UFC / MMA

Duluth

Jon Jones has been stripped of his title
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://espn.go.com/mma/story//id/12783425/jon-jones-stripped-light-heavyweight-title-suspended-ufc'>http://espn.go.com/mma/story//id/12783425/jon-jones-stripped-light-heavyweight-title-suspended-ufc</a>

Unco

Wow, I didn't think that would happen at all. UFC's even more carny than the WWE these days, so I thought they'd pretend it never happened like they have with a bunch of other incidents. Credit where it's due though, that's a smart move, Jones is a complete mess.
 
Cormier vs Rumble for the title now?
 
Edit: Yep, Cormier vs Rumble. Cormier was already scheduled to fight a couple weeks later, so at least he'll be decently prepared.
 
Edit #2: <img src="http://108.imagebam.com/download/9inrNU3oURUvTW-k4NbbnA/40658/406576124/lolol.gif" alt="lolol.gif">
 
Killed me.

raznomore

Jones has well and truly gone off the rails. It wasn't that long ago he was "allegedly" saving a women from a mugger. 
I think rumble looks really good and has the mustard to KO Cormier but if Cormier can get those take downs it could be a long night for Johnson. 
I hope Weidman knocks Belfort back to the favela.

MiketheSnow

WOW!!!

MiketheSnow

UFC Fight Night 65
 
Great match-ups
Great fights
Great finishes

MiketheSnow

UFC 187
 
Pre-lims were decent but all went to the scorecard.
 
Great, great main card.
 
Arlovski v Browne saw 'The Pitbull' back to his best. And he took a cracker to the chin from Browne that would have finished him a couple of years ago.
 
'Cowboy' Cerrone broke Makdessi's jaw with a sweet kick.
 
Weidman battered Belfort on the ground.
 
Cormier surprised everyone with an emphatic win. Smothered Johnson and took some heavy shots.

Milk

Awesome card. Had a blast watching it. Big Travis Browne's body just wouldn't accept he was knocked out and kept swinging till he almost won it. Cracked me up when Arlovski said he was about to give up because he didn't know what else to do.
 
Here's a gif of the brutal elbow by Cerrone <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://gfycat.com/ConsiderateDeepBoa#'>http://gfycat.com/ConsiderateDeepBoa#</a>

Unco

Yeah, it was a great card.
 
I was stoked with the Cormier and Weidman wins. Cormier because he finally got his big win (though technically he got that in Strikeforce) and Weidman because he destroyed Captain Steroids.
 
Also great to see Travis Browne wrecked. Fuck him and that shitty haka mixed with techno entrance music. You're Hawaiian, you fluffybunny!
 
Just a pity Khabib got injured. I think he would've thrown Cerrone around like a rag doll and if he can stay fit, will be the next Lightweight champ.

MiketheSnow

UFC Fight Night Boetsch vs. Henderson
 
Awesome, awesome card from prelims to main event.
 
Tavares v Ortega was up there with the best we've seen.
 
And got to love Hendo.

MiketheSnow

Couple of average cards recently with some great bouts sprinkled in there.
 
Werdum beating up Valasquez
Rodriguez v Rosa
Williams v Perez
 
Santos with a cracking kick to finish Bosse
Romero biding his time to beat Machida
 
The big news is Aldo has pulled out of his fight against McGregor.
 
Rib injury, although the forums are saying more of a brusied vagina.
 
Mendes steps in.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.ufc.com/news/Aldo-Pulls-Out-of-189-Mendes-to-Face-McGregor'>http://www.ufc.com/news/Aldo-Pulls-Out-of-189-Mendes-to-Face-McGregor</a>

Unco

Biggest UFC news is the Reebok deal at the moment. Most of the roster are getting big pay cuts because they can no longer advertise their sponsors on TV and instead, they have to wear some hilariously shit gear. Also, Reebok couldn't even use Google or Wikipedia properly because they misspelled a ton of fighters names, including "Giblert Melendez."
 
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/ZBu6em0.jpg" alt="ZBu6em0.jpg">
 
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/HRC18Df.jpg" alt="HRC18Df.jpg">
 
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/9Uga5Wt.jpg" alt="9Uga5Wt.jpg">
 
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/EStuKUv.jpg" alt="EStuKUv.jpg">
 
Here's hoping Bellator capitalise enormously off this because otherwise UFC are using their monopoly of MMA to really fuck over their talent.

MiketheSnow

Ouch!

Milk

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The big news is Aldo has pulled out of his fight against McGregor.
 
Rib injury, although the forums are saying more of a brusied vagina.
 
Mendes steps in.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.ufc.com/news/Aldo-Pulls-Out-of-189-Mendes-to-Face-McGregor'>http://www.ufc.com/news/Aldo-Pulls-Out-of-189-Mendes-to-Face-McGregor</a>
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The UFC have been spending crazy money promoting that fight. They closed down the Vegas strip to film one of the promos

Frye

Its almost like Dana doesnt value Giblert, Mark Hughes, Thomas Lawlor etc etc 
Ps Fuck Zuffa

MiketheSnow

SPOILERS

MiketheSnow

UFC 189 
WOW!!! 
Matt Brown was hard as nails. But how is he only on the prelim card? 
Pickett v Almeida 
Kid's (Almeida) got skills and toughness. What a finish. 
Nelson v Thatch 
Great combo from Nelson to put Thatch on his arse. Seen plenty of fights stopped there. Thatch covered up well, but Nelson too good and too strong to finish with rear naked choke. 
Bermudez v Stephens 
A technical brawl of the highest order, with a superb knee from Stephens to finish it. 
Lawler v MacDonald 
Fantastic footwork, octagon management and patience from Lawler to wear down and beat up a very game MacDonald, and then a cracking headkick from MacDonald to finish the third round and rock Lawler. 
Awesome start to the 4th for MacDonald, Lawler was rocked and lost his footwork. But finished the round the stronger. 
The punishent was too much for MacDonald and he folded in the fifth. 
A cracking Championship fight. 
One of the best. 
McGregor v Mendes 
Christ you wouldn't mess with Sinead O'Connor. What a way to start us off. 
Bruce Buffer was off the charts. 
McGregor full of antics and scoring, but Mendes finished the round strong and took it. 
Mendes takes it to the floor for 4 minutes of round 2, McGregor takes a whole gang of elbows, slips the submission attempt and then finishes Mendes with seconds to go in the round. 
Believe the hype. 
'D'ya like dags?' 
Boxing can't compete with a card like that.

red terror

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Boxing can't compete with a card like that.
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Why does it have to be one or the other?
 
(And couldn't the same question be asked about prize-money?)
 
((Me, I like punk and metal. Star Wars and Star Trek. Union and league and-and NFL. Never understood why it has to be exclusively one or the other.))

MiketheSnow

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Why does it have to be one or the other?
 
(And couldn't the same question be asked about prize-money?)
 
((Me, I like punk and metal. Star Wars and Star Trek. Union and league and-and NFL. Never understood why it has to be exclusively one or the other.))
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Was talking more about delivering on the 'hype' compared with the most recent boxing 'superfight'.
 
Love boxing too.

Unco

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UFC 189 
WOW!!! 
Matt Brown was hard as nails. But how is he only on the prelim card?
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Fox sometimes insist on getting better fights than all prelim scrubs, plus it was meant to be a big card ("Fight Week" is meant to be the UFC's Wrestlemania) and some fighters insist on headlining the prelims because they think they'll be seen by more people than on the PPV itself (Faber and Tate have both done this). I think it's dumb because being on the PPV itself makes them seem like a bigger star than if they're just headlining the prelims.
 
Anyway, incredible card. Up there with the best cards UFC has ever had and Rory/Robbie was one of the best fights they've ever had. I feel really bad for Rory though, his nose was fucked and he'll probably take the next 6 months to a year off just to get it repaired.
 
Great to see loud mouth McGregor get the win. I've seen a lot of people talk down about him because Mendes only had two weeks to train for the fight, managed to take him down a number of times and his cardio wasn't great but you also have to remember that a) Body strikes take a huge hit to cardio and McGregor was landing them every time they were standing and b) McGregor trained to fight a striker, not a wrestler, so he's heavily disadvantaged too. Aldo/McGregor should be a huge, huge fight. I'm looking forward to it.

Unco

UFC 190 just happened. Eh. Insanely long and boring card up until the main event (why on earth were those TUF Brazil fights on the PPV?!) but Ronda delivered. Sounds like the buyrate will dwarf UFC 189's too, which was already meant to have done really well (current estimate is just 800k+, could be as high as 1mil, we won't get an accurate number for months because US cable companies have trouble counting numbers).
 
Reebok payouts for the show have been confirmed and they're an absolute joke:
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.mmamania.com/2015/8/2/9086983/ufc-reebok-payouts-for-ufc-190-reportedly-total-202500-ronda-rousey-bethe-correia-mma'>http://www.mmamania.com/2015/8/2/9086983/ufc-reebok-payouts-for-ufc-190-reportedly-total-202500-ronda-rousey-bethe-correia-mma</a>
 
$10k for Shogun, who fought in the semi-main and has been a star for years. Pathetic. He probably made well over 10 times that with his old sponsors.
 
Palhares continued to prove himself to be a giant fucking psychopath on the WSOF show, even if you ignore the eye gouging claims (I didn't see but it doesn't sound like they're bullshit). He caught Shields in a kimura, Shields tapped and then the asshole cranked his arm back as far as he could anyway. Sounds like he might be stripped of his title but he really should be banned for life, the fact that WSOF even hired him after he did the exact same thing numerous times in the UFC says a lot about that promotion. I don't get why the refs aren't wise to his bullshit either and don't just disqualify him on the spot. I wouldn't care if Shields tapped, I'd award him the win anyway.
 
Oh and the Diaz brothers and their stupid friends continued to be fucking idiots, starting a fight with Khabib at the WSOF show. Guess they have to look tough because they sure as hell couldn't beat him in the ring. I wouldn't mind seeing Nick Diaz vs Khabib though, he'd still probably throw him around like a ragdoll.

The Silver Fern

UFC / MMA