I Love Anna Kournikova Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Yea it's good thing though. I was tired of the champs never changing. Aldo, GSP, Silva, Jones, Cain cause he would never defend it. I think Dillashaw beats Cruz next time they fight. I don't think MM will lose his anytime soon though. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068923978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) Eddie Alvarez should fight Khabib next. That's a tough fight so the belt could change hands.. Also RDA will be back. He just closed in on a guy with a knockout power and got caught. But he did land some good shots before, that Eddie couldnt evade or block. Holy sh*t.. UFC 200 is gonna be awesome. Edited July 9, 2016 by Majestic81 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068924407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banks. Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) That was a great fight. Claudia did well in the first couple of rounds but she was completely f*cked by the 4th and was just eating big punches from Joanna. Joanna is an incredible fighter. Her strikes are amazing. Edited July 9, 2016 by Tommy. Dangerous and sad 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068924484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchuck Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Man, DC vs Silva was pretty lame. Silva clearly out of shape and not prepared for the fight, and DC just taking his time, saving himself because he knew this fight was already his. Dangerous and sad 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068926386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banks. Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) What the f*ck was up with Miesha? She did not look into it last night she straight up quit before she even entered the octagon. But I'm really pleased for Nunes she went in there and stole the show. She f*cked up Miesha pretty bad. If Holm beats Shevchenko later this month then I definitely see Nunes v Holm happening later this year maybe at UFC 205. I thought Brock did really well tbh. He controlled the range when standing with Hunt and didn't seem to take many shots from Hunt. Hunt just couldn't find his range. Brock's wrestling is nasty there was no way Hunt was going to defend them takedowns his best chance at winning was landing a big shot but like I said he could not find the range to do that. Brock looked a little raw to me on the ground, he was smashing Hunt up pretty bad but he had a lot of chances to either transition or lock in a submission. He was content with just sitting in half guard and smash Hunt with them big fists of his but I think he could've finished Hunt off. One word to describe Anderson Silva. Legend. DC was actually pissing me off a lot I mean yeah his key to victory was using his word class wrestling and power to take Silva down but come on, Silva took that fight on less than 48 hour notice and hadn't trained properly in two months. DC didn't want to take any chances. Jumped right out of my seat when Silva landed that kick to DC's liver at the end of round three, thought Silva was going to stop him with 15 seconds to go but DC managed to tie him up. Jose Aldo looked very good yesterday. I really hope McGregor v Aldo 2 happens. Edited July 10, 2016 by Tommy. paul, Tchuck and Dangerous and sad 3 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068927137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Man, DC vs Silva was pretty lame. Silva clearly out of shape and not prepared for the fight, and DC just taking his time, saving himself because he knew this fight was already his. I dont think it was lame. It wasn't the most exciting fight for sure but everybody gotta do what they're good at. Neither had a lot of time to train for one another and DC did what he would excel at. I was actually impressed by Silva.. He was good standing and im thinking.. Imagine if this was a five round fight.. Silva had DC hurt at the end of the fight with that leg kick.. Goddamn.. Silva is just a great fighter. Aldo looked f*cking amazing. He was ducking those f*cking shots like a boss. Great game plan and his body looked way better than his previous fight. He was just manhandling Edgar. However.. He did get caught a few times with some shots. Conor hits harder than Edgar. While he looked great tonight, im not sure thats enough to beat Conor. But we'll see. The rematch should be good. I dont think Aldo is gonna be stressed from the trash talking no more now that he's already been through it. Brock is a f*cking good athlete. Its interesting to see where he goes from now in the UFC. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068928023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Anna Kournikova Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 200 had tons of big names but was average at best. Maybe because there were no TAM guys on the card and that's my main rooting interest. Although, I still always root for Dillashaw so that was my main event last night. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068928139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banks. Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 So Bisping v Henderson is happening later this year. I like Hendo and it's a shame to see him finally retire but I don't think he deserves this title shot. He's 13th in the rankings and I don't think it's fair that the UFC are over looking Jacre, Weidman and Rockhold. I Love Anna Kournikova 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068929236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Rockstar Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) White and Co. bought UFC back in 2000 for $2million and sold it today for $4billion! Not a bad 200,000% profit. lol Which is also the most expensive sports transaction, ever. Edited July 11, 2016 by GTA3Rockstar Ari Gold 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068929253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I hope this doesnt change the sport. White is saying the sport is moving forward that way. I think its just the Fertitta brothers making profit and moving to other businesses. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068929385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banks. Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Yeah let's hope nothing drastically changes and it's just business with the UFC as usual. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068929401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
feckyerlife Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Man, DC vs Silva was pretty lame. Silva clearly out of shape and not prepared for the fight, and DC just taking his time, saving himself because he knew this fight was already his. the whole thing (prelims and main event) was very lame, good thing i didn't pay for it. The only fight i liked was tate vs nunez UFC is starting feel like how Boxing did when it started to go downhill, the brothers sold at the right time. Dana will kill it now Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068930445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
feckyerlife Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) White and Co. bought UFC back in 2000 for $2million and sold it today for $4billion! Not a bad 200,000% profit. lol Which is also the most expensive sports transaction, ever. White never bought the UFC the Fretitta brothers did, they gave him 9% stake in the company to manage it (which he did make some nice change off the sale) The issue is now, Lorenzo is out of the UFC, you can say what you want about Dana, but Lorenzo is the guy who made the UFC what it is today and with him gone, it can only start to go down hill. I hope this doesnt change the sport. White is saying the sport is moving forward that way. I think its just the Fertitta brothers making profit and moving to other businesses. Word is they wanna buy the Raiders, so makes sense to sell Edited July 11, 2016 by feckyerlife Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068930511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Rockstar Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 White and Co. bought UFC back in 2000 for $2million and sold it today for $4billion! Not a bad 200,000% profit. lol Which is also the most expensive sports transaction, ever. White never bought the UFC the Fretitta brothers did, they gave him 9% stake in the company to manage it (which he did make some nice change off the sale) The issue is now, Lorenzo is out of the UFC, you can say what you want about Dana, but Lorenzo is the guy who made the UFC what it is today and with him gone, it can only start to go down hill. Without White being in the UFC prior to their purchase, I doubt it would've thrived like it has the last 15 years. His high school buddies just had the money to purchase it. If White had the money himself, I bet it would've did just as well as it has been. The brothers just had the money to purchase it. People just want to see people fight, I'm sure it will keep doing well. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068931200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
feckyerlife Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 White and Co. bought UFC back in 2000 for $2million and sold it today for $4billion! Not a bad 200,000% profit. lol Which is also the most expensive sports transaction, ever. White never bought the UFC the Fretitta brothers did, they gave him 9% stake in the company to manage it (which he did make some nice change off the sale) The issue is now, Lorenzo is out of the UFC, you can say what you want about Dana, but Lorenzo is the guy who made the UFC what it is today and with him gone, it can only start to go down hill. Without White being in the UFC prior to their purchase, I doubt it would've thrived like it has the last 15 years. His high school buddies just had the money to purchase it. If White had the money himself, I bet it would've did just as well as it has been. The brothers just had the money to purchase it. People just want to see people fight, I'm sure it will keep doing well. this is a good article to read about Lorenzo's importance https://sports.yahoo.com/news/lorenzo-fertittas-loss-major-hit-000000551.html When a sports franchise sells, generally it doesn’t lose its franchise player in the transaction. But the UFC lost its franchise player and most valuable member when it was sold for $4 billion Sunday to a group headed by the powerful talent agency WME/IMG. Not Dana White. Lorenzo Fertitta. As president, White is the public face of the UFC, the man who believed so passionately in the sport of mixed martial arts that he convinced his billionaire friends Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta to invest $2 million in it in 2001. More than 15 years later, that $2 million turned into $4 billion, making the UFC one of the most valuable sports properties on Earth. White will remain on to run the company. He told Yahoo Sports he expects it to “go to another level” in the next three years. And he said he’s going to be guiding it along the way. “This is me. This is who I am,” he said. “The UFC is my passion and my baby. I’m in and excited for the future.” He should be excited. He made $360 million for the sale of his nine percent share on Sunday. And because of his presence, much of the UFC will retain the same look and feel as it has had the past few years. But without UFC chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, the brilliant visionary whose role in the company’s success has been so underrated for the past decade, it’s going to be vastly harder. In 2008, White for weeks tantalized the MMA media with the prospect of a “big announcement.” It set off all sorts of wild speculation, but when Yahoo Sports broke the news that Fertitta was resigning his role in the casino to work full time with the UFC, it was largely met with a yawn. But Fertitta is the most significant reason this company has ascended to the heights it has. It has created massive global stars such as Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor. It has become a pay-per-view juggernaut. It has filled arenas around the world. Its digital streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, has been called the Netflix of MMA and it is sort of an unofficial history of the sport. UFC 200 on Saturday was the fifth event in the past year to sell 1 million or more on pay-per-view. By way of comparison, boxing has had zero shows sell that many in the past 12 months. It has a national television contract with Fox, media that covers it around the world and a passionate and expanding fan base in the young demographic that advertisers love. Lorenzo Fertitta and White worked perfectly together. White was a long-time fight guy. He used to hang out in boxing gyms in Las Vegas and Boston, where he trained fighters, refereed a bit and ultimately got into managing them. He knew what made fighters tick because he was one of them, a tough guy who wasn’t good enough to make it in the ring himself but who understood innately how a fighter thought and felt. He was a brilliant recruiter and was able to bring in talent from around the world. He had a great sense for who had the talent not only to win, but to become a star. Fertitta was the guy who could see around the corner, who thought in the long view, who knew how to promote a fight. White and the Fertitta brothers were long-time boxing fans when they bought the UFC in 2001, and they love that sport to this day. When they purchased the UFC, they essentially took what they thought was right about boxing and kept it. What they felt was wrong, they eliminated and built a nearly dead sport from the ground up. It was Lorenzo Fertitta who understood how a series of matches needed to be put together to reach a climax in which the public was clamoring for two of the company’s stars to meet. When most promoters are worried about the next show, Fertitta was always looking a year, two years, ahead. It’s why Rousey and McGregor became such iconic stars. They had the fighting skill and the charisma it took, and Fertitta put them in a position where they could succeed. He fixed problems and managed White, a powerful, dominant force-of-nature personality whose passion and intensity is his best attribute and his biggest failing. White would literally say and do anything to get what he felt he needed for the UFC, and sometimes it got him into trouble. That was when Fertitta was there to bring him into line and make sense of things. When a reporter would suggest that some rival promoter was a competitor to the UFC, White would always laugh. No matter who it was over the years, from Pride to the International Fight League to Affliction to Strikeforce and many others, White would sneer and insist they were no threat. He’d say “we live this 24/7/365 and none of the rest of them do.” That was why he was so convinced that none of those groups would be serious long-term competitors. He was right, and the UFC purchased them all, swallowing them up and several others to make a mega-promotion that became the major leagues of mixed martial arts. The UFC is to MMA what Kleenex is to tissues. But with Fertitta out of the picture – the sale is expected to close before UFC 202 on Aug. 20 – White no longer has that edge. The new ownership isn’t expected to take a major role in day-to-day operations. That is going to be up to White. White is an extremely smart man who understands the business like no one else now that Lorenzo Fertitta is out. But without his long-time best friend, the major piece of the formula for success is no longer there. The show, as they say, must go on and in short order, White will be on to promoting UFC 201 at the end of the month. He’ll talk about how excited he is to see Robbie Lawler and Tyron Woodley go at it for the welterweight title, and all the talk of the sale and private equity firms and the rest will fade into the background. White’s big announcement in 2008 was indeed big, even though no one truly understood it at the time. Without Lorenzo Fertitta, it’s not going to be business as usual. With his departure goes the heart of the UFC. It’s a void that may never be filled. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068935155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Anna Kournikova Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Lesnar popped by USADA. I am shocked. Never would have seen this coming in a million years. Lol Banks. 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068945632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Holy sh*t. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068950689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Rockstar Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 His ex wife really made a gofundme ad.. https://www.gofundme.com/CyborgBellatorMMA A - They're millionaires. B - They're engaging in a violent sport that can cause serious injuries. C - People are dumb enough to donate Already at $16k of the $20k goal.. Anyways, here's the best part of the fight. Tchuck 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068951105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Anna Kournikova Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Especially now since Bellator is paying all the medial bills. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068952467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) He is not going to fight anymore after this so the gofundme page is for that. At least thats what they're saying.. Damn.. the next guy to fight MVP has got some huge f*cking balls. Fighting a guy who broke a man's skull with his knee. Going in there while knowing something similar could happen to you is.. scary. I know MMA is always dangerous but how many times severe injuries like this happen? Very rarely. MVP has a reputation now.. I think it would also be really badass if someone defeats MVP and beats the hell out of him. He would immediately receive the badass badge. "I beat the sh*t out of someone who shatters skulls with his knee" You can boast all day with that. I'd like for him to come to the UFC, so we can see what his skills are worth there. Edited July 21, 2016 by Majestic81 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068959329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinZer0s Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Ouch Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1068965277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) Lmfao.. Don't know what happened there. That seemed really comical and staged to me though.. Pretty sure that Diaz walking out with his team was a premeditated thing (probably cause Conor talked sh*t about his team and Nate got sick of it). Other than that it wasn't staged obviously since the UFC doesn't do it that way. Still though.. That didn't feel that great to me. Just a mess for no reason.. the fight is already hyped as f*ck. And lmfao: Edited August 18, 2016 by Majestic81 Mister Pink 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069021428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) Double post but whatever, been a day. Conor looked agitated as f*ck from that Diaz move. I dunno who came up with that but it was a brilliant idea. They know Conor prepares his sh*t (trash talking and stuff) and he always has something to do when doing the face offs. Like when he headbutted Aldo, or when he smacked Diaz's hand. So they were like f*ck that.. and didn't let him do any of that.. and walked off and took control of the press conference. It made him pretty flustered.. Conor might lose his cool now in the fight and go in aggressive because he's furious at Nate. (just like Aldo did when he fought Conor). I think if Conor wanted to regain that upper hand in that situation, then he should have been more calmer and just told Nate to f*ck off without getting angry and throwing bottles and sh*t. Later when asked about the incident, he could have said that Nate was too scared to be in the same room with him and ran way. All while being calm and collected. Would have made him look like a king who didn't give a sh*t and Diaz like a bitch who ran away. However, they also threw bottles at him, so he had to respond to that I guess.. but he also could have ducked those and told them they throw like sh*t. But he probably had some sh*t planned (some trash talking or something at the faceoffs) that he didn't get to do and that's why he got really ticked off) Edited August 19, 2016 by Majestic81 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069024645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flesh-n-Bone Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 What a fight McGregor vs Diaz was. Not a regular UFC fan or anything but with all the hype built around this, I had to tune in. (my second after UFC 200 for Brock's return) Think Diaz should've been given the win, though. Conor dominated the first round and came back strong for #4, but Diaz controlled 2 and 3 while the last round was pretty even with Diaz getting the upper-hand in the end after that takedown. Looks like they'll have another rematch next to decide the better man. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069028723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) Bullsh*t decision for the McGregor vs Diaz fight. Diaz is still the better fighter any day. Conor only had a bit of success in the first round because he went with those leg kicks on Diaz's lead leg, a blueprint everyone f*cking knows is effective on Nate. He also dropped him with a punch or two in the first round but Nate got back up pretty quick. So MG definitely won the first round. But when the second round started, he gassed out quickly (so much for the cardio training..) his cardio was still the same as the first fight if not worse. Nate kept in there and kept winning in the clinch and unloading punches and pinning him across the cage, and in the last round he got the takedown and was doing damage before the match ended. If the fight continued I would bet that Nate would win any day. (Nate was having success after the second round, then the blood in his face kept getting worse and his vision was f*cked up. You could notice he became less precise with his punches.) Where was the part about Conor winning exactly? Other than the few legs kicks and the two punches in the first round? The rest was really poor performance by Conor. Im not gonna even mention the running across the cage.. They should change the rules, add more rounds. This really doesn't show who the real and better fighter is. 25mins aint sh*t. I wanna cheer for Conor because he went in there again and was determined to win. But he's too arrogant and not as great a fighter as he thinks he is. Hard to root for him. Im definitely looking for the 3rd fight. Im glad Nate wants it. He's is better in everything. Cardio, ground game, durability, boxing etc.. You should not win a fight over a performance like that. You didnt finish the guy, you gassed very early and you took as much punishment as you gave him. How can this be considered a win? Should have been a draw at least. Probably one of the most pathetic wins I've seen in MMA. Remove the rules and Nate would kill him. He already killed him once. This really annoyed me.. I wanna see the better fighter win. Not the one who can fool the judges and run across the cage. They should put rules to running like that. It wasn't evading or maneuvering, it was f*cking running from the fight with your back turned against the opponent. Eh.. whatever.. I'd still bet on Nate to win in the third fight. But Conor should defend his FW title now. Edited August 21, 2016 by Majestic81 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069028862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 This is beautiful.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069036635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Anna Kournikova Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 I could have done what CM Punk did last night. Dangerous and sad and El Dildo 2 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069071672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) I could have done what CM Punk did last night. Very expected. Life aint that easy. Im okay with him trying to follow his dream and having the balls to do it. But you don't take take shortcuts like that in life and expect them to work out well for you. He spend most of his life in the WWE business, he cant just take two years to learn MMA at age 40 and expect to succeed, especially in the UFC. All these guys in the UFC have paid their dues. Its a long life journey. He simply doesnt have the fighter mentality. Even before Gall took him down, the way he went forward there when the fight started was a complete rookie mistake. You don't just rush in like that on an opponent. ------ Stipe was very good. A dominant champion, that guy hits so goddamn hard. I didn't like the way Overeem was running, im on the fence about that.. Not sure if fighters should be able to do it. He was legit running, not even how Mcgregor did it with a slow pace and small steps. I mean you're a fighter, you shouldnt run like that.. its not like the other guy is chasing you with a machete or some sh*t.. I dunno.. seems like a weird thing to do in a fight, especially coming from a pro fighter. It was at the start of the fight so it wasn't even that he was tired or anything. On the other hand I get that you obviously don't wanna get hit. Especially when the other guy throws like Stipe does, so im confused about that.. That claim he did at the end of the fight about Stipe tapping was a cheap shot. And Werdum kicking that french coach was hilarious. He deserved it. The flying kick he did at the start of the fight was wild as well. That guy just doesnt give a sh*t. Edited September 11, 2016 by Majestic81 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069072162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Anna Kournikova Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I think Reem was concussed and didn't know what was really goin on. I think he actually believed it and you could tell after he saw the replays he knew it didn't happen. Felt bad for him actually. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069072569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic81 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Yeah I didnt take that into consideration. Of course he felt bad.. Rogan kept trying to find that tap and it was nowhere to be found lmfao.. He had to clear up things though.. otherwise there would be a sh*t storm on the internet saying Overeem won and all that sh*t. Probably Overeem said that cause he had just gotten knocked out like you said. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/429257-official-mma-topic/page/23/#findComment-1069073820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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