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Ain't his fault his knee blew out, just gave him too much time to talk smack on Twitter and Ariel's show. If he beats Brandao (and I think he will, easily...) a quick turnaround against Poirer would be
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Thata boy BonesJones/Gus II official for Sept. 27th per UFC.com
ESPN realized franklin mcneil knew nothing about the sport, that guy was so horrible when it came to talking about fights and making predictions.Whatever happened to that mma show on espn? I remember they used to always show it at random times.
TorontoWhere is this going to take place?
The show basically ended after UFC poached Anik away from ESPN.Whatever happened to that mma show on espn? I remember they used to always show it at random times.
Thats cause UFC and Fox is really controlling these guys. You got Rogan wearing suits now & Fox people in his ears telling him to calm down and stop being hype. Feels like none of them really wants to give their real opinions or ruffle any feathers. Only Ariel does and that's only when he's on his own show and reporting for MMAFighting.com.
Anik is annoying now and so is Ariel whenever he goes on UFC Tonight. Ariel is much better when he's doing his own show. UFC analysts are becoming very corny and too watered down. Cruz was cool but he's been missing lately. Chael started out awesome but dude got way too corny. Goldy and Rogan are up and down.
I don't know many people that like Florian/Anik. I'm still holding out hope for a Jim Ross/Brian Stann team. But Fox really likes Stann so I see him moving up in the rankings calling more NCAA football games then making the move to the NFL. And UFC doesn't like being associated with WWF so even though Ross wants the job it may not happen.Can't stand the Florian/Anik team myself. They need to get Brian Stann on more broadcasts...
Bendo UD
Diego TKO 3
Dodson TKO 2
RDA SUB 3
Basically, same picks as Champ
So once Cormier got the news he enjoyed a brownie, some ice cream and a beer since he didn't have to worry about keeping his weight in check right away and despite his grand plan of facing Jones for the belt, he had a feeling things would end up playing out this way.
"As hopeful as I was, as excited as I was, I'm still a realist. I knew the chances of it happening weren't very big," Cormier told FOX Sports on Friday. "Everything is what you make it. If I'm going to be down in the dumps, sad, disappointed, it's going to have an overall effect in my life. It will have an effect on me, it will have an effect on my family, it will have an effect on my kids, it will have an effect on my friendships. So if I'm able to keep things in perspective, if I'm able to maintain a positive outlook on everything, it makes it easier to deal with."
"Jon Jones isn't afraid of anybody," Cormier said. "I think that's what we kind of miss in this whole 'he's ducking this guy, he's ducking that guy', Jon Jones isn't ducking anybody. He's the champion of the world for a reason and that's because he's good.
"I think it's posturing more than anything. We don't know his compensation package, we don't know what he makes, what he wants to make, we don't know if his decision was based on they didn't sell as many pay-per-views as he wanted. You don't know. There's so many things that go into those types of things."
So now with Jones matched up with Gustafsson on Sept. 27 that leaves Cormier with some decisions to make. Prior to his fight with Henderson a few weeks ago, he suffered a knee injury to his LCL (lateral collateral ligament) so severe he nearly had to pull out of the bout. While surgery remains an option, Cormier is currently contemplating rehabilitation and rest as opposed to going under the knife.
If all else fails, surgery is still an option but Cormier would rather avoid that at all possible cost.
"I'm not a big surgery guy. Once you get surgery, you're so committed to everything. You can't train, you can't do anything, you're just rehabbing the knee," Cormier explained.
"I'm going to see what my options are, I don't necessarily want to do surgery. I would much rather rehab it and just be really aggressive in my rehab and try to strengthen it."
Yeah, you are probably right. Any media outlet has to walk on eggshells around Dana or else he will revoke their relevancy...
Pretty sure Gross is still banned and CagePotato too.