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Can we just give Belal his title shot so we can get him outta here already...
dood has become quite annoying
dood has become quite annoying
The MMA Thread: DON'T ASK 4 STREAMS & NO GIFS- UFC on NOW: Black Beast
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by Vincent Van Goat,
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All Belal needed to do was the bare minimum self promotion
And he couldn’t
Ali failed his *** badly
And he couldn’t
Ali failed his *** badly
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Ali fails everyone who ain't directly with team Khabib. Wouldn't be surprised if Islam gets a shot before Belal at this point 
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Funny you said this - spoke to Cory about this this weekend and he literally said, “Dude what the hell am I going to do at this point? Dana will Dana - I only try to control what I can, I’m not going to be a talking puppet”
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Get me in touch with Cory so I can start the campaign
Leon holding up this Colby fight and not fighting last July in the UK is what screwed up everything. As well as Dana allowing Colby to sit on the sideline this whole time.
Leon holding up this Colby fight and not fighting last July in the UK is what screwed up everything. As well as Dana allowing Colby to sit on the sideline this whole time.
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If you would have pulled up for dinner instead of being with that lame from SD…
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Leon and Belal headlining a UK card is a win win for the UFC, Leon helps to sell the tickets regardless of whether the fight is boring or not and gets the Belal title shot rumblings out of the way.
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Leon shouldn’t be on 300
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Why not?
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I don’t love watching Leon fight, especially when he decides to play it safe.
But I appreciate how well rounded and skilled he is as a fighter.
He’s no less exciting to watch than GSP was during his title reign.
…when every fight was a five round UD.
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Basically this
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They made GSP the co-headliner of UFC 100.
And it seemed to work out pretty well.
…why Leon co-headline 300?
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Was GSP exciting to watch when he was the king of 50-45 decisions?
I don’t think so.
But I still enjoyed watching him fight.
…he still sold tickets.
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Crowd was very 50/50 to be clear - wasn’t pro-Colby
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GSP had a nation supporting him and was already uber popular before he got the belt. Leon was getting booed in the UK before he beat Usman so much different in their home showing love.
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Yeah I don’t mind GSP - comparing him at this point to Leon is apples to oranges (everything outside the octagon)
300 should be announced soon
Who is in for the NT Summit?
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Gsp and leon are both boring as hell
But people loved Gsp he was one of the biggest stars ever lol
But people loved Gsp he was one of the biggest stars ever lol
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Leon still one of my favorites to watch but I know I'm in the vast minority
. Think I said it before but he's a dude you need to watch his fights in slow motion to appreciate what he's doing out there. One of the most cerebral snipers we've have.
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Shavkat vs Islam would be interesting as ****
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Leon came up during an era when WW was arguably the second or third division in the UFC.
I think GSP had probably the best jab in MMA ever. Why? Because he trained with Freddie Roach. His BJJ coaches were John Danaher and Brun Fernandes. Plus he had great MMA minds like Greg Jackson and Firas Zihabi (sp) in his corner.
Leon does not demonstrate the utter domination GSP did during his eight or nine title defenses (besides the Jake Shields and Johnny Hendricks fights).
Agreed. GSP was a huge reason for the UFC holding cards in Canada. It's been frigid since GSP and Rory left the UFC. There hasn't been a new wave of fighters to strongly represent our Northern neighbors.
Agreed. Apples to Oranges. Especially a tasty orange and MMA GOAT on Mount Rushmore.
Leon still one of my favorites to watch but I know I'm in the vast minority
I think Leon is technically a great stand up fighter. Not a KO artist. But beautiful kind of like Izzy in how technical he is. His wrestling has come a long way from that Usman loss.
And I can't front. The emotion and words uttered after his championship win were inspiring and one of the best in MMA history.
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Guess belal is next / barring any injuries
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Watch Shavkat get announced as the challenger.
