "He wasn't hurt" gently caress off
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I disagreed with the probation at first but it was a string of lovely no effort posts, much like my own, but I’m not on trial here your honor,
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RT posted video of Khabib meeting Putin https://www.facebook.com/RTnews/videos/166247724305168/
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The Automator posted:Putin gave him a dad chat I find it heartwarming and I wish we had a video of Derrick Lewis meeting trump
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Marching Powder posted:it was the most batshit insane documentary i've seen since tickled for sure. the shift in gears between steroids guy getting swole and international spy poo poo was possibly the most jarring gear shift i've ever seen in a documentary. Well you convinced me to watch it and holy poo poo 
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willie_dee posted:Roids are awesome. Yes willie that was my takeaway
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That guy gave up his wife, his home, his family over doping in amateur sports
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Lloyd Boner posted:For some reason UFC took their version down but someone reuploaded it. RIP bourdain
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Untrustable posted:How does someone beat Khabib? What's the game plan there? Is it just like "you better hope you kill him with the first punch because after that it's all downhill."? That's an interesting one to think about. Khabib's largest weakness is his striking but we've seen the best strikers in the division get ground into paste by Khabib's style. Khabib's advantage snowballs during a fight - he takes you down and beats on you and you get tired and it makes it easier for him to take you down again and beat on you. I think the guy that beats him has clearly superior striking, has decent grappling experience, and trains Khabib-specific takedown defense (this is the unexplained part - what would that look like?). If they're able to shake off Khabib's early attempts, takedown attempts use a lot of energy and Khabib could get tired, opening him up to take damage in striking exchanges. Or Khabib could get careless and get caught in a submission from the bottom but I find that very unlikely vs losing to striking.
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I liked the goldbergisms where he'd say the most exciting part of a sentence first and then stumble over himself trying to make it a coherent sentence
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