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jmog

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Aug 4, 2013 9:00pm

I thought Machida won a close one but if ANYONE has no right to complain its Machida after the first Shogun fight.

Raw Dawgin' it

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Aug 5, 2013 8:21am

Sucks that the Zombie hurt his shoulder, he may have had an opportunity late since Aldo is known to fade. I'd like to see Aldo fight Lamas or vacate the title and move to 155. Would be cool to have a mini 145 tournament like they did for 125lbs.

robj55

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Aug 5, 2013 10:57am

Raw Dawgin' it;1482527 wrote:Sucks that the Zombie hurt his shoulder, he may have had an opportunity late since Aldo is known to fade. I'd like to see Aldo fight Lamas or vacate the title and move to 155. Would be cool to have a mini 145 tournament like they did for 125lbs.

Yeah Aldo has been talking about moving to 155 for a while now, weight cut might be getting to be too much for him.

robj55

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Aug 5, 2013 11:01am

jmog;1482435 wrote:I thought Machida won a close one but if ANYONE has no right to complain its Machida after the first Shogun fight.

Yeah most felt like he lost that fight but I thought he definitely got robbed against Rampage and Phil Davis, neither of them landed anything clean. His game is hard to judge because he is so great defensively and he's all about landed clean technical strikes just at low volume so if he doesn't KO the guy it's going to be close some times. He's so different I almost feel like the judges have a hard time scoring him.

Raw Dawgin' it

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Aug 5, 2013 2:14pm

robj55;1482585 wrote:Yeah most felt like he lost that fight but I thought he definitely got robbed against Rampage and Phil Davis, neither of them landed anything clean. His game is hard to judge because he is so great defensively and he's all about landed clean technical strikes just at low volume so if he doesn't KO the guy it's going to be close some times. He's so different I almost feel like the judges have a hard time scoring him.

or maybe he could stop relying on being a counter striker the entire time? Between Rampage, Hendo, and Davis, i have no interest in who he fights next. I will say, I still think he has the best shot at 205 against jones because of his awkward counter style. I'm just not interested in watching him anymore.

robj55

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Aug 10, 2013 8:02pm

Raw Dawgin' it;1482647 wrote:or maybe he could stop relying on being a counter striker the entire time? Between Rampage, Hendo, and Davis, i have no interest in who he fights next. I will say, I still think he has the best shot at 205 against jones because of his awkward counter style. I'm just not interested in watching him anymore.

I understand that but should a wrestler not try to take people down? I mean you can't just change who you are overnight, maybe mix in a little more grappling might help. I actually enjoyed the Davis fight, thought it was a technical clash of styles.

robj55

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Aug 10, 2013 8:02pm

WSOF 4 tonight on NBC sports network at 10:30, pretty good card. One armed Nick Newell makes his debut.

Fab1b

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Aug 10, 2013 10:11pm

robj55;1485099 wrote:WSOF 4 tonight on NBC sports network at 10:30, pretty good card. One armed Nick Newell makes his debut.

Thanks gonna tune in

Fab1b

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Aug 10, 2013 10:51pm

That was a fair stoppage!

Fab1b

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Aug 10, 2013 11:46pm

Newell = impressive!

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sportchampps

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Aug 11, 2013 12:49am

Fab did you see Lance Palmer is going to be competing in a ppv wrestling match soon. I think he's wrestling Jordan Oliver. Ben askren is rumored to also be taking part. They are gonna try a new format to help save wrestling in the Olympics.

Fab1b

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Aug 11, 2013 9:40am

sportchampps;1485152 wrote:Fab did you see Lance Palmer is going to be competing in a ppv wrestling match soon. I think he's wrestling Jordan Oliver. Ben askren is rumored to also be taking part. They are gonna try a new format to help save wrestling in the Olympics.

I haven't but am interested in this for sure.

Fab1b

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Aug 11, 2013 10:08am

Looks like 10/27
http://www.illinoismatmen.com/forum/showthread.php?p=452937

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sportchampps

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Aug 11, 2013 10:50am

The funny thing is Ben Oliver and Lance are in a twitter war over it. OSU vs OSU

Fab1b

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Aug 12, 2013 1:26pm

RFA9 features wrestler Steve Mocco
http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/08/after-wsof-weigh-in-debacle-lew-polley-heads-to-heavyweight-for-fridays-rfa-9

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sportchampps

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Aug 12, 2013 7:51pm

That's gonna be a really tough fight for Mocco

robj55

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Aug 13, 2013 12:38pm

sportchampps;1485983 wrote:That's gonna be a really tough fight for Mocco

Yeah he fights Lew Polley, who trains at Blackhouse. He also missed weight by 32 pounds last week and was released from WSOF lol

robj55

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Aug 13, 2013 12:39pm

Eddie Alvarez resigns with Bellator and will rematch Michael Chandler as the co main event on the Tito-Rampage PPV. I've heard a rumor that a stipulation of the contract is that is Eddie wins he has to stay but if he loses he can leave the promotion like he wanted to, weird.

robj55

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Aug 13, 2013 12:41pm

Also, only a few days away from a ridiculously stacked free card as Fox Sports 1 launches. No deals with Time Warner, Comcast or Directv though yet, they has better get that shit done!

Heretic

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Aug 13, 2013 2:08pm

robj55;1486321 wrote:Eddie Alvarez resigns with Bellator and will rematch Michael Chandler as the co main event on the Tito-Rampage PPV. I've heard a rumor that a stipulation of the contract is that is Eddie wins he has to stay but if he loses he can leave the promotion like he wanted to, weird.

In other words, the real main event as opposed to the "past their prime guys with big names so Bellator's sucking them off for any publicity they can get" main event.

Fab1b

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Aug 13, 2013 3:08pm

Was just going to post this^. Their first fight was fantastic!

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sportchampps

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Aug 14, 2013 2:09am

That makes the ppv worth buying

Raw Dawgin' it

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Aug 15, 2013 8:31am

DOn't cry Rob, but Dana offered Nick Diaz a fight with Lyoto Machida at 185lbs.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/08/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-nick-diaz-an-offer-lyoto-machida-at-185-pounds

robj55

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Aug 15, 2013 6:50pm

Raw Dawgin' it;1487245 wrote:DOn't cry Rob, but Dana offered Nick Diaz a fight with Lyoto Machida at 185lbs.

http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/08/ufc-president-dana-white-makes-nick-diaz-an-offer-lyoto-machida-at-185-pounds

ahh my head might explode lol but that fight makes zero sense at all, stupid. The Machida-Belfort fight that they were talking about would be awesome, not this.

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I Wear Pants

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Aug 15, 2013 7:21pm

Diaz would get destroyed by Machida.