MMA Thread

jayrebb said:

Which is why that interview sounds like a guy with something to blame.

The people in his life even asked him "Are you attacking out of anger?" Its obvious hes at the end of his career with a lot of regrets hes going to be dumping and unloading.

Did Greg's gym go mainstream? Yeah it blew up. As a man you just move on you don't keep kicking rocks there if you don't like it or disagree with the coaches.

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Erronius said:

To me, it sounded like it was the principle of the thing, bringing in the guy he's supposed to fight next to train there and eventually telling him to go pound sand, instead of telling the other guy "sorry, we can't, Cowboy is our guy". But the flip side of the coin, I don't know what he expected to happen when they did the same exact thing with Rashad/Jones.

I just don't agree with not voicing dissent. If they're treating people shitty then they can deal with the fallout.

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“‘Cowboy’ is not loyal to anybody in the gym. He’s on his own. He does his own thing. He has not, from what I can remember in the last 10 years, ever helped anybody out with their own camp. He’s as narcissistic as they come.”

“I put up with it for a long time because Greg [Jackson] has the biggest heart in the world. He’s like my little brother. But at the same time, it was causing division.”

Winkeljohn says he has not trained Cerrone since 2010. Instead, ‘Cowboy’ works with other coaches from JacksonWink while training primarily at a gym built on his property, about 30 minutes away, called the BMF Ranch. Winkeljohn claims that not only did that sow discord in the gym, it also hurt JacksonWink because the fighters working out there were not successful.

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“And by the way, of the teams that went out there, I think it’s 100 percent of people lost, because ‘Cowboy’ wants to do what he wants to do on his time frame, and it didn’t work for the fighters that train out there at the gym,” Winkeljohn continued. “So that made our percentage look bad, because we lost a lot of fights because of it.

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NO LIE I HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ANYONE AND SEEN THE MANY STAGES OF OUR EVOLUTION OF THIS TEAM!!! WE’RE STRONGER THAN EVER OUR DEFEATS ONLY HELPED US TO GROW AND WE ARE COMING INTO THE PROSPEROUS STAGE JUST AND SEE!!! @COWBOYCERRONE HAD BEEN SO BUSY BUILDING HIS EMPIRE THE PAST THREE FOUR YEARS AND HE’S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB DOING IT BUT THAT’S BEEN HIS FOCUS HE’S NEVER BEEN HERE!!! MAYBE A GRAPPLING CLASS HERE OR THERE A SPARRING EVERY 6 MONTHS??? THAT’S NOT A TEAM MATE IT’S JUST SOMEONE WHO IS OUT ONLY FOR THEMSELVES. I’D TRY TO GIVE HIM A ROUND IF WE CROSSED PATHS HERE OR THERE THE LAST TIME HE GOT ME REAL GOOD WITH A SIDE KICK TO THE LIVER …. I SEE IT ALL!! I TREAT THIS LIKE A JOB 9-5 I COME EVERYDAY I STAY WHEN EVERYONE LEAVES TO REST AND EAT.. SO I SEE IT ALL!! AND IN THE PAST TEN YEARS COWBOY NEVER WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP ME GET READY FOR A FIGHT NOT OUNCE! THAT’S WHY I POSTED PREVIOUS ABOUT WHY I WAS #TEAMPLATINUM @PLATINUMMIKEPERRY IS HERE TO GIVE ME ROUNDS IF I NEED THEM AND HELPED ME MORE IN ONE CAMP THAN COWBOY DID IN TEN YEARS… DON’T BAD MOUTH MY GYM OR MY COACH

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yamikazo said:

Till is hype and size; the latter shouldn't be underestimated.

Woodley has skill and experience on his side, but he faces questions regarding his health and athleticism in this matchup. If Woodley is healthy and strong, he's got a major advantage, but if he's not 100% Till could punish him.

Wouldn't be surprised to see either guy end up with the belt. It'd be nice to see Woodley show some flair if he wins, dude needs to score points with the fans and Till offers him that opportunity. Worst case for UFC would be Till coming in heavy (again) and winning because they could… uh… vacate Woodley + promote Till to interim champ? lulz

Agree on Shevchenko. Don't think it will be close.

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