Nov 29, 2015

I'd much rather have an active, entertaining champ. Conor is also likely to give us a super fight with the LW champ right off the bat.

 

Dec 1, 2015

like it's just becoming a f---ing joke now

 

Dec 2, 2015

Couple fights announced for the February 27th show in London.

Michael Bisping vs Gegard Mousasi
Norman Parke vs Rustam Khabilov
Mike Wilkinson Makwan Amirkhani

 

Dec 4, 2015

Bellator tonight, not the greatest card though. Part of the reason I really don't want Bendo in Bellator is the matchmaking. Coker seems adamant about protecting his investments and gives us a lot of squash matches. The guy Punk is fighting tonight is a 15 to 1 dog.

Anyways the card tonight...

Josh Thomson vs Pablo Villaseca
Daniel Weichel vs Georgi Karakhanyan
Derek Anderson vs Patricky Freire
Virgil Zwicker vs Brett Rodgers
Adam Piccolotti vs Mario Soto

Weichel/Georgi winner should fight Straus for the belt next. Weighed had that crazy fight with Pitbull where Weichel almost finished Pitbull but was saved by the bell, then got knocked it early in the 2nd round.

Patricky Pitbull vs Anderson 2 is kinda random, Anderson beat him he first time at Bellator 98. But as we saw a few weeks back with Chandler/Rickels 2, they don't have many quality LW's.

 

Dec 4, 2015

Didn't even know Thomson was fighting tonight

 

Dec 4, 2015

Wow that reminded me of Maia/Story

 

Dec 7, 2015

Looks like Holm vs Ronda 2 won't be happening anytime soon

 

Dec 11, 2015

Greatest GIF of all time

 

Dec 11, 2015

I miss Pat fighting in the UFC, one of the most exciting HW's in UFC history imo. But then his chin disappeared. Him and Rose are such a random couple due to the age differential.

 

Dec 12, 2015

That standup between Northcutt and Pfister is still bothering me. Is it a business or is it a sport?

 

Dec 12, 2015

Dana said it was a terrible stand up in the press conference with Sage sitting right next to him.

Plus the refs are appointed by the athletic commissions.

 

Dec 12, 2015

He gets his cake and eats it too. Who wouldn't do the same?
I'm the last guy to claim a fix, but the weird call was followed by Sage doing a third of the work from the top and nothing.

 

Dec 12, 2015

Again the Nevada Athletic Commission appoints the refs. I don't think they are fixing a Sage Northcutt fight lol...

s--- stand up but Cody couldn't finish a sandwich, that fight was ending the way it did regardless.

 

Dec 12, 2015

Uhmm, have you heard of the sport of boxing? The Nevada State Athletic Commission is not exactly a spotless entity.

 

Dec 12, 2015

No never heard of boxing.

Stop overreacting

 

Dec 12, 2015

...okay? Lol

 

Dec 12, 2015

I dunno much about the sport but am so psyched for the fights tonight after all the promo.

What was wrong with the call (genuine question, only seen a few fights)? When should the standup be used?

 

Dec 12, 2015

If you consult the rules, it's when no progress is being made, a stalemate if you will. If you consult Georges St. Pierre's fight history, you realize that exceptions are often made for important fighters similar to Lebron James taking 3 steps to the hoop. The problem with the Pfister stand up is that he was clearly progressing, and by that I mean he (1) landed 55 significant strikes and (2) made several attempts to pass guard (assume a more dominant position). The call, by itself, can easily be explained as a mistake by the ref until you look at what happens right afterward. Northcutt scores a takedown and does next to nothing with it (12 significant strikes) for the remainder of the round without the ref intervening. It's really bizarre.

 

Dec 12, 2015

Thanks for the explanation. I saw the press conference where Dana said publicly how bad a call it was, ref must have been pretty clearly in the wrong.

 

Dec 12, 2015

Riiiiiight.