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kids need ninja shit too
Jul 23, 2015
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should we tell khabib that rogan was talking shit about him before or after they all take the group pic together? eh probably later
I said the exact same thing. We've all seen Rogan flip flop during a fight but never have I seen him straight up shit talk as hard as he did about khabib.
Khabib' s jab is pretty quick.. and he's got an active ground game. I don't know why rogan was complaining so much.
 

ShatsBassoon

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I said the exact same thing. We've all seen Rogan flip flop during a fight but never have I seen him straight up shit talk as hard as he did about khabib.
Khabib' s jab is pretty quick.. and he's got an active ground game. I don't know why rogan was complaining so much.
He was all up on
I said the exact same thing. We've all seen Rogan flip flop during a fight but never have I seen him straight up shit talk as hard as he did about khabib.
Khabib' s jab is pretty quick.. and he's got an active ground game. I don't know why rogan was complaining so much.
He's a paid man
 

Γαλάνης

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Both Conor & Tony beat Khabib. I thought Khabib would maul Tony but now I doubt it.

Khabib's competition resume isn't that great. His best win is Barboza, who was never top of the food chain elite. The RDA win was years before RDA was known as anything but an unknown Brazilian undercard fighter.
 

Sheepdog

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Dec 1, 2015
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Both Conor & Tony beat Khabib. I thought Khabib would maul Tony but now I doubt it.

Khabib's competition resume isn't that great. His best win is Barboza, who was never top of the food chain elite. The RDA win was years before RDA was known as anything but an unknown Brazilian undercard fighter.
The RDA win was less than a year before RDA became champ. RDA was on a 5-fight win streak and had just beaten Cowboy. It's nonsense to discredit that win.

As an aside, the 10-month stretch after he lost to Khabib was ridiculous for RDA. Beating the fuck out of Jason High, (prime) Benson Henderson, (not prime) Nate Diaz and (prime) Anthony Pettis in that time frame is probably the GOAT non-tournament effort in MMA.
 

Dick Niaz

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This card was thoroughly entertaining. Definitely way better than it might have been, considering the shit show leading up to it.

My first thought waking up was not about Khabib, Conor, or anything else like that. It was remembering how cool it was to see Rose outclass Joanna. I like JJ too, but Rose is so easy to root for. Really happy she has earned and cemented her place at the top of the division.

My second thought was I can’t wait to see Zabit fight again. This dude is the real deal.
 

Truck Party

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Mar 16, 2017
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Loved this guy's podcast before he stopped doing it, but he did a special edition last night. He raised a pretty good point, why'd they bring in Holloway coming off an injury with no fight scheduled & not Poirer, who has a fight next week? Holloway's a bigger name but when he wouldn't disclose his weight they knew there was a possibility that he doesn't fight


View: https://twitter.com/LarryPepe/status/982900707970789377
 

Mix6APlix

The more you cry, the less I care.
Oct 20, 2015
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This card was thoroughly entertaining. Definitely way better than it might have been, considering the shit show leading up to it.

My first thought waking up was not about Khabib, Conor, or anything else like that. It was remembering how cool it was to see Rose outclass Joanna. I like JJ too, but Rose is so easy to root for. Really happy she has earned and cemented her place at the top of the division.

My second thought was I can’t wait to see Zabit fight again. This dude is the real deal.
I thought that decision was questionable. I do believe you have to beat the champ to be the champ, but I scored that for Joanna. I won't say it was a robbery, but questionable.
 

Truck Party

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I thought that decision was questionable. I do believe you have to beat the champ to be the champ, but I scored that for Joanna. I won't say it was a robbery, but questionable.
I had money on JJ, but that was one of the easiest fights to score I've ever seen. 3-2 Rose & I could see a case for giving Rose the 4th
 

silentsinger

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Jun 23, 2015
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Thank fuck I didn't go out last night to watch, I would probably have ended up in a fight when I could barely stand.
 

Papi Chingon

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Oct 19, 2015
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This card was thoroughly entertaining. Definitely way better than it might have been, considering the shit show leading up to it.

My first thought waking up was not about Khabib, Conor, or anything else like that. It was remembering how cool it was to see Rose outclass Joanna. I like JJ too, but Rose is so easy to root for. Really happy she has earned and cemented her place at the top of the division.

My second thought was I can’t wait to see Zabit fight again. This dude is the real deal.
Zabit was impressive, but I'm chomping at the bit to see his opponent fight again.
 
Nov 21, 2015
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And the UFC loves trilogy fights...
I hope not. I'd like to see Rose Vs Claudia, Andrade and rematch Karolina

I think Claudia and Andrade will be her toughest test.

Karolina I think she beats handily next time. She took that fight when Pat
was essentially drunk all the time and they were fighting. She shoulda never
even took that fight

Joanna Champion...(Yep She's redeemed herself to me so she's still Joanna Champion in my eyes)

I'd like to see move up to 125 and scrap with Valentina
 
Nov 21, 2015
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wasnt his best... but far from a bad performance. Khabib Coasting after 2nd round..
Rewatched without Joe's commentary. He clearly dragged the fight out and
wanted to get some rounds in on his feet. His jab looked much improved.

That said yeah not his best performance

I think the crazy lead up messed him up. If he fights like that against
Champ, Champ, Accused Felon he's gonna get slept. If he fights like "Barbosa
Khalabeeb" I think he mauls Conor easily though.

Sad thing is we legit may never find out.
 

Muridae83

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Nov 3, 2016
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Rewatched without Joe's commentary. He clearly dragged the fight out and
wanted to get some rounds in on his feet. His jab looked much improved.

That said yeah not his best performance

I think the crazy lead up messed him up. If he fights like that against
Champ, Champ, Accused Felon he's gonna get slept. If he fights like "Barbosa
Khalabeeb" I think he mauls Conor easily though.

Sad thing is we legit may never find out.
Get out of my head! damn its scary when someone writes exactly all the things urself are thinking.