Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted December 20, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2016 From watching bits of Invicta here and there over the last year or so, I'd say Megan Anderson and Cindy Dandois are the two standouts at 145 who they'll be trying to bring in. Â Is Marloes Coenen still knocking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted December 20, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 20, 2016 Coenen is signed to Bellator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Alistair Overeem vs. Mark Hunt has been made for UFC 209 in March next year. Should be a short but good fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted December 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2016 Alistair Overeem vs. Mark Hunt has been made for UFC 209 in March next year. Should be a short but good fight. Â Not official yet as Hunt won't sign the current deal on offer. Apparently he's insisting on if his opponent fails a drug test he gets their show money. Â Can't see them agreeing to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Â Alistair Overeem vs. Mark Hunt has been made for UFC 209 in March next year. Should be a short but good fight. Â Not official yet as Hunt won't sign the current deal on offer. Apparently he's insisting on if his opponent fails a drug test he gets their show money. Â Can't see them agreeing to that. Â Is that because of what happened with Lesnar in Hunt's last fight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted December 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2016 It is yes. Helwani has confirmed the story. Â Edit:-That said, UFC Europe are reporting the fight. Something is definitely odd with the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chunk Posted December 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2016 Â Alistair Overeem vs. Mark Hunt has been made for UFC 209 in March next year. Should be a short but good fight. Â Not official yet as Hunt won't sign the current deal on offer. Apparently he's insisting on if his opponent fails a drug test he gets their show money. Â Can't see them agreeing to that. Â Â It's a pretty reasonable request though, right? Anyone who has an issue with it is clearly dodgy as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted December 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2016   Alistair Overeem vs. Mark Hunt has been made for UFC 209 in March next year. Should be a short but good fight.  Not official yet as Hunt won't sign the current deal on offer. Apparently he's insisting on if his opponent fails a drug test he gets their show money.  Can't see them agreeing to that.   It's a pretty reasonable request though, right? Anyone who has an issue with it is clearly dodgy as fuck.   Is it perhaps a right request? Maybe. Is it realistic? Absolutely not. It's going to potentially cause chaos if they agree to it as every fighter in the sport will want that clause written into their contract.  This Hunt stance still fucks me off as well. The guy openly came out saying Lesnar was on drugs and still said he would still knock him out. He also willingly signed the deal that gave him a massive pay increase of 500k for 15 minutes work.  He signed the deal knowing fully what he was getting into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaaaaad! Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I'm not a UFC fan particularly but the point was made to me today; why wasn't Michael Bisping nominated for Sports Personality? I could understand to some degree if they ignore the UFC altogether but I specifically remember seeing Conor McGregor in a video package they showed, and Bisping's achievements have been remarkable. I'm not marching in saying he would've won or anything but considering there have been boxers who have been nominated and won, how does Bisping get ignored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted December 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2016 Despite the sport receiving way more mainstream coverage these days, it's still not accepted fully. There's no coverage found during any news sports segments and the BBC's coverage, whilst certainly better, is kept now on BBC Three. I think if it were a SPOTY award that was hosted by BT sports, it could be different story altogether mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Jim Bob Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 This being an Olympic year did'nt help. Slower year he might have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I'm not a UFC fan particularly but the point was made to me today; why wasn't Michael Bisping nominated for Sports Personality? I could understand to some degree if they ignore the UFC altogether but I specifically remember seeing Conor McGregor in a video package they showed, and Bisping's achievements have been remarkable. I'm not marching in saying he would've won or anything but considering there have been boxers who have been nominated and won, how does Bisping get ignored? Â To be fair, despite what Bisping has achieved lately it still doesn't make him a bigger sports personality than Conor, does it? A good example would be looking at boxing this year. The general consensus among many is that Carl Frampton is the British boxer of the year, but if you ask mainstream pundits or casual boxing fans they'll immediately mention Anthony Joshua. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted December 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2016 Some people probably still don't see UFC as a legit sport with insanely skilled athletes. To some it's always going to be that seedy "too violent" NHB. Â I can understand Bisping not really being on the Beeb's radar. I wouldn't say they're the best at keeping their finger on the pulse, particularly with a sport that's based in the US. Â Bisping is just as deserving as anyone, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Apart from that, it's the BBC, so who really gives a fuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted December 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted December 21, 2016 Personally, I haven't given a shite about the turgid SPOTY since Ali got the Greatest Sportsman Of All Time, of whatever. Â I can understand Bisping being a bit miffed, even if when you look at it, a UFC fighter will probably never get a nomination in our lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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