Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 Ooops. In other news, Blagoi Ivanov has finally signed with the UFC. Arguably the top heavyweight outside of the UFC for the last few years, currently 16-1. Great signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 He's the one who got stabbed a few years back and nearly died, isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 yep, thats him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Beat Fedor in Sambo as well before he went on his losing streak. The best fighter arguably outside maybe Vitaly Minakov, former Bellator champion outside the UFC. Greg Hardy the guy accused of domestic violence and dropped from the NFL is on that Contenders show as well, scumbag but no worse than Mayweather minus the drawing ability, he's only 2-0 as an Amateur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 28, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 28, 2018 According to Helwani on twitter, the UFC wants to make Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Yair Rodriguez for sometime over the summer. Sign me up for some of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 29, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thats the fight Zabit called for after his last win. It has to happen, perfect fight to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 On 26/04/2018 at 1:15 PM, Egg Shen said: Ooops. In other news, Blagoi Ivanov has finally signed with the UFC. Arguably the top heavyweight outside of the UFC for the last few years, currently 16-1. Great signing. Junior Dos Santos will be welcoming him to the octagon in July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Joanna Vs Tecia Torres announced for July 28th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Looks like Oscar De Le Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions are in talks to promote Liddell vs Ortiz 3 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted May 4, 2018 Tumbleweed gif. I can't even be arsed to google and post the actual gif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I would be interested to see a MMA show promoted by Golden Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted May 4, 2018 So would I. But Chuck vs Tito 3 is a dead fight to me, regardless of the promoter. I don't think Chuck should be fighting but, whatever my opinion is, his comeback after 8 years out of the game should be huge. Instead it feels like a nothing fight. And that's largely because the rivalry is done at 2-0, there can't be a trilogy and the fact Tito is involved drags it down anyway because stuck around years past his best and outstayed his welcome. Anything involving Tito now just feels stale. Also, the money will be nice for Chuck but legacy-wise this offers nothing for him, does it? He's already 2-0 over Tito, and decisively. There was no question who the better man was, it was answered clearly over their two fights. There's nothing to gain for Chuck by doing a third fight, other than legally getting to smack him in the face again. If he KOs Tito again it doesn't really add to his legacy. But he runs the risk of losing and giving Tito the last laugh in their rivalry. And I think there's a good chance that happens considering Tito has been active for most of the time Chuck's been gone. I can see Tito beating him. And that's going to be shite. If Chuck was going to insist on fighting again, I wish he'd gone to Bellator instead. Liddell vs Sonnen, Liddell vs Wandy 2, Liddell vs Fedor, Liddell vs Cro Cop...all way more appealing than reheating a rivalry with Tito that realistically died in 2006. Guess Golden Boy are offering more money though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Aye. I agree with all of that. However, Liddell vs Ortiz 3 could act as a gateway to something bigger by influencing Golden Boy to run more shows in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted May 4, 2018 For all the talk that UFC 225 is stacked, 226 is just as good IMO, arguably better. Look at this shit, and the card's not even complete yet; Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier - Heavyweight Title Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega - Featherweight Title Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis Raphael Assuncao vs Rob Font Gokhan Saki vs Khalil Rountree Mike Perry vs Yancy Medeiros Paulo Costa vs Uriah Hall Anthony Pettis vs Michael Chiesa Jamie Moyle vs Emily Whitmire Curtis Millender vs Max Griffin I mean, fuck! I'm not joking when I say every single fight there (bar Moyle vs Whitmire) I'm genuinely interested and invested in. Top 3 fights speak for themselves. Holloway vs Ortega especially is one of my most anticipated fights of 2018. Really happy they've rescheduled Pettis vs Chiesa. Can't wait to see Saki back in there and Rountree is a legit test for him. Perry-Medeiros has FOTN written all over it. Paulo Costa is a monster and a real 'one to watch'. Even Millender vs Griffin, that's going to fly under radars but Millender looked fantastic in his UFC debut, stopping Thiago Alves. And Griffin handily beat Mike Perry last time out. Wicked card this is. Actually think I like it better than 225. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted May 8, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted May 8, 2018 Dana White has confirmed that the plan is for GSP to fight Nate Diaz at lightweight at UFC 227 on August 4th. He also confirmed that they're looking to do a Alexander Gustafsson vs Luke Rockhold fight on the same card. This is the show with TJ vs Cody 2 headlining by the way. Awesome card if these fights come off. And GSP going from 185 in his last fight down to 155 is clearly with an eye on that McGregor fight down the line. And no doubt he's also looking to become the first 3 weight UFC champ. I can honestly see him doing it as well. If he pulls this off then he's so far ahead in the GOAT race that he'll have lapped everyone else a few times over. Can't see Nate doing much against him, but it'll be interesting to see how Georges looks at 155. Probably be a better fit for him than 185 was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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