MMA talk - PFL, Bellator, KSW, ONE...

[eaLiTy]

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Dana is still into combat sports, just not into the ones we used to associate him with. You know Dana, the mixed world in MMA doesn't mean men get put in fights with women
What do you think? Should he resign?

Dana White was filmed slapping his wife in the face during a New Year's Eve row
He has apologized, but comments from 2014 have now come back to haunt him
He said you could 'never bounce back from putting your hands on a woman'

To be fair, his wife started the physical altercation and he returned that back and on top of that both were drunk. Everyone can talk a big talk if they are not in the situation and Dana White never expected to be in that situation when he was making these big statements and now he is under fire but he will sort the situation and his wife already made a statement favoring him.

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I'd like to see Jake Paul fight a couple of guys with a good wrestling background first before these big money events.  Wrestling is usually a problem when fighters with a primary striking base enter MMA.

Jake Paul has an amateur wrestling background and then he made his transition to boxing, so he has the basics regarding take down defense unlike pure strikers who added wrestling at a later part of their career.

[YuginKadoya]

Dana is still into combat sports, just not into the ones we used to associate him with. You know Dana, the mixed world in MMA doesn't mean men get put in fights with women
What do you think? Should he resign?

Dana White was filmed slapping his wife in the face during a New Year's Eve row
He has apologized, but comments from 2014 have now come back to haunt him
He said you could 'never bounce back from putting your hands on a woman'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-11593775/White-said-dont-bounce-hitting-woman-stay-UFC-chief-wife-slap.html

His comments in 2014 were really true and back then that was really sincere in my opinion but surely enough Dana White is just human that could always do wrongful things and there might be something that happen between the two that we may never know we never see the whole picture, maybe this slap had cause something to make him feel like that uncle Dana White really tends to say such things then forgets about them but let's just wait and see what may happen to the UFC,

To be fair, his wife started the physical altercation and he returned that back and on top of that both were drunk. Everyone can talk a big talk if they are not in the situation and Dana White never expected to be in that situation when he was making these big statements and now he is under fire but he will sort the situation and his wife already made a statement favoring him.

Yup! the whole picture will note whole if we are just taking one side of the coin there might be something that triggered Dana White to do it, and this could be just a misunderstanding but I do agree with the fact that he hurt a woman and that would not change a thing, but let's just be fair on both side by knowing what really happens with the altercation,

Jake Paul has an amateur wrestling background and then he made his transition to boxing, so he has the basics regarding take down defense unlike pure strikers who added wrestling at a later part of their career.

I think he is thinking ways in the sense where he is good at, while his brother Jake Paul is really decent in boxing and this is proven in his previous fights but I think this is a hand-picked fight that he can smash, Logan Paul in the other hand is not really decent in boxing he can surely box, but maybe he is not picking his fight, he is just going through things that can really make him money, but if he is a wrestler in the 1st place then he can surely get that technique and added his striking capabilities, maybe he can fight in MMA,

[tokeweed]

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I'd like to see Jake Paul fight a couple of guys with a good wrestling background first before these big money events.  Wrestling is usually a problem when fighters with a primary striking base enter MMA.

Jake Paul has an amateur wrestling background and then he made his transition to boxing, so he has the basics regarding take down defense unlike pure strikers who added wrestling at a later part of their career.

Ah...  Then that makes his transition to MMA a lot easier.  On top of my head UFC fighters Cody Durden and Jonathan Pearce both have high school wrestling backgrounds and they've been holding their own.  Durden is so so but Jonathan Pearce could be a top 5 guy sooner or later.

All in all, I'm excited for Jake Paul's first MMA match.  I'll take a shot on whoever is the underdog.    If it's Jake Paul, books prolly doesn't rate his wrestling background high which could be a mistake and if it's the other guy then books could be overestimating Jake Paul's chances if that makes any sense.  Lol.  There's just a lot of unknowns.

[TopTort777]

I don't know what will gonna happen to Jake Paul if Nate really gonna fight him for real under MMA Rules. That won't gonna happen because obviously he has all the disadvantages and will not gonna survive a single round unless they will gonna use some magic tricks again which is really fun to look forward to, I wonder what kind of strategy they will use if they gonna fix the fight again because his last fight was a perfect execution against Anderson Silva and the old guy look seems he is not able to catch Jake Paul with his power punches.

If Nate really signs that fighting contract with Jake, I think it is very predictable what Nate is going to do. He will fight in his usual relaxed manner. And instead of dealing maximum damage with few punches, he will throw dozens middle powered ones, just to show how dominant he is. I even think that instead of real punches, he will throw slaps, or prefer not to finish Jake. If in Jakes last fight I doubted that it will go full distance (I thought that Silva would KO him), then a fight (MMA) with Nate would go full distance. Just because Nate is going to be chilled, relaxed, stoned during the fight

[YuginKadoya]

Ah...  Then that makes his transition to MMA a lot easier.  On top of my head UFC fighters Cody Durden and Jonathan Pearce both have high school wrestling backgrounds and they've been holding their own.  Durden is so so but Jonathan Pearce could be a top 5 guy sooner or later.

All in all, I'm excited for Jake Paul's first MMA match.  I'll take a shot on whoever is the underdog.    If it's Jake Paul, books prolly doesn't rate his wrestling background high which could be a mistake and if it's the other guy then books could be overestimating Jake Paul's chances if that makes any sense.  Lol.  There's just a lot of unknowns.

It really makes sense that if Jake Paul has a wrestling background in his high school days then that can be a big advantage for him and I think this is a good chance for him to redeem himself from his past losses with boxing because maybe he is good at MMA than with Boxing and clearly he is not like Jake Paul he doesn't have the talent and skill to be that like Jake, if he is certainly good at wrestling then maybe he can have a comeback with the MMA,

If Nate really signs that fighting contract with Jake, I think it is very predictable what Nate is going to do. He will fight in his usual relaxed manner. And instead of dealing maximum damage with few punches, he will throw dozens middle powered ones, just to show how dominant he is. I even think that instead of real punches, he will throw slaps, or prefer not to finish Jake. If in Jakes last fight I doubted that it will go full distance (I thought that Silva would KO him), then a fight (MMA) with Nate would go full distance. Just because Nate is going to be chilled, relaxed, stoned during the fight

This is great we all know Nate Diaz doesn't want a crap fixed match and we can surely see how legit this match will be because this is Nate Diaz, he doesn't really want drama if this is Nate Diaz then it will be hard to bribe him in fixing the fight with Jake Paul, and yeah it could be the distance for this fight, and Nate Diaz could also play with Jake Paul and instead of finishing the fight early, this could be a Nate Diaz show,

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It really makes sense that if Jake Paul has a wrestling background in his high school days then that can be a big advantage for him and I think this is a good chance for him to redeem himself from his past losses with boxing because maybe he is good at MMA than with Boxing and clearly he is not like Jake Paul he doesn't have the talent and skill to be that like Jake, if he is certainly good at wrestling then maybe he can have a comeback with the MMA,

No Jake Paul haven't lose any single fight in boxing, actually he's still an undefeated boxer.

Well it's funny to see Paul is looking to grow his name on MMA career, although he's still cherry pick his opponent lol. In boxing he cherry picked a fighter without any boxing skills and old. In MMA he choose Nate Diaz which one who suffer many losses and already old too.

If it's listed on bookie, I wouldn't be surprised if Paul will become favorite and he we will win the fight.

[inthelongrun]

To those big fans of ONE Championship. 18-year-old prospect Victoria Lee 3-0, the sister of reigning champions Angela Lee and Christian Lee last December 26. I cannot see any news about the cause of her death but a source mentioned she shot herself in the head. And that there was a heated argument with her dad as Victoria wanted to go to college and which means taking a pause on her blossoming MMA career. Rest in peace Victoria.

Rising MMA star Victoria Lee dies at 18

[coin-investor]

It really makes sense that if Jake Paul has a wrestling background in his high school days then that can be a big advantage for him and I think this is a good chance for him to redeem himself from his past losses with boxing because maybe he is good at MMA than with Boxing and clearly he is not like Jake Paul he doesn't have the talent and skill to be that like Jake, if he is certainly good at wrestling then maybe he can have a comeback with the MMA,

No Jake Paul haven't lose any single fight in boxing, actually he's still an undefeated boxer.

Well it's funny to see Paul is looking to grow his name on MMA career, although he's still cherry pick his opponent lol. In boxing he cherry picked a fighter without any boxing skills and old. In MMA he choose Nate Diaz which one who suffer many losses and already old too.

If it's listed on bookie, I wouldn't be surprised if Paul will become favorite and he we will win the fight.

As long as Jake Paul is successful in the boxing ring he should stay in boxing and just level up and fight fighters that many will think is capable of beating him, his latest win again Silva did not indicate that he already level up, Silva is already old and sad to say past his prime and this is boxing, not MMA where he established his name, a fight with Nate Diaz in MMA will certainly attract bettors and PPV because Nate has full of tricks in MMA that Paul will find surprising, it's possible that the match will end in submission in favor of Nate.

[notblox1]

Things are getting more serious in MMA outside UFC, as AJ McKee signed new multi-fight deal with Bellator to compete in lightweight category grand prix.
McKee has amazing record in Bellator and his overall MMA record is 20-1, he follows saying that winning combination should not be changed.
PFL signed several new fighters with most known being Jake Paul, that means we should have much more interesting MMA events this year.

[cygan]

the first ksw event of 2023 will take place on january 21 at the netto arena in szczecin (poland). this event will feature a rematch of a ksw classic in the main event, where former polish middleweight champion Michal Materla (31-9) will once again face the american Kendall Grove (24-18)
all other cage duels you can see in the graphic below

[TopTort777]

Things are getting more serious in MMA outside UFC, as AJ McKee signed new multi-fight deal with Bellator to compete in lightweight category grand prix.
McKee has amazing record in Bellator and his overall MMA record is 20-1, he follows saying that winning combination should not be changed.
PFL signed several new fighters with most known being Jake Paul, that means we should have much more interesting MMA events this year.

Speaking about PFL - current UFC Heavyweight Francis Ngannou has posted a picture in Instagram with his family, and his mother was wearing a PFL t-shirt I wonder where did she get this t-shirt from.
The internet has already filled with rumours, that Ngannous is considering to sign a contract with PFL. But I will remind that, as long as a fighter have a contract with UFC, other promotions isnt allowed to make him offers, until he becomes a free agent. If UFC find out that Ngannou and PFL are planning something together, then would sue both for millions.

[notblox1]

Speaking about PFL - current UFC Heavyweight Francis Ngannou has posted a picture in Instagram with his family, and his mother was wearing a PFL t-shirt I wonder where did she get this t-shirt from.
The internet has already filled with rumours, that Ngannous is considering to sign a contract with PFL. But I will remind that, as long as a fighter have a contract with UFC, other promotions isnt allowed to make him offers, until he becomes a free agent. If UFC find out that Ngannou and PFL are planning something together, then would sue both for millions.

We know that Ngannou is not in a good relationship with Dana and UFC, he feels they are not respecting him enough as a champion, so anything is possible if PFL or someone else makes him a better offer.
I am not sure PFL have good enough heavyweight division fighters to compete on the same level with Ngannou, but there are good prospects like Ante Delija and few others.
They have thing heavyweight division at the moment, but they can always sign more fighters, I think Stipe Miocic was also not happy in UFC and there are rumors he wont fight there anymore.
Only way I see Ngannou fighting is in some grand prix cross promotion with all other MMA organizations outside UFC.

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We know that Ngannou is not in a good relationship with Dana and UFC, he feels they are not respecting him enough as a champion, so anything is possible if PFL or someone else makes him a better offer.
I am not sure PFL have good enough heavyweight division fighters to compete on the same level with Ngannou, but there are good prospects like Ante Delija and few others.
They have thing heavyweight division at the moment, but they can always sign more fighters, I think Stipe Miocic was also not happy in UFC and there are rumors he wont fight there anymore.
Only way I see Ngannou fighting is in some grand prix cross promotion with all other MMA organizations outside UFC.

Although Francis Ngannou doesn't have good relationship with Dana and UFC, I don't think he will easily migrate to PFL since I've read UFC's salary is better than PFL. With the help of Jake Paul, any fighter who fight with him will make a lot money, but he's a light heavyweight fighter except Ngannou want to take diet program. It would be interesting if Conor McGregor join to PFL, I'm sure if he fight with Jake Paul, it would become the most PPV buys fight.

[TopTort777]

Speaking about PFL - current UFC Heavyweight Francis Ngannou has posted a picture in Instagram with his family, and his mother was wearing a PFL t-shirt I wonder where did she get this t-shirt from.
The internet has already filled with rumours, that Ngannous is considering to sign a contract with PFL. But I will remind that, as long as a fighter have a contract with UFC, other promotions isnt allowed to make him offers, until he becomes a free agent. If UFC find out that Ngannou and PFL are planning something together, then would sue both for millions.

We know that Ngannou is not in a good relationship with Dana and UFC, he feels they are not respecting him enough as a champion, so anything is possible if PFL or someone else makes him a better offer.
I am not sure PFL have good enough heavyweight division fighters to compete on the same level with Ngannou, but there are good prospects like Ante Delija and few others.
They have thing heavyweight division at the moment, but they can always sign more fighters, I think Stipe Miocic was also not happy in UFC and there are rumors he wont fight there anymore.
Only way I see Ngannou fighting is in some grand prix cross promotion with all other MMA organizations outside UFC.

Ngannou loves money. UFC has money. Problem solved Ngannou might not like Dana, but as in my country say in such situations: "you dont have to sleep or marry him", so be patient. PFL or any other promotion can promise Ngannou millions, but without proper opponents, no one would be interested in Ngannou. You are correct with it. Who would be interested in paying and watching how one huge dude knocks out other huge dude in first minute. That might be exciting 2-3 times. But then people would ask for more entertainment.

Ngannou wants to be paid as professional boxers. That is a nice goal. But so far we havent heard boxing promotions fighting for signing him, when he had problems with UFC. I think Ngannou has understood that he would better find compromises with UFC, then wait when he gets in boxing and earn millions. He isnt a boy anymore. 36 already. One day he will wake up and find himself being Derek Chisora

[klidex]

To those big fans of ONE Championship. 18-year-old prospect Victoria Lee 3-0, the sister of reigning champions Angela Lee and Christian Lee last December 26. I cannot see any news about the cause of her death but a source mentioned she shot herself in the head. And that there was a heated argument with her dad as Victoria wanted to go to college and which means taking a pause on her blossoming MMA career. Rest in peace Victoria.

Rising MMA star Victoria Lee dies at 18

Yes, I also heard the news about the mysterious death of Victoria Lee who was a One Championship fighter where in her 3 matches she always ended in a win.
Indeed, the departure of the fighter on December 26 last, but the family publicized the death of Victoria a few days after his death.
No one knows the exact cause of death and it is still a mystery.
She is a female fighter who has talent and excellent fighting skills and has the potential to compete in international championships such as the UFC.
On his departure I wish him a rest in peace and quiet.

[TopTort777]

No one knows the exact cause of death and it is still a mystery.

Usually wikipedia and other sources post reasons of death no matter how ugly, brutal or sad it was. I think, that the reason death reason wasnt announced so far, is because there is an ongoing investigation. So not to do quickly conclusions or false accusations, the reason is set to be unknown so far. She has died almost 3 weeks ago. It is enough time to do autopsy and all other procedures. I think either authorities are looking for a person committed a crime, or they havent found body yet.

[notblox1]

One Championship Superbon vs Allazov is starting soon and this event will be broadcasted on Amazon Prime and some fights will be available for free on youtube.
Most of the fights this time are kickboxing and grappling but it's title fights and they should be interested to watch.
If you want to watch only MMA than switch to LFA on ufcfightpass that is starting in similar time.


https://www.onefc.com/

[TopTort777]

A nice warmup before UFC first event

There are two guys my eyes caught attention on - those who had "super" prefix. Lol. I wish I had similar in my passport. Or how about SuperTopTort777 or Supernotblox1 ?

Also the poster is a bit confusing. The bottom of it - like two vs two fight. And most laughable, it is two guys vs two chick fight. I wish we have something like that.

P.S. In fact we have fight like that - Dana vs wife

[notblox1]

Also the poster is a bit confusing. The bottom of it - like two vs two fight. And most laughable, it is two guys vs two chick fight. I wish we have something like that.

I don't know what was confusing about that.
They need to put all the fights on one small poster size and it's clear with VS letters who is fighting against who.
Highlights of al fights and full video of everything is already available on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtbJJzbwEfk

[seoincorporation]

I would like to know what you guys think about the Bellator Fight on the next 4 of February. Ryan Bader vs Fedor Emelianenko.


I'm excited to see Fedor fighting again, he is an old-school fighter and a true legend. The odds are moving fast, some weeks ago Fedor pays x3.5, and now is x2.7. So, for those who think Fedor has a chance it's a wise move to bet now before that multiplier gets lower.