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How crowded is it right now down by the staging area?

Any fellow Redskins fans in the Columbia, MD area want to meet up and watch UFC 205 at the Green Turtle? It should be an amazing night of fights, couple of my buddies are out of town so right now I am going alone to watch the fights.

Sorry you sound like a serious McGregor fan boy. A slight graze will open up Nate with all the scar tissue he has. I give McGregor credit he had to fight perfect to squeak out a decision. The leg kicks set up his punching for the first 2 rounds, he had Nate thinking about them a lot. After that Nate said screw this and moved forward a lot more and pushed the pace. He need to work on his double leg take downs, one take down and McGregor was done. I think it was a great fight, a total war but McGregor talking all that smack and then running is classic! McGregor has great striking and a big counter left but he isn't dominate at 155lbs. He will be top 10 but I think he will lose most of the fights against the top 5. If he ever fights at 145lbs it will only be one more time against Aldo. Funny thing is Edgar has the best style to beat McGregor in my opinion of all the 145lbs.

Tell me what I said was wrong? You have most people in here thing Diaz won, most people in the bar I was at thought diaz won. I thought it was a great fight, I would have given it a draw. It was a razor think margin, but to me the guy that almost won the fight twice beats a point fighter who was running. Octagon control is supposed to count! You have some people in here that think defending a take down wins you a round lol

Everyone on earth should have known that when it went to the judges they would give it to McGregor. They had to have the 3rd fight! I had Nate 3-2 but I am a Nate fan, I would have no problem with a draw. 1 more min in round 3 and McGregor would have been out, same in round 5. McGregor was never going to finish Nate, I will give him credit he had a good game plan with the leg kicks. But he talked all that crap about knocking out Nate and then he becomes a point fighter and ran most of the 2nd half of the fight. Biggest weakness of the Diaz brothers is leg kicks and not being able to get take downs against top guys. If Nate got him to the ground it would have been game over, but McGregor had very good take down defense on the fence tonight.

If they stop the fight due to some lame cut there is going to be a riot! But I can see the UFC hoping that is what happens so they can milk the fans for a 3rd fight. Only way I see McGregor winning is landing a miracle punch like Bisping did to win the title. Diaz just has to many ways to win, better cardio, worlds better on the ground, reach, and a better chin.

Anyone watch the Bellator fight tonight between Carvalho vs. Manhoef? That was the worst Championship fight I have ever seen in my life watching MMA. 1 kick landed by Manhoef in the first round only strike landed by either fighter! Manhoef dominated in the extremely little action, Carvalho did almost nothing the entire fight. Then to top it off one of the worst decision I have ever seen, split decision for Carvalho! Fans booed the entire fight, the was completely embarrassing for MMA as a sport and as usual the judges are a joke as well! Carvalho maybe landed 10 to 15 strikes the entire fight, one takedown and did nothing! The really need to revamp the entire judging system in MMA!! The should have to pass and very serious course to become judges. It is like the just take 3 random people from boxing that have no idea about MMA and put them out there. I think they need an expert in each discipline to teach all these judges to help them understand how to score fights. Most have no clue that a Jiu-Jitsu fighter can win a round from the bottom. They just give someone a round if they get on top even if they are being out struck and controlled the entire time. Drives me crazy, makes me long for the early days no gloves, fight until someone gets a finish! I really think you should have 3 ten minute rounds, gives ground fighters time to set up finishes and I think we will always see someone break in that about of time. It will get rid of the point fighting we are seeing more and more. End of rant!!

Like I said that is my dream finish for Diaz. But Conor showed only an average at best ground game against Mendes. Mendes took him down at will and was winning the first 2 rounds. Conor only got up when Mendes went for the choke, bad move by Mendes because he was winning and doing damage on top. Diaz will own Conor on the ground if it goes there, but that is the big question. I am not even sure Diaz wants to go to the ground, he might just want to go toe to toe and see what happens. I respect Conor's striking but so far I have seen nothing on the ground from him at all that is impressive. Conor is seriously huge for 145, he is a natural 155 easy for the UFC, but I want to see his power against legit 155lb and 170lb guys.

This is my dream ending for the fight tonight!! Diaz locks in the triangle and give Conner the 2 fingers while talking trash to him! I would love to see Conner have to choose between going to sleep and tapping to Diaz. I think a tap out would be better than a KO, Diaz would be talking mad smack about making him quit in the cage. Bring some Ninja **** tonight Nate!

My GOD boxing is so boring, there was like 3min of action in that entire fight! Floyd is a great Def fighter but to say this is the fight of the century is a joke. After watching MMA, boxing is unwatchable now, jab jab hold boring snoozefest.

To all the climate change deniers please watch Season 3 ep 1 of Vice on HBO. You will see real science and the real effects of climate change happening right now. It is already too late the oceans are rising and there is nothing we can do to stop the damage that has already happened. Best we can do is prevent it from getting much worse! It is amazing that we have a major group in the government that doesn't even believe in science or is just flat out bought out by oil and gas! After 15 years of increasingly definitive scientific studies attesting to the reality and significance of global climate change, the deniers' tactics have shifted. Many deniers no longer deny that climate change is happening, but instead argue that the cost of taking action is too high—or even worse, that it is too late to take action. All of these arguments are false and are rejected by the scientific community at large. To gain an understanding of the level of scientific consensus on climate change, one study examined every article on climate change published in peer-reviewed scientific journals over a 10-year period. Of the 928 articles on climate change the authors found, not one of them disagreed with the consensus position that climate change is happening and is human-induced.

I have 2 free tickets to today's double header game at fedex field first game Spain vs El Salvador and then DC United vs Crew. First person to text me at 301-461-9266. I am in Ellicott city Md. You would have to come here to pick up the tickets, I am leaving at 3pm. My friends couldn't go and I don't want them to go to waste. Just buy me a beer at the game:)

Looking for some advice from fellow Skins fans about soccer. I am a total noob when it comes to soccer, never played growing up except goofing around with friends sometimes and never really watched as a kid. As an adult I have enjoyed watching the world cup but my knowledge of the game and players is very limited. Well my son just joined his first soccer team this year and he LOVES it! He is very fast and he has picked up the game quickly. I took him to his first DC United game this year as well and we had a great time! We have also watched a few EPL games on TV this year but I don't know much about that league. Any advice on an EPL team we could try to follow for new fans, maybe a star player he could get into and follow. We have been watching DC United this year and we plan to go back to another game, but it seems likethe EPL league is a much higher level of soccer. Can you recommend a resource for learning about improving his ball skills? He is 7 years old and since he has fallen in love with this game, I want to help him out as much as I can but this is the one sport I never grew up playing or watching. Thanks for any advice you can give me.

Is there anyway to watch the fight today other than fight pass? Will any bars be able to show them? I haven't really looked into fight pass yet, anyone have it and think it will be worth $10 a month?

Machida is so damn fast at 185 it is unreal. I really like both fighters and was really looking forward to this fight. I loved watching Mousasi in Japan and think he is very underrated. I wish Mousasi would have doubled up on his jab and attacked the legs of Machida more early on. I also think Mousasi got really frustrated early on with the speed of Machida, and he should have gone for the take downs earlier. Great fight by Machida, I have never seen anyone take a kick to the head from Machida and just shake it off. Mousasi has a great chin! I really like the Pride rules so much more then the UFC, kicks and knees should be allowed on the ground it is so stupid. I understand not allowing head stomps, but this crap of people playing games with putting their hands and one knee on the mat to avoid kicks and knees is so lame. I think it would spice up the ground game and the clinch and get rid of all these close calls when fighters nails someone right when their hand touches the ground.