We've given up on the live threads, I assume? If so: Sad but very understandable. Are guys just back on Reddit or is there another nice place to discuss MMA that you're found?
For the folks who didn't understand (like me), a guy on Reddit transcribed:
I'm not sure what was worse, the punch or you hitting your head on the..on the canvas. Man. [pats Matt Schnell's sweaty chest with his creepy ref glove] You'll see it on..on..on the film. Holy crap.. [looks at Schnell's coach]... Did you hear it?
Link to the comment: https://libreddit.northboot.xyz/r/MMA/comments/1b53jrg/spoiler_referee_has_a_chat_with_main_card_loser/kt4mou8/?context=3
The follow-up shots feel illegal in bareknuckle
Bhullar didn't engage and got two warnings (yellow cards) before that. (At least that's I assume; I switched away after the second yellow card and they were discussing potential disqualification if he didn't do more.)
Edit: You can find the clip in another post: https://kbin.social/m/mma/t/870220/SPOILER-Disqualification-For-Inactivity-Between-Amir-Aliakbari-vs-Arjan-Bhullar
Isn't it crazy how they put possibly the worst fight of the card as the headliner? Seems incredible that bad heavyweights will actually pull more viewers, considering that random people are probably not gonne tune into one of these fight nights anyway.
Does this count for a shit post?
Apart from the main event the fight night looks pretty nice though, to be honest.
And against the power puncher Topuria again...
MMA is awesome. Seeing the panic in Roman's eyes is something else.
Let's hope the reason for that was that he didn't wait long enough after the KO from Makhachev. Maybe if he takes some time off he can come back for real. (Inhaling copium.)
Actually missed it because it happened so early in the fight. Motta is exciting. There's just something about people with serious knockout power that draws your eyes to them.
Insane knockouts but the highlights seem somewhat diminished by the lack of crowd reaction.
It's their responsibility to tap and not act too tough for their own good. O'Neill definitely had the chance to tap earlier yesterday. It's not like such hyperextension happens in an instant so that people don't get a chance to tap (at least 99% of the time).
Worth a read, if only for nice paragraphs like this:
Sonnen has been trying hard to defend UFC pay, and his recent efforts included making dubious claims and inflating the non-disclosed bonuses that he got from the promotion. He claimed to have earned $8,800,000 in the rematch against Anderson Silva, when in reality, lawsuit documents showed that Silva got just $2.5 million while Sonnen got $1.05 million — over eight times less than his claim.
I am following relatively closely and don't know tonight's names either, or at least I don't have a face in mind for many of the names. Seems like one of those phoned-in Fight Nights to me.
I don't even think he has much of a point anymore due to the inactivity. Not at heavy weight with one fight against someone with little wrestling skills and after he lost his last fight at LHW to Reyes (who is probably not among this "absolute toughest competition"), no matter what the score cards said. Other unproven champions get stripped all the time when they're injured.
Why should we believe that he is the exciting guy at HW and presumably past his prime. The last time he beat a legend was 6,5 years ago in another division (Cormier) – and it was overturned due to doping!
So yes, in a literal sense he is right of course, he fought legends and Aspinall didn't. But I'd rather watch Aspinall v Stipe for the title with Jones stripped than Jones v Stipe and I think it would be more deserving as well. So I don't think he has much of a point in any practical sense.
On the one hand I don't give a fuck about either of the two, so I'm happy about some drama. On the other hand: Please don't cancel the Dariush fight, I'm hyped for that!
I think this applies to absolutely everyone haha
Kampfkalender is freaking awesome and converts every event to your time zone: https://kampfkalender.de/
Edit: Also shows the applicable streaming service, but only for Germany, I think.
Still one of the sickest knockouts I've got to see live (on screen). The way Reyes folds on the canvas looked so scary.
Summary: Pay is weighted towards the top guys who earned decent money. McGregor e.g. earned about $25 million in the revealed time period of 2011 to 2016. The stars in their prime days earned about 3-5 million per fight.
What I found interesting besides that is that the McGregor effect seems to be real: Jose Aldo earned ~10 times as much in his fight against McGregor than in his other two fights with revealed payouts.
Georgia Commission approves ONE Championship Ruleset – knees to grounded opponent and 12-6 elbows allowed!
Last week the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission was asked to give One Championship a promoters licence and to grant them 10 rule variations so they can host an event in the State using …
Georgia follows Colorado in allowing knees to grounded opponents and 12-6 elbows for ONE, so maybe we'll eventually get them in UFC as well. More infos in Magraken's Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/erikmagraken/status/1718126013581033528
Crazy fight at ONE Friday Fights 38
ONE Championship is back on October 27 with ONE Friday Fights 38 at the iconic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand! The exciting Asia primetime card is he...
Do yourselves the favour and watch this ridiculous Muay Thai fight from today's card. Beautiful violence.
Aljamain Sterling analyses the Adesanya-Strickland main event
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The definition of a "hellbow" – Rittewada vs Saenpon at Rajadamnern World Series 4
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Absolutely beautiful violence. Split him open, knocked him out cold, and all that with a gorgeous, flowing combo of hands and elbows. Muay Thai rules!
The antitrust lawsuit against the UFC has progressed in favour of the fighters (class status granted)
The antitrust lawsuit against the UFC has progressed in favour of the fighters (class status granted). Tommy from MMA On Point breaks it down.