ColinBollocks

MMA didn't exist before Brock Lesnar turned up, @David. I bet Dana still fucks up CM Punk, though.

Does Dana do any MMA training? Won't matter anyway, I'm sure Dana would send Serra in his place to fuck up Oscar. I'm sure Oscar wouldn't have a clue either.

Fuck sake, boys. Death to the megathread!

Dana claims they were paying Liddell $400k a year to not fight. No wonder the new owners wanted that done with, if true. This shit slinging is lovely.

Who knows with Dana, but he clearly doesn't rate him, which is why Rogan had to put a word in. Given his contract length, current position on the broadcasts and, by the looks of it, them not renewing, it's clear he's done little to persuade Dana that he's good enough for the gig. Similar to Askren, if it wasn't for Rogan, Dana wouldn't have even bothered considering him.

He's another one Dana hates/hated, but Joe "I just call the fights" Rogan had a word to get him the gig. Clearly Dana still isn't a fan, seeing as B Team Felder is getting the PPVs, at the moment.

Bisping said on the JRE that he's signed a new contract with the UFC and he'll be trying his hand at commentary in 2019. Great news.

As always with Bisping, it's good fun. He goes into quite a bit of detail about how buggered his eyes truly are. I've never heard him going so in-depth about it before; mad bastard that he is.

Aye. If you're a Conor or a GSP, getting offered more of what you bring in is definitely appealing. Not everyone in boxing gets rich, of course, the undercard fighters are famously just as screwed as the UFC ones. However, long term, Golden Boy coming in and offering more to the draws will surely be better. If it gets some traction, the UFC will probably have to give a bit more too to secure their biggest and/or best. However, one of the more appealing aspects of doing a UFC to promoters etc is that such a tiny percentage of their income goes towards paying fighters. I'm certain someone at Golden Boy noticed and it's why they may fancy giving MMA a go, as tricky as it is. I mean, is any of that big money from their telly deals going towards bumping fighters pay? They don't have to, so they probably will not bother.

Close enough.

It's amazing how brilliantly representative that poster in the ear gif is. It's always the first image my brain fires up when I think of the fall of BJ Penn. Him looking like his mind is somewhere else. Sad he's fighting in a few weeks in the opener of the prelims. Fedor was looking like another sad casualty fighting on too long for the pay, but Bellator have done a good job keeping him relevant considering how shot he is.

Deontay tries his hand at English and Rogan talks A LOT of bollocks.

Pre-Roman, I'm guessing.

I admire those that like it enough to stick through the November/December drudge until they start bothering again for the Rumble. Occasionally they'll throw a Goldberg in there to keep your hand in, but for the most part it's clearly just them an auto pilot and keeping all the good ideas until the Rumble-Mania run (hopefully).

Everyone loves The Man.