Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 25, 2024 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 On a bit of a stats tip today, but if Poirier fought Gaethje and won, would he have won the most trilogies in MMA? Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 25, 2024 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 47 minutes ago, Carbomb said: On a bit of a stats tip today, but if Poirier fought Gaethje and won, would he have won the most trilogies in MMA? Ah man, no clue. I’m terrible at these ? I’m thinking there must be someone who’s won more though. Assuming we’re only counting actual trilogies where there’s been 3 fights completed. That means you can’t count Poirier coming out on top in his couple of 2 fight series against Max Holloway (2-0) and Eddie Alvarez (1-0-0-1). As it stands now he’s technically only won one trilogy (McGregor), if he went 2-1 over Gaethje that would be the second. Surely there’s someone who’s won 3 trilogies? But maybe not. I’m drawing a blank. Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 25, 2024 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 3 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: Ah man, no clue. I’m terrible at these ? I’m thinking there must be someone who’s won more though. Assuming we’re only counting actual trilogies where there’s been 3 fights completed. That means you can’t count Poirier coming out on top in his couple of 2 fight series against Max Holloway (2-0) and Eddie Alvarez (1-0-0-1). As it stands now he’s technically only won one trilogy (McGregor), if he went 2-1 over Gaethje that would be the second. Surely there’s someone who’s won 3 trilogies? But maybe not. I’m drawing a blank. See, I wasn't counting the matches being completed, just the rivalry. I suppose it depends on the metric. Maybe "who's won the most series" would be more accurate. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 25, 2024 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 Well right off the top of my head I’m thinking Chuck Liddell won three. He beat Tito twice (we don’t count the third fight but even if we do it’s 2-1 Chuck), Couture twice and Babalu twice. There’s probably a bunch who’ve won 3 series. Poirier would have to be up there though yeah if he went 2-1 over Gaethje. That would be 2 wins over Gaethje, Holloway and McGregor. I still wouldn’t count Alvarez though as he only beat him once. Technically he came out on top over the course of two fights but the No Contest in the first fight disqualifies it surely. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 25, 2024 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 Self quoting like a twat here but the timing of this… 2 hours ago, wandshogun09 said: Also saw this… I’m really hoping it’s Figgy. Been wanting to see that for a while. It’s a logical fight given the current Bantamweight title picture landscape and the winner could put themselves right in line for the whoever the champ is after Merab vs Umar. As for the date and location, looking at the rest of the year, two cards stand out as likely choices but I can see Yan vs Figgy headlining either the Macau card on November 23rd or the Tampa card on December 14th. I think it might be Macau myself. Yan’s actually got some Chinese heritage as well so makes sense. Within like an hour (hopefully it’s legit)… Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 25, 2024 Author Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 does that all but confirm Umar is next for Merab? Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 25, 2024 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 It’s got to, hasn’t it? Seemed obvious that’s the fight the UFC wanted when they had the cameras ready on Umar straight after Merab won the title. And the only other guy who had a strongish case for the shot at Merab was Figgy. I’m well happy with this if it’s true. Merab vs Umar, Yan vs Figgy, winners face off around April/May time. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 25, 2024 Author Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 Either that or they've cut O'Malley a deal and got him back in there? Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 25, 2024 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2024 Ha, don’t say that you never know these days. I’m hoping for O’Malley vs Sandhagen next. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 30, 2024 Author Paid Members Posted September 30, 2024 You love to see it... These European countries treat their fighters so differently to how we treat ours. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 3, 2024 Paid Members Posted October 3, 2024 Jones vs Stipe is on Box Office. Charging £20 for this when it’s almost guaranteed one of them doesn’t make it to fight night and neither of them are gonna accept Tom Aspinall as a replacement. Smashing. Quote
Dai Posted October 3, 2024 Posted October 3, 2024 To be fair, I'd have no sympathy for anyone who buys this and then gets burnt when it's cancelled. It wouldn't exactly be a suprise to anyone if that happened. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 4, 2024 Author Paid Members Posted October 4, 2024 If Jones goes in and destroys Stipe, the reaction is going to be interesting. I'm not even sure people will be impressed, I think it'll very much confirm that this is a big waste of time. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 4, 2024 Paid Members Posted October 4, 2024 The best result for everyone would be if old Stipe somehow chins him. They’re both almost certainly retiring anyway so it’s not like we’re building to anything. I’m hoping for the result that’s gonna be the funniest and most satisfying. Which is Stipe by KO. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 4, 2024 Author Paid Members Posted October 4, 2024 Stipe chinning him would be the funniest, a good competetive fight would probably be the best outcome from a fans perspective. Jones destroying him is gonna cause a ruckus. Quote
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