A fighter now has to have BOTH hands and both feet on the ground (or another body part) to qualify as a grounded fighter, if they don't their opponent is allowed to kick or knee them to the head.
the biggest change is that they have been instructed to score 10-8 rounds more liberally which is great.
Also the now allowed hell to the kidneys is a good thing to punish lay-and-pray
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NMcNasty   United States. Aug 03 2016 15:40. Posts 2039
On August 03 2016 02:42 lucky331 wrote:
A fighter now has to have BOTH hands and both feet on the ground (or another body part) to qualify as a grounded fighter, if they don't their opponent is allowed to kick or knee them to the head.
Its great how this is posted immediately after the Cyborg pictures.
PuertoRican   United States. Aug 09 2016 01:50. Posts 13143
- Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping on October 8 in Manchester, England.
- Ovince Saint Preux vs. Jimi Manuwa at UFC 204.
- Stefan Struve vs. Ruslan Magomedov at UFC 204.
- Cris Cyborg vs. Lina Lansberg to headline UFC Fight Night 96 on September 24.
- Renan Barao vs. Phillipe Nover to co-headline UFC Fight Night 96 on September 24.
- Brian Ortega vs. Hacran Dias at UFC Portland on October 1.
- Beneil Dariush vs. Rashid Magomedov at TUF Latin America 3 Finale on November 5 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Roy Nelson vs. Bigfoot Silva at UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil.
- Ian McCall vs. Ray Borg added to UFC 203.
- Jussier Formiga vs. Dustin Ortiz at UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil.
Rekrul is a newb
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impact69   Mexico. Aug 15 2016 01:44. Posts 307
JBJ said on Instagram that he's gonna be back real soon in to the octagon, didn't share any details tho.
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Aug 17 2016 14:49. Posts 9634
Yeah and Dana just said something along the lines of " He didnt take what people thought he took ". Speculations on him returning much earlier than 2 years, Dana's words matter much more in this case ,considering he was super pissed off and didn't even want to talk to the guy after UFC 200
Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Aug 18 2016 14:58. Posts 9634
On another note McGregor vs Mayweather has completely fallen off which is good, considering McGregor wouldve gotten mauled
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Montrachet   Canada. Aug 18 2016 15:33. Posts 120
Conor went from being the first potential 2 title holder in the UFC to being stuck against Diaz in a possible trilogy with no title involved. Yeah he is selling PPV, but a win will mean jack shit imo. Its like if Lebron James said he wanted to be remembered as the GOAT but goes on and play matches against the Harlem Globetrotter instead of winning rings.
i think UFC split its events into money (WWE) fights that involves the more popular figures in MMA and title/ranked (real) fights.
money WWE fights are organized to sell. so it all could be bs. all drama. did watch the video where nate went to conor's presscon? drama! it's all scripted like the WWE. then there are the ranked/title real fights where it really matters.
but the fans want WWE so what can we do. even Woodley wants WWE. more money for him.
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Baalim   Mexico. Aug 19 2016 02:51. Posts 34262
On August 18 2016 14:33 Montrachet wrote:
Conor went from being the first potential 2 title holder in the UFC to being stuck against Diaz in a possible trilogy with no title involved. Yeah he is selling PPV, but a win will mean jack shit imo. Its like if Lebron James said he wanted to be remembered as the GOAT but goes on and play matches against the Harlem Globetrotter instead of winning rings.
If Connor wins in a convincing fashion he would be an absolute idiot if he does a trilogy, he should fight for either the feather or the light weight championship
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impact69   Mexico. Aug 19 2016 03:15. Posts 307
On August 18 2016 14:33 Montrachet wrote:
Conor went from being the first potential 2 title holder in the UFC to being stuck against Diaz in a possible trilogy with no title involved. Yeah he is selling PPV, but a win will mean jack shit imo. Its like if Lebron James said he wanted to be remembered as the GOAT but goes on and play matches against the Harlem Globetrotter instead of winning rings.
If Connor wins in a convincing fashion he would be an absolute idiot if he does a trilogy, he should fight for either the feather or the light weight championship
Regardless of what happens Conor will defend the featherweight title next.
pretty sure conor will do his title defense duties. he can still do the side show money stuff between title defenses tho.
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Floofy   Canada. Aug 19 2016 05:13. Posts 8708
imo:
Conor lose: He will defend against Aldo
Conor wins a close and really cool fight the fan loved: Trilogy
Conor wins in a convincing fashion: he will do some sort of crazy fight, like facing GSP or Alvarez
james9994: make note dont play against floofy, ;(
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impact69   Mexico. Aug 19 2016 06:56. Posts 307
On August 19 2016 04:13 Floofy wrote:
imo:
Conor lose: He will defend against Aldo
Conor wins a close and really cool fight the fan loved: Trilogy
Conor wins in a convincing fashion: he will do some sort of crazy fight, like facing GSP or Alvarez
Dana said that Conor has to defend his title next or he has to give it up, and no way he does that unless he can't make the weight.
Conor also said that he has to take care of other business (featherweight title) after this fight regardless of what happens.
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Baalim   Mexico. Aug 19 2016 08:11. Posts 34262
On August 19 2016 04:13 Floofy wrote:
imo:
Conor lose: He will defend against Aldo
Conor wins a close and really cool fight the fan loved: Trilogy
Conor wins in a convincing fashion: he will do some sort of crazy fight, like facing GSP or Alvarez
I agree if he loses he defends the featherweight title 100%, if he crushes he will probably look for a GSP/Alvarez crazy fight and vacate the featherweight title, in a close fight I dont know what he would do.
I dont think he cares much about the featherweight title, he can get that title fight whenver he wants and he was really struggling to make weight and he has been heavier for a while now
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Spitfiree   Bulgaria. Aug 19 2016 09:08. Posts 9634
If he wins, he should be going for Alvarez for sure, Featherweight is bad for him healthwise and he can't go for a GSP fight without cementing a title, and GSP knows how to kill "bad boy" hype so ....
that conor throwing the bottle shows that deep inside he knows he's gonna lose or at least is still doubting a win despite his 300k camp.
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traxamillion   United States. Aug 21 2016 01:32. Posts 10468
alvarez wouldn't be nearly as crazy a fight for conor as GSP. conor and alvaraz probably walk around the same weight and conor will outstrike alvarez imo
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whamm!   Albania. Aug 21 2016 06:57. Posts 11625
damn alvarez might got out huntin takedowns and rasslefuck his way into a victory, i hope he fights vs conor like a man if they face each other
nice tdd defense by conor, improved a lot but Nate isn't really known for his wrestlin skills too