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UFC/MMA etc crossover Thread *Spoilers for latest show*

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    #452
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    Stereomaniac wrote: »
    When will CM Punk fight?

    I think the last guess I read was late this year maybe. UFC are currently lobbying to get licenced in New York so maybe when/if that happens.


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    #453
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    https://twitter.com/mmaencyclopedia/status/612062011686567936

    Hon Ken


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    #454
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    Ageyev wrote: »
    I think the last guess I read was late this year maybe. UFC are currently lobbying to get licenced in New York so maybe when/if that happens.
    I don't know much about licensing for UFC, but are they not licensed in many states?


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    #455
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Everyone is yelling work on Twitter

    https://twitter.com/NotAlexJones/status/612108277665656832


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    #456
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    rovert wrote: »
    Everyone is yelling work on Twitter

    https://twitter.com/NotAlexJones/status/612108277665656832

    It really looked like it was tbh.


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    #457
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Normally I discourage that talk but yeah Kimbo made a Pro Wrestling style comeback breaking out of a Rear Naked Choke will you a wrestler would on a Full Nelsen and then made his comeback.


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    #458
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    It really looked like Ken Shamrock was about to win the thing and then Kimbo just.....won it? I have to drive to Dublin with this distress on my mind now, how Ken isn't as dangerous.


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    #459
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    Shamrocks age was his downfall. And his lack of a chin. Also, an RNC with your hand on a guys forehead is a bad idea from the start, never mind trying to choke out, essentially, a horse named Kimbo


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    #460
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    Attn: Pro Wrestling fans

    Legit choke or rest hold?

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    #461
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    rovert wrote: »
    Attn: Pro Wrestling fans

    Legit choke or rest hold?

    Very bad Rear Naked Choke, so neither

    Bad hand positioning, weak effort. See below for an actual RNC

    rear-naked-choke-5.jpg


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    #462
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Very bad Rear Naked Choke, so neither

    Bad hand positioning, weak effort. See below for an actual RNC
    That's the point. It really didn't look like there was an actual attempt to finish it. Ken knows how to do a RNC.
    That combined, with the fact that Kimbo is not defending there at all, and wasn't defending for about 10 seconds. There's really no way not to finish it there.


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    #463
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    Shamrock changed his style to get away from the ground game years ago in fairness, but if I were looking for an organisation that was working it's MMA bouts, it would be Belator.

    Lashley keeps winning despite having the stamina of a small wheelbarrow


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    #464
    brianblaze
    Registered Users Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    Shamrock changed his style to get away from the ground game years ago in fairness, but if I were looking for an organisation that was working it's MMA bouts, it would be Belator.

    Lashley keeps winning despite having the stamina of a small wheelbarrow


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    #465
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    brianblaze wrote: »
    Shamrock changed his style to get away from the ground game years ago in fairness, but if I were looking for an organisation that was working it's MMA bouts, it would be Belator.

    Lashley keeps winning despite having the stamina of a small wheelbarrow

    He was still a shootfighter at heart, but even if he completely moved away from grappling he wouldn't forget how to do a RNC.

    Lashley is winning because he is fighting cans.


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    #466
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Rumours Jose Aldo is injured with broken ribs & may be out of the fight next month


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    #467
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,464 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    God damn it.


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    #468
    JJayoo
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    If he is out what possible replacements are there?


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    #469
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    JJayoo wrote: »
    If he is out what possible replacements are there?

    Frankie,


    But it achieves nothing


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    #470
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Mellor wrote: »
    Frankie,


    But it achieves nothing

    I think Edgar would beat McGregor tbh.....but its a huge financial risk to do that fight.
    McDonald vs. Lawler is enough to prop up a card(Its actually a better main event on paper than 90% of the UFC main events lately).


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    #471
    Tinie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Tinie


    Mellor wrote: »
    Frankie,


    But it achieves nothing

    Worse fight for conor. Can see Dana protecting him.


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    #472
    JJayoo
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    Definitely keep him away from Frankie or Mendes.


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    #473
    Diabhal Beag
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    The worst thing about this whole thing is that "tomato can" will come back to the fore of terminology


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    #474
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    The worst thing about this whole thing is that "tomato can" will come back to the fore of terminology

    Is McGregor going taking on Wexford or Offaly? :cool:


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    #475
    Tssk
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭Tssk


    Ariel Helwani is going to be talking about it on Newstalk in ten minutes


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    #476
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Tinie wrote: »
    Worse fight for conor. Can see Dana protecting him.
    ERG89 wrote: »
    I think Edgar would beat McGregor tbh.....but its a huge financial risk to do that fight.
    McDonald vs. Lawler is enough to prop up a card(Its actually a better main event on paper than 90% of the UFC main events lately).
    JJayoo wrote: »
    Definitely keep him away from Frankie or Mendes.


    Stylistically Edgar is a nightmare for anyone. I'm not really interested in feeding him a walkover tbh.
    I think he can beat Edgar, Knock him out early. If he does the it silences a lot of the grappling criticism, and he also does what Aldo couldnt.
    The momentum going into the title fight would be huge


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    #477
    ERG89
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    Latest is the rib is bruised not broken & as of now the fight will, albeit tentatively go ahead.
    The contingency plan should Aldo fail to recover is McGregor vs. Mendes for an Interim Featherweight Title


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    #478
    Tssk
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭Tssk


    So a Brazilian A&E doc can't spot a (not) cracked rib.Gimme a break. Great probability at Mendes stepping in last minute , unless the doctor at the Nevada Commission is one Nick Riviera


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    #479
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Tssk wrote: »
    So a Brazilian A&E doc can't spot a (not) cracked rib.Gimme a break.
    A bruised ribs and microfractures won't necessarily up on an xray.
    They don't necessarily stop the fight going ahead either.

    Any current damage has two weeks to knit together.


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    #480
    rovert
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,089 ✭✭✭✭rovert


    The date for the next Dublin UFC
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    #481
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,829 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    So it's confirmed Aldo is out and Mendez is in. How many fights is that now that Aldo has pulled out on?


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