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[storyteller]

'Frank Mir Curse' strikes again at UFC 200, but will likely now die in Las Vegas desert

Everyone that beats Mir loses their next match...incredible.

 

[joeychizzle]

(1) Holly is not comfortable on the ground...

(2) She is a Winkle-John fighter, they tend to be "game plan" fighters...

That's exactly why I wanna see some changes

 

[FrankyFourFingers]

Hope we get ferguson alvarez if he smashes tonight

 

[pez]

Hope we get ferguson alvarez if he smashes tonight

Ferguson is a killer but he doesn't have the name yet. Gotta build his name up more. Serve him some more bodies, let him coheadline and get the highlight film on point. Then he'll be ready to step up to the champ.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

That new Ronda commercial is dumb

link ?

 

[TheNatureBoy]

Hope we get ferguson alvarez if he smashes tonight

It's either him or Khabib next imo.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

link ?

 

[FrankyFourFingers]

Ferguson is a killer but he doesn't have the name yet. Gotta build his name up more. Serve him some more bodies, let him coheadline and get the highlight film on point. Then he'll be ready to step up to the champ.

Brehs like on a 8 fight win streak, and finishes. Its either him and khabib and though khabib might have the better resume, brehs been out for a while until his last fight and tonys been putting in work

 

[thernbroom]

Johnny aint been the same since he dropped dolce

Hendricks lost the bout by decision and had some problems. Not only did he not make weight for the fight, which is not new for him but he was not the same fighter he once was that made him a champion. Following the event, Hendricks spoke about his performance, and now he doesn’t even know if he will fight again.

“I think I’ve got to take a step back and refocus,” Hendricks told UFC.com’s Megan Olivi. “It might be a month, two months, three months (to) – hell, I don’t know – decide if I want to fight. I love fighting. To get in that octagon makes me so happy, but to perform like that. I’m an idiot in that fight, is what it really boils down to. I’m an idiot in that fight … and I go out there and look like (expletive). Do I still want to fight? Because that fight right there shows me that I don’t – but I do. What do I have to do to get that fire back? I don’t know. It’s disappointing when I know I could’ve won, I should’ve won, and I go out there and look like a pathetic newborn. … We’ll see what’s next.”

“He was a better fighter; I didn’t fight,” Hendricks said. “No lie: Was that the guy who won the belt? Was that the guy who would even be considered the guy who won the belt? No. Right now, I’ve got to take a step back. I’ve got to take a step back – talk to family, talk to the wife, and see what’s next. That was so pathetic. No lie – I’m my worst critic. I’d give that a D. Hell, I was out there – I saw every punch I could land. I didn’t throw. I didn’t kick. That’s probably the worst I’ve seen myself fight in a long time. Nothing against Kelvin Gastelum – Kelvin Gastelum did a great job. … It’s just that I didn’t fight. That was so pathetic.”

Hendricks admitted that he wants to be champion again but doesn’t feel that he is fighting like one.

“I want the belt. I want the belt. I do,” Hendricks said. “But I’m not fighting like it, so there’s no reason I should be in this division right now. But I’m not going to be a gatekeeper, I promise you that. And that’s what I’m being right now. Pardon my French, but (expletive) that. Not gonna happen.”

Hendricks (17-5) is currently on a two fight losing streak and 3-3 in his last six bouts. It’s safe to say that a move to middleweight might be best for him at this stage in the game.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

A lot of fighters aint been the same.

 

[FaTaL]

There's ufc on tv right now

 

[So UnThotful]

 

[nineteeneightysix]

How come fighters rarely throw combos in those situation...Ferguson had a chance to throw another punch and a head kick in that situation (like they do in the movies), but it doesn't really happen in real fights...

Is it lack of reflexes and anticipation?

The fighter of the future who learns to master combos in those set-ups would be

 

[curz]

How come fighters rarely throw combos in those situation...Ferguson had a chance to throw another punch and a head kick in that situation (like they do in the movies), but it doesn't really happen in real fights...

Is it lack of reflexes and anticipation?

The fighter of the future who learns to master combos in those set-ups would be

Fatigue and weak discipline. MMA strikers are always either too wild or too conservative

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Fatigue and weak discipline. MMA strikers are always either too wild or too conservative

Solid observation, completely agree