Aug 2, 2015

i'm probably in the minority but I can't stand the Diaz brothers

 

Aug 2, 2015

You are actually not,a lot of people can't stand them
I love me some Nick Diaz tho

 

Aug 2, 2015

I like there attitude of fighting anyone

But they call out champs when on losing streaks

They're a bit weird

I'd be happy to see khabib smoother Nate for 15 minutes now

 

Aug 2, 2015

BTW Dana was saying the Dallas Stadium show was what they were looking at for December 5th, sorry Canadian fans. Ronda said post fight she wanted Miesha on that card.

Also Dana said Werdum wasn't fighting until 1st quarter of next year.

Oh and Ronda is en fuego right now

 

Aug 2, 2015

Do you believe Dana when he says UFC 190's PPV buys were trending more than UFC 189? I mean hasn't Ronda been doing like under 500k the past few events she headlined? He must just be pushing her. Although Ronda may be bigger than McGregor in the mainstream... McGregor is still more popular among all the different levels of fans of MMA on the spectrum.

 

Aug 2, 2015

I mean everyone was talking about her last night, actors and the most popular athletes in American sports last night. From Will Smith, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Alex Morgan, Shaq, Lil Wayne, Sugar Ray Leonard, Aaron Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Caroline Wozniacki etc...

I'm sure you won't know a lot of those American sports players names but they are huge here. Conor didn't create nearly as much buzz.

 

Aug 2, 2015

Ronda Rousey is a media machine.

I thought her popularity was supposedly plateauing ?

 

Aug 2, 2015

Also that Hendo/Belfort 3 announcement has slid way under the radar.

Don't love the match up, but there aren't many relevant match ups for Hendo at MW where he's not gonna be an underdog.

I would have preferred the Bisping rematch though.

 

Aug 3, 2015

They're making a movie based off of Rousey's autobiography, starring Ronda Rousey as Ronda Rousey

 

Aug 3, 2015

Myles Jury is moving down to 145

 

Aug 3, 2015

UFC 184: Rousey VS Zingano - 590,000
UFC 175: Weidman VS Machida / Rousey VS Davis - 545,000
UFC 170: Rousey VS McMann - 340,000
UFC 168: Weidman VS Silva 2 / Rousey VS Tate 2 - 1,025,000
UFC 157: Rousey VS Carmouche - 450,000

 

Aug 3, 2015

Idk if her PPV will actually end up selling more than 189, but I know it like doubled 189's social media numbers

 

Aug 3, 2015

I could see it doing 600,000-700,000.

 

Aug 3, 2015

All I know is you can't deny that Rousey is the hugest star in the UFC right now. Almost no one I know personally cares about MMA, but scrolling through Facebook and Twitter Saturday night, yesterday, and even a little bit today, almost everything I see is Rousey related

 

Aug 3, 2015

I think Ronda has made big jumps in popularity in her last couple fights. I mean 184 was co-headlined with Holm/Pennington and did more PPV buys then the Ronda fight w/ Weidman/Machida fight.

I also think getting a legit KO will sky rocket her much more then another submission would. A face plant KO is pretty rare in women's MMA.

 

Aug 4, 2015

Joe Lauzon explaining why Palhares is a d-ck

https://video-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpf1/v/t43.1792-2/11178901_10153477791173570_159993366_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjE1MDAsInJsYSI6Mjc2OH0=&rl=1500&vabr=699&oh=de88b8841dc61c4801bbf9f217e44522&oe=55C0B39E

more stats to back it up

Rani Yahya def. Johnny Bedford: Let go 1.44 seconds after the tap, let go as ref intervened

Demetrious Johnson def. Chris Cariaso: Let go 0.41 seconds after the tap, let go before the ref intervened

Tony Martin def. Fabricio Camoes: Let go 0.44 seconds after the tap, let go as the ref intervened

Daniel Kelly def. Luke Zachrich: Let go 0.63 seconds after the tap, let go as the ref intervened

Piotr Hallmann def. Francisco Trinaldo: Let go 1.0 seconds after the tap, let go 0.5s after ref intervened

George Sotiropoulos def. Joe Lauzon: Let go 2.32 seconds after the tap, let go 1.5 after ref intervened**

Phil Davis def. Tim Boetsch: Let go 0.45 seconds after the tap, let go before the ref intervened

Daniel Roberts def. Greg Soto: Let go 1.27 after the tap, let go 0.3s after the ref intervened

Joe Lauzon def. Curt Warburton: Let go 0.25 after the tap, let go as the ref intervened

Frank Mir def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: Let go 0.38 after the tap, let go as ref intervened

Daniel Pineda def. Justin Lawrence: 1.44 after the tap, let go as ref intervened

Rousimar Palhares def. Jake Shields: 1.86 after the tap, 1.38 after ref intervened

**George Sotiropoulos held the submission in place, stopped cranking when Lauzon tapped
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/8/3...f-rousimar-palhares-and-the-kimura-submission

 

Aug 4, 2015

Lauzon is anti-Palhares, complete class act. Ray Sefo is supposed to make a decision on the MMA Hour today on Palhares. I fully expect him to be cut.

Anyways a couple UFC Dublin fights announced yesterday. Cathal Pendred will fight Tom Breese and Scott Askham will fight Krzysztof Jotko.

Also Yair Rodriguez vs Dan Hooker is going down at UFC 192. Yair is the guy who Dana compared to Pettis after his win in Mexico over Charles Rosa and Hooker had that head kick KO over Hioki in his last fight.

Gleison Tibau vs Abel Trujillo is happening at the November Brazil FN.

 

Aug 4, 2015

They ended up suspending Palhares indefinitely and stripping him of his belt.

Also looks like the UFC is letting Gastelum go back down to WW. Hes fighting Matt Brown in the UFC's return to Mexico. That fight will headline the FN in Monterrey, Mexico on November 21st.

 

Aug 4, 2015

Jessica Eye vs Juliana Pena added to UFC 192

 

Aug 5, 2015

Diego Sanchez dropping to FW and will debut against Ricardo Lamas.

Albert Tumenov vs Alan Jouban and Chris Cariaso vs Sergio Pettis added to UFC 192.

Also Cyborg is supposed to be on Sportscenter calling out Ronda around 12:30 ET.