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And he still wont be defending his belt. I guess they figure if he never defends it they can just keep selling all his fights as "featherweight champion." He is the definition of a paper champion at this point. I've never seen a fighter win a belt and not defend it with their very next fight. Now Connor is going to fight twice without defending. There are three legit title contenders log jammed waiting for the champ to actually defend his title.

http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/ian-mcshane-doesnt-care-about-spoiling-got.html Ian McShane gives some minor spoilers for the upcoming season and when some fans complain he says, get a life it's only "breasts and dragons."

It didn't happen a couple of times in just one season. It's been a consistent problem for the past few years. Hogan is a guy the Bills can easily replace, this wouldn't even be a concern if it wasn't for the Pats being the team that signed him. Had it been anybody else people would have said, "ehh, let them have him."

I wouldn't purchase one until I at least tried it first. I have a friend who used one at a work function 6 months ago (with a roller coaster demo) and got nauseous (and no, he doesn't get sick on real roller coasters.) He said lots of people at the function did. It's one of the issues that has delayed the tech from coming to market. The eye and the body can't gibe that they're seeing/feeling different things and it makes people ill. I wouldn't sink $800 into it unless I knew it didn't make me sick first.

If some is "a good football guy" you assume they agree with your perspective? Fitz is, sadly, better than anybody available. Id take him, this season, over oswellier in a heartbeat. What his agent is pricing his services at is the issue.

Thats what happens when you hire a coach who runs a two gap scheme when your forte is your DL who dominate in a one gap scheme. As much as I love Kyle and as dominant as he is crashing through a gap and disrupting the play, hes not a two gap player. You think this is frusterating? Wait until we jettison all these guys, finally have the players to run this scheme but fire Rex and hire a guy who runs a 4-3 two gap scheme and have to do it all over again. This treadmill is what has kept us in playoff purgatory for 16 year.

If I was Denver Id seriosuly consider Fitz. Hes an average QB but with that D and considering who else is out there, hes good enough to make another run at the title.

Orton sat on the sideline for 4 weeks before he got the nod. You're confusing his total games started with how many weeks Orton was on the roster with him. We also have no clue what Marrone was screaming about, so that's not an accurate statement either.

Odds are that scene is better than anything in the actual movie.

So how can you claim that Conor would wipe the floor with everybody at 145 and 155 when you don't even know who the other fighters in those divisions are? The fact that you didn't know what weight class Nate fights in tells me a lot about how closely you follow the sport.

It's just as hard? No, it's not. It's not ideal to switch opponents, but Connor had a full training camp which easily gave him the upper hand in preparation.

ate doesn't have one punch power. He beats guys with punches in bunches. That Conor was rocked by a single punch raises some questions. I almost think he didn't want to be knocked out so he just gave himself up to the ground game of Diaz. Pretty funny how quickly he tapped too. You see Holly Holm fight for dear life to get out, which Connor taps so quickly it's like it's a training session. I knew Nate was going to dive for a leg. Give that round 20 seconds longer and I wouldn't be surprised if Conor taps to a kneebar.

Nobody cut weight for this fight, why do you persist with this line? They came in at their walk around weight, Nate is not "much bigger" than Connor.

Nate isn't a 170 fighter, he's 155. This was a 155 fight without a weight cut, don't fool yourself into thinking it was a legit 170.

Guess moving up to 155 is out the window now. This was a 155 fight without the weight cut. He's going to be forced to defend 145 at UFC 200 now. I hope the UFC gives the fight to Edgar and not Aldo.

The funny part is he was getting lit up on his feet, panicked and took the fight to the one place he didn't want it to be.

Not...Good...On...The...Ground

That's an outlier. In the history of the league there have been a handful of guys who have run upright and had any kind longevity in their careers. Eddie George is another example, but those guys aren't the norm.

It's a complicated D that takes time to learn. Another year in the system will definitely pay dividends. They - hopefully - own't be so confused pre-snap and will be able to play faster without having to think so much. Granted, I don't know how much they'll improve, but I think they'll definitely improve unless injuries ravage them.

Perhaps you just aren't looking hard enough. There are plenty of good rock/metal bands out there. Turn off the radio and do some searching yourself.

Hey now! That's not fair to Machida at all! That guy is a solid, all around fighter who has tapered off a bit as he's gotten older. Imo he easily beat both Rampage and Phil Davis but those decisions went the other way in some bizzaro way. Other than those loses he lost to Jones, Weidman, Rockhold and Romero - the top pvp fighter in the world and the top 3 guys in his own division. There's no shame in that, particularly at age 37. He's not the cream of the crop anymore but he can still likely beat anybody who isn't.

Personally I don't have an issue with bands moving out of their comfort zone to try some new things. Not really a fan of that version of Sound of Silence but Disturbed isn't a bad band overall.

The top 3 guys at 145 (other than McG) are Aldo, Mendes and Edgar. It's interesting that Conor didn't have to fight either Edgar or Mendes on his way to his first scheduled title matchup with Aldo. He got to skip right to the front of the line after beating the likes of Poirier and Siver. You know, guys who are nowhere to be seen in the top 15 of the division. Of course, Aldo got injured and in steps a replacement in Mendes who had one week of training camp and was off on a fishing vacation when he got the call. They chose Mendes for the interim title fight despite the fact that Edgar was training daily at the time and agreed to take the fight. Despite this Mendes dominated Conor in the 1st round via his ground game before he was completely gassed in the 2nd and couldn't even lift his hands to defend himself. Imagine that, a guy was completely gassed in a title fight when the week before he was trolling for large mouth bass. Of course, according to those who think Conor can do no wrong, this had no effect on the outcome. Aldo was always a better stylistic matchup for McGregor because he is primarily a standup fighter and wasn't going to threaten the takedown. That's not the say Aldo is an easy fight (he's obviously not), it's just one that McGregor was better suited to win than vs. Edgar or Mendes. It's also interesting - at least to me - that they make Edgar jump through hoops to get a title fight. The guy beat Swanson, Olivera and Faber yet they still match him up with Mendes for an "elimination" bout. He has to do this while McG gets to fight guys who aren't even in the top 15 en route to his title fight. It's almost like the UFC was hoping Edgar would lose as to avoid that matchup. Yet Edgar perseveres and Conor is the new champ. Finally, we'd get to see if Conor could withstand the pressure of a wrestler for 5 rounds. But wait, despite the fact that Conor has never even defended his title the UFC allows him to move up and challenge for another belt? Wait, what? Those types of match-ups have only happened in the past when a guy has cleaned out his division. But not this time. If you don't think Conor has been protected from on up high I don't know what to tell you. He is the UFC's golden child and they aren't going to risk losing that by giving him unfavorable match-ups. I have no doubt that if he fights again at 145 (which I'm not sure he will) they'll give him Aldo again. I'll tell you this, if McGregor somehow beats Dos Anjos (if they actually fight) and claims the belt they will never, ever, EVER match him up with the guy who would be champion right now if not for multiple injuries: Khabib Nurmagomedov. The hoops the UFC will make Nurmagomedov jump through for a title shot will make the ones they made Frankie jump through look easy by comparison.

Ive followed this sport since its early Pride days. The one constant through the ever changing environment is that matchups are king. Rarely has there been a guy who can take on all comers. The guys who were able to do that had very solid all around games but more important than that they were/are able to dictate where the fight takes place. That means they used wrestling in reverse to keep it standing or their takedowns and ground game to keep it on the floor. Conor has not shown he can do that yet. Until he does hes going to be a victim of matchups, much like Anthony Petis was. Granted, the UFC has given him years to work on his wrestling by avoiding those matchups so maybe he will be ready be the time hes truely tested, but until I see it I believe he'll be taken down and ground to a nub by the first top flight wrestler he faces who actually has the cardio to keep his hands up more than 1 round. Im not a "hater" by any means, the guy is obviously very talented, but I see holes in his game that can easily be taken advantage of by certain opponents.

You also get guys who are generally soft players who arent comfortable in the box. Ill take a truely versitile safety anyday.