UFC / MMA
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Apparently there's a virus going around..
- The Brazil event (Lee v Oliveira) this weekend will have no crowd
- The London event (Woodley v Edwards 21st March) is going ahead as planned.
- Ngannou v Rozenstruik (28th March) is moved from Ohio to the UFC octagon in Vegas where they filmed ultimate fighter etc.. so no crowd
- Overeem v Harris (Portland 11th April) is also rumoured to be moving to be moved to the Vegas octagon
The cursed fight - Khabib v Ferguson is on April 18th in Brooklyn. This is the 4th time the fight has been scheduled. A ppv with no crowd?
Fuck no.
It's like Pacquiao v Mayweather all over again
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The UFC can't move events to Las Vegas now because of the Nevada commission. Also the Fight in London can't happen there because of the USA travel restrictions
White claims everything is going ahead, they are just looking for new venues
It's different than team sports I guess..
The fights in Brasilia today had no crowds but were still good viewing on TV
Also ESPN is obviously very keen to still have some live sport. Their website etc was covered in UFC coverage today
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Yay! Some live sport I give a shit about
Shame about the Khabib v Ferguson fight getting cancelled yet again. Ferguson v Gaethje should be a fun fight though. Winner gets Khabib, loser gets Conor?
Location still not announced. Strongest rumours are still for an Indian reservation on the west coast
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@Duluth He's in full Donald Trump denial that he can still do this. Disney rightly have pulled the plug on him and he's not happy there's a bigger dog in the room telling him what to do.
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@DrivingMaul said in UFC:
@Duluth He's in full Donald Trump denial that he can still do this. Disney rightly have pulled the plug on him and he's not happy there's a bigger dog in the room telling him what to do.
How is any different than the jockeys creating their bubble and continuing racing?
Without crowds you aren’t talking about many people. Probably more in my local supermarket right now.
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Fuck
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@Kirwan I don't know what's going on with racing. Someone told me you can still play golf in Australia (but a lot of courses have closed). I think there's a lot of countries making a mess of this situation.
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@DrivingMaul the point is they were making it as safe as any other activity that is allowed under this lockdown.
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So now the UFC are tentatively saying May 9th
This will be mostly US based fighters. A few rumours that they are looking at Florida (State Govt has made positive noises)
Then hopefully 'Fight Island' will be ready for the international fighters not long after thatFights pencilled in for May 9th:
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So now the UFC are tentatively saying May 9th
This will be mostly US based fighters. A few rumours that they are looking at Florida (State Govt has made positive noises)
Then hopefully 'Fight Island' will be ready for the international fighters not long after thatFights pencilled in for May 9th:
Now that's worth waiting for.
Florida Governor put WWE on the 'Essential' list so fingers crossed.
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UFC returns May 9 with first of 3 cards in Florida
An interim lightweight championship fight between Tony Ferguson (25-3) and Justin Gaethje (21-2) will headline UFC 249, which will take place in Jacksonville, Florida, without fans as a pay-per-view event on May 9.
Confirmation that UFC 249 will be in Florida with no audience on the 9th of May
Two more cards at the same location on the 13th and 16th. No announcement on fights yet.
Another US card on the 23rd with no location confirmed. I suspect they are hoping that Vegas will allow this at the UFC headquarters
'Fight Island' should be ready in June for cards with international fighters. Fighters will be spread amongst multiple hotels and the octagon will be on a beach.
I think there'll be some Kiwi's & Aussies on the first island event because it'll happen around the time of the postponed Perth card -
Two more sleeps
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@MiketheSnow said in UFC:
Two more sleeps
Sport to watch!
So many good fights on this card. Despite that, most of my picks are the favourites.
The only non favourite I've gone for (ignoring the early pre-lims) is Cruz over Cejudo.
It'll be a massive surprise if the main event is a dud.
Ferguson is a freak. I think he'll enjoy the chaos of a Gaethje fight and he'll get a stoppage in the 3rd. Probably an elbow.. -
@MiketheSnow said in UFC:
Two more sleeps
Sport to watch!
So many good fights on this card. Despite that, most of my picks are the favourites.
The only non favourite I've gone for (ignoring the early pre-lims) is Cruz over Cejudo.
It'll be a massive surprise if the main event is a dud.
Ferguson is a freak. I think he'll enjoy the chaos of a Gaethje fight and he'll get a stoppage in the 3rd. Probably an elbow..If Cruz is 100% healthy then it could be a contest. Otherwise a beating.
Main Event won't get out of Round 1.
Can't wait.
