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[Roman Brady]

Matt serra is being inducted into the HoF as a pioneer cant be as a lw as he started his ufc career as a WW. Went 3-2 as a LW then back to WW with an overall record at 4-5the perks of kissing up on looking for a fight

 

[Family Lives Matter]

The American combat sports fan is by far the most obnoxious fan of any sport

Salute to Kevin Lee great victory I hope he gets a bigger push

 

[Vilify]

Matt serra is being inducted into the HoF as a pioneer cant be as a lw as he started his ufc career as a WW. Went 3-2 as a LW then back to WW with an overall record at 4-5the perks of kissing up on looking for a fight

UFC hof is a joke.

 

[puppetmaster]

Poster is real. Punk has rights to that name this was from his first UFC fight.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Matt serra is being inducted into the HoF as a pioneer cant be as a lw as he started his ufc career as a WW. Went 3-2 as a LW then back to WW with an overall record at 4-5the perks of kissing up on looking for a fight

UFC hof is a joke.

He’s the last official guy to beat GSP

 

[Roman Brady]

He’s the last official guy to be GSP

That doesnt makes a HOF? Let alone a pioneereven as serra is talking about it you can tell deep down he knows its all a big joke..WMG are so aloof about the company so this is obviously all dana which is surprising

 

[Big Jo]

Nah that special was called The Evolution of Punk. Not CM punk. And he’s booked on cards as Phil Brooks.

Ah, I stand corrected it was called The Evolution of Punk.

But with that said, he never fought MMA as Phil Brooks. He always has gone by CM Punk. Just watch his debut

 

[LinusCaldwell]

That doesnt makes a HOF? Let alone a pioneereven as serra is talking about it you can tell deep down he knows its all a big joke..WMG are so aloof about the company so this is obviously all dana which is surprising

I was messing around but yeah I understand

 

[aceboon]

Adesanya vs Brad Tavares in the works, once I saw Adesanya was making 53k/53k I knew they weren't gonna take it slow with him, that might be too big of a jump too soon.

 

[storyteller]

Matt serra is being inducted into the HoF as a pioneer cant be as a lw as he started his ufc career as a WW. Went 3-2 as a LW then back to WW with an overall record at 4-5the perks of kissing up on looking for a fight

I'm combining his coaching and fighting career to try and make it more palatable. Got a TUF win, a WW belt, winning coach on TUF (I know but this was always gonna be a bunch of reaching), coached a former champion in Weidman and currently has 4 top 10 ranked fighters in their respective weight classes on his team...it's still not great, but I guess you can give him the benefit of beating GSP and coaching the guy that broke Silva's streak. I've always liked their team and coaching, so if Longo had been included I'd probably defend it out of bias.

 

[Roman Brady]

I'm combining his coaching and fighting career to try and make it more palatable. Got a TUF win, a WW belt, winning coach on TUF (I know but this was always gonna be a bunch of reaching), coached a former champion in Weidman and currently has 4 top 10 ranked fighters in their respective weight classes on his team...it's still not great, but I guess you can give him the benefit of beating GSP and coaching the guy that broke Silva's streak. I've always liked their team and coaching, so if Longo had been included I'd probably defend it out of bias.

The funny thing about this is (if we want to look at the HOF as a raffle) all these reasons would be valid. That is if he wasnt being inducted as a "pioneer".

Pioneers are every name that was made pre zuffa, fighters like gsp/silva who had a style the division couldnt answer for years. Or ppl like ronda, tate, cruz , uriah and DJ who ushered new divisions and became champs. Even saying he pioneered the zuffa era still holds no water. And if we are giving daps for coaching where is Greg Jackson's lol

 

[storyteller]

The funny thing about this is (if we want to look at the HOF as a raffle) all these reasons would be valid. That is if he wasnt being inducted as a "pioneer".

Pioneers are every name that was made pre zuffa, fighters like gsp/silva who had a style the division couldnt answer for years. Or ppl like ronda, tate, cruz , uriah and DJ who ushered new divisions and became champs. Even saying he pioneered the zuffa era still holds no water. And if we are giving daps for coaching where is Greg Jackson's lol

I feel you, it feels random as hell especially to call him a pioneer...but I do think it'd open room for adding coaches like Jackson, Mendez and the late Robert Follis. I'm a fan of some camps just as much as I am fighters. There's a lot of pioneers left to award, I think Faber already got his but the rest of your list along with Aldo, Edgar and possibly Frank Mir as the only name that even warrants consideration from the UFC HW's dark ages.

 

[Roman Brady]

I feel you, it feels random as hell especially to call him a pioneer...but I do think it'd open room for adding coaches like Jackson, Mendez and the late Robert Follis. I'm a fan of some camps just as much as I am fighters. There's a lot of pioneers left to award, I think Faber already got his but the rest of your list along with Aldo, Edgar and possibly Frank Mir as the only name that even warrants consideration from the UFC HW's dark ages.

funny thing about that is he was goin to be inducted then they waited and then he got popped. Now hes in bellator so it looks like never. I always thought his non reaction kind of halted things but if they were salty why upload the video

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Dana isn’t much of a fan of Greg Jackson... and I think some of the fighters he trains...

 

[Roman Brady]

Dana isn’t much of a fan of Greg Jackson... and I think some of the fighters he trains...

Other than jones who else? Hes got a hard on for that snake cerrone and then there is the punk drunk sanchez whose fights so "exciting"