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That main event was a lot more boring than I thought it would be.
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I watched the BJ fight afterwords, and after the first round BJ had this constant "what the hell is wrong with this kid" look. Paul Daley and Gomi had the same look. Condit didn't though, it was like Condit knew "what was wrong with this kid" and took advantage of it.
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Just watching random fights on youtube and I stumbled onto this one, I'd never seen it before and holy ****! I wanted to post it haha
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After 3 I have Shogun by a slim margin. Vera is showing a LOT of heart and skill, surprisingly. I wanna see him fight again regardless of the outcome of this fight.
Both guys are gassing hard though.
Machida should definitely get the rematch with Jon Jones.
Excellent card overall. Success.
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Machida just Lyoto'ed Bader.
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Fight of the Night so far
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Popsci: How science is transforming the sport of MMA fighting (Greg Jackson focus)
Greg Jackson, the single most successful trainer in the multi-billion-dollar sport of professional mixed martial arts fighting, works out of a musty old gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico, not far from the base of the Sandia Mountains. On a recent morning, the 38-year-old Jackson, who has the cauliflowered ears and bulbous nose of a career fighter, watched two of his students square off inside the chain-link walls of a blood-splattered ring called the Octagon.One of them was Jon Jones, the light heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the premier MMA league. In four weeks, Jones would be defending his title against Rashad Evans, an expert fighter and his former training partner. To prepare him, Jackson had set up a sparring session with Shawn “The Savage” Jordan, a heavyset fighter from Baton Rouge.
Jones and Jordan met in the middle of the ring. Jordan threw first. Jones backpedaled and protected his face with his forearms.
“Look for that space, Jones!” Jackson hollered. “You. Do. Not let him close those angles on you.” Jordan threw a flurry of blows. To me, the exchange appeared disorganized, nonsensical—a blur of flesh, sinew and the red flash of Jordan’s mouth guard.
To Jackson, it was a logical sequence, one with only one possible effective response. “Jones,” he said, “move inside.” The fighter seemed to hesitate. If he moved within range of Jordan’s fists, he risked catching a glove square in the face.
“Go on,” Jackson said.
Jones ducked under one fist and whipped his right leg out in a short arc. The kick missed. Jordan threw again. This time Jones dropped down, flicked his head to the side, and, leaping off one foot, launched a flying jab followed by a knee to Jordan’s midsection, which landed with a wet whoompf. Jordan groaned and crumpled onto the mat.
“Goddamn, Jones!” Jackson yelled. “Exactly correct.”
Producing a notepad from his back pocket, Jackson sketched a spiderweb of circles and lines. It was a game tree, he explained—a graph game theorists use to analyze a sequence of decisions. In a traditional game tree, each circle, or node, represents the point at which a decision can be made. Each line, or edge, represents the decision itself. Game trees eventually end in a terminal node—either a tie or a win for one of the players. This game tree, Jackson told me, showed the exchange between Jones and Jordan from Jones’s perspective.
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Very interesting read.
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They can probably sell Lombard vs Silva more than Weidman vs Silva, and they'd have better luck selling Weidman if/after he's beaten a top contender like Bisping. Poor Alan Belcher... I don't think Weidman can beat Belcher as much as he can beat Bisping.
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I heard Chael will step into the octagon at 218lbs with 7% body fat.
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I've been really torn all week whether or not to bet on Chael since the line is +230 on Bovada. Last time I bet on MMA was on Rampage to knock out Jon Jones, and that bet was mainly because Rampage only had a punchers chance and had a great payoff if he did end up landing the KO/TKO.
My heart says that Silva will come out and solidly TKO Chael in the 2nd or 3rd after landing some hard accurate punches, but there's still a chance that the fight could go the same way it went before, except with a stronger Chael and an emotional Silva. Putting some money on Chael with the chance of doubling up is attractive.
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That shoulder bump probably sold a ton more ppv's, SU maybe Silva is angry BECAUSE Sonnen is in his head haha. Regardless, I'm really excited for the fight.
To me this fight is pure MMA, as in the things Shael does well Silva does not do well, and the many many things Silva excels at Sonnen cannot touch. Sonnen is a really strong GnP artist who uses his striking to set up his wrestling, while Silva is one of the most complete fighters in the world who uses his sniper striking to gauge his opponents and then adapts his style to take advantage of his opponents' weaknesses. Also, we know exactly what both fighters are going to do (unless Silva surprises us and goes for takedowns or Sonnen surprises us and does not go for takedowns relying more on his standup game).
Neither fighter has been TKO'ed or knocked out, but we all know Shael sucks with his submission defense, and Silva will hopefully come out with some different and unique tactics to counter Sonnen's takedown attempts. I'm excited to see what Silva busts out of his arsenal.
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Ladies & gents, Sonnen is DEFINITELY in Silva's head. The best part about that was how Sonnen didn't even flinch after the blow
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How will they determine if you can or can't afford insurance?
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'bama laying down the law, literally.
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Would it be in bad taste to rename this the Royallypwned thread?
Nope I would be ALL for that, this is a great idea imo.
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I'm SO glad Maynard won
Also, he was definitely grabbing the hair.
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Typical Greg Jackson product, this fight looked like the Diaz/Condit fight.
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Holyyyyy ****. Cain beat the crap out of him.
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Just watched the Carwin/JDS fight again and a few things popped out that will matter for Mir.
1. Carwin's not a wrestler, but he could NOT take JDS down, and he could NOT hold him down either (and Carwin's a bigger dude than Mir). Mir needs to have some tricky takedowns to get JDS on the ground, and even then, the odds that JDS can get back up to his feet are very high.
2. JDS is fast as **** and he can throw down like whoa. The Carwin fight should have been stopped at the end of the 1st round, but Herb kept it going because Carwin wasn't quitting. Had he stopped the fight, Carwin's bloody face would have supported that decision and it would have been a legitimate victory. JDS threw a good 20 shots to Carwin's face, and then had the cardio to go another 3 rounds. Both Carwin and Roy Nelson can take a LOT more punishment than Frank Mir can.
3. JDS doesn't kick often, but when he does, he kicks with power. I'm expecting more kicks. I'm also expecting random submission attempts from JDS; he went for a RNC on Carwin after he knocked him down in the 1st but didn't apply it. I'm not familiar with his BJJ and grappling but I won't be surprised if he tries a sub. He's gonna probably fail at it anyways haha.
Prediction: JDS will TKO Mir in the 2nd after a measuring out period and some blood.
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Holy ****! These two fights have been insane and fast!
Anything MMA, except thumb wrestling
in The Tailgate
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http://vigilantemma.com/2012/08/16/breaking-news-cerrone-vs-pettis-at-ufc-on-fox-5-will-be-for-next-ufc-title-shot/
If true, this makes the greatest UFC card of all time even better. What a show!