Non-threadworthy MMA Rumors/Quotes/Tweets/Etc., Vol. 5

Post #1141 » by **lilfishi22** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:28 pm

Can we sacrifice our hoarded toilet rolls and spaghetti for the Khabib v Ferguson bout please, Oh might MMA Gods?

Post #1142 » by **Duke4life831** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:28 am

Dana is doing all he can to not say that Khabib vs Tony is going to get canceled.

Post #1143 » by **Headliner** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:15 pm

Just push it back to June with the hopes things calm down with the hot weather

High 5 · Post #1144 » by **High 5** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:14 am

I would exhaust every option before pushing it back. It's the #1 fight in MMA and there's nothing else going on. The UFC is never going to have a better opportunity to win over new fans. I wish it was on ESPN instead of PPV, though. PPVs and "social distancing" don't really jive.

Susan · Post #1145 » by **Susan** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:59 pm

Read on Twitter

Jasen777 · Post #1146 » by **Jasen777** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:27 pm

Did anyone start a UFC 249 thread?

Jasen777 · Post #1147 » by **Jasen777** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:28 pm

Dana White vows UFC 249 will happen as scheduled: ‘Do you want to bet against me?’

What's the line? I would certainly consider betting against him.

Jasen777 · Post #1148 » by **Jasen777** » Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:37 pm

Joanne Calderwood: UFC 251 title fight with Valentina Shevchenko ‘pushed back’ to later date

June 6th date is pushed back.

Jasen777 · Post #1149 » by **Jasen777** » Wed Apr 1, 2020 6:44 am

Jasen777 wrote:Joanne Calderwood: UFC 251 title fight with Valentina Shevchenko ‘pushed back’ to later date

June 6th date is pushed back.

turns out it's because Shevchenko is injuried.

Jasen777 · Post #1150 » by **Jasen777** » Tue Apr 7, 2020 4:26 pm

Dana White: Secured U.S. location, private island for UFC fights

Post #1151 » by **lilfishi22** » Tue Apr 7, 2020 11:39 pm

lilfishi22 wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:So what are the chances we miss out on Khabib and Tony again? We are a month out and it looks like more and more big events will be getting canceled because of the Coronavirus. We are never going to see this fight.

I think you call it a day on that bout. As much as I'm g'd up to watch it, it's probably cursed at that point

Cursed bout

Jasen777 · Post #1152 » by **Jasen777** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:29 am

WWE deemed 'essential business' in Florida, resumes live shows

Could be expanded to other orgs...

REDDzone · Post #1153 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:16 pm

Read on Twitter

cowboyronnie · Post #1154 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:32 pm

REDDzone wrote:

Read on Twitter

Is this the best card ever? Top 5?

cowboyronnie · Post #1155 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:39 pm

It's such a huge advantage if your spouse is a fighter. They can spar, hold mitts, drill with you all the while you're in isolation. I'm thinking of Nunes and Rose, but possibly others.

Also, I'd bet someone like Cerrone will just pay sparring partners to isolate with him at his ranch.

But, like, can Uriah Hall do that? Finances + location + access to facilities seems to make a huge difference here.

Weidman was training in total isolation from non-family in his basement. No sparring, no coaches. What happens if he then has to walk into a ring with someone who has had the resources to seclude with fighters? I'd bet Jacare has those resources.

cowboyronnie · Post #1156 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:40 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:It's such a huge advantage if your spouse is a fighter. They can spar, hold mitts, drill with you all the while you're in isolation. I'm thinking of Nunes and Rose, but possibly others.

Bernman is volunteering to isolate with Pettis for the inverted triangle offense, specifically.

REDDzone · Post #1157 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:58 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:It's such a huge advantage if your spouse is a fighter. They can spar, hold mitts, drill with you all the while you're in isolation. I'm thinking of Nunes and Rose, but possibly others.

Also, I'd bet someone like Cerrone will just pay sparring partners to isolate with him at his ranch.

But, like, can Uriah Hall do that? Finances + location + access to facilities seems to make a huge difference here.

Weidman was training in total isolation from non-family in his basement. No sparring, no coaches. What happens if he then has to walk into a ring with someone who has had the resources to seclude with fighters? I'd bet Jacare has those resources.

Jacare was saying he needs to fight to pay his mortgage. So, if you mean resources to pay other fighters to isolate with him, I'm not so sure.

If by resources you mean he's Brazilian, and at least according to social media, Brazilians don't give a sh*t about the pandemic and are the one and only group of people still training normally in huge groups lol then yea he should be all set.

REDDzone · Post #1158 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 2:01 pm

Also, it's crazy that some of those fighters haven't even VERBALLY agreed to fight yet. Imagine having your name and matchup released to the world that you are fighting in 24 days at an undisclosed location in the middle of a pandemic and you haven't even verbally agreed. Let's just hope that none of them are going through what Rose is going through I guess.

"Do you want to be in the f*cking ICU?"
"Do you want to be on a f*cking ventilator?"

cowboyronnie · Post #1159 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 2:57 pm

REDDzone wrote:
cowboyronnie wrote:It's such a huge advantage if your spouse is a fighter. They can spar, hold mitts, drill with you all the while you're in isolation. I'm thinking of Nunes and Rose, but possibly others.

Also, I'd bet someone like Cerrone will just pay sparring partners to isolate with him at his ranch.

But, like, can Uriah Hall do that? Finances + location + access to facilities seems to make a huge difference here.

Weidman was training in total isolation from non-family in his basement. No sparring, no coaches. What happens if he then has to walk into a ring with someone who has had the resources to seclude with fighters? I'd bet Jacare has those resources.

Jacare was saying he needs to fight to pay his mortgage. So, if you mean resources to pay other fighters to isolate with him, I'm not so sure.

If by resources you mean he's Brazilian, and at least according to social media, Brazilians don't give a sh*t about the pandemic and are the one and only group of people still training normally in huge groups lol then yea he should be all set.

I mean resources pretty loosely. If you're in Long Island, you're in the middle of a sh**storm and would be a real psycho to bring your buddies over to train.

Jacare - c. 2 weeks ago - seemed to be training in his garage with a tight-knit group of coaches and teammates. In LA or Brazil, it looked like. No one can do that in NY area, I don't think.

I would just feel really bad about someone like Weidman's relative position in terms of training possibilities. He's in total lockdown in a suburban house. Cerrone, surely, is not.

Jasen777 · Post #1160 » by **Jasen777** » Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:30 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:
Is this the best card ever? Top 5?

Wait until we see which fights fall out before you rank it.