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01-03-2023 , 04:18 PM
Dana White is a snap show, shocker.
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01-03-2023 , 05:40 PM
The quote was from 2014. Back then there was no equal justice. Many treated women as inferior. In current day, based on all the videos I've seen online..if a woman puts hands on you, you put your hands back on the woman. It's certainly legal, widespread and widely accepted.
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01-03-2023 , 07:31 PM
I'm so outraged I'm gonna start streaming the ppv's for free!
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01-03-2023 , 08:40 PM
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The quote was from 2014. Back then there was no equal justice. Many treated women as inferior. In current day, based on all the videos I've seen online..if a woman puts hands on you, you put your hands back on the woman. It's certainly legal, widespread and widely accepted.
Lol Jesus Christ
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01-03-2023 , 09:00 PM
The Phil Baroni news is coming out now as well. Pretty tragic. Another violence against women story, that doesn't look good for MMA once again.
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01-04-2023 , 01:32 AM
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Lol Jesus Christ
I see you're getting a taste of Dream Crusher.
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01-04-2023 , 05:10 AM
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The Phil Baroni news is coming out now as well. Pretty tragic. Another violence against women story, that doesn't look good for MMA once again.
Urgh horrid. 46yo, in Mexico, looking like this...my money is on a bout of roid rage.
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01-04-2023 , 03:15 PM
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The quote was from 2014. Back then there was no equal justice. Many treated women as inferior. In current day, based on all the videos I've seen online..if a woman puts hands on you, you put your hands back on the woman. It's certainly legal, widespread and widely accepted.
Equal Justice? Good god, man. You are ridiculous. Andrew Tate fan, I presume?
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01-04-2023 , 05:33 PM
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The Phil Baroni news is coming out now as well. Pretty tragic. Another violence against women story, that doesn't look good for MMA once again.
When I saw your post my first reaction was "Phil Baroni beat his wife? Of course he did, he's Phil Baroni." Then I saw he's accused of murder, and yeah that is obviously a huge deal. If the mainstream decides to run with that story it will be more bad news for Dana given the incredible timing.

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Equal Justice? Good god, man. You are ridiculous. Andrew Tate fan, I presume?
Not familiar.
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01-14-2023 , 11:21 PM
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Ngannou free to sign anywhere? guess he'll box wilder/fury for big money then maybe return to UFC after that, or just retire as he should be filthy rich by then

Jones probably be retired by then


I actually thought Jones had a better shot vs Ngannou than he does vs Gane
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01-14-2023 , 11:33 PM
Gane/Bones march 4th

Edwards/Usman march 18th
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01-15-2023 , 12:37 AM
Gathje vs Fiziev should be a banger of a fight.
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01-15-2023 , 06:14 PM
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Gane/Bones march 4th

Edwards/Usman march 18th
I just wanna hear when Jones loses but I don't think he will here if he's been training seriously
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01-15-2023 , 07:52 PM
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Ngannou free to sign anywhere? guess he'll box wilder/fury for big money then maybe return to UFC after that, or just retire as he should be filthy rich by then
Ngannou doesn't really do good #s so I'm assuming they'll be counting on him to bring the UFC fanbase in general. At what point does the UFC fanbase finally wisen up and realize it's not that fun to watch their heroes get their ass kicked in another sport?

We've had a lot of MMA fighters going boxing in recent years, but aside from Conor have any of them made more than Ngannou was set to make fighting Jones? Don't think so. The UFC must not think Ngannou will command that much on the open market to let him go like this. If they thought he was going to make huge money then obviously they would want to co-promote ala Mayweather vs McGregor.


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I actually thought Jones had a better shot vs Ngannou than he does vs Gane
I've always thought Gane would be a difficult stylistic matchup for Jones. If Jones fights like he has in recent years then Gane will beat him. If Jones utilizes wrestling and his entire skillset then this will be a great fight.
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01-15-2023 , 07:52 PM
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Gathje vs Fiziev should be a banger of a fight.
Gaethje's chin is toast.
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01-15-2023 , 08:27 PM
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Gaethje's chin is toast.
Ya I hope Fiziev crushes this fool. Gathje is nothing more than a glorified brawler, pretending to be a top level MMA fighter. I hope Fiziev turns his lights out.
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01-15-2023 , 09:51 PM
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Ngannou doesn't really do good #s so I'm assuming they'll be counting on him to bring the UFC fanbase in general. At what point does the UFC fanbase finally wisen up and realize it's not that fun to watch their heroes get their ass kicked in another sport?

We've had a lot of MMA fighters going boxing in recent years, but aside from Conor have any of them made more than Ngannou was set to make fighting Jones? Don't think so. The UFC must not think Ngannou will command that much on the open market to let him go like this. If they thought he was going to make huge money then obviously they would want to co-promote ala Mayweather vs McGregor.




I've always thought Gane would be a difficult stylistic matchup for Jones. If Jones fights like he has in recent years then Gane will beat him. If Jones utilizes wrestling and his entire skillset then this will be a great fight.
How good can his wrestling really be at this point? He didn't use it vs Santos or Reyes and when he tried he got stuffed with ease. Wrestling fades/atrophies over time if you don't work on it and he doesn't.

I feel like Gane can drill down TDD similar to how Ngannou drilled down TDD and turn this into a standup fight, perhaps fairly easily.

We just haven't seen that Jones in a long, long time and I feel like the history of old guy saying "I'm gonna use my wrestling that I haven't used in awhile in this fight" never really works. DC talked that up a lot before his 3rd fight with Stipe as well.
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01-16-2023 , 03:26 AM
Hill the betting favorite vs Glover ?
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01-16-2023 , 05:54 PM
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How good can his wrestling really be at this point? He didn't use it vs Santos or Reyes and when he tried he got stuffed with ease. Wrestling fades/atrophies over time if you don't work on it and he doesn't.

I feel like Gane can drill down TDD similar to how Ngannou drilled down TDD and turn this into a standup fight, perhaps fairly easily.

We just haven't seen that Jones in a long, long time and I feel like the history of old guy saying "I'm gonna use my wrestling that I haven't used in awhile in this fight" never really works. DC talked that up a lot before his 3rd fight with Stipe as well.
You can't just drill takedown defense and stop a better wrestler from taking you down. It's more like chess where one move leads to another move which leads to another move and if you're a lower rated chess player you probably aren't going to win that battle.

He did utilize wrestling vs Reyes, although with very limited success. His wrestling skills are mostly contingent on how much he's been training wrestling, rather than how much he's utilized it in a fight. Of course, it's hard to expect a leopard to change its spots and Jon Jones became quite accustomed to just participating in kickboxing-style contests.

It's very clear that Jon Jones stagnated significantly while at Jackson-Winklejohn. Getting booted from that camp is the best thing that could have possibly happened for him to improve as a fighter. Whether his new team is any better and whether he can overcome years of stagnation is yet to be seen. I'm not sure where all he's been training but I do know in late 2021 he was training at Fight Ready in Arizona and there is video of him wrestling with an Olympic Bronze medalist. That's the sort of camp I'd like to see Jones training at full-time tbh, rather than with some podunk team in ABQ.
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01-16-2023 , 06:01 PM
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Hill the betting favorite vs Glover ?
I found that strange as well. Odds should be close but Glover is the clear favorite. Most likely outcome is complete domination by one or the other. If it were to go the distance though, I find it quite unlikely that Hill would manage to win a 5 rounder given Glover's fighting style.
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01-19-2023 , 03:20 AM


Hey guys, I just wanted to see if anyone knew the truth behind this photo of Francis. More specifically, is this photoshopped? I think you guys know what I'm referring to, lol
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01-19-2023 , 11:58 AM
Who wouldn't be excited to meet Mighty Mouse?
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01-22-2023 , 12:33 AM
Burns is legit....give him edwards/usman winner unless colby wants to fight again
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01-22-2023 , 02:10 AM
Hill wins an easy 5 rounder, should've been stopped at the end of round 4 though probably

Sounds like Moreno/Fig is finally over which is good, Moreno has ascended enough/figured him out
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01-22-2023 , 02:21 AM
Moreno Cejudo might actually do numbers?

Not like legit but enough to headline a modest PPV like this one.
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