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Tough Guys Let Fly In July. MMA/Fightin' Thread

View Poll Results: Who wins??

Amanda Nunes (Leave blank to vote for Shevchenko)

11 50.00%

Yoel Romero (Leave blank to vote for Whittaker)

13 59.09%

Robbie Lawler (Leave blank to vote for Cerrone)

11 50.00%

Fabricio Werdum (Leave blank to vote for Overeem)

14 63.64%

Chris Weidman (Leave blank to vote for Gastelum)

9 40.91%

Daniel Cormier On Points

3 13.64%

Daniel Cormier Inside The Distance

2 9.09%

Jon Jones On Points

12 54.55%

Jon Jones Inside The Distance

1 4.55%

Daniel Cormier & Jon Jones do not fight at UFC 214

5 22.73%

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07-08-2017 , 03:59 PM

#76

wesrwood

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Nunes fight cancelled . Hearing Joanna might step in ?

07-08-2017 , 04:36 PM

#77

PartyGirlUK

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Fighters seem to get injured day of/day before in MMA significantly more often than in boxing. Any idea why?

07-08-2017 , 04:55 PM

#78

augie_

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PartyGirlUK

Fighters seem to get injured day of/day before in MMA significantly more often than in boxing. Any idea why?

they are at a calorie deficit days/weeks before the fight which culminates with a day or two of not drinking any water and sweating out 5+ lbs. you're also travelling at the same time, possibly to a new state/country/continent. must be very damaging to the immune system!

07-08-2017 , 05:10 PM

#79

PartyGirlUK

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Live World Boxing Super Series Draw. Fighters getting to pick their opponents is pretty cool.

07-08-2017 , 06:06 PM

#80

WateryBoil

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PartyGirlUK

lol thats terrifying to have to fight. hes got muscles for his muscles so he can flex while he flexes.

i like whitaker so i dont think im touching this one

07-09-2017 , 12:03 AM

#81

rubbrband

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'Reem doing his best Roy Jones

07-09-2017 , 12:13 AM

#82

Wires

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I just don't understand how a 40 year old dude looks like that. Well... I do but I'm not sure how he's getting away with it.

07-09-2017 , 12:16 AM

#83

Thug Bubbles

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Man, this Jon/DC promo is legit. Also, my favorite reddit comment on the Pettis fight, regarding Jim Miller copy-catting Pettis' flashy kicks:

Quote:

"When your friend keeps beatin' your ass with Eddy Gordo so you switch to Eddy Gordo but dont know how to play him"

07-09-2017 , 12:19 AM

#84

Phresh

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Wow, that DC/Bones promo was ****ing ridiculous.

07-09-2017 , 12:20 AM

#85

Wires

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I hate manufactured drama which we see way too often but I do appreciate when there is legit beef. Should be very interesting - Jones did not look like himself at all in the OSP fight. Cormier would make short work of that Jones.

Last edited by Wires; 07-09-2017 at 12:26 AM.

07-09-2017 , 12:25 AM

#86

Thug Bubbles

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Bobby Knuckles walking out to some Roy Jones Jr **** has me firmly on his side.

07-09-2017 , 12:44 AM

#87

StimAbuser

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Jesus whittaker TDD is so good. Especially for a coming up from WW.

07-09-2017 , 12:49 AM

#88

cwar

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Romero looking like he's gassing.

07-09-2017 , 12:51 AM

#89

Wires

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2-1 Romero but he's fading fast.

07-09-2017 , 01:04 AM

#90

cwar

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Great fight

07-09-2017 , 01:11 AM

#91

Thug Bubbles

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Whittaker beats Romero after ****ing up his knee in the first round. Bisping has no chance. Dude seems like a jolly mother****er, too. Bisping rocks his lame act to hype the fight and throws down his belt. Whitakker says "...can I keep that?"

07-09-2017 , 01:16 AM

#92

Wires

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Yep, Bisping's "reign" about to come to an end. Never beat a top 10 fighter until he caught Rockhold. Any guesses on the line for Bisping/Whittaker? I don't bet sports often but would Whittaker -220 be unreasonable?

07-09-2017 , 12:13 PM

#93

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Whittakers leaping left hook catches Bisping early. 1st round finish imo.

Dude came out of nowhere at beat the #6, #2, and #1 MWs in the world. Love his style.

07-09-2017 , 01:30 PM

#94

Thug Bubbles

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I don't know about a 1st round finish, but I basically agree. His feints and lateral movement are slick as hell. It's funny that the interrim champ is pretty clearly the top guy in the division. Bisping is essentially going to come into the unification bout as the challenger.

EDIT:

Just saw this on sherdog. Ariel asks some terrible questions every now and again:

https://youtu.be/-cO8Zzns71U?t=1m22s

Ariel: "I know you said you wanted to go home afterwards with the belt to see your son;
are you still planning on going home now without the belt?"

Last edited by Thug Bubbles; 07-09-2017 at 01:48 PM.

07-09-2017 , 02:39 PM

#95

DTD

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Nice to see Whittaker improve his persona since TUF - he came across as a nauseous dimwit there but he comes across OK now. He looked a good prospect on the show for sure though and has just got better steadily since then.

07-09-2017 , 02:51 PM

#96

PartyGirlUK

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Kinda random but Satoshi Ishii is fighting a 10-0 Russian FightMatrix have #24 at HW on a joint MMA-Boxing card. Fight about to start.

07-09-2017 , 03:01 PM

#97

sterfry9

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how do you guys think rockhold and weidman will fare against whittaker

07-09-2017 , 03:40 PM

#98

StimAbuser

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Current Weidman gets lit up. Rockhold is an interesting fight as maybe his range and kicks could give Whittaker some problems.

Thing with Whittaker though is he's a really good counter striker but he also has some really good surprise attacks like his leaping left hook. Rare that fighters are really good backing up and going forward. His leaping left hook catches people by surprise pretty often and it covers distance well.