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I hope they can get a semi decent WW for cowboy on 2 weeks notice. Someone like Larkin would be perfect

:ohhh: That'd be a fun one to watch, I'm a big fan of both. I was thinking a lesser opponent since it's Cerrone's first look there, maybe pull Jouban since he's game for striking but not as imposing.
 

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Dude opinion has always been horrible. Case in point, Barbosa is a bum
Hasnt beaten a single top 10 opponent. Why do yall gotta prop dudes up undeservedly? Wins and losses speak for themselves.

He lost to Johnson, lost to Cerrone, lost to Ferguson. Beating Bobby Green, Evan Dunham and Paul Felder isnt impressive
 

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Yes ma'am.

I've gained some respect for Eddie Alvarez though. Dont feel like he deserved the win against Benson and everyone else after that is either a bum(Edson Barboza) or not even ranked :mjlol:


Barboza is a bum? :dead:

Of active fighters, Cerrone has a top 4 resume at LW (only behind RDA, Pettis, & Benson). You call that a can crusher (what you originally said before) Going through the LW rankings, Cerrone would beat the majority of them.

Barboza, Benson (although this was a close fight that I thought he lost), Alvarez, and Jury are all great (top 10 ranked) wins. Even wins over Dunham, Martins, Stephens and Oliveira are pretty good wins.
 

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Hasnt beaten a single top 10 opponent. Why do yall gotta prop dudes up undeservedly? Wins and losses speak for themselves.

He lost to Johnson, lost to Cerrone, lost to Ferguson. Beating Bobby Green, Evan Dunham and Paul Felder isnt impressive

Green was a top 10 LW and Dunham is currently a top 15 LW.

Barboza is a top 10 LW in probably the deepest division in the UFC. Is he elite? No, but he's still a very good fighter (with some holes in his game).
 
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Barboza is a bum? :dead:

Of active fighters, Cerrone has a top 4 resume at LW (only behind RDA, Pettis, & Benson). You call that a can crusher (what you originally said before) Going through the LW rankings, Cerrone would beat the majority of them.

Barboza, Benson (although this was a close fight that I thought he lost), Alvarez, and Jury are all great (top 10 ranked) wins. Even wins over Dunham, Martins, Stephens and Oliveira are pretty good wins.
Out of the current top 10 LW's I would only pick Cerrone against the bottom 3. La quinta, Barboza, and Dariush. And I think Alvarez beats him in a rematch :yeshrug:
 

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Green was a top 10 LW and Dunham is currently a top 15 LW.

Barboza is a top 10 LW in probably the deepest division in the UFC. Is he elite? No, but he's still a very good fighter.
Bobby Greens record is suspect as hell man, fukk that.

What does top 15 even mean man? C'mon. Alright he's not a bum but he's a gatekeeper at best
 

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Hasnt beaten a single top 10 opponent. Why do yall gotta prop dudes up undeservedly? Wins and losses speak for themselves.

He lost to Johnson, lost to Cerrone, lost to Ferguson. Beating Bobby Green, Evan Dunham and Paul Felder isnt impressive

And he was competitive in every single one of those fights. (Even winning the cerrone/Ferguson fights before getting caught)And a very good exciting fighter. He's not a bum :dahell:
 

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Out of the current top 10 LW's I would only pick Cerrone against the bottom 3. La quinta, Barboza, and Dariush. And I think Alvarez beats him in a rematch :yeshrug:

So you agree that Cerrone has a top 4 resume?

What? Let's look at the top 15. Cerrone would beat Ferguson, Alvarez, Johnson, Barboza, Dariush, Al, Green, Poirier, Chiesa, Dunham and Magomedov. He would make things interesting in a Diaz rematch, although based on their first fight I don't see Cerrone winning
 

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I went back and watched some old McGregor fights...

He is the BEST striker in UFC history, better than Anderson Silva...Silva was a counterpuncher, when he wasn't attacked, his fights were kind of boring, similar to Machida...

But Conor attacks and his punches are CRISP...I think the only two ways to beat him is take him to the ground and submit him via BJJ or take him to the ground and "dry hump" and keep him there for the rounds...

The only way to beat Conor is via a boring fight...If you dare stand with him, you are going to SLEEP...

If Dos Anjos tries to bang, he is going to sleep...:russ:His only game plan is to wrestle and BJJ the shat out of Conor...
 

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Well I don't remember Dana taking a stance on Aldo vs Mcgregor him taking a stance is pretty interesting. Mcgregor is gonna use this against Dana for not believing in his money maker.
 
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