MMA Thread

UFC Macau
will stream in its entirety on Paramount+ on Saturday morning.
Prelims start at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT, while the main card starts at 7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT.

Yadong Song (136) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (135.5)
Alonzo Menifield (206) vs. Mingyang Zhang (205)
Sergei Pavlovich (257) vs. Tallison Teixeira (250)
Kai Asakura (135.5) vs. Cameron Smotherman (135.5)
Carlston Harris (170.5) vs. Jake Matthews (170)
Su Mudaerji (126) vs. Alex Perez (125.5)
Luis Felipe Dias (184.5) vs. Yi Sak Lee (185)
Meng Ding (170.5) vs. Jose Henrique Souza (170.5)
Cody Haddon (135) vs. Qileng Aori (135)
Luis Gurule (135) vs. Rei Tsuruya (135)
Angela Hill (115) vs. Jingnan Xiong (115.5)
Rodrigo Vera (145) vs. Kangjie Zhu (145)
Jaqueline Amorim (115.5) vs. Konklak Suphisara (115)

TBT-TheBigToe said:

Whoa whoa whoa, knees the head/face of a downed opponent are being allowed?

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For a couple years now you don't count as a downed opponent if only your feet or hands are touching the mat. The change was meant to stop people from just putting the one hand lightly down to abuse the system, it was not meant to allow a knee to the head in this kind of situation which is kind of funny. 'The hand down must be weight-bearing' was the main other candidate for the change to the downed opponent rule (which would have applied here) but I guess that was considered too subjective.

tom - rumored return November or December
sean's shoulder didn't require the major surgery and is apparently already training, but not cleared to fight
islam - August
volk - defense was in January and looks to return in August or September
petr - rumored summer
van - defense was in may

Goatface said:

tom - rumored return November or December

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He's actively trying to get released now to do boxing.

His manager Hearn is saying he shouldn't take any UFC fights. But he does have 2 fights left on his contract, so would surprise me if he doesn't just do the 2 fights as the fastest path to leaving UFC on amicable terms.

But the way things have gone in the HW division-- it wouldn't surprise me if there is a fighter pay issue that comes up.

has bad back fights at near 300lbs, wonder what his walk around weight is now

DW said yesterday that Aspinall is not being given a release and they will do everything they can to hold him up basically.

I'm sure if Hearn comes up with some money a 3rd party could still buy him out of his contract (Since Aspinall isn't a draw and UFC is no longer on PPV, it would be cheap)

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The filing Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of two Virginia residents contends the Trump administration’s authorization of the June 14 event was unlawful. The lawsuit says such approval violated National Park Service regulations prohibiting sporting events on federal parklands, Congress did not consent to the towering arch overlooking the event space and no environmental review was conducted before the construction.

“This is fundamentally a private, commercial, corrupt use of our most sacred national monuments for private gain,” said Brendan Ballou, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. “And that is what is motivating this lawsuit.”

The White House said in a statement that the legal challenge was “an obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory” attempt to prevent Trump from hosting the fight and that the event was “no different than the various other White House-hosted events on the South Lawn and properly permitted events on the Ellipse and National Mall throughout the year.”
UFC did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.

Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn. Trump has said the finished UFC project will feature “a 5,000-seat arena right outside the front door of the White House.” Additional large screens broadcasting the fights will be set up in a park at the nearby Ellipse, and the UFC has said it plans to issue as many as 85,000 free tickets to accommodate spectators at both locations.

The octagon and surrounding structures are the latest project in the White House building boom Trump is leading.



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around Feb, ufc and dana said the event was budgeted to cost around $60m and they were prepared to to take a $30m loss. dana also said zero tax payer money was going to this.
while zero public tickets are being sold, they are selling million dollar corp packages with seating near trump. plus major brand integration, bunch of new partnerships will begin with the 250. Crypto . com is supposedly going to award $1m in bonuses to the fighters.

DW admits there's a possibility Aspinall may never fight in the UFC again.