Jose Aldo, the destroyer of men, giggling like a child trying on his first suit over a decade ago. A poor kid from the favela laughing endearingly at the absurdity that is suit shopping. Legend.
Conor jumped into a cage and slapped a ref and you all cheered.
Khabib jumps out of an octagon and hits a fighter and ya'll clutch your pearls.
Just pick one.
Bo Nickal asked Daniel Cormier what to expect in his UFC debut. Maybe its just the wrestler in me, but DC's answer gave me goosebumps. DC is every wrestler-turned-fighter's big brother. True coach.
Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold gave us a Fight of the Year contender at UFC 194 on 12/12/2015
Weidman was 13-0.
Rockhold was 15-2.
Since:
Weidman is 1-5 with 5 KO losses.
Rockhold is 2-3 with 3 KO losses.
The sacrifice they gave that night in Las Vegas.
Alex Pereira earned that win over a top three pound-for-pound Israel Adesanya. Fight was awesome. But make no mistake, Alex Pereira is the worst middleweight champion in UFC history.
Justin Gaethje may never fight again. This was the perfect way to go. Its morbid, I know, but Scarface had to end with Al Pacino felled by a hale of gunfire. Gaethje's movie had to end face down on the canvas, for the BMF title, after giving us every ounce of himself.
When Tyron Woodley was in his prime as UFC champion, he unsuccessfully chased money fights with Bisping, Conor, GSP, Nick and Nate Diaz and others.
Now on a four-fight losing streak and out of the UFC, he finally lands his money fight against .. a YouTuber. Combat sports, man.
The inside trip really is the perfect MMA takedown:
-Low risk
-Low energy
-Controlled landing
-Can't be hit
-Works for any body type
Its just so damn beautiful.
You couldn't hear it on the broadcast but referee Chris Tognoni apologized to Daniel Lacerda after prematurely stopping his fight. You NEVER see a ref admit wrong doing like that.
330 amateur college wrestlers weighed in today for the NCAA tournament. Not one missed weight.
26 pro UFC fighters weighed in last Friday. Three missed weight.
These are the results you get when you you make the penalty for missing weight STEEP.
Michael Chandler has gotten more out of his two years in the UFC than most fighters get in two decades. A title shot, five PPV appearances against marque opponents, TUF coaching stint and the golden ticket fight against Conor.
Cant wait to see Luque out-strike, out-grapple, out-gameplan, out-cardio and out-fight Diaz for 14 minutes, Nate lands one punch and then fans claim Luque barely escaped with his life.
Curtis Blaydes was a striker for seven minutes and he handled Derek Lewis.
Blaydes was a wrestler for 1.7 seconds and got flat-lined.
Lewis’ great secret is he loses most kickboxing matches and eats wrestlers for lunch.
If Gilbert Burns is able to beat Kamaru Usman 42 days after going five rounds with Tyron Woodley, he will have beaten a two-division contender, a former champion and the current champion in the span of five months. He'll have Fighter of the Year wrapped up by mid summer.
Referee Mike Beltran will be licensed in Nevada shortly and will start working UFC events at Apex in March. I know, I thought he was licensed in Nevada this whole time too.
Last 72 hours:
Frankie Edgar hurt.
Dominick Cruz hurt.
Anderson Silva pops.
Bellator tourney.
Conor loses his mind.
Michael Bisping quick turnaround.
God only knows what's going to happen this Fight Night.
June 25th UFC Apex card has some gems:
-Neil Magny vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (Shavkat's first real test)
-Arman Tsarukyan (18-2) vs Mateusz Gamrot (20-1)
-Umar Nurmagomedov (14-0) vs Nate Maness (14-1)
Nothing shows divisional strength better than pitting hyped prospects early.
If they salvage this fight, Stephen Thompson will have to put his
#1
ranking on the line against an undefeated prospect, who missed weight, missed the weigh-in window and in Darren Till's hometown. That's a BIG ask.
Henry Cejudo was the youngest American to win an Olympic gold medal.
10 years later he defeated the best fighter on Earth.
Cejudo has now accomplished two of the most impressive combat sports performances of the past decade.
Khabib Nurmagomedov: suspended for starting a brawl.
Conor McGregor: arrested for stealing a phone.
Tony Ferguson: wife filed a restraining order.
The top of the UFC’s best division is in shambles.
Friday: Lomachecko
Saturday: UFC 236
Sunday: Game of Thrones
Monday: we need to go to church or join the Peace Corps or something. This violence can’t continue.
Every time you watch a UFC with two boring, untalented fighters who gas out and lay on each other, just remember that could have been two talented flyweights trying to decapitate each other but no, they're too short for you to care.
Kayla made $500k disclosed last week. Assuming she makes that amount every fight (except for a finals win for $1m) that's $2.5 million a PFL season BEFORE any bonuses, sponsorships, etc.
Yeah, I'd stay in the PFL too.
I don't know what Bobby Green is talking about. No Contest is the correct ruling. The next best ruling would be to DQ Green for fouling. It was a clear head butt.
Conor outed Khabib for being a patsy for a dictator, called out his manager for unpaid child support and told his dad he has no honor. Obviously fighting Conor is like winning the lottery but are you ready for all your dirty laundry to come into the sunlight?
Jake Paul is the hot girl in college who occasionally hooks up with dudes even though she is out their league and MMA fighters are dudes leaving the bar at 2am who think tonight is the night its their turn.
Commissioner: “Did you take the USADA training courses?”
Jones: “No. My management did it for me.”
Director: “Alright. Slow zoom out. Wait for Malki to squirm. There’s the shot. Great job, Ted.”
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@Jon_Anik
sees this name:
Rubs temples.
Splashes water in his face.
Stares at bathroom mirror.
Mutters to himself, "This is what we do, Jon. This is what we do."
"I don't know if you guys deserve to hear it .."
Without doing something illegal/immoral, Ronda Rousey manged to destroy more good will in less time that any fighter in recent memory.
Penalties for first time PED offenses:
NFL: two-six game suspension
NHL: 20 game suspension
MLB: 10 game suspension
NBA: 10 game suspension, FOURTH positive is a two year suspension
You can dislike TJ Dillashaw for the crime but you can NOT say he didn’t serve his time.
Aliakbari had a world championship stripped, was pulled from the Olympics and received a lifetime ban from wrestling for multiple doping issues. Good luck under USADA.
Per Combate, the UFC have signed heavyweight Amir Aliakbari, who was a Greco-Roman World Championship gold medalist and previously competed in ACB and Rizin.
What other job could just show up, kick your coworker in the nuts as hard as you want and still get your paycheck for a solid day's work? God bless you, MMA. You sick, twisted, beautiful mistress.
It’s one thing for low-damage grapplers like a Randy Couture or Demian Maia to have long careers. But Jim Miller is an all-action fighter with dozens of wars to his name and still has 50 fights and scorches newbies. Just a legend.
The more details I see of this Tony Ferguson thing, the less it sounds like he’s a terrible, violent husband and more that he needs some serious medical and mental help.
SiriusXM MMA Team:
Dan Hardy (UFC vet/broadcaster)
Miesha Tate (UFC champ)
AJ Hawk (NFL champ)
Sean O’Connell (PFL champ)
George/Goze (10year+ radio)
Jimmy Smith (10year+ broadcaster)
Luke Thomas (10year+ in MMA)
Ryan McKinnell (10year+)
Jordan Breen (10year+)
RJ Clifford (drunk)
UFC 226:
Stipe Miocic-Daniel Cormier
Max Holloway-Brian Ortega
Francis Ngannou-Derrick Lewis
Raphael Assunção-Rob Font
LGökhan Saki-Khalil Rountree
Yancy Medeiros-Mike Perry
Uriah Hall-Paulo Costa
Anthony Pettis-Michael Chiesa
Curtis Millender-Max Griffin
Dan Hooker-Gilbert Burns
Jan starches Rockhold.
Masivadl breaks a record.
Nunes crushes Holm.
#UFC239
is getting an All-Violence Award and we still have Jon Jones vs Thiago Santos.
Combate have updated the story and report that the UFC have given Michelle Waterson two choices: Face Joanna this weekend at a catchweight or face Jessica Andrade at UFC 244.
A wolf doesn’t try to be a wolf. It just is.
Carlos Condit was all fighter. High action, high skill and always game. Writing his story for Fight! Magazine was such a pleasure. Happy retirement to The Natural Born Killer.
Breaking: A decision from USADA on Jon Jones is expected imminently, according to sources. And there is high optimism the decision will lead to him return to the UFC before the end of the year.
Clay Collard is such a trip, man. He fights in the pocket - hands down, chin up - against Jeremy Stephens for most of the fight even though he's entirely capable of pivoting to sick angles like this.