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Congratulations to that hairdresser who beat Littler in that Netflix event. Watched some of it and was bored senseless. The consensus seems to be that people have way less attention spans these days, but every Netflix event I watch, such as the boxing, that climbing guy, there is so much filler and absolute bollocks with a panel of people talking shite, that I do wonder what sort of people could watch it live.

Looking back at it now, all three Tratiors staying in the room with Ross for the secret murder was a catastrophic error. Was the only crumb of evidence they had, and it got rid of all of them. Would have been a different outcome had Ross not yawned that night. Bit shady of Acaster going against the spirit of the game to say he didnt use the spray. That essentially ruined it for the other two.

Aye, not a bad cobbled together fight, considering they have no real incentive to do it and could have just had the Suarez one go last instead.

Its bizarre that it will almost certainly be the end of MVG, as he will be out of the top 16, wont play most of the Euros, and will probably not qualify for the majority of TV tourneys. Unless Anderson has a run at the Worlds then it will be the same for him, which would be a massive shame. @Lion_of_the_Midlands Want to feel old? You and I were talking about MVG on page one of this thread.. 18 years ago. Littler was only just born and we talking about MVG and Robert Thornton, Mardle, Colin Lloyd etc. Bunting is defending a load of money at the worlds too, so could be in danger of being outside the top 16 too. Edit - Being in the top 32 has always been a thing, but does it even mean much now? For nearly everything it doesn't matter now, and its the top 16 that all that matters now. Even going from the low 20s into the 17-20 rankings is a much more significant difference, as it gets you into R2 of all the Euros when the pullouts are factored. I think even Schindler benefited from these recently, and may have even only qualified for the Euro Championship by taking advantage of it. People like Doets have a load to play for now to get the push to be even top 20, as that should mean he makes way more money at the Euros.

Yeah, there are so many variables that its impossible to compare fighters, moreover when they are different eras. I would say, without looking in too much detail, that Volk was above Aldo after the Yair fight in 2023 for me. The two Lopes wins and then this one, in his late 30s, bumps him into a different category completely. With Aldo, everything after the McGregor humiliation doesn't add to his 'status' at all, and unbelievably he was just 29 when that happened. Youre just left with his WEC run and UFC run, with no late in career excellence.

Maybe because its so fresh in the mind, but i don't think its even close between Volk and Aldo with regards to who is the best ever now. Then only question now is where he ranks in the top 5 of all divisions, as i dont think theres even a debate that he shouldn't be in that too. Would be better to compare those fighters rather than Aldo, id say.

Google maps, when you minimise to go onto another app and it becomes small, has now put the 'enlarge' icon right next to the close icon, which is just ridiculously stupid as they are so tiny when you are trying to press it. A cm the wring way and you've closed down the app. You used to be able to click on the small app and click the middle bit to enlarge, which worked perfect. No idea why they got rid of that. One more minor annoyance. When you buy a pack of chicken breasts or thighs and they have a couple of tiny ones and then the rest are all 4 times bigger. With the thighs especially, this is annoying.

38 years old and still doing things like that, unbelievable! Schooled Evloev. Speaking of schooled, how good was the Yan/Merab fight? Outstanding, and Yan out thought and even out classed Merab for the whole thing. Takedown attempt after takedown attempt he kept dealing with, and even when he got taken down he got straight back up easy. A masterclass in dealing with a grappler, just like before. Merab, like discussed earlier, seemingly has no plan B, so when the gas tank depleted toward the middle of the fight you felt he didnt have much chance of winning. Fairplay to Yan, yet another umbelievable performance, with the gas tabk to match it too. Rest of the main was OK, but the top 2 were class, and were two of those fights that remind you of how good UFC can be.

Ah cheers for posting that. A revolutionary AI ranking system, 13 years in the making, where wins and losses make up 95% of the determination. Ground breaking stuff! I know they are a sham and get ignored and/or manipulated all the time so are worthless, but theres no way you should get bonus marks for staying 'active'. Just because you fight more often doesn't make you a better fighter than the guy who fights once a year. Interesting, as we have talked about the pure sporting element recently, that by their own definitions a fighter who wins 3 fights by KO is a better fighter than someone who wins 3 fights by decision.

Whats with the symbols after the fighters rankings? Never seen thay before. Strange as well, as during the PPV announcement, Prates still had his #2 ranking. That's the Meta logo isnt it?

That alternative US dagger reward:

Great main card this! I'm going with Yan. Reading your post is the first time ive seen that Merab quote and basically giving up in R2. Never heard an elite fighter basically say that as their Plan A didnt work then they were just going to enjoy the fight. Wonder if its all bollocks though and hes just using it as a coping mechanism. Yan wont be overwhelmed or intimidated by the Merab aura now, which I think makes him a slight favourite.

I was watching some YouTube earlier and Michael Morales popped up. Remember how much hype, buzz and momentum he had when he stopped Sean Brady? That a was year ago already, and hes not been seen since. Just checked around and it seems like hes not even had any injuries. My random thought is that it is very strange.

Turman is back! And fourh from top on the main card. Strange to me that Suarez is not headlining a show either.

Is it a simple solution? I'm curious, how could my phone know that I am on a bus and not a car? And yeah, the amount of people who would buy a boiled egg in its shell would be a fraction of who buy them now. Even with this option, its not as if the supermarket is boiling the eggs out in the back and can just put them on the shelf in an egg tray. They'd still need the exact same amount of packaging because of the transportation.