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[curz]

Tony nor Lee have a fan base so whoever wins still wouldn't matter.

From what you're saying that leaves Conor either the Khabib fight again not sure if he will be ready or the Nate fight... which is what I was saying all along... but if Conor doesn't fight Nate and if Khabib isn't ready... then what?

Then you have no choice but to throw Ferguson or Lee in there and the preference is probably Lee. Fans respect Ferguson, it'll be hard for Connor to vilify Ferguson.
Fans already fukking hate Lee, easy static there. And he has ties to the Mayweather camp.

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Then you have no choice but to throw Ferguson or Lee in there and the preference is probably Lee. Fans respect Ferguson, it'll be hard for Connor to vilify Ferguson.
Fans already fukking hate Lee, easy static there. And he has ties to the Mayweather camp.

Conor wants to fight Dec 30th. Unless Lee or Ferg win with no injury... highly unlikely they aren't booking the fight in that kind of turn around.

 

[curz]

Conor wants to fight Dec 30th. Unless Lee or Ferg win with no injury... highly unlikely they aren't booking the fight in that kind of turn around.

Connor aint fighting this year, I cant see it

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Connor aint fighting this year, I cant see it

you'll find out soon enough

 

[storyteller]

I could see Conor rushing back to try and ride the wave off of the PBF fight. But that'd depend on how the fight goes and the odds are always gonna be on Floyd making him look bad.

 

[BlackSuperman]

Lee choked himself into an interim title

Too bad Tony is going to fukk him up.

 

[8====D]

Poor Tony Ferguson. Bro, Fukk the UFC! This man deserves a title shot.

 

[Roman Brady]

Poor Tony Ferguson. Bro, Fukk the UFC! This man deserves a title shot.

So we have concrete proof and a date for when conor returns? or....... are we still in the same position we have been since he beat Eddie and said he's stepping away for a while.

 

[puppetmaster]

 

[LinusCaldwell]

If it's true for JDS retire

 

[Roman Brady]

Looks like someone was looking out for him, was never a fan of the fight for his safety

 

[aceboon]

215 card even more flabby, put that shyt on Fox

 

[morris]

 

[JamiK]

For some reason this vs Verhoeven match has been on my mind for the whole day.

Its just so pointless.

And to top the shyt sandwich i just saw this interview with Silvas manager.

But Silva’s doing it anyway, and for reasons that are as old as the fight game.

For one, he thinks he can win. According to Davis, “Bigfoot” is back on testosterone-replacement therapy, which he used somewhat controversially for a time in the UFC, before the practice was effectively banned.

Now, fighting in places like Russia and China, and for organizations whose anti-doping policies are notably less stringent, he’s free to resume the use of synthetic testosterone, which makes “a huge difference” for him, Davis said.

“And also he needs money,” Davis said. “He can’t turn down fights at the moment for that reason. If it was up to me, he would not take this fight. But at the end of the day, my job is to inform him, give him my advice, and the one who has to make the final decision is him.”

And just to cap of this sadness here is a grim reality of what is waiting him in the future.

It was the same with Gary Goodridge, another MMA fighter who turned to kickboxing later in his career. He lost about twice as many kickboxing bouts as he won, but his appeal for promoters was that, when you booked “Big Daddy,” you knew someone would get knocked out – even if the someone was usually him.

For Goodridge, those years of damage contributed to brain trauma that eventually left him unable to remember conversations moments after they’d ended. By the evening, he couldn’t tell you what he’d done during the afternoon.

But Goodridge also needed the money. Even when he knew he shouldn’t fight anymore, he was a man in his forties with no real work history outside of cages and rings. What else was he supposed to do?

Here is Gary talking about his life with CTE

 

[joeychizzle]

bigfoot fighting verhoeven? his manager ain't shyt. his attempts to rationalize were: i can't make his decisions for him and 2. TRT will make bigfoot better.

at what, blocking punches and kicks with your liver and face?

Machida's back about time
speaking of Brazilians... where has shogun been?