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guerrilla medic
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hey thanks for posting the weidman vs hall fight, i'd never seen that. i've been watching the new season of tuf. that knockout last week was just brutal. urijah looks deadly but i dont think he's ready for weidman. i like weidman over anderson this year if anderson ends up taking that fight. did you see how he handled mark munoz?
Marla 420
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Hall is a monster but I got Weidman beating him again. Weidman dropped him in they're first fight and has probably improved 10x from what he was in they're first fight. Hall was an accomplished kickboxer so he already knew how to strike. Weidman VS Anderson is probably gonna happen next. Anderson will be the favorite and deservedly so but he has never fought someone who can take him down and submit him/Has good Sub defense. Chael landed over 300 punches but Chael isn't a power puncher, he also losses by Sub all the time. If Weidman lands he damages, not just pitter patter punches to stay busy. It's a very interesting matchup and that's all I want for Champions. I don't like Gimme fights for anyone, I always want Champions to fight the best and right now in the MW division Weidman is the best.
Padawanbater2
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Shit gets real between Bellator (Bjorn Rebney) and Eddie Alvarez on the MMA Hour w/ Ariel Helwani:
'Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney appeared on Monday's edition of Ariel Helwani's The MMA Hour, and expressed optimism that he would come to terms with lightweight Eddie Alvarez, who desire to move to the UFC. The dispute centers on whether Bellator matched the UFC's contract. While Bellator matched the contract word for word, Alvarez maintains that the payout from a percentage of a UFC PPV and the promotion on the FOX network cannot be matched. Bellator counters that a PPV, the promotion's first, is in the works headlined by Alvarez vs. Michael Chandler, and that Spike is a reasonable substiture for FOX.
"We've stated the position pretty clearly in terms of what our beliefs were in terms of the contract, and we expect people to honor those contracts, just like anybody would," said Rebney. "Just like UFC would or just like the Denver Nuggets would in the NBA. You expect guys to honor the contracts when they sign them.
"Just like there was an expectation on Ed's part that we would live up to those terms and pay him the money we've paid him, and give him the bonuses we gave him, etc. When you sign a contract, you don't do it so that at some point someone can simply say, ‘I don't feel like this works for me anymore.' You sign it, you have good attorneys and managers look over it if you're a fighter, and you have good attorneys and people look over it if you're a promoter, and both sides are expected to live up to it. There's not an expectation that you just have a change of heart and at some point you can just walk away from it. It doesn't work like that." Said Rebney.
Alvarez later called into the show, and asked to speak with Rebney, on air
. Alvarez request was denied.
"You know what, I would love to talk to Ed," said Rebeny. "But I don't want to talk to Ed in a public forum.
"If Eddie wants to sit down, I will fly him into Los Angeles, I will him take out to lunch or dinner. It can just be he and I, and like men we can try to work something out."
"I just wanted to have a chat and it didn't go on," said a dissapointed Alvarez.
"Me and him haven't talked in a while. There's been a lot of he said, she said, and I just want to clear everything up, you know? I don't feel like it's right. He said on air that I have to live up to my end of the bargain. That I have a contract that I'm obligated to, and I feel like I've fulfilled that contract through and through. I fought everybody they wanted me to fight, and what I don't feel like is that they're fulfilling their end of the contract."
"The whole idea of being a free agent for me was to see what my value was. To see what my value was, and now that I see that, all I want Bellator to do is rightfully match... I don't want to sit out, man. I want to fight. I've already sat for three months, maybe plus.
"I don't want to go through a trial. This is stupid. I want to fight. So either step up and make it comparable, or let us go. But don't lie. Don't lie to the fans, don't lie to the media, don't lie to everyone."
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'Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney appeared on Monday's edition of Ariel Helwani's The MMA Hour, and expressed optimism that he would come to terms with lightweight Eddie Alvarez, who desire to move to the UFC. The dispute centers on whether Bellator matched the UFC's contract. While Bellator matched the contract word for word, Alvarez maintains that the payout from a percentage of a UFC PPV and the promotion on the FOX network cannot be matched. Bellator counters that a PPV, the promotion's first, is in the works headlined by Alvarez vs. Michael Chandler, and that Spike is a reasonable substiture for FOX.
"We've stated the position pretty clearly in terms of what our beliefs were in terms of the contract, and we expect people to honor those contracts, just like anybody would," said Rebney. "Just like UFC would or just like the Denver Nuggets would in the NBA. You expect guys to honor the contracts when they sign them.
"Just like there was an expectation on Ed's part that we would live up to those terms and pay him the money we've paid him, and give him the bonuses we gave him, etc. When you sign a contract, you don't do it so that at some point someone can simply say, ‘I don't feel like this works for me anymore.' You sign it, you have good attorneys and managers look over it if you're a fighter, and you have good attorneys and people look over it if you're a promoter, and both sides are expected to live up to it. There's not an expectation that you just have a change of heart and at some point you can just walk away from it. It doesn't work like that." Said Rebney.
Alvarez later called into the show, and asked to speak with Rebney, on air
. Alvarez request was denied."You know what, I would love to talk to Ed," said Rebeny. "But I don't want to talk to Ed in a public forum.
"If Eddie wants to sit down, I will fly him into Los Angeles, I will him take out to lunch or dinner. It can just be he and I, and like men we can try to work something out."
"I just wanted to have a chat and it didn't go on," said a dissapointed Alvarez.
"Me and him haven't talked in a while. There's been a lot of he said, she said, and I just want to clear everything up, you know? I don't feel like it's right. He said on air that I have to live up to my end of the bargain. That I have a contract that I'm obligated to, and I feel like I've fulfilled that contract through and through. I fought everybody they wanted me to fight, and what I don't feel like is that they're fulfilling their end of the contract."
"The whole idea of being a free agent for me was to see what my value was. To see what my value was, and now that I see that, all I want Bellator to do is rightfully match... I don't want to sit out, man. I want to fight. I've already sat for three months, maybe plus.
"I don't want to go through a trial. This is stupid. I want to fight. So either step up and make it comparable, or let us go. But don't lie. Don't lie to the fans, don't lie to the media, don't lie to everyone."
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guerrilla medic
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i like jds by way of murder
guerrilla medic
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he lost his debut to tim boetsch, although i thought he won that fight. he made short work of palhares. i like to watch him fight because he knocks people out but with weidman and anderson silva both in the division i'm not sure about his chances for a belt. weidman is friggin terrifying.
guerrilla medic
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he running from weidman lol
Padawanbater2
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Holy fuck, look at this kick!
Holy fuck, look at this kick!
Marla 420
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^^^^
Crazy kick.
So who do you guys have for next sat fights? Rhonda/Liz Hendo/Machida Koshcheck/Lawlor Schaub/Lavar Faber/Menjivar?
I got Rhonda, Hendo (although if I had to bet I would bet Machida), Lawlor (It's cool he is coming back), Lavar, and Faber. It's a pretty good fight card.
Crazy kick.
So who do you guys have for next sat fights? Rhonda/Liz Hendo/Machida Koshcheck/Lawlor Schaub/Lavar Faber/Menjivar?
I got Rhonda, Hendo (although if I had to bet I would bet Machida), Lawlor (It's cool he is coming back), Lavar, and Faber. It's a pretty good fight card.
Padawanbater2
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Rousey (armbar)
Machida
Faber
McGee v. Neer, good question! Both coming off 2 losses, 3 and you're out of the UFC, should be an interesting fight! I'll give it to Neer
Koscheck
guerrilla medic
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rousey, machida (hopin for hendoo though), koscheck, faber, lavar, hopefully neer gets a win.....on a separate note, i think that tito ortiz has brain damage...
guerrilla medic
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did you see his press conference on inside mma? he went full retard lol never go full retard!!!!!!!!
Padawanbater2
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Condit v. Hendricks is on, predictions?
Does the winner of that fight get a ticket to the welterweight title? It would be weird if Condit won and got another shot at the title right away after GSP destroys Diaz, I think he should have a couple fights before that.
Does the winner of that fight get a ticket to the welterweight title? It would be weird if Condit won and got another shot at the title right away after GSP destroys Diaz, I think he should have a couple fights before that.