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This is stupid to even contemplate and it honestly makes Francis look pathetically bad. So, what the people in this thread are essentially saying, is that if you took this absolute peak version of Francis, and transplanted him to the year 2000, and he was magically able to stay in this absolute...

This is the essential story of the situation, but I'll go a bit further in the details since this exact time period was absolutely the time I was the most devoted to following MMA. The short answer is, The Ultimate Fighter. I'm bad at months, but I'm entirely sure I remember the quarters...

I don't think it really matters to be honest. Bellator has a matching clause in their contracts just like the UFC does. They would have to be on some hardcore drugs to even think about letting that kid slip away. He might end up being the first breakout non-UFC star since...Kimbo Slice?

I read an article once that said if you need to analyze his record, then you didn't see him at his best, and if you saw him at his best, then you wouldn't need to analyze his record. I think that pretty much sums it up. The Penn being overrated topic has been done to death though, people are...

I mean, Jacare knocked him cold when they did fight. People will say that Weidman was faded and blah blah blah, but Jacare was always going to be a bad matchup for him.

That's just not true at all. Half a decade ago I would have agreed with you, but it's coming along nicely. Although I will say that making 125 was a horrible decision. It oversaturated the market, and took away from 115 and 135. Way too early, at least five years too early.

Ah man, come on. Ten years ago I would have absolutely agreed with you that the womens divisions were a wasteland with literally only a few notable exceptions. Hell, you know what, I would have largely agreed with that six years ago. But I would say we're AT LEAST where we were in say...

Fucking nuts.

I mean, maybe? But wouldn't this be self inflicted anyway? As far as "earlier" goes, Pulver made his debut at UFC 22 as a lightweight, in his fifth professional fight, in the same year he debuted. So, there's really no conceivable window there to give him any bonus points there. He left the UFC...

The "small" cage is more than big enough. In fact, I could make the argument that it should be a few feet smaller. The large cage is too big and always has been.

Yes. The greatest head kick of all head kicks. All hail Rose, the queen of head kicks. Greater than CroCop. She has taken his throne, CROWN HER. Spare me.

Absolutely not. It was a beautiful shot that ended the fight, but this is recency bias to the full extent. I could name at least ten off the top of my head that were better. That's not a slight against Rose either. Head kick knockouts aren't the rarest thing in the world, so there's a lot of...

Well, yeah. He's almost certainly going to fight again, barring an absolutely tragic twist of fate. But that's entirely due to the fact that fighters in general aren't the best decision makers. The 6-8 week recovery is just for basic everyday needs. Like walking, driving, going up and down...

I think it really depends on the road to the title. Some matchups like Gaethje are very hard ones stylistically. I'd say no though, just based on his age, regardless of how impressive he looked against Hooker. He's already past the age where most lightweight and below fighters fall off a cliff.

This is true, and I'm a huge fan of Costa. I don't know where people get this idea that he's a one punch KO machine. He's much more of a guy that clubs you to death using forward pressure.

This, unfortunately, is most likely the way things will continue to go for Penn. He can't (or, shouldn't I should say) fight anymore, he wouldn't be a good coach, and he's not articulate enough for a desk job in the MMA field. It goes like this for some fighters. Being a fighter, in a lot of...

Nah. Conor beat Dustin because Dustin is absolutely horrid with southpaws. He's going to do it again too, and I'm no Conor fan.

Yah. And Oscar De La Hoya is gonna win the world middleweight championship this year. Both have about the same odds of actually happening.

I previously knew about this, and reading it still threw me for a loop. EliteXC seems like an absolute lifetime ago.

This is nearly a Tito level quote lol.