231 had a couple of the best fights I've seen in a long, long time. Holloway is straight-up the perfect fighter. He punches with such precision--it's shocking to watch, actually. Truly nutty fight. The Nelson/Olivera fight was FUCKED UP. Almost threw up!! It was such a quick ending, and in such a brutal way. GNARLY. Jon Jones on the 29th, y'all.

The thread is about UFC, we've been discussing MMA for what 9 pages, what did you think you'd see if you "checked out" that fight? Do you have an interest in MMA or martial arts in general? I talk about it here and here only, as I assume (along with most rational adults) that it's pretty impossible to defend this sport on a few levels. Dana White, for instance, is the biggest piece of shit around, pretty much. We watch sports for a whole lot of reasons. An open-field tackle can end a career just as quickly as taking a punch to the face. I wrestled for 10 years, all throughout school, and studied aikido and jiu Jitsu for a couple years. This is a fascinating aspect of life to me--I cannot speak for anyone else who watches. Many come from a boxing background, many just love the ancient idea of one-on-one fighting. Moralizing seems pretty silly 9 pages in. I mean that without heat or enmity, in case my tone seems harsh.

Ike wrote:The Nelson/Olivera fight was FUCKED UP. Almost threw up!! It was such a quick ending, and in such a brutal way. GNARLY. I checked this out.About as ugly and stupid as entertainment can get.What the fuck people?Jesus.

I just thought that clip was representative of what makes UFC crap. This is C/NC, that's what we do here.I don't really want to argue about it.My opinions on MMA and UFC and martial arts and violence in general are pretty exhaustively detailed in the Martial Arts C/NC thread. It's not my proudest moment on this forum but I still believe the essentials of the position laid out there, if not the manner in which they were expressed.

LOL. Yeah, it's a poll on whether the thing is crap or not. No page limit for debate on C/NC last I checked. I just heard this today. Snoop Dogg live commentating the Khabib vs Michael Johnson fight.

We just axed cable. How do y'all watch the non-ppv fights without cable? Like the off-week fights? (asking for bellator as well, I know, I know...)

That fight was fucked because the salsa dancing Brazilian Cowboy didn t win. Still hope that he one day fights American Cowboy.Holloway has a way of making excellent fighters look bad. Masterful. Watching Ortega struggle like that was sad. Something about his character and appearance made it especially sad. His soulful blue eye was so fucked.Don t think khabib vs askren will ever happen. Khabibs manager is the slimiest fucker. Made a statement about not wanting to fight Ferguson because he didn t have a big enough name. Only wants superfights. They re seriously considering Floyd. Ridiculous.Askren needs to fight Colby. Askren was put on earth to fight Colby. Press conferences would be incredible.Shortly after the Holloway fight Tony Ferguson tweeted that if khabib ducks him he wants to fight Max. That s a damn good fight.Not sure how many people will care but Al Iaquinta is fighting Kevin Lee this weekend on fox. I often feel like Al Iaquinta is my favourite UFC fighter. One day Scorsese will make a documentary on him.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyDVcOY6au0(How did you embed that video, Andrew?)

Mama Clortho wrote:(How did you embed that video, Andrew?)Someone on another thread showed the way the other day: [youtube][/youtube]I watched a bunch of these in a row the other day and the cumulative effect of all the repeat gags had me cracking up. The guy who makes them, Mojahed Fudailat, loves taking the piss out of McGregor. Mama Clortho wrote:Askren needs to fight Colby. Askren was put on earth to fight Colby. Press conferences would be incredible.I listened to Al Iaquinta hating on Colby the other day. I'm a newcomer to it, but I find the lines of respect in MMA interesting. Who respects who and who doesn't.

Fight pass. No bellator, but it does have all the old Strikeforce and Pride fights. The fox fights are streamed live. Not sure what will happen when they move to espn. Alternatively I just go to a bar ” which is generally a pretty enjoyable experience.In the subject of Askren ” he is quickly becoming the best shit talker in the history of the ufc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9k4N\_WuFK1E&t=923s œMarty from Nebraska

Al was fantastic tonight.Walked out to the Sopranos theme song. Dude is the best.