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Grand Master

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I am sure I can bank on you posting the good stuff ;)

 

Ronda is already drumming up the idea of fighting Holly Holm in the UFC, after she's had her way with Miesha, Cat and Alexis. This should be a fine test of how much pull she has with the UFC brass (they don't want to pay Holm the amount that she wants).

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Is Brock Lesnar returning? The buzz builds for possibility

The mixed martial arts world has never truly let him go. Every so often, his name boomerangs back around and into some intriguing dream match or in sheer speculation. In only seven fights, Lesnar had become such a unique sensation that his presence could virtually guarantee a huge buyrate for an event, which in turn, led to massive paychecks for him. In a pro wrestling way, he seemed destined for a comeback.

Now, with 2013's year-end show days away, online speculation on the popular MMA forum MixedMartialArts.com has suggested that Lesnar has an urge to return to the Octagon.

For now though, UFC president Dana White is staying mum.

After the UFC 168 post-fight press conference, White was told there were rumors that Lesnar would travel to Las Vegas to meet with him this weekend, but seemed surprised by what he heard.

"Really? I don't know. I honestly don't know," he said.

Honestly?" a reporter asked him.

"Honestly," he said.

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Is Brock Lesnar returning? The buzz builds for possibility

The mixed martial arts world has never truly let him go. Every so often, his name boomerangs back around and into some intriguing dream match or in sheer speculation. In only seven fights, Lesnar had become such a unique sensation that his presence could virtually guarantee a huge buyrate for an event, which in turn, led to massive paychecks for him. In a pro wrestling way, he seemed destined for a comeback.

Now, with 2013's year-end show days away, online speculation on the popular MMA forum MixedMartialArts.com has suggested that Lesnar has an urge to return to the Octagon.

For now though, UFC president Dana White is staying mum.

After the UFC 168 post-fight press conference, White was told there were rumors that Lesnar would travel to Las Vegas to meet with him this weekend, but seemed surprised by what he heard.

"Really? I don't know. I honestly don't know," he said.

Honestly?" a reporter asked him.

"Honestly," he said.

x

 

Bring him back against Mark Hunt. That would be fun.

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No idea how you'll all react to this: UFC's doing "digital autographs" with Ronda Rousey. http://signup.digigraph.me/rousey/?digitrack=ROUSEY_email_blast_client Throw in your first name and your email address and up it comes (you can put in a fake email if you prefer, as it comes up on the next page, but they also email it to you). Behold... :p

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Main Card:

Chris Weidman (184) vs. Anderson Silva (185)
Ronda Rousey (135) vs. Miesha Tate (135)
Josh Barnett (252) vs. Travis Browne (242)
Jim Miller (156) vs. Fabricio Camoes (156)
Dustin Poirier (146) vs. Diego Brandao (153*)

Preliminary Card:

Chris Leben (185) vs. Uriah Hall (185)
Gleison Tibau (156) vs. Michael Johnson (156)
Dennis Siver (145) vs. Manny Gamburyan (146)
John Howard (171) vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (171)
William Macario (171) vs. Bobby Voelker (171)
Robbie Peralta (145.5) vs. Estevan Payan (145)

 

Everyone made weight except for Diego Brand?o who came in a full weight class over. Poirier was angry about it and yelled at him "I'm going to f---ing break you, and you know it!"

 

Great night of fights today.

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That's nasty. Will there be a second rematch I wonder or will Silva just retire?

I cannot imagine him coming back from an injury like that this late in his career. He is 38 now, he will perhaps be 39 by the time he can train again. Athletes with injuries like this are never the same again. Close? Maybe. But never the same. I highly suspect he will retire now. Not the way I wanted to see him go.

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I cannot imagine him coming back from an injury like that this late in his career. He is 38 now, he will perhaps be 39 by the time he can train again. Athletes with injuries like this are never the same again. Close? Maybe. But never the same. I highly suspect he will retire now. Not the way I wanted to see him go.

 

That's what I was thinking too. But where there is a will (or money) there is a way.

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That's nasty. Will there be a second rematch I wonder or will Silva just retire?

 

 

I cannot imagine him coming back from an injury like that this late in his career. He is 38 now, he will perhaps be 39 by the time he can train again. Athletes with injuries like this are never the same again. Close? Maybe. But never the same. I highly suspect he will retire now. Not the way I wanted to see him go.

 

 

That's what I was thinking too. But where there is a will (or money) there is a way.

 

Probably not going to happen. That injury would be a career killer on a younger fighter. Anderson is 38, very rich, and was talking about retiring after this fight regardless of outcome. I think this is the last time we see him in the Octagon, which is sad. Even if he went out on a loss, it would be better if that loss was a "true" loss rather than an injury TKO.

 

That was an extremely nasty break and surprising as well. He must have hit it wrong right on the bone or Weidamn has adamantium bones.

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Yes that was quite a way to end the fight. I always wondered if that could possibly happen seeing as his legs are quite skinny (especially his ankles).

 

Muay Thai fighters harden their shins by striking with them and wearing down the bone so it rebuilds stronger.

 

Here's Melchor Menor breaking a baseball bat at the TUF house with one kick.

 

 

Silva has has extensive training in Muay Thai so in principle his shins should be quite strong. But when you see it on the video, he hits his shin right bellow Weidman's flexed knee, a pretty hard spot. Combine that with the strength of his kick and BAM! That was hard.

 

Other than that unfortunate ending, this PPV ROCKED.

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Awesome PPV, shame Rousey is an absolute ######.

 

Even bigger shame the way the main event ended, absolutely devastated honesestly i feel for Anderson so much, just praying to god that wasnt the last time we're gonna see him fight - got a feeling it will be, the world seems like a different place today!

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Personality sells. Benson Henderson could hardly move the needle and it cost him. Ronda is making sure that that doesn't happen to her.

I suppose, never heard a champ get booed so much - was quite funny.

 

Until UFC sign that beast from Invicta (Cant think of her name right now) i cant see anyone beating Rousey

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