Eh, you never know. I thought guys like Vitor and Lawler were done when the UFC brought them back. He just needs to get involved in exciting fights. I haven't watched him recently but he got the boot before because he was losing boring fights. You can lose some, but if you make it entertaining you'll stick around.

Daniel Cormier is going to ragdoll Jon Jones. We all saw what Gus did to Jones early in the fight, now imagine an olympic wrestler who ragdolled heavyweight fighters.

Take out a second mortgage and put it on Cormier.

He better have his custom vampire mouthguard

He's had a habit of getting knocked out in glorious fashion lately

I though he was like 6-1 in his last 7 fights?

Edit. Yeah he's 6-1 in his last 7 fights with his only loss to Rumble by decision which doesn't look so bad at the moment.

He is, the problem is the only guy he's beaten that has any name recognition is Mike Kyle. Rumble Johnson man handled him in his loss and he wasn't representing very well prior to that streak. He got KO'd by several guys in Strikeforce and Affliction but that's been 3 or 4 years ago now

That's fine. I'd rather see a great KO then one of those boring decisions he was losing at the end of his UFC run.

I'm not betting a 2nd mortgage on anyone vs Jon Jones right now. The guy has never actually been beaten in his career. (Only loss was a DQ) I might be willing to bet against him on the Gus rematch, but it would have to be a reasonable amount of money that I'm willing to lose.

I agree, I also don't think Schaub is going to be the guy to decide whether or not he should stay.

Here's a very interesting article on Jon Jones' arms. The author is arguing that he's not being dirty, but that what he's really doing is using an old-school Muay Thai stance that most fighters don't use anymore in order to throw more powerful elbows (which he was definitely doing), and the eye pokes are just an unfortunate side-effect.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/4/28...-mma-judo-chop

We just need to go back to old school and not have to worry about it.

http://youtu.be/57Mva-3n7TY

I agree
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Wow, Rumble Johnson jumped from #14 all the way up to #5 in the LHW rankings after that fight in the co-main. He DID look good, but damn. I guess they are grooming him for a title shot.

Damn. Barao just got dominated.

That was impressive. TJ was just fighting at a different speed.

Last night was one of the reasons I watch MMA. I honestly bought the fight for the undercards, I wanted to see Lawler win, and I wanted to see if DC could dust off Hendo and make a case for a title shot.

The main event was an afterthought, sure TJ is a tough kid, but I figured he was an outmatched blood donor for this fight, intended to keep Barao's skills sharp in a tune-up payday while waiting for a real opponent to heal up.

What was shocking wasn't that TJ won the fight, but that it was no fluke, he won every round. In the 4th and 5th he could have laid back, played defense, and taken it easy but he instead stayed in there and finished it. He was clearly the better fighter last night, deserved to be the champ, and now I want to see if he can hold on to the title.

Cormier vs Hendo full fight video for those who missed it.

(sorry can't embed)

http://mmashare.crazyko.com/2014/05/...henderson.html

Dillashaw opened a lot of eyes last night. I haven't been that impressed by an MMA fight in a long time. His foot and head movement were spectacular.

He was more powerful version of Frankie Edgar IMO.

I was just as shocked at how easily DC ragdolled Hendo

Chael out of UFC 175 for failing a test for the same drug Robert Mathis had in his system. Not sure how to feel about this considering the TRT ban Nevada has issued. They're moving the goal posts on these guys.

I was surprised no one commented on how Diego Sanchez was gifted the win against Pearson. Terrible decision

Pearson got robbed..He won all 3 rounds in my opinion

It is possible for one judge to score a fight 30-27 for one fighter, and for another judge to score the fight 30-27 for the other fighter, but it should RARELY happen. This fight was not one of those times it should have happened. I was disgusted.

They need actual MMA judges. Not converted boxing judges. These guys are ****ing up people's careers. Pearson should have moved up the ladder a bit after that fight. Instead, he's got a loss to Diego on his record. Ridiculous.

It was almost as bad as the decision Sanchez was gifted against Martin Kampmann.

These are the reasons I can't get as into ufc as I once was.

**** Dana white.
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I don't think a lot of judges understand the sport, but that was just a home town giveaway.

eh, I have no sympathy for those TRT guys. I read about Chael's complaints, and he's got an argument, and it is kinda tough for him, but ya know what... even though TRT was legal at the time he was using, no one liked it including most fighters, so screw 'em. If it takes him another year or so to get his system back to normal, thats his problem, he shouldn't have been taking it in the first place.

The problem is systems dont usually go back to normal.

yep, a side effect of TRT is that your body might not make much testosterone naturally if you stop.

If those fighters are all pretty much screwed now, I'm fine with it.

Why? They could have made made a mistake as a 18 year old and jacked up their HPTA for life. If they keep total T within a set of guidelines I dont see the problem.

Don't care. The benefit of a blanket ban is it removes all questions, all suspicions, all accusations. If you want to fight, don't do TRT. If you are one of the ultra-rare people who really are born with a medical need for replacement therapy, well thats just too bad, you weren't born to fight just like guys who are born without legs or arms.

Breaking News: Sonnen has announced his retirement.

Lol.
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I won't mind him as a commentator, I don't hate the guy, but if he can't fight anymore then he shouldn't try.

He should probably shut the **** up too.
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He's a dirtbag for sure. But he's an entertaining commentator

I like Chael but I really can't understand why he'd choose to take something knowing his standing with the UFC and ACs.


The drug testing is gearing towards Olympic/World standards. This is simply stupidity on Chael's behalf.

It's all marketing. I think he is a pretty good dude when you see the real Chael. It's like hating a pro wrestler for the way he acts has a TV character.

Yeah, he's actually a really cool, level headed dude. He's a salesman through and through and knew exactly what he was doing with his antics.

It will be interesting to see if he sticks with commentating or trys to cross over to Pro Wrestling. His shit talking is off the charts and he could transition over pretty easy with the mma/wrestling skills. Probably a lot more money potential than the UFC.

Yeah, except for all that mortgage fraud stuff

If I wanted to watch wrestling I would.
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Meh, that shit happens when you've got bank. He made a mistake like a lot of people do. It's not like he went down for rape or domestic assault.

Then ignore the 2 minutes interviews and just enjoy him fight. He's wasn't too bad most nights.

Biggest robbery in MMA ever...only behind Roy Jones Jr. getting jobbed in the Olympics as far as all of combat sports goes.

DeLahoya vs Trinidad was pretty close. That kind of shit is why I stopped watching boxing

Paquiao/Bradley I?

I can't wait until Daniel Cormier grabs Jon Jones by the leg and throws him out of the cage super smash bros style.

But seriously, Cormier is going to rag doll Jon Jones

If he can get close to him he will, Jones has a superior talent for staying on the outside and destroying people. Either way Jones has to get through Gus first and that's a large task

Holyfield vs. Lewis 1 was pretty bad as well.

So.... I just now noticed that Dana White decided to cut Jason High. People were expecting some kind of severe punishment, but the internet seems generally shocked by a lifetime ban for shoving a ref.

The pushback seems to be one of 2 reactions: 1) pointing out people who fail drug tests and don't get cut. 2) basically saying "aww come on, it was just a shove in the heat of the moment"

I'm not sure how I feel about the severity of the punishment, but I do think the first argument is a load of crap. Drugs and attacking the ref do not need to carry the same punishment, it is rational to deal with this a hell of a lot more severely than a drug test.

I think if I was Dana I would punish a move against the ref on a case by case basis, and maybe sanction someone from fighting for a full year for a momentary shove, with a ban coming only if you strike the ref. (exception if its obvious that you were so out of it you thought the ref was the opponent)

But Dana wants to go all zero-tolerance on this and drop a lifetime ban for a shove and walking away? OK fine, its his company he can do what he wants. Duly noted. I'll expect the same punishment if someone who actually draws well does the same thing. (though I'd agree that is very unlikely, if you are good enough and work long enough to get to that point, then you probably are not that stupid)

here's what happened.

http://i.imgur.com/egKjaUz.gif

Why would you expect a huge draw, and an average fighter to be punished the same? It's crazy to expect that. Last season there was a team that came to KC for a preseason game and a couple of the camp fodder rookies were caught smoking dope in the hotel. I can't remember which team it was, but let's use the Pats as an example. Those rookies were cut the next day. Would you expect the Patriots to cut Tom Brady if he were the one caught smoking pot that night?

Gus was able to take down Jones and I am sure Cormier will have no problem doing the same.

Dude there's no case by case basis for that kinda shit.

You're not playing basketball or football. This is fighting, and yes it's in the heat of the moment, which is why there needs to be a no tolerance policy, you don't ever touch a referee inside the cage when that bell rings.

I'd cut him too....immediately.

Dana White is such a hypocritical POS....cut High for that but keep fighters that juice and fail drug tests over and over again.

I've checked out on the UFC, over it...watch it occasionally but nothing like I used to.

Not to mention on the last show they had a guy blatantly fish hook his opponent, which is one of the if not the biggest no nos in MMA oh but that's ok because his girlfriend is one of their marquee female fighters.

Dana White is just another corrupt boxing promoter in disguise...

We're not talking about suspended for one year or even two years, we're talking about life. If you take a swing at a ref sure, but life for that?

I'd think being out for year(s) should be plenty for a deterrent, but life seems extreme.

Gilbery Yvel nearly killed a ref after punching him and then the UFC signed him.

If one of their cash cows did that, no way would they get the same punishment.

I saw the replay and I'm not sure it was blatant. He did have is finger in his opponents mouth but I think if it were blatant, his opponents head would have turned the opposite way that it turned. I could be wrong but that is the way I saw it. It didn't have any bearing on the outcome and his opponent and opponents coach weren't complaining about it after the fight.

Anyone else looking forward to the fight tonight? Its unusual to see someone with wicked knockout power in the tiny man division, but if Bagautinov can catch him, he could take the title.

http://i.imgur.com/1mooJBT.jpg

VS.

http://e9bbcba794ec60672475-693158ff...-w-478x270.jpg

wow, OSP broke Ryan Jimmo's arm.

I hope this happens again

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps6fc68a69.gif

here's a better pic

http://fat.gfycat.com/GlaringPeacefulBlackbird.gif

Andre spending some time at the buffet it appears.

Trashweight fight

Damn, did he crush his windpipe?

Schaub keeps going for the one-punch knockout. Andrei is...

actually I don't know what the hell Andei is doing. This guy used to be the heavyweight champion? Really? I wasn't watching MMA whenever that was.

This fight should not have been on the main card. The women's fight was a hell of a lot more entertaining than this unwatchable crap.

That was the worst heavyweight "fight" I have ever seen.

They should both lose.

That was hard to watch.

lulz

haha, they gave it to that pathetic has-been Arlovski? Whatever, I don't care. This fight was terrible.

Two top-11 light heavyweights? OK, I'm in, get this train wreck back on track.

Feijao via TKO

Bader looks much more explosive

McCarthy was the best thing about that fight.

LMAOLMAOLMAO

OK, thats much, much better. I don't mind a wrestling match when its active and explosive.

Feijao looks lost on the ground.