Essential The Official MMA Thread

[Medulla Oblongata]

"It will be a good fight. Gus is taller than me, but I think we have the same amount of length of reach. So it'll be interesting. Gus likes to move a lot and I like to stalk people and see what they have to offer. It will be a hell of fight. I definitely want to give the fans what they want to see." -- Anthony Johnson on potential fight vs. Alexander Gustafsson

"Hopefully I'll be able to fight in late October or something like that if there are any fights open," Johnson said. "I was hoping I could fight Ryan Bader in late October and fight Gus on the Jon Jones card. That's my idea.

http://www.ufc.com/news/anthony-johnson-wants-bader-then-gus?id=

 

[The Infamous]

http://www.ufc.com/news/anthony-johnson-wants-bader-then-gus?id=

Makes sense, good to see Rumble wanting to stay active.

 

[Medulla Oblongata]

Makes sense, good to see Rumble wanting to stay active.

Bader has a broken hand, so that option is probably out.

 

[The Infamous]

Bader has a broken hand, so that option is probably out.

Based on rankings that leaves the likes of Hendo/Shogun/Manuwa as potential opponents

 

[Bows Jones]

From Dana White's scrum the other night it seems like he wants Gus and Rumble to fight next. Seems like neither one of them really wants that fight though.

From Scott Coker's interview with Helwani today it looks like Eddie Alvarez might get out of his last fight in Bellator so he can sign with the UFC. He didn't come out and say they are letting him go, just that lawyers were talkin to lawyers, but he didn't act like he was gonna stop him from leaving.

 

[Roman Brady]

http://www.ufc.com/news/anthony-johnson-wants-bader-then-gus?id=

makes too much sense

 

[semtex]

AJ will crush Bader And I'd love to see it.

 

[TheNatureBoy]

 

[Bows Jones]

 

[Medulla Oblongata]

So Lombard has just changed his nickname to "Showeather."

 

[wake&bake]

In case you didn't already know... Bas Rutten is a bad ass!!!

Bas released a video a few days ago of an injury he suffered in 2008, and the dramatic measures he took to avoid having to spend hours in an emergency room. Props to his daughters for their filming of the incident which shows Rutten immediately after the injury.

Apparently, Bas dropped a glass bottle that shattered and a large piece went straight through his pants leg and left a deep wound on his upper thigh. Having had previous experiences with extremely long wait times in the emergency room, he decided to take matters into his own hands and stitch himself up. He describes the wound, and at one point even claims that the needle is not sharp enough. The family dog, Luna, is also on hand to observe.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/8/1...tten-injures-leg-skips-er-stitches-himself-up

Spoiler: video

 

[The ADD]

 

[wake&bake]

Just saw this DC shirt

 

[Roman Brady]

The Eddie Alvarez news is welcome but kind of too little too late. Lightweight division isn't as sexy as it was when strikeforce fighters were newly absorbed/Chandler vs Alvarez 1. I have no interest in seeing him fight anyone other than cowboy, Melendez and Pettis

 

[firemanBk]

Love how the UFC pretty much just tells Bobby Green to fukk off cause they got the fight they wanted in the first place.

Seriously, though that's not right