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Conor absolutely won the 1st round but if you look at the way he was throwing a lot of his punches, Nate's height/reach was an issue. He often had to jump into his punches to get into range... definitely not an energy-efficient way of fighting, especially when the guy is able to eat those shots like that. He's definitely more suited for featherweight, but the big weight cut probably makes that unlikely in the long run. Lightweight would be interesting because he'll still run into guys like Diaz.

The fighter's health is one of the reasons for the IV ban. If they can't rehydrate as fast after a big weight cut, they aren't going to cut as much. The amount of weight they put back on in 24 hours after weigh-ins is just as insane as how much they cut in the 1st place. They'll never completely get rid of weight cutting though as fighters will always look for whatever advantage they can get.

A 20-25 lb weight cut is pretty common actually. For example, most of the flyweights (125 lbs) in the UFC walk around at 140-145 lbs. You probably won't see many more people making big weight cuts anymore though, due to the new ban on IV rehydration. Guys are going to have to watch their weight way more inbetween fights to keep their walk around weight down or move up in weight classes.

Almost every fighter cuts weight though not just Connor. He was definitely the smaller fighter last night and had trouble with Nate's reach right from the start.

I'm disappointed that Bomber STH will not have a chance to get tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

Bad night for Zuffa's bottom line.

Read the article. Jennings did not have an agent at the time he signed the contract, he did the "negotiating" himself.

He was acting as his own agent. If you're dumb enough to do that, you're probably dumb enough to sign whatever is put in front of you.

Not WWE related but it is related to the local scene. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-businessmen-guilty-tax-evasion-1.3474615 Some of the money from the company ended up funding local promotions AWE & WFX.

This case is a bit different than saying there's millions of comedians out there so there's bound to be similarities. In this instance, she knows and has worked with some of the other comedians involved so she can't say really she was unaware of their material. That being said , one of the comedians who is involved (can't remember which one) is not saying that her material was stolen, but she is saying that Schumer did not come up with it 1st. So there seems to be some agreement that there will be similar material out there, without it being theft.

That's a show I wish was on HBO or pretty much any PG friendly station... so much wasted potential! I still enjoy it though.

Wake's contract is more of an issue for the Dolphins than his injury is. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/25497876/dolphins-face-tough-decision-after-talks-with-cameron-wake-go-nowhere

You might just want to ask Iso...

No tramp stamp on the rider jersey = fail.

Dreger thinks he's scouting for the World Cup rather than for potential trades.

I hadn't head their name come up in any Jets talk so I thought they might be here to check out someone from Dallas. Pav could be just as likely though.

That was my first thought when I saw that Bowman is going to be in the house tonight. Ladd is a known quantity but if it's a package deal then they may want more info.

Is Bowman here looking at other players or trying to seal the deal?

Guess it's just a matter of where does he land now.

Avon Cobourne has officially been announced as RB coach.

They just renegotiated the deals for Bear Woods, Chip Cox and SJ Green so that should help a bit (at least short term). I wouldn't be too happy if I was Woods or Green though since their new deals were only a month old.

That about sums it up for me. They can afford the better athletes but our game is better.

Apparently they went with Sutton because they already have some business ties to the Northland parent company (Moxies & The Shark Club). Northland also owns the Dallas Stars so there's that connection as well.

This They have 3 free agent tryouts in the next week and a half. They are far from being set for camp.