It wasn't a total loss for Chael P. Sonnen. He did get a chocolate cake.


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LOL Conor....

Scott Hanson has no chill whatsoever 💀 pic.twitter.com/yC8w91Owvd

— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) October 14, 2018

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We only have the PFL this week for decent MMA on TV.

Saturday

noon - (Fightpass) - Glory 60

Kickboxing

3pm - (Fightpass) - Cage Warriors 98

Top MMA B-League in Europe, this card is about average for them

6pm - (NBCSN) - PFL 2018 #10

Middleweight and Welterweight playoffs.

2:15am Sunday - (Fightpass) - Pancrase 300

Really, really bad MMA in the middle of the night
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Luke Rockhold is out of UFC 230. Rumor is they might pull Jacare from his current fight and run Weidman vs Jacare.
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Weidman vs. Jacare is done, per Dana White. UFC trying to keep David Branch, who was scheduled to fight Jacare, on the card. Jared Cannonier is a possibility, but not done.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) October 20, 2018

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There's nothing on fightpass, but the UFC returns this week from Canada. There is literally no other MMA other than foreign PPV's at odd times and streams of very small shows.

Friday

nothing

Saturday

7pm TV - (5:30pm Fightpass/7pm FS1) - UFC Fight Night, Volkan vs. Smith

The prelims are not very good at all, so you may want to watch college football and wait until 9pm for the main card, which is pretty decent, at least about average. Its not that the main event is compelling (its not), but all 6 fights on the card fall into "huh, I've heard of that guy" or "oh, not bad". So we've got 6's and 7's for the whole thing instead of a bunch of crap followed by a great main event. Also, Conor's buddy (who would have been cut a LONG time ago if he was just some random russian) is in the co-main if you care.
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UFC and ONE FC are close to completing the first "trade" in MMA history.

Cejudo also wants to move up to 135, so it looks like the UFC is going to shut down the flyweight division.

Breaking: UFC, ONE Championship close to trade involving Demetrious Johnson and Ben Askren. Potential history in the making for MMA -- https://t.co/HllP7dY0of

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 24, 2018

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What the fuck....


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At least the Ben Askren fans can stop whining now about how he's really the best welterweight in the world. We'll find out.
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ONE FC has also signed Eddie Alvarez. So, maybe they are trying to break into the US market? That will be hard because the time zone difference is rough.
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It's too bad that match with Johnny Hendricks can't happen. I guess they can re-sign him but I doubt that happens.
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This looks like a win-win-win-win for all 4 sides.

Askren had retired and flat-out said he wouldn't fight again unless he was in the UFC.

DJ is gonna get PAID if he wins the ONE title, they like smaller fighters in Asia and ONE will promote him.

The UFC wanted to close the Flyweight division for a while, and they now have a new highly-anticipated WW contender.

ONE gets rid of the malcontent who didn't want to fight for them anymore and gets a new star they can build around.

edit: DJ's coach is apparently a VP at ONE FC.
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Can I Askren drop to 155?

I would pay ANYTHING to see him vs Khabib.
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Khabib could fight him at 170...he'd have no problem making weight there.
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Let's gooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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