MMA Thread

That was 2018.

Have things softened with Jake Paul, COVID bullshit, the NFL heavyweight guy, and other fighters being given chances? Probably.

I think his meeting with Dana this week is specifically to discuss skipping the line and facing Khabib, and Dana's stipulation is you can't vacate if you win and must defend until you lose.

And Dana's second offer is he can face a top 5 and then immediately vacate if he beats Khabib-- no harm done no hard feelings.

Those are likely the two options being presented to GSP right now.



Reminder that the Bisping incident in 2017 never sat well with UFC. GSP burned a lot of good will by vacating.

Does anyone here really want to see GSP at 155?

I don't want to watch a shell of a man. At his age, making 155 is just too much for me to get hyped about.

A 40 year old doing a cut he's never done before in his life? Ugh.

I don't want to see him period. Don't sully what is basically a pristine legacy.

He's still meeting with Dana AFAIK.

Erronius said:

So GSP's 'big announcement' was promoting Budweiser's new non-alcoholic beer?

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It goes down smooth with only half the calories, Faggot

bunch of info from last couple of days
Michael Chandler / Dan Hooker likely to be the co-main event of UFC 257. Dana - original plan was for Chandler to face Charles Oliveira, but Oliveira had concerns about making the weight on short notice.
Dana doesn't think Nick Diaz will return, He isn't in the testing pool and need to be for 6 months
Dana wants covington vs masvidal in 2021
Israel Adesanya / Jan Blachowicz for light heavyweight title at UFC 259, opening odds Israel -250 / Jan +205

tl;dr highlights

41 events, 34 live events were closed to the public
456 fights
total cage time of 83 hours 33 minutes 19 seconds
167 fight-night bonuses were given out for a sum of $8,350,000
Betting favorites went 299-145. Twelve fights ended in a draw, no contest or had even odds.
Betting favorites went 27-13 in event headliners. One fight ended in a draw.
46 fighters officially missed weight for their respective contests, the single-year record in UFC history. The 32 fighters in that group who went on to compete were 10-22 in their respective bouts.
123 fighters made their UFC debut in 2020. Those fighters went 49-70 with one draw and one no contest

Goatface said:

The 32 fighters in that group who went on to compete were 10-22 in their respective bouts.

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That's unusual, hasn't the person who missed weight historically been heavily favored before this year?

Gavinmad said:

That's unusual, hasn't the person who missed weight historically been heavily favored before this year?

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mmajunkie looks only to go back 3 years, don't think i have seen yearly stat on wikipedia


30 fighters officially missed weight for their respective contests. The 28 fighters in that group to compete went 10-17-1 in their respective bouts.


29 fighters officially missed weight for their respective contests. The 22 fighters in that group to compete went 13-9 in their respective bouts.


Twenty-eight fighters officially missed weight. The 21 fighters in that group to compete went 11-10.

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sorta of related


She missed by 1.7 kg, won the fight by armbar and offically NC

if it is shown at a business, even if a private group, have to pay based on capacity.

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Wait, so you have to pay for a subscription in order to pay for the ppv's?