Topic: UFC/MMA thread

[I've been a good boy]

Paddy the Tory shamelessly sucking up to the boss then crying when Helwani exposes him for the hypocrite that he is. Hope he gets brutally knocked out, ideally by Ilia Topuria.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Paddy is becoming unbearable

He's an absolute melt, once he fights a top ten fighter he'll get filled in.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Thompson was tremendous in that main event...the speed and power of those high kicks would've put many to sleep ..and the liver shots would've ended most opponents ....Holland must be half titanium...great fight

Fight of the year easily.

[rob1966]

Paddy the Tory shamelessly sucking up to the boss then crying when Helwani exposes him for the hypocrite that he is. Hope he gets brutally knocked out, ideally by Ilia Topuria.

I don't follow UFC/MMA, so had never heard of Paddy until I watched one of those reels that pop up on facebook. Battered with them now. Is he a bit of a tit then?

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Paddy the Tory shamelessly sucking up to the boss then crying when Helwani exposes him for the hypocrite that he is. Hope he gets brutally knocked out, ideally by Ilia Topuria.

I dunno man, I think Helwani is an absolute knobhead honestly; this is mostly in the stuff he does for wrestling rather than MMA but he is 100% co-opted media but tries to play it as if he is fair and impartial following journalistic integrity. I think away from MMA at least he is really quite duplicitous.

I'm not sure what he said about Paddy so I can't say either way, but when I heard what Paddy said about him, in my more limited experience with Helwani sound about right.

[RedSamba]

Helwani beaing a weasel does not eliminate the fact that Paddy is a weapon

[AndyMuller]

I dunno man, I think Helwani is an absolute knobhead honestly; this is mostly in the stuff he does for wrestling rather than MMA but he is 100% co-opted media but tries to play it as if he is fair and impartial following journalistic integrity. I think away from MMA at least he is really quite duplicitous.

I'm not sure what he said about Paddy so I can't say either way, but when I heard what Paddy said about him, in my more limited experience with Helwani sound about right.

 

What has he done in the world of wrestling that has pissed you off?

[I've been a good boy]

I don't follow UFC/MMA, so had never heard of Paddy until I watched one of those reels that pop up on facebook. Battered with them now. Is he a bit of a tit then?

A massive one. Loud mouth racist c*nt who thinks he's way better than he is.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

What has he done in the world of wrestling that has pissed you off?

He's just a bit of a weasel. Co-opted media with WWE (being someone with BT sport and having past connections with the CFO) to pretty much be a friendly PR journalists for them (and negative PR journalists for competition) but when this conflict gets raised he gets really defensive about it and denies it, even if people know.

To be fair in that journalistic area of wrestling, there's not many who aren't on one side or the other. There's maybe 2, but most people aren't as blatant or as shady about it.

Helwani beaing a weasel does not eliminate the fact that Paddy is a weapon

This very much may be the case absolutely.

Just saying from someone who isn't really knowledgeable of Helwani's MMA stuff other than knowing he does it, he does have an image of being not entirely in good faith

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Woeful display so far from Darren Till, getting absolutely mauled here.

[RedSamba]

Good second round from Till. He tore his ACL apparently.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Good second round from Till. He tore his ACL apparently.

Yeah he actually came back into the fight very well.

[RedSamba]

Till has zero takedown defence. You would think all the training with Khamzat would have improved that. I won't be surprised if the UFC decides to cut him

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Till has zero takedown defence. You would think all the training with Khamzat would have improved that. I won't be surprised if the UFC decides to cut him

Lost 5 of his last 6, can't argue with the quality of the opposition he's faced, all elite fighters to be fair.

[Rosario]

Hope Paddy the Arse-licker gets knocked out

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Jared Gordon has won these first two rounds

[RedSamba]

Jared Gordon has won these first two rounds

No chance the refs give it to Gordon. The hype train must go on. His only chance is to finish him

[Flaccido Dongingo]

No chance the refs give it to Gordon. The hype train must go on. His only chance is to finish him

More significant strikes/control time/takedown for Gordon, it'll be a travesty if they score those rounds for Pimblett.

[Rosario]

More significant strikes/control time/takedown for Gordon, it'll be a travesty if they score those rounds for Pimblett.

It would but there have been some pretty poor decisions lately that have gone to the bigger or more popular fighter. Although the way this 3rd round has gone I would say no chance for Paddy now.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

What a joke of a decision, Gordon won all 3 rounds, that's corrupt.

[RedSamba]

Feed him to anyone in the top 10 and it will be over in 1

[Rosario]

Not surprising but that is as bad a decision as you will see he lost every statistical category as well as losing the eye test. Becoming as bad as boxing!

[Rosario]

Feed him to anyone in the top 10 and it will be over in 1

At least we have this as consolation, he is an extremely limited fighter.

[RedSamba]

Another shocking decision. Ankalaev won that fight

[xbugawugax]

what a shit show its been. Anklelaev needs to invite tomato on his russian podcast and suck it up i guess.

and hope till is fine. and rumors that he tearing his ACL is shit. But his takedown defence is a dogshit.

[Rosario]

Dana just announced Glover vs Hill in Brazil for the LHW belt next month as well 

[Elzar]

Till doesn’t have the explosive energy anymore due to his injuries unfortunately. Shoulder and knee issues among some other things have taken it out of him. Can’t see him betting back to a top 10 fighter again.

Especially with the new injury

[xbugawugax]

it was a decent enough card til the co and main event shit show

ilia is a problem. Really thought mitchell going to flatten ilia with his wrestling

du plessis should fight up next. brunson, vettori could really test his wrestling credentials

[I've been a good boy]

Stick a fork in Till, he's done. Bellator next for him, or maybe a job as Khamzat's cheerleader.

A bad look for UFC last night, they were supposed to be a fresh alternative to boxing but those scorecards were corruption. Paddy showed that it pays to suck up to the boss. Ankalaev should be champion too, Vegas judges have a track record of being blind. Oh and for the fat tomato head to immediately make Hill v Teixeira shows what a twat he is.

One positive I'll take is that we now know Paddy is simply not the level Dana White thinks he is. His hype train will be derailed this time next tear.

[Lee1-6Liv]

What a joke of a decision, Gordon won all 3 rounds, that's corrupt.

Wasn't even close and for all three to give it to Paddy, stinks.

[stevieG786]

Till is done. Needs to retire
Paddy lost that fight
That main event was a snore fest

Ilya looked great, loved seen Mitchell get humbled

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Stick a fork in Till, he's done. Bellator next for him, or maybe a job as Khamzat's cheerleader.

A bad look for UFC last night, they were supposed to be a fresh alternative to boxing but those scorecards were corruption. Paddy showed that it pays to suck up to the boss. Ankalaev should be champion too, Vegas judges have a track record of being blind. Oh and for the fat tomato head to immediately make Hill v Teixeira shows what a twat he is.

One positive I'll take is that we now know Paddy is simply not the level Dana White thinks he is. His hype train will be derailed this time next tear.

Thought Till came back very well after being utterly dominated for the first 4 minutes of R1, thought Du Plessis looked gassed in the second and Till was going to go on to win at that stage.

[Elzar]

Thought Till came back very well after being utterly dominated for the first 4 minutes of R1, thought Du Plessis looked gassed in the second and Till was going to go on to win at that stage.

He did, but he still never had that extra step, extra push on to take advantage. Same reason he didn’t have the ability to get out of any difficult situations.

[Roopy]

Very impressed with Topuria.

Bryce Mitchell seems like another Ben Askren - cracking ground game but struggles in the stand up big time and got found out badly.

Paddy lost - no doubt about it.

Ankalaev - feel so sorry for the guy, what an absolute beast to perform the way he did after both his legs got chopped to pieces - only for the judges to fuck him over.

UFC have also announced the that Glover & Jamal Hill will be fighting next for the vacant LHW title.

[Bergersrightwingviews]

I thought the Paddy fight was closer than the reporting suggested but he definitely shouldn’t have won it.

It’s going to be really interesting to see what happens in his next fight.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

I thought the Paddy fight was closer than the reporting suggested but he definitely shouldn’t have won it.

It’s going to be really interesting to see what happens in his next fight.

Feed him to someone like Chandler or Fiziev and see him getting humbled.

[Working Class Hen-Pecked Hero]

I thought the Paddy fight was closer than the reporting suggested but he definitely shouldn’t have won it.

It’s going to be really interesting to see what happens in his next fight.

Yeah I thought that. Either way on a split decision wouldn't have shocked me but a unanimous decision was a bit of a joke. Till giving in the minute the sub was even threatened is something I'm used to seeing now. His hearts not been in it since he got slept by Masvidal

[I've been a good boy]

Feed him to someone like Chandler or Fiziev and see him getting humbled.

Doesn't even need to be anyone that high. Anyone in the top 15 would smoke him, he simply isn't at the level he thinks he is. No idea how the hype started, is it because he's British and talks nonsense?

[BER]

Tony Ferguson deserves a big fight and even the current version would destroy Pimplett.

[stevieG786]

Tony Ferguson deserves a big fight and even the current version would destroy Pimplett.

does he though? after that joke-fest vs Diaz.

i'd like to see Paddy vs Ilya - the beef is there. time to make Ilya a household name  paddy won't ever take that fight though.