bigg jay

This. I don't think they would have gotten the approval from the teams to drastically changes things mid-season. This was an easy change & hopefully just a step one type of thing with more to come in the off-season.

Don't tell that to Jones, he might just consider it!

Who would have thought the Ticats would be the biggest gong-show so far this season?

Hazelton

I try to stick with Dal's or Santa Lucia. Always enjoyed Little Pizza Heaven when I've had it as well.

Joe teaches at WAMMA Brandon now but he's an OG so he is welcome at any gym. Yep, not having a local promotion to build these guys up really slows down their progress. Hopefully the new promotion does well and can put on regular shows. TUF is alright but it's also terrible a lot of the time too. There has been some great talent come from the show but way too many horrible fighters on there for the simple fact they make good tv. If I had to rewatch, I'd stick to seasons that had people who went on to good careers (Rashad, Bisping, Dillashaw, etc).

Doerksen retired a while back too. We don't have much of a local scene right now (1st MMA event in like 3-4 years is booked for September) so local guys have to stay busy elsewhere but the entire Canadian scene is pretty slow right now. If they want a couple locals on the card, I'd be putting money on Brad Katona & Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz getting the call, both are undefeated & are one of the top guys in Canada for their weight classes. They have a hell of a time getting fights because of how good they are and it means a promoter has to pay to bring them in from out of town (usually to beat up a local - not good for business! lol) Gaethje won't be here. He's currently coaching TUF 26 against Eddie Alvarez so he'll be fighting on the Finale (probably in Nov or Dec). So many fights between now & December, it's almost impossible to guess what the card will look like.

Rolly is retired now I believe. There aren't any active locals in the UFC at this point so unless they sign some (I think there are 2 guys that have a shot), there might not actually be too many Canadians on the card. A lot of them are fighting in Edmonton in September as too so while a December fight is still possible, it might rule some of them out. Fight Night cards might lack some of the star power but they usually have guys hungry to make a name for themselves & move to the next level. Saskatoon's event had Max Holloway in the main event a couple years ago and look at him now.

It's far too early to really start predicting the fight card but I doubt we get JJ defending her title here (would love it though). It's a busy month for the UFC with 4 events (2 ppv's & 2 fight nights so I'm guessing the real big fights will be saved for the ppv's.

The UFC has it up on their coming events page now but it's still not 100%. They're trying to workout the logistics (jets game Thursday and moose game sunday) with the MTS centre. Haven't talked to the commission yet either but that shouldn't be an issue.

I feel your pain. We had a group of STH's like that, right behind us the last couple years & they either moved or didn't renew this year so I've been happy about that. We lost them but gained one new guy who is just as bad. He bailed early last night too so i hope he keeps it going!

Yep, it was a pretty late flag & Medlock was pretty well into his routine already. I think someone eventually clued Bob in about it because when another caller brought it up later, Bob called it a practice shot and said it had nothing to do with icing him.

I think Bob was confused because he didn't see (or remember) Medlock kicking the ball a millisecond after the challenge flag was thrown out, he only talked about the kick after the challenge failed. The 1st kick did go through but I don't think for a second Medlock was "iced". It's not like it's the only kick he's missed lately so I just chalk it up to s**t happens and he'll bounce back.

Not enough stupid nicknames to be Nate. He does seem to create just as many ridiculous threads though.

Edmonton brought in Flo Rida to play at half time last year as well so it's not just guys 20 years past their heyday.

Messam

FAT BOI!!!

BC might think they have a good game plan but I bet the execution will fall just a bit short & leave them exposed.

It used to be Wylie who paid, I know they went at least twice last season.