Non-threadworthy MMA Rumors/Quotes/Tweets/Etc., Vol. 4

High 5 · Post #421 » by **High 5** » Sat Apr 2, 2016 4:22 am

cowboyronnie wrote:I would say 90% of the entertainment I enjoy is exactly as you describe. Maybe 99%. Think about sports and music and entertainment most of us enjoy. Do you watch football? Are you keen on Goodell? Use gas in your car? Keen on Exxon? Musicians, etc.

This is a frickin' MMA Board. I think we should all understand having ambivalence as to what we're consuming.

(those are far more serious than Brendan Schaub's illusions obv)

Not liking a show and still listening to the show is way different than not liking Goodell and watching football. Or not like Exxon and driving car. In this case the "evil" and the "entertainment" are the same thing.

Not that I have any opinion about the show. Never listened to it.

cowboyronnie · Post #422 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sat Apr 2, 2016 12:56 pm

Is true ^

Jasen777 · Post #423 » by **Jasen777** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 12:11 am

Aljamain Sterling vs. Bryan Caraway named Fight Pass feature bout for UFC Fight Night 88

So, um, is that how you market a potential contender?

Jasen777 · Post #424 » by **Jasen777** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 12:14 am

Getting desperate to find people to feed to Mighty Mouse I guess.

'The Ultimate Fighter' Season 24 confirmed, winner to receive flyweight title shot

Post #425 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 12:27 am

'Tony Ferguson injured, out of UFC on FOX 19 main event vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
noooo

I was so hyped for this

Jasen777 · Post #426 » by **Jasen777** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 12:43 am

lilfishi22 wrote:'Tony Ferguson injured, out of UFC on FOX 19 main event vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
noooo

Would have lost money betting who it was that got injured.

REDDzone · Post #427 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 3:57 pm

My guess is Cerrone steps in.

Post #428 » by **Marcus** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 4:03 pm

whilst getting dressed for work I saw a commercial advertising Rockhold v Weidman 2 what say you all in terms of rematch outcome?

REDDzone · Post #429 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 4:29 pm

Marcus wrote:whilst getting dressed for work I saw a commercial advertising Rockhold v Weidman 2 what say you all in terms of rematch outcome?

My gut says 50/50, but more logically, you kind of have to favor Rockhold I think. He put a beating on Weidman last fight and that was while on anti-biotics?

Post #430 » by **Marcus** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 4:31 pm

REDDzone wrote:
Marcus wrote:whilst getting dressed for work I saw a commercial advertising Rockhold v Weidman 2 what say you all in terms of rematch outcome?

My gut says 50/50, but more logically, you kind of have to favor Rockhold I think. He put a beating on Weidman last fight and that was while on anti-biotics?

yeah but if Weidman doesn't spin does Luke gain the advantage that eventually led to his win?

REDDzone · Post #431 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 4:40 pm

Marcus wrote:yeah but if Weidman doesn't spin does Luke gain the advantage that eventually led to his win?

I see what you mean, but LR had won the round prior to the spin as well. So if the fight was pretty even, and Rockhold was on antibiotics for the fight, hard not to give him a slight edge. Overall though, very close fight imo.

cowboyronnie · Post #432 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 6:27 pm

I would lean strong towards Weidman, who apparently showed up in bad shape himself. Longo mentioned maybe even a broken foot?

There's the issue of what was taken out of him by that first fight, though.

Definitely too tight to call/bet. Unless rumors start to float or whatever.

cowboyronnie · Post #433 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 6:32 pm

REDDzone wrote:My guess is Cerrone steps in.

No one wants Khabib under any circumstances. Nevermind short notice. Cerrone would be such a... cowboy to take it .

If Khabib has made it through camp injury-free, it would really suck for him to go without an opponent

High 5 · Post #434 » by **High 5** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 7:19 pm

Maybe there's someone out there desperate enough for a paycheck and to get into Dana's good graces. If anyone does it they deserve their name on the cage like Charles "Mask" Lewis.

Post #435 » by **Headliner** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 10:28 pm

I'd actually factor Weidman as well. It's a very close fight, so you can't really be too far off by calling anyone, but I think Weidman, with more poise, will probably take it.

Post #436 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 11:53 pm

Marcus wrote:whilst getting dressed for work I saw a commercial advertising Rockhold v Weidman 2 what say you all in terms of rematch outcome?

I honestly think it could go either way. I'm giving Weidman a solid chance even though Rockhold is rightfully the favorite and after the beating he put on Weidman. Their first fight was fairly close until Weidman decided to pull some spinning sh*t.

Post #437 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Apr 6, 2016 11:55 pm

REDDzone wrote:My guess is Cerrone steps in.

I hope so. Only because I want to see Nurmy return although I don't want to see Cerrone lose either.

Jasen777 · Post #438 » by **Jasen777** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 12:46 am

So DJ found out about the TUF getting a title shot from some random fan during a chat on twitch (which for the record I had to google).

Post #439 » by **Marcus** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 1:41 am

Think Bellator could lure DJ away with the promise of much better marketing and a fairly big contract?

Post #440 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 4:00 am

Marcus wrote:Think Bellator could lure DJ away with the promise of much better marketing and a fairly big contract?

Unless DJ is out purely for prestiage of a UFC belt then I don't see why not. I don't know if he's hurting from the Reebok deal like many fighters are but I have a feeling he could be doing better with his own sponsors (Microsoft) and if Bellator can get him a better contract, for sure it's a possibility.

My only other thought is whether Bellator can actually market DJ any better than UFC have, especially when UFC already have some of the best FLWs and even then their roster is pretty weak. It would be incredibly difficult for Bellator to build a FLW roster when even the UFC is reaching for the bototm of the barrel in that TUF winner gets a title shot situation.