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Lanx
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the good stuff comes out fight week usually, bosslogic will most likely put out something, it's a 3 champ titlefight ufc, everyone will put out something.
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Jive Turkey
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Araxen
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Jones track record of fucking up before a fight is something the UFC has to take into account also. He should have taken the 8-10 mill they were offering him. I feel they are being more than generous. Going public never works also.
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Erronius
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Dana has no reason to pay him more, and every reason not to.
He'll happily just /shrug, offer Jones whatever he feels like is fair, and if Jones says 'no', he'll be telling the media that 'He just doesn't want to fight'. I mean, FFS, that's already what he's doing.
This is just some ridiculous attempt at bargaining.
If Jones wanted more pay, and the UFC didn't want to pay him, he should have left for Bellator or whoever instead of signing the contract he did. That's when he would have had the most leverage. The UFC doesn't want their top names leaving to go headline somewhere else. But he signed the contract he is now unhappy fighting under, and now Dana has the option to offer him nothing but shit fights, if that's what he wants to do.
The fucked up thing is that I agree with Dana. Take the tune-up fight. Annihilate some gatekeeper at HW and generate some buzz before fighting Ngannou. That would be the smart play at this point. But instead we get Jones having given up at LHW after some lackluster boring fights and now wanting to move into HW when there's other talents getting developed.
If Jones doubles down on his past threat to sit his contract out, then he loses all that time and he has that much less time left in his prime. And after Jones last 2 fights or so, is Dana going to mind letting Jones walk after the current contract is up? Maybe he can go have more exciting fights cleaning out a division in Bellator...or losing as he gets older and sliding into his future role as Anderson Silva 2.0
He'll happily just /shrug, offer Jones whatever he feels like is fair, and if Jones says 'no', he'll be telling the media that 'He just doesn't want to fight'. I mean, FFS, that's already what he's doing.
This is just some ridiculous attempt at bargaining.
If Jones wanted more pay, and the UFC didn't want to pay him, he should have left for Bellator or whoever instead of signing the contract he did. That's when he would have had the most leverage. The UFC doesn't want their top names leaving to go headline somewhere else. But he signed the contract he is now unhappy fighting under, and now Dana has the option to offer him nothing but shit fights, if that's what he wants to do.
The fucked up thing is that I agree with Dana. Take the tune-up fight. Annihilate some gatekeeper at HW and generate some buzz before fighting Ngannou. That would be the smart play at this point. But instead we get Jones having given up at LHW after some lackluster boring fights and now wanting to move into HW when there's other talents getting developed.
If Jones doubles down on his past threat to sit his contract out, then he loses all that time and he has that much less time left in his prime. And after Jones last 2 fights or so, is Dana going to mind letting Jones walk after the current contract is up? Maybe he can go have more exciting fights cleaning out a division in Bellator...or losing as he gets older and sliding into his future role as Anderson Silva 2.0
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Araxen
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It really should be Francis vs Lewis, and then Stipe vs Jones for the next title shot. Jones should have to at least fight one fight at heavyweight to get a title shot, but sadly this hasn't been the way UFC has done it for other division champs.
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jayrebb
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Proposal hits this week-- so by Friday we'll see where Jones stands on the offer.
He hasn't got the official proposal yet, merely was just was thrown a 8-10mil "heads up", which he said not to bother to come at him with.
He's looking for McGregor event money, tune of 15-30 mil. He's probably going to lash out again this week when he gets the proposal. Also the UFC asked him to shut up during negotiations, but he keeps talking. This is going sour quick.
If Jones never fights again, I won't be surprised.
jayrebb
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Complete rehash, but like we all said before its not like he was wrecking shop at 205. He arguably lost his last 2 fights. The UFC would be more willing to up the money if Jones was obliterating guys at 205. He wasn't.
My college roommate was snow-white by 24. I have basically none at 42. There's a lot of variability. Also, beards tend to show first, so you don't see it in clean-shaven guys.
Gavinmad
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Joanna fought Zhang to a split decision that legitimately could have gone either way, Rose beat Joanna twice with a TKO and a UD. I think Zhang is likely the favorite, but don't sleep on Rose.
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Rose is hard-core, I respect her. I just feel like the Chinese Lady is in another dimension. Her fight with Joanna was one of the best fights in MMA history, i just don't think Rose will be able to absorb that amount of punishment over 5 rounds.
Joanna did but left looking like a fu*king extraterrestrial.
Joanna did but left looking like a fu*king extraterrestrial.