Other Sports: MMA/Boxing Thread

[gertbfrobe16]

celebrity death match meets dancing with the stars

 

[CutOnDime97]

Good card tonight

 

[CutOnDime97]

Holy shit at that punch Gathje just landed

 

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[CutOnDime97]

What a fight. Shame we didn't get to see 5 rounds of that.

 

[CutOnDime97]

This card has been awesome. Canelo fight just started as well.

 

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[wankstifier]

Holy shit, Canelo’s half a foot shorter than Plant. What a legend

 

[BigToe]

Wow. What a fight.

 

[Appleyard]

Posted in the OB thread before by accident but:

Really painful to see Algieri get knocked out the way he was earlier on today by Benn.

He seems a pretty clever, nice guy... and has done everything in boxing already given his talent. Won a World Championship for god sake.

Yeh, he is still a solid 2nd tier guy. But at 37? Why man. Why.

If Anthony Crolla ever decides to come back (he wont) I am driving round to his house to try and stop it ahaha.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Can't believe someone beat Nunes.

 

[wankstifier]

They both looked dead at the end. Was there another round scheduled?

 

[FLYguy3911]

They both looked dead at the end. Was there another round scheduled?

2.

 

[BigToe]

Omg

 

[Schwarbomb]

Woodley should have gave it up years ago.

 

[BigToe]

 

[Hurricane28]

Wake me when Jake Paul fights someone not in the twilight of their career

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

@wankstifier apparently he didn’t get one tonight though for some reason. People seem to be perplexed. He’s been invited back for another try-out fight.

 

[wankstifier]

@wankstifier apparently he didn’t get one tonight though for some reason. People seem to be perplexed. He’s been invited back for another try-out fight.

I don’t know why the UFC needs to see another fight or more. Maybe they want him to showcase his striking more? I think he could get pretty far solely on grappling.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I don’t know why the UFC needs to see another fight or more. Maybe they want him to showcase his striking more? I think he could get pretty far solely on grappling.

I’m very much a casual follower of UFC. But it seems like he fought on card that’s essentially like a try-out last night. Other guys got contracts on that card but he didn’t for whatever reason. He’s on another try-out type card again coming up where if he wins he’ll then get a contract.

I don’t know if they’re just being cautious because of the hype is much greater than the experience right now?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

@wankstifier watching/listening to some UFC talk shows it sounds like this was the plan all along. He was always set to have two fights in this Contender Series try-out. I guess the logic is that it gets Bo more experience & the UFC gets a hot name in business right on this show twice.

He apparently has a development contract with the UFC. But with a win in the next one he’ll get a main contract & start fighting in the UFC.

 

[BigToe]

Rockhold is wild haha

 

[FLYguy3911]

Rockhold is wild haha

I don't think I ever saw a guy smear blood on his opponent's face before.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Holy crap. Thought that fight was over.

 

[BigToe]

Holy crap. Thought that fight was over.

That was a ridiculous set up