MMA thread

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fools and their money are easily parted.

How anyone could watch Rousey dispatch yet another Tomato can and be entertained is beyond me.

No doubt all the hyperbolic bull**** that has surrounded her this week 'the most dominant athlete alive' etc etc helped fuel PPV sales.

[G]

Apparently sold more PPV than UFC189 so clearly not damaging the product.

[Alex]

Yeah the quality in Womans MMA is laughable. It should remain a fringe sport. UFC's attempt to push it into the mainstream is damaging their product long term.

Laughable that that fight headlined a show featuring Rua, Big Nig, Lil Nog and Big Foot Silva IN BRAZIL

Mens MMA started off a bit like this though. A couple of good fighters in each weight division. It takes time for women to see that its an option and grow IMO.

5 years ago my partner wouldnt have known what MMA was. Now she wants to watch the Rousy fights with me. So I have to belive its others doing the same.

Its not damaging the product long term, no way. But maybe it is in the short/medium.

[Leyton388]

That was a brutal KO by Ronda last night. She just leathered her right from the start.

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It really is a shame professional WMMA isn't competitive at all at a top level.

It's basically let them when a fight then feed them to Ronda, rinse and repeat, none of them are close to Rouseys league.

I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen with Joanna in the strawweight division too.

Yeah the quality in Womans MMA is laughable. It should remain a fringe sport. UFC's attempt to push it into the mainstream is damaging their product long term.

Laughable that that fight headlined a show featuring Rua, Big Nig, Lil Nog and Big Foot Silva IN BRAZIL

[Gibbo]

It really is a shame professional WMMA isn't competitive at all at a top level.

It's basically let them when a fight then feed them to Ronda, rinse and repeat, none of them are close to Rouseys league.

I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen with Joanna in the strawweight division too.

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[ame="https://youtu.be/3c9uCY0z-pE"]UFC 189: Fight Motion - YouTube[/ame]

[Gibbo]

I really don't like TJ but that was delightful.

Renan has to move up for me, dude cuts far too much weight.

I think a fully fit Cruz gives TJ a great fight though, the master of MMA footwork.

[EwarWoo]

Dillashaw looked bloody amazing, he made it look like he was fighting a chump.

Think it's gunna be a long time until Bantamweight changes hands.

[Nicey]

The UFC have fired stitch for making anti-reebok comments.

The UFC for me have been dying a slow death since there hook up with Fox. Its all WWE style drama now, every fight has "bad blood" I am sure it wont be long before we have celebrity corner men. With the advent of Chael Sonnen and now Conor McGregor, the promotional aspect or otherwise known as talking **** aspect of the sport has been blown out of proportion, which is fine when they do it, but when other fighters without their flair for the dramatic, attempt to be "entertaining" it just comes across as the worse school play villain.

Its a real shame, anybody who has spent anytime in a martial arts gym will know for the most part there is real respect amongst fighters and people who train to a high level and this was very apparent in the early days of the UFC. Two very tough guys with usually different styles locked inside a cage, lets see whos best then lets shake hands afterwards, perfect. Now its all mouthy hybrid wrestlers who just all look the same to me. Probably over simplifying it , but for me it lost its authenticity, sure its always been about money, but now its seems its all about what the networks want in order to make that money

It will be very interesting to see how the sport fairs once these drug testing kicks in ... You will not see barn burners like MacDonald Lawyer once everybody is pissing clean

[Gibbo]

The UFC have fired stitch for making anti-reebok comments.

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March? Must be bollcoks then.

[Gibbo]

Thought the rumour was that Mcgregor did his knee in March?

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See the state of his opponents lip?

Brutal fight all round.
Whatever those two got paid for Saturday it wasn't enough.

Connor McGregor and Urijah Faber to be the next TUF coaches but they won't fight each other. McGregor supposedly injured his knee on Sat and needs time to rehab.

[Gibbo]