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

[DCAllAfrican]

Cool review of the 93 K1 Grand Prix. With pictures and gifs. Ernest Hoost was a beast man. - K-1 Grand Prix 1993 K-1 Grand Prix 1993 This is the TV version. Some of it may be clipped, but it will do.

http://www.prowresblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/k-1-grand-prix-1993.html

 

[illphillip]

These guys 

"**** your manager!"

 

[carver]

My body is ready

DC got this in the bags

 

[dwileykyot]

Super excited for this fight!!!!

I have this strange feeling bones is gonna lose. But I still can't imagine what it's going to look like. Clinch fest or will their wrestling cancel each other out and it becomes mostly a striking match.

I want jbj to win tho

 

[spiderjericho]

Ive seen people post that DC gets the best of Cain during sparring. However, I've never seen DC fight with the speed and intensity that Cain has during his fights (the once in a blue moon he does).

I don't care who wins honestly. Just want a great fight like Gustafson/Jones. The fall out will also be great for the division as there is a solid top 4 right now in Jones, Cormier, Gustafson and Johnson.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Did Evans/Jones sell out?

It was in Atlanta and yeah it sold out.. 

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

 

[fraij da 5 11]

 

[QU!K]

1. I thought Gus won against Jones

2. Only way DC can win is GnP/LnP

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Just watched a bunch of the lead up to this and I'm convinced that DC doesn't believe all the **** talk he been spewing and that he'll be in the ring after the fight apologizing for it. 

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

 
Just watched a bunch of the lead up to this and I'm convinced that DC doesn't believe all the **** talk he been spewing and that he'll be in the ring after the fight apologizing for it. 

Really? Lol I feel the opposite. I think the belief permeates through his pores 

But if DC does lose I think he'll be gracious but no apologies 

 

[illphillip]

This was fantastic.

"Habitual line stepper" is a term I've used regularly for quite some time now.

 

[fraij da 5 11]

 

 
Just watched a bunch of the lead up to this and I'm convinced that DC doesn't believe all the **** talk he been spewing and that he'll be in the ring after the fight apologizing for it. 

Really? Lol I feel the opposite. I think the belief permeates through his pores 

But if DC does lose I think he'll be gracious but no apologies 

Just something about the way he **** talks... I feel like he's just trying to get his Sonnen on.

Even Chael after he got whooped by Jon admitted that he just simply wasn't on Jon's level. Jon smothered him.

Ever since DC called Jon out the first time in the ring, talkin bout "I can take him down 100 times out of 100" seemed like he had a face on like "awww man I hope this works and they let me fight him now".

He gets so frustrated when Jon is talking down to him too. 

 Makes me think about some wrestlers I knew in high school who were tough but would get sonned by words and have no comeback.

 

[nelson999]

If the UFC wants to be such a big sport why not stop doing PPV?  You don't see the NBA Playoffs or Superbowl being put on Pay Per View......

legitamate question because i've never bothered to look into it before, why does this seem like it's never even thought about for things like UFC and Boxing?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

 
Just something about the way he **** talks... I feel like he's just trying to get his Sonnen on.

Even Chael after he got whooped by Jon admitted that he just simply wasn't on Jon's level. Jon smothered him.

Ever since DC called Jon out the first time in the ring, talkin bout "I can take him down 100 times out of 100" seemed like he had a face on like "awww man I hope this works and they let me fight him now".

He gets so frustrated when Jon is talking down to him too. 

 Makes me think about some wrestlers I knew in high school who were tough but would get sonned by words and have no comeback.

I feel you, Chael to me was so much different to me though. Like, no comparison at all. Chael had a long history of putting on a shtick and when he broke into character it was very distinct. After the Anderson thing, he stayed in character til his retirement.

And yeah DC definitely takes a lot of what Jon says and does personally

. It stems from DC's childhood and experiences. I also believe DC represents a large portion of fans who get frustrated by Jones' personality as well. Personally I have no problems with Jones and I am a fan of him out of the ring. Personally I don't know why so many folks get worked up about how Jones conducts himself but that's life

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

 
If the UFC wants to be such a big sport why not stop doing PPV?  You don't see the NBA Playoffs or Superbowl being put on Pay Per View......

legitamate question because i've never bothered to look into it before, why does this seem like it's never even thought about for things like UFC and Boxing?

If Dana White and company thought they could sustain their revenue by moving away from the PPV model I'm sure they'd go for it. At this point the sport isn't at that level yet. I don't think you can compare basketball or American football to mixed martial arts.. mixed martial arts still suffers from a stigma

Once more and more kids start growing up in mixed martial arts, society will start to accept it as a part of culture like basketball and football. Around the world as well, if children are growing up in MMA that will obviously help

Dana has actually talked about leaving PPV one day

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/3/12/2863492/dana-white-ufc-ppv-free-tv

Right now I don't think they would make enough money. I think that's the most simple answer

Boxing, MMA-- combat sports IMO will never be a mainstream sport in terms of having it be as big as basketball or football, so the big ticket events will always remain a PPV so they can secure the most money possible

Who knows though, with the UFC getting the FOX deal and being sponsored now by Reebok, the groundwork is being laid for the sport to become more "legitimate"

 

[fraij da 5 11]

Jones is probably a top 3 favorite fighter of mine due to the fact I've seen him fight in person twice in Newark.  One of those times of course being vs Shogun.

Hes changed outside the ring since then, of course... But who cares? Dudes a straight up animal in the cage.  Pokes some eyes but that's a side effect of how he uses his hands (which isn't illegal until those fingers stray down the face).

Hoping for a good fight but JJ is my guy so I'm pulling for him to defend.

Why do people want to resist the chance to see a dude put on the greatest championship run of all time?

 

[nelson999]

 

 
If the UFC wants to be such a big sport why not stop doing PPV?  You don't see the NBA Playoffs or Superbowl being put on Pay Per View......

legitamate question because i've never bothered to look into it before, why does this seem like it's never even thought about for things like UFC and Boxing?

If Dana White and company thought they could sustain their revenue by moving away from the PPV model I'm sure they'd go for it. At this point the sport isn't at that level yet. I don't think you can compare basketball or American football to mixed martial arts.. mixed martial arts still suffers from a stigma

Once more and more kids start growing up in mixed martial arts, society will start to accept it as a part of culture

Dana has actually talked about leaving PPV one day

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/3/12/2863492/dana-white-ufc-ppv-free-tv

Right now I don't think they would make enough money. I think that's the most simple answer

Boxing, MMA-- combat sports IMO will never be a mainstream sport in terms of having it be as big as basketball or football, so the big ticket events will always remain a PPV so they can secure the most money possible

Who knows though, with the UFC getting the FOX deal and being sponsored now by Reebok, the groundwork is being laid for the sport to become more "legitimate"

i was going to mention the FOX thing. i wonder if that's Dana testing the waters for how much money they could make without PPV.

well it's good to know he's thinking about it i guess.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

 
Jones is probably a top 3 favorite fighter of mine due to the fact I've seen him fight in person twice in Newark.  One of those times of course being vs Shogun.

Hes changed outside the ring since then, of course... But who cares? Dudes a straight up animal in the cage.  Pokes some eyes but that's a side effect of how he uses his hands (which isn't illegal until those fingers stray down the face).

Hoping for a good fight but JJ is my guy so I'm pulling for him to defend.

Why do people want to resist the chance to see a dude put on the greatest championship run of all time?

People are in general definitely self-centered. They want these superstar athletes to do things how they think they should do things, on and off the court

Jones is definitely cut from a different cloth... he's bound to rub a lot of people the wrong way

But like I said, that's life. Everyone has an opinion and everyone judges from the outside

I personally love all the different personalities. From Diaz to GSP to Jones to DC.. to LeBron to Kobe to Tim Duncan. Contrast is the spice of life for me 

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Glad yall got all this faith in me

But yea man. Can't wait. Where is everyone watching this? The legal ones. At home? Probably hit up BWW

 

[phillyzphan]

 

 

 
If the UFC wants to be such a big sport why not stop doing PPV?  You don't see the NBA Playoffs or Superbowl being put on Pay Per View......

legitamate question because i've never bothered to look into it before, why does this seem like it's never even thought about for things like UFC and Boxing?

If Dana White and company thought they could sustain their revenue by moving away from the PPV model I'm sure they'd go for it. At this point the sport isn't at that level yet. I don't think you can compare basketball or American football to mixed martial arts.. mixed martial arts still suffers from a stigma

Once more and more kids start growing up in mixed martial arts, society will start to accept it as a part of culture

Dana has actually talked about leaving PPV one day

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/3/12/2863492/dana-white-ufc-ppv-free-tv

Right now I don't think they would make enough money. I think that's the most simple answer

Boxing, MMA-- combat sports IMO will never be a mainstream sport in terms of having it be as big as basketball or football, so the big ticket events will always remain a PPV so they can secure the most money possible

Who knows though, with the UFC getting the FOX deal and being sponsored now by Reebok, the groundwork is being laid for the sport to become more "legitimate"

i was going to mention the FOX thing. i wonder if that's Dana testing the waters for how much money they could make without PPV.

well it's good to know he's thinking about it i guess.

Idk if they'll get rid of PPVs anytime soon. Just today Dana was talking about how he expects this PPV to get 750k buys and how PPV isn't dead, they just had a bad year. 

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Weigh ins begin in less than an hour 

 let's go

Ready to see Lombard back in there too

 

[g money 87]

Last Call with the Pantones!!!! He always brings out heat to the weigh ins

And WAR CORMIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Lombard looks like he was created in a comic book 

 

[dwileykyot]

Not human