The MMA Thread: DON'T ASK 4 STREAMS & NO GIFS- UFC 300 ON NOW

[justsole90]

Damn man was rooting for NBK.

Anyone interested in seeing Maia vs GSP?

 

[red81]

yup, maia deserves that shot. he's going to be 39 in a couple months, so his time could be winding down fast.

 

[dman14]

maia and condit didnt take any damage. they should be ready for a quick turnaround

 

[thehealthinspector]

 
yup, maia deserves that shot. he's going to be 39 in a couple months, so his time could be winding down fast.

Damian Maia always been classy. I hope he can get that title fight.

that's such a bad fight for maia

 

[xbiker47]

maia and condit didnt take any damage. they should be ready for a quick turnaround

this

 

[af1 1982]

maia and condit didnt take any damage. they should be ready for a quick turnaround

Stupid question but there's no medical suspension for submissions correct?

I'd imagine there would be one if you get choked unconscious

 

[dman14]

first time in 10yrs that condit was submitted :x

 

[spiderjericho]

first time in 10yrs that condit was submitted :x

Dude is amazing BJJ practitioner. Possibly the best in the UFC. The only other scary dude was that Palhares jerk. But this off the top of my head.

 

[QU!K]

Maia is a highly decorated BJJ practitioner

 

[freakydestroyer]

Glad I place a couple bills on Maia.

 

[illphillip]

first time in 10yrs that condit was submitted :x

Dude is amazing BJJ practitioner. Possibly the best in the UFC. The only other scary dude was that Palhares jerk. But this off the top of my head.

Jacare
Werdum

also up there.

But Maia seems more committed to his than a lot of the other elite jiu-jitsu players.

 

[blackcease]

Random, but the top of the UFC welterweight rankings looks like this now:

Champion : Tyron Woodley
1 Robbie Lawler
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Demian Maia
4 Carlos Condit


Jake Shields beat all of them before except Thompson. And he beat Dan Henderson who's about to fight for the middleweight title. If he wasn't so boring dude would probably still be in the mix there somewhere.


Having said that, hopefully Maia keeps up the finishes, he's one of the handful of elite grapplers that's actually really interesting to watch

 

[dman14]

Random, but the top of the UFC welterweight rankings looks like this now:

Champion : Tyron Woodley
1 Robbie Lawler
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Demian Maia
4 Carlos Condit


Jake Shields beat all of them before except Thompson. And he beat Dan Henderson who's about to fight for the middleweight title. If he wasn't so boring dude would probably still be in the mix there somewhere.


Having said that, hopefully Maia keeps up the finishes, he's one of the handful of elite grapplers that's actually really interesting to watch

does jake even want to get back into the ufc and isn't he close to 40?

 

[tiger energy]

I have a feeling they will give Maia the Ryan Bader treatment. He's right up there but gets ignored for the title shot, until he gets knocked out by another contender.

Woodley vs Thompson for main
Maia vs Lawler co-main

GSP stay out or aim for the money fights.

 

[blackcease]

does jake even want to get back into the ufc and isn't he close to 40?

Shields is 37, Maia is 38 tho. And if he never got cut the odds are he wouldn't have voluntarily left

 

[jayt1202]

Just watched fights on dvr. Can't believe how fast Maia got the choke. Knew it was all over once he took the back though. Thought the fight might go something like the Maia-Brown fight but geez. Entertaining card overall.

Great to see Pettis pull out the window. Definitely has some interesting fights in fw.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Anyone think Pettis was potentially losing that fight? It was really close IMO

I would match him up with #5 cub Swanson next. It's a "safe" fight in terms of striking skill sets. Sucks that he trains at jacksons though, idk if they would fight

Sherdog is suggesting Stephens which wouldn't be bad rematch from years ago. Stephens tried to wrestle him in the first fight, split decision

 

[thehealthinspector]

Anyone think Pettis was potentially losing that fight? It was really close IMO

yeah

midway through the 2nd, it seemed like he started to get drained and the grappling started to go against him

if he didnt land that sub, he could have spent the rest of the fight on his back and may have lost 2-1

guys are going to continue to do it to him 155 or 145, at least he has the height advantage against most fighters at 145

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I missed out on the discussion last night, but you guys already want to put Pettis vs the top 3 of the division? Not smart

Gotta ease him in a bit more. Edgar going to lay on him and Pettis don't deserve Aldo before max Holloway

If Holloway doesn't fight Aldo then ok, have max maybe fight Pettis

 

[retroflashbacks]

Couple of thoughts after last nights card:

Pettis looked good but not great at FW. Not sure if he used all his energy in the first trying to finish, but he was clearly tired when the second round came. It was a great finish and win for pettis, but would really like to his tested again. His cardio looked off but it's his first fight at fw. even though oliviera lost, I thought he looked good against a former 155 champ. kept attacking with submissions and I would've scored it Charles if pettis didn't pull off the sub. Didn't realize he is still very young.

Heart is broken for NBK. I really like condit and would've loved to see him get another shot and become the undisputed WW champ. Dude has always been in the top 3 for years. I know he's been talking about retiring since his lawler fight so wouldn't be surprised if this is it. Maia's grappling continues to impress and leave me in awe. The first time I really noticed his grappling skills was when he totally shut down Fitch. Happy to see a veteran continue his tear in the WW division.

 

[thehealthinspector]

I missed out on the discussion last night, but you guys already want to put Pettis vs the top 3 of the division? Not smart

Gotta ease him in a bit more. Edgar going to lay on him and Pettis don't deserve Aldo before max Holloway

If Holloway doesn't fight Aldo then ok, have max maybe fight Pettis

no ones saying put him against the top 3, we were just discussing how he does against the rest of the division

 

[chino905]

Maia is a baddd man.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Oh my fault it was only one person saying that

As for Maia I'm real happy for him and I really hope the ufc does him solid man

 

[af1 1982]

Anyone think Pettis was potentially losing that fight? It was really close IMO

I would match him up with #5 cub Swanson next. It's a "safe" fight in terms of striking skill sets. Sucks that he trains at jacksons though, idk if they would fight

Sherdog is suggesting Stephens which wouldn't be bad rematch from years ago. Stephens tried to wrestle him in the first fight, split decision

Tide was turning in the second. But all three judges gave the first round a 10-8 for Pettis. 

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Tide was turning in the second. But all three judges gave the first round a 10-8 for Pettis. 

Wait, what? Seriously? Wow.. Where'd you see this