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130R

6,807 posts

205 months

Sunday 5th November 2017
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Sensei Rob said:
How's about that for GSP's comeback, eh?

Gotta be the best ever, surely.
It was a really good fight. It looked like Bisping was getting the upper hand after those elbows from the bottom but great finish from GSP.

Also agree that GSP is the GOAT

Edited by 130R on Sunday 5th November 11:39

coolchris

925 posts

201 months

Sunday 5th November 2017
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Very good finish from GSP I thought he was starting to looked gassed a little and the left hook came at just the right time for him.I think Bisping should retire now he has got nothing to prove can be argued he has over achieved and reached his goal has had a hard career and it will be a struggle to get back to the top now hopefully he is set for life.

Don1

15,936 posts

207 months

Sunday 5th November 2017
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Gentlemen, a point of order please. We don't discuss results without using the spoiler tag for a few days.

Having said that...



3 for 3? AND NEW......

Amazing, I would have lost a shed load betting on that result. I picked Joanna, Cody, GSP.

Wow. A proper shake up. I expect Bisping to retire now, Reaper Vs GSP, Cruz to retire, Dillashaw Vs Mighty Mouse (catchweight?), Joanna to go to 125.


ben5575

6,221 posts

220 months

Sunday 5th November 2017
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It was a great card.

TJ and Wonderboy did their thing and it was great to see GSP back in the cage. I thought Bisping had him and fair play for not tapping. Fight of the night goes to Rose (cloud9) just for the upset. Almost made up for the Machida fight the other week.

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Monday 6th November 2017
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Yep great card, the ufc has felt a little flat of late, but this was a return to form, i feel the TJ/Garbrant ending might have been a little premature but it's very hard to say.

VEA

4,785 posts

200 months

Tuesday 7th November 2017
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FredClogs said:
Yep great card, the ufc has felt a little flat of late, but this was a return to form, i feel the TJ/Garbrant ending might have been a little premature but it's very hard to say.
Agreed on all fronts.

Great card all the way up from the prelims.
I think Cody could probably have been given a few more seconds but we'll never know.

I thought Rose looked great and had an answer for everything thrown at her.

I've never been a GSP fan. It looked like Bisping was just getting going and BAM. Will be interesting to see what both of them do next.
I kind of want to see Bisping retire to be honest. He's taken a beating in every fight he's ever been in. Reached the top against many odds. Congrats to him now time to bow out gracefully (Yes I know that will never happen).

Will also be interesting to see what Joanna does next.



What's up next?

Don1

15,936 posts

207 months

Sunday 12th November 2017
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.... and another cracking card. A strange decision in the fight with 'magic' in both of the fighters nicknames.

Looks like Sean Shelby is starting to find his feet?

In other news..... Anderson Silva pops again for PEDs. Bisping is apparently going to fight Kelvin Gastalum instead???

lemmingjames

7,433 posts

203 months

Wednesday 15th November 2017
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Anyone see McNuggets ring invasion at BAMMA? Apparently he was walking around the ring coaching at one of the UFC events as well?!?

UFC have cancelled his next fight - i wonder if hed have failed a drugs test, will he become another Jones - as punishment. What a fking joke

Haggleburyfinius

6,593 posts

185 months

Wednesday 15th November 2017
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lemmingjames said:
Anyone see McNuggets ring invasion at BAMMA? Apparently he was walking around the ring coaching at one of the UFC events as well?!?

UFC have cancelled his next fight - i wonder if hed have failed a drugs test, will he become another Jones - as punishment. What a fking joke
McGregor certainly looks manically high in pretty much all of the videos of him in public recently.

It wouldn't be the first time $100+ million has fked up a young athlete's life!

Haggleburyfinius

6,593 posts

185 months

Wednesday 15th November 2017
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Sensei Rob said:
Random musing: How come you don't ever see a sidekick in MMA? It's the kicking equivalent of a jab if you do it like Bill Superfoot Wallace, or it could be a power kick Bruce Lee style. Everyone went bananas when Anderson Silva front kicked Belfort and that's the first kick anyone learns in karate/tkd etc.

I feel kicking in MMA is quite limited as everyone is so engrossed in the muay thai style of stand-up. You need a lot of fluid backward and forward movement for MMA, so I think point karate and shotokan would probably be more effective than kyokushin or muay thai.
Kicking is limited because everyone is engrossed in MT style?

Nah, MMA striking is just poor in general, but it has certainly developed its own style and is nothing like the MT that you'll see in Thailand. That front teep to the face that Silva delivered is a bloody hard technique to land; you could say the same about his jab knockout...that's the first punch anyone learns in a boxing class.

It's all about stances. MMA stances are lower than MT but still quite square. Side kicks really only work from a side on or bladed stance like you see mostly in arts that have points fighting or above waist kicking origins.

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Saturday 25th November 2017
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UFC live from Shanghai on now... Frankly I don't want to overstate my disappointment but I'm disgusted the UFC would allow Bisping to step back into a fight after loosing only 3 weeks ago (and being choked unconscious in that loss) an extremely cynical move which shows the weakness in the depth of the sport at a pro level.

I feared the new regime at the UFC wanted to create more of a travelling carnival show than a sport and this is definitely that... That said the wife and kids are all out and I've a rare opportunity to sit and watch telly during the day on my own.... So I'm watching it wink

g4ry13

16,888 posts

254 months

Saturday 25th November 2017
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That was a pretty devastating defeat. It's got to be time to call it a day and 3 weeks was probably too soon before stepping back into the octagon. Bisping really should have retired after beating Rockhold or Henderson, that would have been a good high to leave on.

Don1

15,936 posts

207 months

Sunday 26th November 2017
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Agreed to both posts above.

Mike, time to put the headset on full time. Please stop.

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Sunday 3rd December 2017
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Francis Nganou... I mean seriously, no... Just no... Don't do that, it hurt me and I was 18hours and 2000 miles away.

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 3rd December 2017
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FredClogs said:
Francis Nganou... I mean seriously, no... Just no... Don't do that, it hurt me and I was 18hours and 2000 miles away.
hehe

Was a proper clout

epom

11,398 posts

160 months

Monday 4th December 2017
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The Alvarez and (I'm not gonna even try and spell his name) the other dude was some war of attrition. Brutal stuff.

Ruskie

3,982 posts

199 months

Tuesday 5th December 2017
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Anyone located Aldo’s face yet?

BRR

1,845 posts

171 months

Tuesday 5th December 2017
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enjoyed Friday and Saturday's cards this week, Brett John's submission off the single leg defence was superb

Really hard to see where Aldo goes from here, he's a multi millionaire so I hope he retires and enjoys the life he has made for himself, no point damaging his long term health

Alvarez vs Gathje was a great fight to watch, Alvarez making better use of footwork, head movement and variety of strikes was the difference, awesome entertainment though

Yancy Maderios pulling out a win after an absolute war was awesome to watch too

I can't think of anyone in the world id rather fight less than Ngannou (sp), seriously scary man

ben5575

6,221 posts

220 months

Tuesday 5th December 2017
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BRR said:
Yancy Maderios pulling out a win after an absolute war was awesome to watch too

I can't think of anyone in the world id rather fight less than Ngannou (sp), seriously scary man
Fantastic fight. Definitely worth hunting out if you skipped the prelims.

And I agree entirely about the big man.

briangriffin

1,570 posts

167 months

Tuesday 5th December 2017
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What an awesome card that was, I’m a massive boxing fan so loved Alvarez work especially the shots to the body a massively underrated and under used array of shots in MMA and they definitely took their toll.

Agree once more with the bug French heavyweight what a unit and a scary scary man! What’s his ground game like?

As for Brett Johns he fights out of the same gym as a mate of mine so great to see him doing so well. Hopefully he’ll have earnt a spot on one of the big cards with that performance