MMA Thread

Lanx said:

every foul is intentional

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People just hate Tom Aspinall. Gane is worse than Gilbert Yvel. He's just taking advantage of some of the softest reffing we've seen since the 2000's.

I liked her being gone

She's training again. DW has shot down the idea of putting her on the White House card but hasn't outright said either way.

Go away Rhonda.

It was always weird to me UFC never tried to push Brock vs Bobby. I think Bobby would have just owned Brock. I think Bobby was more disciplined and not afraid of getting punched.

UFC Vegas 110
will air in its entirety on ESPN+ on Saturday.
Prelims begin at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT,
the main card starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Steve Garcia (145.5) vs. David Onama (146)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta (263) vs. Ante Delija (237.5)
Themba Gorimbo (171) vs. Jeremiah Wells (170.5)
Yadier Del Valle (146) vs. Isaac Dulgarian (146)
Daniel Frunza (171) vs. Charlie Radtke (171)
Cody Durden (130) vs. Allan Nascimento (129.5)
Kevin Christian (205) vs. Billy Elekana (205.5)
Timothy Cuamba (136) vs. Chang Ho Lee (135.5)
Sedriques Dumas (185.5) vs. Donte Johnson (184)
Norma Dumont (136) vs. Ketlen Vieira (136)
Alice Ardelean (115.5) vs. Montserrat Ruiz (115)
Seok Hyeon Ko (170) vs. Philip Rowe (171)
Talita Alencar (115) vs. Ariane Carnelossi (115.5)

i did not watch it live and could not find a clip after the stoppage. guess the rumor fix for the eye pokes was just say fuck it.


SPOILER Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ante Delija

sherdog's play by play

Delija keeps slugging Cortes-Acosta in the face, hurting him badly, and he pushes out with a left hand to jab Cortes-Acosta in the eyeball before letting loose with a massive stream of punches. Smith gets between them and shouts “stop!” several times, but then has to call the replay official of Herb Dean to check on whether Cortes-Acosta’s eye was poked or if they were all punches landing cleanly and legally. Teammates, medical professionals and commissioners all flood the cage to figure out what happened. The video shows that Delija’s finger slid into the eye socket, and no five-minute clock starts for recovery time. Instead, Smith states that if Cortes-Acosta is able to continue, he does have the ability to restart the fight. It is a bizarre scene, one that is growingly and frustratingly common in the promotion, and it gives Cortes-Acosta one of two options. If he cannot continue, it will be a no contest. If he says he can keep going, the fight will actually resume. Throw out the rulebook at this point. Smith warns Cortes-Acosta for the foul, and with 90 seconds left in the first round, they start fighting again.

They are cautious to engage, both jabbing at one another with their fists firmly closed. Delija sits down on a jab, and Cortes-Acosta counters him with a brilliant right hand over the top knocking him down to the canvas. Cortes-Acosta leaps on top to pound out Delija, and Smith only lets Cortes-Acosta drum away for a few seconds before waving things off. This is ridiculous. Cortes-Acosta walks back to his corner and collapses to the mat in pain, clutching his eye and keeping a towel pressed on it for several minutes. He just accomplished an absolutely wild comeback, albeit one that will come with a great deal of scrutiny and review. To say this whole debacle flew in the face of protocols, regulations and procedure is an understatement. We’ll see what happens.

Goatface said:

guess the rumor fix for the eye pokes was just say fuck it.

Delija keeps slugging Cortes-Acosta in the face, hurting him badly, and he pushes out with a left hand to jab Cortes-Acosta in the eyeball before letting loose with a massive stream of punches. Smith gets between them and shouts “stop!” several times, but then has to call the replay official of Herb Dean to check on whether Cortes-Acosta’s eye was poked or if they were all punches landing cleanly and legally. Teammates, medical professionals and commissioners all flood the cage to figure out what happened. The video shows that Delija’s finger slid into the eye socket, and no five-minute clock starts for recovery time. Instead, Smith states that if Cortes-Acosta is able to continue, he does have the ability to restart the fight. It is a bizarre scene, one that is growingly and frustratingly common in the promotion, and it gives Cortes-Acosta one of two options. If he cannot continue, it will be a no contest. If he says he can keep going, the fight will actually resume. Throw out the rulebook at this point. Smith warns Cortes-Acosta for the foul, and with 90 seconds left in the first round, they start fighting again.

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Lines up with DW's "Who gives a shit".

Herb confirms eye poke meeting is scheduled for Nov 4th.

Goes over a few potential changes.