On February 12 2017 00:14 JimmyJRaynor wrote: matt serra is a former welterweight champion. if thompson beat him it would not prove he deserves a shot at woodley.
Halloway fought a guy having weight cut issues who has never fought at 145 and is 1-3 in his last 4 fights. The people saw the BS for what it was. the PPV had a very low buy-rate and the house was heavily papered with the average ticket price being $100. very low for a "PPV". i got to see the event for free and a couple of weeks later so did everyone else on FOX. The fastest the UFC has ever given away a PPV for free. the free giveaways of this fight show you how important the people felt this "title fight" was. it was a joke of a PPV and should've been a Fox Fight Night Card.
Despite some thinking Holloway doesn't deserve the title fight, and the same guy continuing to complain about the quality of one of the best fight cards of the year (ranked 3rd of the 50 events). The community breaths a sigh of relief that Max has been given his shot. Confirmed 212.
i'm happy with 206. i got to watch 206 live for nothing. i feel bad for anyone who spent money on it when they didn't need to; if they carefully watched the ticket prices falling rather than listening to the UFC hype machine and the people on here who kept saying what an amazing event it would be. i correctly projected ticket prices would fall so i waited until the last minute ... i was pleasantly surprised that i got to watch for free.
onto UFC 208: Dana White is not happy with the referee. another devalued belt. the women's featherweight title didn't gain any more credibility last night. in fact, it probably lost some.. as little as it has any way.
Germaine De Randamie established a large anti-fanbase with her 208 performance. Smart move by Dana White to state "Cyborg is next" because GDR's haters will pay big money to watch her get her head kicked in.
After seeing all this Halo Wars 2 advertising i'm going ot run right out and get the ultimate edition.
6th dodge impressive even for you, but not going to take the bait.
matt serra is a former welterweight champion. if thompson beat him it would not prove he deserves a shot at woodley.
Halloway fought a guy having weight cut issues who has never fought at 145 and is 1-3 in his last 4 fights. The people saw the BS for what it was. the PPV had a very low buy-rate and the house was heavily papered with the average ticket price being $100. very low for a "PPV". i got to see the event for free and a couple of weeks later so did everyone else on FOX. The fastest the UFC has ever given away a PPV for free. the free giveaways of this fight show you how important the people felt this "title fight" was. it was a joke of a PPV and should've been a Fox Fight Night Card.
Why doesn't Holloway deserve a shot or how did I miss interpret this post?
i do not know what you are thinking so i'll guess. i guess you misinterpreted it. this post is about how UFC 206 was not really a PPV and about how this interim title is a joke. which is why i discussed the low buy rate and the fact that hte UFC gave it away for free on TV 2 weeks later.
regarding Halloway getting i title shot my explicit, specific comments have already been made. do i ever mention Halloway does not deserve a title shot. More than once now i've said Halloway deserves a title shot. Halloway does not deserve a belt which should not exist because the current champ is active.
Germaine De Randamie is running from Cyborg already.
n February 12 2017 00:14 JimmyJRaynor wrote: matt serra is a former welterweight champion. if thompson beat him it would not prove he deserves a shot at woodley.
Halloway fought a guy having weight cut issues who has never fought at 145 and is 1-3 in his last 4 fights. The people saw the BS for what it was. the PPV had a very low buy-rate and the house was heavily papered with the average ticket price being $100. very low for a "PPV". i got to see the event for free and a couple of weeks later so did everyone else on FOX. The fastest the UFC has ever given away a PPV for free. the free giveaways of this fight show you how important the people felt this "title fight" was. it was a joke of a PPV and should've been a Fox Fight Night Card.
This is how you say holloway doesn't deserve the title shot? What about the above post says he does. What what the purpose of this post if not to say he doesn't. I'm sure at other points you do say he does. You say a lot of shit while arguing I'm trying to get you to respond specifically to this post. Since you called me out on not asking for clarification or understanding it. So what does it mean sir?
Also define active? Is aldo's 2 fights in 3 years active? Everyone knows interm titles are just number one contender belt. Some fans like it cause "oooh title", fighters love it because they don't have to worry about getting passed over to a more marketable fighter. They know once the champ heals, or whatever has kept him out, they will actually get the fight. There has been more then enough #1 contender fights where that guy doesn't get the shot. There have not been interm title holders who do not get the first shot at the champ. You always like to pit the UFC as some sort of evil, but doing this makes the fighter super happy because he knows he will get his shot.
I know I am its the point, to try to get you to answer a straightforward question and show how hard it is, and its hilarious to watch you dodge a blunt straightforward questions especially with your previous accusations.
Of course she wants to fight holm, cyborg will kill her. Also she is saying what she needs to say to make her transgressions look less awful.
On February 14 2017 14:22 JimmiC wrote: Who was worse them or the judges?
The reffing. Refs have an important job: protect the fighters by enforcing the rules. That's it. If they fail to do that, they're just glorified spectators.
On February 14 2017 14:22 JimmiC wrote: Who was worse them or the judges?
The reffing. Refs have an important job: protect the fighters by enforcing the rules. That's it. If they fail to do that, they're just glorified spectators.
Do you guys think that Germaine shoulda got points deduced on the first or the second late hit? Normally I'd probably say second, but given how hard the first one landed and just how late after the bell it was, I woulda been completely fine with her losing a point right then and there.
I wouldn't have been against losing a point on the first one, but I can understand giving the benefit of the doubt. The no warning is indefensible. And then the no point on the second is absolute Bull Shit.
“If de Randamie isn’t ready for the fight, probably I’m going to fight the No. 1 contender for the belt,” Justino told MMAjunkie.
Lol what.
As long as the opponent is ready to fight within 15 months, you can't just say I'm going to fight for the belt with someone else, especially after you're busted for roids. If UFC is on board of this, then we're definitely watching a fairly quick fall from grace by management who doesn't know how to think.
It's been such a sad time to be a UFC fan since the sale, sigh.
They're trying to run the company like a steel screw manufacturer, but all these intangibles that are difficult to write in the accounting books are not being considered at all by current ownership.
As if the UFC women's 145 lb belt weren't diminished in value enough. Holly Holm is now officially appealing the decision at 208 due to strikes after the horn.
On February 15 2017 09:30 FiWiFaKi wrote: “If de Randamie isn’t ready for the fight, probably I’m going to fight the No. 1 contender for the belt,” Justino told MMAjunkie.
Lol what.
As long as the opponent is ready to fight within 15 months, you can't just say I'm going to fight for the belt with someone else, especially after you're busted for roids. If UFC is on board of this, then we're definitely watching a fairly quick fall from grace by management who doesn't know how to think.
It's been such a sad time to be a UFC fan since the sale, sigh.
They're trying to run the company like a steel screw manufacturer, but all these intangibles that are difficult to write in the accounting books are not being considered at all by current ownership.
UFC now making coaches buy Fight Pass subscriptions to study opponents
Studying opponents can likely be one of the biggest roles for a coach in mixed martial arts. By knowing their opponents strengths and weaknesses, it helps them to develop their gameplan to increase their chances of winning.
On Tuesday, Brandon Gibson, coach at JacksonWink MMA and the BMF Ranch stated that the UFC notified him that they will no longer be providing footage of their opponents and that they would have to subscribe to Fight Pass to study tape.
LOL this is a bad one for the UFC, goto make that extra 10 bucks a month from 100 guys I guess!
As for the 145 division for women it really doesn't matter what they do with it, it is going to be a joke. It was solely created for cyborg and shes the only 145 pound women in the world any one cares about. This fight was just a place holder because of her suspension and either of those girls are going to get hammered by cyborg. It will never be a deep division because there is not that many in the planet that size that can't cut down to 135. It is more or less HW for women and look at the depth in that for men? And there is a 60 pound range and WAY more men fight then women. The 145 thing will last as long as cyborg is relevant than probably go away.
it'll be frickin' hilarious if Hendricks can't make the weight of 186 for Middleweight this weekend
If GSP is comes back we could have a Hendricks//GSP rematch at a rolling catchweight of whatever weight Hendricks can get himself down to. I'm sure everyone is dying to see Hendricks and GSP fight at 195 lbs.
Cutting 11 points is fairly easy in that time frame, nothing to worry about.
5% is very easy, like I could go do that myself starting tomorrow with only the help of google. 10% of body-weight is considered an easy-to normal weight cut. 15% is what top guys who really have it down do if everything goes perfectly, without a significant drop in performance 20% weight cut is on the hardcore end, where you'll have performance loss, really struggle to hit weight, bad for your health, etc. If that's what the fighter has to reach, success rate is probably 30%~ in the UFC. 25% Ballpark figures of largest weight cuts achieved in the history of UFC. Probably not possible nowadays with the IV ban.
These is the rough weight loss between weigh ins and 2 weeks before the fight (though more than half of that weight is lost in the last 2 days).