MMA Thread

Catching up now, friend came over and we got distracted playing Diablo.

So Moraga got a bit of a choke on Scoggins in the 1st, before Kenny could finish saying how tight it was Scoggins got out. 2nd round Moraga gets another on him much deeper. Before Kenny could finish saying how his back was too flat to get it from there Scoggins tapped.


edit: I kind of expected the 2 main event outcomes. I was driving the "Don't buy the hype" Overeem train before he hit the UFC. And since the last time Jacare and Mousasi fought Jacare has improved by leaps and bounds and Mousasi has not. Plus it's not like Mousasi dominated him before, he caught him with an upkick.


Also Jacare needs to get a title shot. And I'd find it hard to go against him even against Weidman.


edit2: Rothwell had a broken arm from a kick. Big Ben don't care.

Overeem mentally broke after he saw his strikes were doing nothing at all to Big Ben. Overeem's knees have buckled everyone he has hit with them in the UFC (even though against Browne it was only momentary, I don't think he really knee'd Bigfoot). Ben walked through everything Overeem had and his gameplan just went out the window. Can't bully him, someone get me outta here! Ben will always have a spot in my heart for separating Schaub from his soul, I won't forget that KO till the day I die.

Jacare's striking has improved a lot over the past couple of years. Would love to see him get the next crack at the belt. Whether it's Weidman or Vitor, it should be good.

Gavinmad_sl said:

Good lord, think thats the first time I've ever seen 3 KOs in the first 20 seconds of a match.

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I was there last night, there were so many crazy fights last night.

They're saying the arm isn't broken, just fucked up. So he'll probably be out for awhile again. The HW division really is paper thin.

Gavinmad_sl said:

They're saying the arm isn't broken, just fucked up. So he'll probably be out for awhile again. The HW division really is paper thin.

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Thin AND constantly injured. Someone posted yesterday that the entire top 10 had fought a grand total of 7 times so far in 2014. 8 now that Overeem got Rothwelled.

There doesn't even seem to be anyone on the horizon. You know the second youngest person in the top 15 of their official rankings is JDS, who is 30? And the only younger one is Stefan Struve, who is 26 but apparently has the heart of an elderly baboon.

Now, top heavyweights are traditionally a bit older than other divisions. I assume because speed it a little less important. But even looking lower down the rankings there's almost no one I could pick out of a line up who is under 30.

Vitaly Minakovin Bellator is 29. He's good, probably the best of these guys right now.
Jared Rosholtis 28, but he's boring as fuck and won't challenge for the title.
Shawn Jordanis 29, he's fun to watch but he's a lower end gatekeepr at best.
Alexander Volkovmight be the best prospect. He's 25 and exciting, and at 6'7" he's still got room to add muscle(weighs 235) without giving up too much speed. He could be a real challenger in a couple years.
Blagoi Ivanovis interesting. He's still only 27. He lost his last fight to Volkov, but he's still improving and his elite Sambo background helps a lot.



Aaaaand, that's about it for even vaguely known people. 3 guys who will be well in to their 30's before they make an impact in the UFC, if ever. And 2 guys that are still more potential than reality.

Really the next big guy is gonna be someone we are barely aware of now. Which is weird. I remember hearing hype about Cain back in 2007, before he was even rumored to be signed by the UFC. People get so hyped about HW prospects there should be someone obvious we're waiting on to make that breakthrough. Travis Browne and Stipe Miocic are not that guy, both are already in their 30s and shown they're not on the same level as the current big 3.

Smealinho Ramais probably the closest thing out there to a serious young gun who people expect big things from. After him it's a bunch of Eastern Europeans and Russians and there's no telling what they'll turn out like once they hit the big leagues.

Kimbo vs. Overeem!

What do you do if you really want to masturbate but you can't get hard?

JACKSLACK

What the fuck, is that a fracture or a hematoma?

Welp the Invicta stream just shit the bed. Fight Pass is such a piece of shit service. The only reason I pay for it is to alleviate the guilt of stealing all the UFC PPVs.