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[Starburst]

i still dont understand, how is being friends with cyborg is going to fast track anyone to the ufc when she is irrelevant to the company
josh who? barnett? whats his affiliation with bayzler

Dude, I was just merly pointing out that Kim and Cris are friends, it was just a passing comment

Yes, Barnett, she trains catch wrestling under his tutelage
Bad ass pic

 

[The Infamous]

Dude, I was just merly pointing out that Kim and Cris are friends, it was just a passing comment

Yes, Barnett, she trains catch wrestling under his tutelage
Bad ass pic

For a second I was like , didn't realize that it was her right hand.

 

[Roman Brady]

Dude, I was just merly pointing out that Kim and Cris are friends, it was just a passing comment

either u dont know what a passing comment is or u realized it was a dumb thing to bring up when mentioning a potential signee in kim

Yes, Barnett, she trains catch wrestling under his tutelage
Bad ass pic

if u say so, that broad has always reminded me of cb dolloway

 

[Starburst]

either u dont know what a passing comment is or u realized it was a dumb thing to bring up when mentioning a potential signee in kim
if u say so, that broad has always reminded me of cb dolloway

Not at all...if I didn't mention in passing about Shayna, and Josh you wouldn't have learned something new today

 

[Screwface Exchange]

Kim's last name being couture is more important than bein friends with Cy. lets face it, onlydie hard mma fans know much about womens mma, so Dana is really tryin 2 educate the fan base as a whole on womens mma, and the who's who's in it. While the hard part is at the same time keep dem Fox numbers up. Bringing in couture, do a lil back story on her, then replay video clips and inerviews of the Dana/Randy feud they gonna hope for ratings. Then when she gets beaten, it jus helps boost the other fighter and keeps her name in ppls mouth.

When it comes to TUF and weightclasses, i dont even pay attention half the time, cuz there's been sum huge differences. Rashad competing as a heavyweight. Florian fightin at MW. To get tv time and a shot at sum money, fighters will do nething to mk that weight.

 

[Starburst]

^^^Kim' last name has done her no favors because she sucks unfortunately...now that Dana is on the outs with Randy.....

By the way did Ryan Couture get cut after his fight?

She is cute when she looks girly

 

[Roman Brady]

Ariel is such an instigator

just saw the interview for the first time and ariel never even asked him the question, mitrione walked into the firing line on his own while attempting to be a stand up comedian

 

[Starburst]

just saw the interview for the first time and ariel never even asked him the question, mitrione walked into the firing line on his own while attempting to be a stand up comedian

But he never tried to stop him when things started going left either? He apologized for it on his show today

 

[Roman Brady]

But he never tried to stop him when things started going left either? He apologized for it on his show today

he has to say that as the host doesn't he.But really he didnt have to intervene when a grown man was stating his opinion, thats just ridiculous

 

[Starburst]

he has to say that as the host doesn't he.But really he didnt have to intervene when a grown man was stating his opinion, thats just ridiculous

When you don't say something, you are just as guilty those who do but anyway, this topic is tired now and it doesn't change the fact that Ariel can be a douche at times

 

[Starburst]

LAS VEGAS – As he watched a group of 50 women try out for the "The Ultimate Fighter 18," UFC President Dana White admitted he was impressed with the talent level of the fighters. And while his promotion currently employs only 135-pound women, White doesn't believe that will always be the case.

"You would think so," White told MMAjunkie.com , when asked if he expected to add more women's divisions to the UFC. "If you think about it, when we started this company, we had heavyweights, light heavyweights, middleweights and welterweights. That was it. When we brought in the 155-pound division, everybody was like, 'This is crazy. They're too small. Nobody will ever watch.'

"The evolution of this sport as it's continued to grow, we've been adding weight classes, and the sport keeps getting bigger. There are more and more talented guys in all those weight classes. The same thing will happen with the women."

To date, there have been just two women's bouts in the UFC: February's Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche bantamweight title fight and this past weekend's No. 1 contender fight between Cat Zingano and former Strikeforce champ Miesha Tate. A handful of other women have already signed to the UFC's roster, and "The Ultimate Fighter 18" will feature additional fighters hoping to score a UFC deal.

White believes the excitement surrounding the new division will inevitably lead to more women athletes competing in the sport – which in turn may very well lead to a need for more opportunities in the UFC.

"I think when you got into the 135-pound division, I knew there were enough fights for a year and a half, two years," White said. "You think that after it starts to generate some excitement and interest that other women will pop out of the woodwork. … I think over the next couple of years, we're really going to see a big boom."

UFC President Dana White anticipates additional women's divisions in future | News*–*MMAjunkie.com

So it's no longer just about Rousey? watch out Ronda....the bushes are not too far away

 

[Roman Brady]

So it's no longer just about Rousey? watch out Ronda....the bushes are not too far away

That article is encoraging but it also means invicta is in a more precarious position too.Then again this might all be lip service.I mean dana has been saying there was going to be a 115 lbs div that just seems to be never happening so

 

[Starburst]

That article is encoraging but it also means invicta is in a more precarious position too.Then again this might all be lip service.I mean dana has been saying there was going to be a 115 lbs div that just seems to be never happening so

I don't think so because from the beginning many have thought that both are being back by the same source and the fighters are allowed to fight for either promotion. Not that it makes a difference but notice that Shannon is the president and not the owner/chair of Invicta

I assume Dana is looking at adding 125, 115, 105 for the females because some of those girls trying out are much smaller than 135...If he adds no 145 we will know why and I don't want to hear because there are no 145 fighters because I can name 10 right now..besides, I spotted at least 3 girls who tried out for 135 yesterday who fight at 145 and Ronda's buddy Marina Shafir fights at 145 and in a recent interview she was pretty sure she would be fighting CyGOAT at 145 in the UFC

People can s**t on Tito as much as they want but he made the right decision regarding Cris, she would have been locked into an 8 fight deal at 135 with no certainty

 

[Roman Brady]

People can s**t on Tito as much as they want but he made the right decision regarding Cris, she would have been locked into an 8 fight deal at 135 with no certainty

really? cuz zuffa were offering her the same deal as kaufman, to fiight at invicta on zuffa money.And they refused to go in alone, sounds kind of silly to me

 

[Starburst]

really? cuz zuffa were offering her the same deal as kaufman, to fiight at invicta on zuffa money.And they refused to go in alone, sounds kind of silly to me

No, I've said this already- in the press conference Tito's partner said UFC wanted to offer Cris 8 fights at 135, she said no because of the weight, then they negotiated where Cris will have some warm up fights (3 max) at 135 to adjust to the weight cut then fight Rousey then UFC and Rousey said no. Tito was looking at the long term and UFC was looking short term, besides in that 135 deal, there were no guarantees that she would fight Rousey