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UFC wagering: no longer stuck with the old thread title. The window to change it is here! (5 Viewers)
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Angry Beavers
Footballguy
Borden
Footballguy
Borden
Footballguy
And my boy, Thug Nasty, is going to be on it! I've been busting for a month not being able to say anything. Stoked!
Abrantes
Footballguy
Hah, I know it'll come across as me just being contrarian, but Miocic/Cormier just makes me think "hey, cool" rather than "OH SNAP AWESOME". I suppose it makes sense due to a lack of properly-hyped contenders in both divisions, but personality-wise, neither guy gets me fired up. And personally, I feel TUF is a relic of the past and the UFC should just move the hell on, so there's that.
Still, good fight.
Still, good fight.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
I think being on JRE should help. People googling who he is, following his social accounts, etc. UFC definitely pays attention to this. I understand how his fighting style could be considered "boring" but he is hard to ignore. However, I don't think he can just walk in and get a title shot. That's a pretty high demand Ben. Who cares anyways? Come in, get a few money fights & quadruple your net worth. Seems like a no brainier. Gathje losing doesn't help Askren. Despite being completely different fighters, it proves just because you were a champ in another promotion, doesn't mean you will be in the UFC.
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
Nate Diaz says he wants to fight again. He was quickly called out by Eddie Alvarez & Kevin Lee. According to Dana, it doesn't sound like it will be CM, but that's not up to Dana. I do agree with Dana however, that fight will always be there. They could do it in 10 years in Bellator and it will still be a draw.
Imo, the biggest non-CM fight he can make is Alvarez, but that's a risk seeing how CM dismantled him.
I don't see him helping to make a nobody like Lee, or some of the middle ranked guys.
I could however see him selecting a guy that is completely off the radar, but who he has history with. Clay Guida. Arguably as big of a name & fight as Eddie Alvarez. Nate probably wants to run that one back, and doesn't care about rankings at this point.
Imo, the biggest non-CM fight he can make is Alvarez, but that's a risk seeing how CM dismantled him.
I don't see him helping to make a nobody like Lee, or some of the middle ranked guys.
I could however see him selecting a guy that is completely off the radar, but who he has history with. Clay Guida. Arguably as big of a name & fight as Eddie Alvarez. Nate probably wants to run that one back, and doesn't care about rankings at this point.
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
I agree but I think the UFC would be better with him in the mix. I think he has above average interest in seeing him compete at the highest level.
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
The match up won't get me to buy unless there is other good fights on the card. I think the UFC is losing a ton of value not having one or two super cards a year.
Borden
Footballguy
Who would you have on the main card? I’ll throw out my card. Not in the proper order but...
DC vs Stipe
Mighty Mouse vs Dillishaw
Justin Gaethje vs James Vick
Colby Covington vs Darren Till
Carlos Condit vs Eddie Alvarez
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
To be honest. Not informed enough about Till and Covington.
But Might is not a huge draw for me, but against TJ, might buy that if it was solo.
1 and 2 only get my money.
You thrown in eddie and cc, that's gravy.
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Borden
Footballguy
Till demolished Cerrone in his last fight and is undefeated. Kickboxing stud.
Covington is a mouth piece but is 13-1 and just beat Maia (Decision) in October.
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
I heard Cowboy got his ### beat but didn't see it. I like Cowboy so definitely have interest in seeing that Till fight. He he show up like he did with Nate. He was bad there too.
Tonight's card was pretty good, but it looks like it was highly-watched.
Anyway, love me some Jacare!
I don't see how Bermudez got a 30-27 card. I thought Fili had the first two rounds.
I also had Comacho winning over Dober. Oh well.
Anyway, love me some Jacare!
I don't see how Bermudez got a 30-27 card. I thought Fili had the first two rounds.
I also had Comacho winning over Dober. Oh well.
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
That Jacare kick was crazy. I really didn't expect to see Souza land one of those, and a fight ender at that. Very impressive to showcase his non-bjj skills. I think he still has what it takes to be a champ.
Borden
Footballguy
I read about the kick before I saw it so I was a little disappointed. I was expecting some Crocop type kick. But in general to your point, yes it was very cool to see Jacare land that kick.Punxsutawney Phil said:
I know Maia has dropped down to welterweight but he was a middle weight and I believe they are about the same size because I’d really like to see Maia vs Souza.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Ya real disappointing this year. I don't even know who's fighting tonight other than I think the Dodson fight got cancelled.
And now Holloway is out of his PPV fight. Main event as of now Struve vs. Arlovski.
. Might as well promote Dern's debut to main event. She'll attract more eyeballs than anyone else on that card currently. Only 4 weeks away. Not a lot of options. I can't imagine the PPV buys on this card. Edgar vs. anyone other than Holloway isn't drawing flies. Better yet....UFC just create an interim belt since Max is out (and just fought in Dec)
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Borden
Footballguy
I think the UFC should switch to a season based system (I will put the premise in a spoiler box below). It gets rid of the nonsense. No interim belts, no “I won’t fight him”, no arguments about who should be fighting who and it could be used to decide contracts but that might be a little more difficult.
**This premise is based off of another division being added. So, there’s 12 instead of 11 weight divisions. Which I’ve heard arguments for just in general.****
The top 8 from each division are put into a bracket. Every 4 months there’s basically an elimination round. Each weight class starts in a different month. Example, Heavyweights start in February with the top 8 fighting. The winners fight 4 months later then the title fight 4 months after that. These will be the numbered UFCs and the main cards will consist of the 3 divisions that line up with schedule. So for February it would be HW, WW, BW. HW would be in its first round 8 fighters, WW in it's second round of 4 fighters and then the BW title fight. 6 fights on the main card. Fighters that lost or didn’t make the original top 8 would fill out the Fight Nights and undercards. Since the fighters in the same divisions could be kept on roughly the same schedule it would make for easy replacements when injuries happen.
I’m not the best at explaining things but hopefully that makes sense.
The top 8 from each division are put into a bracket. Every 4 months there’s basically an elimination round. Each weight class starts in a different month. Example, Heavyweights start in February with the top 8 fighting. The winners fight 4 months later then the title fight 4 months after that. These will be the numbered UFCs and the main cards will consist of the 3 divisions that line up with schedule. So for February it would be HW, WW, BW. HW would be in its first round 8 fighters, WW in it's second round of 4 fighters and then the BW title fight. 6 fights on the main card. Fighters that lost or didn’t make the original top 8 would fill out the Fight Nights and undercards. Since the fighters in the same divisions could be kept on roughly the same schedule it would make for easy replacements when injuries happen.
I’m not the best at explaining things but hopefully that makes sense.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
My stream died well before he stopped it but long after it should have been stopped.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Man that's a really nasty cut... ooofff
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Those cut guys are amazing
Bobcat10
Footballguy
Saw some tweets thinking Anders got robbed. Didn’t see what they saw I guess and I would have had a 6 win DraftKings lineup with an Anders win.
I thought he looked horrible overall with super raw striking ability and zero ground game when he could have taken Machidas back several times. Not surprising listening to his corner either. He still had energy in the champ rounds and he still watched Machida dance around til the end.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Strikes landed was 230-3. I wonder if that was a record?
Even worse the poor girl tore her acl and meniscus. That is one tough lady.
If memory serves, I could see that fight going either way. I have zero desire to watch it again to be sure, though.
I don't know why she didn't mount and take the back and RNC her earlier. I guess she wanted to punish her hands.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
So who's ordering Rockhold/Romero?
....on PPV
Romero missed weight BTW so he can't win the interim interim belt.
....on PPV
Romero missed weight BTW so he can't win the interim interim belt.
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Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
That is if Rockhold accepts the fight since Romero made weight.So who's ordering Rockhold/Romero?
....on PPV
Romero missed weight BTW so he can't win the interim interim belt.
Rockhold has them by the balls. Even if this card likely does little buys either way (and belongs on a televised card), could you imagine Mark Hunt and Curtis Blaydes as the main event of a PPV?
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
First fight was entertaining. 2nd fight getting good.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Some fun fights tonight. Tai Tuivasa just chugged a beer out of a fan's shoe on the way back to the locker room.
Ted Stickles
Footballguy
Surprised that Luke's head is still attached to his body.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
Just wrapped up, few random thoughts:
Jimmy Smith was as great as ever tonight. I'm so glad they hired him.
That was only Ross Pearson's 5th win in his last 14 fights. Respect the dude, and he's a tough SOB... but man he needs to really think about hanging them up.
Sad to see Ben Nguyen lose (NLose?) tonight. I like that guy a lot. Formiga is a legit fighter and has a ton of top tier experience -- have to think that with how much Mighty Mouse has wrecked that division they will probably prop up Formiga as a challenger pretty soon. MM will wreck him, but it's not like 125 is overflowing with contenders otherwise.
During Wilkinson/Adesanya, when Wilkinson had that single leg and drove across the ring and Adesanya hopped, trying to defend the takedown-- but then let it go and popped a roll through on the scramble -- good, good ####.
Also, that may be the first fight I've ever seen ended by a hammerfist to the back. The announcers were really pimping the hype train behind Adesanya but that was the first I'd heard of him.
During the referee's inspection of Tuivasa outside the ring, I thought he was wearing some sort of ####ed up, illfitting jockstrap-man-diaper. It took me about 15 seconds to figure out that was a tattoo.
That one slam where Blades just had Mark Hunt suspended for a couple seconds before he dumped him -- good god, it hurt my teeth. Given hunt's size and balance and TDD skill -- that's some scary strength that Blades has.
That final punch from GayJesus to Rockhold, when Rockhold was down was rough. If there's no broken jaw or missing teeth there, I'd be surprised. Romero basically trying to give Rockhold a hickey post fight was really weird/uncomfortable.
Jimmy Smith was as great as ever tonight. I'm so glad they hired him.
That was only Ross Pearson's 5th win in his last 14 fights. Respect the dude, and he's a tough SOB... but man he needs to really think about hanging them up.
Sad to see Ben Nguyen lose (NLose?) tonight. I like that guy a lot. Formiga is a legit fighter and has a ton of top tier experience -- have to think that with how much Mighty Mouse has wrecked that division they will probably prop up Formiga as a challenger pretty soon. MM will wreck him, but it's not like 125 is overflowing with contenders otherwise.
During Wilkinson/Adesanya, when Wilkinson had that single leg and drove across the ring and Adesanya hopped, trying to defend the takedown-- but then let it go and popped a roll through on the scramble -- good, good ####.
Also, that may be the first fight I've ever seen ended by a hammerfist to the back. The announcers were really pimping the hype train behind Adesanya but that was the first I'd heard of him. During the referee's inspection of Tuivasa outside the ring, I thought he was wearing some sort of ####ed up, illfitting jockstrap-man-diaper. It took me about 15 seconds to figure out that was a tattoo.
That one slam where Blades just had Mark Hunt suspended for a couple seconds before he dumped him -- good god, it hurt my teeth. Given hunt's size and balance and TDD skill -- that's some scary strength that Blades has.
That final punch from GayJesus to Rockhold, when Rockhold was down was rough. If there's no broken jaw or missing teeth there, I'd be surprised. Romero basically trying to give Rockhold a hickey post fight was really weird/uncomfortable.