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What y'all think about Aljamain Sterling :patrice:?

He's a good fighter and has promise but I don't think he has the juice :jbhmm:
He's extremely talented and will go very far. His standup isn't developing quite like it should by this point, but he'll waste Caraway no doubt.
His striking does need to improve but he's smart, strong and has a wicked ground game. Just interviewed him too www.fteswl.com
 

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So Mir popped for PED's.

Frank Mir flagged for 'potential' USADA violation

Frank Mir releases statement on potential USADA anti-doping policy violation

I wonder if MMA fans will show as much outrage over this as when Silva popped (calling him a cheater, saying his career is a sham). Mir denies it, and from the looks of things, fans are "waiting for the facts to come out" :mjpls:.




"Guys, Mir is a legend that has poured out his blood, sweat, and tears to entertain us for years. If he says he's clean we should give him the benefit of the doubt
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So Mir popped for PED's.

Frank Mir flagged for 'potential' USADA violation

Frank Mir releases statement on potential USADA anti-doping policy violation

I wonder if MMA fans will show as much outrage over this as when Silva popped (calling him a cheater, saying his career is a sham). Mir denies it, and from the looks of things, fans are "waiting for the facts to come out" :mjpls:.



fukk mir, he was scared of hunt the same way bonnar was scared of silva
took PEDs and still got slumped
at this point i don't really even give a fukk, mir is mad irrelevant
fukk mir:fohmayne:


:phewmayne: now if he could somehow do that from a standing start, no run up :phewmayne::phewmayne:
i bet that could actually kill someone :lupe:
They also gave Sonnen the benefit of the doubt every single time he popped :mjpls: :mjpls: :mjpls:.

fukk sonnen
talked the most and could never back it up :pacspit:
unlike most mma fans I never let that shyt slide :smugcacmayne:
 

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Why y'all still bytching about holm/tate?

Holly has looked like shyt in ALL of her fights (except ronda).. FACT!

She NEVER defended the belt once and she got choked out.. FACT..

So in what world is she deserving of a rematch?

Especially when 10yr undefeated champs don't get insta rematches
 

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Holly gained more followers on social media and was every where after her victory.
more to do with the masses being fascinated with who dethroned the 1? Not an indicator of a star being born (see Riddikk bowe) can't believe you are actually using Twitter followers as a metric tho
She is more popular then Tate, who was fighting on Fox cards.
Holm has has what 3 fights under zuffa? She's co-mained 2 and headlined, good resume but that doesn't mean she's a draw that's just zuffa matchfixing truth is without Ronda the jury is still out. You speak of Tate and Fox cards but they made her headline a prelim which is more important than co-maineventing on a ppv
Tate/Holm is bigger then Tate/Nunes
Just like Holm/Tate would be bigger than nunes/Holm, redundant.
Holms is a tougher fight then Nunes. And what if Nunes wins? Is Nunes/Rousey bigger then Rousey/Tate 3 or Holms 2. This fight makes no sense

if nunes beats Tate she has to fight Ronda who cares if it's the biggest fight it's the only fight that should happen next​
 
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What y'all think about Aljamain Sterling :patrice:?

He's a good fighter and has promise but I don't think he has the juice :jbhmm:

Still a work in progress, but his ground game is so dominant that just the threat of the fight going there should create plenty of openings for his stand up game. So even though his stand up is lagging behind his ground game, I think he's got a good shot to be the man in the division. He's got a lot of time to grow.
 

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Still a work in progress, but his ground game is so dominant that just the threat of the fight going there should create plenty of openings for his stand up game. So even though his stand up is lagging behind his ground game, I think he's got a good shot to be the man in the division. He's got a lot of time to grow.

But does he have the juice though :patrice:
 

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