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Agree with both of you guys 100% - a really excellent card. The Irish fighters did themselves proud and the Dublin crowd were just insane. I did have one BIG grumble though - they didn't show the prelims over here. Being from Ireland that really annoyed me as there were a stack of other Irish fighters on the prelims that I wanted to see. Can't understand why the never seem to show the prelims for fight nights in Europe. Just curious - did they show the prelims in any other countries? Also I think Fight Night 45 is worth a mention. Some really good fights and Cerrone was absolutely vicious. Good to see you guys posting again. Keep it up. |
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[edit] I think it's an indication that Penn still has too much say in the the way he trains. The people around him appear to let him be in control (certainly they allow him to have too much control). You rarely hear constructive/technical coaching in his corner during fights. I'm sure Parillo is a good coach but on the whole, I think Penn's training camps might have been lacking something somewhere. Although it wasn't the worst beating Penn had received in the Edgar fight, it was hard to watch. That stance didn't help things. He looked stiff and there was no upper body movement. The post-fight press conference was equally if not more difficult to watch. When asked what he thought his legacy was, he seemed to struggle to find meaningful answers and eventually broke down. Prior to the fight, he asked rhetorically, "Isn't winning and going out on a high the best way to end your career?" The MMA game passed him by and it's hard to see a legend go out like that. |
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I don't know about the prelims. My Sky box fucked the recording up, the TV guide said the main card was scheduled for 11pm or something. The prelims were on at 3 in the afternoon right? With the main at what, 6pm? Anyway, nothing got recorded and I had to seek 'other options'.
It was great to see the Irish dominate the card (including Ireland's adopted son Gunnar Nelson). I loved how at the post-fight conference, Nelson - after being awarded a 50k bonus for his performance - said that their coach John Kavanagh (who had four fighters on the Dublin card) should have 'gotten' the performance of the night bonus. Everybody nodded in agreement. Kavanagh has fast become one of my favourite coaches to see in the sport. Comes across as genuinely caring, knowledgeable, and down to earth. |
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Maybe Parillo wasn't involved much then. I can't remember the MMA Hour interview much, perhaps he even said it there on that interview and I remembered it wrong - high chance I was on the PS3 while listening to it.
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Regarding Penn at the post-fight conference, yeah he was comparatively chirpy but when he broke down that did it for me. It was almost like he didn't know what to be proud of. Or he wasn't sure how he would be remembered. whatever it was, it drove him to tears and I was choked up and felt uneasy. Lets hope his retirement sticks this time. You're Irish, are ya? Your fellow countrymen did the fighters proud that night. The noise (just from the TV broadcast alone) was insane. The Patrick Holohan fight sounds like it was a good scrap. Can't wait for the next time I see my Irish mate again. He's not an MMA fan but knows of Conor McGregor and this one time I saw him he brought him up, knowing I'm into MMA. I was shocked he knew who he was, then it dawned on me that he must be that popular in Ireland that non-MMA fans kind of know who he is. My mate doesn't even live in Ireland anymore, so either he gets Irish TV or the trickle down effect is that far reaching. [edit] 15 hours? Might as well torrent it. |
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McGregor is reasonably well known at home now - but maybe not quite as much as the UFC commentators would have you believe - you know all that "....the Irish have gone MMA crazy...." stuff. In reality it is still a fringe sport here and a lot of people wouldn't even be signed up to BT Sport for regular access to it. There is a very good talk radio sports show here everyday from 7 to 9 pm. I listen to it maybe three times a week all year round. They cover just about everything - football, rugby, gaelic games, cycling, boxing, motorsports, horse racing - you name it. But I can't ever remember them covering MMA. Don't do torrents but finally got it DLed . If you want to see it I can post new links - or if you just want to see a single fight I can post an edited version. |
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Yeah I take what commentators say with a pinch of salt. Even Joe Rogan whom I like has a habit of using hyperbole from time to time. But Conor must have done a lot of media appearances during his rehab. My mate did say he heard him on a radio show, what show I don't know. But whatever he's been doing, probably been doing more TV work than anything judging from YouTube search results.
Talking of comebacks, it feels like GSP has been gone for a long time, even though he's probably been away longer than this in between fights when he was still active. And Anderson Silva, I've stopped looking at all these 'look what he doing again already' type videos that keep getting release by his camp, but I am looking forward to his eventually return. There's no way he fulfils his 10-fight contract, but it'll be really interesting to see how he does. Cheers anyway, but if I don't catch events live, I usually get hold of it within a couple of days of broadcast. I might start posting links to podcasts/interviews, any kind of relevant or interesting material though. |
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Well I finally got around to watching the prelims from Dublin. I hate to use the cliche abreviation of OMG!!! - but DAMNNNN - O M G. If anything it was even better than the main card. Holohan, Pendred and Seery were all spectacular - and that crowd again - simply amazing - particularly in the Holohan fight.
By comparison the crowd for the Lawlor/Brown card sounded like it was being held in a library. Good card of fights nevertheless. Lawlor V. Brown was a real slug fest. Nothing doing now in the UFC until 17th August. But in the meantime there's one event to look out for if you can get your hands on it. Metamoris 4 takes place on Saturday 9th August. High level jiu-jitsu with 20 minute submission only bouts. There are a couple of intriguing matches: Andre Galvao v. Chael Sonnen - very interesting as Sonnen - while a high level wrestler - isn't known for his BJJ. On the other hand Galvao is jiu-jitsu royalty. Dean Lister v. Josh Barnett. Again very interesting. I only know Barnett as a heavy duty brawler. It was only recently I found out that he holds a second degree black belt in jiu-jitsu. Dean Lister is an animal - it will be very interesting to see them both in a strictly jiu-jitsu setting. As one would expect the rest of the card is filled with A-grade BJJ artists: Saulo Ribeiro v. Rodrigo Medeiros Keenan Cornelius v. Vinny Magahles Garry Tonon v. Kit Dale |
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Barnett's a good grappler too, having a background in submission wrestling.
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