Paid Members WeeAl Posted March 30, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted March 30, 2019 It feels like Stipe is going completely on Brock not actually wanting to fight. If the UFC need a Heavyweight title fight in August or September, the chances are that Jones, JDS and Ngannou will all be unable to turn around quickly enough. If Stipe is unbooked and Lesnar doesn't take up the option to fight, he could slide in there. However, if Lesnar does fight DC, then Stipe may never get another title shot, as the Ngannou/JDS winner will be ahead of him in the line as well as Jones Vs DC, on top of the possible summer Lesnar fight. It's a risky option. I think his best idea would be to try and get booked on that July card against any warm body he can find, and be available for drop outs should Santos/Francis/JDS/Lesnar etc all not make their booked/rumoured fights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chunk Posted March 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted March 31, 2019 On 3/30/2019 at 11:42 AM, wandshogun09 said: 239 in July looks ridiculous already. Jon Jones vs Thiago Santos Amanda Nunes vs Holly Holm Junior Dos Santos vs Francis Ngannou Jan Blachowicz vs Luke Rockhold Ben Askren vs Jorge Masvidal Some card, that. Wow. That's 5 main events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 I’d have been pitching a tent at that fight announcement a few years ago but Erick Silva just doesn’t seem with it these days. He’s looked off for ages. He had those great fights with Jon Fitch and Matt Brown then his form fell off a cliff and never really came back. It’ll still probably be good, just not quite what it could’ve been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Really like the sound of that London card. They've stacked it up quite nicely with those names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Artem Lobov and Pauline got into it earlier today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Pair of dickheads. The best part is Rumble lazily holding back Paulie with one hand, clearly disinterested in this petty bollocks. When is their scrap meant to be happening by the way? Edited April 2, 2019 by AdamTH17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Paulie gets in the first bitch slap. That's him 1-0 to the good now, isn't it? Over to you, Artie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, AdamTH17 said: Pair of dickheads. The best part is Rumble lazily holding back Paulie with one hand, clearly disinterested in this petty bollocks. When is their scrap meant to be happening by the way? they aren't fighting, Lobov fights Jason Knight on the next show, Paulie will fight someone else first as well. Plans have to be to do the fight eventually though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2019 Ross Pearson has hung up the gloves. Comes a couple of years late despite being relatively young at 34. Pearson lost 6 of his last 7 fights and is a great example of someone who probably would have been better off dropping down a peg or two in terms of levels. Still, Pearson is as game as they come and has earned his status as a bit of a UK pioneer the hardway. Any favorite Ross Pearson moments? Ths Sam Stout KO has to be up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) I met Ross Pearson in passing at the Gustafsson vs Manuwa show in London a few years back. He was doing the desk pundit bit for BT Sport along with Caroline Pearce and GAD News Brown. He was taking pictures with people as we were going back to our seats and he had a quick chat with us and was proper sound. Just really normal. Like anyone you’d work with or see in your local. Conor McGregor and Dee also walked past us as we were waking about down by cageside between fights. He winked at my missus. That memory’s taken a more sinister twist in hindsight. Anyway, as for Pearson highlights, it’ll always be his stint coaching the excellent TUF Smashes season in 2012. One of the last great TUFs. And then knocking out dickhead George Sotiropoulos in the coaches fight at the Finale. I recall his fight with Aaron Riley in Manchester in 2009 being really fun as well. That was his first UFC fight after winning TUF and it seemed like he had so much potential back then. He also had a couple of decisions go against him that I thought he won against Edson Barboza and Diego Sanchez. They would’ve been big wins for him at the time. I remember the Barboza fight being close, to be fair. The judging in the Sanchez fight was terrible though. I always try to refrain from using the term ‘robbery’ unless it’s really warranted because it gets overused a lot and usually it’s just a close fight that could’ve gone either way. This wasn’t that though. Pearson got robbed that night. Edited April 9, 2019 by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2019 ohh forgot about The Smashes, thats the last TUF Season i really got into, cracking show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2019 Yeah I think when Pearson and G-Sot were announced as coaches a lot of people were a bit underwhelmed. But the rivalry grew legs and became a lot of fun to watch. The unexpected ‘heel turn’ of G-Sot got me invested anyway and I wanted to see Pearson annihilate him by the time the season wrapped up. On top of that you had the country vs country thing before it was a tired concept, and Freakshow Fletcher! I might have to revisit that season if I ever get time. It’d make for interesting viewing now to look back on the start of Robert Whittaker’s UFC career as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 9, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2019 Banned for EPO use, the same kind of thing cyclists use. It can only be administered through a drip so there goes any tainted supplement argument. Knew it was gonna be bad the moment he relinquished the title without a fight, caught red handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Add me to those who enjoyed The Smashes. Pretty much for the reasons mentioned above. I recall a rumour that someone floored G-Sot in the car park during the show's filming. But I don't think the incident ever made the air. There was always something a bit snooty about G-Sot. He rubbed people the wrong way on TUF 6. It was the last TUF season that I really got into. I gave up on the series entirely the following year. The Sonnen vs Jones series did nothing for me. And the show never really interested me after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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