MMA Thread/Betting

[Marky147]

Who is the fella in the studio here?

[AdamM]

David Tennant

[AdamM]

Marc Goddard is one of my favourite refs
A lot if refs might have gone rather than NC

[AdamM]

Nice.
Machida could light up 185

[Marky147]

Shame about that, but he had been opened up like a tin can!

LOL @ David Tennant...

[Marky147]

Nice.
Machida could light up 185

Yeah, Bisping probably going home in a much worse mood than he arrived at the stadium in.

[Marky147]

Marc Goddard is one of my favourite refs
A lot if refs might have gone rather than NC

They had a little segment with him after the show finished

[AdamM]

Thanks for posting, had switched if talking to the lads.
Good ref. runs a lot if seminars for upcoming refs doesn't he?

Goddard, Yamasaki, Dean, McCarthy are all solid refs.
Lavigne, Roberts usually soundwuth occasional wobbles.

Obviously Mazagatti and the woman are shocking.
Worse than even all the regional refs you get on the overseas shows.

[AdamM]

I think Bisping would rather fight Machida than Munoz, although I worry that he'll end up on the end of another face pulling photoshop-tastic KO

[s4ooter]

He is more likely to get Munoz than Machida atm due to the layout.

Division just got a whole lot sicker with Machida moving down, and it wouldnt suprise me to see lots of 205rs making the cut now.  Think a lot of the smaller HW will cut to 205 now also.....

Gonna be interesting in the next 12 months in MW.

[scotty2hatty]

Machida is fighting Mousasi on Feb 8th in Brazil.

[Marky147]

Thanks for posting, had switched if talking to the lads.
Good ref. runs a lot if seminars for upcoming refs doesn't he?

Goddard, Yamasaki, Dean, McCarthy are all solid refs.
Lavigne, Roberts usually soundwuth occasional wobbles.

Obviously Mazagatti and the woman are shocking.
Worse than even all the regional refs you get on the overseas shows.

Sorry, missed this when you posted initially, and agree on the guys you rate the best. Mazagatti loves the game though, 'Bring it on, come on'

You don't see those guys very much in the fights, which is essentially what you want, but you do get some muppets in there too on occasion.

Quite an interesting guy, and it does seem like he does a lot behind the scenes too which is nice, and rightfully recognised by Dana no doubt.

I think Bisping would rather fight Machida than Munoz, although I worry that he'll end up on the end of another face pulling photoshop-tastic KO

Think he would probably rather fight Munoz, but unfortunately he'll never be more than the doorman of the division, that indicates who the boys worthy of their shot are. Shame really, because I love Bisping and it's great that he has done so well out of the UFC. Especially given the fact that he isn't ever likely to be champion, and isn't likely to improve much more now.

[scotty2hatty]

Agree about Bisping's skillset not improving but I'm of the opinion that fighters can always improve by becoming more intelligent and by that I mean producing the best game plans. Find a way to win innit. Bisping seems to fall into the category of more intelligent fighters.

[AdamM]

I think Bisping is good enough to beat any of the top 10, except Anderson, and as Weidman's shown, you don't actually have to be good enough to beat him to actually beat him (if you know what I mean)

He's fallen at the last hurdle a few times, but I think on another day, he could have beaten Wanderlai, Sonnen, Vitor and Henderson, and a win over any of those at the time would have potentially given him his shot. He needs to get well and keep working with that psychologist. Doubt he'll ever hold the belt, but good enough to compete for it IMO

[Marky147]

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a very good and intelligent fighter, however, it's all coulda, shoulda, woulda, when you're say on another day.

The Weidman result was just a freak one, and they do happen, but I think all the guys you mention (bar Wanderlei) are just better fighters.

Didn't know he had a psychologist on the firm, surely not for confidence issues, as he is definitely not short of that!