Boxing and MMA Forum Random Comments 2015

[Guest bigmatt]

I was very close to putting a good bet down on Nelson knocking Overeem out when the odds were extremely tempting. I'm glad I didn't now.

[King 277]

Are Sky Box office showing Mayweather/Pacquiao?/, I didn't see any adds for it yet.

[Evil Gringo 279]

Wonder if Hendricks is the number one contender to the 170lb belt now with that victory over Brown? Barring a rematch between Lawler and McDonald he has to have next surely at this stage?

 

Also Joanna Jędrzejczyk is a scary women.

[Guest bigmatt]

Are Sky Box office showing Mayweather/Pacquiao?/, I didn't see any adds for it yet.

 

I had the same thought and so checked around about a week ago and the story was that BoxNation and Sky were competing to get the UK broadcast rights. The rights were expensive as you can imagine, Sky were favourites but BoxNation hadn't given up. It was also speculated that it would be a higher PPV price than normal. I have no idea if all that's true but that was the story. I'll have to have a look around again and see if there is any more news.

 

Wonder if Hendricks is the number one contender to the 170lb belt now with that victory over Brown? Barring a rematch between Lawler and McDonald he has to have next surely at this stage?

 

Also Joanna Jędrzejczyk is a scary women.

 

I read somewhere that Dana wasn't a big fan of the performance or something like that?

[King 277]

I can't imagine Box Nation outbidding Sky for the biggest fight ever, makes sense though, cheers mate.

[Guest bigmatt]

Ricky Hatton on Gennady Golovkin: "Golovkin? Jesus Christ, an animal. You know what I mean? Imagine finding him in bed with your missus, you'd tuck him in, wouldn't you?"

 

 

(16:14)

 

[King 277]

There is talk of him dropping down a weight to fight Manny or Money

[DC 536]

First official UFC pic of CM Punk (thanks to Nimf for forwarding it on).

 

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x165/dravencage/10997121_10155345218735704_720588703_n.jpg

[DC 536]

Rousey's next opponent is going to be Bethe Correia; the Horsewomen Slayer.

 

The fight is on August 1st and will be in Rio.

[Evil Gringo 279]

Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler are a bit pap though, I don't see anything from Correia that should prevent Rousey from beating her.

 

The only slight issue might be her fighting outside the US and needing to spend the last week pre-fight in Brazil but Ronda has competed in the Olympics and Judo tournaments abroad so I don't see that being the biggest issue in the world.

[The Fury 65]

That press conference with mcgregor and aldo was awesome.

 

Did anyone see the highlights of it and how one mma fan said to conor about the delusional fans then one fan shouted 'if one goes to war we all go to war' :lol

 

This fight will be awesome.

[Chris2K 176]

A court has granted Bellator's request for an injunction to stop Quinton Jackson fighting at UFC 186 so his fight with Fabio Maldonado is off and his UFC contract may be completely invalid if this goes further.

 

The show itself is looking horrendous, headlined by Demetrious Johnson (bad start) against Kyoji Horiguchi (yikes) the only real major name on the show is Michael Bisping who is fighting CB Dolloway.

[Guest bigmatt]

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Carl Froch's first choice for his next and possibly final opponent in Las Vegas on PPV, got stopped by Andrzej Fonfara on Saturday night. He knocked him down in the ninth and Chavez couldn't start the tenth. A big blow for Froch. I wonder what he will do?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7zuGdT-rJQ

[Guest Eddie]

I know this is pretty late but that Ricky Hatton interview really made me chuckle.

[Guest John Hancock]

The Nevada Athletic Commission has introduced a new set of punishments for failed drugs tests in MMA and they are haaaaaaarsh.

 

- Any fight where one fighter fails a post-fight drugs test is ruled as a win for the clean fighter, no matter what the result of the fight was. No more "no contests".

- Failing a steroids test is more harshly punished than failing a recreational drugs test. The new first-offence punishment for a steroid test failure is two years and half your purse.

- The punishment increases with each offence, both in terms of the length of the suspicion, and the size of the fine.

- Four failures for sedatives or weight-cutting drugs, or three failures for steroids or drugs is a lifetime ban.

- If you try to avoid giving a sample, it's a four year ban. Do it twice, it's a lifetime ban.

 

Some of these things are going to change as they're amended and stuff, but the word is that, if anything, they'll be amended to get harsher, not softer.

 

I think we're about to see a big drop off in guys over 35 in the UFC in the next few months.

[Guest bigmatt]

Good grief.

[Evil Gringo 279]

I agree that we will probably see a drop off in the older guys on the roster, no more little shortcuts and slaps on the wrists.

 

Will the measures be retro-active as well? So for instance, Nate Diaz's previous and numerous failed tests being added to any new ones should he fight again?

[Guest John Hancock]

I don't believe they're retroactive, no. Not 100%, but that's the impression I got.

[DC 536]

I wouldn't think they'd be allowed to apply them retroactively, especially for offences that have already had a more lenient punishment.

[Guest The Beltster]

The new first-offence punishment for a steroid test failure is two years and half your purse.

Its actually 3 years for the 1st offence and up to 75% of your purse. Here are the full details according to MMAFighting.com

Tier 1: Sedatives, Muscle relaxants, Sleep aids, Anxiolytics, Opiates, Cannabis

• 1st offense: 18-month suspension, fine of 30-40% of fighter's purse
  
• 2nd offense: 24-month suspension, fine of 40-50% of fighter's purse
  
• 3rd offense: 36-month suspension, fine of 60-75% of fighter's purse
  
• 4th offense: Lifetime suspension, fine of 100% of fighter's purse
  

Tier 2: Diuretics being used to cut weight

• 1st offense: 24-month suspension, fine of 30-40% of fighter's purse
  
• 2nd offense: 36-month suspension, fine of 40-60% of fighter's purse
  
• 3rd offense: Lifetime suspension, fine of 100% of fighter's purse
  

Tier 3: Stimulants (Amphetamines, Cocaine, Etc.)

• 1st offense: 24-month suspension, fine of 35-45% of fighter's purse
  
• 2nd offense: 36-month suspension, fine of 50-60% of fighter's purse
  
• 3rd offense: Lifetime suspension, fine of 100% of fighter's purse
  

Tier 4: Anabolic steroids (includes Testosterone, HGH)

• 1st offense: 36-month suspension, fine of 50-75% of fighter's purse
  
• 2nd offense: 48-month suspension, fine of 75-100% of fighter's purse
  
• 3rd offense: Lifetime suspension, fine of 100% of fighter's purse
  

Tier 5: Avoiding testing/detection/urine sample not of human origin or not of tested athletes, Adulterants, Drugs (including diuretics) used as masking agents

• 1st offense: 48-month suspension, fine of 75% of fighter's purse
  
• 2nd offense: Lifetime suspension, fine of 100% of fighter's purse