UFC 214: Cormier V. Jones 2, Live Thread

7-29-17

[Impy]

Prelims at 8 eastern on the FXX network. Main Card on Pay-per-view

Three titles are on the line.

Daniel Cormier defends his LHW title against Former Champ Jon Jones

Tyron Woodley defends his MW title against Damian Maia

Cris "Cyborg" Santos v. Tonya Evinger for the vacant women's 145lb championship

Also, Robbie Lawler v. Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone

[Impy]

Pick results

Bob 4-4

Superfries 7-5

Bullish 1-0

Gator 4-1

Kav 1-0

Dad 5-2 (3-2 on random guesses, 8-4 overall.)

Chris 4-2

Impy 7-5

Fuji 7-2

Thanks for playing everyone!

[Bob434]

[[What drugs are female fighters not allowed to take?]]

Flintstones vitamins

I think she was accused of abusing steroids- not sure though

[Bob434]

jones & lesner? Talk about an interestingness matchup- Lesner will probably tackle jones and lay on him for 5 rounds- might pull off an early win with some brutal short punches on the ground— He’s got a lot of power in his short punches like that- Will be interestingness to see if jones can avoid the takedowns

[Impy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnP-hxqV9Nw

Cyborg crying like a little girl during brutal weight cut

This is the # 1 problem in the sport right now.

[Impy]

Lesnar’s win over Mark Hunt was overturned after he tested positive for Clomifene, an estrogen blocker. He’s currently suspended.

If this fight ever happens (not anytime soon) it will make a lot of money but I can’t imagine it would end any other way than Jones knocking him out in the first round.

[Impy]

GSP v. Mike Bisping is back on, after Dana White decides Tyron Woodley is too boring to fight GSP.

[Impy]

You called that!

[superfries]

u won’t get me to pay to watch Bisbing vs GSP

[Mr Fuji]

That could possibly be the biggest snooze-fest in MMA history.

[Mr Fuji]

I’m not a Bisping fan at all but I think Bisping would actually try and do something to win the fight.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Bisping is doing all he can to avoid fighting a legitimate top middleweight contender while simultaneously looking for the biggest money fight against a smaller opponent. And he’s praying for GSP to have cage rust and other issues since he’s been out for so long.

Zero respect for Bisping. And feeling a significant level of disgust with the UFC’s willingness to crap on the 185 guys that have a legitimate claim to the next title shot.

[superfries]

well, I agree with you there

[Impy]

Thanks Theoria for alerting me to this

http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/20422093/jon-jones-failed-drug-test-ufc-214-ufc-president-dana-white-says

“If the results of the failed test hold, Jones’ UFC 214 win over Cormier will be changed to a no-contest”

Uh-oh Spaghetti-Os!!!!!!

[corlorde]

Wowza. I saw last night where someone from the media pointed out that Jones had posted an image on his twitter feed that said, "Daniel Cormier said I won our first fight because I was using steroids. I wonder what DC’s excuse will be this time” lol. He might want to delete that.

[Two Kids' Dad]

If the B sample comes back dirty it taints his other victories as well.

[Mr Fuji]

I just don’t get this guy. Yeah, I’ll wait on the B sample but it usually confirms the result. I’m not a JBJ fan at all but what a waste. He’ll never learn.

[Impy]

His people are crying “must be a tainted supplement”.

[Theoria]

Yep. Could have been a bad dick pill.