Official MMA (See: UFC) Thread

[seabs]

Spoiler

I suck at predictions, great shot from McGregor and Rockhold really surprised me when he got on top of Weidman. Weidman throwing that wheel kick was a real wtf moment, you aren't TRT Vitor.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

What an amazing card. Favorite fight ever. Love it

 

[Majour]

Saw the Weidman fight as well as Aldo. Gutted for Weidman.
Going to catch The Van Zant fight later.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Weidman comes across like a bit of a fuck boy to me. Maybe I just naturally hate people from the East Coast but I was rooting for Luke hard last night.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

HAVE ME BABIES NOTORIOUS

 

[TMBS]

what a close main event

 

[Prince Bálor]

McGregor is something else, man. What he did in the ME was ace.

 

[Roadster]

Aldo vs. McGregor was a really, really close fight. :woo1:

 

[Green Jesus]

That fight was bummer, jesus christ. Between that and Jacare getting robbed I think I need a drink.

On a positive note: both Luke "what's my nickname" Rockhold and my jiu jitsu waifu won, so it wasn't a clusterfuck.

 

[The GOAT]

Holm wants to fight again before Rousey rematch

lel
Dana White: Lets get Holly rusty so that Ronda can MAYBE win and be our ESPNSuperwoman again!

I can sort of understand his decision. He doesn't want to take even the slightest risk that Holm may lose before meeting up with Rousey in the octagon again. Eating a loss before her and Ronda's second encounter could not only prolong their rematch, but take some of the sting out of it as well if Holly has already lost her 0 and her championship to someone else before then.

If I was Dana, I'd be hoping that Rousey does win the second fight, though. More $$$$$$ in a rubber match.

 

[Swift]

This isn't WWE tho.

 

[Swift]

Or is it?

 

[The GOAT]

This isn't WWE tho.

Never said it was. Rubber matches are a thing in real combat sports too, duh.

 

[Green Jesus]

Condit took a beating like a man on this last round. What a chin this guy has. Shame we can only have one champion, what a fucking war.

 

[The GOAT]

Looks like Dana White is gonna let Holly defend the title once before the Rousey rematch after all (and Holm and Conor will be on the same card, which is pretty great): http://deadspin.com/the-ufc-is-putting-conor-mcgregor-and-holly-holm-on-the-1751734186

Multiple sources confirm UFC will soon announce UFC 197 for March 5 in Vegas with Dos Anjos/McGregor and Holm/Tate.

What this means, friends, is that Conor McGregor—the UFC’s biggest star and current featherweight champ, who knocked out José Aldo, one of the greatest fighters of all time, in 13 seconds last month—is moving up in weight and taking on Rafael dos Anjos, the lightweight champ, for dos Anjos’s belt. If McGregor wins, he’ll hold two belts at once. This is nuts.

What this also means, friends, is that after head-kicking Ronda Rousey to the Marshall Islands in November to take the women’s bantamweight belt, Holly Holm will be fighting Miesha Tate, the best 135-pound women’s fighter in the world not named Holly Holm or Ronda Rousey. This, too, is nuts.

This is happening on the same night. It’s going to be violent and wonderful. There’s no non-dick-shitting scenario here. The UFC is the worst, except when it is the best.