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i respect anik for seamlessly going from telling us the fight clock is brought to us by modelo to losing his entire poo poo when masvidal killed askren also, never forget that he got a 209 tattoo for predicting conor would beat nate at ufc 196
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Anik is at his best when he’s no-selling some lunatic like Mike Perry in post fight interviews. He’s still being fully professional, but you can see in his eyes that he’s absolutely delighted by whatever the gently caress he’s witnessing. He doesn’t escalate, he doesn’t butt in, he just facilitates whatever silliness is in progress until the production truck tells him it’s time to go to commercial. Anik in the booth, whatever. He’s the glue that keeps the play by play folks in the right place. At least he’s not as performative with the sponsor plugs as Goldie was. (I do miss CORN TO THE CORE etc, but the sport has grown up...) Mauro always skeeved me out, even before his, “I’d touch her with a 10 centimeter pole!” quip.
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Craig Hummer was worse than Mike Goldberg.
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He gets some pretty good deadpan jokes in sometimes too.
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I think one of the really great things that we can all agree about with regards to Anik is that he's shown growth and improvement over the years, rather than a stagnation or deterioration. I have mixed feelings about not knowing the work of most of the commentators ya'll are mentioning, on the one hand ignorance doesn't feel great, on the other you're talking about commentators you dislike, so maybe I'm better off.
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Brain Curry posted:This picture of Goldie still cracks me up. lmao
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namaste, AND IT IS AAAAAAALLL OVERRRRR
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40+ posts fully expected JBJ to have murdered a protestor or something.
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Bluedeanie posted:Meanwhile, just close your eyes and imagine Cruz calling a fight with Faber, TJ or Garbrandt. It would be hell, but at the same time, part and parcel of the UFC landscape, so I would still enjoy how utterly biased and petty Dom would get to be on air.
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ilmucche posted:Mike Goldberg owns Attempting to defend the worst commentator ever, is SA forums poster ill emyuku kchee , Joe
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You guys do remember that Tito Ortiz did some commentary, right? I think that has to be recognized if you're going to discuss worst of all time. Though Mauro is still likely in a class of his own.
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tito's in ring interviews were fantastic. they were like if someone let jon jones kick me in the head, handed me a mic, and instructed me to interview a fighter in spanish. i mean, I'll get a few words out that are technically spanish, but it sure wont mean anything intelligible
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LobsterMobster posted:i respect anik for seamlessly going from telling us the fight clock is brought to us by modelo to losing his entire poo poo when masvidal killed askren This is amazing, and I'm surprised i didn't know about it till now
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Since it's commentary talk I always thought Brian Stann did a pretty good job.
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Re: Kay Hansen I just want to put this here for archival purposes, this is vague enough that it doesn't fully clarify her current views, but what's implied seems good. This is probably a bad time to further press her on the issues, but if someone spots future chud-like behavior/rhetoric from her in the future somewhere I'd appreciate a heads up. 
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Brut posted:This is probably a bad time to further press her on the issues, but if someone spots future chud-like behavior/rhetoric from her in the future somewhere I'd appreciate a heads up. Seems reasonable to tell people to get to know her story, but then how do we do hear any of her side of the story except from her?
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kimbo305 posted:Seems reasonable to tell people to get to know her story, but then how do we do hear any of her side of the story except from her? Yeah, you're absolutely right, I just think repeatedly tweeting at her about it 3 days after she fought is probably not gonna get a solid response out of her. Prior to this weekend I had no idea she even existed, so I'm just gonna try to pay close attention to future media interviews with her and see how she seems, hoping that these subjects come up and she has something more articulate to say.
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I think I saw her in a couple of the EBI qualifiers they run at 10p HQ, id be glad if shes not a chud, that armbar finish was real slick. 
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Southpaugh posted:40+ posts fully expected JBJ to have murdered a protestor or something. Come on, man. That’d net ten posts at most before we neurotically fixate on minutiae such as how knowledgeable Jon Anik is or isn’t. I guess we’re saving discussion of the greatest card of all time until next week
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Lid posted:these posts are virtually identical Got a laugh out of me
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I'm pretty chill on forgiving people for having bad opinions when they're 18 if they apologize and show good behaviour going forward. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, but her tattoos still suck.
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CommonShore posted:I'm pretty chill on forgiving people for having bad opinions when they're 18 if they apologize and show good behaviour going forward. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, but her tattoos still suck. we just established that Anik is the only person in MMA with good tattoos. unfair to hold that against her imo
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Dom sounds like a fan who lost a bet and had to do commentary, and instead of having some fun with it they take it extremely seriously and spiral as they constantly gently caress up and make it more awkward
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awesomeolion posted:Dom sounds like a fan who lost a bet and had to do commentary, and instead of having some fun with it they take it extremely seriously and spiral as they constantly gently caress up and make it more awkward I said this in one of the recent GDTs but I think he really can't tell the difference between commentating and cornering, every time he immediately jumps in to "What the the fighter needs to do is" and goes in to a step by step that is way too specific and not at all useful for the viewer, all while sounding disgusted that the fighter isn't doing the exact thing he's saying.
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Dom is the most annoying current commentator and I was glad to see him gently caress up multiple times over the weekend saying how tight a sub attempt was literal seconds before the fighter escaped. I guess John Gooden is pretty boring but I honestly can't remember him saying anything notable, good or bad...
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Gooden/Hardy is a solid combo in my opinion.
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Mekchu posted:Gooden/Hardy is a solid combo in my opinion. I like them especially when Felder joins them. I think Hardy is the most underrated color guy in the business. I also like Anik exactly because he is the deadpan responsible adult in a room full of macho lunatics. He has that Gene Okerlund thing going for him in that way. Or think about how much better the Marx Brothers are when Zeppo is there, even though Zeppo himself is basically never funny, the fact of him makes the others funnier than if they just go with the three funny ones all the time.
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Lucasar posted:I also like Anik exactly because he is the deadpan responsible adult in a room full of macho lunatics. He has that Gene Okerlund thing going for him in that way. Now I really need Anik to grow out the mustache and the male pattern baldness hairdo. And then just never acknowledge it on air ever.
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i liked the time that DC and Joe did edibles together and then commented an entire card
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I used to like DC, but then THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! THUG ROSE!! He gets a little TOO emotional for my tastes.
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New month, new thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/s...hreadid=3930960
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