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Roman Brady

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I agree with Dana, that was a b*tch move...
Did you not see the Bret okamoto interview where Dana lied about Brock bein in talks to fight with the UFC again? If he could lie to the media in public then clearly he could lie to any reporter behind the scenes reaching out for confirmation. And the part where he says "it robs the fans" should give you cause for pause, aren't Ariel's Twitter followers UFC fans? So why does it matter who breaks the news 1st? It doesn't rob the fans it just hurts zuffa because they've spent money marketing.

That's the kind of smoke and mirrors shyt Dana likes to play and droids like you eat it up
 

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Conclusion, I would NOT select winning streaks and title defenses as a measuring stick, because not all fighters get title shots the same way, and fighters with long winning streaks have consistently been beaten by fighters with shorter wining streaks...
Statistically the longer the winning streak the more likely the person ending that streak has a shorter winning streak. Long winning streaks don't make you invincible, especially in MMA, they just show dominance and consistency.
Case in point, you give Silva Weidman first, and there is PROBABLY no winning streak for Silva...He loses that fight 9/10 times...Easily...This has been proven...
It's an unfavorable match-up for Silva, so what ? Here's the thing, no matter how good your record is, and that's not even about winning streaks, if someone's a bad match-up for you, it's a bad match-up but that goes the same for everyone in the UFC except some of the top P4P (like DJ). But that doesn't take anything away from Silva's domination of the division.

Bisping's strength is the exact opposite of Silva's weakness. Bisping is always underestimated, while Silva appears like a beast that needs to be slain to everyone in the division.
The hunger factor in people they fight is not the same and the Rockhold-Bisping fight is a perfect example, he came in hands down over confident and got tagged.
Rockhold is a better fighter than Bisping, it's fairly hard to argue against that and he displayed it perfectly in both their fights. Would you say Rockhold is a better fighter than Silva ? To me it's a tie at best.

(3) Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen 1 is the reason why I started watching the UFC, and I fcuks with Silva (he is the reason I started following the UFC)...However, I am not going to let that blind me to his suspect record...
what suspect record ? :dahell:
 

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Looking at the UFCs schedule. July is PACKED with action.

Dos Anjos vs Alvarez
Jedregcyk vs Gaudlea
UFC 200
Ferguson vs Chiesa
Lawler vs Woodley

Holm is also coming back. Gus vs Glover possibly on the undercard :banderas:
 

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Just re-watched McGregor/Aldo again. . . :huhldup:











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Don't cry Aldo breh :mjcry:
It took you a lot longer to post that than to watch the fight. Might as well post the fight in gif.
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Senior Editor for Laker Nation LBC native Corey Hansford comes on to talk all things Lakers with Kosher. Corey expresses why he feels Luke Walton can be a coach the Lakers can build around. He praises the Lakers draft picks with Ingram and Zubac. What the Lakers young guys should work on in the summer and who the Lakers should possibly be looking at towards free agency. He also gives his take on the Rose to Knicks trade. Corey tells us if you check the numbers Rose's last season is very similar to Clarkson's as well. With UFC 200 around the corner, Corey gives his picks on who he believes is going to win and how he is excited for the card.
 
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