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Episodes
Monday Mar 13, 2017
Monday Mar 13, 2017
UFC Best Podcast
☐ UFC Fight Night 106
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Vitor Belfort vs. Kelvin Gastelum — Gastelum def. Belfort by TKO (punches) at 3:52 of Round One
Mauricio Rua vs. Gian Villante — Rua def. Villante by TKO (punches) at 0:59 of Round Three
Edson Barboza vs. Beneil Dariush — Barboza def. Dariush by KO (flying knee) at 3:35 of Round Two
Ray Borg vs. Jussier Formiga — Borg def. Formiga by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Bethe Correia vs. Marion Reneau — Majority draw (27-29, 28-28 x2)
Tim Means vs. Alex Oliveira — Oliveira def. Means by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:38 of Round Two
Kevin Lee vs. Francisco Trinaldo — Lee def. Trinaldo by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:12 of Round Two
Sergio Moraes vs. Davi Ramos — Moraes def. Ramos by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Joe Soto vs. Rani Yahya — Soto def. Yahya by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27 x2)
Josh Burkman vs. Michel Prazeres — Prazeres def. Burkman by submission (north-south choke) at 1:42 of Round One
Rony Jason vs. Jeremy Kennedy — Kennedy def. Jason by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 29-27)
Paulo Borrachinha vs. Garreth McLellan — Borrachinha def. McLellan by TKO (punches) at 1:17
UFC Best Podcast
☐ Gastelum calls out Anderson Silva
☐ Should Belfort retire?
☐ The fans vs. Tyron Woodley
UFC Best Podcast
☐ Will McGregor Mayweather ever happen
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s pronouncement that he’s “coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor” heightens the momentum for a super-fight between boxing’s unbeaten, pound-for-pound great and the popular UFC lightweight champion from Ireland.
Mayweather, 40, said in a video that was posted by his Internet mouthpiece fighthype.com that the boxing match between the 49-0 boxer and the striking-skilled, two-division UFC champion could happen as soon as June.
“I don’t want to hear no more excuses about the money, the UFC … sign the paperwork with the UFC so we can fight in June,” Mayweather said, underling the point that he will receive the greater share of the purse money.
Mayweather, who is currently touring the United Kingdom, said accepting such a deal is part of the fight game, and something he did himself before elevating to superstar status in 2007 after defeating Oscar De La Hoya by split decision.
“I don’t want to hear no more excuses about the money, the UFC … sign the paperwork with the UFC so we can fight in June,” Mayweather said, underling the point that he will receive the greater share of the purse money.
Mayweather, who is currently touring the United Kingdom, said accepting such a deal is part of the fight game, and something he did himself before elevating to superstar status in 2007 after defeating Oscar De La Hoya by split decision.
☑ UFC 210 Card
Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson
Gegard Mousasi vs. Chris Weidman
Will Brooks vs. Charles Oliveira
Thiago Alves vs. Patrick Cote
Jan Blachowicz vs. Patrick Cummins
Kamaru Usman vs. Sean Strickland
Shane Burgos vs. Charles Rosa
Magomed Bibulatov vs. Jenel Lausa
Irene Aldana vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Josh Emmett vs. Desmond Green
Gregor Gillespie vs. Andrew Holbrook
☐ Bisping vs St. Pierre – is it deserved?
should this fight have been made? What happens if St. Pierre wins? If St. Pierre loses? What about Romero?
☐ Young fighters not overtaking older fighters
Our Fancast Fightpass Flashback this week is Liddell-Ortiz 2 from UFC 66. Join us!
☐ UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
Manuwa vs Anderson
Nelson vs Jouban
Pickett vs Vera
Allen vs Amirkhani
Duffy vs Madadi
Stewart vs Barroso
Omielanczuk vs Johnson
Diakiese vs Packalen
Breese vs Bamgbose
Edwards vs Luque
Entwistle vs Johns
Scott vs Askham
Macedo vs Lansberg
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
UFC 209 Review
UFC 209 review – It came and went and we were thrilled as well as diappointed. MMA Fancast has immediate reaction to this card, as we are joined by special guest John Schell.
In a main event that will long be remembered as a rematch that does NOT need a trilogy, Tyron Woodley was able to defend his welterweight strap in what can only be considered one of the most disappointing fights in UFC and welterweight championship history.
UFC 209 Review
Lando Vannata and David Teymur went toe to toe in a fight that stole the show. This pairing has all the makings of a longtime rivalry and these are two young men who show great promise to reach the top of the lightweight division and possibly be stables there for years to come.
UFC 209 Review
Rashad Evans and Daniel Kelly had a battle that showed both the age of these combatants as well as the growth of these two. Rashad looked to be in amazing shape visually, but ring rust was also apparent. Was this an indication that he simply can no longer compete with the top tier or will things improve once he can shake off the ring rust?
UFC 209 Review
Amanda Cooper and Cynthia Calvillo was a true story of being presented opportunities and capitalizing on them. Cynthia Calvillo was making her octagon debut against Cooper and was originally slated to fight on the Fight Pass Prelim portion of the card. That all changed when the Khabib / Furguson fight got scrapped. Calvillo’s UFC debut was not going to occur on the PPV portion of the card and boy did she take full advantage of the opportunity.
UFC 209 Review
Alistair Overeem and Mark Hunt was bound to end with devastation, and it certainly did not disappoint. Overeem landed some huge knees in the 3rd round of this contest and Hunt was left motionless.
UFC 209 Review
On the undercard, we were truly treated to one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the UFC. Prior to that fight, we saw another amazing comeback!
We talk about all this and much more on this episode of MMA Fancast!
Monday Feb 27, 2017
Monday Feb 27, 2017
UFC 209 Preview
The amazing card is right around the corner and we break down all of the main card action right here on MMA Fancast’s UFC 209 Preview Episode! Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira – is that fight going to happen? The rumors are swirling, we will discuss that. Demian Maia is not going to sit around and wait for his shot, he is now scheduled to throw down in April against Jorge Masvidal. Plus, we will have our second Fight Pass Flashback, featuring the epic showdown at UFC 1 between Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock!
☐ UFC 209 Preview – Card
Main Card (10 PM ET/7 PM PT, PPV)
Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson
Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
Rashad Evans vs. Daniel Kelly
David Teymur vs. Lando Vannata
Mark Hunt vs. Alistair Overeem
Preliminary Card (8 PM ET/5 PM PT, FS1)
Luis Henrique vs. Marcin Tybura
Mirsad Bektic vs. Darren Elkins
Iuri Alcantara vs. Luke Sanders
Mark Godbeer vs. Daniel Spitz
Preliminary Card (6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT, Fight Pass)
Paul Craig vs. Tyson Pedro
Amanda Cooper vs. Cynthia Calvillo
Albert Morales vs. Andre Soukhamthath
UFC 209 Preview
☐ Report: Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal set to headline UFC Nashville
UFC Fight Night Nashville is scheduled to take place on April 22nd at the Bridgestone Arena.
Maia (24-6, 18-6 UFC) was expecting to get a crack at the welterweight strap when he defeated Carlos Condit in August, but that was put on hold since Wonderboy and Ty Woodley fought to a draw at UFC 205 and are rematching this weekend. Maia is currently on a six fight win streak dating back to
☐ Alexander Gustafsson vs. Glover Teixeira in the works for UFC Stockholm
Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson
Gegard Mousasi vs. Chris Weidman
Will Brooks vs. Charles Oliveira
Thiago Alves vs. Patrick Cote
Jan Blachowicz vs. Patrick Cummins
Kamaru Usman vs. Sean Strickland
Shane Burgos vs. Charles Rosa
Magomed Bibulatov vs. Jenel Lausa
Irene Aldana vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Josh Emmett vs. Desmond Green
Gregor Gillespie vs. Andrew Holbrook
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
UFC Podcast
Fedor’s fight with Matt Mitrione was cancelled at Bellator!!!!
Georges St. Pierre is back in the UFC! Who is he going to fight? Will it be Conor McGregor???
Cyborg was cleared and will be able to fight ASAP for the UFC. Will she get an immediate title shot?
☐ Michael Bisping: Anderson Silva disrespected ‘everybody’ with performance at UFC 208
“He was kind of disrespecting everybody there, disrespecting his opponent,” Bisping said on his Sirius XM show The Countdown (h/t Damon Martin of FOX Sports).
“At times, he grabbed the Thai clinch on Derek Brunson, had the Thai clinch but didn’t do anything. Didn’t throw an elbow, certainly didn’t throw a knee, and he allowed Brunson to just tee off with like 10, 15 punch combinations to Anderson Silva while Anderson just held him. It’s just bizarre.”
“Now I’m not trying to kick a man while he’s down, I’m really not, because I bought the pay-per-view to watch Anderson Silva,” Bisping said. “Regardless of what’s happened between the two of us, I’m a fan of Anderson Silva and he still always brings that excitement and even still right up until the final bell of a 15-minute fight you still thought ‘hold on is he going to pull something amazing out of the bag?’ but he didn’t.
“What he did was he allowed Brunson to out work him so when he went to decision, everybody, and we had a few people over, my manager and some of his staff came over and we had some friends there, there was about 20 people in the house and everybody thought Derek Brunson was going to get the decision and of course it went to Anderson Silva, which was shocking. I guess maybe you could see an argument for Anderson winning rounds one and two but it was just a bizarre performance.”
“He’s tarnishing his legacy,” Bisping said. “Let’s put it like that.”
UFC Podcast
☐ UFC Fight Night Lewis Vs. Browne
Hector Lombard vs. Johny Hendricks
☐ the return of GSP
☐ Cyborg cleared of wrongdoing and granted retroactive TUE, setting stage for 145 title fight against Germaine de Randamie
☐ Fedor Mitrione canceled!
UFC Podcast
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
MMA’s Greatest Podcast
☐ UFC 208 results
Dustin Poirier defeated Jim Miller by majority decision (28-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Glover Teixiera defeated Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Jacare Souza defeated Tim Boetsch by submission (kimura), 3:41 of round 2
Anderson Silva defeated Derek Brunson by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
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Germaine de Randamie defeated Holly Holm by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
MMA’s Greatest Podcast
☐ De Randamie says she wants to give Holm a rematch
☐ Dana White didn’t object to Todd Anderson being the ref for Holm de-Randamie
☐ UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne fight card for Sunday, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 19.02.2017
Derrick Lewis vs. Travis Browne
Johny Hendricks vs. Hector Lombard
Sam Sicilia vs. Gavin Tucker
Elias Theodorou vs. Cezar Ferreira
Sara McMann vs. Gina Mazany
Nordine Taleb vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
Carla Esparza vs. Randa Markos
Aiemann Zahabi vs. Reginaldo Vieira
Jack Marshman vs. Thiago Santos
Alessandro Ricci vs. Paul Felder
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Ryan Janes
Alex Volkanovski vs. TBA
MMA’s Greatest Podcast
☐ Report | Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather have reached a deal regarding financial figures for a boxing match
MMA’s Greatest Podcast
☐ Ref says bell does not end round, the ref has to
☐ changes to MMA rules in 2017
With new scoring changes, 10-8 rounds should be more prevalent
Grounded fighter
Under the original rules, fighters could place a single finger tip in the ground to establish themselves as grounded, thereby avoiding legal kicks and knees to the head. Officials have long dubbed that “playing the game.” It’s no longer viable. Now, fighters must have both hands on the ground — either their palms or fists — to be considered grounded. As always, if a fighter’s knee or any other part of the body except the hands and feet are touching the mat, then that fighter is also grounded.
MMA’s Greatest Podcast
Extended fingers
Eye pokes have been a topic of controversy lately. They are fight-ending, career-damaging illegal maneuvers. Under the original rules, referees could do nothing about it until it was too late and the poke was already landed. The new rules empower referees by making it a foul to extend your fingers outward toward an opponent’s face, which could lead to an eye poke.
Previously, a referee could tell a fighter to close his or her hand, but the ref had no recourse — a point could not be taken. Now, it can be if a fighter continues to extend fingers in the direction of an opponent’s face.
Female apparel
The days of T-shirts, half-shirts and loose-fitting tank tops (sorry, Reebok) are over in women’s MMA. Women must wear either a sports bra or a form-fitting rash guard in the cage. For bottoms, the rules are the same as for men: nothing below the knee, which means no more grappling or yoga pants.
Why is this a big deal? Well, loose-fitting shirts are actually dangerous. Fingers and toes can get caught in them. They can slip over a fighter’s head if too loose. UFC fighter Valerie Letourneau recently had an issue when her opponent Joanna Calderwood’s foot pulled down her tanktop with a front kick and she nearly had a wardrobe malfunction. Letourneau covered up and was struck in the head by Calderwood when she wasn’t defending herself. That kind of thing can’t happen in MMA.
Grappling pants, which have been used by Marloes Coenen and others, are an inherent advantage. Men have never been able to wear them under the Unified Rules. This is the first time women’s apparel has been standardized in the official rules.
Many have asked, Why are a bunch of men deciding what women can wear? That’s a good point. But MMA rules and regulations committee chairman Sean Wheelock consulted with Invicta FC matchmaker and women’s MMA pioneer Julie Kedzie .before writing these regulations.
MMA’s Greatest Podcast
Heel kicks to the kidneys
The last time any of us saw this technique was Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock. It’s not prevalent and the fact there was a rule against it was kind of odd. All other blows to the kidneys are 100 percent legal, but heel kicks (used by fighters holding opponents in guard) were banned. Not any longer.
Heel kicks to the kidneys aren’t much more than an annoyance or cause to change positions, as demonstrated Tuesday by MMA legends and Randy Couture and Jeremy Horn.
“The kidney strike with the heel is not an effective strike,” Couture told MMA Fighting. “It doesn’t make sense for it to be illegal. We do get hit in the kidneys. I can get in on a shot, if you’re trying to take an opponent down, and he’s perfectly free to hit me in the back all that he wants. It’s not illegal now.”
Grabbing the clavicle
Very few people knew this was even illegal before. The foul has now been removed. It was unanimous this week at the ABC Conference that no one had ever seen this attack attempted in an MMA fight.
MMA’s Greatest Podcast
Sunday Jan 22, 2017
Sunday Jan 22, 2017
UFC Podcast
☐ Looking at Ronda Rousey and the devastation of the loss, will she return to the octagon ever again?
☐ Amanda Nunes says she is going to retire after 2-3 fights because she wants to have a family. What does this mean for the future of the UFC’s women’s division when so many ladies are looking to retire in their prime?
☐ Michael Bisping out until May, will undergo surgery
☐ McGregor to do PPV interview… Is this for real?
UFC Podcast
☐ Ferguson talking smack on Khabib & Conor
On Khabib:
“I want to make him quit,” Ferguson told MMA Junkie. “I want to push and grind him so hard that I have to look at him and tell him, ‘Are you done? Have you had enough? Because I’m tired.’”
On Conor:
“Is Conor gonna defend his belt, that little b****? Probably not,” Ferguson told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto on Thursday (h/t Jed Meshew of MMA Fighting). “He’s gonna run. Go ahead. Go run. Go try to box. You’ll get your a** kicked too. And when you’re ready to come back, they’re gonna strip your belt and at 155, I’m gonna be holding it and you’re gonna be like, ‘Oh I want my belt back’ and this and that. I don’t give a s***. The fight, the real fight, is between Conor? No. Conor, sorry buddy. The fight’s between Khabib and Ferguson.”
☐ Fancast Flashback: Bonnar vs. Griffin
Dana White called it the “most important fight in UFC history”.
The fight was also voted the greatest fight in UFC history in 2009.
Recently rated #6 best fight in UFC history by Fox Sports
The significance of this fight, the timing of this fight and the battle that we all saw could have very well changed MMA forever.
Rated most important fight in UFC history by National Post
UFC Podcast
Monday Jan 02, 2017
Monday Jan 02, 2017
UFC 207 Review
MMA Fancast E14 Discussion Topics
- UFC 207 review
- Amanda Nunes defeats Ronda Rousey via TKO :48 into round 1
- Disappointed in strategy of Ronda Rousey
- Does Ronda have a chance to regain her glory?
- How much to blame is Rousey’s team?
- Where does Ronda Rousey go from here?
- How good is Amanda Nunes?
- Does she have the star power to push this division forward?
- Who would win between Nunes and Cyborg?
- Will Rousey be making the leap to WWE?
- Cody Garbrandt defeats Dominick Cruz via unanimous decision
- Where did Dominick Cruz go wrong
- Has the division/age finally caught up with Cruz or was it just Cody being that good?
- Does Cruz deserve an immediate rematch?
- Wow! Cody Garbrandt proved so many people wrong!
- Could Team Alpha Male have given him a more perfect game plan?
- How much credit goes to fight camp?
- Is Cody Garbrandt ready for pound for pound list?
- Who should next bout be, rematch with Cruz or Dillashaw?
- UFC 207 Review
- TJ Dillashaw defeats John Lineker via unanimous decision
- Was this TJ’s most impressive victory?
- How does Dillashaw stack up against Cody?
- Where does this leave Lineker?
- Dong Hyun Kim defeats Tarec Saffiedine via split decision – UFC 207 Review
- Ray Borg defeats Louis Smolka via unanimous decision
- Neil Magny defeats Johny Hendricks via unanimous decision
- This was a very controversial decision
- Hendricks was able to consistently get the takedown and that was the first time that happened in quite some time
- Hendricks blaming media for his previous fight performances
- Where does this put each fighter?
- Johny Hendricks did not make weight
- Antonio Carlos Junior defeats Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision
- Alex Garcia defeats Mike Pyle via KO 3:34 into round 1
- Devastating knockout – overhand right
- Niko Price defeats Brandon Thatch via submission (arm-triangle choke) 4:30 into round 1
- Alex Oliveria vs. Tim Means was determined to be a no-contest due to illegal knees – UFC 207 Review
- Why is there uncertainty over a rule that should be very clear
- Should those knees be illegal or legal?
- I am completely disgusted at the people who are just tearing Ronda Rousey down. Media, fighters and fans alike.
- Ben Rothwell says that Cain Velazquez got pulled from UFC 207 intentionally in an interview with Flo Combat – “People are also surprised Cain got pulled and that baffles me because it’s not surprising at all,” Rothwell told Duane Finley of Flo Combat. “He started saying all that sh*t in public knowing he’s going to get pulled. Telling the commission you’re doing marijuana to manage pain and your back surgery is already scheduled is a surefire way to tell them you’re not fit to fight. But that’s pretty convenient because now it doesn’t look like Cain pulled out and it’s the commission who wouldn’t let him fight. UFC 207 Review. Cain going public with all that sh*t (stuff) two weeks before a fight is evidence he didn’t want to fight. Don’t sit there and tell me you’ve been in this business for that many years and don’t f*****g know how this works. You obviously needed them to pull you out of the fight.”
- Khabib continues to talk about the UFC protecting Conor McGregor from him. He says in a tweet – This message to @UFC : It is clear to everyone that you hiding Conor from me. But stop lying to your fans like I don’t want fight with Aldo, I’m ready to fight with anyone in my division. Give me relevant fight, so you won’t be able to hide the belt from me after. But not the fight, where people say after my victory: he is too small, Khabib too big for him etc. I’m asking you for match that whole world is waiting for, give me Tony. You have never matched up two guys with 9 and 8 win streak in UFC, NEVER IN UFC HISTORY. #telltruthtopeople
- Amanda Nunes defeats Ronda Rousey via TKO :48 into round 1
Tuesday Dec 27, 2016
Tuesday Dec 27, 2016
UFC 207 Podcast
UFC 207 is finally approaching and that means one thing and one thing only… The long awaited return of Ronda Rousey! It seems like it has been far longer than 13 months since we have seen Rousey in the Octagon and she has been missed.
On this UFC 207 podcast, we discuss:
Rousey vs. Nunes
- Ronda Rousey is not scheduled to partake in any of the media coverage during fight week
- Neither Rousey or Nunes is scheduled to take part in the media-only Wednesday Press Conference
- Which Ronda Rousey will we see on Friday night?
- Is Amanda Nunes ready for this type of spotlight?
- Nunes doesn’t understand Rousey’s media snub… and she spoke to Fox Sports on the matter…
- “Yeah I think she’s been very weird about everything. This is MMA, people are going to talk good about you, people are going to talk bad about you. You have to be ready for it,”“You guys (the media), you’re part of our lives, part of our careers. We have to talk and speak to the media because this is part of our job. She’s being so dramatic and weird about that. She knows this is normal.”
- What does Nunes expect from Rousey come Friday night?
- “I really don’t want to think she’s weak but she shows that she’s been avoiding all those things that made her who she is now. I think it’s a little bit weird.”“I don’t think she’s weak in mind. I really think she’s prepared for the comeback. I expect the best Ronda but I don’t know what’s wrong with her.”
UFC 207 Podcast
Dominic Cruz and Cody Garbrandt 
- Is this real bad blood or fight hype?
- Is this overboard and immature banter?
- Clip of Cruz and Garbrandt from UFC of Fox
UFC 207 Podcast
Cain Velazquez vs. Fabricio Werdum is off! Cain hurt again, is this the case of a career that never got to be what it could be due to constant injuries?
UFC 207 Podcast
The entire UFC 207 Fight Card:
- Main Card (on Pay-Per-View – 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT)
Amanda Nunes (c)(13-4) vs. Ronda Rousey (12-1)
Dominick Cruz (c)(22-1) vs. Cody Garbrandt (10-0)Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1) vs. Cain Velasquez (14-2)
TJ Dillashaw (13-3) vs. John Lineker (29-7)
Louis Smolka (11-2) vs. Ray Borg (9-2) - Prelims (on FS1 – 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT)
Johny Hendricks (17-5) vs. Neil Magny (18-5)
Dong Hyun Kim (21-3-1, 1NC) vs. Tarec Saffiedine (16-5)
Antonio Carlos Junior (6-2) vs. Marvin Vettori (11-2)
Mike Pyle (27-12-1) vs. Alex Garcia (13-3) - Early Prelims (on Fight Pass – 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT)
Alex Oliveira (16-3-1) vs. Tim Means (26-7-1)
Brandon Thatch (11-4) vs. Niko Price (8-0)
We will give our official main card predictions for UFC 207. Winner, method, round.
Other UFC News and discussion topics
- Dana squashes talk of Diaz McGregor trilogy fight
- UFC 206 replay does HUGE numbers
- Khabib vs Ferguson interim title fight expected for UFC 209?
- UFC 209 is scheduled to take place on March 4, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Cyborg is once again flagged for having illegal substances in her body
UFC 207 Podcast
Monday Dec 12, 2016
Monday Dec 12, 2016
Top MMA Podcast
❏ UFC 206 review
Max Holloway is the new interim champ and will face Jose Aldo to unify the titles. First time ever that Pettis has been finished. Showed great timing, patience and aggression as well. Holloway seems to be acting differently and more outlandish.
Anthony Pettis – Not a good event for Pettis. He missed weight, broke his hand early in the fight. Admits he needs to go back to lightweight. He has the talent to still be relevant but needs to really get focus back and avoid the depression that accompanies many fighters after a loss.
Donald Cerrone – He showed a great deal in this fight, having come back from adversity and being rocked. I’m not sure I remember him ever having come back from being as badly hurt as he was at points in this fight. This was the greatest headlock knockout since Gonzaga-CroCop and maybe the best ever.
Matt Brown – Really tough loss for Brown, he showed so much in this fight. This is his third fight in a row. My indifference toward him changed, this fight made me like him quite a bit.
Cub Swanson – Is this for real? Like, seriously, did this dude really just do what I saw. This was quite possibly the best stand up battle in UFC history. Cub Swanson made my night, he made a lifelong fan out of many and this was truly a performance of a lifetime. He stole the show. If you missed it, you done messed up. Cub Swanson is why you don’t not watch some PPV cards. This was truly a can’t miss fight.
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Doo Ho Choi – This kids got some serious potential. All of the things said about Swanson apply as well to Ho Choi. Now this guy just has to learn English so he does not limit his potential earnings and status. Unbelievable performance and heart of a true warrior.
Kelvin Gastelum – He looked very good… and … I hate that he is insisting on returning to welterweight. He needs to stay at middleweight. He missed weight 3 out of 7 times at welterweight. Not good enough. And beating Tim Kennedy at middleweight proves he can be a top fighter there. DUDE, YOU CAN’T CONSISTENTLY MAKE 170!
Tim Kennedy – Not his best performance, he didn’t seem to be the fighter we all know and love. A second fight will determine if it was rust or if he just isn’t what he used to be.
Drew Dober – what happened?
Top MMA Podcast
Performances of the Night: Lando Vannata and Max Holloway
Fight of the Night Cub Swanson vs. Dooho Choi
Top fight of the year discussed on the Top MMA Podcast
❏ Cerrone/Dana White/Bjorn Rebney
Dana quotes – “The only thing that I need to know is that the biggest scumbag in the history of combat sports, Bjork, is involved in this thing. There are three unions out there right now battling against each other, and if you’re a fighter, all these guys are looking to get in your pocket. It’s a business where guys are going to make money. As a fighter, if this is what you want to do, you need to figure our whose hand you want in your pocket. I guarantee you don’t want Bjork’s hand in your pocket.”
White seemed genuinely baffled that Cerrone would be a part of the newly formed association. He recalled an incident that, according to him, led to legal intervention due to an altercation while Donald was on one of his boating trips. White claims that he paid for the criminal defense attorney out of his own pocket, to the tune of $100K.
“I was shocked that Cerrone didn’t give me a call. He has headlined three [UFC events]; never held a title in WEC or UFC. A couple of years ago, he was on his boat and gets into a beef with a guy on another boat, and he’s in big trouble. Who does he call? He calls me. What do I do? I go out and find him the best criminal defense lawyer and spent $100,000 of my own money. So, when I see “Cowboy” standing up there I’m like, ‘really?’”
Bjorn Rebney – “When the UFC, Jason, got sold to WME-IMG… Dana White walked away with roughly four hundred million dollars. Every year prior to that he was making in excess of 20 million dollars a year.
I can say it again – when the UFC sold to WME-IMG Dana White who just belittled Cowboy Cerrone and talked crap about a valiant warrior who has fought in the cage innumerable times and who fans love, made close to four hundred million dollars. That man, that gluttonous pig. And he got twenty million a year, on average before that to run the UFC. And he’s got the cojones to step up and to belittle Cowboy? How many fights did Dana have? How many times did Dana step into the cage in the WEC and in the UFC? But he made close to four hundred million dollars when the organization was sold. Please. Are you kidding me?”
Cerrone after speaking to Dana – “It went very good. It wasn’t a lunch, he just pulled me aside after the media scrum,” Cowboy said about speaking to the UFC president. “We talked for about 15-20 mins. He’s a happy man, and I’m a happy man.”
“We were just talking about what I wanted, like what I discussed with (the media), and what he expected out of me. It went very well. (He was) 1000% receptive, definitely.
“We were always in a good place. It’s like when you get in trouble with your dad and they don’t ground you, but just tell you how disappointed they are — which is even worse. It’s kinda what he did to me. It was kind of like a slap in his face. I should’ve let him know what I was going to get involved with. It is what it is, but we’re on the up and up now.”
❏ UFC Fight Night Albany
Derrick Lewis did not look good but finally showed some urgency and got the takedown and destroyed Abdurakhimov from there.
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❏ Tyron Woodley called out Nick Diaz for UFC 209
Tyron Woodley’s Tweet:
Tyron T-Wood Woodley ✔@TWooodley
@MMAFighting @arielhelwani Is @nickdiaz209 Free to Scrap to? Perfect time 4 #UFC209 I have the perfect person in mind🤔 @malkikawa @danawhite https://twitter.com/mmafighting/status/806591181702524928 …
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He obviously wants big payday but Dana White has already said that Wonderboy rematch is next for Woodley
❏ Goldberg out the door?
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❏ UFC on Fox 22 on Saturday, Dec 17th
UFC on FOX 22 Fight Card
Paige VanZant (7-2) vs. Michelle Waterson (13-4)
Urijah Faber (33-10) vs. Brad Pickett (25-12)
Sage Northcutt (8-1) vs. Mickey Gall (3-0)
Takeya Mizugaki (21-10-2) vs. Eddie Wineland (22-11-1)
James Moontasri (9-4) vs. Alex Morono (12-3)
Alan Jouban (14-4) vs. Mike Perry (9-0)
Bryan Barberena (12-3) vs. Colby Covington (10-1)
Josh Emmett (10-0) vs. Scott Holtzman (9-1)
Sultan Aliev (13-2) vs. Bojan Velickovic (14-3-1)
Paul Craig (8-0) vs. Luis Henrique da Silva (12-0)
Fredy Serrano (3-1) vs. Hector Sandoval (12-3)
Cole Miller (21-10) vs. Mizuto Hirota (17-7-2)
Irene Aldana (7-2) vs. Leslie Smith (8-7-1)
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Monday Dec 05, 2016
Monday Dec 05, 2016
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- Jon Bones Jones Joe Rogan Podcast, used to get black out drunk before fights, is he mentally mature enough to stay out of trouble going forward? Why did he care to tell us about that? Can you root for him? Root against him? Do you want to like him again?
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- TUF Finale – Demetrius Johnson gets a surprising challenge, where were the fans? Stands looked empty in a tiny venue.
- Bloody Elbow’s analysis:
- Weird ending to Jorge Masvidal and Jake Ellenberger. Ellenberger got his toes stuck in the cage and Herb Dean called a timeout to find out the rules. Masvidal was winning the contest, but expect the story to continue as Ellenberger is likely to appeal for a no contest.
- The only loser in the Cannonier-Cutelaba fight was on the official record as both proved their toughness and gained a boatload of fans in the process. Cannonier’s no-showing Cutelaba’s punches late were the highlight as he taunted his opponent.
- Alexis Davis and Sara McMann had a fantastic grappling contest. McMann showed newfound grappling prowess by scoring an arm-triangle choke in the second after having her face smashed by elbows in the first.
- By the way Sara… you’re not getting the next crack at the belt. Asking nicely gets you nothing. Look at McGregor.
- Entertaining back and forth contest between Brandon Moreno and Ryan Benoit kicked off the main card. Moreno was more consistent in his attack to earn the win, then he went too long with his interview. Sometimes less is more.
- Dana White says he has no idea what Conor is doing in reference to his boxing license.
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- “I have no idea what Conor is doing,” White told Yahoo Sports. “Conor’s Conor. He does his thing. But he’s under contract to me. Who knows with this guy? I just let Conor be Conor. And the other thing is, it’s fun to talk about this (Mayweather) fight and what might happen, but what commission would let that fight happen? Really, think about that.”
- Could this have to do with his future attempts at negotiating with the UFC ownership about part ownership?
- The Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight are aging greatly
- Anthony Johnson says he has bad luck
- He was supposed to fight Jon Jones but then he was arrested for hit and run
- Now he was supposed to fight Cormier – who got injured
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Prelims
- Remember when Gray Maynard was pissed about Clay Guida running from him? Well, he just employed that strategy against Ryan Hall in a terrible contest. Hall rightly won, though it should be noted he ran from Maynard when the former title challenger tried to engage as well. Just a weird-ass fight.
- Jon Jones says he has conquered his demons and now he wants his belt back. Long interview with Rogan. Terry D. watched it.
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