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im ready to see iquinta and gaethje. thatll be a show.

Mama Clortho wrote:Highlight of the main event was the ref, Mike Beltran, tenderly embracing Gus after the loss. Wish I could find a picture of it. Was quite beautiful!The best. That dude is a trip...the beard, the attitude, everything!

Andrew. wrote:Damn. Nunes. My jaw dropped. I'm not familiar w Cyborg's fights. Does she normally just take unblocked face punches like that? She letter herself get hammered within seconds.While I haven't seen a ton of her fights, it seems like she is largely someone who takes an "Offense Is The Best Defense..." sort of an approach to fighting.In addition to that, Amanda Nunes is a woman that you probably want to try to keep at a distance. If not, what happened there is probably very likely to happen.

numberthirty wrote:Andrew. wrote:Damn. Nunes. My jaw dropped. I'm not familiar w Cyborg's fights. Does she normally just take unblocked face punches like that? She letter herself get hammered within seconds.While I haven't seen a ton of her fights, it seems like she is largely someone who takes an "Offense Is The Best Defense..." sort of an approach to fighting.So Nunes and her team studied Cyborg and came in with a very specific plan. In execution, it was a strategic leg kick and a single two-punch combination used repeatedly in the opening seconds to defeat the seemingly invincible Cyborg. That is some cool shit. In terms of women's MMA, Carano and Rousey were these super-hyped movie-star megastars. They were super physically attractive, in addition to being word-class athletes, but they fought weak competitors in some respects. Rousey looked like an amateur in her career-ending defeats by women fighters who couldn't be commodified so easily. Nunes is the GOAT and the first openly gay fighter in the UFC if not all of MMA. I don't know anything about her bio, but she recognized her woman partner after her victory over Cyborg and I've heard she grew up poor (haven't looked into it). She's far more inspiring than Carano or Rousey but of course has none of the hype and money. Rose also seems cool.

235 is looking pretty ridiculous Jon Jones vs Anthony SmithTyron Woodley vs Marty from Nebraska Ben Askren vs Robbie LawlerZabit vs Jeremy Stephensm3kcomp wrote:Mama Clortho wrote:Highlight of the main event was the ref, Mike Beltran, tenderly embracing Gus after the loss. Wish I could find a picture of it. Was quite beautiful!The best. That dude is a trip...the beard, the attitude, everything!Glad someone else caught it. Still can t find a photo ” weird.hayate wrote:im ready to see iquinta and gaethje. thatll be a show.Yes. Stick Gaethje in there with absolutely anyone and you re going to get a show, but there s something about those 2 guys. Perfectly matched.

"marty from nebraska" THANK YOU FOR THAT. Jon Jones isn't slowing down! He's going to tear Smith apart. I read somewhere that Cody G. is fighting as well. WILL WATCH.

Ike wrote:"marty from nebraska" THANK YOU FOR THAT. Jon Jones isn't slowing down! He's going to tear Smith apart. I read somewhere that Cody G. is fighting as well. WILL WATCH.Yeah was gonna say Seen a couple Jon Jones fights recently. Wouldn't be surprised if he did.. he certainly destroyed that swedish, and that dude was big. Never heard of smith.. but just lookin at the guy now.. would be willing to put money on smith I think. Just a gut feeling.. I seen guys like that before. Gonna have to youtube this...edit: ha ha. nvm!!! I agree with Ike.

Mama Clortho wrote:235 is looking pretty ridiculous Jon Jones vs Anthony SmithTyron Woodley vs Marty from Nebraska Ben Askren vs Robbie LawlerZabit vs Jeremy StephensI'm curious about the Askren vs Lawler fight. If Lawler stuffs takedowns, it could be wild. If not, I always enjoy "dad bod" Askren mauling muscle-bound freaks. I don't get the Marty From Nebraska joke. Zabit is hairy and fun.

Mama Clortho wrote:Marty from Nebraska is what Askren, and now everyone, calls Kamaru.Apparently he used to go by Marty and is from Nebraska. You kind of have to hear Askren s bit for it to be funny. Was when he was Ariel s show most recently. Think i posted a link a page ago.Thanks.

So googling, the guy was born as Kamarudeen Usman in Nigera. Moved to the US at age eight (first to Texas, than Nebraska). In high school a wresting coach nicknamed him Marty and that's how he was known during his wresting career. For his MMA career he preferred to go by his Nigerian birth name.I'd say Askren's joke is lowkey racist, but don't mind me.