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[Gigantic]

Anyone see mvp knock out cyborg santos with a jumping knee defending the takedown? So nice.

Cyborg received a depressed skull fracture for his troubles.

Yea saw that, so brutal.

 

[Jab]

Anyone see mvp knock out cyborg santos with a jumping knee defending the takedown? So nice.

Cyborg received a depressed skull fracture for his troubles.

Yeah I saw that! Cyborg looked in pain straight away but I didn't know the injury! Ouch:

The Pokemon celebration from MVP was hilarious.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Yeah I saw that! Cyborg looked in pain straight away but I didn't know the injury! Ouch:

The Pokemon celebration from MVP was hilarious.

The celebration got him trending on twitter.. pretty bloody smart.

 

[bkozican]

"There aint nothin to say, the reality of it, its down to war like, i, he, he aint even, he aint even alive, like i own all his s**t"

-Nate Diaz

I love this dude haha



The greatest promo ever cut.

That quote is legendary

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/7/1...undergo-surgery-for-fractured-skull-following

 

[Jab]

http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/7/1...undergo-surgery-for-fractured-skull-following

Those pictures. Ouch.

How he needs to have a gofundme pages is despicable! Belator should be paying all medical costs and how that isn't made into a larger story is beyond me.

 

[Jab]

http://wp.me/p3WzJ0-QNq

Belator is going to pay the medical bills and pay Santos his win bonus too.

Should be the standard.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Joe Lauzon vs Jim Miller rematch set for aug 27 on fox.

Off the top of my head the first fight is in my
5-10 fav fights. Hopefully the rematch can get close.

 

[bkozican]

Joe Lauzon vs Jim Miller rematch set for aug 27 on fox.

Off the top of my head the first fight is in my
5-10 fav fights. Hopefully the rematch can get close.

Liked...then unliked it just so I could like it again. Always wondered why the UFC didnt line these two up at 200...oh well...better late than never

 

[bkozican]

Will just leave this here

 

[BradWCE]

A fair bit of UFC support at the Republican convention.

Today Dana White's speaking.

Yesterday it was Kenny Florian:

 

[Jab]

Love your work, BradWCE

 

[BradWCE]

That joke might have gone over a few people's heads. If it did, the joke's just that both Kenny Florian and Melania Trump plagiarised.

Cruz mentioned Florian in his post-fight interview after he beat Dillashaw and it was pretty funny at the time.

 

[BradWCE]

Condit/Maia has been moved from UFC 202 to a Fox card. It's the main event, so it'll be 5 rounds now and not 3. This is great for Condit.

 

[Jab]

I don't know if this is worth a thread on rule changes, but there has been talk of rule changes and weight class changes in the UFC. I know that I'm on the minority here but I am against knees to the head of a downed opponent and the Cyborg injury should be exhibit A in that discussion. Also, I think that foot stomps should be banned.

There is talk that leading with an open hand will be considered a foul to avoid eye pokes. The old Pride gloves would help prevent that, but I don't know how it would go when you're grappling.

Maybe this is worth a thread... but someone else can make it if they want it.

 

[Quivorir]

Also, I think that foot stomps should be banned.

Curious as to why?

 

[Jab]

Curious as to why?

Stomping a foot is not a martial art. I think that it's a dirty tactic and have never liked it.

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Allow 12-6 elbows... for the love of god!

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Stomping a foot is not a martial art. I think that it's a dirty tactic and have never liked it.

Agree its a bit cheap but its fair play. Dont like when guys do it really but thats on the guy getting stompt. Get off the fence.

 

[Quivorir]

Stomping a foot is not a martial art. I think that it's a dirty tactic and have never liked it.

Interesting. I think it's not used anywhere near enough.

 

[Guy Threepwood]

Stomping a foot is not a martial art. I think that it's a dirty tactic and have never liked it.

Is it any dirtier than covering someone's mouth to interrupt their breathing from top position? While I agree that it's a bit on the cheap side, I've never seen foot stomps alter the course of a fight before.

Like idea of a change to fighters leading with an open hand. Eyepokes are still going to happen, but this should drastically reduce them.

 

[Quivorir]

Eye pokes will stop when fighters start getting penalised for them. When you can get away with 2 or 3 before anything happens its always going to happen. Very stern warning for the first, points for the 2nd and it will be gone (other than legit accidental ones) in a few months.

 

[MMAPride Scott]

Eye pokes will stop when fighters start getting penalised for them. When you can get away with 2 or 3 before anything happens its always going to happen. Very stern warning for the first, points for the 2nd and it will be gone (other than legit accidental ones) in a few months.

Agree eye pokes, low blows, cage clinging basicly any rule in there broken should be a point straight away. They are rules

 

[Jab]

For those interested in the discussion on the best MMA Wrestler, Bloody Elbow are having a bit of fun with it here http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/7/2...er-3-sean-sherk-vs-6-mark-kerr-ufc-tournament

I'd expect Jones, DC, GSP, Sonnen, Askren and Khabib to be up there, but I love this concept.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Lol * Chad Mendes, Aldo is next