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Mckee is a fantastic striker, a legit submission threat, well spoken, charismatic, and appears to be willing to move up and down between divisions
I think i've just found my new favorite fighter... as long as Ngannou is out. Francis is something else... but Mckee is right up there!
I think i've just found my new favorite fighter... as long as Ngannou is out. Francis is something else... but Mckee is right up there!
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Khabib is huge.
Round cage makes more sense than an octagon. Bellator doesn’t want to start a wage battle with the UFC, but if they change their mind about that it would change everything
You talking about Khabib coming back to fight in Bellator? Don’t think it ever happens to be honest.
I'm talking about Khabib taking his fighters to Bellator, and Bellator taking over as top MMA competition.
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Apparently Beneil doesn't want to fight till next year so...
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Meathead's delight!
Great fight. Perfect. Hate to see RDA as a gatekeeper, but he kinda is. Solid fight.
Love RDA. Never backs away from a challenge.
Yeah, I've really come to like him. So solid everywhere. Proper fighter whatever that means, you know what I mean.
Its just so hard to pick a winner in the main event. On one hand I can't see the BB losing at home. On the other, Gane has been so dominant that its hard to see him losing either.
Rockhold X Strickland in the works, apparently. Thoughts ?
He would need to cut weight to go back to MW. Strickland would probably win since Luke is a bit older now and hasn't been very good lately.
Rockhold was dealing with bad injuries towards the end of his last run. Big issues with his shin I think.
A fully healthy and motivated Luke is another beast. But of course, there's a certain issue with his chin...so you never know.
A fully healthy and motivated Luke is another beast. But of course, there's a certain issue with his chin...so you never know.
The chin would be a concern. As would the fact that he's only fought 4 times in 5 years, 3 of which resulted in him getting KO'd. His last notable win was against Weidman in 2015.
Hopefully we get another addition to the "Luke Rockhold getting KO'd" highlights package.
Yeah. He's one of the most unlikeable fighters about.
Is there any way to recover a chin who has taken heavy blows ?
With all the technology and medical care out there for UFC fighters, that's the only body part that i've never seen them get it back to what it once was.
The problem with Rockhold is he stagnated after the Bisping fight. The humiliation of not just losing to Bisping, but losing the way he did, seemed to permanently alter his confidence and career trajectory. He just hasn't been the same fighter since the loss....and now at 36, isn't likely to regain the momentum he once had at 30. He will probably be resigned to gliding into retirement with random card filler fights until he loses a couple more, at which time Dana will cut him.
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It’s not literally his chin that’s the problem. It’s his brain and how susceptible it is to concusssion. And that’s a body part we already know can never properly regenerate or repair. So there won’t ever be a way to “fix” it for fighters.
At one time Overeem had Antonio's hamstrings as a chin but towards the back end of his career, it seemed to get better.
Garbrandt also nearly became no-chin but withstood a fair amount of damage in his last fight.
I think it needs proper rest to recover it but that's just a guess.
The Yoel one was nasty aswell. No one has been the same after fighting Yoel...
That raises another question: Are concussions suffered in MMA more dangerous for long term health than those suffered in boxing ?
At first look, boxing would seem to be a more dangerous sport for the brain, but it appears that in MMA, fighters take way more shots to the head.
I heard the opposite. Boxers take much more blows to the head. Plus the heavier gloves do more damage to the brain (even though they do less superficial damage). When you think about it, the ten count in boxing is pretty mad. Allowing someone who is obviously concussed enough time to recover and get concussed again.
I'm not 100% on this so don't quote me but I remember reading somewhere that due to the bigger gloves, boxers take a lot more shots to the head, the kind of shots that would probably wobble an MMA fighter. So the boxing matches last longer and they absorb many more shots to the head. Bare Knuckle, as barbaric as it looks, apparently ends far quicker than boxing or MMA so the fighters take the least head damage.
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Is Conor making fun of Mike Tyson with the first line ? 
Sure, man. Are boxing referees allowed to stop the fight like MMA referees ? Or are they forced to allow the ten count
What a shit main event for this. Two guys fighting for a fake belt.
Except that its a great matchup. Some of the other fights are pretty good too.
Yeah I just heard it. Loved a bit about him being disappointed with Conor. That’s got to hurt.
I think that he’s maybe trying to make a point about people talking a lot of shit. Like Mike said some nasty shit and it was just entertainment but now Conor brings family into it and it’s off limits. Double standards. That’s what I got from it. Or maybe he actually might want to eat Khabibs kids — coke will do that to you.Is Conor making fun of Mike Tyson with the first line ?
When is AJ McKee contract up in Bellator. Would love him in the lightweight devision. As it wasn’t already stacked!
Yeah it was basically 14 minutes of wumming Conor on Tyson's podcast, all due to Cejudo briging it up. I can see how this sort of thing would infuriate Conor.Yeah I just heard it. Loved a bit about him being disappointed with Conor. That’s got to hurt.
I know. Must be so infuriating being beaten convincingly by him. There is nothing that Conor can say to Khabib after calling him blue lips and then telling him it’s only business in the octagon. It must really hurt his ego. Although his vast fortune helps to ease the pain I’m sure.Yeah it was basically 14 minutes of wumming Conor on Tyson's podcast, all due to Cejudo briging it up. I can see how this sort of thing would infuriate Conor.