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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: Society]
#23824365 - 11/11/16 10:43 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I know what you mean with all the B.S. antics and shit, but I still enjoy the hell out of Connor fights. He tries too hard during those press conferences and shit, a lot of people dislike him because of his arrogance. And all of the WWE shit is childish.
I'm inclined to think Alvarez will win but Connor could definitely knock him out. The Woodley Vs Wonderboy fight is a toss-up. I'm really looking forward to that. I like Woodley, Id rather see him defend. I kind of want the Polish girl who is challenging to win the fight between the 115 lb polish girls. And Meisha is hotter than Pennington. I like Frankie Edgar, but Stevens is dangerous. Should be good. I'd like to see Weidman get a win as well. Too many good fights on this one.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: amp244]
#23824617 - 11/12/16 12:22 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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This is the most stacked card ever IMHO.
Sad that Evans was pulled, and also that Cowboy wont be fighting, but you can't even be mad - so much talent is left on the card.
My party should be huge tomorrow. From the prelims to the main event, I can't fucking wait.
I'll work on predictions tomorrow before the fight. I'm so torn between if I want McG to win or not. Sometimes it's nice to shut a big mouth up, but the dude could hold multiple belts which I respect, and he does what he says he will do.
That fucking white mink coat though. And keeping the tags on? Hooooood style to say the least. But then again, I don't roll around in a Bentley in my hood either, so I can't hate. But I do hate. I'm so conflicted
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: Society]
#23824966 - 11/12/16 05:59 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Society said: I think the UFC's hype and the marketing strategies with Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor have a reverse effect on me. I'm pretty weary about giving a shit about any of their antics and I look forward to their fights less than the undercard. The media hypes them up as larger than life and I just get apathetic towards the disingenuous WWE-esque drama.
I feel the same way. They push the hand picked stars too much to the point it's a bit of a turn off.
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I've tried to make an effort the past few months to only pay attention to MMA/UFC headlines that matter. IE: fights getting made or called off, people testing positive or getting belt stripped, etc. It makes watching MMA as a sport much more enjoyable when I'm more focused on analysis of the sport/martial arts and not getting emotionally invested in a particular outcome.
But when the top MMA headlines are about what car Conor McGregor bought himself or how Ronda Rousey "stormed" off stage or is posting a picture of herself eating apples or some shit, I just want to cut someone.
I end up rooting against them just to enjoy the sound of media, casual/SportsCenter fan, and fanboy head explosions.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: Society]
#23827232 - 11/12/16 08:45 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Miesha is hanging em up, and I think its a good move. She is just a step slower than the majority of the competition. She is a couple steps slower than some. Either way, she was awesome and I'm glad she at least got to have the title before it was all said and done.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: amp244]
#23836285 - 11/15/16 05:24 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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McGregor talking lots of shit. I hope he tries to fight Woodley, but I know he wont. I really want to see him and Nagllsjdfhasfmedov at 155, lets see if he ducks him.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: amp244]
#23845389 - 11/18/16 02:24 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yay, Invicta fights tonight and an entire event on Fight Pass in the afternoon.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: Society]
#23886370 - 12/02/16 12:32 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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This month is packed, two Bellator events back to back Friday/Sat, UFC FN (Demi Johnson V. a TUF contestant, LOL!) Sat, UFC #207 the following weekend, Faber's last fight the following weekend, and then the beast Amanda Nunez v. Ronda "ruh-roh" Rousey on the 30th.
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And next year will seem like the dark ages compared to this year. I've heard there will be like half as many events in 2017 as 2016.
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Supachopped719 said: And next year will seem like the dark ages compared to this year. I've heard there will be like half as many events in 2017 as 2016.
Where are you hearing this? I can't see the UFC having half as many events next year unless they anticipate drastically reducing their roster.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: Society]
#23894294 - 12/04/16 03:47 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm excited for Pettis vs Holloway even though the interim belt shouldn't be in play. It should just be a #1 contender fight. Bring Aldo in the stands to watch for belt publicity. Holloway is the only 145er I think McGregor might cut back down to fight again, assuming Holloway eventually becomes champion. Max needs to build himself up by beating Pettis and Aldo convincingly to get that chance though.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: Magicman69]
#23904703 - 12/07/16 07:03 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Magicman69 said: I'm excited for Pettis vs Holloway even though the interim belt shouldn't be in play. It should just be a #1 contender fight. Bring Aldo in the stands to watch for belt publicity. Holloway is the only 145er I think McGregor might cut back down to fight again, assuming Holloway eventually becomes champion. Max needs to build himself up by beating Pettis and Aldo convincingly to get that chance though.
I think the thing bringing people down, was/is the previous UFC PPV card. It's hard to get that level of excitement, even though this one is legit. I'm wanting to watch, but it's because I watch all the events.
These interim belts, or returned belts/revoked belts thing is getting tedious too. Oh, and the ranking system, lol.
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Yeah there's not much excitement for this card. This is a card filled with a bunch of rescheduled fights from former cards, and the main event was cancelled, again.
Pettis is exciting and Holloway is on a tear since the Conor fight.
And cowboy is acting like his eye is all fucked up, I still don't know if it fake or not. He had it all stitched up in the MMAAA photos. I don't wanna see cowboy get wrecked.
It's nuts that the last card was $60 and so is this one. Last card had 3 championship fights with a star studded lineup. Could you imagine if rashad and cowboy were on the card too?
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Well, Pettis missed weight. 3 pounds over for a title fight, so now he wont have a chance to be interim champ.
Crazy stupid...
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So the fake title fight for the fake title no longer has a belt on the line.
Another reason this card should be discounted. It's a long shot but I really think they should have dynamic pricing for these paper ore cards. Main event is cancelled, knock off $20.
Also weight cuts are so lame. How many more fights are gonna be fucked before they figure out a way to end this nonsense?
People are going through serious trauma and emaciating their bodies 24 hours before they step into a cage to fight a trained killer.... that's fucking retarded.
Part of USAdas job should be weighing fighters so they always stay within 10 or so pounds of their division. Fights would be so much better if they were healthy and 100% when it's time to fight. Add more divisions so people do have to jump 15-20 pounds in the higher classes.
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Supachopped719 said: So the fake title fight for the fake title no longer has a belt on the line.
Evidently Max Holloway gets the interim belt if he wins, Anthony Pettis just gets win.
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Another reason this card should be discounted. It's a long shot but I really think they should have dynamic pricing for these paper ore cards. Main event is cancelled, knock off $20.
Lol, discount. Tomorrow's PPV is a great card. Far more interesting than dozens of PPV fight cards over the course of UFC history. The UFC simply devotes ridiculously lopsided marketing and hype to certain fighters and certain cards. Their business model gives the casual fans and people with short term memory unrealistic expectations.
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The "ADA" in USADA stands for anti-doping agency and accurately describes what they do as an organization. They test people for drugs and they do this for more than just the UFC. They're not MMA nutritionists.
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Re: Any UFC fans 'round here? [Re: Society]
#23912631 - 12/10/16 10:04 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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There is a reason a main event is a main event, if a card loses its main event, the card should be discounted.
I'm excited for Holloway and cowboys fights. But main events are what sells the ppv. If they weren't what sold the ppv, they wouldn't name the card after the main event, they wouldn't put the fighters on the posters and shoot embeddeds about them.
A card losing its main event completely is the difference between me buying the card myself or going out to a bar and catching it, or just streaming it. I know I'm not the only fan that feels this way.
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It was a fun event, a bit above average, but losing the real main fight always stings a little, and always worse the closer to the event. I mean, good performances, a good display of skills from a few guys, entertaining but seemed to lack the fireworks and excitement from recently, which is always going to be difficult to compete against in such a close timeframe.
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It was an excellent card from the very beginning to the end, except that one fight. I forget who they were but it was the two women that kept missing.
I take back everything I said about 206. I was wrong, it was a killer card. After thinking about it today, I'm almost glad D.C./Rumble was rescheduled. It would have been real tough for those two's performance to hold up to the excitement and action of the rest of the night. But maybe they would have kicked it into 12th gear because of what happened beforehand.
Fight of the year and KO of the year candidates on the same card, and this is the one people were expecting to be a sleeper card. I'm not gonna doubt again.
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I like your idea about dynamic pricing Supa. It would maybe make fans feel better when the man event gets cancelled, adn they don't have to pay as much. But it will never happen, the guys running the show are interested in maximizing revenue for each and every event with no apparent concept of long term business goals (for example customer satisfaction). UFC has a monopoly on MMA and as long as they keep thinking that no one else could possibly compete with them, they will have the danger of someone else competing with them. Might be a good thing for another promoter in mma to come up.
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