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Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1366768502883950595

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Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
https://twitter.com/FullContactMTWF/status/1366716751686234127
This made me laugh out loud

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
Bisping is the best

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Digital Jedi posted:

Did the UFC ever try in-between and just fail? Or they just never cared to run 3 titles on a card?

Its because of PPV buys and the payment structure.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
https://twitter.com/BloodyElbow/status/1367127872641638405

was not expecting that

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
I know the odds look tempting to bet on Megan, but if you look at her UFC stats, she is very hittable. Nune also has long punches, and hits HARD.

Going to quote this tomorrow.
Nunes KO before round 3.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
If you have the attention span this is a really good read:
https://www.themith.com/the-ufcs-champ-champ-thing-has-run-its-course/

TLDR: UFC is giving too much attention to one-off fights that don't really have much follow up. Diaz vs Jorge for a one time belt. Everything Conor does. Fighters moving to different weight classes then retiring (GSP, Cejudo) or losing (Izzy).
The article of course is much better written than my summary.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Charles Gnarwin posted:

I, too, think that if there is a single moment in a fight where someone suddenly loses the ability to punch their opponent despite having two hands that work and are right near a face then the fight should be stopped.

Get north/south? Immediate finish because all you could do is knee the head.

I am not really understanding you.

Yan could have thrown punches in that situation, he just couldn't do any strikes using his legs. You can punch a fighter who is on his knees. In north/south you should be able to get some good digs into the grounded fighter's midsection.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
Morning Kombat did a segment about reffing a few months ago. It turns out in baseball (or was it football) its the mid-range experienced umpires that are the best. Since it is a ball sport, there is a lot more research into the officials. The new umpires make mistakes, they learn and get really good, then they start making more mistakes as they get older.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
https://twitter.com/funkmasterMMA/status/1368722368990875650

I love it.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
https://twitter.com/dilletaunt/status/1372610269466169345

UFC IPO

e: with link:
https://twitter.com/heynottheface/status/1372613425520472066

Fozzy The Bear fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Mar 18, 2021

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
https://twitter.com/robnashville/status/1372618058343276546

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Brut posted:

Got anything to say about the tweets of 3 random people you posted? :P

Anyway I'll believe the IPO poo poo when it happens, fool me once can't get fooled again...

Oops, I guess this is the wrong place to post news about the UFC.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Brut posted:

No, I wasn't saying that it's like, poorly sourced or something, but it's literally in the article that they've filed for IPO once before and then backed away from it, so I'm making an uneducated guess that it will happen again. I don't know poo poo about stocks though :shrug:


I just thought it was funny that even when you went back to correct it, you still didn't post Sportico's own tweet about it. Also maybe all 3 of these people are notable MMA journalists and I'm just an making a fool out of myself, that would be pretty funny too.

Don't watch fights, don't follow MMA news, don't know MMA journalists

The are the guys who do "real journalism". Attend the lawsuit court sessions, write about the judges verdicts, analyze fighter contracts, analyze fighter pay. These aren't the famous talking heads on popular podcasts.

Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Why are you posting random people's twitter? Why not post the news website?

Oh, those two people are mma media? Oops, I would never have known.

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Fozzy The Bear
Dec 11, 1999

Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud
https://twitter.com/dilletaunt/status/1374797308475359237

quote:

Miller stated in an interview with Just Scrap Radio, that he was given “a few thousand dollars” with a promise that the promotion would book him again soon.
Miller’s last reported payday was $104,000 to win and $104,000 to show.


The UFC loving sucks, Miller has been a team player for so long. :-(

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