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    No Spoilers Perhaps odd historical question about Italians

    The Romans' legacy exists through Italic-speaking countries. In order of peak GDP, the most powerful have been: France Brazil Italy Spain Mexico Argentina
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    Seriously, does size even matter that much?

    Stipe wrestled at 197 lbs in college. Poatan came up from 185 lbs. Strickland came up from 170 lbs. Leon came up from 155 lbs. Do Bronx came up from 145 lbs. Topuria came up from 135 lbs. Nunes came up from 135 lbs.
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    What's your favorite sport to watch?

    In terms of watching live events: 1. Soccer 2. MMA 3. Boxing 4. Basketball
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    Where do you place Leon Edwards in GOAT WW list?

    I think current Edwards beats every 170 lb fighter in history. Near-prime GSP should've lost to Hendricks.
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    Recent UFC heavyweight champs and their age when they first won a UFC title.

    Aspinall - 30 - 2023 Jones - 23 - LHW - 2011 Gane - 31 - 2021 Ngannou - 34 - 2021 Stipe - 33 - 2016 Cormier - 36 - LHW - 2015 Werdum - 37 - 2014 Cain - 28 - 2010 JDS - 27 - 2011 Carwin - 35 - 2010 4 youngest 4 oldest
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    Examples of guys who struggled against little men but dominated big men.

    No he wasn't. He wasn't as tall as advertised, plus he had a relatively narrow waist with thin wrists and ankles, when compared to proper heavyweights like Ngannou and Blaydes. His natural build was comparable with other former 170 lb fighters like Jailton and Thiago Santos.
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    Examples of guys who struggled against little men but dominated big men.

    Arlovski was a UFC champ at 265 lbs, but lost a UD to former 170 lb fighter Rumble Johnson. Jon Jones is a UFC champ at 265 lbs, but many people think he lost to former 170 lb fighter Thiago Santos. GSP was a UFC champ at 185 lbs, but got taken to a split decision by BJ Penn, who fought at 145...
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    Aspinall won't make it out of the second round.

    It's funny you should mention Overeem. I reckon in an openweight scenario, the best MMA fighters born in Europe, excluding Eastern Europe are easily: Gane - France Aspinall - UK Overeem - UK Gustafsson - Sweden
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    Aspinall won't make it out of the second round.

    I'm surprised Aspinall is the betting fav. He has the thinnest resume of anybody who fought for the UFC HW title since Mark Hunt almost 9 years ago. Guys like Blaydes, Volkov and Tuivasa have done far more in the sport than him without ever getting close to a title shot. I reckon Pav will...
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    The 2023 World Series was the lowest-rated and least-watched ever.

    They began properly tracking that stuff in 1968. In terms of TV market size, Rangers vs D-backs is the the 5th largest vs the 11th largest, so it wasn't a horrible match-up. Here's the last 30 years...
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    MMA facts that sound crazy, but are true.

    Tuivasa is the greatest heavyweight born in Asia, the Americas or Oceania; if you exclude the US and Brazil.
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    Social Why is immigration to the West promoted so heavily in 3rd world countries?

    China isn't rich, and countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE take massive amounts of poor immigrants, relative to their native populations; more than Western countries. Japan and South Korea both have unique languages that are extremely difficult for non-native speakers to learn in adulthood...
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    Law It is not illegal to criticise or insult Israel in France

    They are literally active laws that have passed state review; and they've existed for years!
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    Law It is not illegal to criticise or insult Israel in France

    "As of 2021, 35 states have passed bills and executive orders designed to discourage boycotts of Israel."
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    Against guys with a reach of 75" or more, Izzy's UFC record is only 5-3.

    Strickland - lost UD 5 Poatan II - won KO 2 Poatan I - lost TKO 5 Cannonier - won UD 5 Jan - lost UD 5 Anderson - won UD 3 Brunson - won TKO 1 Wilkinson - won TKO 2 ...a 75" reach is pretty normal for a UFC MW, by the way, it isn't anything exceptional.
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    Compare the KHL to the NHL..

    In terms of biggest annual competitor, biggest-to-smallest: WWE - AEW - many would argue it's already a better product. NFL - XFL - the top level guys are interchangeable with lower level NFL guys. NBA - EuroLeague - the top level guys are interchangeable with lower level NBA guys. NHL - KHL*...
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    There are 86 countries with a population over 11m, only two have googled "nhl" more than "ufc".

    When people want to see UFC results, they google the fighter.
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    There are 86 countries with a population over 11m, only two have googled "nhl" more than "ufc".

    Canada and Venezuela. That's since Jan 1, 2004 Countries in the world by population (2023)
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    They sucked... Until they didn't

    65 Power Five schools, 85 scholarship players allowed on each roster at any given time; that's 5,525. 262 picks in the NFL draft, that means you have to be in the top 4.7% of scholarship players in the Power Five even to get picked last in the NFL draft; Mr. Irrelevant is actually Mr. Beast.
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