The Official Mma/ufc Thread

What a terrific card tonight! Every fight in the main card went against my expectations. All hail our three new champions especially Rose who I thought was the best of the bunch.

 

He might consider retiring on top honestly. I've heard rumors that he's already losing a bit of his grip on reality outside the ring (stuff about aliens?). Take your title and leave on top. If not, hes' got to come down to WW I think. He definitely didn't look great, but Bisping looked worse. I think Bisping should honestly consider retiring. He might be able to outlast one more fighter and go out on a win, but he wasn't sharp.

 

Seems like a desperation move by the MMA. They want a new star to come out and I think this is the MMA's attempt to make Gastelum a more well known name.

Funnily enough they've got three champions who could be interesting now. Rose looked fantastic. GSP has been in a Marvel movie and he sells pretty well. I don't know about Dillashaw on the market, but he looked solid against Garbrandt. Honestly I'd like to see Garbrandt/Dillashaw 2. I thought Dillashaw easily could have lost that fight and Garbrandt was really overconfident.

 

For me, Rose was the only surprise of the three. Even an undersized GSP, octagon rusty GSP is better than Bisping. But I never expected Rose to KO JJ. Amazing win for her.

 

I was a little surprised by Dillashaw. Garbrandt toyed with Cruz. I figured he'd be able to beat Dillashaw as well.

Definitely loved seeing Rose though. Joanna was a monster and seeing someone come in and outclass her is exciting for that division.

 

That is one of the most vicious elbows I've ever seen.

 

Conor is ducking everyone right now and as much as I am a fan, he's got to fight.

I think he's waiting for Mayweather to train up a little so they can sell another megafight, but I doubt Mayweather ever does it. Conor is more comfortable taking the easy paycheck though now that he's filthy rich.

The problem is he's spending money way too fast and soon he's going to have to fight again under circumstances he isn't in as much control of. He's letting the prime of his career bleed away.

 

Honestly I think Conor would love to make a show of it, but after a few minutes would just embarrass him. There's only so much time Conor could give Mayweather before it looks stupid that Mayweather is still standing.

Conor could honestly make him look like that poor girl that Schevchenko fought.