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[Roman Brady]

you like OSP?

 

[LinusCaldwell]

you like OSP?

Yeah I know he's not overly talented and will just be a gate keeper but he's Haitian and he tries to finish every fight and he's pretty tough. I hope Glover gets that work. In front of Chuck Liddell!

 

[Roman Brady]

Yeah I know he's not overly talented and will just be a gate keeper but he's Haitian and he tries to finish every fight and he's pretty tough. I hope Glover gets that work. In front of Chuck Liddell!

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Andre Pederneiras to step away from head coach position at Nova Uniao
By Lucas Rezende

@rezenluc on May 21, 2015, 10:00p 4


The head coach of one of Brazil's most famous gyms, Andre Pederneiras feels it is time to let go of his spot as he is unable to give attention to all of his fighters at the same time.

The man behind Jose Aldo, Renan Barao and many other successful Nova Uniao fighters will step back from doing something he's done for so many years: head coaching. Andre Pederneiras feels like it is time to let someone else take his place as the main trainer at one of Brazil's most famous gyms.

From now on, he only wants to coach at the gym and leave head coaching to some of his other students.

"I will still train the guys at the gym, I will still follow their development, but I don't want to be the head coach anymore. Some other kids at the gym will take over, each one will take a little group." Pederneiras told Portal do Vale Tudo. "I'm not saying I won't travel again, but that will reduce my trips almost to zero. Because of so many fighters, there's no way I can favor some fighters over others, which is what happens now and it's a bummer."

With almost one thousand fights under his name, Pederneiras doesn't know for sure when he will call it quits, but he guarantees he will still be cornering Jose Aldo against Conor McGregor at UFC 189 and Renan Barao in his rematch against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC on Fox 16.

"This year I will complete one thousand fights as a trainer, so I think that's a good number to retire on. I will still work as a manager for fighters, but at Nova Uniao I will be more of a consultant from now on."

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Iman Darabi vs Simona Soukupova IRFA 8

 

[KingDanz]

Rumble & Weidman on Breakfast Club

 

[Medulla Oblongata]

 

[semtex]

Rumble & Weidman on Breakfast Club

Do they ever run out of dumb shyt to say? I guess if you're just a dumb person that's impossible

 

[jackswstd]

So Weidman pretty much accused Vitor of being on roids for this fight at the weigh-in. Two things about this revelation. How did he possibly find out about it and if true, why wasn't the fight cancelled?

If Vitor ends up pissing hot that'll be twice this year that a fighter tested positive for a banned substance, and allowed to fight anyway.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

So Weidman pretty much accused Vitor of being on roids for this fight at the weigh-in. Two things about this revelation. How did he possibly find out about it and if true, why wasn't the fight cancelled?

If Vitor ends up pissing hot that'll be twice this year that a fighter tested positive for a banned substance, and allowed to fight anyway.

The only "suspicious" things about the test were that Vitor's levels changed (which is perfectly normal for any man, especially an athlete in training) & that his test levels were higher than Weidman's. Anybody with knowledge of how testosterone works in the body wouldn't even bat an eye over the results, which is why it's a non-issue other than Weidman bringing it into play.

 

[jackswstd]

The only "suspicious" things about the test were that Vitor's levels changed (which is perfectly normal for any man, especially an athlete in training) & that his test levels were higher than Weidman's. Anybody with knowledge of how testosterone works in the body wouldn't even bat an eye over the results, which is why it's a non-issue other than Weidman bringing it into play.

Sounds to me like he's getting an excuse ready in case he loses. Seeing how animated he got about tells me he's gonna get caught doing something silly and lose.

 

[Roman Brady]

Sounds to me like he's getting an excuse ready in case he loses. Seeing how animated he got about tells me he's gonna get caught doing something silly and lose.

nah, weidman style is too meh for such an adventurous possibilty

 

[jackswstd]

nah, weidman style is too meh for such an adventurous possibilty

I know the chance is slim but he irked me with that bullshyt he pulled at the weigh-in and he sounds dumb as hell or drunk here

 

[Roman Brady]

I know the chance is slim but he irked me with that bullshyt he pulled at the weigh-in and he sounds dumb as hell or drunk here

What's wrong with Ariel, what kind of a question was "does this upset you" Did the weighins or his demeanour during this interview not give it away

 

[OfTheCross]

UFC 187 tickets still available; secondary market soft
May 22, 2015

While UFC 187 ticket prices are up from UFC 186 in Montreal, it is down from the last time it was in Vegas UFC 183. The average ticket on the secondary market for UFC 187 is $362 per ticket according to ticket search engine SeatGeek.

@LinusCaldwell

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