There are some really good 185ers that would eat Bisping's lunch. It's all about the cash though and GSP will be a much bigger PPV sell to the casual fan.

Is there a more boring fighter than Bisping?

He isnt athletic, doesnt have any crazy moves or kicks

He doesnt have heavy hands, rarely knocks anyone out

He isnt some powerful ground and pounder, always stays on his feet

Basically he just seems to wanna outpoint people with technical boxing... and then of course theres his big fat mouth, cant ****ing stand that guy

I've always felt he was over rated and overvalued by the UFC. Cockeyed prick

He's exciting only when he gets knocked out.

There are a lot of guys who are more boring than Bisping. His thing is volume, few (or no?) fighters throw more strikes than him, and he's got cardio for days. In the 5th round he'll still be coming forward and throwing. When I think of boring fighters, a guy who throws more strikes than anyone else doesn't jump to mind.

His only talent is longevity

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I'm not sure why or who will be replacing him tomorrow, but Bruce Buffer will not be announcing the fights this weekend.

Joe Martinez was always good, I think he's done a UFC show before

looks like thats who it is

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edit: Maybe WME just doesn't want to be in a situation where someone is seen as irreplaceable especially after that Mike Goldberg situation. Buffer might still be their #1 guy, but maybe they want to start mixing other announcers in the rotation. They are probably happy that Rogan has already chosen to dial his time back to just domestic PPV's.

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Free UFC from Brazil on FS1 tonight, Belfort vs Gastellum is your headliner

Hopefully its a good card because there isnt much going on at my place, and there are ****ing tumbleweeds blowing through this place tonight

Burkman, what a jobber... rooting for him, but he'll probably get his ass whupped against this little pitbull

Crazy amounts of blood here in Yahya vs Soto

Do we really have to declare a winner for this fight? (Moraes vs Ramos)

Chick in blue didnt like getting popped, pissed her right off and she is taking control from there

I called the majority draw. 3rd round was obviously a 10-8, and I figured a couple judges would give Correia the first 2 rounds.

A double-knockout happened this weekend. Unsurprisingly, because this is so extremely rare, the ref screwed up and awarded the win to the first guy who was able to stand. (A double knockout is a technical draw in MMA)

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I DVR'd that free card and watched it last night. There were some great fights on it.

Big Country Nelson vs. Volkov added to the KC Fox Card

Was the ref Earl Hebner from WWE?

"Oh, I saw Rocky II, I know how this works!"

(double knockouts are a also draw in boxing, but they also count you out to 10, so if you can get up, you aren't knocked out. There's no 10-count in MMA, if you are flash KO'd, thats it.)

OMG...watching ESPN right now and Steven A arguing with some other guy over the possible Mayweather / McGregor match. Steven A going with Connor and the other guy saying Mayweather will demolish him.

making me laugh man. I can't imagine it actually happening...but money rules so...
I can't IMAGINE Connor getting demolished either....but Nate Diaz so...
I honestly can't think of two guys I despise more. Athletically awesome and morally bankrupt.

if I was forced at gunpoint to bet the mortgage...I think I'd let them shoot me! ROFL (for reasons unknown to me I think I favor Connor)

I have no idea what would happen. anyone have any thoughts or is this just too stupid a subject to even address?

Floyd would beat Conor in a boxing match. But I doubt it ever happens.

Floyd would absolutely toy with and demolish Conor in a boxing ring.....are we seriously having this conversation lol?

Conor would only have a puncher's chance, and then only in the first 3-4 rounds before he gasses, and then only if Floyd completely disrespects Conor by putting his guard down and trying to clown Conor or something.

If Mayweather is a professional and just goes out to try to win, he wins. Even if he ****s around, he still probably wins.

I would not be tempted to bet Conor unless he was at like +4000 or something, and there will be enough ignorant MMA money coming in that the line wont get that high. The only interesting bet would be "Does Conor McGregor go the distance?".

Floyd unretired and called for the fight, and Dana White just went on Conan and said he now thinks the fight will probably happen. (even though just a couple months ago he said there was a better chance that he would be Brady's backup in the super bowl) Dana even said that he doesn't think it makes much sense for his business, but there is now too much money involved for it not to happen.

Things are obviously moving behind the scenes, Mayweather and Dana wouldn't be talking like this unless they now believe this silly cash-grab farce is actually going to happen.

I think it's happening

Connor would have a 2 inch reach advantage and a 12 year age advantage. also, he trains for MMA energy expenditure which is much greater than the energy needed in boxing. I'd THINK that gassing shouldn't be an issue....I'd think a boxing round would be very easy for an MMA fighter as far as conditioning goes. MMA guys are grappling and kicking and whatnot which requires much more energy than just boxing. both are counter strikers. surely Connor would make money come forward and then try to catch him coming in...as opposed to chase money and allow HIM to counter strike.

I don't think there are better conditioned athletes on the planet than truly good MMA fighters. maybe I'm just wishful thinking...but I can't help but think it's not a forgone conclusion that money is just gonna wade thru him. I just don't believe it'd be that easy.

If Floyd still had his speed (hands, feet, head movement), he'll out box Conor with counter punches to an easy decision. That speed was God tier in all time history and I don't think Conor has the boxing skills to compete at that level.

Floyd is the best defensive boxer of all time. Conor gassed in the first Diaz fight. Too many years of Floyd being the best and Conor thinking he's the best. Conor should be about a +350 dog on the bright side.

Weekend schedule as March Madness kicks off. After this weekend, no UFC for 3 weeks.

Friday

nothing

Saturday

3am - (Fightpass) - BRACE 47

Regional promotion in Australia, no top-100 talent, pretty bad even by local show standards. This is not in any way, shape, or form worth waking up for and unless something insane happens its not worth watching the replay either. If you have fightpass, you wake up with insomnia in the middle of the night, and you have absolutely nothing else to do, then maybe watch this until you fall asleep.

12:30 pm - (Fightpass ONLY) - UFC Fight Night, Manuwa vs. Anderson

This is a pretty weak UFC card, but tough shit. If you want MMA, this is all you are getting this weekend, because no one wants to compete with the NCAA tournament even early in the day. The main card does have a few interesting fights though including Pickett's retirement fight, so it may be worth checking out at about 4:30pm or so.

Watching the main card online, classy move today by Gunnar Nelson. He nailed his opponent, and after a follow-up head kick he could see that his opponent was dead on his knees. Rather than pounding him out with more head trauma like almost anyone else would have done, he went slightly out of his way to grab an easy choke to end the fight.

Anyone attending the fights in KC April 15?

I am!

Connor beats Floyd ez.

Ryan Bader signed with Bellator

He's probably going to have a better shot at a title in Bellator than he would've if he stayed in the UFC.

Looking forward to Phil Davis v Ryan Bader 2!

For only the 2nd time in company history, Bellator will attempt to sell a PPV.

The card will be at MSG on June 24, headlined by Chael Sonnen vs Wanderlei Silva. They plan to stack the card (Bellator 180) as much as they can with their top fighters.

Good Grief. Sonnen is past it, Wandy hasn't fought in 3 years, who else are the going to have? Mitrione, Shields, Davis? Not great, not great at all.

They pretty much need to throw in every name they have, Fedor, rory macdonald, benson henderson, Bader who they signed today (probably for a Bellator belt), etc.

If they do that and they make the price reasonable like $30-40, then eh, maybe.

Fedor vs Mitrione will co-headline that PPV Bellator card

What about Chuck Liddel?

Yeah and Matt Hughes

So, Conor got his fines and penalties reduced and is supposed to apply for a boxing licence. Maybe it will happen.


And in other news that idiot John Koppenhaver was found guilty on 29 of the 34 charges against him for beating the shit out of his porn star girlfriend.

Read the other day that he actually wants to fight again

Not much going on this weekend, no one wants to compete with March Madness

Friday

nothing

Saturday

noon - (Fightpass) - Glory 39 (kickboxing)

7pm - (Fightpass) - Invicta FC 22

I hope not. I'd like to remember him as a beast not the guy who made a sad comeback.

It'd be interesting, but I have a bias for the guy... he grew up not far from me and I got to meet him once

But I laid down the rules right away "dont get ****ing smart... ok?"

I honestly thought he retired at the right time. The game was passing him by and he got out. I'd hate to see him come back and get embarrassed. He can't hang with some of these kids. Having said that though 170 is not as strong a division as it used to be so who knows.

I honestly forget, who was his last fight against... when he clowned Royce Gracie?

At any rate, it seems his farm isnt keeping him busy enough these days

No, he got KO'd by Josh Koschek

Yep, how did I forget that

After looking at his twitter, I'm an even bigger fan... he is a Republican :clap:/off to DC!

https://twitter.com/matthughes9x?lang=en

Yep, probably gonna get life

The War Machine can only beat up girls.


Also, PLEASE, Matt.....don't do it. I can't deal with another pathetic comeback. BJ has broken my heart enough for a lifetime.

BJ is fighting Dennis Siver in May I think

I just checked, this won't compete with the UFC because the UFC is doing one of their weird rare Sunday fight nights that weekend for some reason. Maybe they were tipped off that Bellator would be making a move that weekend, and the UFC didn't want to counter because they would be saving their stars for international fight week in July.

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HAHA

UFC is back next weekend. Your schedule this weekend:

Friday

10:30am - (Fightpass) - EFN-FNG 62

Why? Did Dana make a deal with Putin to show X number of Russia cards per year?

This card is ****ing garbage, one top-100 guy, and all the regional guys are barely top-100 in their region. The fight before the co-main is the #61 Welterweight.... in Russia vs Russia's #132 WW. Watch it over lunch if you are bored maybe?

8pm - (Spike) - Bellator 175 Rampage vs. King Mo 2

Not excited by the main event, but its a couple names. The card is decent by Bellator standards, not many top-100 fighters, but the regional fighters are all top-5 in their region and could crack top-100 in the world with wins.

Saturday

3pm - (Fightpass) - Cage Warriors 82

OK, not bad. 3 world ranked fighters, everyone else is about top-50 in the UK. After this is over, we get baseball starting next week.

Rampage is very, very bad and should probably retire. He's also fat.

He was 253, unreal, he looked slow and old man. Of course King Mo is also terrible so there's that.

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Oh man, he beatin afro man

rampage streams video games all the ****ing time now. Thats what he does! lol

And eat apparently

Who else is going to the fights on the 15th?

A buddy and I are coming from Iowa.

I'm pretty stoked. I'm going to the golden gloves championship this Saturday and the UFC event next Saturday

Full reports from all going, please. You're lucky to get a main event title fight. I've been to 2 UFC events live and Rampage headlined them both one in Columbus and one at Palace in Auburn Hills.

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This is a fairly big weekend. Saturday will be a long day with a Bellator card from Italy in the afternoon and UFC at night.

Friday

5pm - (Fightpass) - TKO 38

Not bad by local promotion standards. This is a Canadian promotion, and there are no world ranked fighters on the card, but almost everyone is local-ranked top 10.

Saturday

2pm TV - (Spike) - Bellator 176

Average by Bellator standards. Main event is for the Bellator Middleweight title, for whatever thats worth. They are following this up on Spike with Bellator Kickboxing, which you may also want to watch if you don't have fightpass.

7pm TV - (5:15 pm Fightpass/7pm FS1/9pm PPV) - UFC 210 Cormier vs Johnson 2

This is a pretty good PPV. Not incredible, not bad or average, just pretty good on paper, with a main event and co-main that I really want to see. 4 of those 5 fights are good and interesting. I'm fine with women's MMA in general on a main card when it makes sense, but man that 3rd fight really doesn't belong on PPV, but whatever its a break in the middle I guess.

Gastelum decided to one up himself. Got popped for pot today.

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and it was a USADA in-competition test. The threshold is high enough that to fail you basically have to smoke or consume edibles on the day of your fight.

Dana white expects to see conor fight Floyd this year.

I'd imagine he gets axed soon. He's likely looking at another suspension.

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So, he ate his way out of 170 and smoked his way out of the UFC all together. Somebody needs to teach Mr Gastelum about personal choices.

$$$

A lot just happened today, and the UFC narrowly avoided total disaster for this weekend. With the weight cutting and high-profile fights dropping out, part of our big dumb sport now involves seeing the weigh-ins on mmafighting.com on Friday morning. (instead of the ceremonial weigh-in on TV thats only for show)

7 minutes till the deadline everyone weighed in except one of the strawweights on the PPV (more on her in a minute), and the main event. Both DC and Rumble were waiting to the last moment. The strawweight comes in, they bring out the hoop of shame, she hits 116 and now there's only two left.

DC comes in, with the towel, and steps on the scale with 4 minutes left: 206.2. Holy shit, disaster, the fight's probably off, and the belt can't be contested. With literally 1 minute left DC wants to try again which seems like a stupid waste of time because there's nothing else to take off.

205, everyone cheers, Rumble comes in and weighs in at the deadline 203.8, fight is on. Then they check the tape, and the media noticed that DC pulled off an old weigh-in trick and the commission missed it. DC was pushing down on the towel that was stretched in front of him, he only needed a pound so he didn't have to push hard. The guy running the weigh-ins shrugs, is clueless (or playing dumb), and says everyone made weight, and thats that.

Then the strawweight fight on the PPV card was cancelled. Why? That strawweight who weighed in at the last moment had breast implants (probably disclosed it on a medical form or something?), and New York does not allow them. The UFC is pissed, they get their doctors and lawyers together, look at the regs, and point out the stupid rule is for boxers, and their MMA rules say nothing about implants. Eventually the NYSAC caves in, and that fight is back on as well.

Alternative theory is scale ****ery. DC was over by 1.2, minutes later he's at 205. Then Johnson weighs in, and he's under by 1.2

I think this is more plausible. Johnson did not look of the mindset that he was a lb under when he stepped up .

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Cormier insisted that he was on weight, and the scale upstairs had him at 205. He thinks the scale just randomly glitched his first try (really? That can happen?)

When he went backstage after the first attempt, he was told that the rule in NY for a championship bout is that he can re-weigh and if the scale still says he's over, then he'll have 2 hours to cut. At that point he was confident and knew he could cut a pound. He didn't really expect the scale to say 205, he thought he was going to go back to cutting.