i dont even think that hit the crotch tbh, if it did it was extremely minimal

Some good value imo in 189 on Means, Nelson and Mendes.

I would like Means more if he were the type to attack the body but its a 50/50 fight with similar styles/skill levels... just opposite stances. Brown has more of a chance to do good work on the ground and Means can take more damage.

As far as Nelson... I would love him in a 5 rounder, but still think he is at least 50% vs. Thatch, but probably higher, in a 3. He struggled against Story, who was a pure boxer, but for a cerebral fighter like Gunnie he will be better off vs. Thatch with his penchant for coming forward and throwing knees... also he won't be in huge danger against them with his karate style. On the ground I don't think Thatch has anyone to train with at Pit Elevated close to Nelson's level. This is the bet I like the most.

And with McGregor it's purely a matter of level of competition faced, and that fact that Mendes has a higher % chance of beating him than Aldo did, though the lines don't reflect it.

Yeah, if any of the lines seem off to me it's the Thatch Nelson line. Thatch might just knock him out but if the fight goes long and gets on the ground I don't see how Thatch will win.

Heavy Hands had Firas Zahabi on the phone for a great interview, but the debate about Rory v. Lawler afterwards was great. They tend to concur on match-up breakdowns, so it was nice to get a technically based disagreement about the fight.

https://youtu.be/mEGyIs0rBKk?t=49m17s

Is this song anywhere else? I was seriously looking forward to prefacing the Mendes/McGregor fight with it on Saturday.

Giblert out vs iaquinta for failed drug test (testosterone)

rest in peace the champ who never was

lol poor giblert

One year ban, if he'd have popped a couple of weeks later two year ban. FWIW I read Melendez's statement as admitting he took PEDs.

Looks like he's admitting he took PEDs but not knowingly, your standard "there was something I didn't know about in my supplements" BS.

That's what I read too

yeah lol at people actually giving him "respect" for accepting it and and not giving bull****.

He obviously took it all very knowingly and tries to keep as much of his image intact as possible

Maybe I read too much in to 'I did not inject anything' as opposed to 'I did not take anything'.

You guys are so awful at announcing the new threads lol

Wow, Giblert would of been one of the few people I thought was clean.

Damn I was looking forward to that fight. I guess there is no way Giblert gets his test results delayed given his camp and history.

lol every single mention I've seen across 3 different forums has spelled it Giblert. Amazing.

How much of a tard do you have to be to fail a post fight urine test? I remember Alex Rodriguez saying he could chew lil gummy bears that had testosterone in them and pass a test a few hours later lol.

1. He's a tard.
2. Perhaps he's actually being somewhat truthful and has no idea what he took that caused him to fail.

It seems like with his experience he should be pretty sure nothing he's taking is illegal, but it also seems like with his experience he wouldn't be dumb enough to not pass a test he knows he's going to take. So idk.

NSAC not releasing Conors random test results prior to the fight because its their policy. Yet they released Weidman and Vitors prior to their fight.

Probably nothing but a little bit weird.

If it was just some tainted supplement I don't think Gib would snap accept the 1 year suspension. Guys fight cases like that and get it reduced to like 6-9 months all the time. Who knows though.

Jimmo, Hioki and Peralta got released from the UFC.

Hioki's poor run kind of surprised me. He had so much hype coming in.

That's basically every Japanese fighter ever in the UFC.

Lyoto of the Machida clan did pretty well though.

The Brazilian?