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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish
I wasn't talking about you specifically. I can look up sources and cite if you think I'm off base.
I'm talking about MMA and the fans/consumers as a whole. Nothing really to do with you except you brought up Jones and his ego driven self-promotion as a talking point.
I think Rashad would be doing the same thing if he hadn't been KTFO. Dude grabbed his nuts and slapped Forrest in a title fight and called Rampage an Uncle Tom
The thing is, those moments when Rashad grabbed his nuts and slapped forrest, those are emotional moments, perhaps moments of confidence in the ring, or the Tyson speech in the ring. And I have no problem with that kind of confidence because it's natural and looks sincere. I like good old trashtalk and I think the one he had with Rampage was pretty good, unfortunately the fight was lackluster which sometimes happen bc both fighters get more cautious not wanting to get embarrassed.
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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish
There's a reason for the term 'Great White Hope'.
What is everyone hoping for ... the black man to lose obv.
How was Anderson Silva perceived when he started dancing in the ring? Dana White talked about booting him out of the UFC - the GOAT lol.
Would he do that if Liddel felt like taunting in his heyday? How is Nick Diaz viewed?
I actually didn't mind Silvas dancing, it takes a lot of confidence to do that because at any moment you can lose in the ring, I mean showing that he was bascially ridiculing Maia for not being able to strike any sort of offense and get silva in danger. As I said before, I don't mind these sort of "outburst" in the ring. Still, he should have fought more than he danced as he just wasted energy...
I think it's a bit different when Liddell fought bc UFC wasn't were it is today and was a lot more depedent on its stars than it is now and I don't know how he would have reacted then, but I'm pretty sure Dana isn't biased and if any other UFC fight would do the same, he'd treat them the same. Also add the fact that they were in a foreign country, Dubai, where you are in for the first time and this is the main event.
Point is, I don't mind taints in the ring, trash talk, but the thing Jones is doing out of the ring, like Mo said, "I am a humble man of god" and what not, just seems so fake and if it's not fake, then it's just as bad. There's a reason people have commented on how he acts in person and how he acts on television.