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pastorbarrett

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Don't believe that for a second,
 I think  he got Ko'd in one of his last sparring sessions, Its something his camp will never say openly,
If he's like that form the weight cut before the hard part of it even started we won't ever se him at feather weight again ,

45 does seem ill-advised for him at this point. There'll be huge pressure on him to take on Ortega however, and I expect he'll go for it. Of course he will. I think his coaching staff should say 55 or bust - Ortega will come up in time/ he's arguably the GOAT at 45 anyway/ health is paramount. But...

Crazy thing is, who knows just how much these cuts deplete a fighter in respect of longevity/ capability. It's not inconceivable that a lesser Holloway could show up next time...

Lukker-

dulux99 wrote: »

Bit awkward considering how he was stripped of it.

He's not stripped until the title fight takes place, like Tony was before Iaquinta/Khabib

dulux99

Lukker- wrote: »

He's not stripped until the title fight takes place, like Tony was before Iaquinta/Khabib

Well whatever. The point remains that his belt is totally pointless. It's not like he brought DC there who is a genuine undisputed two weight champ, Colby can't be seen as the champ of anything at the moment.

ASOT

Volkan v Smith just announced, if dc was serious about defending the belt looks like the gus fight could be on so.

Paully D

https://twitter.com/mikerussellmma/status/1025101519169966084?s=21

Standard Ali.

Outlaw Pete

Excuse the cross post, but what do yous make of this.......


https://twitter.com/DustinPoirier/status/1025154786168107011

riffmongous

Paully D wrote: »

https://twitter.com/mikerussellmma/status/1025101519169966084?s=21

Standard Ali.

Not sure whether to trust that guy Russell, he seems bizarrely obsessed with Ali.. the old website had nothing but stories about him on it

Zero-Cool

Ali making 20% seems shady as ****. No way that could be right.

As for Dustin, my guess, he was told to suit up for the presser to face off against Khabib cuz Ali outpriced themselves from the Conor fight.

Mellor

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Ali making 20% seems shady as ****. No way that could be right.

As for Dustin, my guess, he was told to suit up for the presser to face off against Khabib cuz Ali outpriced themselves from the Conor fight.

I very much doubt it's true, but it suits that guys point to exaggerate/ignore facts

Mellor

Somebody went through Sage Northcutt's twitter history and found some pretty disgusting tweets from his pre-UFC days.
He might be get fired over this.

https://i.imgur.com/aXKFUC6.jpg

cletus

https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/8/3/17646754/nate-diaz-to-return-from-two-year-absence-vs-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-230

Porier's smiley face tweet explained

Officer999

cletus wrote: »

https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/8/3/17646754/nate-diaz-to-return-from-two-year-absence-vs-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-230

Porier's smiley face tweet explained

Pretty much confirms the Khabib McGregor fight now too

Mellor

Officer999 wrote: »

Pretty much confirms the Khabib McGregor fight now too

As does this.
McGregor's lawyer

Zero-Cool

Mellor wrote: »

Somebody went through Sage Northcutt's twitter history and found some pretty disgusting tweets from his pre-UFC days.
He might be get fired over this.

https://i.imgur.com/aXKFUC6.jpg

Well that was brilliant! Speaking of, what ye make of Cody's tweets resurfacing? I hate this trend of digging up old posts to get people in trouble.

As for Dustin, what a great ****ing fight! Now I'm guessing that when the press conference is wrapping up, before they make everyone face off, Conor will appear on the screen with a pre recorded message followed by Khabib and the fight announcement. They'll then get their own presser scheduled soon.

Probably wrong again but that's what I'm going with.

dulux99

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Well that was brilliant! Speaking of, what ye make of Cody's tweets resurfacing? I hate this trend of digging up old posts to get people in trouble.

As for Dustin, what a great ****ing fight! Now I'm guessing that when the press conference is wrapping up, before they make everyone face off, Conor will appear on the screen with a pre recorded message followed by Khabib and the fight announcement. They'll then get their own presser scheduled soon.

Probably wrong again but that's what I'm going with.

Most people were idiotic in one way or a another when they were younger. The world we live in today won't let the younger generation grow though. It's a shame really. Id probably get sacked if my boss was able to see some of the dumb sh*t I used to say as a 15 year old too.

fitzparker

Porrier V Diaz in new york supposedly, I posted this on the Conor thread but


Porrier deserves fighter of the year (DC will get it) if he beats Nate, his resume the past 12 months has been superb:
Alvarez, Pettis, Gaethje, Diaz)

But I do think for him to be No 1 Contender he should be waiting for Ferguson or even Kevin Lee

Whelo79

Where does that leave Tony? Does he sit it out and fight the winner of Conor v Khabib? It leaves the winner of Diaz v Poirier a long wait if they are next in line.

xtal191

Nate beats Poirier if he takes the fight seriously

kubjones

xtal191 wrote: »

Nate beats Poirier if he takes the fight seriously

This. Poirier has a chin.

He's heavy handed but so was Michael Johnson. Diaz picked him apart with great technique, can't see it going any other way for Poirier but if he manages to pull it off, title shot no doubt.

rob316

All coming clear now. Nate vs Poirier, Conor vs Khabib. Winner vs Winner then.

White will be hoping Conor vs Nate for the trilogy and LW belt. That is the biggest fight I can think of.

Mellor

Whelo79 wrote: »

Where does that leave Tony? Does he sit it out and fight the winner of Conor v Khabib? It leaves the winner of Diaz v Poirier a long wait if they are next in line.

If Tony is fit, he fights for the title in early 2019.
Dustin v Nate winner fights for the title in July.
9 months isn't too long a wait if there's a red panty night at the end of it.


There's actually very few combinations of results that I'm not interested in seeing.
Khabib v Conor, Khabib V Tony (finally), Conor v Tony, Conor v Poirer, Tony v Nate, Khabib v Nate, etc

Zero-Cool

:pac:


https://twitter.com/TommyToeHold/status/1025235069936574464

yourdeadwright

Where has Kevin Lee disappeared to , I'd like to see him fight Poirier if Nate doesn't come back

Paully D

ASOT wrote: »

Volkan v Smith just announced, if dc was serious about defending the belt looks like the gus fight could be on so.

Huge problem with LHW is that due to lack of depth it’s impossible to build fighters.

Two good wins, albeit against shot opposition, and he’s thrown straight in against Volkov.

Frank Bullitt

Diaz and Poirier...155 delivers again.

ASOT

Paully D wrote: »

Huge problem with LHW is that due to lack of depth it’s impossible to build fighters.

Two good wins, albeit against shot opposition, and he’s thrown straight in against Volkov.

It's mental Paully, the division is so thin poor shogun tuagt he was in line for a shot haha

Subcomandante Marcos

I don't see where Poirier beats Nate. Nate's durable and his cardio is good tier, so Poirier won't knock him out and he won't wear him out, he's not better on the ground. Nate will just walk him down and drown him volume.

Ultimate Seduction

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

I don't see where Poirier beats Nate. Nate's durable and his cardio is good tier, so Poirier won't knock him out and he won't wear him out, he's not better on the ground. Nate will just walk him down and drown him volume.

It'll be a great fight though, both game as you get, but likewise I can't see any way in which Dustin wins

JoeyJJ

Assuming nate comes back same fighter, he may not be as durable. Hoping Dustin can get a TKO.

ricero

Interesting to see who headlines ufc 230 if the Diaz fight is only the co-main event.

Can only see it being Holloway v Ortega if Max is cleared, Nunez vs Cyborg or Holm or DC vs Gus for the LHW title. Cant see Rose headlining it and every other champ is booked up or injured.