Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted August 10, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 Can't see him rocking up to WWE. There would be better ways to go about it than calling the roster 'Pussies' to get the ball rolling. Â I'm betting he's just trying to secure some more buys for the Nate fight. Doesn't matter if they like him or hate him, as long as they pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members herbie747 Posted August 10, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'm betting he's just trying to secure some more buys for the Nate fight. Doesn't matter if they like him or hate him, as long as they pay. Â Exactly - I don't think it was anything to do with a future angle. He got 15+ WWE guys tweeting his name to their 10's of millions of total followers - he's the only winner here. They looked like jabronis who can't spot when they're being worked - except Jericho. They should have ignored him, or at least been clever with a reply - troll him back instead, like Jericho did. Reigns & Styles using the "size" thing was dumb. Especially since AJ has spent his career being labelled too small, and is actually 2" shorter than McGregor. And Reigns just got busted for PEDs, so boasting about being more jacked than someone is probably not clever. And Mark Henry saying he'd kick his ass on the streets because there are no rules was just sad. Last time I checked, being a 45 year old weightlifter with shot knees doesn't inherently make you a good fighter - he must have missed UFC 1. Although I'd love to see that fight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I think you are the one who is looking into this a bit to much. It's publicity for all concerned. Anyone who thinks the wrestlers were seriously rattled is the one being 'worked'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members herbie747 Posted August 10, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 I think you are the one who is looking into this a bit to much. It's publicity for all concerned. Anyone who thinks the wrestlers were seriously rattled is the one being 'worked'. Who said they were "seriously rattled"? They over-reacted on Twitter to something they should have ignored, and 90% of them came off looking stupid. Nothing more, nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I just think you manlove for Mcgregor sees things with blinkers on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members herbie747 Posted August 10, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hardly. It's not a complicated situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Kid Mark Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I think you are the one who is looking into this a bit to much. It's publicity for all concerned. Anyone who thinks the wrestlers were seriously rattled is the one being 'worked'.100% agree. Herbie, you're a great guy but you've posted way too much on this topic already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theringmaster Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Well not to beat a dead horse but WWE.com are running a story on it now  Rolling Stone have also done a piece on it, saying it shows how social media savy he is since now he has all the wwe fans with his name on their screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 The bout order's finally set.  PPV MAIN CARD Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor Glover Teixeira vs Anthony Johnson Donald Cerrone vs Rick Story Hyun Gyu Lim vs Mike Perry Tim Means vs Sabah Homasi  FOX SPORTS 1 PRELIMS Cody Garbrandt vs Takeya Mizugaki Raquel Pennington vs Elizabeth Phillips Artem Lobov vs Chris Avila Randa Markos vs Cortney Casey  FIGHT PASS PRELIMS Neil Magny vs Lorenz Larkin Colby Covington vs Max Griffin Alberto Uda vs Marvin Vettori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted August 10, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 Do we think a win here gets Garbrandt a title shot against Cruz, or does he still need another win of two to be in contention? Â I see Cruz has talked about potentially fighting him recently with the whole Alpha Male beef. Not seen much of Garbrandt but hear good things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'd say there's a decent shot at that if Garbrandt beats Mizugaki. If you look at the rankings on UFC.com, Garbrandt is currently at #8.  Champion - Dominick Cruz 1 - TJ Dillashaw 2 - Urijah Faber 3 - Raphael Assuncao 4 - Bryan Caraway 5 - John Lineker 6 - Aljamain Sterling 7 - Michael McDonald 8 - Cody Garbrandt  Looking at the guys above him there - McDonald just lost to Lineker, Sterling just lost to Caraway, Assuncao just lost to Dillashaw and Faber just lost to Cruz. So we can rule them out.  That leaves Dillashaw, Caraway, Lineker and Garbrandt. Dillashaw is the frontrunner but still, Cruz beat him just 8 months ago. Caraway isn't very interesting as a challenger or from a promotional standpoint. Lineker probably has a chance of getting the shot because he's so exciting. But Garbrandt, if he beats Mizugaki, has an undefeated record and that ready made built in Team Alpha Male rivalry with Cruz. I'd say it's between Dillashaw and Garbrandt. Dillashaw is ranked 1 but he didn't look that good really against Assuncao at 200. If Garbrandt can beat Mizugaki impressively, especially coming off the first round KO over Thomas Almeida, he could definitely nab it. There's a reason the UFC haven't really committed to anything regarding Cruz vs Dillashaw 2 and I think it's because they're waiting to see what happens with Garbrandt vs Mizugaki before making a decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2016 yeh i think Cruz has happened the door for it, just need Garbrandt to win his fight now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chunk Posted August 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2016 The bout order's finally set.  PPV MAIN CARD Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor Glover Teixeira vs Anthony Johnson Donald Cerrone vs Rick Story Hyun Gyu Lim vs Mike Perry Tim Means vs Sabah Homasi  FOX SPORTS 1 PRELIMS Cody Garbrandt vs Takeya Mizugaki Raquel Pennington vs Elizabeth Phillips Artem Lobov vs Chris Avila Randa Markos vs Cortney Casey  FIGHT PASS PRELIMS Neil Magny vs Lorenz Larkin Colby Covington vs Max Griffin Alberto Uda vs Marvin Vettori   I'm more invested in every one of the main prelims and the FP prelim main event than I am the first 2 fights on the main card.  Tells you something about how they put cards together nowadays. Not a complaint, just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted August 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2016 I really hope Lobov gets a good win as he really impressed on TUF. I fear it may be a case of big fish/small pond but I hope it was just big stage jitters & he's more settled this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 11, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted August 11, 2016 Lobov's looked pretty terrible so far, game as hell but not a lot else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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