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tommyboy26

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Easiest title fight of Jones career.

couldnt be less interested in this fight. predict jones tko/ko first round or early in the second.

that lhw class has no one for jones. i see rockhold calling him out on twitter that could be interesting

pauldoo

EagererBeaver wrote: »

I don't think Goldie has been missed at all to be honest with you. I still haven't got over him banging on about Rousey finding it hard due to being a rockstar at 183 and Rogan screaming over him that it had nothing to do with being a rockstar and "SHE'S GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE"

When watching old fights now I can see why the UFC wanted rid of him. The example above happened a lot with Goldie, talked absolute nonsense

I wonder what his relationship with Rogan was like, afaik he hasn't been on his podcast and Rogan never seems to mention him

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pauldoo wrote: »

When watching old fights now I can see why the UFC wanted rid of him. The example above happened a lot with Goldie, talked absolute nonsense

I wonder what his relationship with Rogan was like, afaik he hasn't been on his podcast and Rogan never seems to mention him

Seen a few pics on Rogans Instagram where he's met up with Goldberg and they seem close friends.

Goldberg was a melt tho, spouted nonsense as you mentioned

dulux99

Anthony Smith deserves the title fight. Lhw is a barren waste land.

Paully D

Jones vs Smlth - yawn.

Who actually cares about this fight? The state of the light heavyweight division FFS.

VW 1

pauldoo wrote: »

When watching old fights now I can see why the UFC wanted rid of him. The example above happened a lot with Goldie, talked absolute nonsense

I wonder what his relationship with Rogan was like, afaik he hasn't been on his podcast and Rogan never seems to mention him

He's definitely friends with him, he's mentioned a few times that they are close personal friends.

dulux99

Paully D wrote: »

Jones vs Smlth - yawn.

Who actually cares about this fight? The state of the light heavyweight division FFS.

It's not a blockbuster fight but it's encouraging that he genuinely wants to keep active. Smith is the only viable option in march so I'm all for it. It does show how thin LHW is though. Worst it's ever been, probably the worst division in the UFC at the moment. I'd prefer Jones vs Smith in march instead of Jones waiting til the summer for Cormier.

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Woodley v Usman the co-main at UFC235

dulux99

Marlowe Full Forehead wrote: »

Woodley v Usman the co-main at UFC235

Joke of a situation.

tommyboy26

https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/1081994210465730560?s=19

Stacked card

mailburner

tommyboy26 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/1081994210465730560?s=19

Stacked card

Great card, new ww champ imo but at least there's competition in the division should Usman fail
Usman though won't exactly be much more popular than tw though.

Would love to Diego win that one, sick of Gall trying to handpick opponents

Santos made mincemeat of Smith, this is gonna be so easy for jj, no interest in watching this one tbh
Santos will surely get a shot soon after.

We need to get rumble back to generate some excitement or it'll be like the mw div where there was no competition for Silva for years
There's literally nobody in the division, even prospects right now, good luck to them trying to promote lhw fight for ppv purposes

Jeremy Stephens, what a warrior! Anyone, anytime, never refuses a fight
Some craic if he won that

dulux99

tommyboy26 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/1081994210465730560?s=19

Stacked card

Wow

dashoonage

will watch the **** out of that.

tommyboy26

why is it usman and not colby? does dana think usman has a better chance of beating woodley over colby?

i think its an interesting fight but think woodley gets the job done. he has more experience he has beaten some way stronger fighters than usman did. usman has serious wrestling credentials but woodley trains with askren and has a black belt in bjj.

i think smith gets smashed by jones. santos is a harder fight for jones


i cant remember the last numbered card where i wasnt interested in the main event but jones still needs to get his licence and stay clean

ASOT

Woodley smashed Usman & Colby imo. What do they have to beat him?

mailburner

ASOT wrote: »

Woodley smashed Usman & Colby imo. What do they have to best him?

not sure if cc is good enough but I think usman could outwork tw for a pts win

I'm not seeing a lot of holes in usman's game, just a matter of whether he take a few big shots for me.

Dtp1979

Where is st.pierre these days?

Autecher

TJ's weight update from yesterday

AlmightyCushion

I don't think TJ will struggle with the weight too much. At 227 TJ weighed 149.5 in the cage. He was only 7.5 pounds heavier than DJ who looked like he had an easy enough cut. He was also only 3 pounds heavier than Alex Perez who weighed in at 126. He'll need to have cut a bit of muscle alright but probably not a huge amount.

tommyboy26

mailburner wrote: »

not sure if cc is good enough but I think usman could outwork tw for a pts win

I'm not seeing a lot of holes in usman's game, just a matter of whether he take a few big shots for me.

usman is good but dont think he will be able to take woodleys power

Beersmith

cliggg wrote: »

TJ's weight update from yesterday

Even if true those pounds may be way harder to cut. Cutting each pound at a lower weight is a bigger percentage to lose of total weight.

Paully D

https://twitter.com/benfowlkesmma/status/1082048507047927808?s=21

There are pictures of the robber in the aftermath, in the article. Jesus, she did some job on him! :pac:

Wrongway1985

mailburner wrote: »

Santos made mincemeat of Smith, this is gonna be so easy for jj, no interest in watching this one tbh
Santos will surely get a shot soon after.

Not that it won't be easy but I'd hardly describe that as mincemeat Santos had a number of scares in the first round including being split open. The fact that the fight took place at Middleweight says it all about the LHW division.

mailburner

Santos could probably win one more fight at lhw and get a shot at Jones yet is nowhere near a shot or probably would never have been in the mw div

Says it all really

The likes of Romero should have a crack at lhw

Autecher

https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1082111237628952576

Tazzimus

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Where is st.pierre these days?

Shilling some workout program going by what I keep seeing on Instagram.
Looks very Boxercise/ Tai Bo ish

ricero

Wow 235 is absolutely stacked

Mehaffey1

ricero wrote: »

Wow 235 is absolutely stacked

We gonna rock down to Disappointment Avenue...

Autecher

tommyboy26 wrote: »

why is it usman and not colby? does dana think usman has a better chance of beating woodley over colby?

https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1082339337885208576?s=21

derfderf

mailburner wrote: »

Santos could probably win one more fight at lhw and get a shot at Jones yet is nowhere near a shot or probably would never have been in the mw div

Says it all really

The likes of Romero should have a crack at lhw

It's easier to get a title shot alright, but the actual title fight has been much easier at MW lately. Rockhold/Bisping/Whittaker vs Jones/DC