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UFC has a major star power problem.
Other than Connor, they really don't have anyone that can carry the promotion. Dana should probably just cash out and walk away.
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LOL, he already cashed out, Dana and the Fertittas sold at the perfect time. He got paid literally hundreds of millions of dollars for his ownership stake, he's just a well-paid employee now, perhaps slowly accumulating new ownership shares that he can cash out of again later when WME-IMG sells.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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The coaches for the next TUF will be DC and Stipe Miocic. DC will try to become a 2-division champ in July.
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Brunson: "That was a long time ago, I'm a much better fighter now!"
*marches forward with his hands down and chin up, gets KTFO again*
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#8106 |
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I also gotta hand it to Dana regarding TUF. After every season I think "ok, I'm sick of this show, I'm not watching the next season." then they announce the coaches and I'm like "ooh, never mind, I'm in."
Sometimes it runs dry, they don't have good options, and I can skip a couple seasons, but they do a pretty good job of hooking me back in on Wednesdays.
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#8109 |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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We got the UFC this weekend, but they aren't putting up much of an effort because obviously everyone's going to be focused on a different sporting event.
Saturday 7pm TV - (6pm Fightpass/7pm FS2/9pm FS1) - UFC Fight Night, Machida vs. Anders This is kinda bad by UFC standards, but Brazil cards are usually bad so you gotta grade on a curve. Given that, its OK I guess. 11pm - (Fightpass) - Pancrase 293 Its Pancrase, Pancrase is bad and on in the middle of the night. If you can't sleep, I guess you can have this running on the background of your computer while you look up Super Bowl odds and stories.
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Anderson Silva's career is probably over.
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/2/1...usada-mma-news He tested positive for synthetic testosterone and for a diuretic. Since he's a repeat offender who popped for 2 separate banned substances in the same test, he could be facing up to 8 years suspension by USADA.
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3 fighters on the main card, including Anders, missed weight. Reportedly it was because the crappy hotel the visiting fighters were put up at ran out of hot water last night so they couldn't do their weight cuts. (lol Brazil)
Anders was close enough that they gave him an extra hour this morning and he made it, but the other 2 weren't close. The Dodson-Munhoz fight is apparently off because of it.
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The UFC has decided not to pay Dodson his show money. He was scheduled to co-main the card, so I imagine the UFC was not happy when he decided to decline a non-title fight because of 4 pounds even though he was offered 20% of the guy's purse.
edit: The UFC decided to pay him a portion, but not all of his show money
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UFC 222 just lost its main event. FW champ Max Holloway is hurt and out.
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I'm not sure if anyone else watched that Brazil card, but if you did, then you saw one of Mario Yamasaki's worst-reffed fights ever. There was essentially no one in the cage to officiate.
I often joke with friends that Mario is the most bloodthirsty ref in the UFC, he's the very last guy who will ever stop a fight, you've got to be damn near dead before he'll start verbally warning you to fight back. He had the co-main between Valentina Shevchenko and some Brazilian girl called up from the B-leagues, and it was immediately obvious that this was going to be a one-sided beating. Valentina got full mount 2 or 3 times, and a freaking crucifix position twice, and Mario calmly stood there and watched her beat the Brazilian chick into a bloody pulp. It got so bad the crowd was boo'ing a non-stoppage, even though it was their fighter getting beat. You could even see Valentina getting tired from punching, so she finally grabbed a neck and mercifully ended the fight. The final punch stats were, and this is not a joke: 217 to 1. (Dana said 230-3 but it was worse than that) Dana White was also not happy.
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