MMA Thread

Gavinmad said:

When you build your brand up as high as he did, you can do ridiculous stuff like get a free title shot despite not having a relevant MMA win in 6 years.

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it's getting closer to 7 than 6. Diaz kicked his ass twice.

Lanx said:

i don't understand how eddie tore through lw, gave the most exciting lw fight w/ rda

and conner literally clowns eddie for 2 rounds

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Major difference i can see is Conor used a lot of high level striking techniques that Jones, Gus, and other top 5 strikers use to find range.

Eddie seemed annoyed and irritated by that. He didn't like Conor pawing and touching his hands and pawing at his gloves. I don't think Eddie ever fought someone who used those ranging techniques before. It's more common at 205. Instantly you can see Eddie is tilted by it, swatting his fist at Conor's hands like "get the fuck off me, what the fuck" at the pawing. And of course the knockdown follows and that's all she wrote.

I've never seen a fighter hyper-react so much to range-finding, so I'd also guess Eddie was nervous in addition to that particular technique not being used much at lightweight.

An appropriate reaction to range-finding is to range back, not get upset like a grandma and shake your fist at it. Eddie wasn't on that level.

Lanx Watch Gus-Jones first fight for an evenly matched high level striking example of what happens when a range-finder fights another range-finder. The appropriate response is to play the ranging game back, which Gus did perfectly. Eddie is shaking his fist and swatting at the range acting like it's a gnat or a bug, while Gus is meeting Jones hand halfway, stalking and working with it. Gus and Jones touched palms 100 times in that fight. However many times Jones wanted to, Gus met him.

Connor's cheat code was to always be so much bigger and powerful than the 145'ers & 155'ers he was stomping. His best skill was the ability to cut and make weight.

Main card (7PM ET on ESPN+):

Light heavyweight: Thiago Santos (205.5) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (205)
Bantamweight: Marlon Moraes (136) vs. Song Yadong (135.5)
Featherweight: Alex Caceres (145) vs. Sodiq Yusuff (145.5)
Light heavyweight: Khalil Rountree (205) vs. Karl Roberson (203)
Lightweight: Drew Dober (155) vs. Terrance McKinney (156)
Middleweight: Bruno Silva (185.5) vs. Alex Pereira (186)

Prelim card (4PM ET on ESPN+):
Welterweight: Matt Semelsberger (169) vs. AJ Fletcher (170)
Flyweight: JJ Aldrich (125.5) vs. Gillian Robertson (125.5)
Bantamweight: Trevin Jones (135) vs. Javid Basharat (136)
Featherweight: Damon Jackson (145.5) vs. Kamuela Kirk (145)
Flyweight: Sabina Mazo (125.5) vs. Miranda Maverick (125.5)
Middleweight: Cody Brundage (185.5) vs. Dalcha Lungiambula (186)
Bantamweight: Guido Cannetti (136) vs. Kris Moutinho (135)
Light heavyweight: Tafon Nchukwi (205.5) vs. Azamat Murzakanov (205.5)




also tonight

Fight said:

Connor's cheat code was to always be so much bigger and powerful than the 145'ers & 155'ers he was stomping. His best skill was the ability to cut and make weight.

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few months ago, he was claiming he weighed 190.

hard to tell with it being a workout, but seems to have cut some mass

he will be 34 in july, cutting isn't going to easy

Dude is huge for 5'8. If he really bulked up to 190, theres no way he gets back to 145 without substantial muscle loss.

Animosity said:

Dude is huge for 5'8. If he really bulked up to 190, theres no way he gets back to 145 without substantial muscle loss.

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He’s a fat ripped 190. Look at his biceps, and abs. Fuck they’re nowhere! He would prolly make 155 again, but never will make 145. Probably fights at 170 next.

If you think he looks fat, yikes.

he definitely looks chonky and ripped at the same time, somehow.

HGH will do that to you.

Blades/Tai for interm title? lol
could have stipe/gane both coming off losses ...

If I were Stipe I'd be looking for a way out of the UFC asap. Maybe a different promotion would treat him better, or just retire.

Fight said:

HGH will do that to you.

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HGH is considered pretty Spartan these days, but yea easy enough to use while in the testing pool.

Alternatives are available like MK-677 which throttle HGH through the roof and clear detection within 48h. Although I highly doubt USADA is testing for every research chemical available. The typical growth hormone side effects of MK-677 are so bad in some people they can't even tolerate it. For others, it's a miracle drug that allows them to use HGH without using HGH.

There's a bunch of monsters out there if you are willing to take drugs with 0 clinical trials behind them. YK-11 is another big boy, literally knocks out your myostatin gene responsible for muscle growth inhibition.

The steroid and PED game changed forever around 2017-2018, quietly. Your average buck in the gym is taking research drugs now, not steroids.