BF2S Forums MMA Chatter Thread

You like the sub 155 divisions, right? Do you think we really needed a women's strawweight? I don't.

it will be a huge PPV sell and people will watch all over the world, potentially bringing more eyes (and more money).  Yes, it's a good thing.  Only time will tell if he can actually back it up, but I love it.

yeah you can read back here...i never liked him as a person.  It's tough because he's still young and learning but shit man, don't be such a two-face

he doesn't need rehab - he needs to grow up.  Or decide if he wants to be the best in the world at what he does or just sit on his money and act like a teenager.

did he? I didn't read anywhere that he was even charged with DWI or DUI...

Does a DUI warrant a rehab stint? I think it depends on the case

good fights this weekend macB

Khabib is hurt dude. Cerrone is fighting Jon Makdessi.

I'm with you with the exception of Arlovski.  I like Travis Browne.

Called it. Cain looked looked bad start to his finish. Werdum is definitely a top 5 of all time heavyweight

Mendes opened up as the betting favorite against Connor. Makes sense. CM trained to fight a striker with some wrestling and now has to fight a wrestler with heavy hands. I hope Mendes mauls him.

I only saw the co and main event. I heard the other fights were great but didn't know who the fighters were or didn't care if the fighters weren't relevant to the divisions.

The co-main was very good. Rory was doing so well coming into the fifth and I was really disappointed when he got TKO'd. I would not be surprised if we found out Lawler was on steroids.

Even if Mendes didn't go for the choke and spent those next 30 seconds on the ground, he still had 3 more rounds to go where he would have gotten knocked out. I knew he was finished on the feet when he would allow Conner to just walk him down and corner him. I am very excited to see Conner fight Aldo or Edgar. I just hope they don't drag this bullshit all the way until December.

What do you think of the whole Reebok, logos, stitch etc?

re: Reebok deal- I don't really care either way.  I think the fighters in general are somewhat underpaid and there is a lot of stratification in the pay grades.  I supported the sponsorship tax idea (although maybe not the amount of the fee) because the UFC set up the platform for the fighters to get sponsorships in the first place.  There's plenty of stories over the last 15 years of sponsors not paying fighters, changing deals, etc.  It's still an emerging market and there has already been a bubble and burst.  The reebok deal is terrible for fighters for sure, but it's an overall positive trend.  That being said, I am strongly for the organization of a fighters union (obviously), but it requires some people at the top of the pay grade to move that idea in the right direction.

The "uniforms" look terrible, but that's just an opinion.  I thought Stitch got a bad deal there, but again, I'm pretty indifferent on it.  I think it's weird that the "fans" latch on to these weird things like the cutmen not getting paid sponsorship (who the fuck cares tbh) and try to make a huge deal about it.  The bottom line is that you can't really expect to talk shit on your employer and not have any repercussions.  The UFC has demonstrated time and time again that they act like a mafia as opposed to a proper ethical organization, so i wasn't surprised to see stitch let go.  It was handled terribly by both sides.

Bellator Dynamite card didn't really get me excited.  One night tournaments are super cool, but I'd like to see the best fighters facing the best fighters in top physical condition.  I think one-man tourneys distract from the bigger goal of legitimacy as a real sport.  Then again, so does having the sport run by promotions instead of an arrangement between the talent and the promoters, like most other sports.

They will probably just collect dust in a corner of your place. You got a UFC fight pass already, right? There probably isn't anything in those dvds that isn't on fight pass.