Anthony Cassar MMA Debut

[nhs67]

It looks like Antman is making his MMA debut tonight at Ikon 6:

 

The fight is at 265lbs.  He is facing a guy who last weighed in at 214.5lbs, but has fought at 205 as recently ad May and holds a record of 3W-19L.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/95595-ikon-fc-6

[Ban Basketball]

12 hours ago, nhs67 said:

holds a record of 3W-19L.

 

Still using bums in the fight bidness,  I see.

I'd hoped that had died since my boxing days.

[nhs67]

26 minutes ago, Ban Basketball said:

Still using bums in the fight bidness,  I see.

I'd hoped that had died since my boxing days.

Nah, the only thing now is that everything is traceable.  Back in the day they could claim they were 25-1 and there weren't many ways to disprove it.  Now it is all digital.

[Ban Basketball]

3 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Nah, the only thing now is that everything is traceable.  Back in the day they could claim they were 25-1 and there weren't many ways to disprove it.  Now it is all digital.

Yeah, but they still use bums to build what people think are up and coming careers.

This has bum written all over it.

[headshuck]

Who’s the bum?

[nhs67]

13 hours ago, headshuck said:

Who’s the bum?

This guy...

[mspart]

Even bums need to make money.  

The question is why is there a guy that has a record of 3-21 still in the game? 

mspart

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Agree with @mspart, there are always going to be guys with losing records who aren't great but can make money helping bring along a green fighter. Nothing wrong with that. Everybody can't have a winning record.

But 3-21? That guy needs a career change, pronto.

[Ban Basketball]

You guys may be missing the pernt, in that, and only going by my days involved with boxing, a bum has/had one sole purpose:  be a fall guy for what many believe to be a big and up and coming fighter.

Dignifying it as anything more than that is missing the pernt, unless, of course, that has changed.

[mspart]

Tough way to make a living that's for sure.

mspart

[GreatWhiteNorth]

On 12/5/2022 at 7:14 PM, Ban Basketball said:

You guys may be missing the pernt, in that, and only going by my days involved with boxing, a bum has/had one sole purpose:  be a fall guy for what many believe to be a big and up and coming fighter.

Dignifying it as anything more than that is missing the pernt, unless, of course, that has changed.

Very little about fighting has much to do with dignity. As my dad always said - fighting is for cats, dogs, and a**holes. He was right, but I tried it anyway.

You're talking about a gray area... guys who are aren't good vs guys who are less good. That's hardly worth trying to sort out. 

At the end of the day, same thing for all of them. They help better guys move forward as they get beat. Sometimes strategically, sometimes for stats.

We mostly like winners. Nobody cares much about the losers. Zero glory there. But there are a lot more of the latter than the former.

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

2 minutes ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

Could probably consider a lot of them 'bums', but I wouldn't.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by GreatWhiteNorth

[mspart]

You know you could be right eh.  Only a hoser like you would say something like that eh. 

mspart

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Well you no hockey always a coupla guys who fight reel hard but dont score sum guys work hard always tryin a score but these guys and I meen these guys they can deke an  fight reel hard they get at er not like some slack score queens who get the dainties

[mspart]

Gotta say I loved watching that show.   The full movie was way too much.   But the show was pretty good, Great White North!!

mspart

[Plasmodium]

On 12/5/2022 at 11:24 AM, mspart said:

Even bums need to make money.  

The question is why is there a guy that has a record of 3-21 still in the game? 

mspart

That is an amateur.  This guy is a pro

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/2442-kenneth-allen

Edited December 15, 2022 by Plasmodium

[BAC]

23 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

That is an amateur.  This guy is a pro

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/2442-kenneth-allen

Here's what kills me about that.  If you scroll down, you get:

Kenneth Allen is the 282nd ranked of 291 

Who are the 9 guys ranked LOWER than this guy?

[Cherkov]

On 12/5/2022 at 12:24 PM, mspart said:

Even bums need to make money.  

The question is why is there a guy that has a record of 3-21 still in the game? 

mspart

Most of them have normal jobs and box or do mma on the side.  

[Cherkov]

On 12/2/2022 at 6:18 PM, nhs67 said:

Nah, the only thing now is that everything is traceable.  Back in the day they could claim they were 25-1 and there weren't many ways to disprove it.  Now it is all digital.

They still exist and no one has a clue about them. You can find plenty of 15-0 terrible boxers that no one has ever heard of on boxrec. That's not their fault though, it's just the screwed up structure of pro boxing. 

[RYou]

On 12/5/2022 at 8:14 PM, Ban Basketball said:

You guys may be missing the pernt, in that, and only going by my days involved with boxing, a bum has/had one sole purpose:  be a fall guy for what many believe to be a big and up and coming fighter.

Dignifying it as anything more than that is missing the pernt, unless, of course, that has changed.

.....and the 3 guys he beat ?

[GaveModeva]

Wow, it's exciting to hear that Ant man is making his MMA debut at Ikon 6! It'll be interesting to see how he performs in the heavyweight division against someone who has fought in lighter-weight classes before.

[GaveModeva]

5 hours ago, GaveModeva said:

Wow, it's exciting to hear that Ant man is making his MMA debut at Ikon 6! It'll be interesting to see how he performs in the heavyweight division against someone who has fought in lighter-weight classes before.

I hope he's been training hard and is fully prepared for the fight.
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