Sep 16, 2016

Don't remember where, but pretty sure I read/heard that TJ said he won't fight again unless it's for a belt.

Unless they do Faber va TJ (which don't make much sense after last week) not sure who else they could give him.

and Has Cody even beat a top 5 135er yet?

 

Sep 16, 2016

Wonderboy vs Woodley @ 205

 

Sep 16, 2016

UFC is discontinuing the UFC Rewards program

 

Sep 16, 2016

Rivera deserves a Title shot over TJ, TJ deserves it over Cody.

I don't really give a f--- though I'll watch Cruz shut neck tattoo up.

 

Sep 16, 2016

Tuf 24 is OUTSTANDING so far. Really enjoying it, the champs of their divisions have all brought it. Definitely would recommend checking it out if you haven't already!

 

Sep 16, 2016

Stoppage the other night was terrible tho, however in my opinion Page was losing the fight up to that point anyway so whatever

 

Sep 16, 2016

Yes, definitely agree. I thought maybe the kick broke his rib. However, I think it was more of shock. The ref shouldnt have stopped it as Page was covered up and looked like he was going to recover.

At the same time though great fight. Adam's stance seems a bit unorthodox. I liked the second fight with the Muay Thai fighter I can't remember his name, I think Kai? He seemed pretty skilled. But overall this is my favourite season so far despite not really caring who is coaching them lol.

 

Sep 18, 2016

Alexander Gustafsson vs Lil Nog added to UFC FN 100 in Brazil on November 19th.

So November 19th we have the Belfast FN card headlined by Dong Hyun Kim vs Gunnar Nelson, the Michael Chandler vs Ben Henderson Bellator card and then the Brazil FN show. Little too much lol.

 

Sep 19, 2016

Legacy FC and RFA are merging under new name Legacy Fighting Alliance, they've reupped with AXS TV for 5 more years and will do 30 shows next year. Both organizations will run normally until 2017, but the first LFA event will be on January 13th and have at least 2 RFA vs LFC champs fighting for the new belts.

Both organizations are probably the biggest feeder leagues to the UFC, think Ed Soares said 14% of the current roster has RFA or Legacy ties. On the current TUF show Alexander Pantonja is the RFA FLW champ and #1 seed and Damacio Page is the Legacy FLW champ and #4 seed.

 

Sep 19, 2016

I guess Al Iaquinta wasn't happy with his contract, hadn't fought since Reebok deal and lost significant money without his sponsors. Anyways Jim Miller will fight Thiago Alves instead.

 

Sep 20, 2016

wtf. this dude was 16-0, had 2 wins in the UFC, and just stopped fighting back in 2003... anyone happen to know anything about him?

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Phillip-Miller-482

this is the first time I've ever actually wanted fight pass lol

 

Sep 20, 2016

-Everything is pointing to an Alvarez vs McGregor UFC 205 Main Event, Alvarez is tweeting about it and Conor's coach is retweeting all his comments
-Also sounds like Ronda might return against Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 on December 30th in Vegas, Dominick Cruz vs Cody Garbrandt and Daniel Cormier vs Anthony Johnson are also rumored for the card (assume 2 of them will happen on the card)
-Former Legacy FC President Mick Maynard has been hired as a new UFC Match Maker, with Joe Silva stepping down.
-Ian McCall vs Neil Seery going down in Belfast, think they are just trying to get Ian a fight with someone who isn't gonna pull out or miss weight by 10 LBS
-Ben Saunders back in the UFC after submitting Jacob Volkmann in 17 seconds.

 

Sep 20, 2016

206 gonna end up being an afterthought at this rate unless they got something special planned for it. It's about to be 201 all over again.

If all of 207's rumored bouts end up happening than it's shaping up to be a pretty stacked card. Low key hyped.

Was hoping they'd fit McCall on 205 but at this point I'll settle for seeing him fight at all.

 

Sep 20, 2016

Yeah, like the GSP rumours. Who knows if they're legit though.

 

Sep 20, 2016

Well its tough being sandwiched between the 2 biggest draws (If Ronda does fight at 207), but I don't see both DC/Rumble and Cruz/Garbrandt being on 207 if Ronda is the headliner, one will be moved to 206 or the December 17th FOX show in Sacramento (the perfect spot for Cruz/Garbrandt imo, but think it will be saved for PPV).

206 could easily be something like Cormier vs Rumble, Joanna vs Karolina, JDS vs Barnett and Khabib vs Barboza.

Also original 201 with the FLW Title fight wasn't that bad from a hardcore standpoint (DJ doesn't add anything for casuals)

 

Sep 20, 2016

That's what I was going for, not that it'll be bad or nothing just that it'll get lost in the hype of 205/207 (assuming RR does return) like 201 was in the 200/202 one. It was a solid card (from what I remember) that ended up being another stepping stone between 2 huge events instead of being treated as a special one itself. Even the fight poster was half assed.

 

Sep 20, 2016

Dana is claiming that it's gonna be Alvarez vs Khabib and not Conor. Whatever

 

Sep 20, 2016

Well should be interesting how this plays out. Wonder if Conor can make the cut to 145 in time for 205, otherwise MSG is lacking a suitable ME (unless I'm missing any obvious potential big fights worth making)

 

Sep 20, 2016

Weird he would address it like that and not in some major announcement. Maybe trying to get McGregor to sign the contract or something.

 

Sep 21, 2016

Based on Khabib tweets (so obviously take them for what you will) it sounds like they are waiting for Eddie to sign the contract to make it official.