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**KcMizzou** · 07-08-2010, 08:18 PM

Excited about an upcoming fight? Want to make predictions, or just give people a heads-up that there are some fights on? We can do it here.

(Also a good place to complain, dicuss, and agrue about the outcomes)

**alnorth** · 03-29-2018, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Question, seeing as there are all sorts of reports that Fox is telling the UFC to shove it for their TV asking price and is supposedly going to replace them with the WWE...where will the UFC go since their asking price is pretty outrageous.

To the highest bidder, which will probably still be FOX because they are trying to get FS1 off the ground and still need live content for their 3 or 4 networks. If WME had to settle for $200MM/yr instead of the $400MM/yr they were dreaming of a few years ago, who gives a shit? I'm not one of the investors.

**alnorth** · 03-29-2018, 07:22 PM

All that said, the Fertitta brothers look like geniuses now. They had a lot of experience with the dark days before TUF, and amongst all the highs and huge PPV successes, they probably also remember bad years and that the revenue can and will take a dip.

So they built up new stars, prettied up the product with Reebok, got USADA testing, made it look like a new huge sport on the rise, sold it, and got the **** out. It is clear now that WME massively overvalued the UFC, and are now experiencing the drop that the UFC always seems to go through every few years.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if a few years from now the UFC has a couple more tough years, Conor is gone, no new stars, etc and WME sells the UFC back to the Fertittas for a fraction of what they paid? Then they could go back to work building it up again for the next buyer.

**alnorth** · 04-01-2018, 05:23 PM

Tony Ferguson is hurt and out of the LW title fight. He's probably also going to be stripped of the LW interim belt because Max Holloway will fight Khabib on only 6 days notice for the real title. (Dana still wants to strip Conor, obviously)

This is not an April Fool's joke.

I'm told Holloway is still in Hawaii, UFC making flight arrangements being made now. Khabib already in Brooklyn, as he was scheduled for a media day. Ferguson injury happened last Thursday, MRI this weekend showed torn knee. Heartbreaking.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) April 1, 2018

I promise you this is not an April Fool's joke. Ferguson out, Holloway in at UFC 223.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) April 1, 2018

kstater · 04-01-2018, 05:25 PM

Holy crap. Hope Holloway is in fight shape

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**alnorth** · 04-01-2018, 05:32 PM

If Holloway wins, he would be champion of both 145 and 155. That seems rather.... unlikely against Khabib with no fight camp.

I'm told the injury to Tony Ferguson was literally caused by a trip. The freak accident of all freak accidents. He was walking, saw someone he wasn't expecting to see, veered sharply to say hello and tripped.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) April 1, 2018

Sfeihc · 04-01-2018, 06:36 PM

The Blessed Era is the best era.

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**alnorth** · 04-01-2018, 06:42 PM

UFC website is already updated. Max Holloway vs. Khabib

Pants · 04-01-2018, 08:24 PM

This fight is ****ing cursed.

I was looking forward it to so much. So much.

raybec 4 · 04-02-2018, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pants

This fight is ****ing cursed.

I was looking forward it to so much. So much.

So was I, I'm a big Khabib fan, but I really like Holloway too. It should be a good fight. Uncle Dana claims he'll never make the fight again but if Khabib wins he'll have to book Ferguson as the challenger. He just talks out his ass so much it's ridiculous.

Jerm · 04-02-2018, 10:54 AM

So Max wasn't going to fight until the fall due to his foot/ankle injury but he's fighting now....?

Uhhhh...

Mecca · 04-02-2018, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnorth

All that said, the Fertitta brothers look like geniuses now. They had a lot of experience with the dark days before TUF, and amongst all the highs and huge PPV successes, they probably also remember bad years and that the revenue can and will take a dip.

So they built up new stars, prettied up the product with Reebok, got USADA testing, made it look like a new huge sport on the rise, sold it, and got the **** out. It is clear now that WME massively overvalued the UFC, and are now experiencing the drop that the UFC always seems to go through every few years.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if a few years from now the UFC has a couple more tough years, Conor is gone, no new stars, etc and WME sells the UFC back to the Fertittas for a fraction of what they paid? Then they could go back to work building it up again for the next buyer.

UFC and MMA in general are experiencing a problem that wrestling promoters use to have and Vince would even ask to this day..how do you make a star if you can't work the finish?

A couple of losses and your rising star is toast. If you are left with no stars you have no product.

dlphg9 · 04-02-2018, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mecca

UFC and MMA in general are experiencing a problem that wrestling promoters use to have and Vince would even ask to this day..how do you make a star if you can't work the finish?

A couple of losses and your rising star is toast. If you are left with no stars you have no product.

Throw some fights lol

raybec 4 · 04-02-2018, 03:59 PM

LOL

These fools pull out more times than I do with my dick.

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 2, 2018

raybec 4 · 04-02-2018, 04:01 PM

Lol these guys can't even make it to war..

— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 2, 2018

They winging this whole shit

— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 2, 2018

kstater · 04-03-2018, 02:02 PM

Says the two guys that haven't fought in a year and a half

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03-29-2018, 07:22 PM	#8177
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57156239	All that said, the Fertitta brothers look like geniuses now. They had a lot of experience with the dark days before TUF, and amongst all the highs and huge PPV successes, they probably also remember bad years and that the revenue can and will take a dip. So they built up new stars, prettied up the product with Reebok, got USADA testing, made it look like a new huge sport on the rise, sold it, and got the **** out. It is clear now that WME massively overvalued the UFC, and are now experiencing the drop that the UFC always seems to go through every few years. Wouldn't it be hilarious if a few years from now the UFC has a couple more tough years, Conor is gone, no new stars, etc and WME sells the UFC back to the Fertittas for a fraction of what they paid? Then they could go back to work building it up again for the next buyer. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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04-01-2018, 05:23 PM	#8178
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57156239	Tony Ferguson is hurt and out of the LW title fight. He's probably also going to be stripped of the LW interim belt because Max Holloway will fight Khabib on only 6 days notice for the real title. (Dana still wants to strip Conor, obviously) This is not an April Fool's joke. I'm told Holloway is still in Hawaii, UFC making flight arrangements being made now. Khabib already in Brooklyn, as he was scheduled for a media day. Ferguson injury happened last Thursday, MRI this weekend showed torn knee. Heartbreaking. — Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) April 1, 2018 I promise you this is not an April Fool's joke. Ferguson out, Holloway in at UFC 223. — Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) April 1, 2018 __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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04-01-2018, 05:25 PM	#8179
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04-01-2018, 05:32 PM	#8180
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57156239	If Holloway wins, he would be champion of both 145 and 155. That seems rather.... unlikely against Khabib with no fight camp. I'm told the injury to Tony Ferguson was literally caused by a trip. The freak accident of all freak accidents. He was walking, saw someone he wasn't expecting to see, veered sharply to say hello and tripped. — Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) April 1, 2018 __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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04-01-2018, 06:36 PM	#8181
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04-01-2018, 06:42 PM	#8182
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57156239	UFC website is already updated. Max Holloway vs. Khabib __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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04-01-2018, 08:24 PM	#8183
Pants Time Keeps On Slipping Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $4889900	This fight is ****ing cursed. I was looking forward it to so much. So much. __________________ "Turn the channel to 26!"
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04-02-2018, 10:54 AM	#8185
Jerm Mahomes > God Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Clinton, MO Casino cash: $4838996	So Max wasn't going to fight until the fall due to his foot/ankle injury but he's fighting now....? Uhhhh...
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04-02-2018, 03:59 PM	#8188
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04-02-2018, 04:01 PM	#8189
raybec 4 MVP Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Jabip Casino cash: $4593807	Lol these guys can't even make it to war.. — Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 2, 2018 They winging this whole shit — Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 2, 2018
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04-03-2018, 02:02 PM	#8190
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