/heem/: brett johns edition

Upcoming events:

12/29: RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GRAND PRIX 2016: SECONDU ROUNDO - Cro Cop vs King Mo
12/30: UFC 207 - Nunes vs Rousey
12/31: RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GRAND PRIX 2016: FINARU ROUNDO - TBA
12/31: WSOF 34 - Gaethje vs Firmino
1/13: LFA 1 - Peterson vs Higo
1/13: ACB 51 - Silva vs Torgeson
1/14: ONE FC: Quest for Power - Bigdash vs Prachnio
1/14: Invicta FC 21 - Anderson vs Tweet
1/15: UFC FN 103 - Rodriguez vs Penn
1/20: GLORY 37 - Roosmalen vs Embree
1/21: ABC 52 - Aguev vs Kincl
1/21: Bellator 170 - Sonnen vs Ortiz
1/23: VFC 55 - Lindsey vs Cochrane 2
1/27: Bellator 171 - TBA
1/28: EFN 58 - Machev vs Brandao
1/28: UFC on Fox 23 - Pena vs Shevchenko
1/29: Submission Underground 3 - Jones vs TBA
2/4: UFC FN 104 - Bermudez vs Jung
2/11: UFC 208 - Holm vs De Randamie
2/18: Bellator 172 - Mitrione vs Emelianenko
2/19: UFC FN 105 - Dos Santos vs Struve 2
3/4: UFC 209 - TBA
3/11: UFC FN 107 - Gastelum vs Belfort
3/11: ACB 53 - Khalidov vs Barnatt
3/18: UFC FN 108 - TBA

Previous thread: News:

>Cris Cyborg flagged by USADA
bleacherreport.com/articles/2683361-cris-cyborg-justino-notified-of-potential-usada-drug-test-violation

>Based Khabib refuses easy fight against a featherweight, instead chooses to fight scared chicken Tony Ferguson
mmajunkie.com/2016/12/khabib-nurmagomedov-on-jose-aldos-claim-of-declined-title-fight-i-do-not-bully-the-little

>Bisping named Fighter of the Year
mmamania.com/2016/12/21/14042888/ufc-rolling-stone-names-michael-bisping-middleweight-champion-fighter-of-the-year-mma

>DJ sidelined with knee injury (the true mark of a modern great)
mmamania.com/2016/12/22/14053818/knee-injury-sits-ufc-champ-demetrious-johnson-until-spring-2017-mma

Google "chemtrails"

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Stipe tapped and is #Notmychampion

reported

Shut the fuck up

This isnt funny. You arent funny. Eddie Bravo isnt fucking funny

Fuck off

Thanks for all the news man, I will be sure to read every one. Thanks for all the events too, I'm writing them in my personal calendar as we speak. Thanks so much for all you do man. Thanks

I like this meme desu

(you)

You're so on that side Bryan

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she's not thirsty she always looks like that

*leans into microphone*

Oh for sure I agree 100% my man

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>theres still people who dont think we're on the eve of witnessing khabib becoming the GOAT

what incentive do they have to remain blind? someone post the pic of khabib in his robe

peaceful robe khabib is best khabib

>LEAVE JON JONES TO ME

It's ok user, there's only one of me, but there's plenty of leafs

>the new platinum perry

this one?

friendly reminder that /heem/ is, has always been and will forever be a bully free zone

I agree wholeheartedly.

Similar record to perry as well, even saw an image of him and perry on instagram together

meme spirit has been transferred

bearjew is a much better prospect than perry
he's shown crisp, technical striking and solid submission skills as well
perry was always a brawler with a chin

Do you think bearjew can beat Krylov?

inb4 he posts his little not so tough webm again lmao

So the memes that are alive going into 2017 are ngannou, bearjew and lando

No, the one where he he kind of looks like Ghandi, laying down a bit

>I'll strangle you in a heartbeat

What did "The Notorious One" mean by this?

kind of hard to tell at this stage, I'd like to see him fight some more UFC guys
i picked cirkunov against krylov, and I think bearjew would sub him as well if he got the fight to the ground

>dat mewvment

need a rip brah?

try your hardest to not get mad while viewing this image

You post this literally every thread

Fuck off sperg

i'm not
your turn

>24-1

>19-3
this one actually happened

I dare you to watch this webm without getting teary eyed at watching a meme fighter get choked out.

so would that make Nate LW champ or FW + LW champ?

even when conor loses he wins

>aldo made 500k last fight
>khabib made 48k vs horcher (can't find MJ)

i think he'd rather the nate loss than khabib or aldo's net worth

>money lmao

shiiiieeeet aldo vs khabib who wins?

>can't find MJ
26/26, + 5k reebux = 57k, barring any backroom bonuses

khabib has money tho
he has connections with russian oligarchs, and he was offered millions to fight in a russian promotion a few months ago

That's her secret, she's always thirsty.

The way Dariush rolls away is the best part of the webm

i hate khabib and still think he will win

that's a rude awakening in size differences for aldo's first fight in the ufc at LW

why does dariush always look like he just rolled out of bed

nigga needs to get a barber instead of using a flowbee

So how did Conor win when he got stripped?

dark souls will forever be a part of the mma meta

looks super musky

Oh, we're posting rolling shit now?

because the people who say aldo get KTFOd know who the champ is, and conor doesnt need belts at all to out-earn everyone else in the company

>give aldo """real""" belt to save another card by promoting a #1 contender fight to interim title fight
>card still doesn't sell worth shit
>aldo says he's going to 155

smooth move ufc, basically killed FW worse than conor did

208 looks like absolute fucking garbage

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spergs like you said the same thing about 206

>ywn witness a urijah/conor buddy cop show

why even live

Conor wasn't defending at Featherweight any time soon

>good job ufc
Yes im sure you know better than the UFC. Aldo isn't going to 155, it's literally just a rumor of him fighting for an interim bekt

name a single good fight on 208

>waaaaah waaaah he said something mean

Fucking aspie

>Yes im sure you know better than the UFC.

while im not usually one for results oriented thinking it clearly blew up in their face

Poirier vs. Miller, wow that was hard.

>Irony

>Holly Holm
has anyone else ever got a title shot coming off 2 losses in a row?

browne-lewis
lentz-makhachev
poirier-miller

also fights that seem bad on paper very often end up being good, and vice-versa
you casuals have been calling every single card not headlined by conor shit, and you've been wrong every time

>Who is Frankie Edgar

Casuals these days mang...

I dont think you know what irony means

good point but a lot of people think he won 1 or both of those fights

>Reacting negatively cause I said something negative to an already negative comment

I don't think you do either.

I've been watching ufc since 2003. Call me a casual again.

>clearly

According to you, lol. You could make a half decent argument about the WOMEN'S Featherweight division situation blowing up in their face. Everything with FTW has been deliberate

>Holly was beating Miesha and Shevchenko until she lost.

if you can't appreciate fights without big names in them, you're a casual
it doesn't matter how long you've been watching

logic:
>let's piss of our biggest star
>to make pettis/holloway an interim title fight
>so we can keep this card a ppv


>pettis misses weight
>only max can win interim title
>max calls out aldo for running postfight
>max turns down title fight
>aldo talks of going to 155 instead
>fw in limbo even more


ufc 206 currently estimated at

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BUYS

oh my lord kek


>champ claims he never lost and didnt even win his belt back

You could literally branch any response as ironic then with such a broad generalization

You dont know what irony means, unironically

you are completely missing the point m8, Edgar's losses are considered "robberies" by some, especially 2nd fight with Benson. Holm was soundly beaten by Miesha and Shevchenko

>you casuals have been calling every single card not headlined by conor shit,

This. It's so annoying. It's like a huge mega-card happens and then the next few PPVs are forced to draw upon relatively unknown names and the casuals sperg out about although 205 had 3 title fights with 4 champions fighting on it. How else are they going to fill the damn card?

Lewis last fight was shit, Mackachev will make easy work of lentz, poirier vs miller will be good. Can you honestly say this is a 60$ card? If this were a fight night, I'd be happy. This is not worth 60$ though.

>Aldo talks of going to 155 instead

Pure rumor, according to Aldo who said the UFC offered the fight

Please keep up

>150k buys
Yes, that's what happens when you have makeshift title fight when the original title fight was pulled

What does that have to do with the UFC and Conor? He was going to be stripped of one belt, probably FTW. Convenient timing to do it

>This is not worth 60$ though.

If you start saving $1.50 a day you can be able to afford it by the time it rolls around.

if the cards are great but still dont sell worth a shit it does not bode well for the sport long term

wme has no interest in mma itself. they are not gonna deal with garbage numbers for very long before doing some drastic shit

the fertittas cared enough because dana hooked them into it as fans. they were willing to take massive losses and risks. wme bought it strictly for profit motive

>implying I'd pay for it
I'll just stream it, just like you.

>he'll n-n-never beat chad mendes!!

>inb4 ARI emmanuel sees the writing on the wall of mma's boom and bust cycles and cuts his losses to sell ufc to some arab sheik

if ronda loses they are threat level midnight

i expect islam (makhachev) to make beat nik too, but it could be a spicy roller like wade-islam was
lewis' last fight was shit because Shamil refused to engage Lewis in the striking, instead grinding him out in a risk-averse borefest before gassing and getting heemed
browne isn't capable of doing that

also this ()
has any ufc card ever been worth $60
most people watch ppv cards at sports bars, with their friends, or over the internet

And? 208 is not an exciting card on paper, simple as that. I didn't say it had to be, just pointing out that it is not a good card. Will the fights be good? Maybe. This PPV will still sell like shit though because it is a weak card. You can cry about it all you want.

>tfw i was a full-on conor hater up to and including the poirier fight

>actually argued his KO of dustin was illegal and bullshit

>finally just joined the fucking team before mendes

Lol Ronda has been a bubble since she lost to Holly. Her losing again only accelerates the inevitable. UFC has existed before Conor and Ronda and will continue to do so

ppv is an outdated model, ppv sales have been declining universally across all sports that still use them
the sport is and should be drifting away from it altogether, but they're a necessary evil until WME-IMG can get a good enough TV deal and make fitepass better

>UFC has existed before Conor and Ronda and will continue to do so

that was when zuffa was willing to ride it out. wme didnt spend FOUR BILLION to do shit numbers until the next megastar comes around

they took on a ton of debt and need to pay it

they've got a lot riding on the tv deal but networks can low ball them if they see conor on the shelf indefinitely and ronda taking another loss

The UFC's biggest cash cow is PPV. They will milk it to the end.

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>The UFC's biggest cash cow is PPV

because it wasn't big enough before to make a lot of money any other way

Networks will highball for the exact opposite effect because they arent stupid nor do they think the UFC is stupid at generating interest

That literally has nothing to do with what I said

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De Randamie v Holm is a good fight for people who want to see Holm get fucked up.

will myles jury ever come back?