Who Stayed Up Way Past His Bedtime Last Night

greenbean.sixpack

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To watch that fight that was over quicker than a roll in the way for the ol' lady and me?

Does Rhonda not understand that is not how to maximize value (sell rematch's etc.)? Jake Paul drug that fight with Tyson out for eight rounds.
 

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To watch that fight that was over quicker than a roll in the way for the ol' lady and me?

Does Rhonda not understand that is not how to maximize value (sell rematch's etc.)? Jake Paul drug that fight with Tyson out for eight rounds.

I definitely didn't stay up to watch it, but when I saw the results that was my first thought. If you want a chance at another payday at least make it seem like you're not just 17ing the fans with a bogus fight.

Carano was apparently north of 240 lbs within the last two years. It's a pro wrestling level exhibition match that Rousey (in typical fashion) turned into a "look at me" fest.
 

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UFC has morphed into WWE, a lot of rigged fights and fake drama. The old ufc from the tank abbot era up through Matt Hughes was much better.
 

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UFC has morphed into WWE, a lot of rigged fights and fake drama. The old ufc from the tank abbot era up through Matt Hughes was much better.
This was not UFC, a different organization started by Jake Paul.

Had it been fixed, it would have been a much better product.
 

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To watch that fight that was over quicker than a roll in the way for the ol' lady and me?

Does Rhonda not understand that is not how to maximize value (sell rematch's etc.)? Jake Paul drug that fight with Tyson out for eight rounds.
That Tyson fight was so fixed it wasn't funny. Tyson showed in the first 30 seconds of that fight he could have ended it whenever he wanted to. That was a pure publicity stunt that Tyson was paid very handsomely for.
 

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I tuned in to see the king of bare knuckle fighting (Mike Perry) take on Nate Diaz. First round was pretty good. 2nd round was so brutal, I believe Diaz is done.
 

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I’m glad I didn’t stay up. At the weigh in Carano didn’t look fighting ready. Last night when they said she had to lose 100 lbs it made sense why. I’m assuming she used a glp1 while training which isn’t good if you need strength. Plus it was 17 years since her last fight. Disappointed because I don’t like Rousey.
 
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That Tyson fight was so fixed it wasn't funny. Tyson showed in the first 30 seconds of that fight he could have ended it whenever he wanted to. That was a pure publicity stunt that Tyson was paid very handsomely for.
Yes, obviously he was paid not to ko Paul. Infotainment
 

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UFC has morphed into WWE, a lot of rigged fights and fake drama. The old ufc from the tank abbot era up through Matt Hughes was much better.
Rasslin has "rigged flights and fake drama"?
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Your lucky my Granny isn't still alive because you would be needing to look over your shoulder everywhere you go because those were "fightin" words to her. She would jump off the top rope and weaken you with an elbow to the head, throw you over the top rope onto the cement floor and beat you with a metal folding chair for saying that!
 

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Rasslin has "rigged flights and fake drama"?
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Your lucky my Granny isn't still alive because you would be needing to look over your shoulder everywhere you go because those were "fightin" words to her. She would jump off the top rope and weaken you with an elbow to the head, throw you over the top rope onto the cement floor and beat you with a metal folding chair for saying that!
Vince McMahon would have put on a 1000000x better show.
 

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Anybody who thought that would be a legit fight is nuts. Carano is 44 years old, hadn’t fought in 17 years and was morbidly obese a year ago. Neither woman will ever fight again. This was just a cheap spectacle to get some eyes on the new Jake Paul promotion.
 
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I didn’t care about these has beens when they were in their prime. Why would I now 15 years later?
 

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I didn’t care about these has beens when they were in their prime. Why would I now 15 years later?
I’ll admit to getting on the Ronda Rousey train when she seemed like the baddest girl on the planet. Then she got steam rolled and I lost all interest.
 

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As a general rule, they are pretty 17ing solid. As solid as you will get in terms of two folks fighting. There will always be some bad fights. Have you watched the last several events? There have been some great events this year.
I watched Strickland Chimsev, awful fight. I watched Bo Nickal throw a fight to DeRidder that was a bad sell job.

UFC is not what it used to be
 

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I watched Strickland Chimsev, awful fight. I watched Bo Nickal throw a fight to DeRidder that was a bad sell job.

UFC is not what it used to be
If you thought Strickland vs Chimaev was a bad fight, then you don’t understand what you are watching and there is no sense in continuing this conversation on my end…

If you expect every fight to be Hokit vs Blaydes, you will always find disappointment and that’s been true since the UFC was founded. Wrestlers make for less explosive fights and wrestlers dominate mixed martial arts.
 

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If you thought Strickland vs Chimaev was a bad fight, then you don’t understand what you are watching and there is no sense in continuing this conversation on my end…

If you expect every fight to be Hokit vs Blaydes, you will always find disappointment and that’s been true since the UFC was founded. Wrestlers make for less explosive fights and wrestlers dominate mixed martial arts.
lol

yea Strickland moving backwards and exchanging jabs for five rounds was a great fight.
 

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As a general rule, they are pretty 17ing solid. As solid as you will get in terms of two folks fighting. There will always be some bad fights. Have you watched the last several events? There have been some great events this year.
I watch almost every event, and it has been a great run. Almost every fight night has solid action.
 

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yea Strickland moving backwards and exchanging jabs for five rounds was a great fight.
Do you understand why Strickland was moving backwards? It was a stylistic battle and those can be “boring” if you don’t understand what it going on. Chimaev is a wrestler. Moving backwards puts a wrestler at a disadvantage. Sean was doing EXACTLY what he needed to do to win that fight. Both fighters had their faces busted up at the end. It wasn’t the cuddle fest many people predicted with Chimaev taking Sean down at will and holding him until he could find a submission. It was a good fight with an upset finish. I don’t know what more you could want. Hell, the non-numbered event Saturday was twice as good as that absolute s#!t that MVP put on Netflix.
 

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Do you understand why Strickland was moving backwards? It was a stylistic battle and those can be “boring” if you don’t understand what it going on. Chimaev is a wrestler. Moving backwards puts a wrestler at a disadvantage. Sean was doing EXACTLY what he needed to do to win that fight. Both fighters had their faces busted up at the end. It wasn’t the cuddle fest many people predicted with Chimaev taking Sean down at will and holding him until he could find a submission. It was a good fight with an upset finish. I don’t know what more you could want. Hell, the non-numbered event Saturday was twice as good as that absolute s#!t that MVP put on Netflix.
slowly backpedaling while throwing a jab will not prevent a take down against a wrestler who has wrestled at the international level, lol. I have coached under an Olympic wrestler who was an ncaa champion and and have also wrestled. you don’t know what you are talking about.

Chimaev could easily have won every round or submitted Strickland by simply taking Strickland to the ground, but they managed to milk this snoozefest for a rematch by having the wrestler stay on his feet and exchange jabs.