Boxing and MMA Forum Random Comments 2015

[DC 536]

And it would sell out Croke Park the same way a big concert or GAA match would, it's a real pity it's not going to happen, but you never know if he does win the title then there could be a fight in Ireland down the road at some stage.

As great as it'll be to have a title defence in Ireland, it won't come close to comparing to what Conor winning the title in Ireland would be like.

[King 277]

True, but a title defense would still draw 80,000.

[King 277]

Current odds for the title fight,

 

Conor McGregor (6/5) / Jose Aldo (4/6)

[The Fury 65]

Reason why they didn't go ahead with Ireland was the 11pm curfew over here so it wouldn't have made it onto primetime in the states

[Guest John Hancock]

That photo is immense.

 

 

Weird.

[The Fury 65]

Carl Froch has admitted he is considering retirement following his elbow injury that called off his chavez.

 

Still expect him to try one more fight in Vegas before hanging up the gloves

[Guest John Hancock]

The UFC have re-signed Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic. UFC's new legend's recruitment drive is really strange, first Diaz, then CM Punk, then Rampage, now CroCop. Don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty cool as a fan, but it's kinda depressing for UFC that they've realised no one gives a f*ck about anyone not named Ronda Rousey or Conor McGregor that they've made in the last five years, so they've finally given in, and it's back to 2007-era guys and pro-wrestlers. Can't blame them though, I'm f*cking bored of all these smiling, south-western, shitty-tattooed, "I'll fight whoever Joe Silva wants me to", respectful, $75,000 a year, married, dull, Christian, suburban f*cking nobodies too.

 

Other bits of ~newz~

 

- The "CONOR McGREGOR feat. other guys" show on Fox Sports 1 beat the previous record for the most watched episode of UFC Fight Night ever. The previous record was 1.7 million viewers, the new record is 2.8 million.

 

- Kimbo Slice appears to have signed with Bellator.

 

- Cung Le has retired, which is probably the right thing to do considering he's currently suing the UFC, which would probably have black-listed him form the sport anyway.

 

- BJ Penn has been arrested for fighting one of his pals in a carpark.

Edited January 21, 2015 by John Hancock

[Guest The Beltster]

I said a similar thing to a bloke who was yapping on my cousins Facebook a few days ago. He was complaining about Conor McGregor and moaning about the Jon Jones/Cormier build etc saying it was too WWE and he was 'too old school' to go for all that shit. Uhhh, oldschool UFC was Chuck and Tito, Tito and Shamrock, this exact 'WWE style' stuff he's too oldschool to be able to enjoy. Whatever.

 

I'm with you. These f*cking clueless clowns who give the stock 'I'll fight anybody the UFC wants me to fight' answer and then wonders why they arent over, make no money and get nowhere, because they have literally no idea how to play the most obvious game out there. F*ck them.

 

I'd prefer to see a washed up Rampage talking shit, humping female reporters and growling at people all day over these cookie cutter "I respect you" losers.

[Guest John Hancock]

I said a similar thing to a bloke who was yapping on my cousins Facebook a few days ago. He was complaining about Conor McGregor and moaning about the Jon Jones/Cormier build etc saying it was too WWE and he was 'too old school' to go for all that shit. Uhhh, oldschool UFC was Chuck and Tito, Tito and Shamrock, this exact 'WWE style' stuff he's too oldschool to be able to enjoy. Whatever.

 

I'm with you. These f*cking clueless clowns who give the stock 'I'll fight anybody the UFC wants me to fight' answer and then wonders why they arent over, make no money and get nowhere, because they have literally no idea how to play the most obvious game out there. F*ck them.

 

I'd prefer to see a washed up Rampage talking shit, humping female reporters and growling at people all day over these cookie cutter "I respect you" losers.

 

For me, the really stunning thing is that no one has ever got over by acting like that, but still 99% of people do it. Who are the people who have really got over in the last five years? Ronda Rousey, basically the first female fighter to talk shit constantly, Conor McGregor, who is actually Ric Flair, Jon Jones, the world's most hate-able man, and the Diaz brothers, who are angry, sociopathic, possibly autistic lunatics from the ghetto. No one has ever, in UFC history, given a f*ck about any of these losers who have a little kiss and a cuddle with their opponent, thank Jesus for their victory and then defer to Lord Dana as to who they should fight next. Never happened ever, and yet these chumps keep being boring, keep being bland, keep having zero personality, and keep complaining that they get no money, no attention and no title shots. No, you don't get those things, Jon Fitch, because you're f*cking unbearably boring.

 

You can even look at UFC's two most recent Captain Niceguys; Jon Jones, who's interest is in, one, his freakish talent, and, two, the fact that he's really obviously lying about being a nice guy. He's Kurt Angle, he's heel, WWF Kurt Angle, and it's glorious. The second is Georges St-Pierre, a guy most known now for hug-raping grown men for 25 minutes twice a year and then being all friendly about it afterwards, but that isn't what made him famous, and that isn't what made him a million buy guy. He was Bret Hart, kind of a dick, but Canadians loved him, so that made him cool, saying dick-y one-liners like the iconic "Ah em not impressed ba yore pear-form-ence".

Edited January 21, 2015 by John Hancock

[Guest The Beltster]

Its funny, after these fights you can clearly, as in 100% crystal CLEARLY see whoever interviews them, ask the question "Who do you want next?" and then look at them as if to say please for f*ck sake call somebody out, thats what I'm asking you to do, and when they give the "I'll fight whoever" answer, Annick or Rogen just roll their eyes as if to say when will you dill weeds ever learn?!

 

And I agree about the religious bollocks too. Yo, if your religion is important to you, great, but thanking Jesus for allowing you to smash somebodies face in, eehhhh....first off, I'm not certain Jesus would be overly impressed with that behaviour and secondly, most people watching dont care about who you pray too, they just want to see you fight and talk shit. I mean, Benson Henderson has taken to thanking Jesus after every loss now! Thank you lord for making me lose again, without you these losses that are piling up wouldn't be possible. Blah blah.

 

Get over it and call somebody a c*nt.

[Guest John Hancock]

I want one of the new breed of Russian/Dagestani dudes to thank Allah after a fight, just to see people losing their shit.

[King 277]

Salaries for the Fox night UFC

 

Main Card (FOX Sports 1)

Conor McGregor ($85,000 + $85,000 = $170,000) def. Dennis Siver ($39,000)

Donald Cerrone ($73,000 + $73,000 = $146,000) def. Benson Henderson ($48,000)

Uriah Hall ($14,000 + $14,000 = $28,000) def. Ron Stallings ($10,000)

Gleison Tibau ($45,000 + $45,000 = $90,000) def. Norman Parke ($20,000)

 

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Cathal Pendred ($8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000) def. Sean Spencer ($14,000)

Lorenz Larkin ($28,000 + $28,000 = $56,000) def. John Howard ($21,000)

Chris Wade ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Zhang Lipeng ($15,000)

Patrick Holohan ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Shane Howell ($8,000)

Johnny Case ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Frankie Perez ($8,000)

Charles Rosa ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Sean Soriano ($8,000

[The Fury 65]

I want one of the new breed of Russian/Dagestani dudes to thank Allah after a fight' date=' just to see people losing their shit.[/quote']

 

Wait for nurmagomedovs next win. Completely expecting him to be next breakout in welterweight division

[Guest John Hancock]

Khabib's a lightweight, but, yeah, he's got future long term champion written all over him. He trains in America though, so I don't think he'll be thanking Allah, he knows better than to thank any prophets or Gods other than blonde haired, blue eyed, NCAA-Division 1 All-American Jesus Christ (R-Kansas). All the American-trained Muslim fighters have their little tips of hat, like Khabib's hat, or Nijem's Palestinian flag. It's going to take someone who's never been to America, sees guys thanking Jesus, and doesn't really understand religious hypocrisy.

 

That or a brother joins the Nation. They don't aaaaaaaany f*cks.

[Guest John Hancock]

I don't remember where I mentioned it, or if I actually really mentioned it at all, but, as predicted for a while now, Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the house for the State of New York and the man virtually entirely responsible for MMA still be illegal in New York has been arrested by the FBI for corruption and bribery. Madison Square Garden in November?

[King 277]

June or July it looks like now,

 

Conor McGregor will fight Jose Aldo for the featherweight title this year, but it could be later than we all expected.

 

The bout was thought to be scheduled for Las Vegas in May, however McGregor's coach John Kavanagh revealed a different plan today.

 

Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, Kavanagh said: "It's not 100% yet. There was talk of a May date, but it may actually be later in the year.

 

"I get a lot of tweets and messages from people wanting to book their flights. I would just say hold on until the UFC officially announce it.

 

"(It'll happen) Mid-summer maybe and it'll be in Las Vegas, the fighting capital of the world."

[Guest John Hancock]

Could be just in time for International Fight Week, which doesn't have a main even yet, and will be having a show on, I think, July 11th. Given that it's a minor title, it could even be the semi-main, or they stick another smaller title under it, maybe Ronda, or the lightweight title, seeing as no one gives a f*ck about that anymore.

[King 277]

Surely it will be on UFC PPV no?

[Guest John Hancock]

Yeah, that date would be UFC 189. International Fight Week is a big week long sort of publicity tour/media event/fan festival/MMA convention/tourist thingy they do every July that ends in a pay-per-view on the Saturday, and then a smaller show, usually a TUF finale, on the Sunday. Last year, they did Wiedman/Machida and Rousey/Davis as the pay-per-view to end it all, with Edgar/Penn on the next night.

[Guest The Beltster]

It's going to main event any show its on without question.

[Guest John Hancock]

Former WEC Champion Brian Bowles has been arrested in Georgia for charges that basically add up to attempting to sell meth.

 

EDIT: More New York news, just for me; the guy who sponsored the original bill to legalise MMA is now the new Speaker of the House for the state of New York. That's that then, see you in November.

Edited January 28, 2015 by John Hancock

[Guest John Hancock]

Yeah, that date would be UFC 189. International Fight Week is a big week long sort of publicity tour/media event/fan festival/MMA convention/tourist thingy they do every July that ends in a pay-per-view on the Saturday

 

Weird hunch pays off. Aldo/McGregor will headline UFC 189 as the finale to International Fight Week 2015.

[Guest The Beltster]

We're about to see Aldo get KO'ed in the 1st round!

[King 277]

Damn right we are.

[Guest John Hancock]

The World MMA Awards were last night. Here's the winners;

 

Male Fighter of the Year - Robbie Lawler

Female Fighter of the Year - Ronda Rousey

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Kevin Gastelum

International Fighter of the Year - Conor McGregor

Fight of the Year - Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes II @ UFC 179

Knockout of the Year - Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson @ UFC Fight Night 52

Submission of the Year - Ben Saunders vs. Chris Heatherly @ UFC Fight Night 49

Comeback of the Year - Dominick Cruz

Upset of the Year - T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao @ UFC 173

Coach of the Year - Duane Ludwig

Team of the Year - Alpha Male

Trainer of the Year - Mike Dolce

Referee of the Year - Herb Dean

Ringcard Girl of the Year - Arianny Celeste

Leading Man of the Year - Dana White

Personality of the Year - Joe Rogan

Best Promotion - UFC

Best Lifestyle Brand - Bad Boy

Best Technical Brand - Venom

Best Equipment - Everlast

Best Media Source of the Year - MMA Junkie

Best Journalist of the Year - Ariel Helwani

Lifetime Achievement Award - Burt Watson