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12.21.2020 | 8:19 PM ET
Let me Start, I find it insane it like 4 days to Chrismas , Im suprise it so close to the end of the Year, Fells like Junes.Anyone have anything cool plan for Chrissy, I’m probley just gonna mess around at the gym
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"Quack quack quack"
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05.16.2024 | 1:46 AM ET
"“I took no damage,” Hill said. “Most of the fall was me falling down"
05.16.2024 | 5:41 AM ET
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05.16.2024 | 4:24 PM ET
"“I took no damage,” Hill said. “Most of the fall was me falling down"
05.17.2024 | 2:40 PM ET
Thought this was fake but who knows.
"“I took no damage,” Hill said. “Most of the fall was me falling down"
05.17.2024 | 11:59 PM ET
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/05/ufc-news-joe-rogan-opinion-mma-rules-favor-strikers-over-grapplers
I disagree with this take and the reason is simple. MMA is not a fight, it's a sport. We coloquially call it a fight and intimate that it is a "real fight" when doing so but there are a ****ton of things you aren't allowed to do.
If we go by the premise that there are generally three categories of hurt you can put on an opponent that is either caused by stabbing motions, squeezing or twisting motions, then the squeezing arts has way less tools barred to them. A wrestler can essentially use whatever they want from within their discipline in an MMA fight. A striker is much more curtailed. You can't attack the eyes the throat the back of the head or the spine, the groin and so on. Grapplers are curtaled a bit as well when it comes to twisting, you can't snap finger bones for example but they are less constrained from their full arsenal of potential moves than a stabber.
If we go by Rogan's idea that a fight is a fight, then to make it fair to someone that spent their life learning the stabbing arts, meaning whatever assortment of strikes with fists fingers elbows knees feet or any other stabbing motion with the human body you can do, they should also be allowed to utilize their disciplines fully.
So I'm ok with no standups and restarting on the ground when a new round starts if the striker can freely attack the back of the head the spine the groin or try to gouge out the eyes.
But that wouldn't be reasonable to do, because it's a sport that tries to have some level of humane rules.
Now if someone wants to discuss how much the scoring criteria leans toward striking that's another debate because it's kinda insane how much it does so. The thing there is the judges still don't rigourusly go by damage trumping all else on a consistent basis so if they regularly ignore the ruleset as is, what would happen if went back to pre-2017 rules?
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"She’ll go there and smash her. She’ll get a title shot, become a UFC champion. We have a Ronda Rousey on steroids. This is what we have.” - Ali Abdelaziz on Kayla Harrison
05.18.2024 | 3:52 PM ET
2024 main event finishes (so far)
SUB: 1
DEC: 9
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"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. - Alexander Volkanovski"
05.18.2024 | 7:56 PM ET
I'll take a shrimp boil to be honest or some chicken fried steak
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.18.2024 | 9:35 PM ET
Respect to Edson Barboza. I'd like to see him back, but only if he takes a long extended break.
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.18.2024 | 9:44 PM ET
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"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
05.19.2024 | 4:09 AM ET
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.19.2024 | 6:01 AM ET
I'd watch Barboza vs. Hooker again, RDA, Green, Pimblett, Frevola, Dawson, Moises, Bahamondes down the line.
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.19.2024 | 6:41 AM ET
Munhoz has never been finished so that fight would be a great measure for Yanez
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.19.2024 | 6:44 AM ET
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.19.2024 | 6:45 AM ET
"I've lost 7000€ on Jared Cannonier."
05.19.2024 | 7:01 AM ET
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.19.2024 | 7:03 AM ET
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.19.2024 | 7:56 AM ET
I'm still a lil salty I got suspended for being annoying and y'all are fighting for the Planet of the Apes over here..
"He's Terrence Thornton, I'm Terrence Crawford, yeah i'm whooping feet"
05.19.2024 | 12:54 PM ET
Aside from the obvious reasons, Salvador’s attack style leaves him too open/undefended and was main the reason behind my confidence in Yanez defeating him
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