UFC Thread

[Lou]

Cain Velasquez arrested on attempted murder charges in San Jose. 

[Brandon]

Word is he shot at someone that molested his 4 year old over 100 times.

Reading about it last night. Probably every fathers worst nightmare and everyone chiming in said they would do the same.

[Blarg]

This is kind of weird. He can rip the guy in two, beat him to death but uses a gun and misses. This is a clear case of use the talents you have not those you don't. 

[Jason]

On 3/3/2022 at 8:27 AM, Brandon said:

Word is he shot at someone that molested his 4 year old over 100 times.

Reading about it last night. Probably every fathers worst nightmare and everyone chiming in said they would do the same.

How could any father let a guy get away with that?

[Brandon]

Prelims were solid. This main card is going to be insane.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Prelims were solid. This main card is going to be insane.

Damn, I had stuff to do all day so I missed them. Hoping these last 2 fights are good. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Damn, I had stuff to do all day so I missed them. Hoping these last 2 fights are good. 

They weren't.

[Brandon]

Yeah, the last two were the bummers (I keep saying this, but I have to give Volk credit for an outstanding fight and game plan. He beat the shit out of Hollowway even though I was pulling for the Hawaiian), as well as Munhoz looking for the exit against O'Malley.

Strickland getting dirt napped made it all worth it, though.

[Brandon]

If anyone cares, one of the wildest fights just went down. This will probably be on YouTube in a bit since it’s on ABC.

Matt Schnell vs. Su Mudaerji

Absolutely wild. Both will get the 50k bonus and maybe fight of the year, so far.

[PattyD22]

2 hours ago, Brandon said:

If anyone cares, one of the wildest fights just went down. This will probably be on YouTube in a bit since it’s on ABC.

Matt Schnell vs. Su Mudaerji

Absolutely wild. Both will get the 50k bonus and maybe fight of the year, so far.

@Brandonthat fight was simply insane.  Mudaerji had Schnell all but knocked out with those elbows, then Schnell landed that straight right, right down Broadway, and rocked Mudaerji.  Once Schnell had full mount and rained the elbows down, it was all but over, but damn…..one of the best fights I’ve seen in a long time, and top 5 ever.

[Brandon]

[Brandon]

I think Brandon Moreno is my favorite fighter. Dude is a savage and completely likable and a cool dude. I've watched his press conferences for a while and he's just dope and respectful.

And that kick was beyond brutal. Dude is an animal.

[Brandon]

So wild that this has to be a setup.

[PattyD22]

2 hours ago, Brandon said:

So wild that this has to be a setup.

One of the craziest things I’ve ever seen.  Especially after Diaz came out and said he didn’t even want to fight the guy.  Very WWE stuff

[Brandon]

52 minutes ago, PattyD22 said:

One of the craziest things I’ve ever seen.  Especially after Diaz came out and said he didn’t even want to fight the guy.  Very WWE stuff

I haven’t seen it, but watched a video with audio and it seemed like Dana White was giddy about the change and welcomed it. Everyone hates people that miss weight, and by that much?

In a weird way I think it might be a better card. At least Diaz vs. Ferguson is a little more even. Khamzat vs. Holland is probably worse, but Kevin can scrap. Who cares about the rest.

[Brandon]

Even the fight odds of all fights are closer:

 

[PattyD22]

7 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I haven’t seen it, but watched a video with audio and it seemed like Dana White was giddy about the change and welcomed it. Everyone hates people that miss weight, and by that much?

In a weird way I think it might be a better card. At least Diaz vs. Ferguson is a little more even. Khamzat vs. Holland is probably worse, but Kevin can scrap. Who cares about the rest.

Chimaev  and Ferguson can both scrap, but from everything I read, Dana White was grooming Chimaev to be the next Khabib.  Diaz is like a feral cat, who knows with that guy.

I DO know that White hates when guys miss weight and to miss by 7 freaking pounds isn’t just missing weight, that’s almost impossible at the end of a training camp.  Dana won’t forget this, and he won’t get a shot for a while.

Hopefully, the card works out and I’m glad they got the fights squared away.

[Brandon]

9 minutes ago, PattyD22 said:

Chimaev  and Ferguson can both scrap, but from everything I read, Dana White was grooming Chimaev to be the next Khabib.  Diaz is like a feral cat, who knows with that guy.

I DO know that White hates when guys miss weight and to miss by 7 freaking pounds isn’t just missing weight, that’s almost impossible at the end of a training camp.  Dana won’t forget this, and he won’t get a shot for a while.

Hopefully, the card works out and I’m glad they got the fights squared away.

Yeah, the plan was to have Chimaev fight Nate because when he beats Nate’s there is kind of a built in fan base for when Diaz leaves.

Now who knows what the fuck. I think there was a ton of backlash about setting these two up (Chimaev was a -1000 favorite) and then with the shot leading up to the fight between different fighters, they got smart and decided to make it even wilder. It may be one of the greatest publicity stunts of all time.

[Lou]

I'm fired up for this fight.

[Brandon]

Whoa, UFC just released Francis Ngannou

[Brandon]

Whoa, I've seen Islam at +230 at some books. I'd bet the house on that

[Brandon]

Gaethje is the man. What a great fight. Most exciting dude to watch in the UFC.

Usman/Edwards next is going to be wild.

[jeskola]