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Anderson doesn't move the needle in terms of star power? Top 5 stupidest things I've heard all week. Thanks for the laugh.
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I'm sure it didn't hurt that Dwayne's entire family was in the wrestling business.
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He still has family in the business with the uso twins and alicia fox.
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Thanks. You obviously suffer from short term memory or revisionist history. I stated his fights with Chael Sonnen, Weidman and Diaz did great numbers. But let's be honest, he wasn't moving the needle before the First fight with Chael. He was vilified, Dana was getting tired of his lackluster performances, fans were booing. Not to say he wasn't a great MW champion but it took an opponent like Chael to finally make him a draw. 2007-2011 was a huge boom period for UFC with TUF on Spike and PPV buy rates averaging above 400K. But it took names like Rampage, Brock, GSP, Tito, Couture, etc to draw huge numbers. That's not a knock on the Spider. Like I mentioned before, the Brazilians are great fighters but the language barrier and small attempts to market cards hurt them from a business perspective. Dana can scream to the rafters how great Barao, Aldo and Anderson are but if the fans don't have a connection or the UFC isn't "Showing" it...
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I agree. His family had/has a strong lineage in the wrestling industry. But Rocky is a transcendent superstar. Lightning in a bottle. Folks like Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, John Cena and Rocky don't come very often. They are huge names in and out of the wrestling industry. All of them have manage to parlay their success in the square circle to ventures outside of wrestling.
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I see Rory taking the title with his takedowns. Just has to stay clear of a bomb which I think he learned from their first fight
Thatch v Gunnar is nuts. Can't wait
Thatch v Gunnar is nuts. Can't wait
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Yeah, I remember the talk of anderson's drawing power not being as high as it should have been. The fights he had with maia and I think it was leites didn't help either. Dude was legit mad that those 2 grapplers didn't want to stand with him and weren't good enough to stand with him.
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Looks like the new uniforms will debut on July 11
Can't say that I'm not intrigued to see this
Can't say that I'm not intrigued to see this
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Could've said the same in his fight vs Hendricks....ppl still think robbie is just looking for one bomb....smh. guess he "one bombed" his way to a title
Not to mention he won the first fight by picking him apart the first rd with kicks and landing big punches the third
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His star power really caught on with the sonnen and Belfort fights. He did get a boost after destroying Forrest but the Maia fight took some of that.
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Nobody said that's how he got the title. Quiet down boy
The first time they fought it was a close decision, but Robbie landed a big bomb pretty much decided the fight. Rory was taking him down at will
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Its gonna be a good PPV regardless.... cant wait
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Ur delusional kid
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Rory has a better gas tank than Hendricks, his striking is more diverse and both of these factors make his takedowns stronger than Hendricks. Don't compare Hendricks to Rory. Hendricks was 5/17 in takedowns in their second fight and only 2/10 in their first fight
In Rory v Lawler's first fight the striking numbers were similar and Rory was taking him down with ease (4/6). Lawler certainly won but Rory was right there. He just got caught with some bombs that changed everything. In a 5 round fight, if it goes 5 rounds, I expect Rory to double that number and not have the inefficiency Hendricks did due to having better stamina
First fight stats:
http://www.fightmetric.com/fight-details/6c1fa30e1dd38c0b
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Think Rory will take the belt from Robbie
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There's a strong possibility based on the last fight and the matchup.
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Nope you guys are just delusional to think that
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Not to mention Rory has who I believe is the best MMA strategist in his corner in Firas Zahabi.
I love Robbie's boxing, but I think Rory is too good at too many elements of MMA.
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What the hell is wrong with Chael Sonnen?
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Delusional son...."taking him down at will", but still lost...
"Land a bomb" to landing some bombs...when in reality he out struck him the first and third as a whole, not just one bomb as u say. Read the stats
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Did you not read where I clearly said Lawler won. It was a close fight though, as it was a split decision and the striking numbers were close
Lawler landed bombs that clearly gave him the fight. At the same time Rory was taking him down at will and also keeping the striking numbers close. In a 5 round fight this time around Rory should increase the take downs while at the same time learn from his past mistakes. Which include fighting safe/point fighting, and avoiding those Lawler bombs. Will Rory win? I can't say for sure but he's my pick for the reasons I've listed
I swear you're one of the worst posters in this thread, it's just awful how your mind works when it comes to the sport
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U like to over exaggerate to get ur point across, go back and read ur original post then the one u posted today and see how ur tone differs, cuz I called u out on ur ********.
And now ur going with how the judges scored it???? What bout when u thought Ben beat cerrone? Then it was all about how u scored it not the judges...****, when it works in ur favor it's easy to use it as an example...
How did u score the first fight?
Also taking someone down at will doesn't mean 4/6...but that's just another way u like to over exaggerate ur bs.
And 65-41 isn't close in strike totals, but just another way for u to.....do what u do
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Every fight is different obviously. Judging is never a certainty and there are different judges for every fight. I don't care what happened in Cerrone v Benson
Most people would agree Rory v Lawler was close but Lawler won. That's what I've been saying this whole time. It has nothing to do with exaggerating, you're just way too slow to process my points. Lawler clearly won 2 rounds, Rory won 1
7 more strikes in the first round
9 more strikes in the third round
If you say that's a crazy discrepancy go for it
A ton of folks thought it was a close fight but Lawler had some bombs landed and that was the difference
Most people would agree Rory v Lawler was close but Lawler won. That's what I've been saying this whole time. It has nothing to do with exaggerating, you're just way too slow to process my points. Lawler clearly won 2 rounds, Rory won 1
7 more strikes in the first round
9 more strikes in the third round
If you say that's a crazy discrepancy go for it
A ton of folks thought it was a close fight but Lawler had some bombs landed and that was the difference
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Whatever u need to believe to convince ur self bro
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