Masvidal is alright. He had a tough life growing up in a rough neighborhood. He reminds me of half the kids I went to high school with.
Stipe is a good guy. Whittaker seems awesome.
Stipe is a good guy. Whittaker seems awesome.
Is ANYONE in MMA likable? DC seems like a great guy, but that's it.
What a stupid question.Masvidal to whiners: Go back to soccer
https://twitter.com/mmaLiam96/status/1147741865116164096?s=20
Masvidal is one of the most unlikable guys in a sport full of them. Absolute MAGA chud.Is ANYONE in MMA likable? DC seems like a great guy, but that's it.
He felt it give way at the end of the first round. Adrenalin is a wonderful drug.Santos tore the ACL, MCL, PCL and meniscus of his left knee in the UFC 239 main event Saturday night in Las Vegas, his manager Alex Davis confirmed with ESPN. Tests came back with that information Monday, Davis said.
There are no shortage of fighters who were the bully you knew in school.Is ANYONE in MMA likable?
I didn't really have a bully, thankfully. There was one dude who poked fun at me, but it was just some rich dipshit who played lacrosse. It never turned physical, or anything.There are no shortage of fighters who were the bully you knew in school.
Honestly, most of the nicest guys I knew were fighters or powerlifters, because they had nothing to prove and didn't really try to intimidate or shit talk people. Of course, I mostly knew them in gyms and was "one of them," so I'm not really able to vouch how they'd act towards others on the outside.I didn't really have a bully, thankfully. There was one dude who poked fun at me, but it was just some rich dipshit who played lacrosse. It never turned physical, or anything.
I feel like boxers are more grounded than MMA guys. Maybe I'm wrong. I dunno. Thoughts, @Marciano490? Are all combat sports participants dicks?
That's fair - I very well might be.I mean there is also no shortage of decent guys. I feel like you’re painting with a very broad brush here.
That's fair - I very well might be.
Maybe it's a sympton of the sport being relatively "small." There're obviously a bunch of crappy football/basketball/baseball/hockey players out there - there're just way more of them.
It's not just talking shit. It's throwing water bottles at press conferences, it's hurling dollies at buses full of people, it's racist tattoos, it's nearly beating adult film stars to death...What exactly makes these guys not likable? They talk a little shit?
You wanna laugh off the white supremacist and sexual assault stuff, too?Water bottles? Who the fuck is this guy?
I figured that could very well be the case. I also realize that I might feel this way because it's not a team sport - if someone is an asshole in MMA, you're going to know about it.I agree with you that there are some legit assholes in MMA and that McGregor is one of them. However, I’m not sure the occurrence of assholes here is higher than in other sports or society in general.
Not at all. I think it’s important to alway be mindful of some of the behavior you cite, otherwise it becomes normalized.I figured that could very well be the case. I also realize that I might feel this way because it's not a team sport - if someone is an asshole in MMA, you're going to know about it.
I'll knock off my pearl clutching. Sorry, fellas.
Well I hope you can't stand the NFL or NBA either with their rapists (Big ben, Kobe) and murders (Ray Lewis, James Harden)You wanna laugh off the white supremacist and sexual assault stuff, too?
The Diaz/McGregor thing was just childish bullshit. I don't like it, but fine - that's me. What were your thoughts on the dolly-throwing incident? Is that acceptable behavior from the biggest athlete in the sport?
The sport itself is fucking fascinating. There's so much to it. I just can't stand a lot of the folks involved in it.
I thought so. A ton of unanswered strikes that didn't look very hard, but with heavyweights, how can you really know? I think if Adams would have tried to do something different he would have opened himself up to real power shots. Seems like he made a choice.Was that Hardy stoppage legit?
”The obvious answer is, ‘He has a tough weight cut and needs to go up,’ correct?” Heron told ESPN in a recent interview. “What people don’t see is the lifestyle between fights. It’s hard for me to make correct decisions, until I see a fighter, especially Darren, walking around lean between fights.
”Here’s the problem with Darren Till, and it’s no secret: He eats sh-t. As disciplined as he is in the gym, between fights, he will eat the most amount of sh-t you’ve ever seen in your life.”
Interesting motivational tactic. Legit concerns. I sort of doubt that Till eats that badly, but obviously his coach wants him to make some changes. No surprise that for some guys, fighting the scale can be tougher than the fight in the ring/octagon. Makes these (mostly) tremendously fit athletes seem more human.“The fact of the matter is he will probably be a middleweight, but whether it’s now or later, I don’t know,” he said. “My only concern is he goes up to middle(weight), and that will give him the license to eat more. Then we end up with just as big of a cut, but with bigger consequences in the actual fight.
“So, I would like to get him lean and then make a decision.”
Weak card tonight.
I think Cyborg releasing the doctored video of Dana was the final straw for the company. The hypocrisy is a bit shameful, seeing how White regularly lies about fighters, but I don’t see how else Cyborg and her camp thought this was going to work out after releasing that video. Saying the UFC won’t match any offers seems specifically designed to lower her price to Bellator and other companies. You don’t usually see the UFC completely chose spite over business like this.So, the UFC is done with Cyborg. Or as Dana said: "We're out of the Cyborg business'
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2019/08/dana-white-says-ufc-is-done-with-cris-cyborg-were-out-of-the-cyborg-business?utm_source=smg&utm_medium=wasabi&utm_content=home-hero
I'm not surprised. Dana keeps saying that she doesn't want to fight Nunes again. She denies that. I'm guessing she doesn't want to fight Nunes on Dana's terms, which are probably for a good payday, but the equivalent of a one fight contract. I'm thinking she wants a chance to make more money with multiple fights and Dana doesn't want to pay her a bunch for fights in an underdeveloped division.
Maybe she blinks and does the Nunes fight and then walks.
Otherwise she's likely off to Bellator to fight Julia Budd.
For those of us who don’t religiously follow MMA drama, what doctored video?I think Cyborg releasing the doctored video of Dana was the final straw for the company. The hypocrisy is a bit shameful, seeing how White regularly lies about fighters, but I don’t see how else Cyborg and her camp thought this was going to work out after releasing that video. Saying the UFC won’t match any offers seems specifically designed to lower her price to Bellator and other companies. You don’t usually see the UFC completely chose spite over business like this.
It is a shame that the UFC never really seemed to capitalize on such a great fighter correctly and that contract negotiations went so far sideways so fast at the end. I’d prefer to see the best fighting in the top promotion.
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2019/08/cris-cyborg-apologizes-dana-white-altered-ufc-240-backstage-video?utm_source=smg&utm_medium=wasabi&utm_content=home-heroFor those of us who don’t religiously follow MMA drama, what doctored video?
Thanks. I’m probably missing something but I don’t see the video in there - only the apology video. That’s what I was mostly looking for. I’ll try to find it later.
Made Robbie look like Dan Henderson there. Him and Usman have to fight.
I haven't been following it that closely but from what Ive read Dana wants to do a 1 fight deal, and Cyborg wants a 3-4 fight deal. People think they won't let Cyborg walk if she beats Nunes -- so if she wins she'd have leverage for another contract.So, the UFC is done with Cyborg. Or as Dana said: "We're out of the Cyborg business'
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2019/08/dana-white-says-ufc-is-done-with-cris-cyborg-were-out-of-the-cyborg-business?utm_source=smg&utm_medium=wasabi&utm_content=home-hero
I'm not surprised. Dana keeps saying that she doesn't want to fight Nunes again. She denies that. I'm guessing she doesn't want to fight Nunes on Dana's terms, which are probably for a good payday, but the equivalent of a one fight contract. I'm thinking she wants a chance to make more money with multiple fights and Dana doesn't want to pay her a bunch for fights in an underdeveloped division.
Maybe she blinks and does the Nunes fight and then walks.
Otherwise she's likely off to Bellator to fight Julia Budd.
Not to be a hater but I was more disappointment in Robbie than Impressed by Colby. Seemed like Robbie just wanted to make it an endurance race and didn't start fighting til the last half of the fifth.GOD DAMN! I love watching Covington fight. This pressure and cardio is insane. If this guy had any power he would be an all time great.
I think Robbie would have been happy to knock Colby out at any time. I don’t think he had some grand strategy. He could not handle the pace. When he was trying to get set Colby was moving him, pitter patting him, or taking him down. What Colby was doing is exhausting (to himself and his opponent).Not to be a hater but I was more disappointment in Robbie than Impressed by Colby. Seemed like Robbie just wanted to make it an endurance race and didn't start fighting til the last half of the fifth.
I guess he's playing at a parody of a WWE heel? The awkward strangeness of this guy is piling up.“So I’m out here enjoying my beautiful Sunday in beautiful Las Vegas, but my phone just keeps blowing up,” Cejudo said in a video he posted to social media. “That somebody by the name of Valentina ‘Bullet’ Shevchenko is the most dominant champion in the world. And guess what? I get a little jelly, because you know what? She has gold, and I want that gold. Valentina Shevchenko, I have a message for you: I’m looking to become the first intergender world champion that this world has ever seen. I’m calling you out. You can be the next to bend the knee to ‘Triple C.'”
You may want to skip the Perry fight if you get queasy seeing body parts in the wrong place. But since you’re a UFC fan, I assume you can’t wait to see what I’m talking about.Yikes -- Captain Cringe is right.
Any of the recent fights worth searching for? I assume Valentina threw another shut out
Not even close on being similar to a Jones fight. They combined to land 60 significant strikes in a 5 round 50-45 on all cards fight. Carmouche landed 18 significant strikes. They were each looking to counter and no one initiated action. There were points in the fight where it looked like Carmouche was shadow boxing with her punches a good 3 feet away from connecting. Neither adapted at all as the fight went on and rounds 4 and 5 were more maddening for the fact that Carmouche was well behind and did nothing to change the pace of the fight. Horrible main event after an fun co-main where Perry's nose was re-positioned by a great knee from Luque.It wouldn't surprise me if the Shevchenko fight was boring the same way some of Jon Jones fights are boring. She'd my top p4p women.