The MMA Thread
Since there's a SE Boxing Thread that evolved out of the PBF/Pac abortion, I thought we should have a SE MMA Thread as w
Choosing to beat up a 60yo legend with a bad leg is a good look to you?
Tyson at his 2005 weigh-in
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Tyson at his 2024 weigh-in
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Looks just as good if not better almost 20 years later. Obviously doesn't translate to him winning, but it does mean he did the work and is at least taking it seriously.
How does Stipe win this fight? Im not betting it, just musing in my mind, but you guys know this sport better. Im thinking his only chance is to ground and pound, but can he even get the take down? Odds are grim.
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Interesting theory.. I am here to learn. Did you mean punch.. in the head?
7 mins of kos, why not
Jones vs Stipe ooooooooo what an exciting fight that I said wasn't terrible years ago.
I have Stipe winning by Homer Simpsoning in hilarious LOL heavyweight fashion
"Stipe looks so stiff" joe rogan
hes 42 freakin years old. they feed us crap lol
shoutout to ufc for killing my stream in rd 3
no need for me to find another....stipe is washed and done, jones is also probably washed and done no way he fights aspinall and i even doubt pereira
jones wins in rd 3
Ew why are these ufc fighters sucking up to Trump.
I'd be like "smd Epstein buddy".
on second thought jones may fight aspinall or pereira
aspinall probably overrated anyway
Oliveira just blanked him and Trump looked pissed.
Commentators were like "the 4 year break has probably been good for Stipe to recover" before the fight. They really feed us such BS.
How do they call Jones the "undisputed" Champion when there's an interim champion? 
I really hope that we get the fight to unify the division. I suspect that Dana will protect Jones and feed the Pereira hype train to make that fight instead.
The only good news was that Jones said it wasn't his last fight so the vague possibility of Aspinall is still there.
Commentators were like "the 4 year break has probably been good for Stipe to recover" before the fight. They really feed us such BS.
How do they call Jones the "undisputed" Champion when there's an interim champion?
I really hope that we get the fight to unify the division. I suspect that Dana will protect Jones and feed the Pereira hype train to make that fight instead.
The only good news was that Jones said it wasn't his last fight so the vague possibility of Aspinall is still there.
Dana already said (if you believe him) that Jones would either retire or fight Tom if he beat Stipe. There was no way that he'd let him fight Alex first, but if Jon did beat Tom, then he would let him fight Alex at that point. Didn't specify if it would be at HW or LHW.
I guess Dana also said if Jon and Alex did want to fight he wouldn't stop them, so who really knows at this point.
Dana already said (if you believe him) that Jones would either retire or fight Tom if he beat Stipe. There was no way that he'd let him fight Alex first, but if Jon did beat Tom, then he would let him fight Alex at that point. Didn't specify if it would be at HW or LHW.
It feels like UFC have really pushed the Pereira hype train and Aspinall's been quietly cleaning out the HW division whilst being called the interim Champ.
The hyped fight to make for the casuals is Jones / Pereira - would be good if Ngannou could return somehow but that's not realistically going to happen. Everyone else knows that Pereira has 0 ground game and will be dumped on his back and dominated.
I don't blame jones for not wanting to fight aspinall
the risk/reward just isnt there, aspinall hasnt done enough in the sport
Jones is old, he should retire, this aint the sport to be hanging around when some young guy will break your face. Jones has been in the ufc forever
I don't blame jones for not wanting to fight aspinall
the risk/reward just isnt there, aspinall hasnt done enough in the sport
The reward is being able to unify the division and say he beat the actual Champion and put to bed the belief that he's ducking everyone.
Aspinall has been active and beaten all the top guys in the division. As a HW, what has Jones done? Beat a 42 year old who sat on the bench for 4 years and beat Gane who wasn't very good and lost to the Champion (Ngannou).
The reward is being able to unify the division and say he beat the actual Champion and put to bed the belief that he's ducking everyone.
Aspinall has been active and beaten all the top guys in the division. As a HW, what has Jones done? Beat a 42 year old who sat on the bench for 4 years and beat Gane who wasn't very good and lost to the Champion (Ngannou).
Aspinall last win was vs Blaydes who has been a gatekeeper forever, before that Pavlovic who no one knows.
If jones beats him, people will just say whatever HW sucks, I dunno, I don't think it is that valuable to fight him and if he wins he beat the great young up and comer Tom Aspinall or something. I get why Jones thinks it isn't worth his time.
Aspinall last win was vs Blaydes who has been a gatekeeper forever, before that Pavlovic who no one knows.
If jones beats him, people will just say whatever HW sucks, I dunno, I don't think it is that valuable to fight him and if he wins he beat the great young up and comer Tom Aspinall or something. I get why Jones thinks it isn't worth his time.
I can't say that I personally rate Blaydes. But Blaydes was top 5 ranked in the division and they had the rematch because Tom got injured in the first fight.
I thought Pavlovic was the real deal and a potential Champion. Tom walked straight through him and made it look like easy work.
Who is next in the UFC rankings? Volkov (#3)? Tom has beaten him as well.
Spivac (currently #7) - Tom has also beaten him.
Gane (#2) went missing and will be light work for Tom.
In summary, Tom has fought most of the top contenders in the division and won dominantly. Maybe the division is just really bad, but there's two champions in the same division and any sensible person can see that position is not sustainable and the fight has to be made.
On the bright side, I watched Aspinall's latest YouTube video and he seemed very positive about a discussion with Dana. I feel there's a much better chance the Jones / Aspinall fight will be announced. Whether it happens is a different matter 😀
Surely it makes a bit of joke of the sport if Jones can just pick and choose his title defences to people he deems worthy, i.e., knows he's a big favourite against...
I'm fine with him doing that and letting Dana boost his ego more, like on Sat, if he vacates the belt first.
Saw something with Jon where he said he doesn't want to fight hungry up and comers like Tom and would rather fight a proven champion like Alex.
That he doesn't care about belts, and he'd have no problem giving his belt to Tom.
I can't say that I personally rate Blaydes. But Blaydes was top 5 ranked in the division and they had the rematch because Tom got injured in the first fight.
I thought Pavlovic was the real deal and a potential Champion. Tom walked straight through him and made it look like easy work.
Who is next in the UFC rankings? Volkov (#3)? Tom has beaten him as well.
Spivac (currently #7) - Tom has also beaten him.
Gane (#2) went missing and will be light work for Tom.
In summary, Tom has fought most of t
yeah but HW sucks, he needs to do more than that to get Jones interested
maybe UFC just pays jones a lot to do it and he does, you would think they could cut a check at this point
the elephant in the room is if jones beats aspinall in their next fight, no one is going to give him the credit he deserves for that itll just be lol heavyweight...the risk just isnt really worth the reward especially if he isn't even getting paid more than he normally makes
he has the leverage in this situation atleast, can't blame him for using it
