UFC / MMA
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Indeed.
If I was Khabib I would come out fast and go straight for the takedown.
If it meant taking an Aldo shot, so be it.
But if he got McG to the ground in less than 20 secs it's game over.
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My advice above may not be the best
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No one can deal with Khabib on the ground
Conor lasted longer than expected in those situations but tapped out in the 4th
Khabib is a piece of shit.
Herb Dean had to push him away from Conor after the tap. Then he jumps the fence to attack one of Conors coaches after the fight.
In the chaos a Khabib team member jumps in and punches Conor from behind after he's recovering from a chokeKhabib should get suspended and lose his belt
Tony vs Conor will be fun. They should fight for an open belt
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What I saw appeared to be repeated attempts to assault a recovering athlete and start a riot in front of 20,000 people. Pathetic. The Irishman had previously received criminal charges for attacking a bus. Pathetic too.
As far from the sportsmanship of the All Blacks against the Boks as you could possibly imagine.
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That reaction by Khabib et al. was pretty fucken bad in terms of a massive Fuck You to the conventions and authority of professional fighting.
This was pure rage and disrespect, no showboating at all, raw narcissism.
UFC will have to react strongly.
If it were me, I'd ban him and team for 2 years, soak up the overreaction with a straight face, reduce the ban to one year in 6 months, ensure Conor gets 60 million and start up the rumour mill for a PPV rematch at ban's end.
Either way those nasty Russian boys need a decent example set as a deterrent for the future
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That reaction by Khabib et al. was pretty fucken bad in terms of a massive Fuck You to the conventions and authority of professional fighting.
This was pure rage and disrespect, no showboating at all, raw narcissism.
Which is EXACTLY why people watch UFC.
UFC will have to react strongly.
In order to maintain licenses etc, yes they will.
If it were me, I'd ban him and team for 2 years, soak up the overreaction with a straight face, reduce the ban to one year in 6 months, ensure Conor gets 60 million and start up the rumour mill for a PPV rematch at ban's end.
60 mill to Conor? For what exactly? Getting his arse kicked?
Khabib, rightly, can claim the higher purse for the rematch. He owned him.
Either way those nasty Russian boys need a decent example set as a deterrent for the future
For licenses, yes. However, I think this reaction is pretty much so perfect marketing for UFC.
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Any wonder this sport has a credibility problem?
If you donβt want to look like thugs and scum maybe stop behaving like thugs and scum.?
There's more illegal incidents in a weekends rugby, than there has been in the entire UFC history (outside drug testing, of course).
UFC is incredibly violent, but for the most part the product is pretty well policed.
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By credibility, I mean credibility outside of fans.
I get asked often 'why don't you like it?' and can easily point the finger at this shit as a reason.I totally get that it is a calculated audience and what turns some off turns others on.
Oh come on 80 year old Ethel from Takapuna, you waded in and referenced the entire sport as "thugs and scum" and now you speak for a billion non fans who all agree there is a credibility problem with the sport!?
Just admit your first comment was meant for Stuff comments π (you don't like the sport and tried to validate your opinion with a "credibility" red herring π)
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By credibility, I mean credibility outside of fans.
I get asked often 'why don't you like it?' and can easily point the finger at this shit as a reason.I totally get that it is a calculated audience and what turns some off turns others on.
Oh come on 80 year old Ethel from Takapuna, you waded in and referenced the entire sport as "thugs and scum" and now you speak for a billion non fans who all agree there is a credibility problem with the sport!?
Just admit your first comment was meant for Stuff comments π (you don't like the sport and tried to validate your opinion with a "credibility" red herring π)
Absolutely. I just think it's a thugs game and incidents like this back up my thoughts.
Anyone that tries to argue any credibility as a sport will get this thrown back at them and not just by me.If not excusing a 'sport' that revels in this bullshit makes me a 70 year old woman then fine.
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By credibility, I mean credibility outside of fans.
I get asked often 'why don't you like it?' and can easily point the finger at this shit as a reason.I totally get that it is a calculated audience and what turns some off turns others on.
Oh come on 80 year old Ethel from Takapuna, you waded in and referenced the entire sport as "thugs and scum" and now you speak for a billion non fans who all agree there is a credibility problem with the sport!?
Just admit your first comment was meant for Stuff comments π (you don't like the sport and tried to validate your opinion with a "credibility" red herring π)
Absolutely. I just think it's a thugs game and incidents like this back up my thoughts.
Anyone that tries to argue any credibility as a sport will get this thrown back at them and not just by me.If not excusing a 'sport' that revels in this bullshit makes me a 70 year old woman then fine.
Player and crowd brawls after the contest indicates a sport with no credibility?
Club rugby's fucked then...π