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Mellor

Ush1 wrote: »

I think it's reasonable to expect Conor wants more than 0.5% of the company. What's the point in speculating about boards, employee shares etc... when nobody actually knows how much he wants.

Im sure he want big a slice as he can get, as anyone would. But wanting 10% doesn’t mean you can afford 10%.
We were talking about a public float of the company, buying in with you own coin. To get a decent slice, you really need to be a billionaire.

ASOT

Romero & Volkov both out of there main events. Not sure if Jacare will get another opponent but Overeems fightining Oleinik.

No reason given for either withdrawal from what I can see ....

xtal191

ASOT wrote: »

Romero & Volkov both out of there main events. Not sure if Jacare will get another opponent but Overeems fightining Oleinik.

No reason given for either withdrawal from what I can see ....

Both rumours but supposedly Romero out with pneumonia and Volkov flagged by USADA.

ASOT

xtal191 wrote: »

Both rumours but supposedly Romero out with pneumonia and Volkov flagged by USADA.

Yeah heard the Volkov rumours, wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. Don't like these hidden failures anymore. Ruslan was claiming visa issues for him pulling out of a fight but it was just the fact that he popped.

Autecher

Costa is replacing Romero to fight Souza. Costa's next fight was going to be announced in the next few days anyway so he was already in camp.


Cormier v Lesnar is being planned for August according to Ariel Helwani.

Gamb!t

Autecher wrote: »

Costa is replacing Romero to fight Souza. Costa's next fight was going to be announced in the next few days anyway so he was already in camp.


Cormier v Lesnar is being planned for August according to Ariel Helwani.

Nice :cool:

ASOT

Chael P is fighting Machida.

It's also his birthday today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH0wPKkP9l4

xckjoo

ASOT wrote: »

Chael P is fighting Machida.

It's also his birthday today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH0wPKkP9l4

I didn't like Chael when he first came along but I gotta say he's grown on me over the years. I think he sees the business side of the sport better than anyone else at the moment.

ASOT

xckjoo wrote: »

I didn't like Chael when he first came along but I gotta say he's grown on me over the years. I think he sees the business side of the sport better than anyone else at the moment.

Yeah Chael was like marmite, you either loved him or hated him. I loved him though, I taught he was original & hilarious. When he came out with the fake belt on Highly Questionable in the build up to the bisping fight is one of the best haha. He's a class analyst now and his podcast is very popular so like yourself he seems to have grown on people. The exact same can be said for bisping actually

ASOT

Yan v Riviera flat UFC 238, nice fight that. Another W for Yan though.

Does Dylan Tuke have a fight lined up soon? There was big enough hype around him two years ago and now he is nowhere to be seen. I know he got knocked out by Yusuff but thats hardly a bad loss considering how good Yusuff is.

rob316

Chris fields and Sbg swords no longer under the sbg banner, now Team KF.

bono_v

rob316 wrote: »

Chris fields and Sbg swords no longer under the sbg banner, now Team KF.

What’s the story there? Always liked Chris. Doesn’t seem to be into the new generation of mcgregor wannabes/ copycats coming from sbg Concorde either.

Subcomandante Marcos

rob316 wrote: »

Chris fields and Sbg swords no longer under the sbg banner, now Team KF.

Where's Team KF?

Whelo79

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Where's Team KF?

Still in Swords, basically dropped the SBG affiliation and are now known as Team KF.

Zero-Cool

So KF is for King Fields as in Tom and Chris. Good luck to em. I'm guessing Ais is part of that crew as well?

Subcomandante Marcos

Whelo79 wrote: »

Still in Swords, basically dropped the SBG affiliation and are now known as Team KF.

Oh, fair enough so just training with his own lads and not paying John "affiliate fees" for the SBG name and curriculum then? Makes sense.

Vim Fuego

Tom and Chris are legit some of the best people and coaches on the Irish scene. They will do well regardless of the name. Have to admire them for striking out on their own.

rob316

I don't know much about King but field is an og of Irish mma, real top bloke and isn't breeding mouthy McGregor wannabes like Concorde.

Him, Roddy and paddy I have slot of respect for.

Ultimate Seduction

What time is Artem Lobov fist fighting tonight anyone know?

simongurnick

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

What time is Artem Lobov fist fighting tonight anyone know?

hope you got to see it man. do yourselves a favour and watch

Ultimate Seduction

simongurnick wrote: »

hope you got to see it man. do yourselves a favour and watch

Unreal! Your man's face looked like a butchers chopping block. Malinagi is going to hurt Artem badly though.

Never wrestle with pigs

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Unreal! Your man's face looked like a butchers chopping block. Malinagi is going to hurt Artem badly though.

No way, Malinagi is obviously far more technical, but he's not got a bare Knuckle smack and I think that he might be having second thoughts after that fight. Artem can take a smack.

Fall_Guy

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

No way, Malinagi is obviously far more technical, but he's not got a bare Knuckle smack and I think that he might be having second thoughts after that fight. Artem can take a smack.

Really? I'd say he would be licking his lips at the prospect of lighting artem up without having a glove (knuckle!) laid on him.

Artem's a really good guy and I'd love to see him beat Malignaggi but I just can't see how he can land with any sort of volume against a boxer of Paulie's level employing his usual style. If he was prepared to change up his approach and employ a clinch-heavy game and lots of dirty-boxing (not sure how strict they are on the clinch at these events??) then maybe he could have some joy, but if he tries to rely on counters and potshotting I'd be fearful that he will take a lot of punishment.

Ultimate Seduction

If I had to pick an MMA fighter to box a boxer, Artem would probably be the very last on my list, even more so against a slick operator like Pauline.

tommyboy26

artem has one hell of a chin but cant see him going the distance with a legit boxer like paulie

Chris Fields made a statement there about the new gym


Putting some distance between himself and SBG seems to be an important part of the decision. Can't blame him.

Subcomandante Marcos

Tom is a massive loss to SBG as an organisation. One of the best BJJ coaches in Ireland and delivered some of the beat seminars I've attended.

Dtp1979

Was there a big falling out or what? King and fields have been sbg probably longer than McGregor

Whelo79

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Was there a big falling out or what? King and fields have been sbg probably longer than McGregor

I would presume they are looking to carve out their own names and reputations in coaching. I'd say the majority of people see SBG and Ireland and presume JK is involved, which would probably get a bit annoying after a while for other coaches.

That's how I would see it anyway.