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Grand Master

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He won by guillotine. He's such a good grappler that he's learned to compensate for the lack of a hand and makes his submissions very hard to defend because you literally can't pry his hands of your neck.

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This was a ######ing scary KO :| Even scarier when you realize that they're Atomweight (105lb) fighters.

 

 

There's also this

 

http://youtu.be/ww7LJENUURg

 

J?lio Neves, aka Morceguinho, is 26!-0 in his 2 years as a pro and he's only 19. People are singing him praises but I don't buy it. Looking at the dates and his opponents, his records his clearly padded to hell. Fighting guys every other week, many of them making their MMA debut or having losing records of 1-2. He isn't the second coming of Renan Bar?o, that's for sure.

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So, the nasty contract dispute between Viacom (owner of Bellator) and Eddie Alvarez is over. Alvarez certainly realized that he was fighting a losing battle and there was no upside in dragging it out. Even if he had prevailed, he would've lost thousands of dollars of his own, thousands in potential income and years of his peak, a fighter's prime commodity. So he's co-headlining the freakshow PPV between Rampage and Tito against Michael Chandler. That's right, CO-headlining. Tito and Rampage, guys who are a combined losing streak of 6+ fights, headline that.

 

Also, Ariel Helwani says that it's possible that Alvarez can just walk away from Bellator free and clear if he loses the fight. That certainly cast a shadow over any potential result the fight might have. I certainly hope Alvarez is getting a truckload of money to give up on his UFC dreams and the amount of money they were offering him.

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Not only did i pass an assessment for my new job this morning, i got home to find out BT Sports 1&2 are now available on Virgin Media!! Blam! If you've got the XL package like myself you'll have them free, if not there is a package available to purchase.. Channels 549&550 are the HD channels, regular channels are 547&548..

 

Just in time for this weekend too :)

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23709325

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Not only did i pass an assessment for my new job this morning, i got home to find out BT Sports 1&2 are now available on Virgin Media!! Blam! If you've got the XL package like myself you'll have them free, if not there is a package available to purchase.. Channels 549&550 are the HD channels, regular channels are 547&548..

 

Just in time for this weekend too :)

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23709325

 

 

Indeed; just in time for Shogun vs. Sonnen. :) On the flipside, I can't mock my uncle anymore; he kept boasting that he'd still have ESPN when BT Sport took over, oblivious to the fact that it actually was going. :laugh: He gets it back now for the next three years; BT and VM will probably strike a new deal in a couple of years.

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In a strange turn of events, UFC have offered Nick Diaz a fight against Machida at Middleweight..

 

Where the hell did that one come from :|

 

Queue 15 minutes of Nick Diaz calling Machida a bitch for not engaging.

 

It's pretty simple: the UFC still has Nick Diaz under contract despite his "retirement". If they use him to make money, they will. Machida had been in talks to drop a weight class, Diaz wanted to move up to get rid of the weight cut. Since Diaz's gameplan is to charge in, it's great for Machida who insists on only counter-striking and losing dumb decisions.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HziG9DBfJf0

 

Now that Alvarez is rematching Chandler, it seems like a nice time to watch the first match again. Probably the best fight that ever happened under the Bellator banner.

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Browne looks like a beast heading into his fight with Ubereem.

 

Everyone made weight so this card is a go! It's an incredibly stacked card, even down to the Facebook prelims.

 

Main Card:
Mauricio Rua (205) vs. Chael Sonnen (205)
Travis Browne (236) vs. Alistair Overeem (255.5)
Yuri Alcantara (136) vs. Urijah Faber (135.5)
Matt Brown (171) vs. Mike Pyle (170)
Uriah Hall (184) vs. John Howard (185)
Michael Johnson (156) vs. Joe Lauzon (156)

Preliminary Card:
Michael McDonald (135.5) vs. Brad Pickett (135.5)
Max Holloway (145) vs. Conor McGregor (146)
Mike Brown (145.5) vs. Steven Siler (145.5)
Diego Brandao (146) vs. Daniel Pineda (144.5)
Manny Gamburyan (145.5) vs. Cole Miller (146)
Cody Donovan (204) vs. Ovince St. Preux (205.5)
Ramsey Nijem (156) vs. James Vick (155)

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In a strange turn of events, UFC have offered Nick Diaz a fight against Machida at Middleweight..

 

Where the hell did that one come from :|

 

Brazilian websites are buzzing with the notion of a Machida vs Belfort match at 185 for a title shot. I think that's ludicrous since the only reason why Machida didn't drop earlier was because he didn't want to fight Anderson Silva and he still has to rematch Chris Weidman to settle the championship.

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That was a GLORIOUS card, top to bottom. Judges were giving out 10-8 rounds like candy. I was especially shocked with the 30-26 for Faber when he clearly lost the first round.Shogun looked absolutely shot. He should just retire, lest he became a late career Forrest Griffin.

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Was a good event, Overeem got was coming to him yet again. He needs to learn to respect his opponents striking thats 2 fights in a row!

 

McGregor is already looking like a star, i couldnt even tell he blew his knee out fair play to him :|

 

Overeem should've known better. Crane kick: if do right, no can defense.

 

McGregor put on a show but the lack of a finish slowed his roll, just by a tiny, tiny bit. Still, lot's of great fights available at FW. I would like to see him matched up against the winner of Koch vs Poirier.

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Overeem should've known better. Crane kick: if do right, no can defense.

 

McGregor put on a show but the lack of a finish slowed his roll, just by a tiny, tiny bit. Still, lot's of great fights available at FW. I would like to see him matched up against the winner of Koch vs Poirier.

 

You cant blame him for that though, 2 legs in good working order probably would've been a different story..

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You cant blame him for that though, 2 legs in good working order probably would've been a different story..

 

I don't, but finishes provide highlights which lead to fan interest. The UFC has been struggling to push the FW division, including it's champion (last seen on the ###### poor UFC 163). If they want to be able to count on another division to help carry a PPV, they must build up interesting fighters. Ricardo Lamas, arguably the next top contender, hasn't fought in a single PPV yet. 2 fights ago, he was on the Facebook prelims. Don't even get me talking about John Moraga, that was absolutely ridiculous matchmaking.

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Bjorn Rebney doesn't think Bellator will move to re-sign Ben Askren

 

Now that the UFC has just gotten itself rid of Jon Fitch, why the heck would they sign Askren, especially when he's been super critical of the UFC and it's fighters?

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