211 is going to be so crazy, such a stacked card
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god dammit
This is asking for disappointment.
The MMA Gods are not kind and now we will almost certainly see fighters pulling out
Three week wait for 211 
I can't wait for it that card is insane.
I can't wait for it that card is insane.211 looks amazing, especially the main card... not a single dud on there. Alvarez looks bruised up from the McGregor beating in his head shot next to Poirier 
I don't even know which fight I'm looking forward to most
On a side note, I liked Artem on the TUF but jeez the guy is a bum
On a side note, I liked Artem on the TUF but jeez the guy is a bum
Artem was completely outclassed after the first 5 minutes but going around acting like he won because he wasn't stoppedI don't even know which fight I'm looking forward to most
On a side note, I liked Artem on the TUF but jeez the guy is a bum
I don't even know which fight I'm looking forward to most
On a side note, I liked Artem on the TUF but jeez the guy is a bum
That TUF was always a bit skewed. The European team had an advantage being that more top American fighters would be signed up to big organisations already. The American team was full of shite really with the exception of 1 or maybe 2 fighters.
Still pissed off Saul never got his chance then I saw him fighting domestically and lose like a month or two ago. Unfortunate for him
Yeah was a shame with Saul he looked the besto n the show comfortably. Messed it up for himself though apparently.
Anyone watching TUF? I don't but seen some articles on mma fighting website, and TAM come across as idiots and bullies. Hope Killashaw smashes Cody, that arrogant little toerag.
Don't particularly like either tbh, they both come across as dicks and it's a battle of who's worst than the other.
Personally think Cody wins that fight. I'm still not completely convinced on Dillashaw being as great as some claim and Cody shocked me with his performance in the Cruz fight. Should be an absolutely brilliant fight though.
Well, he's right, it's a fecking disgrace tbh. He should be paid a lot more than he does. Tremendous fighter.And raging al doesn't get the 50k bonus so tweets the UFC and tells their company to go feck themselves
He'll probably get fined for jumping the fence too
Doubt he'd come back...
We'll see him in Bellator soon.
MMA Hour special with Nate Diaz. Bound to be exciting.
DId you listen to it? I just had it on in the background in work for the last 1hr and a bit and it is quite interesting.
Can't really blame him for not rushing to fight for the UFC he doesn't really need it. I thought the most interesting stuff was how they didn't promote him or anything (i.e. his manager got him on Conan and Jimmy Kimmel shows.)
Whilst the Diaz bros may not be as popular as they think they are Nate was right that the UFC massively lacks stars and he has/had potential to be a huge star especially after that Conor win. It sounds like they didn't take advantage of it at all. What's weird is since the takeover by what is essentially a bunch of agents they'd be better at promoting people than they are.
Yeah heard it on the way to work. Very interesting indeed. The man brilliantly walks on the edge of genius and insanity. Most of what he said though made sense... Ferguson for example calling out Conor and Khabib and then turns to Nate when those fall through... Nate ain't no afterthought!
Drugs really do feck up brain cells.
The winner of TUF 26 will crown the first ever UFC Flyweight Women's Champion.
Fights added to 213 are Cowboy/Lawler, Pettis/Miller and Werdum/Overeem which all join Garbrandt/Dillashaw. Brilliant card so far, maybe another fight to be added as the main event, seems they're targeting Jones/Cormier for 214 instead of this one.
Fights added to 213 are Cowboy/Lawler, Pettis/Miller and Werdum/Overeem which all join Garbrandt/Dillashaw. Brilliant card so far, maybe another fight to be added as the main event, seems they're targeting Jones/Cormier for 214 instead of this one.
Yeah he has some odd comments definitely but he seems to be aware more than pretty much every one else in the UFC how the whole thing works. He got his money and he can't be used by the UFC the same way other fighters will be.
This is true.
Maybe...just maybe.
Without a doubt.
UFC211 almost upon us. So many good fights.
Main Card
Heavyweight Stipe Miocic (c) vs. Junior dos Santos
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) vs. Jéssica Andrade
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
Featherweight Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodríguez
Flyweight Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Preliminary Card (FX)
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
Featherweight Chas Skelly vs. Jason Knight
Middleweight Krzysztof Jotko vs. Dave Branch
Lightweight Marco Polo Reyes vs. James Vick
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Strawweight Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey
Featherweight Jared Gordon vs. Michel Quinones
Heavyweight Chase Sherman vs. Rashad Coulter
Featherweight Gabriel Benítez vs. Enrique Barzola
Light Heavyweight Joachim Christensen vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov
Main Card
Heavyweight Stipe Miocic (c) vs. Junior dos Santos
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) vs. Jéssica Andrade
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
Featherweight Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodríguez
Flyweight Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Preliminary Card (FX)
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
Featherweight Chas Skelly vs. Jason Knight
Middleweight Krzysztof Jotko vs. Dave Branch
Lightweight Marco Polo Reyes vs. James Vick
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Strawweight Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey
Featherweight Jared Gordon vs. Michel Quinones
Heavyweight Chase Sherman vs. Rashad Coulter
Featherweight Gabriel Benítez vs. Enrique Barzola
Light Heavyweight Joachim Christensen vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov
It is indeed a great card
But I sure am getting worried about the rest of the year now.
These new owners are pissing me off, they should be stacking the summer cards well in advance
And I have no real issue with GSP getting a title shot, but having to wait for possibly as late as October is fecking crazy. Why can't they have Bisping fight now and the winner face GSP later in the year?
But I sure am getting worried about the rest of the year now.
These new owners are pissing me off, they should be stacking the summer cards well in advance
And I have no real issue with GSP getting a title shot, but having to wait for possibly as late as October is fecking crazy. Why can't they have Bisping fight now and the winner face GSP later in the year?
Fantastic card. Flying up to Toronto to watch this with friends.
Yeah me too, but I'm positive things will go back to normal sooner than later. Everyone can see UFC is going down badly after the sale, not only the fans, but more and more fighters are speaking up about the freak show the UFC has become. (never mind Bellator and other organizations catching up...)
Just let the best fight the best, simple as. This shit is not a personality contest.
Main Card
Heavyweight Stipe Miocic (c) vs. Junior dos Santos
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) vs. Jéssica Andrade
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
Featherweight Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodríguez
Flyweight Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Preliminary Card (FX)
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
Featherweight Chas Skelly vs. Jason Knight
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Strawweight Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey
I've seen a few writing off JDS which surprises me. Poor loss to Overeem but outside of that his only UFC loses were both to Cain who was regarded as a P4P best at the time when he was healthy. I lean towards Dos Santos personally, has the style to pull it off and has beaten Miocic before. Miocic certainly has the momentum coming in though, I think this one goes the distance in a close fight. Really need to watch the first fight again as it's been a while. Great to see two really likeable guys go in there and fight for the title.
Heavyweight Stipe Miocic (c) vs. Junior dos Santos
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) vs. Jéssica Andrade
Welterweight Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
Featherweight Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodríguez
Flyweight Henry Cejudo vs. Sergio Pettis
Preliminary Card (FX)
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
Featherweight Chas Skelly vs. Jason Knight
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Strawweight Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey
I've seen a few writing off JDS which surprises me. Poor loss to Overeem but outside of that his only UFC loses were both to Cain who was regarded as a P4P best at the time when he was healthy. I lean towards Dos Santos personally, has the style to pull it off and has beaten Miocic before. Miocic certainly has the momentum coming in though, I think this one goes the distance in a close fight. Really need to watch the first fight again as it's been a while. Great to see two really likeable guys go in there and fight for the title.
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So Jimmie Rivera v Thomas Almedia booked. Gonna be straight fire!
Got Rivera to win easily by decision.
Rivera was so close to a title shot, but after he decided he wouldn't fight Chito vera (fecking up a main event), luck change for this 2 guys. (Dana probably wasn't too happy with Jimmie)
Chito went to london to retire Pickett and got a lot of new fans, also Brian Stann plus other celebrities will help him fund raise for his daughter at fight week.
Rivera on the other hand, hasn't fought and now he is fighting a guy outside the top 10.
lesson learned i hope. (Don't try to jump the line and fast track to a title shot)
edit. Hopefully its a good fight. If Jimmie wins, he might get a title shot anyway, depending on what Cruz gonna do...
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For fights like this, when both guys are so close in terms of abilities i usually pick the guy with less distractions on his mind.
JDS just had a baby girl i think, so i doubt he was 100% focused on his camp. Only because of that i pick Miocic.
Last time i picked Overeem over Miocic for the same reason. Wasn't sure how Stipe was gonna react with so many media obligations, being champ for the first time and all... except for that early knockdown, he wasn't really affected by it and eventually defended his belt. My conclusion is that the guy can deal pretty good with pressure.
But yeah, this can go to anyone. Last fight was great. Stipe dominated at the beginning but JDS rallied from behind to get the decision.
And the injury bug hits. Cejudo out with a damaged hand... shame as I was really looking forward to that fight. Hopefully there won't be any more pull outs
Looks like the middleweight bollox is finally getting sorted
UFC will now not wait on GSP and make the Romero v Bisping fight. They should try and book Rockhold v Whittaker too for number one contender. Both these should be in June/July
UFC will now not wait on GSP and make the Romero v Bisping fight. They should try and book Rockhold v Whittaker too for number one contender. Both these should be in June/July
I'd love to see Bobby Knuckles become #1 contender!
That's what I reckon and I'm pretty much always wrong on them so I'd bet the opposite. Think Stipe finishes JDS inside 2 rounds. Good card though even without the Cejudo fight (out of all of them if 1 had to get cancelled that's the one I'm least fussed about)
I reckon it's a way to get GSP to hurry up basically. Can't see them not making the fight in all honesty.
good news. I was optimistic when Rockhold came out calling for the top fighters to boicot the MW division. We need the big stars of each division to come out and speak up more often. Too bad some of them are quite happy with how the new shit is going.
Bisping vs Romero and Rockhold vs Whittaker should happen now hopefully.
Although, what we do with Mousasi? Maybe feck Rockhold (he hasn't fought since loosing the belt) and make Whittaker vs Mousasi.
Rockhold rematch Weidman?
maybe he is fighting Woodley now?
Yes I'd go for the rematch with Weidman for sure for Mousassi
yeah would be the less complicated outcome. Both fighters wants to do it again.
@Randall Flagg
if this is true, then what make more sense is:
Bisping vs Romero
Mousasi vs Whittaker
Rockhold vs Jacare 2
we'll see...
if this is true, then what make more sense is:
Bisping vs Romero
Mousasi vs Whittaker
Rockhold vs Jacare 2
we'll see...
Final nail in the coffin for Weidman? Gastelum is top 3 for me, and destined for the belt.
Can't wait to see JJ fight again. Probably my favourite fighter in MMA.
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@RedFish Joanna is looking great in this clips. So much better when she is not in angry mode. Andrade gonna get a beating for 5 rounds.
Woodley's fight is meant to be getting announced this weekend according to Helwani on Twitter the other day. Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if it's Conor, there's no one in his division available to fight.
He does seem to be taking ridiculously hard fights. He's in need of a tune up fight really. Potentially could go 0-4 it's ridiculous.