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PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:51 pm    Post subject:

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Whoa. Rumble is a scary, scary mofo.

I think A "Rumble" Johnson is the first serious threat to J "Bones" Jones title.

They said that about Gus and then about Cormier...
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:10 am    Post subject:

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Whoa. Rumble is a scary, scary mofo.

I think A "Rumble" Johnson is the first serious threat to J "Bones" Jones title.

They said that about Gus and then about Cormier...


I think Jones will eventually go down as the greatest ever. He's taken a fair few of his recent fights, and beaten them at their own game, which is crazy.

I think Johnson will have trouble with the range of Jones. I know you could have said he'd struggle with the range of Gustafsson, but Gus doesn't use that range the same way Jones can, then his strikes are so varied when people do try to close on him.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:47 am    Post subject:

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That fight is why I think Mike Tyson in his prime rules MMA.

unless Tyson had elite takedown defense i think he would lose a vast majority of fights.
I was just going to post that.

If Tyson in his prime decided to train for the MMA and fight the #1 heavy weight in a year, no way would I put $ against him.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:56 am    Post subject:

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That fight is why I think Mike Tyson in his prime rules MMA.

unless Tyson had elite takedown defense i think he would lose a vast majority of fights.
I was just going to post that.

If Tyson in his prime decided to train for the MMA and fight the #1 heavy weight in a year, no way would I put $ against him.



Yeah, I agree that he would need takedown D, but a year sounds about right and then he'd be unstoppable. Yet, I think prime Ali gets killed in MMA but beats Tyson easily in boxing
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:44 pm    Post subject:

Tyson would just need to copy Liddell's blueprint and he would be unbeatable.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:58 pm    Post subject:

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Tyson would just need to copy Liddell's blueprint and he would be unbeatable.


What dud he do?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:50 pm    Post subject:

Just worked at his TDD non stop so he could always keep the fight standing up where he would have a massive advantage.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:51 pm    Post subject:

I wish DQ's were no contests. I hate that Jones has a 1 in the loss column when he doesnt have a legit lose. His reign would look better if he could fight with the undefeated tag. Makes the fights more interesting when you can see if that one guy will ruin the 0.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:05 pm    Post subject:

Rumble is a beast. It's too bad about the early stoppage in the Hendo fight - the referee didn't stop the fight early enough, and Gus took way too much unnecessary damage.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:23 pm    Post subject:

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Tyson would just need to copy Liddell's blueprint and he would be unbeatable.


What dud he do?


He had one of the best sprawls in the game.



Keeps a wrestler from shooting in and taking you down. He'd sprawl and back away. Kept it standing and eventually would knock you out when with a counter.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:55 pm    Post subject:

By the way, what the (bleep) is with these fighters that the UFC holds on to for way too f'ing long: BJ Penn, Dan Henderson, Brendan Schaub, etc. Everyone can see that they're done, but the UFC just keeps giving them fights. I guess it's probably contract related.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:05 pm    Post subject:

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By the way, what the (bleep) is with these fighters that the UFC holds on to for way too f'ing long: BJ Penn, Dan Henderson, Brendan Schaub, etc. Everyone can see that they're done, but the UFC just keeps giving them fights. I guess it's probably contract related.


Because they slave themselves to the Vinny Mac wannabe. What's worse is that dip (bleep) Rogan and play by play guy calling every fighter and every UFC event the greatest thing that ever lived in the history of life. Calling Tito Ortiz a legend, the bastard has a 30-18 record. How the hell are you a legend when you have gotten your ass kicked 1/3 of your pro fights?
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:46 am    Post subject:

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loslakersss wrote:
Tyson would just need to copy Liddell's blueprint and he would be unbeatable.


What dud he do?


He had one of the best sprawls in the game.



Keeps a wrestler from shooting in and taking you down. He'd sprawl and back away. Kept it standing and eventually would knock you out when with a counter.



Got it. I was working on those last week.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:48 pm    Post subject:

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By the way, what the (bleep) is with these fighters that the UFC holds on to for way too f'ing long: BJ Penn, Dan Henderson, Brendan Schaub, etc. Everyone can see that they're done, but the UFC just keeps giving them fights. I guess it's probably contract related.


Because they slave themselves to the Vinny Mac wannabe. What's worse is that dip (bleep) Rogan and play by play guy calling every fighter and every UFC event the greatest thing that ever lived in the history of life. Calling Tito Ortiz a legend, the bastard has a 30-18 record. How the hell are you a legend when you have gotten your ass kicked 1/3 of your pro fights?


Ortiz is absolutely a legend in the history of the UFC. He won the light heavyweight title, defended it 5 times, and actually has ended up with the most UFC fights in their history (27), and a lot of his losses have come on the back end of his career.

Say what you will about him, personally not one of my favorites, but he was absolutely one of the biggest stars the UFC ever had.

And just to clarify, he doesn't have a 30-18 record, he has 30 pro fights and his record is 18-11-1.

On the original post, I think guys like BJ Penn & Dan Henderson are popular fighters who draw a crowd, that's why they have been allowed to fight. Both are tough as hell, and both are absolutely MMA legends, so in my eyes they've earned the right to go out on their own terms. 2 of my all-time favorites, in fact I'd probably call BJ Penn my favorite ever fighter.

Not sure why Brendan Schaub still has a job though, he kinda sucks
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:45 pm    Post subject:

Free_Kobe wrote:
1since71 wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
Whoa. Rumble is a scary, scary mofo.

I think A "Rumble" Johnson is the first serious threat to J "Bones" Jones title.

They said that about Gus and then about Cormier...

I never thought that and said so before those fights in this thread.Im saying now ,for the record,Rumble is a threat to Jones,1st one he has faced.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:47 pm    Post subject:

Woodley/Gastellum fight was horrible. Silva/Diaz coming up now.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:26 pm    Post subject:

UFC should seriously find that woman, and shut her up. (bleep) with the viewing experience for millions of people.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:44 pm    Post subject:

Well, damn...That was underwhelming. Happy for Silva, though.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:32 pm    Post subject:

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UFC should seriously find that woman, and shut her up. (bleep) with the viewing experience for millions of people.


I saw the fight at a bar so the background noise kind of muted the TV's. What happened?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:35 am    Post subject:

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UFC should seriously find that woman, and shut her up. (bleep) with the viewing experience for millions of people.


I saw the fight at a bar so the background noise kind of muted the TV's. What happened?


Some woman screaming like someone was getting murdered...every 5 seconds.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:42 am    Post subject:

leor_77 wrote:
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UFC should seriously find that woman, and shut her up. (bleep) with the viewing experience for millions of people.


I saw the fight at a bar so the background noise kind of muted the TV's. What happened?


Some woman screaming like someone was getting murdered...every 5 seconds.


Oh, haha. I didn't hear that at all.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:57 pm    Post subject:

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Anderson Silva tested positive for Drostanolone, an anabolic steroid, in a drug test last month, UFC says.

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Anderson Silva AND Nick Diaz fail drug tests ... Silva's failure was on a PRE-FIGHT test. Diaz post-fight test for marijuana. Story coming


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“On February 3, 2015, the UFC organization was notified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission that Anderson Silva tested positive for Drostanolone metabolites on his Jan. 9 out of competition drug test. UFC’s understanding is that further testing will be conducted by the Commission to confirm these preliminary results.

“Anderson Silva has been an amazing champion and a true ambassador of the sport of mixed martial arts and the UFC, in Brazil as well as around the world. UFC is disappointed to learn of these initial results.

"The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by its athletes."
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:28 pm    Post subject:

Steroids. Coke. Weed. UFC likes to party. Brock Lesnar will bring the Coors Light.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:47 pm    Post subject:

ROFL. Damn, Silva wasn't playing around. Not even HGH, just straight up roids.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:34 pm    Post subject:

What a stupid blemish on his legacy. He should have retired after that injury.

And why the hell are they still testing for weed in 2015?
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