MMA news thread - Page 86

Cause they are "abusing" the purses of players. They re essentially the top place to be in the sport so you have to take it up the butt and get underpaid just to get possible marketing value.
I dont mean for the current GSP contract, he probably wants a few milly which is also reasonable considering his PPV would be sky high

I mean I love GSP, and completely agree that MMA fighters get treated like dogshit, its just I don't see that as an excuse to just "terminate" your contract.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/10/18/13325056/ufc-georges-st-pierre-gsp-legal-team-contract-terminated-mma-news

From the article: According to attorney Jim Quinn, the main reason for their decision to terminate St-Pierre’s contract was that the UFC had breached it by not putting forward a fight offer.

I mean lol. Doesn't anyone actually believe that? The main issue here is that the UFC was dragging its heels with fucking GSP.

Wtf is this

On October 21 2016 04:44 Mortensen8 wrote: Wtf is this

Madness

- Dominick Cruz vs. Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207.

- Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez 2 set for UFC 207.

- Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis added to UFC 206 in Toronto.

- Dong Hyun Kim vs. Gunnar Nelson is scrapped after Nelson got injured; a Gegard Mousasi vs. Uriah Hall rematch is set to headline UFC Belfast.

- Alexis Davis vs. Sara McMann at TUF 24 Finale.

- Louis Smolka vs. Ray Borg added to UFC 207.

- Alexander Gustafsson out indefinitely with back injury.
Gustafsson’s co-manager, Tomas Ghassemi, told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that Gustafsson has had a lingering back problem for "three to four years," and there’s no official diagnosis of what has been ailing the Swede.

"Pain will come up and then disappear whenever it wants," Ghassemi said. "It's maybe an issue with a disk. When the pain starts to go into his legs, that's when he knows it will affect his training and that's what happened with this one.

"We wanted a quick turnaround after this last fight. He's in great shape, but when it flared up and went into his legs, we couldn't take the fight. If you try to fight through it and lose, you can't blame it after the fact. It's better to deal with it now."

Mittrione vs Fedor at Bellator on February 18 :D

- BJ Penn vs Yair Rodriguez headlines UFC Fight Night 103 on January 15 in Phoenix.

- John Lineker vs. T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 207.

- Irene Aldana vs. Leslie Smith at UFC on FOX 22.

- Eddie Wineland vs. Takeya Mizugaki set for UFC on FOX 22.

- Sergio Pettis vs. Jussier Formiga set for UFC Fight Night in Phoenix on January 15.

Conor just got his boxing license in California. Mayweather going to happen next year alright

On December 02 2016 06:27 whamm! wrote: Conor just got his boxing license in California. Mayweather going to happen next year alright

Except that fight would be in vegas not in California so its just a publicity stunt

you think people won't go to the biggest coliseum in cali to watch that fight? its basically an exhibition boxing match moneygrab but people will pay to watch it for the sheer spectacle. nevada will probably send him a license through fax once they realize the revenue that fight will bring lol

- Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie is set for the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight title at UFC 208 on February 11th.

- Valentina Shevchenko vs. Julianna Pena headlines UFC on FOX 23 in Denver.

- Glover Teixeira vs. Jared Cannonier planned for UFC 208.

- Edson Barboza vs. Beneil Dariush set for UFC Fortaleza in March.

- Kelvin Gastelum vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC Fortaleza in March.

- Junior dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve rematch to headline UFC Halifax in February.

- Donald Cerrone vs. Jorge Masvidal set for UFC on FOX in Denver in January.

- Andrei Arlovski vs. Francis Ngannou to Clash in Denver in January.

Does Cerrone ever take a break damn

I don't understand Vannata vs Teymur at all.

Ultimately, I think Vannata's ceiling is a high-level contender (Top 3-5 guy) at Featherweight, but if he wants to build his name at Lightweight, I'd rather see him fight bigger names. Teymur is a good fighter and noone knows who he is.

I don't know if this is news but it's pretty awesome

- Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson 2 official for UFC 209. (main event, 5 rounds)

- Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson for the interim Lightweight title at UFC 209. (co-main, 5 rounds)

- Jacare Souza vs. Tim Boetsch added to UFC 208.

- Rafael dos Anjos headed to welterweight.

- Gian Villante vs. Shogun Rua set for UFC Fortaleza card on March 11.

- Jimi Manuwa vs. Corey Anderson scheduled for UFC Fight Night 108 in London on March 18.

- Robbie Lawler leaves American Top Team. His new home-gym hasn't been announced yet.

- Stefan Struve forced to withdraw from UFC Halifax bout with Junior dos Santos due to needing surgery to fix a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

Damn Joe should talk to stefan struve already, every damn HW highlight reel involves him getting his ass kicked

Bellator 170 Sonnen vs Ortiz is this Saturday January 21

Chael is still fucking hilarious better than mcgregor in trash talk and entertainment imo, I watched the entire conference and it was totally worth it

On January 20 2017 14:33 alejandicto wrote: Bellator 170 Sonnen vs Ortiz is this Saturday January 21.

Bellator 170 prelims at 4pm PST / 7pm EST: http://bellator.spike.com/live

Bellator 170 main card is at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on Spike TV.

Main Card

Tito Ortiz vs. Chael Sonnen
Paul Daley vs. Brennan Ward
Ralek Gracie vs. Hisaki Kato
Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Emmanuel Sanchez
Derek Campos vs. Derek Anderson