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The MMA Thread

I need to watch the 3rd round of that fight again. Werdum didn't seem to be getting much love going into this fight, even with his submission of Fedor. He's looked very good in his return to the UFC tonight. He's made good use of the clinch.
 
Darryl said:
Yawn main event so far.
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I think most people were expecting a brawl. Condit showed he was the smarter fighter and didn't get sucked into Diaz's trash talking. Might not have been entertaining, but it looked effective. Who knows how the judges will see it.
 
Good call by the judges. The takedown by Diaz was too little, too late. The people there can boo all they want but the right call was made. I could however see a rematch between these two.
 
Darryl said:
Let the Diaz whining begin. Good retire, you lost the fight.
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Condit not getting much love from the crowd. Diaz needs to look in the mirror before opening his mouth. He looks beat up compared to Carlos. Diaz finally faced someone who was smart and tactical and he couldn't cope. He can go take up boxing, he won't get far.
 
Darryl said:
Let the Diaz whining begin. Good retire, you lost the fight.
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Must have been the weed talking. Dana had been talking rematch, but that's off the table now. Condit will not fight until GSP is ready to return.

http://es.pn/wNxwCn
 
Can't say I am surprised.

As for Condit, really not much else for him to do. Maybe Ellenberger but they really need some new challengers to rise up in the welterweight division.
 
Couple of good articles by Chuck Mindenhall and Josh Gross of ESPN on some guys who are now in the picture at 170. Johnny Hendricks is the guy who seems to be ready to go. Ellenberger has Diego "The Dream" Sanchez on Wednesday night on FUEL. Sanchez has been on the winning side of FOTN in has last 2 fights. Winner of this one could be right behind Hendricks in the line.

http://espn.go.com/blog/mma/post/_/id/8444/the-diaz-case-and-the-doors-that-open
http://espn.go.com/blog/mma/post/_/id/8516/why-you-should-not-pity-diaz
 
He supposedly blew out his knee during camp and was told he shouldn't fight, he wanted to fight through it due to the whole Pride/Japan history of it all and then he actually hurt his knee again during the fight.

You're right though, aside from the slam he was dominated and looked badly outta shape.

Oh and if Frankie Edgar decides not to drop to 145 then he should receive an instant rematch.  He gave two immediate rematches to Penn and Maynard so he sure as hell deserves one.
 
Agree on the Edgar thing Patrick. Besides to me there is no stand out candidate that can't wait for a fight.

Flyrweight division kicks off this Friday.

Joseph Benavidez (15-2) vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani (19-4-6)
Demetrious Johnson (14-2) vs. Ian McCall (11-2)
 
Thiago Alves and Martin Kampmann plus the 125 pound semis tonight. Has the makings of an interesting card.
 
Strikeforce needs to keep focusing on their women's divisions. The rest should shift to more of a feeder league format.

What did everyone think of the new TUF live format? You could tell it was their first time doing this but overall I liked it.
 
Darryl said:
Strikeforce needs to keep focusing on their women's divisions. The rest should shift to more of a feeder league format.

What did everyone think of the new TUF live format? You could tell it was their first time doing this but overall I liked it.
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It has potential but they need to change the format for the "getting in the house" episode.

A one round fight showcases nothing that a fighter has to offer. Some fighters are better brawlers and that is all that format caters too. They should have kept the fight to two rounds and just made it two episodes.

Other than that...it is a great idea...once they hammer out all the bumps it should be better than the pre recorded version.
 
Overeem tested positive for higher than normal Testoserone levels.  The win vs Brock will probably be overturned, he will lose his shot at JDS and is likely done in the UFC.
 
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