Because neither Strikeforce nor the UFC scores fights or hands out decisions, Short Bus.

From a fan standpoint, that makes sense. From a business standpoint…not so much.

My thoughts? In Bellator, it was 3-4 months between fights for fighters. It wasn’t exactly much of a tournament in that respect. More like fighters fighting for a promotion.

“The way the ufc is set up right now u can clinch and lean up against a guy for 15 minutes and get the w.”

The UFC does not set the rules for MMA. Thank you, please learn how judging works.

Happened to Randy…

I think it’s a phenomenal idea, and one that I have seen bandied about before, but it is very difficult because of their obligations to their current fighters. Logistical nightmare, but a great idea.

Also, reminding people that most of the opening round fights on TUF take place in a very short time span would [...]

Nothing. He’s just crying like a little girl because he can. Probably said 105 was going to suck, right up until he watched it.

Nothing. He’s just crying like a little girl because he can. Probably said 105 was going to suck, right up until he watched it.

Easy, dbiz. -Justin H

I don’t know that Kang gave him much trouble. He pretty much just laid on him for the first round. Bisping was never in danger. In fact, he had two good submission attempts from the bottom.

On the whole, Kang looks very unimpressive and overhyped since he came to the UFC while Bisping [...]

The fight would be in July, if not August. It’s up there in the words section of the story, somewhere near “The Ultimate Fighter 11, which will feature middleweight and light heavyweight fighters, will begin filming early next year for an expected April debut and will conclude with a live finale in July.”

Of course, it will also help him cut weight…

Yeah, the undisclosed second illness is very troubling. He’s hospitalized, so I’m kind of thinking it may be some brutal form of pneumonia. That’ll definitely get you an “absent indefinitely” note from the doctor.

Octagon control, cage control, ring control…all mean the same. Inthe UFC’s case, they trademarked the octagon as an mma fighting area, so they will sub that in for cage every time they get the chance. In all others, it would be defined as controlling the pace and space of the fight, I would [...]

No. He said so, right up there above you. The UFC did it. The UFC decides who wins fights, and they wanted Randy to win. He said so. Right up there. That means he’s right.

Yeah. Man, it’s a shame the guy got mono and couldn’t fight at 20% just to satisfy the bloodlust of the poo-flinging monkeys on the internet.

Shut up.

Sure it can, jcohl, given the number of people who thought Okami deserved a title shot…

Given the number of people who were calling for an Okami title shot…I think it makes a lot of sense. Remember, when Hendo was in the UFC a lot of you all were saying Marquardt needed to fight him before he got a title shot. Now that he;s gone, I guess Marquardt gets [...]

Does it make Carwin’s win over Gonzaga equally more impressive?

P.S. Brett.

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again UFC HW Div will NEVER BE LEGIT WITHOUT FEDOR.”

And vice versa.

Drop the argument about Fedor beating a middleweight (Lindland). It carries no weight. Literally. Oh wow. A heavyweight beat a middleweight. Let’s throw a ticker tape parade for the predicted result of the century.

Boring…Lay on you style…and 2 nice TKOs to show for it. Get out. Now.

Well…they guy can’t write coherent sentences or spell simple things like sambo. I think FR asked a very fair question.

Troll.

Is that a roundabout way of correcting me? Or are you just trolling for a reaction today?

Amen.

Well, I said it, and I managed to follow through. I didn’t watch Fedor’s fight because I refuse to watch M-1 co-promoted cards. I’m not his biggest fan, and also not his biggest detractor, but I can’t stand the Russian mob that backs him.

That said, Rogers taking him to the second round does [...]

Crack a smile with your beer man. That’s a Smile, because Frown won’t pay me nothin!

Right. He just gets on her. After drinking an ice cold Coors Light.

Except, eldiablo, SAMBO was never the issue in this negotiation. Both sides said it revolved around the fact that the UFC saw no reason to keep spending the same amount of money on each event and splitting the profits for events involving Fedor with M-1. M-1 calls this co-promotion. The rest of [...]

And if he drags the UFC (or more likely Zuffa with its deeper pockets) into the suit, it is further proof the man never wanted to fight for them and negotiated in bad faith.

Be interesting to see what part of his contract forbids a company from going out of business, wouldn’t you say? Also [...]

Still happening on Time Warner commercials to sell PPVs.

It’s so cute how one comment makes the thread all about me. I AM T3H MOSTEST POWZERFULZ POST3R ON T3H FRENZEEEE

And while we’re at it, we need a remove button for brainless posts.

How is Machida’s surgery more BS than Silva’s? How is it more BS than BJ ducking a title fight for over a year – including time to spend with children after the GSP fight (which came 8 months after his last fight)? [...]

Perhaps you should ask Yoshida how his stand up is…

I got a hit of the live virus up the nose yesterday. Stung a bit, but I’m not dead yet!

He wasn’t robbed, he was paid according to the contract that he signed. When are you people going to learn that is how the world works? When you agree to a salary, you should have no expectations of being paid more.

That is precisely why I believe he will never be in danger of getting cut. He is too willing to come in on short notice and bail the UFC out of a jam. This is at least the second time I can think of him doing it (Alves on short notice being the [...]

Ok, then don’t. Or are you going to turn into the mmafrenzy.com equivalent of the guy that mentions every 22 seconds that he drives a Prius?

Then, as we have both mentioned on other pay posts, he should have gotten a job. That is what caused his release – a feeling that he has a right to make his living solely in MMA.

I agree with Justin here. No one has a RIGHT to make a living in anything. If they can make enough to not hold another job, good for them. If not, it’s time for a second job or a different career path.

Stop trolling. There are sponsorships that make up more than half of fighter’s pay usually at that level. You’ve been around long enough that we shouldn’t need to go over this for you.

If you go to that pay scale, headliners will lose money by losing their share of the PPV buys.

Read that second amendment. I’ll wait. Now read it again. It only protects you from censorship by the government. This site is Kris’s backyard. He has decided that Justin and FR can moderate his backyard. When they say someone has crossed the line, that’s it. No one’s rights [...]

November and then again in January? Nope. Let’s be real here.

Jenkins…that sounds suspiciously like you are local to me, unless that is a chain.

** If i’m a fighter and fighting for the ufc, i’m thinking “**** dude i better finish this guy because evem though ive kicked his ass for the last 14 minutes, the stupid ass judges will give the other guy the decision”. **

That’s what Dana has been saying after nearly every decision for [...]

Here’s how it happened, and I am not placing any judgment on the method of scoring used by those particular judges:

Over 2/3 of Rua’s strikes landed were leg kicks. Well over half of Machida’s were head and body strikes. Someone (maybe jcohl) said it up here: head strikes > leg strikes and body [...]

Penn-GSP 1.

The UFC doesn’t score, the judges provided by the ACs do.

Didn’t Alves get a KOTN bonus when he missed weight and beat Hughes?

When did the UFC (or even Zuffa) become a publicly traded company?