Uh oh. 

Holm lost to tate. 

Mcgregor gets choked out by diaz 

been a bad first quarter for ufc cards and events in general. But this would be fantastic. DJ vs mcg. no take backs gimmie it now. 

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/4/18/15341070/ufc-mma-news-interview-video-demetrious-johnson-conor-mcgregor-super-fight-featherweight

5 hours ago, wbbfan said:

been a bad first quarter for ufc cards and events in general. But this would be fantastic. DJ vs mcg. no take backs gimmie it now. 

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/4/18/15341070/ufc-mma-news-interview-video-demetrious-johnson-conor-mcgregor-super-fight-featherweight

I can't see it ever happening. McGregor would murder him. He's way too big for Johnson.

12 hours ago, sweep the leg said:

I can't see it ever happening. McGregor would murder him. He's way too big for Johnson.

Gigantic compared to him. I would love to see it though, and mighty mouse wants a pay day. I could see it as a surprise retirement fight from him. 

Not happening anytime soon....

On 4/19/2017 at 3:36 PM, Brandon said:

Not happening anytime soon....

floyd, then i could see mcg pushing in one more maybe the new years event.  Who he fights next in the ufc? better chance of predicting the weather a month in advance. 

Edmonton finally gets a UFC.  I guess the appeal of a new arena trumps dealing with the gong-show commission they have there (which is why they haven't been back since the WEC days).

http://www.tsn.ca/edmonton-to-host-ufc-216-at-rogers-place-1.736447

On 4/27/2017 at 1:10 PM, bigg jay said:

Edmonton finally gets a UFC.  I guess the appeal of a new arena trumps dealing with the gong-show commission they have there (which is why they haven't been back since the WEC days).

http://www.tsn.ca/edmonton-to-host-ufc-216-at-rogers-place-1.736447

Yeah, the inconsistency of their commission back to the late 90s with muay thai and kick boxing was awful. 

We had such a good gate here Im surprised we havent seemed to have a sniff at a return event.  

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/5/4/15544376/justin-gaethje-says-hes-signed-with-the-ufc-calls-out-edson-barboza-mma-news

gaethje says he has a UFC contract. Im a fan I cant wait to see him fight in the ufc. 

3 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2017/5/4/15544376/justin-gaethje-says-hes-signed-with-the-ufc-calls-out-edson-barboza-mma-news

gaethje says he has a UFC contract. Im a fan I cant wait to see him fight in the ufc. 

Calling out Barboza right off the hop.. the guy has some balls that's for sure. 

 

5 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Calling out Barboza right off the hop.. the guy has some balls that's for sure. 

 

Thats for sure. A fight like melendez, iaquinta, or poirier would be fantastic. Fighting 1-3 fringe guys on an under card isnt going to get him any where in the LW division though. Its a real meat grinder. 

ugh, the not so unified rules and illegal knees crop up again and ruin a fantastic fight. I really wanna see a re match between alvarez and poirier. 

The disunified rules of MMA.  If Rogan is correct (which might not be the case) and that commission uses the old rules, then all of those knees are illegal.  Poirier could appeal if that's the case and Herb made a mistake.

Terrible situation for fighters and ref's with the rules right now.

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

The disunified rules of MMA.  If Rogan is correct (which might not be the case) and that commission uses the old rules, then all of those knees are illegal.  Poirier could appeal if that's the case and Herb made a mistake.

Terrible situation for fighters and ref's with the rules right now.

From what i read on i think bloody elbow it is old rules. 

I bet poirier appeals and wins.

Yeah its just awful. and on such a good card and such a good fight. They gotta get this stuff sorted out. 

Appeals are very rarely successful and Texas has a terrible commission so I don't hold out much hope.  They might not have officially passed the new rules but they have a history of making stuff up on the fly so who knows what the fighters were told during the rules meeting.

Poirier might have a good case though... to be successful he would need to prove that Herb made an error (which he did when he considered the 1st knees legal if old rules were used).

6 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Appeals are very rarely successful and Texas has a terrible commission so I don't hold out much hope.  They might not have officially passed the new rules but they have a history of making stuff up on the fly so who knows what the fighters were told during the rules meeting.

Poirier might have a good case though... to be successful he would need to prove that Herb made an error (which he did when he considered the 1st knees legal if old rules were used).

who has a good commission tho? seems like they are all various degrees of bad. 

I really wanna see that re fight. If it stays NC and they re fight thats the best case scenario. 

This is probably the best card of the year, a nice change of pace. 

There's commissions like Texas or Edmonton that are on a whole other level though.   They have repeatedly ignored their own regulations & that could get someone seriously hurt.  They are lawsuits waiting to happen. 

2 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

There's commissions like Texas or Edmonton that are on a whole other level though.   They have repeatedly ignored their own regulations & that could get someone seriously hurt.  They are lawsuits waiting to happen. 

I dont think much of ontario, LV or ny either. I really dont think well of any that i can think of. Some are of course a cut below the rest.Fighting taxi cab drivers in mexico n junk.

 

 

 

Ontario's biggest issue is how much it costs to hold an event.  Their former boss has retired and he was rumored to be a part of their problem so we'll see how they do without him. 

NY definitely hasnt gotten off to a good start with mma which is weird because they usually handle boxing fine.

I don't always agree with Nevada decisions but they do follow their regulations.  They are unique in that the majority of big fights are there so there's way more attention paid to them.  Given how many shows they do, they have a decent track record. 

More Texas madness...

 

Both knees were illegal .. Alvarez was desperate.

Fun night of fights, I couldn't believe how low of fight IQ that the heavyweight Sherman had in his fight. Literally one leg kick would of ended the fight but yet he tried getting into a slugfest and nearly lost.

 

Well it turns out Texas regulations do not define what a downed fighter is so it's up to the discretion of the ref.  Herb says one legal and one not so that's pretty much it.  The appeal will not be successful just based on that.

Roy big fat soup can nelson has signed with bellator. 3-7 in his last 10 9-10 in his ufc career. Glad hes gone. 

4 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Roy big fat soup can nelson has signed with bellator. 3-7 in his last 10 9-10 in his ufc career. Glad hes gone. 

Against lesser competition his haymakers should net him some easy wins...

He'll be good for Bellator.  He had more skill when he was younger  (yet still in terrible shape) but got lazy the last couple of years.  One trick pony now.

17 hours ago, Brandon said:

Against lesser competition his haymakers should net him some easy wins...

I imagine they will feed him a series of one and doners culminating in a cheick kongo re match. 

16 hours ago, bigg jay said:

He'll be good for Bellator.  He had more skill when he was younger  (yet still in terrible shape) but got lazy the last couple of years.  One trick pony now.

His wrestling is really an incredible skill. But he went full johny hendricks. The amount of potential this guy has wasted and type of bad fighter meme he has become is sickening. The last time he was in shape was in college.

Id much rather have seen bellator go around and over pay young guys like gaethje then re circulate old trash. They seem to be trying to do both, which I gotta credit them for atleast trying. Bellator has more rational fight match ups. (aside from money reasons) Which is soo sad. 

In other news, GSP announced his UFC return being pushed back is due to eye injuries. If his come back never happens i wont be sad. I love the guy and what he has done for the sport and the sport in canada. I dont want to see him get BJ penn'd.

Germaine de Randamie is doing a full on floyd mayweather trying to run from cybro. Said she would rather get stripped then fight her. Cmon man, if you go into that division you have to know you are gonna go back down, leave the ufc, or fight her. I hate this type of running from the best contender junk. Paper champions refusing to fight the best challenger crippled boxing for me. They need to straighten out match making in the UFC. More then they need to deal with shotty rules and commissions. 

NYSAC has changed rules to no prevent cormier like cheating. Even though they had them in place to begin with and just slept on it.

And the UFC signed gokhan saki. Its a bit of a freak show move, but my kind of freakshow move. Itll be interesting to see what weight division he fights in. Down 20 ish to LHW makes the most sense imop. Though HW is pretty soft. And fights with some of the bottom of the top 10 guys, the has been strikers would be fun to watch. Hope he is working none stop on his take down D.