Paid Members Egg Shen Posted June 9 Paid Members Share Posted June 9 Nice little UK grab for the PFL: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 17 Paid Members Share Posted September 17 Our boy has a home: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted Tuesday at 07:21 PM Paid Members Share Posted Tuesday at 07:21 PM Liking this  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted Tuesday at 07:29 PM Author Paid Members Share Posted Tuesday at 07:29 PM Yeah wasn’t expecting that, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted Tuesday at 10:27 PM Paid Members Share Posted Tuesday at 10:27 PM Is he the first two-weight champ to become so by dethroning the previous two-weight champ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted Wednesday at 06:27 AM Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 06:27 AM No idea. He did attempt to become a 3 weight champion in One, fell short at Heavyweight though. Outside of Ben Askren (who was a trade) is this the first time the UFC has signed a former One champion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironic Indie Lad Posted Wednesday at 09:36 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:36 AM 11 hours ago, Carbomb said: Is he the first two-weight champ to become so by dethroning the previous two-weight champ? Not only did he dethrone the previous double champ in back to back fights, he later lost both his titles in back to back fights against Anatoly Malykhin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted Wednesday at 10:48 AM Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 10:48 AM 1 hour ago, Ironic Indie Lad said: Not only did he dethrone the previous double champ in back to back fights, he later lost both his titles in back to back fights against Anatoly Malykhin. Wow, just read Malykhin's wiki, and the fucker is a monster! First ever three-weight champ, and undefeated. Surprised that White hasn't tried to sign him yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted Wednesday at 10:56 AM Author Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 10:56 AM (edited) Dana’s rarely arsed about legit signings now. So many good fighters out there but they’ll usually either throw them a low-ball offer and let them slip away to another promotion, or they’ll try to make them go through DWCS for a poverty contract at the end of it, or they just won’t show any interest at all. You’ll get the odd good signing but on the whole, I don’t think there’s ever been a time when the UFC have seemed less bothered about snapping up top talent than they are now. Even the recent Kai Asakura signing (and where is he by the way?) and this De Ridder one feel like they’re coming slightly late. Edited Wednesday at 10:56 AM by wandshogun09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted Wednesday at 11:10 AM Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 11:10 AM Smacks of general complacency born from their global brand recognition. They're behaving like WWF/E. Maddening to think people's careers are at the mercy of these cunts. I hope the PFL takes full advantage of this and makes up at least some of the ground on them. They need shaking out of their near-monopoly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted Wednesday at 11:24 AM Author Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 11:24 AM Well PFL managed to cling onto Cedric Doumbe when he nearly wound up in the UFC last year. So that was good for them as he’s one of the bigger, more marketable stars outside the UFC these days. Years ago I don’t think the UFC would’ve let that happen considering Doumbe was so close to be locked in he was already being reported as booked on the Paris card at the time. Like you say though, they’re so complacent/arrogant now they don’t seem to care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted Wednesday at 11:26 AM Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 11:26 AM One thing that's encouraging is that they've appointed Jake Paul as Head of Fighter Advocacy. Whatever one thinks of him, he seems to be taking this issue very seriously, and someone with his level of exposure and profile doing this is only going to be a good move for them in terms of chipping away at the UFC's monolithic presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted Wednesday at 01:23 PM Author Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 01:23 PM They’re not fucking about…  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted Wednesday at 01:52 PM Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 01:52 PM £1 on Gerald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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