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Subcomandante Marcos

Dtp1979 wrote: »

I'd like to get Miesha'd too

That video of her rolling with the three Australian lads when triangles one of them I was thinking "there's worse places to die than right there..."

Gamebred

UFC are praying Miesha beats Holly so they can let Ronda armbar the life out of her and claim the title before retiring no doubt about it.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Gamebred wrote: »

UFC are praying Miesha beats Holly so they can let Ronda armbar the life out of her and claim the title before retiring no doubt about it.

So they want one of of their biggest stars to retire as soon as possible? Okay.

Gamebred

baz2009 wrote: »

So they want one of of their biggest stars to retire as soon as possible? Okay.

News flash,she has no plans on staying around in the sport,they want her no where near Holly Holm.

jjdonegal

Gamebred wrote: »

News flash,she has no plans on staying around in the sport,they want her no where near Holly Holm.

All the more reason for them to pair her up with Holm if she gonna bolt of in to Hollywood. Holm is the money fight. I'd be surprised if it does not happen to be quite honest.

And another question - when is GSP doing this 6 week camp yoke?

Gamebred

Surely the ufc just want Ronda back with her belt ASAP? and no where near Holm,I think Ronda would retire then if she got it back and redeemed herself.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Gamebred wrote: »

News flash,she has no plans on staying around in the sport,they want her no where near Holly Holm.

The UFC will still want to keep her as long as possible, obviously enough.

Why would they want her to beat the champion and then leave the company? Whoever wins the vacant title would then only ever be compared to Ronda.

Wrongway1985

Maybe it's best in the long run for certain fighters not to hang around for others Holly only needs to look at her teammate Carlos Condit after he became interim champ (while doing so was paid less than the man he beat) practically took nearly a year off waiting for GSP. Holly is right the timeframe in combat sports is short shes not getting any younger.

Of course I can see why they'd wanna hold out clearly but instead of placing all their eggs in one basket the UFC should look at the bigger picture active champions is no bad thing after all even a number of cards this past year had 2 titles fights who'd have imagined that in 2014 watching Dillashaw v Joe Soto or seeing Aldo v Mendes II original card getting scrapped after losing the main event.

Zero-Cool

Mr. Finland is in the house!

Makwan Amirkhani ‏@MakwanAmirkhani 1h1 hour ago Ireland, taxi driver, woman at the reception and the cheff sounded like Conor. Almost went to singleleg with cleaner at the hotel. #ireland

cloudatlas

Jackson Wink aren't having a good time really are they, lots of their fighters getting a pasting or losing via decision.

Gamebred

cloudatlas wrote: »

Jackson Wink aren't having a good time really are they, lots of their fighters getting a pasting or losing via decision.

They still have the GOAT there about to come back and ruin DC,and the best unknown (ish) prospect in the game Yair Rodriguez imo.

Subcomandante Marcos

cloudatlas wrote: »

Jackson Wink aren't having a good time really are they, lots of their fighters getting a pasting or losing via decision.

The have Holly and the badest man on the planet. They're doing just fine.

Subcomandante Marcos

Gamebred wrote: »

Yair Rodriguez

So much fun to watch.

cloudatlas

Gamebred wrote: »

They still have the GOAT there about to come back and ruin DC,and the best unknown (ish) prospect in the game Yair Rodriguez imo.

I'm aware of that but when someone does really well like Conor or Holly it casts some light on the rest of the team so it's sad when there are many losses and the team doesn't live up to the promotion that has been handed to them.

Subcomandante Marcos

The fact that so many of their fighters are ranked and fighting for belts proves how good the camp is.

jjdonegal

Off The Ball (Newstalk) are talking to a "top UFC fighter who left the promotion due to the poor pay" tonight. Didn't name who it was and not quite sure of top of my head who involved in that lawsuit. Should be an interesting discussion.

ASOT

It's probably Pendred no joke.

DrPhilG

Can't think of anybody who fits that bill.

Fitch maybe? Not sure if he's involved in the suit.

Petermc83

Phil Davis ??

CurryFlavoured

Not Fitch or Davis, they were booted out.

El Guapo!

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

Not Fitch or Davis, they were booted out.

Fitch was cut.
As far as Davis is concerned, from memory I think he just didn't renew his contract and left. Could be wrong on that one though.

CurryFlavoured

El Guapo! wrote: »

Fitch was cut.
As far as Davis is concerned, from memory I think he just didn't renew his contract and left. Could be wrong on that one though.

He wasn't offered a new contract, that's what I remember. Basically the UFC didn't want either any more.

DrPhilG

Petermc83 wrote: »

Phil Davis ??

Ah yeah, forgot about Davis.

He's clearly as memorable as his fights.

weemcd

Josh Thompson?

I know he was getting lucrative with his Bellator pay and ability to wear his own sponsors when he moved, compared to UFC.

jjdonegal

I thought Fitch was involved. Cung Le was too I think. Checked their FB an hour ago and seen nothing about who it was.

Pudsy33

It's Sterling that Off The Ball are talking to in the next hour.

CurryFlavoured

Pudsy33 wrote: »

It's Sterling that Off The Ball are talking to in the next hour.

I was going to say him but he hasn't actually left yet although he seems to be threatening to.

ASOT

Lads I still can't believe Amirkhani has come to Ireland to train full time, has all the makings of a massive star, hopefully all the Irish fans can get behind him.

ASOT

Jesus sterling has never got a discretionary bonus over 6k, that's shocking considering some of the finishes he's had and not got a POTN bonus.

jjdonegal

Pudsy33 wrote: »

It's Sterling that Off The Ball are talking to in the next hour.

Jesus I am an eejit. Totally forgot about it. Worth listening back to?

Pudsy33

jjdonegal wrote: »

Jesus I am an eejit. Totally forgot about it. Worth listening back to?

I missed it but he's an outspoken guy so I'd imagine it would be

ASOT

jjdonegal wrote: »

Jesus I am an eejit. Totally forgot about it. Worth listening back to?

He's still on now I'd wait and listen to it all though, he's getting torn a new one by the ufc there last contest over was 20/20 with 3k increase per fight, laughable. So he basically said if they want to play this game they can lose a future champion he's not waiting around and playing games.

Edit: last point he made is that he doesn't have enough money to go to a doctor unless it's something really serious. That's just shocking.

Paully D

ASOT wrote: »

Lads I still can't believe Amirkhani has come to Ireland to train full time, has all the makings of a massive star, hopefully all the Irish fans can get behind him.

Really exciting fighter but I'm not a huge fan after his fake glove touch against Duquesnoy. I know, I know, protect yourself at all times and that but it's bad form IMO. It'll take him a while to win me back over. I'm sure he'll be distraught :pac:

ASOT

Paully D wrote: »

Really exciting fighter but I'm not a huge fan after his fake glove touch against Duquesnoy. I know, I know, protect yourself at all times and that but it's bad form IMO. It'll take him a while to win me back over. I'm sure he'll be distraught :pac:

At the end of the day he bought his mam a bed out of his winnings after dropping Andy ogle in 8 seconds so it should have been forgiven after that :pac:

Beersmith

ASOT wrote: »

At the end of the day he bought his mam a bed out of his winnings after dropping Andy ogle in 8 seconds so it should have been forgiven after that :pac:

He is forgiven for the choking andy ogle part.

SureYWouldntYa

ASOT wrote: »

Lads I still can't believe Amirkhani has come to Ireland to train full time, has all the makings of a massive star, hopefully all the Irish fans can get behind him.

Look at the support Gunni gets, he'll get mad support

CatFromHue

ASOT wrote: »

He's still on now I'd wait and listen to it all though, he's getting torn a new one by the ufc there last contest over was 20/20 with 3k increase per fight, laughable. So he basically said if they want to play this game they can lose a future champion he's not waiting around and playing games.

Edit: last point he made is that he doesn't have enough money to go to a doctor unless it's something really serious. That's just shocking.

Healthcare in America in general is just crazy stuff. What Walt did in Breaking Bad is not that impossible!

He spoke well I thought.

ASOT

CatFromHue wrote: »

Healthcare in America in general is just crazy stuff. What Walt did in Breaking Bad is not that impossible!

He spoke well I thought.

Yeah I know it's outrageous that's why I would have assumed the ufc would have contributed in some way but obviously they don't, I get better health care in my job and I don't have to have a scrap with any of my co workers haha its mental. It was a decent interview, I'm sure he has alot more to say anyway put his treatment by the ufc into perspective. If that happens to someone with his potential I feel sorry for lower and mid card guys who aren't destined for much.

jjdonegal

ASOT wrote: »

Yeah I know it's outrageous that's why I would have assumed the ufc would have contributed in some way but obviously they don't, I get better health care in my job and I don't have to have a scrap with any of my co workers haha its mental. It was a decent interview, I'm sure he has alot more to say anyway put his treatment by the ufc into perspective. If that happens to someone with his potential I feel sorry for lower and mid card guys who aren't destined for much.

I'd definitely like to hear the UFC side regarding the health insurance thing. Remember reading Mark Colemans story a few months back and he said he was covered up until he left. It is now that he cannot afford to look after his health. I'd have assumed Sterling fell under the same type of structure but it appears not.

Must source that interview tomo and listen to it; have read the article on the Newstalk website which gives a good overview of it. Interesting stuff for the wrong reasons.

ASOT

jjdonegal wrote: »

I'd definitely like to hear the UFC side regarding the health insurance thing. Remember reading Mark Colemans story a few months back and he said he was covered up until he left. It is now that he cannot afford to look after his health. I'd have assumed Sterling fell under the same type of structure but it appears not.

Must source that interview tomo and listen to it; have read the article on the Newstalk website which gives a good overview of it. Interesting stuff for the wrong reasons.

Yeah it would be interesting to see what the cover is like now, the roster is massively bigger than when Coleman was still fighting so that must have something to do with it, I would imagine they don't cover everyone on the roster as there's about 550 odd fighters now. Fair play to sterling anyway, if I was in his position if be doing my best to make as much as I could, fairly sure he will end up at Bellator unless the ufc give him a decent offer.

Paully D

Gamebred wrote: »

They still have the GOAT there about to come back and ruin DC,and the best unknown (ish) prospect in the game Yair Rodriguez imo.

Rodriguez's fight with Rosa was one of my favourite of 2014. Really enjoyable.

Paully D

Holly Holm will fight again before she rematches with Ronda, per Dana White on UFC Tonight.

Hopefully this means we'll get to see a whole lot more of Miesha in the coming months!

Zero-Cool

Great news for Holly.

Dana also said he's allowing Conor to fight 155 and if he wins, defend both belts. Imagine the 1st ever 2 division champ at the same time! That will put him ahead of Bones as p4p king for me.

Zero-Cool

Makwan seems happy

":) people are kind! Coach is amazing, training partners support you and everyone is breathing the same air. I think im in a right place!"

ASOT

As per Helwani Khabib wants the winner of Pettis/Alvarez but would take a fight with Diaz.

Swashbuckler

ASOT wrote: »

As per Helwani Khabib wants the winner of Pettis/Alvarez but would take a fight with Diaz.

Why would he not just call out the champ? Seems odd to me.

ASOT

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Why would he not just call out the champ? Seems odd to me.

He said on the mma the last time he was on that he doesn't want to come back after two years straight into a title fight which is fair enough!

CatFromHue

jjdonegal wrote: »

I'd definitely like to hear the UFC side regarding the health insurance thing. Remember reading Mark Colemans story a few months back and he said he was covered up until he left. It is now that he cannot afford to look after his health. I'd have assumed Sterling fell under the same type of structure but it appears not.

Must source that interview tomo and listen to it; have read the article on the Newstalk website which gives a good overview of it. Interesting stuff for the wrong reasons.

Well Sterling said that they've covered for 30 days after a fight so I presume that's to cover any fight injuries. He also said about accidental insurance during training which I took to mean if they got injured during training they'd be covered as in training related injuries.

Mellor

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Why would he not just call out the champ? Seems odd to me.

I wouldn't want to jump into a fight with RDA after a huge layoff. Not for the sake of a few months when it's nearly 2 years anyway.
Silly to risk his unbeaten run and his title potential for little gain.

TimRiggins

Interested to see what Holm/Tate will do PPV wise if its a main event on its own (I'd imagine she's only fighting because the UFC are stuck for a main event). I think Holm will draw well. Think at a push she could do 500-600k