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People talking is good news.

Fights this Saturday are at 7 A.M. Hooray for Askren taking on an unfavorable opponent.

 

On different trajectories, but if it works out, they need to run it back.

 

 

Posted
4 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

I’m here for the shocking flash knockout in the main event lol. 

The first fight was a convincing decision, but high level striking.

This second fight probably won’t go that long.

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2 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

despite the masvidal KO, i was still riding that asken hype train.  very sad its derailed.

Me too. It's obvious his style is too prone to being knocked the fuck out, and now he's proven that he can't handle an elite grappler when he's getting tired.

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2 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

despite the masvidal KO, i was still riding that asken hype train.  very sad its derailed.

You could’ve written that Masvidal KO off as a fluke, but there wasn’t a damn thing fluky about that one. Terrible matchup for Askren.

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Was excited to see Askren fight in UFC especially after Rogan had hyped him up so much. Guess he's just not at this level. Should go ahead and call it a career if he doesn't need the money as he's already mid 30s and looks lost at this level of competition. 

If he needs the money call Coker and go back to Bellator. 

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holy fuck
 
i mean , shouldnt be surprised
 
but goddamn


I mean, it’s what he does. And does it well as long as he just sticks to what he knows. I will never understand why some BJJ fighters insist on trying to prove they can strike (some can of course) and just fail.

I took a private lesson with Maia’s BJJ teacher, Fabio Gurgel, in São Paulo many years ago /csb.
Posted
33 minutes ago, JohnnyRage said:

Me too. It's obvious his style is too prone to being knocked the fuck out, and now he's proven that he can't handle an elite grappler when he's getting tired.

his record against Douglas Lima and Koreshkov is why I thought he would be legit against UFC competition.  shame. 

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54 minutes ago, Junior Miller said:

Was excited to see Askren fight in UFC especially after Rogan had hyped him up so much. Guess he's just not at this level. Should go ahead and call it a career if he doesn't need the money as he's already mid 30s and looks lost at this level of competition. 

If he needs the money call Coker and go back to Bellator. 

I wouldn’t go that far. I still feel like he can wrestle fuck anyone in that division to a unanimous decision. This was just a terrible matchup for him. Literally the one guy in the sport (or at least in the division) that is clearly a better grappler than him, and IMO Askren didn’t have the advantage on the feet. I don’t know if Maia even initiated a takedown attempt. That’s how comfortable he was standing.

I don’t know, it’s tough for me. His personality is good for the sport, but I just hate watching him fight. I don’t think he retires necessarily, but when you’re 1-2 in the ufc and the 1 was controversial as fuck, it’s going to be a LONG road back. Maybe run it back with lawler?

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10 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

I wouldn’t go that far. I still feel like he can wrestle fuck anyone in that division to a unanimous decision. This was just a terrible matchup for him. Literally the one guy in the sport (or at least in the division) that is clearly a better grappler than him, and IMO Askren didn’t have the advantage on the feet. I don’t know if Maia even initiated a takedown attempt. That’s how comfortable he was standing.

I don’t know, it’s tough for me. His personality is good for the sport, but I just hate watching him fight. I don’t think he retires necessarily, but when you’re 1-2 in the ufc and the 1 was controversial as fuck, it’s going to be a LONG road back. Maybe run it back with lawler?

going with transitive property, damian maia is/was a nasty motherfucker when he gets his hands on you -- and for a while he looked unsolvable -- but some dudes made him look pathetic

masvidal neutralized maia (and arguably took the decision);

colby embarassed him;

the other wrestlers (usman + woodley) beat him. 

 

where would askren slot?  over aged dudes like condit and matt brown?  holding together the bottom of T15 ranking?  maybe around 10-15?

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1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

going with transitive property, damian maia is/was a nasty motherfucker when he gets his hands on you -- and for a while he looked unsolvable -- but some dudes made him look pathetic

masvidal neutralized maia (and arguably took the decision);

colby embarassed him;

the other wrestlers (usman + woodley) beat him. 

 

where would askren slot?  over aged dudes like condit and matt brown?  holding together the bottom of T15 ranking?  maybe around 10-15?

That’s fair. I would think he’d be more than just a gate keeper, but maybe he does actually need to learn one thing besides wrestling. I just think he’s the best pure wrestler in the division. Maybe even by a long shot. Those guys will always have a chance to pull out a decision. 

But you’re right. He would probably end up being the type of guy that consistently stays ranked between 5-10. He doesn’t strike me as the type of guy that would stick around to be a gate keeper. 

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I’m back from Bass Pro Shops. Dominos order on the way, their plain wings are underrated. Son’s watching a new Paw Patrol.

Ready for some Johnny Walker

WTF is Darren Till thinking...Ah to be a young Scouser

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Posted (edited)
7 minutes ago, Southernthunder said:

Anyone have a good link? I am checking reddit right now.

maybe this one...

 

starting to lag

 

The listing has moved to sports urge . net

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1 hour ago, youdunnf'dup said:

Really hope Gastelum beats till so he can be in the mix for one of the next title shots. That first fight with Idesanya was a fucking barn burner. Kinda want to see them run it back at some point. 

that boy ate one too many tortillas tho

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