The MMA Thread
Since there's a SE Boxing Thread that evolved out of the PBF/Pac abortion, I thought we should have a SE MMA Thread as w
Pereira is getting a lot of respect to be even money vs Gane imo1st time at HW, gonna be 39 in a month and Gane has always looked good on his feet. It is vs guys who can grapple that he has struggled with. And while I respect what Pereira has done, obviously running through 205 doesn't look as impressive when a guy with a torn ACL just won the belt. It is all bums.Maybe he just
Moving up to HW in the WH is no joke
WOW, Topuria-Gaethe went from being potentially the most boring to BY FAR the most exciting!!!
Wow i laid off Topuria just because of the price. I've learned my lesson about effin with Gaethje. I always thought he was just too zero on defense against the baddest boyz. Admittedly he's improved on that a bit, but only at times. He just stands there and throws wide open when it gets hot and heavy still.
Was pretty surprised by Gane line so stayed off it, thought he'd be a pretty good dog. Should have taken him in KO + a pretty good number.
Topuria could have broken his orbital bone and maybe even his ribs. Justin really connected with that knee.
Pretty sick main event.
Wow, I went back to rewatch the 4th round (will rewatch the whole fight tomorrow), but I am 90% sure that Topuria pulled a Duran and said "no mas!" when he reached his corner!!!
Wow i laid off Topuria just because of the price. I've learned my lesson about effin with Gaethje. I always thought he was just too zero on defense against the baddest boyz. Admittedly he's improved on that a bit, but only at times. He just stands there and throws wide open when it gets hot and heavy still. Was pretty surprised by Gane line so stayed off it, thought he'd be a p
Yeah, I dunno what it was elsewhere but I got Gane KO +275 w/ Caesars.
Fight was -220 on a finish & AP was like +125 KO so it kind of forced my hand to take CG at those odds in an even money fight.
Also had Topuria/Gaethje does not start round 4 so that was quite the tease.
wonder if UFC will feed Gaejthe to Arman or give him an easier fight since he just became a much bigger star
old Volk, Gaethje, Islam, Strickland, Ulberg, Gane/Aspinall
gotta be weakest collection of champs ever
add old Shev and Dern to the list too. Kayla is whatever but still not omg imo
Can't imagine it's not Max or Conor for JG (if Conor actually materializes)
There was a time when BJ Penn, GSP, Anderson Silva, and Brock Lesnar were champs.
The golden era.
wonder if UFC will feed Gaejthe to Arman or give him an easier fight since he just became a much bigger star
4 sure Arman is BY FAR the most deserving (if the UFC don't skip him again...) and assuming Holloway > Mcgregor, then Oliviera would be 2nd on the list.
Probably been covered ... when Ilia's brother said "We finish the fight, " I think he meant "We stop the fight." English isn't his language, he used the wrong word. He was saying stop it, not continue it, seems like to me.
Conor McGregor is fighting in less than a week, never thought we would see this again
if he loses and it is competitive then maybe him and Max just run it back calling it the rubber match
if he wins then UFC probably just lets him fight Gaejthe if he can make 155 or maybe they make Gaejthe fight him at 170 and just say the 155 pound belt is on the line. Make the rules up as they go along for him.
Implement 165lb division, auto-slide Islam as WW champ to new 175lb limit
Gaethje vacates, fading Arman (who then fights Topuria when he's ready)
Poirier fights winner
Anybody got a strong read on what Conor is going to do? Is he ready? Is the partying drunken debauchery for a few years too much too overcome to be a serious fighter anymore?
Conor looks healthy for whatever that's worth.
I'm waiting on the projections and ownership to come out for DFS. I'll probably just take whoever is lower owned.
