Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 11, 2018 I wouldn't say good riddance to 125. DJ's one of the best fighters to watch ever. You show me another division where one of the top guys hits another top guy with a German suplex and transitions into a fucking ARMBAR [/jericho] in mid-air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 It's Cruz's guess as he can't believe that Cejudo is fighting Dillashaw before him, Cruz who hasn't fought in 2 years and hasn't won in nearly 3 and probably has like 3 fights in the past 5 years. He made it clear no one told him this, he also said they made the 125 division because he beat several of them. Even though the UFC probably wanted a Hispanic or Asian fighter as champion as they seem to dominate those divisions in Boxing, Cejudo isn't actually Mexican, hes American like Cain but he's probably the closest they have got to a champion who speaks Spanish and has a strong Mexican heritage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 11, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, the_mole said: It's Cruz's guess as he can't believe that Cejudo is fighting Dillashaw before him, Cruz who hasn't fought in 2 years and hasn't won in nearly 3 and probably has like 3 fights in the past 5 years. That's a bit off, downplaying his record like that. Sure, he's not fought in a while and is injury-prone, but until the loss to Garbrandt he hadn't lost in twelve matches, he only has two losses on his entire record, and one of them was to Urijah Faber, whom he went on to win the trilogy against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, Carbomb said: That's a bit off, downplaying his record like that. Sure, he's not fought in a while and is injury-prone, but until the loss to Garbrandt he hadn't lost in twelve matches, he only has two losses on his entire record, and one of them was to Urijah Faber, whom he went on to win the trilogy against. I actually forgot about his last Faber fight and I wasn't downplaying him as an opponent, I was saying he hasn't fought a lot which is true. He beat DJ in 2011, got injured then beat Mizugaki in 2014, beat Dillashaw in a split decision at the start of 2016, beat Faber and got clearly beat off Gambrandt at the end of 2016 and hasn't fought since. Dillashaw didn't get an immediate rematch despite it being a split decision, he then looked good in 2 non title fights (one was avenging his only loss in years besides Cruz again by split decision and in the rematch he beat Assuncio easily on the same night Cody beat Cruz) he then beat Cody 2 times both by KO, if I'm Dillashaw I want him to at least beat somebody before I would fight him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted October 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2018 9 hours ago, Egg Shen said: First ive heard of that, any sources? Sergio moving up seems a bit desperate. A bit like Anthony cutting to 145. Marc Raimondi and Shaun Al-Shatti made reference to it on their podcast this week. Both said they had heard lots of rumours about it again lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 It's to do with the 165lb division everyone wants. Dana has said that it won't happen at the minute because of a lack of card space. Everyone has inferred that that means he's going to kill the division that he hates the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2018 Dana didnt say it was to do with card space did he? I thought he said the main reason 165 wont happen is because it would destroy two established divisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chunk Posted October 12, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2018 4 hours ago, Egg Shen said: Dana didnt say it was to do with card space did he? I thought he said the main reason 165 wont happen is because it would destroy two established divisions. Yeah he said that over and over in the build up to 229. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Luke Thomas reported the other day the UFC are concerned about card space more than anything else. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Ariel reckons Eddie Alvarez is signing for ONE Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 10 minutes ago, TildeGuy~! said: Ariel reckons Eddie Alvarez is signing for ONE Championship. Wasn't that first mentioned at the end of last month? I thought he'd signed already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 13, 2018 Nah, i just think there was word out that One had offered Alvarez a significant chunk of money. I think he'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chunk Posted October 16, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 16, 2018 Brad Pickett's protégé and former Cage Warriors BW champion Nathaniel Wood is fighting Tom Duquesnoy at UFC 232. Hell of a fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 17, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 17, 2018 Eddie Alvarez has officially signed with One. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Former-UFC-Bellator-Champ-Eddie-Alvarez-Signs-MultiFight-Deal-with-One-Championship-143979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Talking of Alvarez and ONE FC, you can't grudge him going there for what sounds like a very good financial offer, but I did chuckle when he said; Quote âIf I was to retire and there was an organization out there that was the best in the world and I wasnât able (to fight there), and people would come to me and they would go, âYeah, but he didnât win the ONE world title.â â then that would bug me,â Alvarez said. Yeah, I'm sure fans who argue his credentials would be like "well, he never won the ONE world title, did he?!?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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