Fantastic finish!!

can someone get a freeze frame on belforts face when he takes that side kick to the liver or whatever. it was a pretty classic derp face

Really boring PPV overall, was glad for it to finally be over get home and get some food.

F mighty mouse! What a boring fighter. So what if he's fast if all he uses it for is to run away. Little F'er never even attempted to finish the fight. Ian McCall V. Benevidez would have been a WAY better match up. Half hour of a dancing flea, FML Oh yeah can't forget to give a big F you to Bisping as well, Thanks for the boring point fest you limey prick.

Jones would definitely rag doll silva at 205, but I do think silva has the best chance at beating him. JDS knocks out jones and that's saying a lot considering jones and silva are my 2 favorite fighters.

 

Originally Posted by lance814

Jones would definitely rag doll silva at 205, but I do think silva has the best chance at beating him. JDS knocks out jones and that's saying a lot considering jones and silva are my 2 favorite fighters.

You guys saying this do realize that Anderson walks around at 220 right? He sucks a TON of weight to get to 185, actually surprised he hadn't made the move to LH years ago. Is he as big as Bones? No, would he be undersized at LH? No.

In regards to Bones' arm..

 

Belfort said he heard "cracking and popping" as he applied the move. Jones said afterward that he thought he was going to break his arm but had no intention of tapping out.

Doesn't sound good for him, nor i suppose Dana White.

agri ^^

 

Originally Posted by Milo

Hell yeah . . . Also, did not realize that Hollett was a late replacement against Hamill. Makes the the mismatch more understandable. Hamill was clearly gassed halfway through round two, but Hollett just could not capitalize in any aspect.

hollet was hamills original opponent but was pulled when he had a contract problem with bellator. after matyshenko pulled out, hollet's contract dispute was cleared up and the fight was back on.

Okay, I admit the mistake. It's more that the smaller man would seem to have an issue with lining himself up as the fulcrum rather than the longer limb being the issue . . . my bad. For anyone with more armbar experience than I (read ANY experience), are longer limbs an issue for locking in the sub?

i think they must be able to fit more than that for ufc. anyways, there were reports that the initial buzz about ufc being toronto has completely worn off. Dana White has got a problem on his hands. The assumption that UFC was going to be the biggest sport in the world was flat out wrong in my opinion. I think in my ways its popularity has plateaued and may even be declining. Ratings for the reality show are at an all time low, the franklin/silva ppv had the lowest buys since 2006 or something, fighters are pulling out left and right with injuries, coaches are killing the sport, and dana white is a huge cunt bag

to be fair silva is a huge star in brazil and does a ton of ridiculous commercials. i'm sure you've heard him talk, and considering how hilarious he sounds i'm not surprised he chooses to use an interpreter. it helps that ed soares is also his manager so he's always around to interpret. individual sports are always going to be harder to market because its pretty clear that fans enjoy team sports a lot more, not to mention the fact its nearly impossible to market fighting to a young audience. it's sort of like poker in the sense that very few parents are going to raise their kids to be mixed martial artists, or gamblers. while you might get your child to learn a martial art for other reasons, to raise them as a mixed martial artist pretty much suggests youre raising them to be professional fighters.

mma is great, but it's not my favorite sport, and as it has evolved I think it has become less interesting while a sport like hockey for me is always amazing, even in games that some would consider boring i've never seen a canucks victory that I didnt get complete satisfaction from. mma will never be that for me

i only see a pic of when the kick first lands, and not the hilarious reaction about a second later

well, i dont remember flaming you because i think the same thing. but part of the saturation had a lot to do with having so many fighters employed. though i will say, what they should do ideally is have every ppv have at least one title fight(obviously) and the rest of the main card fights be number one contender fights. the rest can either be on the free prelims, or on free tv cards that they seem to have a lot of these days. and if they want to cut down on piracy they really need to make ppvs cheaper. i dont know how boxing/ufc got away with the model of charging 50 bucks or more for a ppv. i mean, if you get a bunch of friends together and they pinch in its cool. but say your plans for the night fall through and youre stuck at home and really wanna watch ufc, are you gonna spend 50 bucks to watch it by yourself? or are you gonna steal it online?

i would say its similar to boxing. though depends on weight div. mma prime is probably between 25-32 but for heavyweight it probably goes up a few years like boxing and for lightweights and below the prime is probably more 20-30. its going to change as mma becomes a more accepted sport and guys start getting more fights under their belt from a young age. rory macdonald is only 23, jon jones is 24-25. i dont know a lot of boxers at the top of their sport for 15 years. sure, just like most sport there are exceptional fighters that have longevity. but the average fringe contender boxer probably doesnt last 15 years at the top of his game