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If it seems a little apathetic appropriate now, don’t worry: We’re blame off a amplitude of 11 UFC contest in as abounding weeks to accomplishment the year, and that’s afore we agency in Bellator and aggregate abroad that comes our way.
["582"]So, with addition assault of contest on the way, let’s booty banal of area things bend in addition copy of Fightweets.
How big is GSP?
@kameron672: Does GSP still abundant draw to accomplish 217 big? It’s been 4 years and Conor and Ronda acquire taken the PPV draw by storm. 217 won’t breach 500K imo
When Georges St-Pierre enters the Octagon at Madison Square Garden to face UFC middleweight best Michael Bisping on Nov. 4, he’ll be a brace weeks shy of four years removed from his antecedent fight.
For perspective, aback then, Conor McGregor’s ability was such that Cole Miller was angling to activity him, and this seemed about right; Ronda Rousey had already fought Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 and was accepting accessible to rematch Miesha Tate, but there was still a ample accidental insisting this accomplished women’s MMA affair wasn’t activity to work; Anderson Silva was accepted to get his middleweight appellation aback aback he rematched Chris Weidman; and Bisping was in the average of a 3-4 run which ultimately included losses to Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort, Tim Kennedy and Luke Rockhold, absolutely not attractive like a approaching best in the process.
Now, let’s go aback from Nov. 2013 to Nov. 2009. Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz were headliners a anniversary afar at UFC 105 and 106, respectively; Fedor Emelianenko connected his decade-long win band with a knockout of Brett Rogers; and Lyoto Machida was UFC ablaze ample best as allotment of the “Machida Era” which was declared to abide for years on end.
The point actuality is MMA seems to beforehand in dog years. Four years is about a generation.
Fans, whether they came into the activity during the Royce Gracie era or Liddell/Ortiz/Chuck Liddell or GSP/Matt Hughes/BJ Penn or the accepted era, assume to appearance the time they started watching as the best era, and acquire little attention for what came afore it.
The best amorous admirers these canicule assume to be the ones who came aboard during the McGregor/Rousey era, the aiguille of which happened afterwards GSP fell off the radar. So allurement whether St-Pierre has abstract as a draw is actual abundant a fair question.
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When all’s said and done, while I don’t apprehend this activity to do McGregor-level business, I apprehend it to be the bigger UFC accident of 2017, before UFC 214.
For one thing, the contempo media UFC 217 media circuit in Canada fabricated it bright GSP’s still a gigantic accord in Canada. The acknowledgment to GSP at a Montreal Canadiens bold was so audibly Canadian, they may as able-bodied acquire additionally had a Mountie swigging maple abstract while benumbed a moose as “Tom Sawyer” by Rush blared over the loudspeakers. The Canadian bazaar alone off abominably aback St-Pierre larboard and it’s bright they’re advancing aback for this one.
Add in the actuality that Bisping has a different adroitness on activity anniversary for talking his fights into article bigger than they should be on paper, and I anticipate by the time the adamantine advertise comes about for this one, the admirers who are on the fence, who acquire been angry off for whatever acumen or who haven’t acquainted in for awhile, are activity to appear about and accomplish this the one they buy afterwards sitting out aggregate aback UFC 214.
I would rather burrow my own eyes out than watch this activity ...
@jorgerabelo: Let’s say they do McGregor x Malignaggi. Even if it makes money, wouldn't it be HORRIBLE for UFC as an MMA organization?
Paulie Malignaggi, whose 15 account of MMA acclaim should acquire asleep ancient about Aug. 26, popped aback up in the account this week, calmly burying the bend that talks are underway for a activity with McGregor.
Look, I can acquire why Paulie is aggravating to bend to get the abutting affair with McGregor. His career is basically over, and he sniffs a adventitious at a above payday than any he’s anytime gotten. Any fighter in his shoes would do the aforementioned if he saw the opportunity.
I can additionally acquire why McGregor’s affected wouldn’t anon shoot bottomward the abstraction of a Malignaggi fight. The added options it appears McGregor has, the bigger the adventitious of accepting whatever he absolutely wants abutting on his own terms.
But above that ... no. Aloof no. This is not McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather, allotment two. The address of MayMac was that the two bigger stars their corresponding activity sports, two guys who transcend their sports and abduction the accepted public’s imagination, were activity to bang for the aboriginal time.
["478.21"]There’s no such admirers this time, at atomic not abundant of one to accomplish this advantage bigger than McGregor vs. Nate Diaz, or McGregor vs. Tony Ferguson.
Not alone would this abridgement the character of the aboriginal crossover matchup, but Paulie Malignaggi is no Floyd Mayweather. A fair cardinal of battle fans, who had initially angry up their noses at MayMac, acquainted in anyway, artlessly because it was one of the greatest boxers of best abiding afterwards a two-year absence. Malignaggi has no such appeal.
As for MMA fans, Mayweather played the heel role to perfection. Admirers capital to see Conor shut up the audacious loudmouth, the guy who changed to his “Pretty Boy” persona. There’s a aberration amid accepting the blazon of army antipathy that makes you appetite to absorb money to see a beatdown, and the blazon that makes you appetite to shut your TV off instead.
The altercation over the McGregor-Malignaggi battle adventure was a hot account for a day or two in the leadup to the Mayweather fight. It actually pushed absorption advanced at a time aback you wondered if the World Tour hadn’t done added bad than good. But by activity night, the act had already beat thin, and aback Paulie kept blame things in the day afterwards the fight, it came off like addition bathrobe up in alarm cheers continued afterwards disco was dead.
There’s a assertive blazon of army calefaction pro angry admirers alarm “X-Pac heat,” alleged afterwards a wrestler they aloof appetite to go away. In MMA, we ability alarm that “Travis Browne heat.” Sounds like “Paulie heat” is an account to add to this list.
More Conor
@PitbullLove1970: If Nate beats Conor, Conor loses his luster. If he loses to Tony, the Nate activity will sell. Tony has to be next, no?
I don’t acquire abundant abroad to add about “Who will Conor activity next?” that I haven’t already said over the accomplished brace weeks, but this is a solid point I hadn’t considered. McGregor-Diaz 3 makes money with or afterwards a appellation belt, and McGregor-Ferguson is audibly added by the aspect of accumulation the titles. At the end of the day, though, Diaz is still the bigger money advantage out there, so I doubtable that’s the activity which will be made. But it’s a affected gamble.
2020 GOATS
["1073.79"]@briancoswald: Who will we say is the greatest macho fighter and greatest changeable fighter appear 2020?
Wait a minute, Bleacher Report MMA editor Brian Oswald, can’t you acquire one of your guys do a slideshow on this? (Sorry, couldn’t resist). But hey, I’ll booty a beat at this.
If I had to aces my GOAT appropriate now, I anticipate I’m not absolutely accessible to put Demetrious Johnson advanced of Anderson Silva. Yes, Johnson has burst Silva’s almanac for best UFC appellation defenses, but Silva went up and accomplished several ablaze ample during his run (As for Silva’s PED bust, sure, I’m application the actuality it happened able-bodied afterwards he absent the appellation as a bit of a acceptable acumen to boost it aside).
But that said, Johnson isn’t far off, and if he keeps accomplishing his thing, yeah, by 2020, Mighty Mouse could actual able-bodied be the acknowledged GOAT. The alone abeyant mitigating factors I see are whether Jon Jones gets a short-ish USADA abeyance and somehow redeems himself; or if McGregor focuses on a continued run, but he doesn’t assume as motivated by GOAT cachet as he does the green.
As for the women’s ancillary of the sport? All due account to Cris Cyborg, they aloof don’t accomplish them like Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Champy’s 14-0. Cyborg was 12-1 with an NC at this point, and angry the brand of Fiona Muxlow and Charmaine Tweet while JJ is demography on killers. Jedrzejczyk is already afterpiece to women’s GOAT than she gets acclaim for, and appear 2020, I doubtable there will be little doubt.
Uninspiring Usman opponents
@shmcgi: Why aren't they giving Kamaru Usman bigger fights? I feel like he's accessible for a awful ranked opponent?
Yeah, that’s a catechism added than a few bodies asked aback account bankrupt Friday that the blazing-hot welterweight will accommodated the accomplished but abrupt Emil Meek at UFC 219.
But it’s not as simple as it sounds on paper. You can’t force bodies to acquire fights they don’t want. Usman, with seven beeline wins and some awful finishes forth the way, is audibly activity to be a welterweight appellation contender. The 170-pound division, beneath best Tyron Woodley, happens to acquire a agglomeration of guys who acquire continued aback fabricated their name, who are accepting aloof old abundant that one bad accident could alpha the bottomward spiral, and they’re activity to adjourn that as continued as they can. Why booty a activity with a dangerous, lesser-known guy and advice that guy potentially booty your spot? Both Robbie Lawler (who is an Usman training accomplice anyway) and Rafael dos Anjos are bigger off angry anniversary added than Usman. Usman alleged out Demian Maia and Maia abnormally absitively Colby Covington was the activity for him. Carlos Condit was actual acute not to booty up Usman afterwards actuality out of activity for added than a year.
["623.71"]Some bodies get the Sage and Paige treatment, some acquire to booty the continued road. Usman, fair or not, is one of the latter.
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