The Official Mma/ufc Thread

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  1. therealdeal

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    Jones is one of, if not the greatest, fighter I've ever seen at 205 in my life. Just fantastic. He's smart, vicious, and tactical. Lethal.

    It was brutal seeing DC afterwards. I like DC immensely as a person even if he can be a little boring as a fighter. He has nothing to be ashamed of as a champion. I hope the best for him.
     
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    I am definitely not a fan of Jones, but never doubted his greatness. I hope the humble version of him that praised DC for being the man outside of the octagon he hasn't been is a sign of him getting his ish together.

    By the way, he will kill Lesnar. Brock couldn't out wrestle Randy and was on his way to getting decisioned before he caught Randy. Bones, especially if he isn't cutting, will not get caught and will man handle Brock when he isn't picking him apart.

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    Not to mention Brock won't have the Juiced advantage over Bones that he enjoys over other opponents.

    Jones would destroy Lesnar. All Brock has is his bull rush. Jones will side step and proceed to cut him up with his variety of kicks, elbows and punches. Since Brock does not like getting hit, I doubt it goes past round 2.
     
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    Would love to see Jones knock out Brock. COLD!
     
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    I think that fight would end via leg kicks. Brock would just get picked apart end up limping his way to getting tkoed

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    That was the most tactical fight for Jones.

    The first fight with DC, he was trying to stand toe to toe and beat him with skill.

    This time, Bones was cerebral. Mostly throwing those body punches and the kicks to the knee through the first rounds.

    The perfect setup.

    Jones went for a kick and DC thought he was going for his knee again, so he braced for it and Jones went up high instead straight to the head and rocked him.

    Man, DC sounded so glum after. He was too cocky during the fight, he looked better than the first fight, but did not execute well.
     
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    I thought this was the best DC has looked. He knew that tying Jones up would be difficult (impossible almost), but DC was still able to connect on some really big punches. I thought DC was winning the fight up until that point, or at least making it a very tough decision.

    I saw the setup coming for sure though. I was telling my wife: the high shot is coming. I thought he was going for a haymaker, but the kick was just perfectly executed. Regardless of Jones's personal life, he's an incredible fighter.
     
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    Nice little breakdown
     
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    Not how the sparring partner described "the push"



    another one showing him getting in some clean shots

     
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    :Laugh:
     
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    I didn't think Paulie was pushed anyway. Looking at the picture, Connor's body position didn't make sense for a push, it looked more like Paulie fell. I gave Paulie the benefit of the doubt, I figured he just stumbled or something and then Connor's people took advantage of it.

    Connor's saving grace in this fight will be his power. I think most boxers will be surprised by his ability to hit that hard. Paulie clearly was. I'm also sure that Paulie got plenty of decent shots in too, but Connor looked like he was surprising Paulie a bit.

    If Connor can hit Floyd, he's going to hurt him. I don't know how much, but I don't think it's farfetched to think Floyd gets stung early, then controls the fight better as it goes on.
     
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    I am on record stating this will be a 12 snooze fest. PBF has no power, Connor can clearly take a punch, and Connor is going to struggle to land. The only things that make me think Connor has a chance is he has nigh night sleep tight in that left, he is bigger than PBF, and he is going to come out and have a very unorthodoxed approach to boxing. He is not gonna come out and "box" he is going to do all that off crap he does standing in the UFC. Odd footwork, weird combos, bizarre angles, etc. Still will struggle, but maybe it will work.

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    I'll be disappointed if Connor doesn't at least try a super man punch.
     
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    I think there will be toe to toe slugging for part of round 1. If Mac respects his power, it will be a boring fight. If not, I think it will be a semi-entertaining cat and mouse chase game with Mac in the hunt looking to unload.

    Hey I can dream! Love to see Mayweather get knocked out.
     
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    I don't gamble, but I'm tempted to bet on McGregor just to get rich off of a $100 bet
     
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