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Post#1421 » by Jasen777 » Fri Sep 4, 2020 12:44 am

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Post#1422 » by Dupp » Fri Sep 4, 2020 8:25 pm

So Dana helped chimaev get a visa and looks like he’s gonna fight in Vegas and then again on fight island within in a month.
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Post#1423 » by Jasen777 » Sat Sep 5, 2020 4:24 am

Dupp wrote:So Dana helped chimaev get a visa and looks like he’s gonna fight in Vegas and then again on fight island within in a month.


Wants him to fight Maia. Maia chokes him if he's got anything left.
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Post#1424 » by cowboyronnie » Sat Sep 5, 2020 11:01 pm



There have been at least 6 from this card alone. God knows how many second-, third-, and nth-order infections have arisen because of the training camps of those six.

Children are back at school, while the UFC is amplifying a pandemic. There's no attempt to have these fighters bubble, no top-down mandates or controls. Fighters are bringing people in and out of their camps like it's nothing (e.g. Jorge stopping by Woodley's camp).
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Post#1425 » by Jasen777 » Sun Sep 6, 2020 12:01 am

cowboyronnie wrote:Children are back at school, while the UFC is amplifying a pandemic. There's no attempt to have these fighters bubble, no top-down mandates or controls. Fighters are bringing people in and out of their camps like it's nothing (e.g. Jorge stopping by Woodley's camp).


I think it's pretty callous, but I don't know how much worse the UFC events are making it, fighters and other personnel would be off doing something or another anyways.

Even though the UFC abuses the heck out of the independent contractors status there's still a limit what they could do. Don't think they could even pull off a NBA type bubble financially.

And the UFC isn't going to shut down just to keep some people alive.
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Post#1426 » by cowboyronnie » Sun Sep 6, 2020 12:26 am

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cowboyronnie wrote:Children are back at school, while the UFC is amplifying a pandemic. There's no attempt to have these fighters bubble, no top-down mandates or controls. Fighters are bringing people in and out of their camps like it's nothing (e.g. Jorge stopping by Woodley's camp).


I think it's pretty callous, but I don't know how much worse the UFC events are making it, fighters and other personnel would be off doing something or another anyways.

Even though the UFC abuses the heck out of the independent contractors status there's still a limit what they could do. Don't think they could even pull off a NBA type bubble financially.

And the UFC isn't going to shut down just to keep some people alive.


They would not be doing anything as risk as having a training camp. No one else is still living their life bringing people in and out of their day-to-day like that...and this is a day-to-day that involves swapping breath and spit.

So, without training camps (specifically, these ungoverned training camps), these fighters just would not be doing anything nearly as risky as, for example, bringing a guy from **** Miami into your camp for 2 days of sparring.

I don't think the UFC should shut down. But they should drop some cash to make this safe.

It's not just that people are dying. It's that everyone else is being responsible and making insane sacrifices. My toddler is forbidden to hug other children; if she makes a move to hug someone, half a dozen people jump in to correct her. That (along with all the other measures) is gonna leave a psychic mark. Meanwhile, like, 20% of the fighters on this card contracted (and spread) Covid. They are contributing to extending and spreading the life of this virus.
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Post#1427 » by Amare_1_Knicks » Mon Sep 7, 2020 5:52 pm

Nick Diaz is eyeing a (early) 2021 return. Very interesting. I think welterweight is the most viable option for him; he said he’s between 165 and 175, but he looks pretty skinny. Nick vs Masvidal ?
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Post#1428 » by gigantes » Wed Sep 9, 2020 11:26 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:Meanwhile, like, 20% of the fighters on this card contracted (and spread) Covid. They are contributing to extending and spreading the life of this virus.

Late-ish reply alert.

And of course, Americans as a nation are handling CV19 like irresponsible idiots, starting from the top. So not real surprising to me that camps would be this lax.

Amare_1_Knicks wrote:Nick Diaz is eyeing a (early) 2021 return. Very interesting. I think welterweight is the most viable option for him; he said he’s between 165 and 175, but he looks pretty skinny. Nick vs Masvidal ?

Given the Silva fight, it's hard to say what he'd look like fighting more bouts at 185. Going by that one, it does sort of look like his cardio advantage is less of a factor at middleweight, plus I'm not sure he has the frame to hold up against the bigger fighters in that division.

I like the idea of him coming back, though. He's probably a younger fighter than his age (37) suggests, given how well he takes care of himself and his time off. Er... I think, anyway.
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Post#1429 » by Duke4life831 » Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:26 am

Amare_1_Knicks wrote:Nick Diaz is eyeing a (early) 2021 return. Very interesting. I think welterweight is the most viable option for him; he said he’s between 165 and 175, but he looks pretty skinny. Nick vs Masvidal ?

If Im Dana Im getting him to fight Leon Edwards. See if you can get some kind of talk behind Edwards. Because as of right now Edwards is just dead weight in the division right now. 8 straight wins in the division but has zero fandom or buzz behind him.

It will be 6 years since the last time Diaz fought and almost 10 years since the last time he won. Edwards should be able to pick him apart pretty easily. I think its a no lose situation for the UFC.

Edwards wins and looks good: He has a big name under his belt and a fight a good amount of people would have watched
Edwards loses: Im pretty sure we will just see the 170 pound version of Corey Anderson and we see the UFC being fine with just letting him go. Inactive fighter who doesnt finish fights and has zero buzz behind him. If he loses to Nick Diaz, it will be very easy for the UFC to move on.
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Post#1430 » by Dupp » Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:37 pm

Tony and Dustin off now. Dustin wanted more money or something.


Next weeks Fight night Colby v Woodley Should be good. I think most people are expecting Woodley to get smashed.
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Post#1431 » by Susan » Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:42 am

gigantes wrote:
cowboyronnie wrote:Meanwhile, like, 20% of the fighters on this card contracted (and spread) Covid. They are contributing to extending and spreading the life of this virus.

Late-ish reply alert.

And of course, Americans as a nation are handling CV19 like irresponsible idiots, starting from the top. So not real surprising to me that camps would be this lax.

Amare_1_Knicks wrote:Nick Diaz is eyeing a (early) 2021 return. Very interesting. I think welterweight is the most viable option for him; he said he’s between 165 and 175, but he looks pretty skinny. Nick vs Masvidal ?

Given the Silva fight, it's hard to say what he'd look like fighting more bouts at 185. Going by that one, it does sort of look like his cardio advantage is less of a factor at middleweight, plus I'm not sure he has the frame to hold up against the bigger fighters in that division.

I like the idea of him coming back, though. He's probably a younger fighter than his age (37) suggests, given how well he takes care of himself and his time off. Er... I think, anyway.


Everything I've seen about Nick makes me think he's aggressively NOT taken care of himself in his years off. Lots of partying/drinking, I mean did you watch his Ariel interview? He was legit drunk.

Zero faith in this and I've been a Diaz fan for ages.
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Post#1432 » by gigantes » Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:09 am

Susan wrote:Everything I've seen about Nick makes me think he's aggressively NOT taken care of himself in his years off. Lots of partying/drinking, I mean did you watch his Ariel interview? He was legit drunk.

Zero faith in this and I've been a Diaz fan for ages.

Good points. I certainly have no idea how things might go.

I guess in his defense, Jake Shields just stated that Diaz' period of regular drinking was atypical for him, and that Diaz had returned to his strict diet of fat doobies.

Personally I'm not a fan of the Diaz Bros, but I respect their work ethic, their dedication to training, and their method of fighting. There's probably only so many fights left for this rather fascinating pair, so just as a fight fan, I hope they make the best of all that. If that makes sense.
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Post#1433 » by REDDzone » Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:25 am

Susan wrote:
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cowboyronnie wrote:Meanwhile, like, 20% of the fighters on this card contracted (and spread) Covid. They are contributing to extending and spreading the life of this virus.

Late-ish reply alert.

And of course, Americans as a nation are handling CV19 like irresponsible idiots, starting from the top. So not real surprising to me that camps would be this lax.

Amare_1_Knicks wrote:Nick Diaz is eyeing a (early) 2021 return. Very interesting. I think welterweight is the most viable option for him; he said he’s between 165 and 175, but he looks pretty skinny. Nick vs Masvidal ?

Given the Silva fight, it's hard to say what he'd look like fighting more bouts at 185. Going by that one, it does sort of look like his cardio advantage is less of a factor at middleweight, plus I'm not sure he has the frame to hold up against the bigger fighters in that division.

I like the idea of him coming back, though. He's probably a younger fighter than his age (37) suggests, given how well he takes care of himself and his time off. Er... I think, anyway.


Everything I've seen about Nick makes me think he's aggressively NOT taken care of himself in his years off. Lots of partying/drinking, I mean did you watch his Ariel interview? He was legit drunk.

Zero faith in this and I've been a Diaz fan for ages.


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Post#1434 » by REDDzone » Sat Sep 12, 2020 4:37 pm

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Post#1435 » by Jasen777 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:24 pm

Conor clearly thinks he's above everyone else's rules. And maybe he's right for now.
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Post#1436 » by High 5 » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:52 pm

He didn't know how else to get out of that 180km charity bike race.
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Post#1437 » by Nemesis21 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:13 pm

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Post#1438 » by Marcus » Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:28 pm

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He's getting old too, I wouldn't count out all of the new crop against him.


Yeah I don't expect him to go on another rampage, but it would be fun if he did.


I agree, but just looked and its crazy to me that Rumble still is only 36 years old. The dude is 2 years younger than Stipe and only 2 years older than Francis.

He has crazy fight milage on him though. I still remember the first time I saw him on some super stacked Fight Night back in the day when he just destroyed a ginger from TUF. Crazy he was making 170 back in the day.



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Post#1439 » by REDDzone » Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:28 pm

Really? He's not even fighting Holland. This is almost bad enough that I might ask Susan to make a thread about this guy.

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Post#1440 » by Dupp » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:58 pm

Tony is out of ufc 254 now. Apparently refused to fight anyone else. Obviously there’s some self serving there but I think he was also going to bat for porrier. Tony is a good dude, Shame that fight couldn’t happen. Uncle Dana really ain’t about pay rises.

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