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@TampaRyley That's a year old and not related to the type of crime Palacio mentioned.

Dee Lockett is on deck on Mat B, followed by Jax and Zahid

Unless I'm missing one, the loss was outside the past 12 months (April '24 at the U20 US Open). Within the last 12 months Jax beat Mendoza at Fargo in July, at Who's Number One in September, and at Super 32 in October.

I think he has two years of eligibility left

Dake registered today at 86kg. Cardenas registered at 92kg.

Zare vs Masoumi full match

What year did Jax beat Blaze?

That's a bummer and quite a surprise. He seems to be close with Dee

The guys fighting for belts in Bellator, ONE, etc. are a lot better than the guys at the bottom of the UFC. By the way... Bo started in iKON...

3 years into his MMA career, Chandler won a belt. 3 years into his MMA career, Gaethje won a belt and successfully defended it. 3 years into his MMA career, Nickal lost to the only ranked fighter he's faced.

I hate the matches where one guy gets 12 seconds and the other guy gets 15 seconds. I would change the rideout OT so that you can only win if you get the full 30 second rideout and your opponent does not. If neither does (and no other points are scored), continue to the next SV.

I don't understand the rationale for hitting a guy for stalling on top. It is incongruous with the riding time point incentive. We already make it harder to ride with things like the locked hands rule. If you think it's still too easy, ban certain positions. Riding is controlling and isn't that what folkstyle is about?

Your crap opinions have already been shown to be just that throughout this thread. If you want to keep ramming your thick skull into a wall to get your emotions out or to get attention or whatever your motivation is, go for it. Hope it's scratching that itch for you

Bo has only fought at the highest level? That's the worst take I've seen in a while

Ben left ONE as an undefeated, reigning multi-time champ. RDR left ONE after getting knocked out twice in a row ... and then he went and demolished Bo. It's ridiculous to compare Bo's MMA career to Ben's at this point

Correct. RDR actually got finished twice in a row before leaving ONE.

We've seen imperfect holds take people out and perfect holds not. You have to look at the reaction of the guy defending. Lawler's arm went limp. But like I said, that's not the point. The point is how you handle adversity. Askren battled back and got the dominant position. Bo folded mentally well before he folded physically.

As for the bad stoppage, that was on Lawler for letting his arm go limp while getting choked. You see guys all the time actively letting the ref know they're okay to continue. Everyone in that arena thought Lawler was out. And yes, Askren got caught and KO'd. Anyone can get caught. But that's not the point. The point is Bo quit when he faced relatively mild adversity, while Askren battled back after getting it handed to him. Bo is more naturally gifted than Ben, but Ben was a legitimate fighter who didn't look for a way out.

Askren was 19-2 in his MMA career. He was away from the game for a year and a half before his first UFC fight, where he beat a former champ then #6 ranked Robbie Lawler who was brutal. Askren got destroyed to start out that fight and he came back and won. Bo took a modest amount of damage by MMA standards and wilted. Askren was a champ like a dozen times over in Bellator and ONE. The guys he was beating for those belts were better than anyone Bo has beaten.

Iowa is obviously a big lean, but I do think Melvin will give real consideration to other schools

Hayden Schwab to N. Iowa

If it were two Americans fighting, I suppose I would have to abstain from spectating, unless my state joins one of the warring factions and drafts me into service.

Oh nationality doesn't count in exhibitions lmao. What a doofus. The Olympics is a contest among nations. The UFC, and virtually every other professional league, is not. It's common for people to have their favorite fighter be from a different nation. There will be a lot of Americans cheering for Tom Aspinall against Jon Jones if that fight ever happens.

Can someone who follows Mineo tell me if he criticized Bo for cornering a Japanese guy and celebrating when the Japanese guy beat American wrestler Spencer Lee?

If we can, I'd prefer the guy who earns more points to win