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Pros and cons to it, by missing weight they make themselves ineligible for a bonus, and that's a fair chunk of money (usually considerably more than their purse). Continued weight misses probably lead to you getting cut too. I quite like the idea of them being docked a point before the fight starts as well as the loss of money.

outside a lack of very awkward opening exchange that actually looked a pretty legit grappling match, probably agreed to go at it but just throw punches, definitely risking injury with those slams though.

That Petroski cut in mental, it didn't look like much when it happened, the reaction to it was pretty scary though. I do like Jacob Malkoun though, having a weird run but I like the guy. Rhys McKee is the UK's version Jay Hieron. There's a throwback for you.

one little note for the old Pride-heads, tomorrow's main event is Team Fedor vs. Team Crocop. I'd imagine both men will be in the corners too.

The Apex ladies and gentlemen:

Yep, you dont put Nate the Train in the Apex. What a maniac, great win. Great win for Weidman too! I think if it was anyone else id be a bit more pissed off about the constant eye pokes, but Weidman needed this. He's gonna fight on and end up getting wrecked now though. The pokes were bad though, his fingers were extended the whole time.

PFL regular season kicks off Thursday on DAZN. Mishmash of regular PFL fighter and Bellator names that have crossed over. "Get your popcorn ready" Blagoy Ivanov sneaking in there. I don't think id even seen that the UFC had let him go.

Off to see Hell is for Heroes tomorrow night. Nice wee tour before the new record comes out, gonna be good.

Great idea!

Joe Parker has called out Dillian Whyte in prime Covid-era fashion:

Fabio stated that the noise was more of an annoyance than anything because blood kept running into his eyes. I dont think it was as bad as it looked, he's always had a scar across his nose and it seems to open up anytime someone touches it. I think he was just knackered as the fight went on, still dangerous, but knackered.

Fabio's got some dog in him. He took some hellacious shots last night and didnt look phased really until the end of round 12.

The Azim/Eubank announcment was a damp squib. I love it as a fight, but nobody wants that. The Dalton Smith callout is fresh in everyone's minds and instead they served up something no one's asked for. It didn't help that Hearn and Smith basically said they knew Azim would swerve them on the callout.

Yeah, it was probably the start time that I was happy about more than anything Another note, Boxxer did a great job of setting up the next fights last night. They clearly made a concious effort to plant seeds going forward. I saw some "what is this? Pro Wrestling" posts on Twitter, but it always works for. Its always a good thing to know where fighters are heading, especially the guys further down the card.

The draw cost me about a hundred notes at the bookies though Happy to see Ben Whittaker somewhat humbled. He clearly came in to try and create a bunch of new viral highlights but Leon Willings pretty much forced him into fighting conventionally by the end. Enjoyed it. Riley/Lawal was a dud. * from Meltzer. Sunday Boxing is great.

Fucking hell, I was looking forward to it, but I wasn't expecting it to play out like that. Absolute war. Give em 9 months off then lets seen it for Christmas, the rematch will be a big one.

Cheers for the headsup

Manon Fiorot looking like death warmed up on the scale:

It's another solid night of fights. Special mention to Marc Chamberlain, going from being a York Hall regular to landing what looks like regular spots on these Saudi mega cards. According to the broadcast last time out he's Uncle Turki's favorite fighter, the lad's landed on his feet.

Whatever the fella's name is, i'm behind him. Whittaker had a pop at the main man Andy Clarke at the presser and that's something you don't do:

The Hives are a tremendous live band. @textonlysucks to read about your Pixies experience though. The only time ive experienced anything close to that is the couple of times ive been to Hyde Park, but that's purely based on how quiet the shows are, i'll never go back there.