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MystikSpiral · Post #601 » by **MystikSpiral** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:48 am

I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be Lee's last fight at Lightweight...

Bernman · Post #602 » by **Bernman** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:11 pm

Lee is hardly done as a contender. That was a close fight (although Lee is delusional to be dumbfounded as to how it was scored against him, maybe still hurt). I think Al was a tough match-up between grappling chops, footwork, and slicker boxing. Lee isn't one of the best strikers in the division, more of a ground guy with solid striking. And I think Al has improved. We are talking about the fella that resisted Khabib the most recently and on short notice.

Really impressed with Barboza maintaining his reflexes after those last two brutal beatdowns he took. Others only 1 may take it out of them. He must just drill like a robot. Agree with the sentiments in the MMA community they should have stopped the fight sooner. It's an epidemic right now with how tough fighters are in conjunction with the more evolved beatings that can be delivered and the culture that has always existed in MMA that you have to be grounded or stop fighting for action to be called.

Nemesis21 · Post #603 » by **Nemesis21** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:17 pm

Why was UFC 233 postponed?

Post #604 » by **Headliner** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:32 am

Nemesis21 wrote:Why was UFC 233 postponed?

Couldn’t find a main event
Supposedly Dana wanted Woodley to save the day but Woodley wouldn’t.

Nemesis21 · Post #605 » by **Nemesis21** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:29 am

Headliner wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:Why was UFC 233 postponed?

Couldn’t find a main event
Supposedly Dana wanted Woodley to save the day but Woodley wouldn’t.

Askren vs Lawler couldn't main event? Or was that fight already off?

cowboyronnie · Post #606 » by **cowboyronnie** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:39 am

Watching the fights right now. WTF, Dan Hookers' corner didn't have a stool in between either round, they did not give him any instructions after round 1 - they just hung out and iced his shin, and then they let the doctor consume all the time after round 2. Tell that doctor to GTFO, if he wants access to their fighter, he can have it after the intermission. They do not have to let him monopolize all the time.

Round 3 is starting now. They have just put Hooker back in with an outright 1-strike career killer, on one leg, 3/4 unconscious, no instructions between rounds. Did he inform them before the fight he was cutting their pay?? Why are they doing this?

cowboyronnie · Post #607 » by **cowboyronnie** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:46 am

They then let him stumble around, keeled forward as Edson hit spinning shot after spinning sht. This is ****, man. I think Edson decided to go to the body out of mercy.

That was repulsive. What a sick level of violence. That was Saku vs Wandy or Igor vs Kerr-level. Worse, maybe. Ref loses his job, corner is banned.

Post #608 » by **lilfishi22** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:55 am

cowboyronnie wrote:They then let him stumble around, keeled forward as Edson hit spinning shot after spinning sht. This is ****, man. I think Edson decided to go to the body out of mercy.

That was repulsive. What a sick level of violence. That was Saku vs Wandy or Igor vs Kerr-level. Worse, maybe. Ref loses his job, corner is banned.

REDDzone · Post #609 » by **REDDzone** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:02 pm

Pretty meh card today. Although Santos is must see tv IMO. Wouldn't be surprised if we see him vs Jones next if he gets a finish here.

That Ankalaev dude is on this card. Pretty sure he's the guy who is BFFs with our boy Kadyrov. Much moreso than even Khabib and the goons. So needless to say I'll be rooting for a KO loss as unlikely as that is.

REDDzone · Post #610 » by **REDDzone** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:17 pm

Herb takes a point from Teymur the second he does a fence grab. Awesome. Love it, don't tolerate blatant cheating anymore.

Bernman · Post #611 » by **Bernman** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:46 pm

Grant countered a head kick with an overhand right. You don't see that much. Ballsy and takes a lot of anticipation. Normally guys go pure defense.

Good stoppage by Mark Goddard. Right call even though at the end of the round and kd happened just before. It was a big shot and the follow ups had Pedersoli go limp temporarily.

Bernman · Post #612 » by **Bernman** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:50 pm

REDDzone wrote:Herb takes a point from Teymur the second he does a fence grab. Awesome. Love it, don't tolerate blatant cheating anymore.

He'll be your ref of the year on nuanced grappling protocol now like Dana, while Herb continues to nearly get fighters killed on stoppage decisions.

REDDzone · Post #613 » by **REDDzone** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:54 pm

Bernman wrote:
REDDzone wrote:Herb takes a point from Teymur the second he does a fence grab. Awesome. Love it, don't tolerate blatant cheating anymore.

He'll be your ref of the year on nuanced grappling protocol now like Dana, while Herb continues to nearly get fighters killed on stoppage decisions.

Hey man, I said Herb sucks before it was cool. Many people were brainwashed by Rogan.

Doesn't mean he can't make a good call now and then.

cowboyronnie · Post #614 » by **cowboyronnie** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:15 pm

Speaking of Herb lowlights. That dude he let nearly kill Dolloway popped for unequivocal steroid use after that fight. Jesus Christ. Not on Herb but just extra injustice.

Jasen777 · Post #615 » by **Jasen777** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:31 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:Speaking of Herb lowlights. That dude he let nearly kill Dolloway popped for unequivocal steroid use after that fight. Jesus Christ. Not on Herb but just extra injustice.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/2/22/18236848/khalid-murtazaliev-who-stopped-c-b-dollaway-in-ufc-debut-suspended-two-years-for-steroids

Murtazaliev, a late-notice replacement at UFC Moscow, was not drug tested prior to the bout, nor on fight night. There were only two tests listed on USADA’s online database for Murtazaliev in 2018, the two samples that ended up testing positive in October and December. Per the UFC’s anti-doping policy, a short-notice replacement fighter don’t necessarily have to spend any time in the USADA drug-testing pool before competing, if he or she is not a returning fighter into the UFC.

Free pass for short notice debuts if they use something that gets out of the system quick enough...

Bernman · Post #616 » by **Bernman** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:52 pm

Fighting Santos is like being in there with a moving wood chipper. You might find the switch to turn it off, but there's no point where you can feel anything but terrified until you do. It's a horror movie, if you're in it. For outside observers it's wildly entertaining.

Give him his belt. More interesting challenge for Jones than some guy. Some guy also got shredded by the wood chipper.

REDDzone · Post #617 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:41 am

Jasen777 wrote:
cowboyronnie wrote:Speaking of Herb lowlights. That dude he let nearly kill Dolloway popped for unequivocal steroid use after that fight. Jesus Christ. Not on Herb but just extra injustice.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/2/22/18236848/khalid-murtazaliev-who-stopped-c-b-dollaway-in-ufc-debut-suspended-two-years-for-steroids

Murtazaliev, a late-notice replacement at UFC Moscow, was not drug tested prior to the bout, nor on fight night. There were only two tests listed on USADA’s online database for Murtazaliev in 2018, the two samples that ended up testing positive in October and December. Per the UFC’s anti-doping policy, a short-notice replacement fighter don’t necessarily have to spend any time in the USADA drug-testing pool before competing, if he or she is not a returning fighter into the UFC.

Free pass for short notice debuts if they use something that gets out of the system quick enough...

Murtazaliev was pulsing IMO.

REDDzone · Post #618 » by **REDDzone** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:43 am

With news of TRT Vitor returning to ONE or Rizin or whichever other Asian promotion, I'm kind of hoping Santos somehow ends up there so we can see the two most aggressive fighters in MMA history collide.

Jasen777 · Post #619 » by **Jasen777** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 7:31 am

Struve said it might be his last fight.

Post #620 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sun Mar 3, 2019 2:22 pm

I give Anthony Pettis a lot of ****, but to go up and fight Wonderboy at 170 is stupid.... but I didn’t think there was a nutsack in existence that could contain balls that size. Pretty, whiny... but he’s a **** warrior.

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