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Michael_Jordan_Peterson said:
commentators are saying he was up 2 rounds to 1
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When Shara Magomedov fought in June, DC genuinely spent about 50 seconds trying to describe a gif he saw on twitter.
In general the commentary team are as good at observing the fights as that one judge who got fired in the middle of the event today
 
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When Shara Magomedov fought in June, DC genuinely spent about 50 seconds trying to describe a gif he saw on twitter.
In general the commentary team are as good at observing the fights as that one judge who got fired in the middle of the event today
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I think they were talking about the official fight cards not their own assessment, could be wrong. That judge had to have accidentally switched the columns around and not realized which column he was scoring in.
Watching the Samoans fight is the best but its been rough lately Tui on a 6 fight losing streak now and the fight with Tafa sucked.
Edit: official scorecards
I think DDP may have just won without the submission as he was going to take round 4 even if he didnt get the finish.
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Michael_Jordan_Peterson said:
I think they were talking about the official fight cards not their own assessment, could be wrong. That judge had to have accidentally switched the columns around and not realized which column he was scoring in.
Watching the Samoans fight is the best but its been rough lately Tui on a 6 fight losing streak now and the fight with Tafa sucked.
Edit: official scorecards
I think DDP may have just won without the submission as he was going to take round 4 even if he didnt get the finish.
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It hasn't been the same since Hunt retired.
 
Osama Bin Laden said:
it seems like the gameplan to beat izzy is just to walk him down for 5 rounds
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DDP did this interesting thing of just advancing hands-up chin-down when he missed with something and Izzy tried to counter. It seemed to break Izzy's rhythm and tired him out a good bit even it it was a bit risky for DDP and he got caught with body shots a few times while doing it.

Izzy is going the same way that Anderson did as he aged. His speed is starting to drop off so his counter-game is getting less effective and he doesn't have a whole lot more going for him. I can see him picking up a couple more losses and just hanging it up.
 
At the post-fight presser DDP talked about essentially being defensive for the first 2.5-3 mins of each round until his corner gave him the go-ahead and then he started pressing as hard as he could. I think you could see that in retrospect. Guy's a beast, it was almost a face/jaw crank because of how much pressure he's applying. Izzy's mouth is literally open from the pressure and he did not look happy, I don't see Izzy grimace like that too often.

Kara-France looked really good, made Erceg look easy despite him almost taking the title off Pantoja.

Dan Hooker is my favorite UFC fighter hands down. Bleeding and beaten up between rounds laughing about how much he loves this shit. What a chad. Glad he beat the wrestlefucker.

Tai Tuivasa needs to be cut he's awful. Rozenstruik should feel embarrassed he couldn't put him away.

I'm still not sure if Prates looked really good or Li looked really bad. Either way that might be a career for Li.
 
I completely missed this since I wasn't expecting any news before the trial, but, as part of a plea deal to take a mandatory life sentence off the table, Cain Velasquez has pleaded No Contest to his attempted murder and various assault charges, stemming from his failed attempt to Gary Plauche the dude he claims sexually assaulted his kid. No details on what he'll actually get sentenced too, but the DA has said it still includes jail time:
Prosecutors in Santa Clara County, California, dubbed Cain Velasquez a would-be “judge, jury, and executioner” and said he still faces prison time after the retired UFC star pleaded no contest on Friday to attempted murder and other charges for engaging in a 100 mph pursuit and shooting at a truck in 2022 in search of the man accused of molesting his then 4-year-old son at a day care.


Velasquez, now 42, had faced possible mandatory life behind bars, albeit with potential parole, if he went forward with a September trial and ended up convicted in the case, but according the Mercury News, he has avoided both the trial and likely the theoretical worst case scenario given the plea, even though the judge will retain discretion under a negotiated disposition between the state and the defense over whether to dole out probation, a prison sentence, or life, whenever that sentencing proceeding occurs.
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East_Clintwood said:
I completely missed this since I wasn't expecting any news before the trial, but, as part of a plea deal to take a mandatory life sentence off the table, Cain Velasquez has pleaded No Contest to his attempted murder and various assault charges, stemming from his failed attempt to Gary Plauche the dude he claims sexually assaulted his kid. No details on what he'll actually get sentenced too, but the DA has said it still includes jail time:
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I can't blame him for taking the deal. He did the right thing in a communist shithole.
 
East_Clintwood said:
I completely missed this since I wasn't expecting any news before the trial, but, as part of a plea deal to take a mandatory life sentence off the table, Cain Velasquez has pleaded No Contest to his attempted murder and various assault charges, stemming from his failed attempt to Gary Plauche the dude he claims sexually assaulted his kid. No details on what he'll actually get sentenced too, but the DA has said it still includes jail time:
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It sucks that it went down the way it did but Cain should have been smarter in cornering the guy before attacking him, do we know anything about the pedo?
 
GamerGateSurvivor said:
I can't blame him for taking the deal. He did the right thing in a communist shithole.
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I don't blame him for taking a deal, I am a little surprised at how non-specific it is though. Other than the prosecutors dropping the pre-meditation claims (which came with a mandatory life sentence) there's no sentencing recommendation as far as I can see, so theoretically he could still get turbo fucked by the judge.

Gremperor said:
It sucks that it went down the way it did but Cain should have been smarter in cornering the guy before attacking him, do we know anything about the pedo?
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Yeah my only issue is how he went about it. If he'd have just walked up and domed the guy he'd ironically likely have been in a much better place. Getting into a fucking car chase and then randomly blasting away at the car, and not even hitting the right person really fucked him.

As for the alleged nonce his name is Harry Goulette. His mom owns, and he lives in the same building as, the daycare where Cain's kid went, and where the alleged abuse took place.
 
Anyone here watching the CJI?
It’s probably the best grappling tournament I’ve seen in a hot minute, and I’ve never seen so many people talk about a submission grappling tournament as this one.
Just amazing, these dudes are killers and neither wanted to give an inch that wasn’t taken.
 
East_Clintwood said:
I completely missed this since I wasn't expecting any news before the trial, but, as part of a plea deal to take a mandatory life sentence off the table, Cain Velasquez has pleaded No Contest to his attempted murder and various assault charges, stemming from his failed attempt to Gary Plauche the dude he claims sexually assaulted his kid. No details on what he'll actually get sentenced too, but the DA has said it still includes jail time:
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Was it actually Cain's kid who was assaulted? When this news first happened, people were saying it was one of his daughters who it happened. But then weeks later people it wasn't his kids but instead a relative like a niece or nephew.

While I feel bad for him, the #FREECAIN people are some of the dumbest cunts online and think that speeding around in a car and firing a handgun in a public space should be consequence free. I wonder if someone's kid copped a stray bullet in the skull, if they would still say "oh just let him out of jail. He's a good dude"
 
VeteranOfTheRetardWars said:
Anyone here watching the CJI?
It’s probably the best grappling tournament I’ve seen in a hot minute, and I’ve never seen so many people talk about a submission grappling tournament as this one.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HkwFwGYtqfkJust amazing, these dudes are killers and neither wanted to give an inch that wasn’t taken.
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The production was surprisingly good. Although the first day was seven hours long, the time between matches was pretty short and the commentary was decent. The fact it was free on youtube was good too.
 
Swiss46 said:
I didn't even know it was possible to be so incompetent as an MMA judge to get pulled. They hire people who can barely even think how far down the IQ bell curve do you need to be?!?
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The judge wasn't incompetent, the commission that hired it (which isn't the UFC) was. Booth clearly was malicious, calling it an 'oopsie' doesn't do it justice.

The guy owns a NZ MMA gym that apparently some of these guys were affiliated with, you can probably fill in the blanks regarding why he might not be completely neutral when it comes to scoring fights with aussie/kiwi athletes.

Honestly, pulling him wasn't enough, he needs to be blacklisted to prove a point.
 
VeteranOfTheRetardWars said:
Anyone here watching the CJI?
It’s probably the best grappling tournament I’ve seen in a hot minute, and I’ve never seen so many people talk about a submission grappling tournament as this one.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HkwFwGYtqfkJust amazing, these dudes are killers and neither wanted to give an inch that wasn’t taken.
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Anecdotally seen twitter BJJ accounts say that they have had an influx of new students coming in after watching this event. People with no combat sports background. If that is the case, it’s a massive success.
 
latinlover said:
The judge wasn't incompetent, the commission that hired it (which isn't the UFC) was. Booth clearly was malicious, calling it an 'oopsie' doesn't do it justice.

The guy owns a NZ MMA gym that apparently some of these guys were affiliated with, you can probably fill in the blanks regarding why he might not be completely neutral when it comes to scoring fights with aussie/kiwi athletes.

Honestly, pulling him wasn't enough, he needs to be blacklisted to prove a point.
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Judges giving a fellow national a tasty home cooked scorecard is so not new that most of us just shrug about it.

The only thing more surprising than a judge being crooked is that the athletic commission did something about it that fast.

My suspicion is that somebody somewhere placed a fat prop bet on a split decision and Howie Booth got a piece of it.
 
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