New York ****ing sucks at officiating MMA, lol

The ref absolutely should have stopped the fight right there, that was fine so I have no problem with the result, but this idiot thought he could call a time-out like with a deep cut or something.

This PPV is absolutely hilarious.

We were ***THIS*** close to a double-KO, the rarest thing in combat sports. Mitrione and Fedor hit each other right on the chin at the same time, both went down. Fedor was hurt, but Mitrione wasn't and scrambled to his feet for the finish.

This is nuts.

Much better than whatever the UFC has put out in recent memory.

yeah, this was definitely worth $50 at this point, even if Sonnen-Silva ends up being terrible.

Oh, and a young Gracie won a fight in the modern days of MMA. Crazy!

Chael Sonnen grinds out the clear victory. Coker must be happy, because they can market him.

This was a pretty good PPV with lots of wackiness, and maybe 2 good fights.

edit: HAHAHA, Chael loudly declared in the middle of MSG, that he hates New York.

This was unambiguously a fantastic success for Bellator. This particular card might not make a lot of money, because a lot of MMA fans went "lol **** that" and refused to pay for it, but there's gonna be a whole lot of "holy shit you missed an awesome show" word of mouth, and maybe next time they'll give it a chance.

They just need to pace themselves and realize they aren't at "we can sell a PPV every damn month" like the UFC, wait a few months for the fights to align, put together another interesting card, and sell it again, see what happens.

You could have made a legitimate argument to stop that fight in the 3rd round there. Penn literally did nothing the last 5 minutes.

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Hendricks is thoroughly screwed. Unless he absolutely needs the money, he should retire. He's competitive at Welterweight, but there's no way the UFC will let him try to cut to 170

Wow. Mario Yamasaki totally blew the main event.

Lee had the choke in deep but Chiesa wasn't tapping yet. Mario was expecting a tap I guess, stopped the fight and Chiesa was wide awake and angry.

Lee was probably about to win, but it definitely was not for sure.

I'm not complaining about the stoppage. I know he didn't tap but he stopped fighting the hands and it appeared as if he was out or going out. MY was trying to make sure he was safe. If he didn't want the fight stopped he shouldn't have relaxed his arms.

That was a terrible stoppage, you have to give the fighter an opportunity to fight out of that.

Bad stop, one that would be a little easier to swallow if MY hadn't ****ed up several other calls in the last year or so

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Yeah, thats the thing. If John McCarthy, Herb Dean, or Marc Goddard was the ref, I woulda been like "ok, you blew this one, but you are a good ref, everyone can have a bad night once in a while".

Mario has been skating on thinner and thinner ice every month. He's reaching the point where he should probably not be reffing anything on a main UFC card anymore.

The funny thing is that Mario had a reputation for being a bloodthirsty ref, letting fights go way too long until a fighter is fully concussed, pouring blood, and half-dead before he finally stopped it, so its shocking to see an early stop from him now.

Megan Anderson is out, only explanation so far is "intense personal reasons that are out of her control".

Cyborg will fight the invicta Bantamweight champ. I'm obviously skeptical that this will be a competitive fight, but hey, she went 10-0 (1) in her last 11 fights, so who knows.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Anderson out, <a href="https://twitter.com/InvictaFights">@InvictaFights</a> bantamweight champ <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyaevinger">@TonyaEvinger</a> in to face <a href="https://twitter.com/criscyborg">@CrisCyborg</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC214?src=hash">#UFC214</a> <a href="https://t.co/kdAwMHYrQw">pic.twitter.com/kdAwMHYrQw</a></p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/879877210772914176">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone is hurt, and his bout with Lawler will probably be pushed back to UFC 214

Damn, that's a big blow to what would've been an amazing card. It's still buy worthy but I love Cerrone's style and hate to see him miss a fight.

The CSAC will not allow Renan Barao to fight at bantamweight at UFC 214. They have informed the UFC that they'll approve the fight at either 140 or 145.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/6/2...ght-at-ufc-214

I'm surprised no one here has posted about Justine Kish shitting herself in the fight with Felice Herrig.

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That is a really crappy situation to be in

Happens all the time in MMA. It's due to dehydration from fighters trying to make weight.

No one wants to compete with 4th of July weekend

Friday/Saturday

nothing

Sunday Morning (Saturday Night)

1am - (Fightpass) - Pancrase 288

Thats it, there's nothing else

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let everyone know this is not an injury. But a super bad infection in my blood. 7 days of IV… <a href="https://t.co/lH5y7FGuGq">https://t.co/lH5y7FGuGq</a></p>&mdash; Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cowboycerrone/status/880170502169473024">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Holy crap, 214 is starting to look kinda bananas

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Tyron Woodley confirms that he&#39;ll defend his welterweight title vs. Demian Maia at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC214?src=hash">#UFC214</a>! Details here. <a href="https://t.co/5BukKCCjPy">https://t.co/5BukKCCjPy</a></p>&mdash; FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/880200625316806656">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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edit:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UFC rushed to do Woodley-Maia in July so they could have winner fight GSP at MSG. 214 is amazing, but I feel for Maia: deserved more time.</p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href="https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/880204092735467521">June 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Dana White: Conor McGregor wants Khabib Nurmagomedov in Russia after Floyd Mayweather

Holy Shit. That would be amazing.

This will not be close. I'm still gonna watch the freakshow, because how can you not watch Conor get his ass beat?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">McGregor getting ready for Floyd...<br><br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA">@TheNotoriousMMA</a>) <a href="https://t.co/foodaHcvvZ">pic.twitter.com/foodaHcvvZ</a></p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/880546986277130240">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Conor clip is cringeworthy :(

I really wanted to see this until I saw that Conor sparring video

The fight is going to be a train wreck to watch, but I can't help myself.

Dana White hired Snoop Dogg to do fight commentary for his Tuesday Night contender series. It sounds like they are putting together 2 broadcast teams, and letting you pick one. You can either listen to a traditional broadcasting team, or you can select the "SnoopCast" and listen to Snoop Dogg and Urijah Faber.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UFC enlists Snoop Dogg for alternative commentary on new fight series <a href="https://t.co/Ywb5SOloW3">https://t.co/Ywb5SOloW3</a> <a href="https://t.co/oVavkeBTPu">pic.twitter.com/oVavkeBTPu</a></p>&mdash; MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/880916381885231104">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This is the UFC's international fight week, so lots of UFC this week. They will have their hall of fame induction ceremony Thursday on Fightpass.

Friday

6pm TV - (5pm Fightpass/6pm FS1) - The Ultimate Fighter Finale Johnson vs Gaethje

Pretty weak card as expected for a Friday TUF finale, but what else are you gonna do? There's maybe one or two fights I'm interested in.

Saturday

7pm TV - (5:30pm Fightpass/7pm FS1/9pm PPV) - UFC 213 Nunes vs Shevchenko 2

Losing the Cowboy vs Lawler fight to UFC 214 (which will make that PPV even more incredible) hurts, but this is still a very good PPV. 4 good fights with a random trashweight fight serving as an intermission between the first and last 2 fights. The prelims are also pretty decent.

Tuesday

7pm - (Fightpass) - Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series

OK, so this thing is going to start next Tuesday. I don't want to think about posting the weekend schedule on Mondays, so I'm just going to say that our "week" runs from Wednesday through Tuesday.

You likely will have never heard of most of these fighters, who are all fighting in Dana White's separate, totally not the UFC fight promotion, hoping to earn a contract with the UFC. Why should you watch this? Well, Snoop Dogg is reportedly going to be available along with Urijah Faber on the stream offering alternative commentary during the fight. If I do watch this, it will literally be mostly because of that.

The weigh-in for UFC 213 is over. Everyone made weight, though Yoel Romero needed the towel.

Tonight's PPV is now a dumpster fire. Nothing official yet, but Nunes has apparently been sick all week, and was in the hospital this morning. I assume its weight cutting problems, which is usually the case for illnesses during weighin

edit: dumpster fire is too strong of a word, its still a fine PPV, just only about average.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Multiple sources have told me Amanda Nunes is 100 percent off UFC 213 tonight.</p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/883764704912355328">July 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amanda Nunes ill, out of UFC 213 main event <a href="https://t.co/0p9o8sg7zg">https://t.co/0p9o8sg7zg</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fk1bWYERiK">pic.twitter.com/Fk1bWYERiK</a></p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href="https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/883768661277888514">July 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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She supposedly went to the hospital twice and they found nothing wrong, she pulled out on her own. Again supposedly.

JJ offered to fight in 5hr notice but no way they let a115 lbr in there against 135...

Also you can't have a fighter clear medicals the day of the fight. The only people who would be eligible to fight would be anyone who had weighed in yesterday.

If this fight was in Pride, Fabricio would have won. The end of the fight should really dictate the outcome more than earlier rounds.

Werdum should have went for the finish, though. He has no one to blame but himself.

Wow. Gegard Mousasi signed with Bellator. He was pretty much 2nd in line for a title shot after Whittaker.

If the UFC is not going to pay to keep their top talent, then at some point Bellator will be a real competitor.

The UFC has really turned a lot of guys off with their Reebok deal and all the other shady shit they do. They basically told the fighters they were going to limit their earning potential and there wasn't anything they could do about it. Now that Scott Coker is building Bellator into a respectable organization Dana White is going to have to rethink his my way or the highway bullshit or they will lose fighters of note to a company that allows them to earn unlimited sponsor dollars.

many fighters HATE dana.


he's the shadiest.

Competition is always good for the product

It sure is, I wonder how many big buck signings Coker will have to execute before the UFC takes a new approach to fighter relations. I wouldn't be shocked to see some guys like DJ,or other champs defect before they get it.

Reigning champs can't defect. The UFC has a champions clause in their contracts that prevents them from signing with another promotion. They would have to lose their belt or be cut first.

I think the UFC also has a right of first refusal for all fighters, which means they have to be given a chance to match Bellator. In Mousasi's case, the UFC decided not to match the offer and let him go.

The price for the Mayweather-McGregor freakshow has been set. $99.95 for HD, $89.95 for standard def.

I'm in on that. I figured it would be a buck fifty

I can justify it to myself because I know I'm paying to watch a freakshow. Those who think they are paying for a competitive boxing match are the suckers.

Oh yeah I'm in the same boat.

Still almost hoping conor lands "that one" and I'm not really a fan of his.

Nah, homie. Anybody paying for that garbage is a sucker. No justifying this one. If I watch it, it will be on someone else's dime. And $99 is ****ing ridiculous.

Depends on how crucial that $99 is to you. I would pay that to watch Conor McGregor get beaten up, and the tiny chance that something crazy might happen is just an added bonus that I don't really expect.

Unless Conor lands a ko, this will be the boxing version of Toney/Couture.

Boxing finally gets it's payback.

Meh, it's 99 bucks. I really should have a different attitude about it, but I doubt think I ever will.

It's only money.

Exactly. You're like, touching my soul man...

Sounds like only reason Floyd is fighting Conor is to pay off a tax debt:

Floyd Mayweather says he can't pay off his 2015 tax liability until after he gets money from his Aug. 26 fight against Conor McGregor.

The boxer filed a Tax Court petition on July 5 that asks the IRS to allow him a reprieve until the fight.

"Although the taxpayer has substantial assets, those assets are restricted and primarily illiquid," the petition said, according to the legal website Law360. "The taxpayer has a significant liquidity event scheduled in about 60 days from which he intends to pay the balance of the 2015 tax liability due and outstanding."

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...orary-reprieve

I'll buy it too, just to watch Conor get nowhere fast. I have no illusions it will be a good fight.

Reminder that Dana White's silly new promotion has fights tonight. You know, the one where the only reason to tune in is to hear Snoop Dogg's analysis.

You know what, you guys are right. I've been trying not to present my opinions as an absolute lately, and that's exactly what I did here.

Folks can decide how to spend their own money, and for y'all, the entertainment of this freak show might be worth the money.

I should have just said that I can't justify paying for it to myself.

Like I said though, if I happen across a chance to see it for free, I'll probably indulge.

OK, now time for the post-fight interview with the winner

(hot blonde who is doing the interview appears with mic)

Snoop: "oh, wow"

(after a fighter went to sleep on a choke)

Snoop: "he went Cosby"

If you are a MMA fan and a Fightpass subscriber, then this is going to be a very busy weekend.

Friday

6:30 pm - (Fightpass) - Glory 43

Its probably the top kickboxing promotion. If you like the sport, you should probably watch it.

8pm - (Spike) - Bellator 181

Looking at Tapology, this card is very good by Bellator standards. Their prelims can probably be seen on the internet if you aren't into kickboxing.

Saturday

7pm - (Fightpass) - Invicta FC 24

Invicta is live from Kansas City for what feels like the 100th consecutive card. This was originally going to include a title fight, but the UFC swooped in and took it.

Sunday

noon TV - (11am Fightpass/noon FS1) - UFC Fight Night Afternoon Nelson vs Ponzinibbio

This is below average compared to most UFC Free TV cards, but the last 2 fights are interesting. Dana White obviously wants to push Cynthia Calvillo who is trying to act like a female Diaz, but she has to prove she can actually fight against her first real opponent and isn't just another Paige Van Zant-like novelty act.

Tuesday

7pm - (Fightpass) - Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series

If you weren't watching last night, it was pretty entertaining, almost magical even. Take TUF, remove all the reality TV drama bullshit, add in more focus and analysis on the actual fight card, and bring in a drunken team of Urijah Faber and Snoop Dogg for commentary. Profit!

If UFC 214 holds together and doesn't fall apart due to training injuries and weight-cutting failure, then I plan to put up a separate thread for that card on the day of the event.

We usually get about 1 or 2 cards a year where casual UFC fans who only watch a couples times a year might be interested, and since UFC 214 looks utterly bananas, that will probably be the big event of the year, barring McGregor doing something in December.

I'm having a 214 watch party. We usually do the fight week card but this one seemed much better. We put up the projection screen outside under the gazebo. Build a fire in the pit and roast a hog. It's gonna be fun.

Send me that address please lol

Reminder if you have fightpass, Snoop Dogg will be commentating fights in a little over 2 hours from now.

Less than 10 days to go until what may be the biggest event of the year. This weekend we've got a pretty busy Saturday.

Saturday

5pm TV - (3pm Fightpass/5pm FS2/7pm FOX) - UFC Fight Night Weidman vs Gastelum

This card is weird in a couple ways, first its huge with a whopping 13 fights. I don't remember ever seeing that many before, but I'm sure somebody will collapse during weight cuts or something and it'll get down to 12. Its also branded a Fight Night even though the main card is on FOX. I assume "UFC on FOX" contractually has to meet certain ratings requirements for the UFC to get paid, but FOX probably liked this card enough and had nothing else going on since ratings season is over and said "**** it, we'll just take it". Anyway, its a pretty good card. All 4 fights on the main card are great, and there are 2 interesting prelim matches.

9pm - (Fightpass) - VFC 58

If the UFC hasn't satisfied your need to watch MMA, this card is scheduled to begin right after the UFC is over, probably running to midnight. Thats right, potentially 9 straight hours of MMA. I'm in for the first 6 hours, but are the last 3 worth it? Well, I dunno, its about average by local promotion standards, maybe slightly below average.

Tuesday

7pm - (Fightpass)

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If you have fightpass, aren't busy on tuesday nights, and are not watching this, then you are doing it wrong. It is Urijah and a drunken Snoop Dogg commenting on fights, thats all you need to know.

A few weeks after the McGregor freakshow we'll have this.

I'm setting the over/under for PPV buys at...... 225k

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I'll buy it

me too, but we're the hardcore MMA fan weirdos.

It gets worse, on that night UFC 215 competes against this:

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Damn, I'll have to record two college games and the fights while I watch OU/OSU

That is the perfect description of me btw

There has been a very late change to the TV schedule, switched this morning. The prelims are now on FOX, so all 4 hours are on FOX

That was one of the best free cards I've seen in a while. The whole card was great, most of the prelims were great, and the main event was awesome.

Gastelum said he's gonna meet with the UFC's dieticians and conditioning coaches, and he'll try to convince the UFC to let him go back to 170

Good luck with that, he will be Big Rig II if he can't stop eating so much.

Snoop is on fire tonight. Hilarious!

UFC 214 is almost here

Saturday

7pm TV - (5:30 pm Fightpass/7pm FXX/9pm PPV) - UFC 214 Cormier vs Jones 2

Unless a total disaster happens during weight cuts to multiple fighters, this will probably be on paper the best card of the year. If you only pay for 1 or 2 UFC PPV's a year, then this is it. For crying out loud, ****ing Cowboy vs Lawler is only the 2nd fight on the PPV. The prelim is pretty good, too.

8pm TV - (5pm internet stream/8pm NBC Sports Net) - PFL 2

I hadn't been including the Professional Fighters League, but I found out NBC sports is on my cable, so what the hell. (Anything on AXS TV is still dead to me) Their 2nd show is competing directly against Cormier vs Jones 2. lol, good luck with that. I guess they are hoping that die-hard MMA fans who are dead flat broke might switch after the UFC prelims.

Sunday

8pm - (Fightpass) - Eddie Bravo Invitational 12

EBI is a submission-only tournament with no judges. Its pretty fun to watch if you like jiu-jitsu, and this time around the weight class is female flyweights.

Tuesday

7pm - (Fightpass)

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I'm so stoked for 214, it should be bonkers.

The entire main card has successfully weighed in. No one has missed weight yet, and they are only waiting on one fighter in the prelims to weigh in.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Both guys weighed in! Jones weighed in at 204.5 and Cormier at 205. Cormier vs Jones TOMORROW LIVE on PPV!!! <a href="https://t.co/cpFXaMFwjy">pic.twitter.com/cpFXaMFwjy</a></p>&mdash; Dana White (@danawhite) <a href="https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/890976557061226496">July 28, 2017</a></blockquote>
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DC didn't have to push the towel?

Nope, but he did need the towel. Cyborg also didn't come out for an hour after weighins started and needed to use the hoop of shame, but she made 145.

Everyone is writing her off but Tonya Evinger is a great fighter. If she makes it out of the first she has a really good shot to beat Cyborg.

pumped for this card

I thought the prelims were on FS1, but I was wrong, they'll be on some channel called FXX. Fortunately, I have that channel, so I'm good.