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[DazalenkoUBewty]

Silva pissed hot with potential USADA violation, out of Shanghai Main Event.

Just found this out then :/

Was going thru the schedule when I saw this...



Things are falling apart slightly. Not a great past few days.

 

[JG22]

Holloway to destroy Aldo again in the re-match

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Reports suggesting Bisping is stepping in to fight Gastelum. Wtf? He had a concussion for sure..

 

[Ry009]

Reports suggesting Bisping is stepping in to fight Gastelum. Wtf? He had a concussion for sure..

Confirmed.

Balls the size of grapefruits, what a legend.

Him post loss, just as impressive as this.

Reckon if he gets the win, that’s it?

 

[Quivorir]

 

[Dan]

Way too early to come back and stylistically its a bad fight for Bisping.

 

[Dan]

With Aldo now the replacement for main-event fight against Holloway it makes things more interesting in regards to what McGregor does next.

If Aldo wins.....I think we'll get the Aldo Vs McGregor 2 fight at 155.

I've always wanted those 2 to go again. That fight does more business for the UFC than Ferguson/McGregor and it'll appease those complaining about the lack of belt defending from McGregor.

Ferguson fights the winner.

 

[Oaktree]

Allowing Bisping to fight Gastelum three weeks after getting stopped by St-Pierre must be getting Mark Hunt even more angry at the UFC.

Even though the fight ended via RNC, he was more or less knocked out before that.

 

[Guy Threepwood]

I've always wanted those 2 to go again. That fight does more business for the UFC than Ferguson/McGregor and it'll appease those complaining about the lack of belt defending from McGregor.

No, he fights Tony when he comes back or should vacate the belt. Aldo winning the title back at 145 doesn't set him up for a title shot at 155 over the interim champ.

 

[Dan]

No, he fights Tony when he comes back or should vacate the belt. Aldo winning the title back at 145 doesn't set him up for a title shot at 155 over the interim champ.

McGregor isn't the interim champ....

I'm not saying Aldo should get that opportunity but business is business.

 

[Guy Threepwood]

McGregor isn't the interim champ....

I'm not saying Aldo should get that opportunity but business is business.

I said it doesn't set him up for a title shot over the interim champ. Ferguson just won the interim belt due to Conor taking a year out to start a family/box.

 

[Dan]

I said it doesn't set him up for a title shot over the interim champ. Ferguson just won the interim belt due to Conor taking a year out to start a family/box.

In my scenario Ferguson's next fight will be for the full belt regardless of who wins.

I think McGregor stops Aldo again and you end up getting the McGregor Vs Ferguson anyways. Why is Aldo getting another title shot against Holloway when he got stopped by him in his last fight? Maybe I'm reading too much into it.....

You're right in saying Ferguson should get the first crack.....he absolutely should.

 

[Guy Threepwood]

In my scenario Ferguson's next fight will be for the full belt regardless of who wins.

I think McGregor stops Aldo again and you end up getting the McGregor Vs Ferguson anyways. Why is Aldo getting another title shot against Holloway when he got stopped by him in his last fight? Maybe I'm reading too much into it.....

You're right in saying Ferguson should get the first crack.....he absolutely should.

Aldo wasn't getting another crack, but is now due to injury. Swanson (who Holloway has already beaten), Lamas (who Holloway has already beaten) and Ortega (who's awfully green still) were the only other readily available replacements. Aldo being the former champ and having had some success against Max early makes it the easiest sell.

Why is Ferguson waiting in that your example though? We keep hearing about how Conor could fight anyone in his backyard and do bigger numbers than any other UFC card ever, so why does the opponent matter?

 

[JG22]

Holloway a more appropriate matchup if he beats Ferguson

As has already shat on Alvarez & Poirer who are a couple of the main challengers

 

[Dan]

Aldo wasn't getting another crack, but is now due to injury. Swanson (who Holloway has already beaten), Lamas (who Holloway has already beaten) and Ortega (who's awfully green still) were the only other readily available replacements. Aldo being the former champ and having had some success against Max early makes it the easiest sell.

Aldo is ranked 1st in that Featherweight division, will generate the most buys of any other contender but he lost via TKO to Holloway in his last fight. Plus he already got his shot at the belt again against Edgar. Swanson on the other hand is 4th ranked and has never had a shot at the belt.

I know Aldo is filling a spot but its just odd to me his ranking out weighs the fact that he is fighting the guy he just lost to....for the belt. If Aldo wins.....Holloway ain't getting a rematch.

Why is Ferguson waiting in that your example though? We keep hearing about how Conor could fight anyone in his backyard and do bigger numbers than any other UFC card ever, so why does the opponent matter?

A McGregor main-event gets the UFC 1M ppv buys.......so McGregor Vs Ferguson will get them that magical 7 figure number. But a different dance partner will do better numbers.............ie McGregor Vs Aldo 2 1.5M - McGregor Vs Diaz 3 2M. I'm being generous with those numbers.....McGregor used to have just MMA & casual fans buying....he probably now has boxing fans tuning in to see his next fight.

The problem with Ferguson is that he's only known to MMA fans but not casual fans. His fight with Lee was the one fight this year I was really excited for. The 216 event only did 125,000 ppv buys.........that's ****ing horrendous.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

The problem with Ferguson is that he's only known to MMA fans but not casual fans. His fight with Lee was the one fight this year I was really excited for. The 216 event only did 125,000 ppv buys.........that's ****ing horrendous.

No one knew who Kevin Lee was and the ppv was quite ordinary...Mighty Mouse was on it (great fight) but he doesn't do great numbers either. Derrick Lewis had pulled out as well.

 

[JG22]

Ferguson isnt that dissimilar to Alvarez in terms of publicity isn't he

 

[Gigantic]

I agree with what he's saying but why is this being discussed in US politics? LOL

 

[JG22]

Anderson releases some sooky statement, claiming god will shape what happens next.

Not taking steroids may help you bonce

 

[Barry Roundhouse]

Rumours floating around that NATE Diaz will fight Woodley for the WW title at 219.

Surely not true..

If it is, we might as well throw the rankings out the window and make title fights by Twitter followers.

 

[Quivorir]

Plausible I guess. Another rumour is Conor was pulled from the 219 card before it was announced because of the Bellator thing.

 

[JG22]

Makes sense for Nate i guess

Waiting to fight Conor again but that won't happen for another year probably

 

[JG22]

Oh then Conor could potentially fight him for the welterweight belt

Still don't think reckon that will happen

 

[Nickos66]

Rumours floating around that NATE Diaz will fight Woodley for the WW title at 219.

Surely not - Dana would never sign off on that. He 's never rated Nate.

 

[Nickos66]

Not to mention... I though Woodley was going to be out for around a year with a labrum tear?? This doesn't make sense at all.