Originally Posted by alnorth:
LOL, wow. One of the strawweights missed weight by 7.4 pounds, which is an enormous miss at 115. The fight would be called off in many states, but Brazil's AC just shrugged and let the fight go on.
edit: According to MMAFighting.com, Brazil's AC was just going to give 10% of Dern's purse to Cooper, but the UFC then stepped in and basically said "no, **** that. If she agrees to the fight, then Cooper's getting 30%"
Not shocked @MackenzieDern missed weight but 7.4lbs over is a disgrace to all professionals. She’s not getting out of this fight that easy. Fight is still on. ABCNation get ready. #ufc224 strawweight vs flyweight tomorrow night in Brazil
— Amanda Bobby Cooper (@ABCnation115) May 11, 2018
She's so over hyped, granted her dad is a badass but I'm getting a Julio Cesar Chavez Junior vibe from her. "I'm just going to coast and see if I can make a living getting split decision wins over girls who are better than me." 7 ponds over is a big fuck you to Amanda Cooper. [Reply]
The PFL has figured out a way to have a clean, uniform look while still giving their fighters something to sell. They are basically telling them, "you can have two sponsors, their logos go here, otherwise this is your uniform"
If you are cornering a fighter, and no matter the stakes, even if its a championship fight in the main event, if your fighter looks at you and says "I'm done", you gotta stop it, right? Even if you convince them to answer the bell, their confidence is shot, there's no way they win. [Reply]
Originally Posted by alnorth:
If you are cornering a fighter, and no matter the stakes, even if its a championship fight in the main event, if your fighter looks at you and says "I'm done", you gotta stop it, right? Even if you convince them to answer the bell, their confidence is shot, there's no way they win.
I was truly worried for her safety after that. If she doesn't believe her body has it to keep going, you gotta stop that fight. [Reply]
Originally Posted by alnorth:
If you are cornering a fighter, and no matter the stakes, even if its a championship fight in the main event, if your fighter looks at you and says "I'm done", you gotta stop it, right? Even if you convince them to answer the bell, their confidence is shot, there's no way they win.
Yes. Period. Full stop.
There's technique and skill and athleticism, but it means nothing if there's literally no "fight" left in you. I mean, just awful. [Reply]
Alaska's got a mid-week card again, and the UFC has maybe 2 and a half interesting fights scheduled.
Wednesday
11pm - (Fightpass) - AFC 140
Even by AFC's low standards, this is an absurdly bad card. There has to be something else you can do besides watch this.
Saturday
7pm TV - (5:30pm Fightpass/7pm FS2/9pm FS1) - UFC Fight Night, Maia vs Usman
This is a below average UFC card even for free TV. The last 3 fights are interesting, but before that.... there's really only 1 fight on the prelim that I care about. So, tune in maybe 10:30pm, or just have it on as background noise so you can choose to pay attention when it sounds like a fight is getting interesting.
2am Sunday - (Fightpass) - Pancrase 296
This is about average for Pancrase, but its in the middle of the night. [Reply]
Originally Posted by alnorth:
The bidding for UFC's TV rights is over. FOX is out, ESPN bought everything. It is $1.5B over 5 years, $300MM per year. For that, ESPN gets:
10 full events on ESPN channels
12 PPV prelim cards on ESPN channels
20 events on ESPN+ (ESPN's new streaming service which will be $5/month in 2019)
Since the stole Ariel Helwani from SB Nation, and bought up all the shows, I hope they make a genuine push to put a well produced product out and not have Kevin Rooney try and do MMA shows. [Reply]
Originally Posted by alnorth:
The bidding for UFC's TV rights is over. FOX is out, ESPN bought everything. It is $1.5B over 5 years, $300MM per year. For that, ESPN gets:
10 full events on ESPN channels
12 PPV prelim cards on ESPN channels
20 events on ESPN+ (ESPN's new streaming service which will be $5/month in 2019)
FOX went with WWE instead of UFC. I wonder if any of these UFC shows will be shown on ABC. [Reply]