Davrum Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The sooner they start taking points immediately for eyepokes the better. These guys get their warnings out the back. The second time Travis was warned in the cage was his third warning, and yet nothing from the ref. That and get those Bellator style gloves which force the fingers to curve. Meathead's such a goober I don't know whether to believe he was really seeing double after the second poke, but protection of the eyes really needs to be a much greater priority from all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Cain pulls out of his rematch with Werdum citing a back injury. Miocic to get his shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Ghost- Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Cain is so annoying. I didn't really want to see this fight anyway though. I didn't think Cain should have even been given the rematch in the first place. Sucks for Stipe though. Finally gets his title shot but it's a last minute injury replacement. I don't think Cain should be allowed another title shot until he can make it through 2 fights injury free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Cain getting a rematch was a bad decision for his career and the division in general. The guy needs 1. to demonstrate he can actually fight consistently and 2. a godamn tune up fight after these ridiculous lay offs. I think Werdum is gonna fuck up Stipe, he's tough but I don't think he'll last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Really looking foward to Miocic vs Werdum. Stipe is a monster and this will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSP Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 And Miocic/Werdum is off. Damn this sport some times! Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Fucking heavyweights. That was an intriguing matchup too. Hopefully they'll just delay it a few months and have Cain fight other dudes like Overeem(assuming he re-signs) or something before getting another shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Heavyweight is such a fucked division. No idea what they're gonna do with UFC 196 now but I hope there's no interim fight, interim belts should not be a thing after the champ pulls out of 1 fight. Especially after he was going to fight anyway before his opponent pulled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davrum Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 On the plus side, Khabib vs El Cucuy is booked! Michael Johnson is out and Khabib (I refuse to call him Nurmy) is in with his wish of an April match-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSP Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I was also stoked to hear of Khabib/Ferguson. That's a damned fight! I'd be just about evenly split on who to pick on that one, but Khabib's lay off in counter distinction to Ferguson's activity swings it to his favour imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Johnson vs Bader this weekend is one I am interested in seeing, like Johnson's style a lot. Also, Sage Northcutt, how will he do? I bet he wins again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Plus this weekends fight is free on regular tv. For the sport to keep growing I feel like they need to do this more often. The one thing that got me back interested in UFC was the original Ultimate Fighter season. It allowed me to know the fighters better and not see them on PPV only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Stone Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 This seems like a bad matchup for Bader. If he can get Johnson down and sap some of his power he may be able to pull it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davrum Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Bader's stand up is still improving, which is admirable, but he's going to have to fight very smart to beat AJ. The problem with fighting AJ is that the way to beat him is to hurt him early and take his confidence, but if you go at him early that's when he's most powerful. DC was successful at this, Gus and Phil Davis not so much. And the problem with being Ryan Bader is when he's gone at guys in the past he's gotten knocked out. On the plus side for Bader while he doesn't have that top level freestyle/clinch game DC has, he does have one of the best double legs in the whole sport - much better than Phil Davis ever had in MMA - so there's definitely a solid weapon there at his disposal if he can get in on AJ before AJ gets momentum up, because AJ is very much a confidence fighter and we've seen him break when things haven't gone his way early. Let's be honest though, the night is all about Super Sage. What happens in the main event is just a bonus to the real show kicking off the main card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSP Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Despite him being the epitome of a fighter I shouldn't like, Sage Northcutt is growing on me. He gets a lot of hate and some of it I've read lately suggests he has "no personality". Bullshit. Guy's got an almost inhumanly upbeat personality. He's perpetually overjoyed, excited, humble and respectful at all times. That's nothing like me, yet I find it unique refreshing and he's kind of winning me over. He seems to have legit skills too. While his last fight showed exploitable holes, who doesn't have those. Taking a late change against a guy a weight class up takes some balls too imho. I don't know how he'll do, but the Junkie staff picked him unanimously in this matchup. Fuck it. I'm bucking the hate on this one. I hope this kid ends up doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davrum Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I get the hate - he's kind of in that Conor/Ronda area of being one of Dana's pets, so Dana-haters get on them too - but yeah, claiming he has no personality is just flat-out dumb. The kid has more personality than anyone in the game right now aside from maybe Conor. He's literally exploding with personality. Literally. Exploding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 CM Punk calls fans "butt hurt" and "dummies" for being upset about him being in upcoming UFC game and his 85 rating http://nesn.com/2016/01/cm-punk-rips-dummies-upset-at-ex-wwe-star-being-in-ufc-2-video-game/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well Sage just lost. Some sloppy ground and pound by Barberena but even worse defense by Northcutt on his back. Pretty quick tap too. Wow. What a terrible takedown attempt by Bader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davrum Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Super Sage has a lot of work to do, sure, but he has time on his side. As is often the case Rothwell was the one who grabbed my attention the most though. The guy's physical awkwardness is so intriguing. Must be a nightmare to try and read him. No movement coaches for him, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSP Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Well that's what my well wishes get you, lol. I worked until eight so I just got in and sat down turn on the fights just as Sage submitted. I didn't see the rest of the fight but I guess from the way he was getting lampooned that he didn't look all that great up to that point. He's 19, and now he doesn't need stress about keeping that zero. Rothwell appears well on his way to his title shot by process of elimination. Subbing the WarMaster? That's a sweet scalp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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