jimufctna24 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 You can make a case for Stylebender vs Romero based on the following: - It's the most exciting fight in the division. - Romero is a bigger name than Costa and Cannonier. - Romero arguably should have got the nod against Costa and in the Whittaker rematch. I scored both fights in his favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 @jimufctna24 on what basis do you rank Romero/Adesanya as the most exciting fight? Not necessarily disagreeing with you, just think that Romero/Costa share many of the same attributes stylistically, and if we're going off their fight then you'd rank Costa as the "better" fighter owing to the fact he won. You can certainly make a case in terms of it being the biggest fight in terms of name value, I'm just not sure it's a) the fairest way to do things or b) the most reliable with how frequent Romero's weight mishaps have been coming, especially now that he's pushing 43. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, AdamTH17 said: @jimufctna24 on what basis do you rank Romero/Adesanya as the most exciting fight? Not necessarily disagreeing with you, just think that Romero/Costa share many of the same attributes stylistically, and if we're going off their fight then you'd rank Costa as the "better" fighter owing to the fact he won. You can certainly make a case in terms of it being the biggest fight in terms of name value, I'm just not sure it's a) the fairest way to do things or b) the most reliable with how frequent Romero's weight mishaps have been coming, especially now that he's pushing 43. I agree that both present a similar, and new, challenge for Adesanya. Both are massive middleweights. But based on name value, I would look forward to Adesanya vs Romero more. I concede that Romero's weight mishaps are a worry. In fact, I would not book either Costa or Romero in California at present time. Both of them probably put more than 15% of their body weight between weigh-in and fight night, which is now forbidden by the CSAC. Edit: To be clear, Costa's next fight should be for the title, regardless of whether Adesanya vs Romero happens in the meantime. Edited October 30, 2019 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Yoel Romero is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted October 30, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 30, 2019 Grace Jones is in trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted October 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted October 31, 2019 If anyone is interested, BBC World Service have an audio documentary on this Tuesday (Nov 5th) about Francis Ngannou and his journey to the UFC, as well as the impact of his success on aspiring MMA fighters in Cameroon. Will be available online at the link below after it airs, or on the BBC Sounds app. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct036s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidzero Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Might be the wrong place but does ufc fight pass still have all the tuf seasons is is fight pass worth the money I used to watch a lot of ufc 10 or so years ago I'm looking to get back into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted November 4, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 4, 2019 I didn’t sign up to Fight Pass for ages but finally took the plunge a year or so ago. Think it’s something like £5.99 comes out of my bank once a month. It’s definitely worth the money if you think you’ll get a lot of use out of it. I mostly use it for the live Prelims but its also handy for going back to old fights, obviously. There’s an absolute ton of content on there. Every UFC ever plus Pride, Strikeforce, WEC, K-1, Cage Warriors, Invicta, right back to the old school stuff like King Of The Cage and Pancrase. You can get all the Contender Series stuff as well which I keep meaning to check out. Plus loads of documentaries and different bits and pieces. Anyway yeah, all seasons of TUF are on there. I rewatched some of TUF 3 recently. Only thing I don’t like is they’ve censored all the swearing on there, which can get really annoying. But for £5.99 a month, it’s crazy how much you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 5, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 5, 2019 i think the only uncensored versions of TUF came on DVD. Fight Pass was meant to be relaunchibg last month, along with the announcement of Zuffa boxing. What happened to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 4 hours ago, Egg Shen said: Fight Pass was meant to be relaunchibg last month, along with the announcement of Zuffa boxing. I'm sure I heard Dana say the boxing thing is taking longer than he thought, it's a new approach, he's new to that game, it'll take time, all that jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 5, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 5, 2019 Volkan Oezdemir is MMA's Cesaro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted November 6, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 6, 2019 This lot have all been released from their UFC contracts; Danilo Belluardo (12-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Manny Bermudez (14-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) Henry Briones (16-8-1 MMA, 1-4 UFC) Thomas Gifford (17-9 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Nohelin Hernandez (9-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Yoshinori Horie (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) Derrick Krantz (24-12 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Curtis Millender (17-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) Azamat Murzakanov (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) Andre Soukhamthath (13-8 MMA, 2-5 UFC) Maia Stevenson (6-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) Kyle Stewart (11-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) Most of them seem fair enough. Disappointed to see Bermudez and Millender on there though. They both lost their last two fights but they were looking like legit prospects before that. Bermudez missing weight for his last fight can’t have helped his case either though. Krantz could’ve been fun to keep around as well. I’d never heard of Murzakanov before. Seemed odd to sack an undefeated fighter who hadn’t even fought in the UFC yet. But apparently he got popped by USADA before he could even make his debut. Not the best first impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Briones isn't a shock really, he's doing a lot of stuff outside the cage now and is virtually retired. Commentating for Glory Kickboxing on ESPN, matchmaking & colour commentary for Lux Fight League in Mexico, and a fairly high-profile gig as the Spanish play-by-play guy for the NHL's LA King's on radio and occasionally on television as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted November 6, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 6, 2019 I didn't realise the UFC had that many fighters under contract; I was under the impression that, whenever they run a new territory or somewhere specific outside the US, they effectively draughted in someone from that area/country to make the local crowd feel like they're being catered to, on a "one-and-done" basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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