Arena Let's get it on!: The Mixed Martial Arts Discussion Thread

Yep, I saw that. Moreno looked insanely happy after that fight.

 

So less than a week after Bellator created it's own women's flyweight division, UFC announces the creation of it's own women's flyweight division.

 

Good, it's looooong overdue. I've noticed quite a few fighters who don't really fit in at 135 or 115. They can't make 115, and they make small, flabby 135ers. This division should unlock their true potential.

I've been wanting this for a while. The division should fill up quickly.

Thanks for delivering the pleasant news, Juliet.

 

LOL, it all comes down to Paige doesn't it heels1785

Just teasing you, seriously, it's great that the women are now getting a division between 115 and 135.

 

Congrats to Conor McGregor and his girlfriend on the birth of their baby boy, Conor Jack McGregor.

 

Thanks to Jessica Penne, I had to look up what Biological Passport means.

 

Anyone watching 211? Pretty stoked for JJ vs Andrade.

And now thanks to Juliet I also know what a Biological Passport is.


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Who says you can't learn something everyday?

 

Another fight bites the dust for 211.

 

DC embraces being a heel at the summer kickoff press conference earlier today and ends up getting cheered. Figures.

 

Oh man, it looks like Herb Dean made a rare, but colossal mistake.

 

Tai chi v MMA: The 20-second fight that left China reeling

lol Not sure why a Tai chi guy would even be trying to fight, it's not really a combat art...

But, anyway, I actually don't believe traditional, old school martial arts are necessarily inferior to MMA. That guy in above video was just a fraud, not even a real master, that's why the MMA guy actually fought him, to expose him.

Here is an actual Wing Chun Kung Fu (Ip Man's style, yes ) master against a Muay Thai guy

Poor mirror lol

WC vs. karate


WC fighter spars with a boxer in Russia

(WC guy is deliberately not using kicks, to make it more fair to the boxer hehe)

It's popular in Russia, you know, Wing Chun, it has spread there from China, they now have their own schools and all

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Honestly, in real life, a real practitioner of Wing Chun, in my personal opinion, would beat a basic MMA fighter, like the guy in that video.

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MMA is a combat sport, but its still a sport. Wing Chun was originally developed for combat, period. Striking at the groin (above), banned in MMA, is totally normal there. In fact, it's all about hitting the center of the body: groin, solar plexus, throat, nose, forehead. There are many vulnerable points along the center of the body. Wing Chun teaches how to hit all of them. It was originally developed by a woman, so it is also designed to defend against a bigger, stronger opponent

I don't know, I just, honestly, do prefer traditional martial arts to modern MMA. There is more discipline and philosophy and history, and actual ART. Not just throwing kicks and punches. Just my opinion.

 

Dos Santos was more worthy of a title shot than, say, Alistair Overeem IMO.

Unfortunately this PPV will be more remembered by Herb Dean's rare, terrible call in the Poirier/Alverez match than anything else.

 

Do you think the winner of the Hunt/Lewis fight gets the next title shot against Stipe?

Or to put it another way: If Derrick Lewis destroys Mark Hunt in his next fight, should he get the next title shot?

 

We shall see. To be honest, I thought Werdum was going to get a rematch with Stipe after the fight with Velasquez fell through instead of Stipe fighting Dos Santos

 

Provided Jones doesn't screw - up again.

 

I hope for both as well. Maybe getting beat will humble Jones a bit.

As for tonight, I don't think I've see a cluster**** as I did in the ending of the Poirier/Alverez match.

 

Nah, it will be forgotten, I think the Sherman-Coulter brawl will probably be the most memorable.

Overeem did turn Stipe's lights out for a split second, but as usual Stipe recovered in like half a second and stormed back.


The winner of Overeem-Werdum seems the likely choice for the next title shot.

Lewis and Ngannou look like the next gen. Ngannou is still very green, and Lewis appears very vulnerable, though.

I think Cain is still the best heavyweight, it's just a matter of health with him; a serious matter.