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Lineker is a great fighter, glad to see him move up to BW. He can be a contender I reckon

He wasnt even phased by the shots he was taking in that wild exchange
 
Theres always one stupid dumbass judge who sees a different fight.
 
Thought it was early at first, but he was out

You get the feeling he could have easily done that in the first round, but he was worried about stamina. Total mis-match
 
Looks like Mir will knick this very disappointing fight, I like Mir but it'll be bad for the division.
 
Randall Flagg said:
I had Mir 29-28 just because of his take downs. But I'm pleased Andre won it and it was close

But no way was it 30-27
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It was a hard fight to call, but it was 1-1 going into the last round imo and third round was hard to call. Fair enough could have gone either way. But as said, theres always one blind judge who doesnt watch the fight.
 
Randall Flagg said:
Cain gets werdum first and I reckon Cain will get his belt back

Leaves Andre in though position. Will he wait it out? He probably should

Can't see him beating Cain or Werdum though
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yeah Pitbull doesn't look like he could beat the top guys... too bad now Werdum and Mir probably wont fight for nothing interesting (just for money in a couple of years). Its a matchup i would have seen years before.

Might Miuse picking Dodson apart shot by shot
 
Johnson is just ridiculous... feck.

finish him, come on!

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total and complete domination. Too bad he couldn't finish him but maybe next time.

who is next for him?
 
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Very entertaining 5 fights - Van Zant looks like she is moving up the ranks nicely and will eventually wind up fighting Joanna, who will probably smash her. A bit disappointing seeing Mir completely overweight. Arlovski was also a bit disappointing in that he wasn't able to unlock him. Pretty much the result I expected from Rumble - he seems to have evolved a bit in terms of being able to fight a bit on the ground. He will fare well against the winner of DC/Gus. Best performance of the night was from Mighty Mouse imo - completely kept Dodson on the defensive all evening with a creative and unpredictable set of weapons. Probably the best pound for pound fighter in UFC at the moment.

Can't wait until next month and then roll on December.
 
Raoul said:
Very entertaining 5 fights - Van Zant looks like she is moving up the ranks nicely and will eventually wind up fighting Joanna, who will probably smash her. Pretty much the result I expected from Rumble - he seems to have evolved a bit in terms of being able to fight a bit on the ground. He will fare well against the winner of DC/Gus.
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Good fight for VanZant last night. Get's another win under her belt and keeps her hype going. Despite being in the top ten I really hope they hold off on throwing her in against Joanna anytime soon. She needs quite a few more fights first and needs to improve certain areas of her game. She's got potential to be a good draw so they need to be smart and not throw her in there to ruin what they're currently building with her. Namajunas for me is the one who has more potential, they need to build both sensibly.

For Rumble, I think he'll have a tough time if he faces Cormier again. Cormier is the type of guy that has the perfect style to exploit one of Rumble's biggest weaknesses which is his cardio/conditioning. Johnson has shown improvement in quite a few fights and been smarter with the way he approaches the fights but you see the effect Cormier had on him in their first fight and I think Rumble could have the same issues if they meet again with Cormier using his power and wrestling to grind Johnson down until he's completely drained. With that all said I'd happily watch them do a second fight.
 
I dont think @Pscholes18 likes Ronda


Pscholes18 said:
Zingano or that cnut Rousey?
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Pscholes18 said:
Apparently Corriera will get Rousey as the headliner in UFC 190....good luck sellling that PPV.....wont even be close.
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Pscholes18 said:
Would love to see Rousey get ktfo but shes going to destroy Corriera
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Pscholes18 said:
Now we have to hear how Godly Rousey is for beating a tomato can.
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Pscholes18 said:
Thats the problem, yeah shes talented but people overstate how good she is...there is no competition in her weight class....she needs to fight Cyborg or rematch against the last fighter she beat, the name escapes me.
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Pscholes18 said:
Jesus, Joe Rogan must be banging her.
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Pscholes18 said:
Whats so super about that? Two fights against Tate and two armbars....Rousey needs to quit ducking Cyborg and sign the fight that the fans want...Rousey has shown up at a perfect time in womens mma...shes a great fighter in a division of subpar fighters...and apparently she came up with the cure for cancer the other night if you were listening to Joe Rogan....Cyborg is her only competition...meet at a catch weight of 140 and have at it...Cyborg has already said she doesnt want the belt, just wants to beat Rousey.
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Pscholes18 said:
http://espn.go.com/mma/story/_/id/13616740/ronda-rousey-star-road-house-remake

FFS! Remaking a classic and with this fecking bitch....can't blame her for taking all she can while shes on top, but so fecking sick of her.
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:lol: tbf She is quite polarizing and Rogan and the UFC hype machine is definitely in full Ronda Rousey is the greatest woman ever mode.
And she has been beating "cans" as he put it. holly holmes will be no different. I saw her debut fight and unless she's improved by an insane amount, there is no way in hell she's getting the W. I'm sure the pre fight odds will reflect that.
 
Pscholes18 said:
Apparently Corriera will get Rousey as the headliner in UFC 190....good luck sellling that PPV.....wont even be close.
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That ones a classic considering early estimations are it outdone 189 and did massive numbers. Rousey had nothing on the card supporting her either and an opponent that PS called a 'can', pretty incredible.

Current estimates have the show doing a little more than 900,000 buys on pay-per-view, the largest number for a UFC show since UFC 168, on Dec. 28, 2013, the show headlined by the second Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva fight and the second Rousey vs.Miesha Tate fight.

It would give the company three shows so far this year that have topped 800,000 buys. The Dec. 12 show, with two title matches, Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor for the featherweight title, and Chris Weidman vs. Luke Rockhold for the middleweight title, barring a key injury, would figure to top that number as well.

The Jan. 3 Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier light heavyweight title fight was expected and did big numbers, and likely would have done bigger had the show not gone against the NFL playoffs. The July 11 McGregor vs. Chad Mendes fight was the subject of the biggest marketing campaign UFC had ever done for a fight, although was probably hurt somewhat by the late Aldo injury.

But the Rousey fight's success at that level was hardly expected. While Correia did her part to hype the fight, and there were a number of storylines in place, UFC 190 had little in the way of what would be considered strong undercard support. The show was also held in Rio de Janeiro, and in the past, shows outside North America have not done big numbers on pay-per-view. When Anderson Silva was considered UFC's top fighter, he twice headlined shows from Rio de Janeiro, and both did less than 350,000 buys.

In addition, it came only three weeks after a far more heavily promoted show that was held in Las Vegas. Where that wasn't a negative factor, as it would have figured to be, is that McGregor and Rousey each draw from unique audiences. In addition, no event Rousey headlined without a second title match on the bill had ever come close to this level.

Having two big shows so close didn't cause that much of the audience to pick and choose, the way UFC 187 got hammered coming a few weeks after the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight.

There was a grudge aspect of Correia scoring wins over Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler, two of Rousey's friends, and the storyline of Rousey going to Brazil to face the Brazilian fighter. In this case, the fight being in Brazil actually became a positive because it was part of the story.

Still, the key is that Rousey may have become the company's biggest drawing attraction to date. Fighters like Brock Lesnar, Georges St-Pierre and Chuck Liddell, the previous biggest draws, all needed top level opponents as well as good stories to hit numbers like that. It may also be that while the MMA crowd was dismissive of Correia's chances and her lack of top-10 wins, the crowd Rousey drew from didn't see past it being a grudge match with the easy to digest storyline and it not figuring to be that competitive didn't matter.

How much the grudge match aspect played into this will become evident on Jan. 2, when Rousey (12-0) faces Holly Holm (9-0) in Las Vegas, as there is no real story to the fight past Rousey facing a former world champion boxer.

Another key to all four of the company's biggest modern pay-per-view draws is bringing in a unique fan base. Lesnar brought in the pro wrestling audience. St-Pierre was a mainstream Canadian sports superstar. Liddell was the company's superstar fighter when it first appeared on national television. With Rousey, she brings in a female fan base as well as a casual fan audience that doesn't even follow the sport on a regular basis.

The UFC does not release its pay-per-view numbers and estimates are from industry sources.
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TUF started last night, McGregor/Faber, decent opener. It's on every Wednesday on BT Sport.
 
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