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It isn't, nor was it ever, the gloves. We went for years and years without eye pokes being a thing, and then fighters realized they can keep their opponents at bay, and protect against people shooting in, by sticking their fingers out. Strict penalties for sticking your fingers out would have...

First, it's "Strong Suit" not suite, so obviously your Mensa membership isn't coming anytime soon. But what you're showing us is MMA Math, which is about as dumb as it gets when talking about matchups.

This is up there with the all time stupidest Sherdog posts we use to have, where they'd do the same thing in an attempt to say GSP was really garbage, but BJ was the best ever.

One of Izzy's biggest hurdles to best Jon is something that right now is out of his control. Jones went on streak against legends, current top talent, and future legends like Cormier, and unfortunately for Izzy there just aren't those names there for him. Even if he went to 205 I can't see him...

In the UFC what makes you a contender is either having an A-Hole personality that they can market as a "bad Boy" or playing grab ass with Khabib. If you actually put together a great win streak, against top level opponents, it doesn't mean jack.

I really like Stipe, and wish this was the case, but weight and muscle mass isn't going to be the issue keeping him from getting a belt. He's slowed down immensely and has appeared to show more and more affects of concussions. He's now 40 years old and will have been out well over 2 years by...

For me I think it has to do with a lot of those I loved watching, having either retired or at a point they should have retired. Pair that with the UFC now seemingly having 10,000 fighters, all whom they claim are the greatest ever, and all top lining cards where their one fight away from a title...

That always worried me about Gaethje, he has that Dan Henderson attitude of "Do anything for the big one punch KO" except without the defense, which leads to exciting fights, but the guy taking so much damage he doesn't need to. Their style will make it tough for them ever to become champions...

I can't tell if Jake paid Anderson not to hurt him, or Dana paid Anderson to make the fight look like a farce. It'd be hilarious if both did, and Anderson just runs back to Brazil after cashing both checks.

I think a good prime UFC fighter, even a 170er, would beat Paul, but Nate (or Nick) ain't it. Both guys take way too much damage, and both might be able to build up damage with small gloves, but not with the 16 oz ones that easily get blocked. Both also have no idea what footwork or head...

Khazmat finally facing any ranked opponent makes sense. I get that everyone wanted him to get a title shot a year ago, based on nothing but plowing over guys ranked out of the top 300, but now he's at least proving his hype. Fighting Costa is a great fight because it's against a former title...

I joked that with 1 more win Bo will get a title shot, since that seems to be how the UFC has been doing things lately, but yeah I don't see him doing great against Izzy right now. There have been tons of great wrestlers who took a weak punch, while in the midst of a takedown, and completely...

People around here always forgot about that with the likes of Cain, and now Gaethje, they are good punchers, but both have awful defense that leave them wide open to counters. They'd say they're the greatest boxers in MMA, despite only being good at 1 aspect of boxing and forgetting all the...

This is what I mention about above with the one guy on twitter posting part 4.1 of the contract to make his point. Most of these MMA bloggers are selectively picking what they put out there, because their whole image is based around making Dana and the UFC bad guys. Each portion of a contract...

People keep posting sources from fighters, and you just keep trying to refute them by saying "You believe" which means absolutely nothing. Most beliefs on this site are just repeating other wrong information they read here on the forums.

That's one small portion of a contract. The fact that the poster selectively puts just point 4.1, and nothing else, would lead me to believe the other parts of the Term section does have something having the to with the company's obligation. Here you're just making something up, what you or...

It's funny when someone says "I've yet to see a contract like that" yeah probably because they haven't seen any contracts. Years and years ago Dana, and other fighters, talked about how they have a minimum number of fight offers required each year. It's actually standard in almost every...

Does it say in the contract though that the fighter is required to work in good faith to fulfill the amount of fights? Because Nate's contract could be up, but if he continues to reject legitimate fight offers he could still be locked in, because he's not living up to his side of the terms. He...

Paying off a woman to keep quiet isn't a crime, unless there's a sexual harassment/business connection, or he used company money to do it. Dana can bang as many hookers as he wants, as long as his wife doesn't care and ther board thinks he's doing a good job then there's no problem.

It depends on the wrestler. Marvin's tactic to get a takedown it to lead with his face, which isn't great against a striker like Izzy, many fighters have a much better understanding of how to setup a takedown. I don't think many can take Izzy down and grind him out, but you might get a few of...