Jul 2, 2017

Has Joby Sanchez fought for the UFC before? His name sounds so familiar to me

EDIT: Nvm just saw where you called him a UFC vet lol

 

Jul 6, 2017

Gilbert Melendez drops to 145 LBS and will fight Jeremy Stephens at UFC 215 in Edmonton.

 

Jul 7, 2017

Vintage Palhares

 

Jul 10, 2017

Gegard Mousasi has signed with Bellator

 

Jul 10, 2017

Sucks, also Frank Mir was granted his release by the UFC this weekend. He can't fight in the states until April 2018, but he wants to fight Fedor I guess. Could happen in Bellator or in Russia.

 

Jul 11, 2017

Dana White had Ariel Helwani removed from Showtime's Mayweather/McGregor coverage

 

Jul 11, 2017

Starts tonight at 8 ET.



Not sure if it will be streamed here, assume it will be.

http://taima.tv/r/mma

 

Jul 13, 2017

anybody watch this? if so, how was it?

 

Jul 13, 2017

Ariel about to leak a spoiler Mayweather going to lose so they make triple on the rematch. Just like how he leaked Brock's return.

 

Jul 13, 2017

It was good some solid fight/finishes. Both Holobaugh and Boston Salmon got contracts with the UFC. Supposedly they are gonna try to bring in one guy from each show, but really all the 5 of the winners impressed so it was hard to take just one.

I didn't watch the Snoop/Faber commentary thing, but this was the only footage I could find from the show. Kind of a different atmosphere, they only allow what looks like 50 or so people in and a lot of it is the family members. You rarely ever get to see the immediate reactions from the families when their loved ones get KO'd or beat up. Must be awful to watch from their POV. Its basically the exact type of crowd from the TUF seasons where you would have to win to get into the house and also the TUF: Live season they did in i think 2012.

 

Jul 13, 2017

d--- I'm thinking about getting FightPass again just for SnoopCast

 

Jul 13, 2017

Joe Duffy re-signs with the UFC on a 7 fight deal. Thought he was for sure Bellator bound.

Also feel bad for Poirier. Usually b---- about putting fighters on hold with TUF, but with the Finale being December 1st it gives Gaethje a decent amount of time to heal up. Don't give 2017 Eddie much of a shot.



This is the TUF that Crowns the inaugural 125 LB Champ. Still not really sure who is on the show, but most of the best 125 LB Women are either fighting above their weight at 135 or cutting too much weight to fight at 125. The winner of this show should get a Title shot and fight either Joanna (if she wants to move up) or potentially Valentina if she loses to Nunes (or even if she wins). Interested to see what the actual cast looks like, I know there were some girls from the UFC trying out and some from Invicta. But I expect the inaugural champ to be even less relevant then Esparza when she won TUF and beat Rose (who was legit even then, JJ stole Carla's fighting spirit/soul).

 

Jul 13, 2017

It was dope. Great pacing between fights. Intimate setting. The fighters were really going after it. As Red said, they don't always show the losing family's reaction, but they did for the main event and it was just kind of uncomfortable. The little bit of Snoopcast they showed during the official commentary seemed kind of awkward, but I'm sure it'll improve.

 

Jul 14, 2017

Bellator tonight at 9 ET on Spike...

Not the best card but w/e.

Brandon Girtz vs Derek Campos
Kendall Grove vs John Salter
Jessica Middleton vs Emily Ducote
Joe Warren vs Steve Garcia

Also LFA starts at 9 on AXS TV. Probably gonna DVR both and skim through them later.

 

Jul 14, 2017

sucks Mousasi is going to Bellator... big fish small pond. I want to see him against the best in the world. Its unfortunate we won't be getting Mousasi vs Bobby Knuckles anytime soon... if ever

 

Jul 14, 2017

Campos vs Girtz 3 was a great fight. Top 5 FOTY candidate.

Anyways seems like everyone wants on the MSG card, Khabib wants to fight Ferguson on that card and Joanna wants to defend against Rose. I think the UFC will want one of the bigger draws going. Like if Jones beats DC, hes from NY obviously and him vs Manuwa (if he beats Volkan at 214) or Gus. Or GSP could fight Woodley/Maia winner. Either way i think it will be 3 Title Fights.

Yea, Storm fight is cool but supposedly he was offered Rockhold at UFC 215. Would have been a good one. Wonder if Rory is actually considering MW fights now that Moose is in the MW divsion, because before he signed that division was easily the worst in Bellator. Mousasi vs Rory would be fun and Mousasi at 205 would be ok, don't really want to see him LNP'd like King Mo did to him in Strikeforce back when he still had knees. I think Phil Davis does that to him and maybe even Bader. He wipes the floor with King Mo nowadays though.

 

Jul 15, 2017

Campos/Girtz for those who missed it.



Also in the LFA Main Event UFC/TUF vet Johnny Bedford got put to sleep by Jimmy Flick.



Also Invicta tonight at 8 ET on Fight Pass. Megan Anderson was supposed to defend her 145 LB belt against Helena Kolesnyk, then she got pulled and booked against Cyborg at UFC 214. They plugged Tonya Evinger in to fight Helena in just a non Title 145 LB fight and then Megan Anderson gets hurt and they plug Evinger in to fight Cyborg.

 

Jul 17, 2017

Sweet, may renew my Fight Pass soon.

My buddy fights pro MMA and he told me he talked to his manager the other day & if he puts together a couple more finishes in a row, he has a good shot at being on the show.

He fought in Bellator a couple months back and submitted his opponent in the 1st round. He fights for Victory on Saturday. Pulling for him is an understatement!

 

Jul 18, 2017

Tonight



Dan Spohn (15-5) vs Angel DeAnda (18-5)
Sean O'Malley (7-0) vs Alfred Khashakyan (8-3)
Thanh Le (6-1) vs Lazar Stojadinovic (12-5)
Sidney Outlaw (8-3) vs Michael Cora (4-1)
Cee Jay Hamilton (11-4) vs Casey Kenney (6-0-1)



Not quite as good as the first espisode.

Spohn is a TUF 19 vet (season Corey Anderson won) who also got 1 fight in the UFC after the show that he lost. Haven't really followed his career since. He has a huge size advantage over DeAnda. I don't really know s--- about DeAnda other then hes a guy who shouldn't be fighting in the weight class and was Tyrone Spong's first fight in WSOF. Spohn should come to grapple and win easily.

Spohn's KO over Tyler King to get into the TUF house.



O'Malley's Spinning Wheel-Kick KO in LFA in May.



I haven't see much of Khashakyan, other then on Dana White Lookin' For a Fight, where he lost to Ricardo Ramos (who got into the UFC based on the win and is 1-0 in the UFC. He is coming off a KO win over 5-fight UFC vet Chris Beal.

Thanh Le vs Lazar is gonna be fireworks. Le is from TUF 22 and doesn't have a great ground game, but hes a great striker.




Lazar just recently beat long time Bellator vet Mike Richman at LFA 2. His record doesn't look great, but he hasn't lost since 2009 and started out 4-5 from age 18-20.

I don't know anything about Cora other then he just won by KO in the 1st round in his last fight in Titan FC. Know even less about his opponent. Highly doubt the winner of this fight ends up in the UFC. Felt the same way about the Byrd fight last week.

Cee Jay Hamilton is a legit FLW, saw him headline LFA 8 in April. Hes also fought in Titan and Legacy before the merger. Kenney is a former Tachi Palace champ and just fought Bruno Silva (from TUF Brazil 4) to a draw, but he should have won.

Dana might have a tough decision tonight on who to bring in, we'll see. Fights should be good.

http://taima.tv/r/mma

 

Jul 18, 2017

Snoop Cast