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03.16.2014 | 12:53 AM ET
Johny Hendricks vs. Tyron Woodley (I guess)
Robbie Lawler vs. Demain Maia
Carlos Condit vs. Jake Ellenberger/Tarec Saffedine loser
Myles Jury vs. Joe Lauzon
Diego Sanchez vs. Gray Maynard
Hector Lombard vs. Rory McDonald
Jake Shields vs. Josh Koscheck
Ovince St. Preux vs. Rafael Cavalcante
Nikita Krylov vs. Patrick Cummins
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Mike Pyle
Rick Story vs. Mike Pierce
Jessica Andrade vs. Sarah Kaufman/Shayna Bazler winner
Raquel Pennington vs. Aleksandra Albu
Dennis Bermudez vs. Hatsu Hioki
Jimmy Hettes vs. Jim Alers/Alan Omer loser
Alex Garcia vs. Sergio Moraes
Sean Spencer vs. Robert Whittaker
Frank Trevino vs. Vinc Pichel
Justin Scoggins vs. Vaughn Lee
Will Campuzano vs. Neil Seery
Sean Strickland vs. Claudio da Silva
Robert Whiteford vs. Noad Lahat/Godofredo Pepey winner
Cut list: Daniel Pineda, Bubba McDaniel, Renee Forte
* Edited at 03.16.2014, 1:54 AM ET *
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03.16.2014 | 3:26 PM ET
"If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying."
03.16.2014 | 3:26 PM ET
"If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying."
03.16.2014 | 3:32 PM ET
Gotta disagree with you there. Lawler is still a top five welterweight right along with GSP and Hendricks. Robbie should be fighting winners and working his way right back to a shot.
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03.16.2014 | 3:34 PM ET
Him being my favorite fighter, I just hope he gets back healthy as soon as possible. For however long, the sport is a much poorer one without Carlos Condit.
"If you're matched up against me, you better be prepared to give your life...because I am prepared to take it. - Conor McGregor"
03.16.2014 | 3:55 PM ET
All we have to go by is what actually happened, Condit could've picked up steam and banked on Woodley gassing or Woodley could've got his second wind or kept taking Condit down and edging out a victory, fact is we don't know.
What we do know is that round 1 was Woodley's and he had already scored in round 2, then the injury (which wasn't a freak injury, it was cause by Woodley's TD and then kick).
Imo, a clear cut victory over the #2 contender, which makes Woodley the #2 contender.
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
03.16.2014 | 4:14 PM ET
Woodley vs Rory next please.
"If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying."
03.16.2014 | 4:28 PM ET
Clear cut victory? Not a freak injury? Woodley was ahead and he looked good sure but it was still a 50/50 fight with Condits cardio and finishing rate and Woodleys bad gas tank.
How is that not a freak injury? Woodley took Condit down because Carlos was turning it on, not because he wanted to hurt his knee. **** like that happens in 1 out of 10000 takedowns...definition of a freak injury.
Lombard beat Shields and Woodley didn't...
also this
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" I feel like Davy Crockett on the walls of the Alamo, swinging Old Betsy as the enemy swarmed in with bayonets. Sheesh. Listen you young punks....." - Bill Burgess
03.16.2014 | 4:33 PM ET
Problem is, for Condit to get better TDD he basically needs to be less aggressive, which just isn't his style so we don't even know if that'll work for him either.
This might be an Oxymoron, but I think that even though Condit is the better (for lack of a more suitable word) fighter, Woodley would beat him more times than lose if they fought 10 times. Styles make matches and Tyrone is very strong exactly on Condit's glaring weakness, which may even be his only weakness, but it's a big one if we're talking about about that x-factor you need to go from #2 to #1 in the world.
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
03.16.2014 | 4:51 PM ET
GSP is obviously in a class for himself but Woodley isn't that good and I think Condit would be able to win most of the time...
But that isn't the point here is it?
I think Lombard deserves the title fight more, Shields had wins over Lawler, Condit and Woodley coming in to the Lombard fight, but he got wrecked, Woodley just got lucky.
Doesn't matter anyway, the UFC is prolly given it to Rory since money is the mosst important thing for Dana...
* Edited at 03.16.2014, 4:55 PM ET *
" I feel like Davy Crockett on the walls of the Alamo, swinging Old Betsy as the enemy swarmed in with bayonets. Sheesh. Listen you young punks....." - Bill Burgess
03.16.2014 | 4:57 PM ET
* Edited at 03.16.2014, 4:58 PM ET *
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
03.16.2014 | 5:03 PM ET
" I feel like Davy Crockett on the walls of the Alamo, swinging Old Betsy as the enemy swarmed in with bayonets. Sheesh. Listen you young punks....." - Bill Burgess
03.16.2014 | 5:46 PM ET
"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power
03.16.2014 | 6:04 PM ET
stop making excuses for him, he got steamrolled last night, and playing but, what if, or "he would have KO'd him in the third" game is just asinine.
He showed no signs of having anything that woodley was not prepared for.
03.16.2014 | 6:27 PM ET
Lawler x Diaz II (good return for Nick, Robbie gets a chance to avenge his only KO loss and gets in discussion for a Johny rematch, big money fight)
Woodley x MacDonald (for the next title shot. Tyron lost to Shields two fights ago, his win over Carlos was impressive but he should get one more to really solidify himself as number one contender. Also, with another win Rory would be a nice challenge to Johny and they could do the whole "GSP's heir" thing.)
Lombard x [Brown x Silva] winner (This would make much more sense if Brown wins, which I'm assuming he will, as it can create another top contender for the division.)
Kampmann x Maia (both top 15 guys that need to get back on the winning track. It depends on when Kamp is planning to return but I think it would be a good fight)
Kim x [Saffiedine x Ellenberger] winner (see who breaks into the super stacked top 10)
Some other less important fights you could make:
Gastelum x Pyle; Pyle x Thompson; Gastelum x Koscheck; Gastelum x [Brown x Silva] loser; Thatch x Nelson;
Just some ideas.
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03.16.2014 | 6:35 PM ET
"If you're matched up against me, you better be prepared to give your life...because I am prepared to take it. - Conor McGregor"
03.16.2014 | 6:42 PM ET
full ******? Full ****** is making an argument about a guy slowing down when he exploded with a lightning fast double leg and then landed a vicious leg kick.
so sorry I am not gonna make excuses for your favorite fighter and act as if he was doing anything at that point besides losing.
If he was slowing down and condit was turning it on, Condit would have stuffed that takdown and dodged his punches. He failed to do any of that in that round.
* Edited at 03.16.2014, 6:46 PM ET *
03.16.2014 | 8:05 PM ET
He's just not top tier. He definitely has a ceiling, and we've all seen it. I know it's a tough pill to swallow for a lot of you (that will lead you to down vote this post). But it's the reality of the situation, and those of you that don't see it are just living in denial.
Condit might be fun sometimes to watch but he doesn't have anything for fighters that use their wrestling in their offense.
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03.16.2014 | 8:16 PM ET
Johny used his wrestling and what did that do for him, he could not keep Condit down. Woodley took conduit down and was in trouble because of Condit's aggressive guard.
I scored the first round last night for Woodley, but feel Condit was starting to takeover before injury.
Despite what a couple people think here Condit is one of the Premier fighters walking the planet.
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03.16.2014 | 8:17 PM ET
"Let's just say if we fought again I wouldn't need to keep my hands up." - Luke Rockhold on Michael Bisping's punching power
03.16.2014 | 8:18 PM ET
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