Scroom 436 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 North Carolina, if I'm not mistaken, has a day of the fight weigh in, and I'm pretty sure the ufc is never going back there because of it. You can't gain back over x amount after your weigh in. Another fighter collapsed in the locker room and now the Brandao fight is off. It was his opponent. That's the right way to do it. Weigh them in at the ****ing cage at fight time. That solves that. Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Listening to post show. Dana says Vitor and his wife were begging him all week to keep his spot on that card for an interim title shot. Dana gives in and calls Machida. Machida signs a fight contract for an interim title fight with Vitor. Dana calls Vitor and Vitor declines the fight. Just lol Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Much respect for Mark Goddard on the Iaquinta/Lauzon stoppage. It was a completely correct decision, less experienced/dumber refs would not have made it. Lauzon remains one of my favorites. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Listening to post show. Dana says Vitor and his wife were begging him all week to keep his spot on that card for an interim title shot. Dana gives in and calls Machida. Machida signs a fight contract for an interim title fight with Vitor. Dana calls Vitor and Vitor declines the fight. Just lol Really? That's ridiculous. Brazilians man. Too much country pride. Never heard an American say they fight for America. And I'm fine with that. Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I think we're just weeding through the last of the fighters who had those kinds of 'options' when they signed contracts, since a lot of them were lured over back when there were still competing MMA organizations. Bet your ass that every fighter signed since 2011'ish has been told, in no uncertain terms, that turning down fights significantly cheapens your value to the company and if you want to do it, OK, but you'd better not ever lose two in a row and give us a reason to cut you. Same thing with lay and pray. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Buuuuut, with Bellator in the picture, they are less likely to cut anyone with a name, which is why Dan Henderson still has a job Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 who the hell is Brandon Thatch and why is he the main event of a ufc card? Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 who the hell is Brandon Thatch and why is he the main event of a ufc card? I've been asking you this for a year. Did they find him an opponent yet? His original opponent, Stephen Thompson, got hurt. At best, that fight is a pre-lim main event. Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 He's interesting. Extremely Dominick Cruz'ish. https://en.wikipedia.../Brandon_Thatch He's fought 12 fights since 2008. His second fight was a split decision loss in Strieforce (in 2008) Every other fight has been a dominant 1st round stoppage win, including his 3 so far in the UFC... but welcome to the bigs, kid, because he hasn't fought anyone in Benson's universe. If he dusts Bendo, expect to see a contendership fight- if not a title shot- shortly thereafter, even at terribly clogged WW. Thatch is very, very good. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Anderson Silva popped for steroids, Nick Diaz for pot. These guys man $800k vs $500k salary, plus PPV points, I'm guessing DW has to be done with Diaz, right? Plus, will they give him more than a year, or be progressive and realize pot shouldn't be banned Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I believe its banned by the SAC, right? I am totally in favor of them not freaking out over trace amounts but if there;s a lot in there, no doubt it dulls pain. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Yeah, and he was over the 150 metabolites limit. But I thought I remember hearing that the Olympic testing was 1500 for a positive. Or I'm confused. It came up when Browns receiver Josh Gordon failed a test with a super low levels and everyone was talking about how low the nfl's standards are compared to the Olympics. Now I'm just rambling here. Unless you fight high, I don't care about pot. Link to post Share on other sites
Theraflu 1,035 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Raising the threshold level to 150 nanograms per milliliter means that an athlete would have to be a "pretty dedicated cannabis consumer" to test positive, according to Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Which, he is Lebatard had a good line of "if you tested marijuana, it would come back positive for Nick Diaz" 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Raising the threshold level to 150 nanograms per milliliter means that an athlete would have to be a "pretty dedicated cannabis consumer" to test positive, according to Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).[/i] I think we know who's REALLY behind this, "Allen". Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I've decided I only care about girl fights now I can't wait for Herrig vs Vanzant. Herrig is going to try and clinch up and overpower Vanzant because of her size but Vanzant trains with alpha male so she should be able to hold her own in the wrestling department if that happens. I'm also hoping that they scissor during the fight 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 http://www.ufc.com/news/Court-McGee-A-Year-of-Building-Hope Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Mma reporters shooting down the rumor that the ufc withheld Silva's $6 million dollar payment. Wow if his PPV points are that much. Good on him if so. Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Nick Ring apparently not renewed for UFC. http://topmmanews.co...-at-havoc-fc-9/ Will fight again in June at a local promotion. Always liked him, kinda wish he would've come out of the closet. It would've at least bought him another fight in the UFC. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 @MikeBohnMMA: Rory MacDonald vs. Hector Lombard being pulled from UFC 186 is the 13th main or co-main event change for UFC in 2015. He also tweeted that Lombard had no idea and that UfC seems to always eff this up. They don't contact parties involved first. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Mendes_vs._Lamas Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Enjoying Bellator. Its just starting right now 8 cst Feb 13th. Apparently Dave and Busters shows Bellator events... and you thought UFC night at Hooters was a tardfest. Imagine Bellator at D&B's. I'll be there for the next event. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Please live blog that shit Link to post Share on other sites
Scroom 436 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Liam Mcgeary looks very scary. I wonder what race he is. I may bet medium size on him if he prices right. Link to post Share on other sites
king_tanner 84 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I mentioned him in here a couple months ago I think. His punches are straight up vicious, he reminds me of Travis Browne a bit. I'm surprised the UFC hasn't scooped him up yet, he seems like a guy that they would want immediately. Link to post Share on other sites
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