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[rodo]

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[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-1fkPEwtU"]UFC 202: Pre-fight Press Conference - YouTube[/ame]

[Gibbo]

Woodley just sparked Lawler by running at him swinging

[Vermilion]

A couple of losers from their relative sports trying to drum up a big pay day........well there will be plenty of idiots will to pay to watch them. So be it!

Wish i was as big a loser as Amir Khan tbf, fools lost so much he's only a multi millionaire.!

[RichC]

Yeah I'd agree with that with Khan he's a decent boxer but not at the elite level I think he's now looking to make as much cash as possible and/or build on the crazy levels of PR that's been built around him. Fair play to him for stepping up to Canelo but it was always going to be a step too far for him.

[Alex]

Bit harsh on Mcgregor that. Hes the best Featherweight in the UFC currently. His loss to Diaz was almost certainly due to him taking it all too lightly.

Kahn is a bit of a strange one. He took a couple of loses with fights that were a step too far for him at the time. Started to rebuild again and lost his most recent.

I dont think id call him a loser, just a bit of a chancer.

[Assassin]

A couple of losers from their relative sports trying to drum up a big pay day........well there will be plenty of idiots will to pay to watch them. So be it!

[RichC]

Khan has clearly taken one too many blows to the head!

Amir Khan: Boxer happy to face Conor McGregor in 'massive' UFC fight

Boxer Amir Khan has said he would be willing to "put friendship aside" and fight Conor McGregor in the UFC.

The 29-year-old Briton, who lost to Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in May, said he had enough time left in his career to train in mixed martial arts.

McGregor was unbeaten in six years before losing to Nate Diaz at UFC 196.

"McGregor is a massive name in MMA and I'm a big name in boxing, so, globally, I think it would be a massive fight," Khan told Flocombat.com

Khan, a financial stakeholder in Indian MMA promotion Super Fight League, later told his Twitter followers that he had "never backed away from any fight".

Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather was rumoured to be facing an MMA fighter, possibly McGregor, but Khan reckoned that was a "publicity stunt".

"I don't think Mayweather would want to fight under MMA rules," said Khan.

However, he insisted he would be happy to switch sports.

"I've been fighting all my life, so, for me, I don't think it'd be a problem for me to learn and switch over to the sport," he added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/36845024

[Gibbo]

You know what, I read yours, then looked into it. Then just posted about it like it was my own news. Don't know why I did that

It was 20 to 6 in the morning, reason enough to be forgiven.

Wasn't he given an exemption or does that not apply here?

Is he looking at a 2 year ban? If so I hope he didnt **** on Vince's desk prior to leaving for 200.

The exemption was, according to Dana, bull**** to begin with. And Novitsky and USADA tested him from that start.

Talk of even if Brock does just go back to wrestling full time that some Athletic Commisions also monitor wrestling, despite it being "non-competitve" which means even for WWE he won't be able to compete everywhere.

[spud_gun]

Wasn't he given an exemption or does that not apply here?

Is he looking at a 2 year ban? If so I hope he didnt **** on Vince's desk prior to leaving for 200.

[Alex]

You know what, I read yours, then looked into it. Then just posted about it like it was my own news. Don't know why I did that

[Gibbo]

You have me on ignore, don't you Alex.

[Nicey]

Hunt is demanding half of Brock's Purse or Release him from his contract .... Good on him ... One FC would snap him up for more money in a heartbeat

[Alex]

Lesnar has been flagged for a potential violation.

There's a shock.

[Nicey]

UFC does not give a **** ... they are very smart selling now because I can see the MMA bubble bursting soon

[Gibbo]

In quite possibly the least surprising news of the year.

Lesnar has been flagged by USADA