MMA Off-Topic

[aholbert32]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Interesting behind the scenes about the UFC deal:

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2016/07/18/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/UFC.aspx

At least three media companies — ESPN, Fox and Time Warner — kicked the tires on buying the UFC, sources said, in addition to Chinese investors China Media Capital and Dalian Wanda Group.

Time Warner was interested in splitting UFC content between Turner Sports and HBO, with iStreamPlanet handling Fight Pass. Time Warner pulled out of negotiations relatively early.

Fox Sports took a strong run at the company, eventually submitting a $3.6 billion bid that the UFC rejected, sources said. Fox executives decided not to increase that bid.

ESPN was interested and received the UFC’s sales deck, but it never submitted a formal offer and dropped out of the process early on.

[Bigg Cee]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

I'm a big UFC fan and have been for awhile but right now the UFC is a mess on the inside. Sure for the outside it looks normal but there so much change happening for the good and the bad.

Let's see in a few years were the UFC is at and if they can grow even more. I hope ESPN gets UFC programming, because I'm so tired of fox and we're I'm at we never get FS2 and to me fox sucks. (Funny side note my dad is friends with the main guy who owns Fox television. They always go out to dinner together. lol)

[Yaari]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/7/20/12241882/jose-aldo-says-he-had-a-spy-in-frankie-edgar-s-training-room-during

The UFC usually separates the fighters at the hotel in two different groups, and Aldo says that he looked at the list of athletes training at the second room to see who could give him information about Edgar’s training routine and strategy. According to the interim champion, that’s why he didn’t throw many kicks during the 25-minute fight.

"If I kicked, he’d take me down," Aldo said during a media day at Nova Uniao on Wednesday. "We had a few spies from the other side, people that were training close to him the entire week, and they always came and talked to us. So I had to stop kicking and my left hand, because he would counter on that."
Asked one more time if he really had a spy in Las Vegas, Aldo doubled down.
"Of course I had. Otherwise, why wouldn’t I kick? That’s my instinct," Aldo said. "So we always have a spy. We send someone to be a part of that training [room] and then they give us information. We get that information and know what they are training."

Aldo wouldn’t reveal the name of the person gave him the information before July 9, but guaranteed that it’s not the first time he was given details of his opponent’s routine days before a UFC fight.
"Thank God it always happens, man," Aldo said. "We always have Brazilians in the other corners. When I go train in the first day, I also see the list of cornerman. And, if there’s a Brazilian, we go after him and ask him to take a look, because that helps a lot."

Kinda messed up.

[Dave_S]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Not surprised.

In the fight I was surprised at the lack of kicks. He threw so few kicks it definitely seemed like part of his game plan going into the fight.

[Haz____]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Aldo is just trolling.

It's the same thing Conor said to Aldo when they fought.

[Dave_S]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Read Mendes got popped for skin cream, hope that's not true.

Read what the skin cream was and changed my mind about above statement.

[Dave_S]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Jones brother popped and suspended for ped use.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.bloodyelbow.com/platform/amp/2016/7/22/12259960/nfl-suspends-arthur-jones-brother-of-ufc-jon-jones-for-violating-ped-policy-mma-news#

[The JareBear]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

The other brother, Chandler, was he ever in trouble over anything?

[Bigg Cee]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Jones brother popped and suspended for ped use.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.blood...licy-mma-news#

[redsox4evur]

OS MMA Random Thread

The other brother, Chandler, was he ever in trouble over anything?

He had an issue there this season where he showed up at a police station completely out of it. I think the reports were synthetic weed. Here's the article:

https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2016/01/14/shirtless-chandler-jones-knelt-down-in-police-parking-lot-appeared-to-be-praying-during-medical-incident

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[The JareBear]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

LOL the DC smile matches up perfectly, and lol at Rockhold

[The JareBear]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Jiu-Jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern won her first MMA fight tonight via UD. I didn't see the fight but I saw a clip of her getting the opponent in an armbar and doing bad things to that arm even tho the opponent didn't tap. I've never been put in an armbar before so maybe it wasn't that bad but in my eyes it's sure looked nasty as hell.

Hope she continues to improve and succeed. I like her (nerd alert, forgive me)

[Dave_S]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Felice at the weigh ins and Andrade make me surprised no female mma fighters have popped

[The JareBear]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

Felice at the weigh ins and Andrade make me surprised no female mma fighters have popped

Sometimes I wonder about Holm as well.

[Dave_S]

Re: OS MMA Random Thread

I lovez Holly Holm, so no comment. She's certainly not Andrade though.