*** Official MMA Thread II ***

i think stipe is a smarter fighter than anyone francis has fought and will find a way to get him into deep water

 

Nah. He's going to get cracked.

 

I really like Stipe but he doesn't really have the wrestling pedigree to take Francis down and negate that insane athleticism (kinda like what DC did to Rumble). His boxing is excellent but I'd be shocked if the plan is to stand and bang with that terrifying man. Really curious as to what the strategy is for him.

 

I think Werdum would be the toughest matchup for Francis.

 

He should. I don't think Conor's gonna do much more in the ufc.

 

I think Whittaker Rockhold is a better fight anyways

 

weidman needs to get a streak going because i wanna see him fight whittaker

 

What's his plan, just take novelty boxing matches?

 

I’m assuming whatever gets him the most money. He can get one more big money boxing match then it will be over once he loses again. UFC is where he needs to stay

 

Saw where he might fight Pacquiao. Can't imagine people being excited about that but who knows.

Good work if you can get it I guess.

 

I have zero interest in watching McGregor box again. I’m a huge McGregor fan but boxing isn’t his thing, he just loves the money. I would be shocked if the Pacquiao McGregor fight made anything close to the McGregor Mayweather fight

 

Yeah the novelty will have worn off. McGregor is electric in the octagon, that's where he belongs.

Great night of fights for both MMA and boxing tonight. UFC fight night obviously and two good boxing cards on ESPN (Lomachenko) and HBO.

 

Doubt he even knows.

 

Why would he care if it's not close. It'll still be a huge payday

 

Holy shit, Frank Trigg is a ref now

 

And Josh Rosenthal is out of prison and back as a ref

 

Big John judging the fight? I know he does boxing, didn't know he did MMA

 

I never said McGregor would or wouldn’t care. Obviously he will still make a lot of money, all I was stating was that the Pacquio fight won’t make as much as the Mayweather one did

 

If McGregor loses in the octagon, his legacy is over. Right now, he's one of the greats. The legend of McGregor is better than McGregor. He made over $100m in the Mayweather fight and he'll ride off into the sunset with it.

That's my prediction.

 

Fucking dead

 

did he ever get up?

 

Holy Shit!

 

Wow. Ortega was eating a lot of punches. But his jitz took over.

 

Ortega's bjj is ridiculous

 

Good. Had some highlight KOs

 

Llamas dead

 

DAMN

 

Sleep tight, Ricardo

 

What a round

 

Lawler is so tough, but RDA is quick for 170 and relentless

 

If you missed 218, FS1 is showing it tonight at 10ET

 

Hey, how is Rizin doing?

Ian McCall and Manel Kape got into a fight at weigh ins.



Gabi Garcia came in TWENTY SIX pounds overweight for her latest fight against a japanese grandmother.

 

Still can't believe Holly Holm is in a headline PPV match. I'll probably look for a stream but no way I'd pay or even go out for this one

 

Holm might die.