You really have a thing for Joe Rogan, don't you?
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You really have a thing for Joe Rogan, don't you?
I've hated him for a long time. From no selling half of Codys landed shots last night to making a big deal about a dubious headbutt to give Dom an out for getting carved up. It was a headbutt folks! I'll show you at the end of the round! It was a headbutt!
Best of all was not being sure Dom landed a shot and saying he 'Wasn't sure Mike but I think he tagged him. He could be hurt Mike, if he was tagged he could be hurt'.
Or overstating Dom's workrate during round 5 and practically begging for a dubious judge decision.
God Im angry again!
"Mike, Cody might need to win round five here. Mike, Mike, he might think he needs to win this round, Cody has to be careful here, this round could be important, we just don't know....."
He may have been watching a different fight on his phone.
Yeah, Rogan has this thing where he has a favourite or something and will not really change his opinion even if what hes seeing is different. He was no selling some of Codys shots last night 
I got more respect for Cody as a fighter last night. And I also got more respect for Cruz post fight. Very classy. Its nice to see he can dish it out and has no issue with those who give it back like Cody was doing during the fight.
If anybody stays with that fraud of a coach after what happened to Rousey, I have no sympathy for them. Says a lot when Rondas mother calls him a fraud and this was even before the Holm fight.
I got more respect for Cody as a fighter last night. And I also got more respect for Cruz post fight. Very classy. Its nice to see he can dish it out and has no issue with those who give it back like Cody was doing during the fight.
If anybody stays with that fraud of a coach after what happened to Rousey, I have no sympathy for them. Says a lot when Rondas mother calls him a fraud and this was even before the Holm fight.
Can't believe how stupid Ronda was trying to box with Nunes. Thought she'd be better than that.
Nunes reminds me a bit of McGregor. People underestimate her reach, speed, and most importantly striking power, and wind up paying a massive price for it.
Oh I could go on all day about Joe. From preaching about Rondas flawless boxing technique to claiming he was always unsure about her striking. From creaming himself over Nates elbow and shoulder shots v Conor and nonchalantly saying 'He tagged him'when Conor smacked him flush on the draw.
Or when discussing the fight on his podcast, continually stated that 'Some say Nate won that fight, personally I think Conor won but it was really close. So if we say Nate won because there is an argument there.. ' like a little worm since the Diaz brothers are his smoking buddys.. That went on for like 4 months.
Ill leave it there. Im boring myself.
Why on earth do you listen to his podcast? Sounds like you are torturing yourself!
I like Rogan. He's passionate and seems a good guy.
It depends on the guest, reddit timestamps his converstation so I can dip in and out when something interesting pops up.
Even if I loved Joe i couldn't listen to it. 3 hrs about how doing certain types of drugs propels you to other dimensions or how we'll all evolve into immortal robots!
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I don't understand Rousey at all, takes a year off builds up her physique and yet does not get anyone in to teach her the basics of self defence. Still can't keep a solid guard, still can't stop an attack at all. Just like in her last loss. Absolutely mind boggling....
Its her coach. Put Rousey in a proper training team/coach and she will excel.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/12/...-corner-amanda-nunes-edmond-tarverdyan-advice
Yeah I saw this lol
But she has to have some common sense herself and realise that he's dogshit.
The only thing missing last night was Werdum showing up to kung fu kick Edmund again.
Just finished watching it all this morning, had to avoid the spoils of internet and TV. That was brutal to watch, right from the off Nunes just toying with her. I see Ronda's boxing and guard hasn't improved at all so amateurish. Cruz & Garbrandt was a great fight, I was disappointed for Cruz because I like him but Cody matched him at his own game and was in control after few rounds, Cruz was just made to make risks after that but couldn't pull any. Now it shakes things up in that division and sets up at potential Cruz vs Garbrandt-Faber type rivalry like they used to have. I think Cruz should wait for Dillashaw vs Garbandt fight if that happens though.
Just caught up with this, Cruz losing was a shock, Rousey much less so. Cody was class.
Rousey's potential next opponent already called her out:
The fans.
That Cody/Cruz fight was brilliant. The first time I've wanted Cruz to win a fight and he finally loses.
Nunes/Rousey went down even better than expected. Watch Nunes get popped for PED's now even though Ronda looked significantly more filled out than her...
Nunes/Rousey went down even better than expected. Watch Nunes get popped for PED's now even though Ronda looked significantly more filled out than her...
McGregor, rather comfortably.
Hard to say since they are two weight classes apart. Its a bit like asking who would win between Conor and Bisping.
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You can't be serious
Wouldn't mind seeing Nunes match up wth Cyborg, assuming the latter clears up her steroid issues.
As for Garbrandt, he seems to want a rematch with Cruz, which is a bit odd given that its usually the loser who immediately calls for a rematch. I'd love to see a rematch as I think Dom would make the appropriate adjustments to possibly win. That would obviously enrage Dillashaw.
As for Garbrandt, he seems to want a rematch with Cruz, which is a bit odd given that its usually the loser who immediately calls for a rematch. I'd love to see a rematch as I think Dom would make the appropriate adjustments to possibly win. That would obviously enrage Dillashaw.
Cody can go up and McGregor can go down, not that I think it will happen hence why I said hypothetically.
Full fight
I get the feeling that McGregor has gotten to that stage of his career where cutting that weight would do more damage than good. The weight cut is brutal. There is nothing for him at that weight not Money, not a challenge nothing to prove.
Hypothetically Macgregor kills him.
Im still shocked that she has so much loyalty to that fraud of a coach. And even worse that she tried to trade and didnt go for any type of takedown. Has to be a little bit of arrogance
I don't think he wants first defence of the belt to be against Dillashaw, that's risky business for Garbrandt. He sounded out a rematch against Dom in the presser, easier work for him.
He is a rising star for sure, but it would take a crazy 12 months before he could command big ppv buys like Mcgregor/Rousy.
That would make sense but Cruz pretty much said he wants a rest and that TJ should probably get next shot. Cody also mentioned TJ immediately after the fight. Dana also said TJ will get next shot.
After the way he schooled Lineker, denying him title shot would be a joke. But it would be funny seeing TJ lose his Shit if he doesn't get the shot.
He'd got her believing she was a striker. I don't know why you'd do that or why she'd buy into it, but that's what he got into Rousey's head.
Which I guess is fine, but once that Holm match happened, and she stuck with him, its hard to have sympathy for her.
No doubt. She's torpedoed herself by sticking with him and by going away from the best aspects of her technique. She has fantastic judo, but she should have added good strike defense to her game, not tried to become a striker. It's a lot easier to become great at defending something and counterattacking with what you're great at than to come up to the level of your opponent's strength.
I didn't expect it to be Nunes who would humiliate to such a degree even though it was obvious this was a disastrous idea from the very beginning. She would have had to been on another level initially to be out of the ring for a year and not look poor.
I think shell-shock and what might as well be called PTSD took hold of her well before any kind of strategy entered her head. It's all well and good slaughtering her dire trainers, but what happened to her out there was more a result of complete, mental collapse over anything else.
To be honest, if the fight had have gone any other way, with her just slotting seamlessly back into full-blooded combat, I would have been amazed. If even Jon Jones can't do that, the writing was always on the wall for Rousey.
Nevermind talk of MMA, she should seriously be placed on suicide watch. Her mental health was poor and obviously fragile before this fight, so for absolutely everything to go wrong like it did... one doesn't really want to imagine the possible fallout.
People hate her and the persona she has manufactured, but there's a very fragile and insecure individual at the heart of it who could be at the brink if she doesn't have good people around her to get her off that mental ledge she was already teetering over.
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Shocked at Cruz losing, but equally impressed by Garbrandt. Well done that man. Him vs. T.J. or re-matching Cruz will be a date to put in the diary.
Indeed.
It's brutal isn't it? I have never seen a fighter look like someone else literally unrecognisable after the cut. Every other fighter you can tell who they are after the weight cut but he looks like a crack fiend
Cutting weight is a b*tch. I once had to do 30lb in 30 days to make weight for our first match. McGregor busted out 27lb in 8!
Agreed.
I'm completely convinced that every fighter has a number of shots to the head they can take before they are done competitively. Not all are created equal, and some fighters have a higher number than others, I think she's just met hers.
Even his hands look wasted.
Jesus, that pic of McGregor, it's less weight cutting than vacuum shrink wrapping.