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yourdeadwright

US2 wrote: »

250lbs Jones looks huge. He'll probably be cutting weight for his HW fight when it happens

Are you basing this off his latest instgram post ?
Where he #250 ?

To me not one of the pictures give us any indication of the shape he is in ,
All taken at angles that will make anyone look big ,

tommyboy26

looking for ways to watch the upcoming fight cards. i use to have sky and btsports until i had a disagreement with them. Apparently I didn't want to pay the huge monthly bill and they didn't want to let me have it cheaper. so go figure:p:rolleyes:

anyway i have fight pass and its fantastic but they dont cover main cards. so what are my options to watch the main cards?

Whelo79

tommyboy26 wrote: »

looking for ways to watch the upcoming fight cards. i use to have sky and btsports until i had a disagreement with them. Apparently I didn't want to pay the huge monthly bill and they didn't want to let me have it cheaper. so go figure:p:rolleyes:

anyway i have fight pass and its fantastic but they dont cover main cards. so what are my options to watch the main cards?

Go sailing whilst wearing an eye patch, peg leg and parrot on your shoulder.

Zero-Cool

Whelo79 wrote: »

Go sailing whilst wearing an eye patch, peg leg and parrot on your shoulder.

Dana said he's coming for all the pirates in 2021 :pac:

tommyboy26

Whelo79 wrote: »

Go sailing whilst wearing an eye patch, peg leg and parrot on your shoulder.

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Dana said he's coming for all the pirates in 2021 :pac:

what he said ^^^^^

martyos121

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Dana said he's coming for all the pirates in 2021 :pac:

Another strong year for piracy then.

Whelo79

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Dana said he's coming for all the pirates in 2021 :pac:

in the Mac Life interview he actually admitted it's impossible to stop piracy and that he just wants to catch a few to watch them cry.

Still Ill

One thing that would help stop piracy would be if they didn't make it so more than half the country of the biggest fighter in the organisation were frozen out from watching the fight legally.

Mellor

Still Ill wrote: »

One thing that would help stop piracy would be if they didn't make it so more than half the country of the biggest fighter in the organisation were frozen out from watching the fight legally.

Nobody is frozen out, they just have to pay the subscription.
No different to when Premier league (or any sport) moving to sky sports. People where sulking over it. But ultimately they had to get on board and pay.

US2

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Are you basing this off his latest instgram post ?
Where he #250 ?

To me not one of the pictures give us any indication of the shape he is in ,
All taken at angles that will make anyone look big ,

Ya , the picture of his arms , shoulders and back. Definetlty looking big .

US2

Gathje v Nate diaz in the works. Sounds like a great fight but the route to beating Nate is clear, leg kicks. Gathje probably has the best in the ufc

derfderf

US2 wrote: »

Gathje v Nate diaz in the works. Sounds like a great fight but the route to beating Nate is clear, leg kicks. Gathje probably has the best in the ufc

Yeah, it's a good template for beating Nate. RDA isn't someone I'd think of leg kicks when mentioned, but that fight was brutal.
Unless he wears Gaethje out early he's leaving on crutches.

Still Ill

Mellor wrote: »

Nobody is frozen out, they just have to pay the subscription.
No different to when Premier league (or any sport) moving to sky sports. People where sulking over it. But ultimately they had to get on board and pay.

How do I get it then? I have Virgin Media.

mailburner

US2 wrote: »

Gathje v Nate diaz in the works. Sounds like a great fight but the route to beating Nate is clear, leg kicks. Gathje probably has the best in the ufc

Can't think of a worse match up for Nate
I hope it's 3 and not 5 rounds for Nate's sake although justin wont even need 3 to get it done imo

cletus

Still Ill wrote: »

How do I get it then? I have Virgin Media.

Can you not subscribe to BT Sport's on Virgin?

Still Ill

cletus wrote: »

Can you not subscribe to BT Sport's on Virgin?

Nope.. And as far as I know there's no legit way to buy the PPV either. If they made an online option they'd get a lot more buys. Some people just don't have Sky.

Mellor

Still Ill wrote: »

How do I get it then? I have Virgin Media.

You need to have Sky/BT Sports. I’m aware you don’t have either, and understand your frustration. The point was that nobody is blocked from viewing, but they just have to subscribe to the service that offers it.

It’s not a UFC decision. BT have the rights. UFC are blocked from having an online PPV here.
Virgin have access in the UK, presumably paying BT for rights. So looks like they haven’t bother their arse in Ireland.

cletus

Still Ill wrote: »

Nope.. And as far as I know there's no legit way to buy the PPV either. If they made an online option they'd get a lot more buys. Some people just don't have Sky.

You've opted for Virgin instead of Sky. There's no impediment to you having Sky in your house. This is how subscription channels make their money.

Edited to add: I'm not making a dig, I'd prefer if the situation was different too. Namely that all rights were available, at whatever the price point might be, through Fight Pass.

However, UFC or BT or Sky are not preventing anyone from watching UFC fights, you just have to pay the subscription. If you rang Sky today, I'm pretty sure they'd take your money

mailburner

https://gyazo.com/7ed6bb54a93687e4438c8a4aa6be8557


What a staredown considering no bad blood between the two :pac:

It's rare to see anyone looking more intense than Brown too

Dtp1979

mailburner wrote: »

https://gyazo.com/7ed6bb54a93687e4438c8a4aa6be8557


What a staredown considering no bad blood between the two :pac:

It's rare to see anyone looking more intense than Brown too

Is that old footage or an upcoming fight?

MidlanderMan

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Is that old footage or an upcoming fight?

co-main tonight.

Dtp1979

MidlanderMan wrote: »

co-main tonight.

I though those two retired years ago

Tazzimus

Probably should have.
Think Condit did retire actually, but MMA retirements are like WWE retirements.

Still, I've wanted to see these two face off for a while.

mailburner

Dtp1979 wrote: »

I though those two retired years ago

Matt Brown retired after he beat Sanchez in 2017 and came back after 2 years but never left the testing pool

Mehaffey1

Thoroughly looking forward to this event, feels like forever since there was a UFC card. Just goes to show you how spoilt we are.

Still Ill

cletus wrote: »

You've opted for Virgin instead of Sky. There's no impediment to you having Sky in your house. This is how subscription channels make their money.

My point was that a lot of people are in the same boat as me and are effectively blocked from getting it due to not being able to get Sky. I live in apartment and Sky isn't an option. I understand that BT are protecting their own interests, but it's encouraging people to just illegally stream it, particularly during the pandemic when going to a mate's house isn't an option either.

Nigzcurran

Mehaffey1 wrote: »

Thoroughly looking forward to this event, feels like forever since there was a UFC card. Just goes to show you how spoilt we are.

What time and station please kind sir?

The White Feather

Nigzcurran wrote: »

What time and station please kind sir?

Do you meant the fight night ? Prelims are on now on BT Sport 2. Main card at 8

Nigzcurran

The White Feather wrote: »

Do you meant the fight night ? Prelims are on now on BT Sport 2. Main card at 8

Ooh nice one cheers

Porthallian

Has Dana not made this big announcement yet?