Its been well documented that its a complete fabrication and an act - in terms of the MAGA/Trump/troll persona fandom etc. The Matt Hughes riff was a completely scripted line that somebody else likely created for him...it is designed to piss people off and make them go "oh making fun of a guy who tried to kill himself...now thats going to far. f this Colby guy." That's a win for Colby's brand. I mean DogerIrish is the kind of highly emotional UFC fan its targeted at. There is no "line" in the fight game when all that matters is views and hate/love.

Colby may be a competitive bro in real life, but by all accounts he created this heel/troll character to make himself a name and $$ and its worked 10x.

Yesterdays card was pretty meh. A couple of good fights but mostly forgettable. Now we move onto a card with what should be some great fights. The card is probably a bit top heavy but with those 3 fights at the top of the PPV I am pretty excited.

Top heavy or not, it's 3 huge fights that we all as fans care greatly about. I just hate how they aren't promoting Costa vs Romero, i feel like the UFC knows something we don't & the fight may not happen.

Stipe free money

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I wonder if its just more of a case that the other 2 fights have the better known fighters who the casual fans know better so the promotional stuff is catering to them. Dont get me wrong, im super hyped for Romero vs Costa but Im not sure what kind of name recognition those guys have to the wider audience.

When I first saw that Nate video i got worried. Tried telling myself Nate wouldnt be stupid enough to do something to mess up the fight a couple days out but of course he would be stupid enough to do something like that. Thankfully it seems like it was CBD which is legal so shouldnt cause any issues.

Also looks like McGregor is in the news for the wrong reasons again. Hitting some old guy in a pub. Its tough being in the McGregor fan club these last few years.

I think this might be the incident from a few months ago

Damn, old guy took it way better than Aldo

I like Stipe too, UFC gotta be hoping DC wins as Stipe isn't a draw at all.

I jumped off the Conor bandwagon as soon as he decided to pursue boxing. It seems my choice has been validated by his level of inactivity. The fact that he keeps getting in trouble outside of the Octagon is just icing on the cake.

While I agree with your post I have concerns over whether DC fights at HW again. He said this week a fight vs Ngannou doesnt excite him and its basically Jones or retirement and he wants the Jones fight at LHW.

There is probably a good chance the next HW title fight is Stipe vs Ngannou and its just whether its for a vacant title or Stipe is the champion. If that is how it plays out it would probably be better for the UFC if Stipe just wins the belt saturday.

Why do you guys like Stipe?

I bet DC before and I'm betting him again. All he has to fear is a head kick (see: Rumble, Bones) and that is NOT Stipe's game. Stipe otoh was KO'd by Stefan Struve before DC went Tyson on him.

Mcgregor is just sad at this point. Coked up embarrassment.

Cormier is immune to being KO'ed by hands? Stipe has finished 14 opponents by KO/TKO.

Struve did TKO Miocic. We don't know how Cormier would have done vs Struve because they never fought. Miocic was not KO'ed by Ngannou, Overeem, JDS (x2), Arlovski, or Hunt. It's impossible to say whether any of those fighters would have KO'ed Cormier. However, what we do know is that while Cormier was hiding out at LHW, Miocic was fighting these beasts at HW. Cormier has an impressive chin and being knocked out just once in his career is impressive but it's not necessarily any more impressive than Miocic being knocked out just twice in 21 heavyweight bouts (15 of which were in the UFC).

I think Cormier cutting that weight to 205 ("hiding" bc of his homie Cain having the belt, I guess Machida hid at 205 when Anderson had the belt too) speaks to his chin.

He cut massive weight, depleting the water around his brain - still didn't go down minus 1 Jones headkick. Look at TJ against Cejudo, massive weight cuts are no bueno for chins.

Of course Stipe could KO him with hands. I just don't think it's a real high probability.

Him pumping him with his jab and connecting with a couple of straight power shots behind it could of course KO him. That doesn't mean Stipe has a great shot of doing it.

Seems like if Stipe tries to sit down on his shots DC is going to be able to take him down. That's what I assume happens, not necessarily the same thing as last time. He softens him on the ground and finishes him there one way or the other in the 2nd thru the 4th.

I still think of the shot Anthony Johnson gave him that knocked him back 5 feet and it didn't do anything. It took a roided up Jon Jones leg kick to knock DC out. I am sure Stipe can knock him out but I wouldn't bet on that though.

Agree/disagree: cormier losing would make cormier-jbj 3 more likely

Disagree.

He's not making 205 again.

Disagree, Jon (assuming he doesn't **** his life up) only fights for the belt at HW. If Stipe has it, he'll fight him. If DC has it, he'll fight him.

all four look ready. and tbh i like all 4. no heels. nate. hey man nate's been lifting. dumbells and cables, but still. he's as ready as a 30 somethin cat that hasnt fought in 3 years can be. Pettis had no weight cut at all. he is feeling strong.

thing about dc...he might just be on another level than stipe. i dont think so. but its possible. stipe coming in at 230 and dc at 235 or whatever it was. as opposed to 245 for dc and 240 stipe last time...i just know stipe looks ready to go. big and strong. dc...does it matter? he hits hard and can take you down.

im kinda feeling pettis and stipe. just think the layoff...and pettis is still a 40 in vertical athelete. nate is getting old. never was an athlete. all balls though. love nate.

and idk man stipe might have just let his guard down. like hey man i took shots from nganu...whats this guy got...blam. its hard to believe the range advantage wont come into play. and stipe was doing fine til he got caught. but he got caught. so idk.

Right, Bones isn't fighting at HW w/o the belt on the line. Fig'd that was obvious.

I don't think he fights at HW at all prbly. If he does it will be like Spider at LHW where it was specific matchups.

Feels like GSP vs Silva how it was teased forever, Bones isn't going to HW. Some of these guys can step through his bull **** and KO him with a punch. Healthy-knee Thiago beats him soundly.

Johnny Walker is coming bruh.

I was saying "disagree" in response to Shimmy's question. That is, I disagree that DC losing makes DC/Bones III more likely.

I know.

I didn't make the point clear so I was echoing it. Then I was talking to you about the likelihood of him at HW in general.

If DC loses then the 2 most likely outcomes are DC retires or DC vs Stipe III. If DC wins then there are all sorts of other possibilities.

Jon Jones isn't going to move up to HW to fight Stipe though. Too much risk vs very little reward. Stipe still isn't a draw today and I don't see that changing much after this fight.