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Ultimate Seduction · 26-12-2017 11:01am

Marlon Monroe what a clown. Looks for the fight to step in. Can't make 138, Can't make 140 Can't make 145 then makes a video about it being on his terms. Hope he doesn't get the fight now, clown!

Gamb!t · 27-12-2017 10:44am

Nurmagomedov’s weight looks to be good.
https://www.mmamania.com/2017/12/26/16820588/khabib-nurmagomedovs-nutritionist-gives-us-an-update-on-his-weight

Beersmith · 27-12-2017 12:21pm

He looks terrible and still has to shed about 15 pounds.

Subcomandante Marcos · 27-12-2017 1:00pm

He looks fine, the last 13 lbs will be easy work for him.

Ultimate Seduction · 27-12-2017 1:03pm

Looks in the best shape of his career to me. I expect to see the best khabib we've ever seen too.

Tazzimus · 27-12-2017 2:14pm

I'm hoping Barboza lights him up and doesn't give him a chance to get to the ground.

Reasonable part of my brain is saying he's going to catch one of his kicks and that'll be it though.

ricero · 27-12-2017 2:36pm

Beersmith wrote: »

He looks terrible and still has to shed about 15 pounds.

Looks terrible lol he looks great

ASOT · 27-12-2017 2:47pm

To be fair he looks gaunt in the face.

Gamb!t · 27-12-2017 2:58pm

Tazzimus wrote: »

I'm hoping Barboza lights him up and doesn't give him a chance to get to the ground.

Reasonable part of my brain is saying he's going to catch one of his kicks and that'll be it though.

Think he( KN) will win comfortably.

Beersmith · 27-12-2017 3:32pm

ricero wrote: »

Looks terrible lol he looks great

If it was weigh ins id say he looks good but this is before shedding water. Looks extremely gaunt already.

The White Feather · 27-12-2017 3:45pm

Didn't Khabib put up a picture like this last time too? I could have sworn he did and then it went wrong at the end.

Hopefully it goes OK as I just want to see him fight

Lukker- · 27-12-2017 4:21pm

He looks trim, still gonna be a real hard weight cut. When your kidney gives out, I don’t really think shedding some body fat is gonna make that much difference. Long term he’s gonna need to move up i think. He walks around at over 200 lb, he’d be a decent size WW but he wouldn’t be able to bully people like he does now

Lukker- · 27-12-2017 4:44pm

That photo also looks like someone photoshopped Khabibs head on to Artems body. And forgot to scale the size of it.

Autecher · 27-12-2017 9:48pm

Lukker- wrote: »

He looks trim, still gonna be a real hard weight cut. When your kidney gives out, I don’t really think shedding some body fat is gonna make that much difference. Long term he’s gonna need to move up i think. He walks around at over 200 lb, he’d be a decent size WW but he wouldn’t be able to bully people like he does now

Exactly, he is 5ft 10in, Woodley is 5ft 9in but no way would he get Tyron down as easily as he has with the lighweights so far. Not to mention Thompson or Till etc.. Out of the top 15 I think he could ragdoll Cowboy, Gamebred & Dos Anjos (who he fought at lightweight) and that's it.

Autecher · 27-12-2017 9:55pm

Speaking of Cerrone he is staying at welterweight despite saying he was going back to lightweight. He is headlining a February 18 Fight Night against Yancy Medeiros. Quick turnaround for Yancy after his war with Oliveira a few weeks ago. Crazy guy! I fear for Donald, I'm not sure how much what's left of his body can take.

Tigger · 28-12-2017 2:03am

no 219 thread?

Zero-Cool · 28-12-2017 12:19pm

Tigger wrote: »

no 219 thread?

Done, I even remembered the poll this time.

EagererBeaver · 28-12-2017 12:31pm

Have given Rogan's MMA specific podcast a go over the last month or so. Each successive one has become more and more like the regular bull****, pseudo-intellectual JRE podcast. Latest one is with both Callen and Schaub and just descends into nonsense over topics such as net neutrality, Black Lives Matter etc.

Schaub is a bit dim but I find him generally harmless and borderline likeable. Rogan and Callen are just absolute morons. Reasonably smart guys with inflated opinions of their own genius waffling on about subjects they know **** all about. If you have an MMA show, stick to MMA ffs. Or at least combat sports. A good start would not be inviting Bryan ****ing Callen on it.

dulux99 · 28-12-2017 12:36pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Have given Rogan's MMA surgidos podcast a go over the last month or. Each successive one has become more and more like the regular bull****, pseudo-intellectual JRE podcast. Latest one is with both Callen and Schaub and just descends into nonsense over topics such as net neutrality, Black Lives Matter etc.

Schaub is a bit dim but I find him generally harmless and borderline likeable. Rogan and Callen are just absolute morons. Reasonably smart guys with inflated opinions of their own genius waffling on about subjects they know **** all about. If you have an MMA show, stick to MMA ffs. Or at least combat sports. A good start would not be inviting Bryan ****ing Callen on it.

https://streamable.com/1hrxo
Top class analysis from the lads.

"So you're intrigued by this?"

EagererBeaver · 28-12-2017 12:39pm

Hahaha, perfect.

D'Agger · 28-12-2017 12:52pm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Have given Rogan's MMA specific podcast a go over the last month or so. Each successive one has become more and more like the regular bull****, pseudo-intellectual JRE podcast. Latest one is with both Callen and Schaub and just descends into nonsense over topics such as net neutrality, Black Lives Matter etc.

Schaub is a bit dim but I find him generally harmless and borderline likeable. Rogan and Callen are just absolute morons. Reasonably smart guys with inflated opinions of their own genius waffling on about subjects they know **** all about. If you have an MMA show, stick to MMA ffs. Or at least combat sports. A good start would not be inviting Bryan ****ing Callen on it.

Haven't listened to it all but he'd Eddie Bravo on recently and seemed to be having a decent discussion.

Callen is a fool though, everything he does on fight companions eventually descends to him putting on a camp voice and talking faux-pretentiously about wine/cheese/muscle parts, shít like 'Oh yeah, this Bordeaux is working wonders, loosening up my glutes, oh yeah my gluuuuutes, gettin' nice and loose for you boys'

EagererBeaver · 28-12-2017 12:56pm

The Eddie Bravo one was decent but they still veered off at times into his favoured conspiracy theory nonsense. The Justin Wren and Stipe ones were also half decent but similarly went off on tangents all over the place.

This one was just shocking though. Schaub even posted it with a caption of "not much fight talk" or similar. Absolute nonsense.

Subcomandante Marcos · 28-12-2017 1:46pm

Bryan Callen is one of the worst working comedians in America, how he gets gigs at all is a mystery to me, the fact that when he does they tend to be small clubs in the middle of nowhere is telling. He's a **** actor who tried to use standup as a way of supplementing his income and is absolutely blessed that he has friends who help keep him in gigs. He only landed the gig on the Goldberg's because of TFATK and that only happened because Rogan have Schaub and Callen a platform.

The only thing worst than his standup is when he's on a podcast and starts regurgitating half remembered ideas from ted talks he watched in YouTube pretending he understands the issues he's butchering. The man is a moron.

Ultimate Seduction · 28-12-2017 2:06pm

I think the trick is to be as stoned as they are while watching it.

Paully D · 28-12-2017 11:16pm

USADA all but packing in the testing as soon as they hit their targets:

https://twitter.com/dimspace/status/946203133885247488

Beersmith · 28-12-2017 11:43pm

Nothing about that post suggests that they stop

Fromvert · 29-12-2017 12:09am

Drug testing in sport is useless. The big sports (soccer/nfl/NBA etc) barely test and in track and field, what do they have, 2% of tested athletes failing where nearly 50% have admitted doping in anonymous surveys.

Just like the war on drugs in the US, the war on sports doping is a failure and is nothing more than the organisation's covering themselves and saying they're trying to keep it 'clean'. High level sport never was clean and it never will be.

29-12-2017 12:46am

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Bryan Callen is one of the worst working comedians in America, how he gets gigs at all is a mystery to me, the fact that when he does they tend to be small clubs in the middle of nowhere is telling. He's a **** actor who tried to use standup as a way of supplementing his income and is absolutely blessed that he has friends who help keep him in gigs. He only landed the gig on the Goldberg's because of TFATK and that only happened because Rogan have Schaub and Callen a platform.

The only thing worst than his standup is when he's on a podcast and starts regurgitating half remembered ideas from ted talks he watched in YouTube pretending he understands the issues he's butchering. The man is a moron.

Whats even more infuriating is when Schaub calls Callen "the funniest man on the planet", talks about working with one of the greatest etc.

I was listening to the podcast a while ago and Callen went on a rant because he spent his own money producing his stand up special with the hopes that Netflix/whoever would buy it....... No one gave any interest and he went on a rant how "I work so hard and Im so funny but no one gives me the credit I deserve".

To be fair Rogan isn't a great comedian either.

Fromvert · 29-12-2017 1:03am

Callen had the same jokes for years (probably still does). Rogan shamed him on his podcast years back about it and then he started waffling on about how he's always writing blah blah blah. He's a low level actor who likes to pontificate like lots of actors about how intellectual/socially aware they are. When in reality they are neither.

I'd guess Callen and lots of other comedians hate Schaub because of the success he's having quickly. Wouldn't be a huge fan myself but he's done extremely well since leaving fighting and as said on here he comes across as a good guy and doesn't get preachy like Callen etc.

ricero · 29-12-2017 1:40am

Callen and Rogen are both shocking comedians but i enjoys joe's commentary and podcasts.

Ush1 · 29-12-2017 9:09am

Bryan Callen is a hero.

Subcomandante Marcos · 29-12-2017 9:37am

Rizin 8 on now. Apparently it's free streaming.

Autecher · 29-12-2017 10:05am

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Rizin 8 on now. Apparently it's free streaming.

Ah sure what's the point now that Gabi Garcia's fight has been taken off the card? :P

EagererBeaver · 29-12-2017 10:06am

Ush1 wrote: »

Bryan Callen is a hero.

Trolling has really gone downhill in recent years.

Mellor · 29-12-2017 11:40am

Paully D wrote: »

USADA all but packing in the testing as soon as they hit their targets:

https://twitter.com/dimspace/status/946203133885247488

Testing costs money. They have a budget for the year and when it's hit, it makes sense that they stop.

Fromvert wrote: »

Drug testing in sport is useless. The big sports (soccer/nfl/NBA etc) barely test and in track and field, what do they have, 2% of tested athletes failing where nearly 50% have admitted doping in anonymous surveys..

Not sure how either of those points equates to testing being useless.

John_D80 · 29-12-2017 1:59pm

Can anyone shed any light on how Ian McCall managed to get himself released from his UFC contract, allowing him to sign with Rizin??

ASOT · 29-12-2017 2:02pm

John_D80 wrote: »

Can anyone shed any light on how Ian McCall managed to get himself released from his UFC contract, allowing him to sign with Rizin??

He has problems with his brain and went to them and said he wants 100k a fight or he wont fight so they granted him his release, seems to be the gist I got off JRE etc

dulux99 · 29-12-2017 2:03pm

ASOT wrote: »

John_D80 wrote: »

Can anyone shed any light on how Ian McCall managed to get himself released from his UFC contract, allowing him to sign with Rizin??

He has problems with his brain and went to them and said he wants 100k a fight or he wont fight so they released him seems to be the gist i got off JRE etc

After some of the crazy sh*t he came out with recently I imagine the UFC were only too happy to sever ties with him

ASOT · 29-12-2017 3:23pm

dulux99 wrote: »

After some of the crazy sh*t he came out with recently I imagine the UFC were only too happy to sever ties with him

Yep he doesnt seem in the best place mentally or physically. Hes an absolute hero though, had a lot of time for people in Dublin.

Ultimate Seduction · 29-12-2017 3:28pm

What's the story did he lose by cutting his head on the ring ropes last night?

ASOT · 29-12-2017 3:48pm

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

What's the story did he lose by cutting his head on the ring ropes last night?

Yeah the rope caused a gut the after a choke blood started gushing from it and it was stopped!

John_D80 · 29-12-2017 4:22pm

dulux99 wrote: »

After some of the crazy sh*t he came out with recently I imagine the UFC were only too happy to sever ties with him

What’s this crazy ****??

How did I miss all this?? I didn’t even know he had been released??

ASOT · 29-12-2017 4:29pm

John_D80 wrote: »

What’s this crazy ****??

How did I miss all this?? I didn’t even know he had been released??

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.mmafighting.com/platform/amp/2017/8/8/16109416/ian-mccall-undergoing-brain-treatment-unsure-of-ufc-future-my-whole-career-is-a-regret

https://www.google.ie/amp/mmajunkie.com/2017/05/ufc-ian-mccall-scary-medical-symptoms-health-insurance/amp

dulux99 · 29-12-2017 4:57pm

ASOT wrote: »

John_D80 wrote: »

What’s this crazy ****??

How did I miss all this?? I didn’t even know he had been released??

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.mmafighting.com/platform/amp/2017/8/8/16109416/ian-mccall-undergoing-brain-treatment-unsure-of-ufc-future-my-whole-career-is-a-regret

https://www.google.ie/amp/mmajunkie.com/2017/05/ufc-ian-mccall-scary-medical-symptoms-health-insurance/amp

Reading those back and it's all coming flooding back to me...he even compared himself to Chris Benoit which is not a guy you want to be compared to!

ASOT · 29-12-2017 5:08pm

dulux99 wrote: »

Reading those back and it's all coming flooding back to me...he even compared himself to Chris Benoit which is not a guy you want to be compared to!

Yeah he said he nearly went off the rails with his wife/girlfriend getting angry etc. Its going to turn out as being cte imo.

Zero-Cool · 29-12-2017 5:16pm

Ariel still waiting on payment from his interview with Conor.

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/946774282004074496

Fromvert · 29-12-2017 7:41pm

Mellor wrote: »

Testing costs money. They have a budget for the year and when it's hit, it makes sense that they stop.

Not sure how either of those points equates to testing being useless.

If you're only catching 2% of who you test when near 50% are saying they dope (I'd guess that's a low too since some wouldn't even say they dope in an anonymous survey for fear of it coming out) I'd call that testing useless. They're behind in their testing abilities and likely don't want to catch everyone as their competitions would be ruined if they did catch everyone who does.

LollipopJimmy · 29-12-2017 8:50pm

JK is a guest on RTE's Know Your Score, about 20minutes in on the +1 but will be on the player

dave1982 · 30-12-2017 12:00am

Ha floyd shoots down ufc rumours says its dana trying get fox to sign new deal

Django99 · 30-12-2017 1:09am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Ariel still waiting on payment from his interview with Conor.

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/946774282004074496

Just looked at the twitter page for that company and it seems to be still going?

Also I'd be surprised if McGregor didn't cover the rest of the bill as he seems to have a lot of time for Helwani, I suppose it's a matter of principle that Helwani is rightly pissed over.

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