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

dave1982

Chael is looking for khabib Tony to be only fight on the card... Interesting

ricero

I could see this ppv taking place in Russia or more likely the middle east.

Fromvert

MMA is ****ing ghoulish, from Dana White all the way down to Graham Boylan trying to push ahead with events. This is not the time for 'The show must go on'. It's going to get a lot worse over the next few weeks (and possibly/likely a lot longer) especially in the US and UK, people need to isolate themselves as much as possible.

They aren't even testing the ****ing fighters so they're definitely not testing everyone else that will be in the arena. **** them.

ricero

Dana said today he has a venue for Khabib vs Tony and it will be in an empty arena.

eagle eye

ricero wrote:

Dana said today he has a venue for Khabib vs Tony and it will be in an empty arena.

So no mention of where it is? Is he trying to avoid it being stopped?
I'm pretty certain that Khabib will pull out saying it's unsafe.

ASOT

Id be fairly confident this won't go ahead, no matter what uncle Dana says.

I would like it to happen however.

ricero

Hopefully it goes ahead. These two ****ing animals Khabib and Tony in an empty arena is a perfect setting for this fight imo.

See finally who the goat at 155 is.

eagle eye

Khabib went back to Russia and has to self-isolate for 14 days.

xtal191

What country is realistically gonna allow this to happen?

John_D80

xtal191 wrote: »

What country is realistically gonna allow this to happen?

Has the UAE said it’s a non runner for them. ?

Doesn’t nessecarily have to be sanctioned or cleared by a country either. There are loopholes that can be exploited all over the world.

Would it be legal on a reservation in the US??

Or offshore in international waters?

Both unlikely and a bit far fetched I’ll admit but I’m sure every unlikely option is being considered.

John_D80

xtal191 wrote: »

What country is realistically gonna allow this to happen?

Has the UAE said it’s a non runner for them. ?

Doesn’t nessecarily have to be sanctioned or cleared by a country either. There are loopholes that can be exploited all over the world.

Would it be legal on a reservation in the US??

Or offshore in international waters?

Both unlikely and a bit far fetched I’ll admit but I’m sure every unlikely option is being considered.

ASOT

John_D80 wrote: »

Has the UAE said it’s a non runner for them. ?

Doesn’t nessecarily have to be sanctioned or cleared by a country either. There are loopholes that can be exploited all over the world.

Would it be legal on a reservation in the US??

Or offshore in international waters?

Both unlikely and a bit far fetched I’ll admit but I’m sure every unlikely option is being considered.

They called off the Dubai world cup next weekend so I don't think the UAE is a runner anymore.

MidlanderMan

It will be in a Casino on a reservation.
Regardless of what state they are in they are the sovereign territory of the Tribes and almost completely atonomous from state and federal laws.

Mellor

MidlanderMan wrote: »

It will be in a Casino on a reservation.
Regardless of what state they are in they are the sovereign territory of the Tribes and almost completely atonomous from state and federal laws.

A territory might be autonomous but to get there would require Khabib flying into a an international airport and dealing with immigration and homeland security. Which is obviously under full federal control.

EagererBeaver

Oh Jon. You just can't help yourself.

https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/3/26/21195482/ufc-champion-jon-jones-arrested-for-aggravated-dwi-negligent-use-of-firearm-in-albuquerque

eagle eye

EagererBeaver wrote:

Oh Jon. You just can't help yourself.

He could very well do jail time over this one. It'll most likely be the end of his career if he does.

ASOT

Agree with the above, I think he could be snookered this time.

EagererBeaver

Hahaha, I looked up Google Street view of the arresting location. Look to the other side of the road. "Knockouts Gentleman's Club"

weemcd

Jones cannot help himself. Although their backgrounds are very different, there are unlimited parallels to Tyson in him.

Never outa trouble.

I've always had a strong dislike, even hatred of Jones, before all the DUI stuff, there was a horrible fake air of humility from him, a mask, underneath it's complete and total arrogance.

(Plus he beat the breaks off my boy Shogun)

ASOT

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Hahaha, I looked up Google Street view of the arresting location. Look to the other side of the road. "Knockouts Gentleman's Club"

That's hilarious haha

ricero

Would love nothing more than to see somebody beat the crap out of Jon Jones in the octagon.

Never was one person more deserving. Hes scum.

Zero-Cool

:pac:

https://twitter.com/DiegoSanchezUFC/status/1243242103746039808?s=19

Frank Bullitt

https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1243258637281193985

Imagine he got the same judge.

CatFromHue

weemcd wrote: »

Jones cannot help himself. Although their backgrounds are very different, there are unlimited parallels to Tyson in him.

Never outa trouble.

I don't know enough about Jones to really comment but Tyson was dealt a very ****ty hand with the world he was born into. Boxing and Cus D'mato saved his life, but it also brought a whole lot of other problems too.

I'm not excusing any of his behaviour here either.

eagle eye

ricero wrote:

Never was one person more deserving. Hes scum.

If you making a list of UFC fighters that deserve to be called that he'd be nearer the bottom than the top.

MidlanderMan

eagle eye wrote: »

If you making a list of UFC fighters that deserve to be called that he'd be nearer the bottom than the top.

He has multi DUI's including a one that included a hit and run involving a pregnant woman where he returned to his car after running away to get drugs and money and left here there.

finglashoop

eagle eye wrote: »

If you making a list of UFC fighters that deserve to be called that he'd be nearer the bottom than the top.

Care to list them?

Who would you put above jones?

His high profile probably means his are more known

ASOT

I'd have Matt Hughes top closely followed by Jones.

Mean Laqueefa

ASOT wrote: »

I'd have Matt Hughes top closely followed by Jones.

War Machine
Jones

Matt hughes

Junie Browning
Khabib/Conor

eagle eye

finglashoop wrote:

Who would you put above jones?

To name just a few. Masvidal, Hardy, Koppenhaver, Penn.