Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
So they offered Brock PPV points and he's smart enough to see through that and just asked for $10 mil or whatever up front. I wonder if he has a UFC contract or if he could just go to Bellator or One FC. I'm sure DAZN wouldn't mind having Brock on one of the Bellator show.
He probably has a WWE contract that allows him to flirt with the UFC. Even if he could talk to Bellator or OneFC (which maybe he cant), there's no way in hell they could offer him the money he'd likely want. [Reply]
Too busy to put up my usual schedule, but there is a UFC PPV tomorrow in Brazil that is full of old Brazilian legends, so its good even though the main event may look lackluster to some people. (the main event should be pretty good as well). [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
BJ Penn is gonna end up like Moahmmed Ali. I can't believe hes still around getting the shit kicked out of him.
I cant believe that the UFC actually gave him a 4 fight contract at the end of last year. The guy hasn't won a fight in 8 years and watching him "fight" now is embarrassing. [Reply]
Quick note on the UFC main event, a head spike is illegal in MMA, but there is an exception which applied. If you are going for a submission, then the opponent is allowed to spike you to get out of the sub. When Rose refused to let go of the kimura, she allowed Jessica to do whatever she had to do to get out. [Reply]
Once again, we have an OK UFC card during a weekend where we don't have much else going on in MMA.
Saturday
4pm - (ESPN+) - UFC Fight Night, Dos Anjos vs. Lee
The card overall isn't great, but at least they did manage to spread out what they did have. The prelims are not bad, and thats also how I would describe the main card, its "not bad".
6pm TV - (6pm ESPN2/8pm ESPN+) - PFL Regular Season #3
If you are going to watch the PFL's regular season at all, this is probably the night. The first regular season matches for the LHW and HW tournaments are on this card.
Friday
7pm - (Fightpass) - Invicta live from Kansas City, its pretty much what you'd expect. Lots of inexperienced female prospects trying to make it into the UFC.
9pm - (Fightpass) - Muay Thai
Saturday
7pm TV - (5:15pm Fightpass/7pm ESPN/9pm PPV on ESPN+) - UFC 238, Cejudo vs Moraes
This is a very cool card. There is one decent fight on the early prelims, and after that literally every single fight on the prelims and on the main PPV card is interesting for one reason or another. The main card ends with a bang, with Cowboy Cerrone vs Tony Ferguson, followed by the women's flyweight championship and the men's vacant bantamweight championship, with Cejudo trying to get a 2nd belt. [Reply]
Shevchenko just about kicked Jessica Eye's head off with the most brutal head kick KO I've ever seen. She was on the mat for a full 2 or 3 minutes, asking if she was knocked out when she finally woke up.
HOLY SMOKES! 🔥 Valentina Shevchenko knocked out Jessica Eye at #UFC238 with one of the most devastating kicks you’ll ever see — or hear (sound up)pic.twitter.com/sxTLnUskzi
— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) June 9, 2019
An Englishman who had the most entertaining fight of the night lost a chance at a UFC contract in the final 10 seconds. He had his opponent hurt and instead of fighting to the bell to try to get a KO, he did a double leg and wrestled the last 10 seconds, which pissed Dana off. He then used him as an example to fighters in future episodes. If you don't risk a fluke last second KO in a fight you were dominating, you won't get in. Somewhere I'm sure TKZ nodded in approval. [Reply]
We have some decent fights tomorrow, and the entire card will be on ESPN. Prelims start at 5pm ("good" fights start about 7pm) and Ngannou vs. JDS will be roughly 10:30pm [Reply]
