robj55;1620684 wrote:I can actually understand that since it's only 5 weeks out from the fight for weight cutting purposes, but Dana and the UFC's love of Chael is unreal. He gets more opportunities than anyone and big money fights. Jacare or Tim Kennedy could have gotten that number one fight with Vitor and Chael could have fought some other 205'er.

Raw Dawgin' it;1620694 wrote:If Chael was half as good as fighting as he is at running his mouth, he's be a 2 division champ. He's still riding the "i dominated silva for 24 minutes" bus. The problem is 185 is weak.

robj55;1620302 wrote:Almost all of those guys are still on the roster and have had success in the octagon.

Raw Dawgin' it;1620694 wrote:If Chael was half as good as fighting as he is at running his mouth, he's be a 2 division champ. He's still riding the "i dominated silva for 24 minutes" bus. The problem is 185 is weak.

robj55;1620719 wrote:It was weak, not anymore imo. Better than it ever has been with all the new additions.

Zoltan;1620922 wrote:Anyone see the "UFC Embedded" web series they did before UFC 173? I thought it was really cool, as it was a mix of UFC Primetime and Dana White's video blogs. Obviously these things are produced and edited by the UFC, so you only see exactly what they want you to see.

A few interesting things:

Hendo brought Cormier Popeye's chicken while he was cutting weight as a joke.
Dana White got a call from the Palms banning him from playing cards because he was winning so much. He was talking to another UFC employee about how that is third casino to ban him. He was super proud.
Cormier went to meet Cain's team on TUF. They were joking about how no one invited Rockhold and he just showed up and acted like he was a coach.

iclfan2;1621375 wrote:Miocic is from NEO I think. He was on the radio the other day.

iclfan2;1621375 wrote:Miocic is from NEO I think. He was on the radio the other day.

robj55;1621428 wrote:Stipe stops Fabio in under a minute, shows the difference between power at 205 and HW.

I Wear Pants;1621515 wrote:Or rather the difference between a top-10 guy and an unranked guy.

robj55;1621518 wrote:True, but Maldonado ate bombs from Glover Texeira without much problem, who hits like a truck at 205.

bigdaddy2003;1621573 wrote:I think it's mostly the weight class difference as well. Maldonado is a tough dude and he went down quickly.

robj55;1621609 wrote:That's the first time he has ever been stopped like that, Glover put a beating on him and it ended up as a doctors stoppage. 240 lb athletic golden gloves champion, yeah Stipe hits hard.

Zoltan;1621648 wrote:And yet Nelson ate Struve's shots like nothing haha. Something in that first exchange happened to Fabio. His legs didn't really wobble but he covered up like he broke his orbital or jaw or something. Either way, good for Stipe making quick work of him, and hopefully he can get a big fight next.