UFC and Dana's decision to bow down to Conor, let him do whatever the hell he wants, and make him the king is going to backfire...they're pissing fighters off left and right and if Alvarez washes him he isn't near what he was before.
May be worth it in the short term but they're fucking up big time.... [Reply]
Joanna Champion has decided to switch teams, she is now training with American Top Team in Florida. She said she has no hard feelings for her old team in Poland, but felt that she needed to start training with an elite coach and team. [Reply]
They had the first UFC 205 press conference today, and it was pretty cool as usual. (starts a bit over 18 minutes in because they were late to start)
Funny moment, when Conor and Eddie were really starting to go at it, Dana quietly slipped in behind Conor and took away the Monster Energy can sitting in front of him.
The UFC originally just wanted to pay Khabib to stay ready in case something happened to the main event, but Khabib insisted on having a scheduled opponent. [Reply]
lol, John Lineker failed to make weight again. He was forced to move up after missing weight 4 times at flyweight, and he just weighed in at 136.5 for bantamweight. [Reply]
Originally Posted by alnorth:
Schedule this weekend is pretty thin. We'll have UFC for the next 3 weekends in a row, so this could be a good weekend to take a break.
Saturday morning/afternoon is EFN on fightpass which is whatever. Russian/Eastern Euro MMA is not usually highly talented.
UFC Fight Night is pretty below average by free TV standards, prelims on FS2, going to FS1 on the main card.
Finally, there is Pancrase in the middle of the night on fightpass Saturday night/Sunday morning.
Any time you see a card led by 135ers you know it's probably not going to be good. [Reply]
The UFC Fight Night card on October 15 has been cancelled (or maybe relocated if they can find another venue on short notice). A lot of people are assuming its because BJ Penn dropped off (and thats the UFC's official excuse), but they would not have cancelled the card for that, Its free TV not a PPV, they would have found a replacement.
The Philippine government went nuts and told the UFC that they were going to conduct stringent drug tests on everyone, not just fighters, but trainers, corners, executives, production crews, UFC staff, everyone. And the testing was not going to be for PED's, if anyone failed a test for anything, even marijuana, they would seize their passport and haul them off to court.
So the UFC obviously told them that they can go straight to hell and pulled the card. [Reply]
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
Josh Samman died the other day. Everyone assume's it was on OD of some sort but nothing official has come out that I've seen.
Him and his best friend, coroner said the situation they were found in leads to the almost certainty of a heroin overdose.
Originally Posted by alnorth:
The UFC Fight Night card on October 15 has been cancelled (or maybe relocated if they can find another venue on short notice). A lot of people are assuming its because BJ Penn dropped off (and thats the UFC's official excuse), but they would not have cancelled the card for that, Its free TV not a PPV, they would have found a replacement.
The Philippine government went nuts and told the UFC that they were going to conduct stringent drug tests on everyone, not just fighters, but trainers, corners, executives, production crews, UFC staff, everyone. And the testing was not going to be for PED's, if anyone failed a test for anything, even marijuana, they would seize their passport and haul them off to court.
So the UFC obviously told them that they can go straight to hell and pulled the card.
Shakedown, but they were too stupid to wait till they got in to the country to do it.