General UFC thread

Scottyboi said:
Dustin Poirer is nails what a fight that was.
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Poirer is a gamesmanship playing bitch.

I get fingers in the eyes from Gaethje, but Poirer was getting lit up and needed the break, got off a lucky left and piled on.

Good finish, but Gaethje is clearly quite inexperienced at knowing when to hold and is still trying to bang it out.

Decent fight, though.
 
Bigga said:
Poirer is a gamesmanship playing bitch.

I get fingers in the eyes from Gaethje, but Poirer was getting lit up and needed the break, got off a lucky left and piled on.

Good finish, but Gaethje is clearly quite inexperienced at knowing when to hold and is still trying to bang it out.

Decent fight, though.
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Completely agree but he did what he had to do, that leg was in a bad bad way. Gaethje reminds me of Homer Simpson when he boxes lmao uses his face to tire opponents. Was a great fight really enjoyed it.

That Brazilian in the cowboy hat looks like a real dangerous bastard too.
 
Scottyboi said:
Completely agree but he did what he had to do, that leg was in a bad bad way. Gaethje reminds me of Homer Simpson when he boxes lmao uses his face to tire opponents. Was a great fight really enjoyed it.

That Brazilian in the cowboy hat looks like a real dangerous bastard too.
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You're right about Gaethje face fighting!

I'm surprised his face isn't fooked up even more!!

Was it 'Cowboy' Olivera? Can't remember his name, but yeah, a dark horse in that division for sure!

Oh, and as an aside, I believe Jonny 'Bones' Jones looks like he's winning his case about using 'tainted' supplements unknowingly.

He has a court hearing this week, I believe.

If he wins that, he fights in Aug...
 
Somewhat of a cheeky request, but you don't ask you don't get and all that...

I've got flights and a hotel booked for UFC Hamburg on 22 July (mainly because I want to go back after the UEFA Cup jaunt).

Tickets go on sale this week but fight pass members can buy from Wednesday. Does anyone have a code etc that they wouldn't mind me using?
 
Wafty Cranker said:
Me too. Not sure what to make of Till having a wiegh in today with a 188lb limit. That has got to mess up his routine surely, could prove to a big factor on how the fight goes in my opinion.

Nice for it to be on at a decent time for once though.
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He’s playing with fire not preparing himself properly against Wonderboy and that’s why there will only be one outcome imo.
 
IMO the fight shouldn't take place. Only way the UFC are gonna clamp down on these stupid weight cuts and fighters fighting in 2 weight classes below what they should be is through events being cancelled.

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Till v Thompson wasn’t great I don’t think Till was any better than Thompson maybe a little more aggressive and he kept going forward, that said Thompson didn’t do enough to win it especially as it was in Liverpool, I don’t think Till should have got it though due to the weight issues
I thought the featherweight fight with Knight and Amirkani was a top fight though
 
Anyone who misses weight should be forced to have their next fight at the weight above.
Instead, till will probably fight usman in a title eliminator.
 
Bisping has announced his retirement.

Seems a smart move. I thought he might have been tempted to one more fight in the U.K. but obviously not.
 
BT has lost the rights to show the UFC in the UK now. Eleven Sports has got it apparently.

IMO that is a massive blow to the growth of the sport in the UK. Can't see many people paying for PPV events

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staffs_blue said:
BT has lost the rights to show the UFC in the UK now. Eleven Sports has got it apparently.

IMO that is a massive blow to the growth of the sport in the UK. Can't see many people paying for PPV events

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That is a blow....there isn’t much on BT worth watching as it is apart from UFC, footy and the odd bit of boxing
 
Skip Donoghue said:
That is a blow....there isn’t much on BT worth watching as it is apart from UFC, footy and the odd bit of boxing
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Yep,BT have lost UFC,NBA and Serie A rights in the last couple of weeks. Put all their money into the Premier League and Champions League basket.

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Anyone planning on watching the 229 presser? I think he's a bit of a bellend but there's a sort of 'circus has come to town' vibe about McGregor that is enthralling. Khabibs not shy of a comic book persona either. Starts in a minute
 
el blue said:
Anyone planning on watching the 229 presser? I think he's a bit of a bellend but there's a sort of 'circus has come to town' vibe about McGregor that is enthralling. Khabibs not shy of a comic book persona either. Starts in a minute
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Watched it. Like him or hate him, no one does a press conference like him.
 
Fuck me, Connor and the likes are really ruining this sport for me. It's basically WWF meets MMA now, a whole circus before the fight. I understand you need to promote it and Connor has proven that if you be the biggest dickhead you can be, you can not only mess with your opponents head but make more money, but IMO it ruins the purity of what it used to feel like. MMA is starting to lose me a bit tbh, boxing isn't much better though. There's a couple of interesting tournaments out there, Eddie Bravo has made a contact BJJ tournament that sounds interesting, i think it allows open palm strikes like Pancrase and you can use that to open sub attempts or stop someone trying to perform a leg lock or something and Bas Rutten does commentary for some full contact karate tournament that sounds good as well.
 
Apparently McGregor's got a new 6-fight deal with UFC, christ knows how much money he will have in his pocket once that deal is up.

Watched that presser last night, usually I enjoy them because amid the antics there is usually some wit in there from McG. He'd clearly done his research into Khabib's background prior to this event as he attacked him from so many angles, but he came across as a stuttering, rambling, deranged gobshite who dare I say it must have been on something as well.

Obviously McGregor had the first word, last word and basically every word in between as well, but Khabib handled it perfectly as far as I saw. He didn't get too involved in the slanging match. When he got the chance to speak, he did so pretty coherently, even his English was better constructed than McGregor at times. He didn't waste energy when McGregor shouted over him, didn't waste energy trying to take him on and talk over him. And the face-off he had a Cotto-like coldness to him.

A final note, these events are not the same without a fan presence. McGregor ranting and raving is usually amplified by the fans egging him on. It's a completely different energy to just a press audience, and it just made McGregor's antics look that bit more forced and false.
 
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