Yep. I knew he was in trouble as soon as I saw the size differential and reach advantage. He was the favorite in this fight based solely on name recognition.

Going up two classes?

This was his decision...he asked for the rematch, IIRC.

I'm not sure if he asked for it or not, but what does that have to do with it?

Because he knew how it works when he agreed to the fight.

If he didn't think he could find the time to properly train for a fight of this kind while also meeting his media obligations, then he shouldn't have agreed to it.

He's not the first fighter to move up weight classes for a fight.

You asked why it was more difficult. He's training to fight with 25 more lbs to carry around. That's clearly more difficult than your typical training.

Regardless, its a stupid rematch to begin with and I can't believe the UFC was thinking about delaying a featherweight title fight for a fight that means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. That's pretty disrespectful to guys like Edgar who don't have anything on the table and now he's going to fight Aldo for an interim belt when the champ isn't even injured.

I completely agree with your second paragraph. Completely.

As for your first, like I said, he knew the deal going in....and let's not act like he's the first fighter to ever move up weight classes. If he didn't think he could do it AND meet his media obligations (which were obviously going to be ramped up even more for a card like 200), then he shouldn't have signed the fight contract. That's just the way the game is played.

Sounds like he was willing to promote, he just didn't want a three city drawn out ordeal. He told then he would chief to nyc for the big presser

he insisted on the rematch being st the same weight.

Sounds like a pretty lame excuse. Its just a few days on a private jet with the fight 3 months away, and if he's already willing to fly to NY and back from iceland, thats a chunk of the travel right there.

and I assume the Russian was juiced to the tits, too. Bellator's testing is more of an intelligence test than a drug test.

Regardless though, this isn't his weight class, and he was always going to have problems at WW

Like I've said this is all about egos. Both could compromise

Great discussion by Joe Rogan and Big Brown on the subject. Well worth the 26 minutes of your life if you're a UFC fan:

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That Steele vs Roberts prelim was interesting. Thought Steele was robbed but he also looked 35 pounds heavier easily

It was about a 50/50 split in the arena.

When Pettis regains the feeling in his left leg tomorrow that's gonna hurt.

It's about to get good.

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This is the first Mighty Mouse fight I have been interested in.

Pic from my seat

He was totally ****ed.

That's awesome. What is the atmosphere like?

It is amazing. My son and I are loving it!

Wow.

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Jesus Christ, MM is a beast...

Mighty Mouse. God damn.

It just got loud!!

Not a fan of his but here's a pic of Nate Diaz.

IA_Chiefs_fan, how many people have you seen wearing Reebok fight kits?

Fight kits??

I'm very happy for MM. I occasionally watch his stream on twitch, and he's a good guy

Bones a little rusty

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Dana White said that if Jon Jones is healthy and if DC is cleared in an MRI on Monday, then they will headline UFC 200

edit: OSP has a broken arm

Basically the gear that the fighters wear during walkouts.

I give that card a C....pretty meh. Still good product for me to buy as long as it is with friends.

I read earlier on Sherdog that Jon Jones was in a wheelchair backstage after the fight. Nothing more came of that?

He said at the press conference that he feels great, so not sure what was up with that report

When he was walking out of the arena after the fight I could have swore he was limping while high fiving fans.

Shin injury

So conor says he's back on for 200

Dana says he's not...
This might be the biggest cluster **** ever

WTF is Conor doing?

Trying to force his hand

This may not mean much to most, but its been annoying to me (and some fighters) for a while. Starting with UFC 200, Reebok will finally offer more colors in uniform options. Higher ranked fighter gets first pick, and only the champion can wear black/gold.

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This whole thing really pisses me off. I hate to see the UFC making itself less attractive to free agent fighters by limiting their earning potential. A lot of these guys made a lot more on sponsorship than they earned in the fight itself. Only the top tier guys are going to make any sponsor money if they can't advertise in the ring

To be fair, the bottom fighters are also better off. Its the fighters ranked around #5-#15 who got screwed.

The UFC just announced on Good Morning America that the new main event for UFC 200 is DC vs Jon Jones

What's the o/u on how many days until it's changed?

Big DC fan but Jones is going to handle him again. I hate Jones but he's the best in the business.

so jones' x ray came out negative im guessing?

I assume so. I guess he must have been hurting after the fight, but yesterday he tweeted or instragram'd (I forget which) something about don't worry, he's already walking around and feels fine in response to that panicky story on bloody elbow that said he might be out 6 months.

He was the best but his last fight showed a lot of rust from that time off. I think both guys are a notch below where they were for thier last fight.

They haven't announced anything, but it looks like the UFC may create a women's flyweight division. Whoever is running the UFC's web site forgot that there are many automated programs out there which frequently monitors the fighter data on their web site to instantly detect when fighters are added and dropped. One of them detected a new weight division added in the data for the web site.

Well, this kinda sucks. Paddy Holohan was forced to retire because of an extremely rare medical condition, and the UFC will not be able to medically clear him to fight. He's a young flyweight prospect in a division that badly needs talent.

He's got a bleeding disorder in which he can still form clots so he's not a typical hemophiliac, but the clots can be unstable and fail to stop bleeds, which can be a problem for internal injury. He knew he had it and never really tried to hide it from the UFC, but he didn't go out of his way to disclose it either. He was having bleeding problems after his Dublin fight, and the UFC doctors discovered his condition.

Oh no

They're really watering down the product.

I don't see how. There would now be 11 divisions, but its not like the fighters and fights scheduled are evenly split between those 11 divisions. Lightweight and Welterweight has by far the most fighters and the most scheduled fights, because thats the weight class that fits most healthy male athletes. You can go entire cards without seeing a single female fighter.

The gap between 115 and 135 is just too large, they needed to do it. Maybe they'll bring in a few fighters, but I expect you'll just see women moving up from strawweight or down from bantamweight.

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Looks like this will be the first women's flyweight bout. No championship plans announced yet.

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LOL, Lorenzo Fertitta said this to John McCarthy backstage: "I never thought when I had a guy who was guaranteed 10 Million Dollars, that I'd have a problem."

That guarantee was only for UFC 200. Conor is not guaranteed that amount for UFC 201, 202, etc

lol...

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If anyone is bored, Conor seems to be raging on twitter today, still trying to get on 200. Its been amusing.

LOL, Conor is delusional. He says that if he was on the card at UFC 200, they would have broken the Mayweather/Pacquiao PPV record of 4.4 million buys.

The UFC's current record is 1.6 million at UFC 100. Conor also said that his fight with Diaz at UFC 196 reached 2 million, but thats a flat-out lie.

The more he rambles on, the more I wish he'd just fade away.

The headliner for UFC 201 will be Robbie Lawler vs Tyron Woodley

edit: and this will be a fight night on July 23rd

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Updated with Jon Jones' pretend belt

Rumble/Glover should be fun. Piss before that one starts.

It seems like the UFC signed up with Fox only recently, but it was actually 2011, and there is only about 1.5 years left in their current TV deal. Its no coincidence they cleaned up their uniform with the Reebok deal.

There is going to be an enormous, epic bidding war between Fox and Disney for the UFC. Cord-cutting has become a lot more serious since 2011, Fox desperately needs to keep the UFC to keep people watching FS1.

I assume the Fertittas and Dana will keep most of the windfall, but it would be nice if some of that cash slips through their fingers and falls onto the fighters when they get their next TV deal.

wow. If this is true, then Ronda Rousey is a real unlikable crazy bitch

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The Sun is reporting that Conor McGregor is negotiating with Floyd Mayweather on a boxing match in Vegas. Conor would get 10 million, while Floyd would get the rest. Obviously Conor's contract with the UFC would forbid the bout, but I'm not sure if they can actually go to court to stop it.

The Sun is not the most reliable source in the world, but Conor's coach is dropping hints on twitter, so...

Just 10 million huh? He doesn't seem like a very good negotiator.

Ariel Helwani is firmly saying there is no truth to these rumors.

I also confirmed on another board with people who know about UFC contracts and the law that there is no way Conor can box in the United States without the UFC's permission. The UFC can easily get an injunction, only way Conor could fight without permission would be to go to a country that will not enforce his contract.

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If he's an independent contractor he can effectively do what he wants. Courts are going to side with The fighter. The WWE has learned this the hard way.

There's something about MMA contracts that is enforceable. Rampage tried to fight with the UFC (he thought Bellator breached the contract, making him a free agent), but the court ruled that his contract with Bellator was still valid, and because it was still valid, the court prevented him from fighting with the UFC.

Someone brought up another fact on this silly Conor rumor. Even if he wasn't under contract, there is not an athletic commission in the United States that would sanction a bout between a 49-0 world champion, and a fighter with a record of 0-0.

First thing I thought of when I read this rumor.

But IMO this isn't about him boxing, it's about him trying to prove to the ufc they aren't the only way he would ever be in the position he's in right now financially.

Funny it's the same amount that he was getting for diaz...

Dana laughed off the rumor in an interview and said its not true.

Some clever reporter contacted Bovada, and they said that if this fight actually happened, they would set the opening line at Floyd -2000, Conor +900

Dumb if it were to actually happen. Mayweather would kill him in a boxing match. Well, it may not be a killing by MMA standards, but Mayweather would win every rd by outpointing the #!@% out of him.

And it would still be a solid bet to put everything you own on Mayweather.

I would bet Mayweather at -50000. I highly doubt McGregor has boxing skills on par with the 50th ranked welterweight in the world, let alone Mayweather.

That's extremely low for someone that's never had a boxing fight before.

keep in mind, lines are set based on how they think people will bet. You gotta keep the stupid horde of Irish fans in mind, you might not need much more than +900 to attract money on his side.