The MMA Thread: DON'T ASK 4 STREAMS & NO GIFS- Cannonier, Imavov, Reyes, Rosas on NOW

[Vincent Van Goat]

Sucks for Edwards but I'd rather see Colby v Woodley

 

[Fong$tarr]

I sort of want Jorge to fight Leon but that fight just doesn't make sense for him.

I am down for Colby and T-Woods. I always thought Woodley would handle Colby but from his last fight, I think it would be pretty close.

 

[QU!K]

I’m really starting to think Tony vs Khabib gonna be cancelled again.

 

[nako xl]

Dana's one of them right-leaning deniers.
This is going to look super ugly if he forges ahead with events and something happens.
Short term thinking > long term thinking is so stupid

Dana’s not “right leaning” he’s a full on maga guy. He converted a few fighters like cowboy too.

 

[jayt1202]

UFC 249 outside the U.S.?? I'm not sold that's an option only a month out.

Bigger picture, if events continue to get cancelled in the coming months I'm hoping they either do 2 cards a week later in the year or stack some cards.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Should bring back some of the old trash talking Conor

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

ngl, the anticipation for this fight has died way down for me. I wish it wasn't true but people dying, hospitals getting overran, all other sports cancelled, no buildup for the fight, no fans, not even a set location

Prize fighting can't be done like this, it isn't optimal. Don't get me wrong, the Brazil card was ok and it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be but still, it felt incredibly empty

Khabib v Tony by all means doesn't deserve to be held in these conditions

 

[xbiker47]

IF they really make this fight happen under these conditions I will be amazed

 

[shogun]

They’re fighters, they ready to tear each others’ head off whether it’s in front of a crowd of thousands or in front of no one.

 

[jewseejay]

Meh disagree. Managing emotions and avoiding adrenaline dump is part of the sport... no crowd kinda changes everything tbh

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Yet nobody argued whether or not fighters themselves are ready to fight in these conditions. They would risk even worse diseases to support their families and get paid

As far as the sporting experience, to have a monumental fight take place like this, just doesn’t do it justice

 

[steevoo1]

Yeah, the fight/fighters dont deserve this type of stress coming in to a fight. This could potentially be a fighters only chance to fight for a belt or contender spot.

 

[xbiker47]

I agree with the opinion of wait it out and just stack cards once things get back to normal. Have fights on Friday AND Saturday nights

 

[Cashflow]

'This is my life': Why a UFC fighter flew 22 hours for a fight that never happened

Marvin Vettori wasn't sure what to expect when he left the U.S. for UFC London, including whether he would be able to return.

www.espn.com

 

[xbiker47]

That article is crazy

Really hope the fighters from that card still get some compensation

 

[SORIANOTRON]

If uncle dana pull off khabib vs tony during the quarantine.....

he the GOAT promoter!!!

dana will become a national hero

 

[thehealthinspector]

“Think about this: Go online and look at some of these people – and this isn’t a knock, this is just a fact: The weakest, wimpiest people on earth cover the biggest, baddest sport on earth,” White said. “What do you expect them to say? What do you think they’re gonna say?

“I have over 350 employees who work for me. Multi-billion-dollar companies are laying off all their employees right now. We haven’t laid off one person at the UFC. And every fighter that fights for me will fight three times this year. Our schedule will go on. Everybody’s gonna get paid, and we will figure this out, and we will be the first sport back on. And, uh, f--- that s---. Everything will go on.”

“Listen, the media can talk as much sh*t as they want,” White said. “They don’t feed families. They don’t take care of f*cking people. They don’t have people that count on them. They don’t have people to support. We’re doing the right thing as far medical testing goes and everything. That’s all we f*cking do. That’s nothing new. We were doing that sh*t way before the coronavirus. We were taking care of people and making sure that everybody’s healthy, and every fighter that’s with me on the road is getting much better medical attention than they are at home – if they’re with me. You know what I mean?

OMG

 

[xbiker47]

Anyone else watching cage warriors today?

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

The character Dana plays is really evil

Hope it’s a character lol

 

[jayt1202]

Anyone else watching cage warriors today?

I just might try to catch a replay. With none of the other promotions (UFC, Bellator, One) putting on cards for who knows how long I need my MMA fix lol.

 

[OTG]

darrent stewart is a ******* bum, dude got straight up dominated by a welterweight.

 

[QU!K]

With the amount of international fighters having to fly in from wherever I don’t see how the fight happens.

even the amount of people necessary to operate an event. Cameramen, press, security, refs, etc

 

[jayt1202]

Well Khabib is now in Russia, https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc...rced-to-move-ufc-249-training-camp-to-russia/
With all the health concerns, travel bans, etc. Dana and Co. should just give up and accept this fight is not happening for a few months minimum. Tony may also have a hard time getting to Russia, Dubai or whatever country will agree to hold the fight.

 

[illphillip]

I chuckled....

 

[xbiker47]

Well Khabib is now in Russia, https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc...rced-to-move-ufc-249-training-camp-to-russia/
With all the health concerns, travel bans, etc. Dana and Co. should just give up and accept this fight is not happening for a few months minimum. Tony may also have a hard time getting to Russia, Dubai or whatever country will agree to hold the fight.

IF this fight is really going to happen, these fighters need to be in the city it is going to happen quarantined right now.