MMA news thread - Page 50

On August 12 2014 16:10 soberstone wrote: Are you kidding me? Accusations of it being too violent being its biggest hindrance? Do you really believe that people who would buy that non-sense are the target audience, AT ALL?

See for football, baseball, hockey, soccer, basketball, tennis, etc. the target audience is everyone. That's the difference between a mainstream sport and a fringe sport.

UFC officials today announced that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones suffered a “leg injury” in training and has been forced to withdraw from the highly anticipated UFC 178 headliner opposite undefeated contender Daniel Cormier. The bout has been rescheduled for UFC 182, which takes place Jan. 3 in Las Vegas.

A flyweight title fight between current champ Demetrious Johnson and Chris Cariaso, which was expected to serve as the co-feature of this month’s UFC 177 event, will now be the main event of UFC 178.

The classic bait and switch.

wow such tilt. I was so pumped for that fight and that card.

wow that sucks :[

Such a brutal year for the UFC.

On August 12 2014 16:58 NMcNasty wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2014 16:10 soberstone wrote: Are you kidding me? Accusations of it being too violent being its biggest hindrance? Do you really believe that people who would buy that non-sense are the target audience, AT ALL? See for football, baseball, hockey, soccer, basketball, tennis, etc. the target audience is everyone. That's the difference between a mainstream sport and a fringe sport.

Exactly... obviously it being too violent is not an issue with people who like combat sports but the general public, actually I personally know many ppl who dont like it because they think its too violent

such bullshit. all for nothing anyway, fake or not, good for the sport or not, jon jones boo boo's his leg and now its off. FUCK.

War Machine beat his girlfriend to smithereeens

what do we do with all these jokes now? this is just like the "Shakira sex tape" thread on some other forum

On August 12 2014 21:40 whamm! wrote: what do we do with all these jokes now? this is just like the "Shakira sex tape" thread on some other forum

In the meantime, you can spend an hour or more looking through all of the photoshops that were done of Cormier: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f2/shoop-incredulous-cormier-2801625/

Greg Jackson: Jon Jones injury a result of training with Alistair Overeem.

"It's part of the game, it wasn't like ... somebody went for a flying kick and dislocated [something]. Somebody went for a takedown, [Jones] stepped the wrong way, twisted the wrong way and down he went. He was fighting it, and he just twisted it. And then it just popped. Alistair's maybe 240, Jon's 220. It's not like he was working with a giant moose. It was just one of those things."

IIRC Golden Glory and Blackhouse have both accused Overeem of going way too rough in training and hurting people often. Wonder if that's the case here or it's how Greg said it.

On August 13 2014 17:51 Stim_Abuser wrote: IIRC Golden Glory and Blackhouse have both accused Overeem of going way too rough in training and hurting people often. Wonder if that's the case here or it's how Greg said it.

Put it this way... if he blatantly went way too hard, he'd be out of Jackson's yesterday.

What about the fact that Greg Jackson said Overeem is "maybe 240." He's been losing weight and getting more lean since he's been with the new gym. Hopefully it helps his cardio a bit, although I don't expect his fight versus Ben Rothwell to go past 1.5 rounds, win or lose.

lol they put a pic on the article of Jones vs Overeem and Jones looks bigger lol LHWs

On August 13 2014 17:51 Stim_Abuser wrote: IIRC Golden Glory and Blackhouse have both accused Overeem of going way too rough in training and hurting people often.

Guess he has to win somewhere.

On August 13 2014 19:03 soberstone wrote: Show nested quote + On August 13 2014 17:51 Stim_Abuser wrote: IIRC Golden Glory and Blackhouse have both accused Overeem of going way too rough in training and hurting people often. Wonder if that's the case here or it's how Greg said it. Put it this way... if he blatantly went way too hard, he'd be out of Jackson's yesterday.

Not really. It's really hard to quantify what's going to hard. Especially to the point of throwing someone off the team. More likely they'd chalk it up as a mistake, stress to Overeem to be more careful, and be more cautious with pairing up LHWs and under with him.

@ Baal. Camera angles and clothes and stuff. Overeem is significantly bigger than Jones obviously.

On August 14 2014 18:43 Stim_Abuser wrote: Show nested quote + On August 13 2014 19:03 soberstone wrote:   On August 13 2014 17:51 Stim_Abuser wrote: IIRC Golden Glory and Blackhouse have both accused Overeem of going way too rough in training and hurting people often. Wonder if that's the case here or it's how Greg said it. Put it this way... if he blatantly went way too hard, he'd be out of Jackson's yesterday. Not really. It's really hard to quantify what's going to hard. Especially to the point of throwing someone off the team. More likely they'd chalk it up as a mistake, stress to Overeem to be more careful, and be more cautious with pairing up LHWs and under with him. @ Baal. Camera angles and clothes and stuff. Overeem is significantly bigger than Jones obviously.

He is more muscular but Jones lookes taller and longer, which is crazy considering Overeem is one of the biggest heavy weights

On August 14 2014 19:58 Stim_Abuser wrote:

haha this is gold