I bet Rousey goes all Gina Carrano and only fights once or twice more

Ronda says she is going to stick with her shitty coach and his terrible camp.

That alone is going to move the odds significantly even more towards Holm for the rematch. Ronda might end up only fighting one more time in the UFC.

Well, duh. She's gotta move over to boxing and execute Mayweather.

I wish.

So what do they do if Aldo wins? Do they have him fight Edgar or Mendes again?

You can stream it.

Maybe Max Holloway if he wins.

The White House responded to the Nick Diaz petition.

tl/dr version: This is a state issue, the Federal Government has nothing to do with this. Go talk to Nevada. But hey, it is kinda cool that so many of you banded together to make your voices heard. If you want to know about Marijuana, we responded to those petitions already.

They should make Nick fight Nate for reinstatement.

I'm honestly more intrigued by that fight than Aldo/McGregor...the Jacare/Romero title eliminator should be a helluva fight too.

Can't wait for this PPV, first one I'm ordering in a quite a while.

For those who don't know, there are also fights tomorrow and Friday, so 3 nights of UFC fight cards in a row. (Thursday is fightpass only, no TV. Friday is FS1)

Friday is pretty nice for a free card. Not great, but pretty nice. The last two fights are really good and important for the title picture in those weight classes.

Thursday is.... eh, but if you are watching on Thursday then it means you are a crazy UFC fan who bought fightpass, so you have nothing to complain about. Tomorrow night's card has a couple interesting fights, mostly young potential rising stars, one of them finally facing a test. Sage Northcutt is being brought along slowly, and is fighting another tomato can who he should crush. In the main event, PVZ is finally facing her first real opponent and we'll see what she's got.

Saturday's PPV is completely F'ing absurd, obviously.

Also, Aljamain Sterling on the prelims of that card.

oh, nice! Why isn't that fight on the main card, its buried deep enough in the prelims that I overlooked it. Anyway, it would be a poor free TV card, but its not bad at all for a fightpass card

UFC 200 holms vs rousey rematch

Holy Crap, Sage Northcutt is crazy-ripped. Wonder if USADA has tested him yet.

edit: In the few months he's been in the UFC, he's already been tested 3 times. So, I guess USADA was also curious after seeing his insane arms and abs.

He is either very good at evading detection, lives in the gym, or both.

The odds for Aldo/McGregor are now even, both are at -115. I got in with Aldo +150

*smug*

Time to watch Sage destroy another can on his slow steady path to UFC greatness.

Northcutt is going to take a flamethrower to Pfister, but I'm rooting for Cody just because of the Embedded. Sage is with his waspy family (including weirdo coke/steroid dealing dad) decorating a Christmas tree in their McMansion while Cody is eating sad salads alone in his apartment with his cat.

Pfister wasn't doing any damage, but that standup by the ref was brutal.

That was a questionable decision by the ref to stand them up.

That was really ****ing impressive. The UFC needs to stop babying Sage, give him a real opponent.

In his first fight we saw Northcutt's striking, in this second fight we saw that he's got serious ground game and BJJ. My God, he's only 19. Unless he pops for steroids, he's got a career in the UFC. This kid might be the lightweight champion someday.

yep, that was a bad standup, but hey, the kid took full advantage.

"Fight Pass is amazing..." "...if you get a chance, Google John 3:16."

LiteraLOL

here we go. We're gonna learn a lot about PVZ soon.

I was already rooting for Rose, and then she comes out to Run the Jewels. Incredible.

wow. Rose WRECKED PVZ in round 1. Paige might be overhyped

lol, even when PVZ gets the takedown, she's immediately reversed. There's a lot she's got to learn.

PVZ is really damn tough though and might have better striking. This fight has become really interesting. We'll see what their conditioning is like.... and PVZ is on her back again

Rose is up 20-18 on my scorecard. PVZ probably needs a finish, but she's clearly not the better grappler. Strawweights not named Joanna don't get knockouts, so I don't see how she wins this.

Rose is picking her apart standing, and is the superior scrambler. A thrashing thus far. Also, round one was possibly 10-8.

PVZ is getting wrecked. Her first real challenge and she's getting crushed.

I could have definitely seen Rose winning this fight, but I didn't think it would be so one-sided. PVZ has a lot to learn.

Good thing for Page her face was lubed up with her own blood.

oh God, they need to stop this. Rose almost choked her out, she wouldn't tap.

PVZ is too tough, her corner needs to keep her from getting hurt.

I have round 3 10-8, so 30-26 for Rose

PVZ looking like Joe Stevenson against BJ Penn.

wow, PVZ's armbar defense is good. She might be a contender someday, but she's clearly too green right now.

WTFFFF @ not tapping on that. Jesus.

oh GOD, what? I thought Rose broke her arm because she wouldn't tap, but I guess not?

PVZ is a warrior. Probably to a stupid extreme, but she's tough.

I cringed so hard thinking this young strawweight was about to get her arm broke because of stupid pride, but then it didn't break somehow.

Barring a miracle, Rose is going to win a big, dominating decision. PVZ is now fighting for pride and not getting finished.

PVZ finally tapped. 5th round, PVZ gassed (with probably sore arms) and Rose had that choke just undeniably locked in. PVZ had to tap or go to sleep.

Hell yeah.

Hopefully they tweet the scorecards for that fight later tonight. I could easily see 50-43 if not 50-42. A complete domination. PVZ is tougher than I gave her credit for.

That was an awesome fight. If it went the distance it may have been 50-43, Rose just destroyed that young rising star.

I know that the obvious fight is Joanna Champion vs Claudia Gadelha, but with this impressive destruction of PVZ, I think "thug" Rose has to get the next shot at the winner of that fight.

I say give Gadhela another shot at Joanna, and give Namajunas a rematch against Torres if she wins on Saturday.

That sounds like a great plan. Its never a good idea to keep your second contender on ice for half a year, just let them fight and figure out what the next fight should be on the fly.

If the brutal, deadly Polish chick keeps her belt and Rose beats Torres, then we've got a fight that is at least worthy of being a high-profile PPV co-main

I just don't understand the haters who say that women's MMA is not entertaining, I loved that fight, it was great. I really don't see a difference between a flyweight or bantamweight men's fight, and a women's top-10 MMA fight.

UFC 194 weigh-ins have started

Everyone made weight. The staredown was tame by Conor's standards.

edit: Aldo hilariously mocked McGregor's usual fight stance

Aldo looks so relaxed...have a feeling he's gonna put on an absolute clinic tomorrow night.

Yesterday at the press conference Conor bowed to Jose after their staredown. He's also a lot calmer in these interviews.

I think it's finally hit him that he's fighting one of the best p4p fighters who has had about a year to prepare for him.

He's reportedly been acting very different from this "calm before battle" thing he's been telling reporters. Backstage before the weigh-in, Conor was relentlessly yelling and trash-talking at Aldo just 10 feet away, while Aldo just ignored him and looked ahead.

edit: here's that arm bar that PVZ refused to tap to that we were freaking out about last night.

http://i.imgur.com/g33SoKx.webm

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Have to agree with Iole. That featured prelim was the worst UFC fight I have ever seen. Near the end, I was no longer annoyed and was laughing at how terrible this fight was.

The gonzaga fight? That was like a prime Jon Fitch type fight.

I think Mendes can stuff enough of Edgar's takedowns to keep it standing long enough to eventually catch him with his power, especially with the small cage again. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if Edgar wins a decision.

I think Ferguson is too smart to stay in Barboza's range. I think he'll crack Edson and then submit him late.

Here's a thought: do you guys think we could start a UFC 194 thread?

I don't think most UFC events should get their own thread because there's really not many of us who care, but this one is so overhyped that it may be the exception to the rule. Tomorrow's card is basically the "super bowl" for the UFC this year. I was talking to people at work today who don't follow MMA AT ALL, and even they all heard of Conor McGregor and were sort of curious about how he'd fare, so his notoriety has clearly broken out of our small MMA circle and into general pop culture. Hell, boxing fans had their stupid Mayweather threads, so I think we should have at least one thread a year too.

If the rest of you don't think the idea is stupid, I can start the thread after midnight.

Eh, how many people will participate? I know some like me will be at a bar watching. You'd might get better results if you hold off until 200 and might try and get some casuals into it.

200 is July, and the headliner (Rousey Holm II) is less compelling than 194. 200 should probably also get its own thread, but that would sort of fit into the "one thread a year" vibe I'm thinking the UFC should get. Boxing gets a few threads a year here.

I'm not saying it's a bad idea. Just wondering how much of a crowd you'd get. Like I said, I'll be at a bar watching.

I think I'm gonna go ahead and do it, with the understanding that this should probably be a once a year thing. I know some people will troll us, but whats the worst that could happen? 3 pages and not much activity? The sun will still rise on Sunday and we'll still have seen cool fights.

I'm down....

OK, I've got our thread prepped and ready to go. I'll post it at 12:01.

Ferguson was forcing the action in the first, but I'd give it to Barboza for constantly countering him. A possible 10-8 round because of the deduction.

Wow! Great fight.

That was an awesome fight.

Important fights coming up next...

Followup post to last night's main event:

No judge scored a 10-8 round until the 3rd, Glenn Trowbridge didn't score a single round 10-8.

This should be a hell of a fight. Always respected Mendes and Country Boy is a great song so even better.

I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING.

Wow

Absolutely.

After what you did for the Royals this year you should be able to start any damn thread you want. You could also ask for predictions for each main card fight to get discussion going.

Eh, I decided not to post it. There's really not going to be many of us who care.

I would go ahead and post it. **** everyone else.


We have stupid " I got blown by a guy who said he was a girl last night" threads.


I'm probably gonna stay home and watch the fight with my wife tonight. Went out drinking last night so we probably won't hang out worth everyone again tonight lol. I'll try to keep you some company in there

OK then, I'll put something together.

Updating the UFC Title History Workbook. I hope I have to make another major update next week.

Apparently Conor McGregor's UFC contract is up, which is fantastic timing for him. He believes his next multi-fight contract with the UFC will be 9 figures.

Chad Mendes and Jose Aldo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWJBuqeUEAADKkF.jpg

I gotta say after this weekend...McGregor has completely won me over and now I'm on the bandwagon.

The way he handled himself after was pretty impressive to me, on top of him clapping Aldo who I thought would win lol.

I am now a believer and complete fan...

Interesting leaked off-air conversation between Rogan and someone else during the introductions, where Rogan makes it clear that he thinks Aldo looks soft and very nervous.

http://webmshare.com/play/Mnn7O

and he deserves every penny

Agreed. That ring looked like that last place he wanted to be. Crazy a guy with that many career fights let McGregor get to him.

I know that Aldo always looks down during introductions and never looks at his opponent until the fight starts, thats just his thing so I wasn't concerned about that, but he looked really nervous at the final check.