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Finally found a torrent for the Fuel prelims and can now come safely in here. First off, the Brazillian crowd is great. Incredibly loud from the very first fight on the undercard.

Martins/Larsen was an absolute brawl, what chins on them both. Best fight of the night and the opening fight to boot.

Maldonado nut shot was brutal, one of the worst I've seen. Maldonado recovered and used his superior cardio and boxing skills to beat up on Hollow in R2 and R3.

Really nice sub from Tibau, so explosive.

Vitor's KO, well that was just beautiful. Dude is a beast. Jacare looked great as well.
Yeah, the Brazilian crowds are always great. They're so loud throughout the whole event and it's really awesome how loud they are early on. What's weird though is how they seem to get more agitated than other crowds when there's some 'boring' grappling going on.

Martins/Larsen was very sloppy but was a really fun fight too. Definitely the best fight of the night. There's been a few really good fights to start events recently.

Jacare was too good for Camozzi in every aspect of an MMA fight really. Jacare's jiu-jitsu is awesome to watch. The way he transitioned into dominant positions was so slick and then the finish was awesome. He put Camozzi to sleep so quickly when he sunk in the arm triangle choke.
 

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Wow, I realised that Belfort looked more ripped in his most recent fights than the ones just before them but didn't realise how huge the transformation was. Looking at those photos it's ridiculous.

Here's his transformation from fight to fight in the UFC at the weigh ins.
Franklin fight: http://media.ufc.tv/migrated_images/CF556D57-1422-0E8C-9A2D9DE1593B02D4.jpg
Anderson fight: http://media.ufc.tv/126/images/126_weighin/GYI0063315943.jpg
Akiyama fight: http://media.ufc.tv/133/Photos/133_WeighIns/43_UFC133Weighins.jpg
Johnson fight: http://media.ufc.tv/photo_galleries/UFC142Weighins/34_UFC142Weighins.jpg
Jones fight: http://media.ufc.tv/photo_galleries/UFC152_Weighins/UFC152_Weighins_069.jpg
Bisping fight: http://media.ufc.tv/photo_galleries/ufx7-weigh-ins/ufx7-weigh-ins_74.jpg
 

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How can you have before and after pics if he was on roids the whole time?
It's before and after TRT. Synthetic testosterone is a steroid so I get your point.

You think he was on roids the whole time though? Even before the Franklin and Silva fights? He was massive at the beginning of his career, then for a while he was considerably smaller and then he's back looking as big as ever.
 

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It's before and after TRT. Synthetic testosterone is a steroid so I get your point.

You think he was on roids the whole time though? Even before the Franklin and Silva fights? He was massive at the beginning of his career, then for a while he was considerably smaller and then he's back looking as big as ever.
To an extent, with the UFC weak testing policies I think everyone would be pushing very close to the line of legal anyway. Like Chael said in those interviews, everyone is looking at the hand holding the testosterone and no one is seeing whats in the other hand. TRT just makes it easier.
 

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The Melb Gov't are f_cked. Clearly don't understand how much money this would bring the state.

I read this morning that Melbourne & Perth are the only places in the world that allow MMA but not in a cage.
 

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The Melb Gov't are f_cked. Clearly don't understand how much money this would bring the state.

I read this morning that Melbourne & Perth are the only places in the world that allow MMA but not in a cage.
There's nothing as backwards in the entire world as Australian democracy.
 
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