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General MMA Chat/News mk3 - **No Spoilers Use Event Threads**

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    #3512
    tommyboy26
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭tommyboy26


    cliggg wrote: »
    Exactly, he's angling for a Jones fight at heavyweight because he will never get near light heavyweight again. I can understand why though if he's gonna come back why not try to get the most lucrative fight? That said I think Jones would beat him at either weight.

    thats if jones can manage to beat GUSS this time. if he loses again he wont be going straight to a title fight at heavy weight


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    #3513
    xtal191
    Registered Users Posts: 6,353 ✭✭✭xtal191


    Rumble is absolutely massive now, surely he's on the juice these days


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    #3514
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    tommyboy26 wrote: »
    thats if jones can manage to beat GUSS this time. if he loses again he wont be going straight to a title fight at heavy weight
    He beat Gus the first time.


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    #3515
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    xtal191 wrote: »
    Rumble is absolutely massive now, surely he's on the juice these days
    He weighs 285 pounds now according to his manager


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    #3516
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Half of these fights may not happen, but that's a cracking card . Mendes just announced v volkanski

    https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/1059946292019978240


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    #3517
    KingJamsie
    Registered Users Posts: 802 ✭✭✭KingJamsie


    cliggg wrote: »
    He beat Gus the first time.

    Some believe Gus edged it (but yes judges gave it Jones)


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    #3518
    tommyboy26
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭tommyboy26


    cliggg wrote: »
    He beat Gus the first time.

    i know he did but in my limited intelligence i felt GUSS beat him in that fight.


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    #3519
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    tommyboy26 wrote: »
    i know he did but in my limited intelligence i felt GUSS beat him in that fight.
    I get what you mean, it could have went either way really it just depends on what judges are there on the night.


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    #3520
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Eddie Alvarez to make his debut in a Lightweight tournament and Demetrious Johnson to make his debut in a Flyweight tournament both in 2019.


    Also DJ has been named Chief Brand Ambassador for the new One eSports Championship! Fair play to Mighty Mouse for negotiating this for himself and setting himself up for his post fight career.


    https://twitter.com/BrMassami/status/1060064870979104768


    https://twitter.com/JakeNicholsMMA/status/1059998502044950528?s=20


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    #3521
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Ray Borg out of his fight with Benavidez this weekend, the fight is off. He has pulled out of so many fights at this stage that it's to be expected now.
    Ross Pearson is out of his fight with Joe Duffy in December but I assume there will be no problem finding a replacement.


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    #3522
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Lots of buzz online of a title fight between TJ vs Henry at UFC 233 and that the flyweight division is to be scrapped.


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    #3523
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    Dillashaw v Cejduo & Cruz v Lineker being targeted for 233 in Anaheim. The purist in me is sad to see DJ leave but I won't particularly miss the flyweight division.

    Two really good fights there.


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    #3524
    dave1982
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Flyod pulls out of fight turns out he mislead, meant to be private event for rich people only :confused:
    "I want it to be clear that I, Floyd Mayweather, never agreed to an official bout with Tenshin Nasukawa."



    DrbArjbWsAYnqo1.jpg:



    https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/1060246628253270019


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    #3525
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Yep
    https://twitter.com/FloCombat/status/1060263263974424577
    https://twitter.com/ShortyTorres125/status/1060269396818644992


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    #3526
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,266 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Lol. I was gonna suggest that the fight will never go ahead. And Floyd is just taking some marketing money off their hands.
    Nobody had heard of Tenshin a week ago.


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    #3527
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mellor wrote: »
    Nobody had heard of Tenshin a week ago.

    Not in mma or boxing circles. But he's well known in Thai and k1 scene, a HUGE name in Japan. Incredible fighter.
    Ryan Sheehan from Cork fought him earlier this year.


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    #3528
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Askren v Lawler official for 233. That card is fantastic so far
    Dillashaw v Cejudao for Bantamweight title
    Cruz v Lineker (Backup/No 1 contender fight?)
    Felder v Vick
    Askren v Lawler
    Makhachev v Trinaldo



    Jarred Brooks the latest flyweight to get cut.
    https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1060298329404436480


    Miesha Tate may be signing with ONE but probably not to fight
    https://twitter.com/ASTJWhitelaw/status/1060034054303580160

    Edit: Yeah Miesha is now a Vice President for One Championship! I didn't see that coming at all!
    Busy day in MMA!


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    #3529
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Marlon Morares ??


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    #3530
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    UFC churning out some serious cards over the next few months. Great times ahead.


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    #3531
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Ultimate Seduction wrote: »
    Marlon Morares ??
    Everybody turned down a fight with him according to Mark Henry
    O1YtjQ9.png


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    #3532
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,266 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not in mma or boxing circles. But he's well known in Thai and k1 scene, a HUGE name in Japan. Incredible fighter.
    Ryan Sheehan from Cork fought him earlier this year.
    Yeah of course. Known well in kickboxing. I was talking more in terms of global fame.
    As thats what's translates into PPVs for Rizin.


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    #3533
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    December is some month for combat sports fans. Wilder v Fury, Holloway v Ortega and Jones v Gus. Can not feckin wait.


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    #3534
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    dulux99 wrote: »
    December is some month for combat sports fans. Wilder v Fury, Holloway v Ortega and Jones v Gus. Can not feckin wait.

    Two women title fights are also tasty


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    #3535
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    UFC 230 did 250000-300000 buys. Down a lot from the 2 previous MSG shows which did 1,300000 and 875000 buys. As well as not being stacked with names recognisable to the casual fan I guess it happening 1 month after the biggest selling MMA PPV of all time was always going to affect it too. It's a shame as I thought of the MSG card as their Wrestlemania.


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    #3536
    Subcomandante Marcos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,683 ✭✭✭Subcomandante Marcos


    The UFC's biggest event of the year is built around International Fight Week in July in Vegas.
    That's the one they talk up the most and stack the card for.


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    #3537
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »
    The UFC's biggest event of the year is built around International Fight Week in July in Vegas.
    That's the one they talk up the most and stack the card for.

    New year's card is looking the most stacked this year


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    #3538
    dulux99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭dulux99


    250-300k isn't blockbuster but you can be sure it was highly highly profitable for them. They'd be happy with that I reckon.


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    #3539
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Tony Ferguson with the longest active win streak is ranked 13 on the P4P list, 5 places behind McGregor who is 2-2 in last 4.


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    #3540
    Fromvert
    Registered Users Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭Fromvert


    Rankings have always been a sham. Gus put ahead of Jon Jones by a Swedish website that sell shoes!

    https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1060381521767350272


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    #3541
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Fromvert wrote: »
    Rankings have always been a sham. Gus put ahead of Jon Jones by a Swedish website that sell shoes

    Yet you’ll still get people whinging when someone not ranked #1 gets a title shot.

    The rankings should be disbanded or at the minimum completely revamped.

    If one of us applied to be a member of the panel we’d probably be accepted FFS.


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