MMA / UFC - Official Thread

[GeorgesGoons]

And now the fight I have been waiting for!

[GeorgesGoons]

Askren (-260), Masvidal (+220):

Spoiler!

The most interesting fight on the card, and the one reason to purchase this PPV. People finally got to see Askren for the first time in his UFC debut against Robbie Lawler. Lawler showed Askren can be beat with a power shot. Jorge has just as good of striking as Lawler, but is much faster than Lawler. I do love some Ben Askren shit talking though, if you don't follow what this guy says you are missing out. He has definitely gotten under Masvidal's skin and that may have been the staggering blow he needed before the fight started. I see Masvidal coming in hot for this one and gets taken down easily where Askren dominates the 1st round, possibly a 10-8 round. 2nd round starts on the feet, like all rounds, and Jorge displays great foot work and hands where he dominates this round. 3rd round Askren gets the takedown and goes submission after submission after submission, which is his downfall and allows Masvidal to scramble to his feet. Jorge dominates the rest of the fight. But, Askren by split decision and the interview afterwards will be worth it. (I hope I am wrong here, I really like Masvidal)

HOLY SHIT! You need find the replay of this one. Fastest KO in history. Masvidal puts Askren to sleep, I literally thought I could hear him snore in Omaha. UNBELIEVABLE!

[GeorgesGoons]

Nunes (-325), Holm (+265):

Spoiler!

The lioness is the best female fighter to ever walk into an MMA fight. However, Holm does have the skill set to make this an extremely technical standup bout (which is the only path to victory for her in my eyes). Nunes is way too strong and if she starts losing a point fight in the standup look for her to take Holm down and dominate with her BJJ> Nunes by stoppage in the 2nd.

Lioness by TKO via head kick. It was looking to be a good fight till Nunes landed that head kick

[GeorgesGoons]

1:57 is Masvidal clowning the KO.

[GeorgesGoons]

Jones (-525), Santos (+415):

Spoiler!

Jones is the best fighter ever, plain and simple. Santos is a Brazillian version of Anthony Smith. If he is able to put one clean hand on Jones it could be night night for Jones. That is Thiago's only path to victory. I don't see Jones toying around with Santos like he did Smith. He takes him out quick and fast with a Roman Grecko wrestling based fight plan, loof for a 2nd round victory after Santos starts to tire.

Santos probably fought this fight with a torn ACL and looked good. 48-47/48-47/47-48 score card for Jones to win. I was surprised that Jones did not attempt one take down in this one. Santos had a great game plan and I'd love to see Santos at 100% in their rematch.

[GeorgesGoons]

Nate DIaz lights up at Open Workouts today. His team says it was CBD and not actually the devils lettuce. This is why he is a fan favorite, he marches to his own beat of the drum. Normally I wouldn't like someone like Nate, the anarchist attitude when it comes to UFC brass, but he has been one of my favorites since his days in the Ultimate Fighter house.

[DRWebs]

Romero and Santos in a slugfest, love it

[GeorgesGoons]

Romero and Santos in a slugfest, love it

Costa deserves a title eliminator fight if that one wasn't it. He should face the winner of the Style Bender and Whittaker.

And NATE MOTHER-Fing DIAZ!

Hoping Stipe brings the belt back but it is so hard to root against DC. DC has never lost a heavyweight fight (15-0)

[GeorgesGoons]

Never say never. Amazing fight tonight! Stipe made the adjustment and n round 4 with the liver shot and ends up putting out DC

[shel311]

MMA dude gets knocked out by some out of shape fat dude outside of a bar

http://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/11 ... 5976478720

[DRiccio21]

BJ Penn deserves better than "mma dude"

[shel311]

BJ Penn deserves better than "mma dude"

To me, he's an MMA dude. I don't know who he is.


And that video probably isn't the best timing on what he deserves based on his fighting merits.

[GeorgesGoons]

BJ Penn deserves better than "mma dude"

He's going down hill fast. That's the second or third fight I've seen him in outside a bar.

[The_Niddler]

MMA dude gets knocked out by some out of shape fat dude outside of a bar

http://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/11 ... 5976478720

He clearly was not fighting back.

[shel311]

MMA dude gets knocked out by some out of shape fat dude outside of a bar

http://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/11 ... 5976478720

He clearly was not fighting back.

He was clearly not defending himself is more like it, hence the knock out.


And if you saw the other video, it was pretty clear he was fighting, as he punched the dude about 20 times when the dude was defenseless.

[The_Niddler]

MMA dude gets knocked out by some out of shape fat dude outside of a bar

http://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/11 ... 5976478720

He clearly was not fighting back.

He was clearly not defending himself is more like it, hence the knock out.


And if you saw the other video, it was pretty clear he was fighting, as he punched the dude about 20 times when the dude was defenseless.

Well then post a link to the other video.

[shel311]

It's in the TMZ link in the tweet I posted

[The_Niddler]

It's in the link I posted

lol, I just watched the video and didn't read the text. my bad.

[The_Niddler]

From reading the article, supposedly where he got knocked down was first, then he went after the guy and that is the other video with him on top of him.
But obviously this dude has a problem getting into street fights. This is clearly not his first time.

[GeorgesGoons]

Bobby Knuckles and Style Bender about to start. If you can find a stream it should be a good fight. Israel is amazing and creative, but I just like Robert Whitaker here. He has faced better talent and has prevailed. Either way, this should be a good one with Costa waiting in the wings for the winner