**Official UFC thread**

[varys]

I am laughing inside,” the Russian told MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani. “You broke window? Why? Come inside. If you real gangster why don’t you come inside? This is big history gangster place. Brooklyn. You want to talk to me? Send me location. I am going to come. No problem.”

[Crowe Diddly]

The biggest winner in all of this is Brock Lesnar. By all accounts, he's signing back up with the UFC this week, might well face the Stipe-DC winner IN HIS FIRST FIGHT BACK (things can obv change), and he's in perhaps the strongest negotiating position of his life, a life filled with strong negotiating positions. He's gonna break the fuckin bank.

[peter mcneil]

Ray Borg was diagnosed with corneal abrasions. Way, WAY more serious than the cuts Chiesa had.

Curious what you mean by 'get some money from Conor'? I'm also curious how this forces Conor to fight? I think just the opposite, Conor knew he will fight Khabib down the road and staged this craziness himself to start to build up that ppv. He brought his own cameramen to this stunt, he knew what he was doing. This sets the table perfectly for the largest selling MMA PPV and Conor gets paid a portion from every PPV buy.

Conor didn't bring his cameramen, they were already there for the media shit, they were the ones who let him in. His cameramen literally brought him to the thing.

Also, lot of people talking about how conor got right on a plane and came over as soon as he found out about the Artem-khabib thing, I think that's 100% horse shit. He was always coming to this event IMO, both to steal the spotlight and to support Artem, like he pretty much always does.

That's pretty sad for Borg, hope he's ok. Khabib had claimed Conor has his own cameramen there, weren't the MacLife guys the people who let that gang in? I didn't mean the MacLife guys were flown over by McGregor, but he obviously worked out the plan with them and made sure they were down there filming after letting him down there with the busses. There's tons of great HD footage on the ground and of course the UFC is already promoting it.

Brock is a big winner but an even bigger winner will be either Stipe or DC. Sounds like Brock gets a title shot vs the winner of that fight. DC called it 'green panty night', massive payday to fight Brock. I also think Brock is one of the easier HW fights for either guy.

[peter mcneil]

Anyone gonna throw a bet at Iaquinta? He's likely to get mauled but I really think he has a punchers chance. His right hand is so fucking accurate and has a ton of power behind it. Might be a fun bet to take a shot at.

[Crowe Diddly]

Khabib had claimed Conor has his own cameramen there, weren't the MacLife guys the people who let that gang in? There's tons of great HD footage on the ground and of course the UFC is already promoting it.

One more time:

Conor didn't bring his cameramen, they were already there for the media shit, they were the ones who let him in.

[peter mcneil]

One more time:

Conor didn't bring his cameramen, they were already there for the media shit, they were the ones who let him in.

Right, I agree. Conor hatched a plan with them, made sure they were there filming the incident to hype the next ppv. Shit went too far but I believe this does nothing but make Conor a pile of money and set the table for a record breaking ppv buy rate. Dana stated that credentialed media isn't allowed down near the fighters on the busses, just the embedded crew.

[Crowe Diddly]

Anyone gonna throw a bet at Iaquinta? He's likely to get mauled but I really think he has a punchers chance. His right hand is so fucking accurate and has a ton of power behind it. Might be a fun bet to take a shot at.

At more than +500 almost everywhere, hells yeah.

[peter mcneil]

Anyone gonna throw a bet at Iaquinta? He's likely to get mauled but I really think he has a punchers chance. His right hand is so fucking accurate and has a ton of power behind it. Might be a fun bet to take a shot at.

At more than +500 almost everywhere, hells yeah.

Nice, I think I'll throw $100 at it. Iaquinta is also difficult to take down. I think Khabib gets him in the fourth or fifth, Iaquinta has only prepped for a 3 round fight. I actually think Iaquinta is more dangerous at 155 than Holloway.

[lol wow]

somehow with half the card cancelled sonatine will still make 9 horrible bets

[GambleBotsSatire]

Kebab is not a big draw, no casual fans know who he is because he has spent most of his UFC career injured, missing weight or being muslim
The ones that do know him think he is a boring ass grappler

[peter mcneil]

Kebab is not a big draw, no casual fans know who he is because he has spent most of his UFC career injured, missing weight or being muslim
The ones that do know him think he is a boring ass grappler

Apparently he's huge in Russia. I disagree about loyal fans finding him boring. I find his fights violent and awesome, most brutal GnP in UFC history. I've got a good contingent of friends who are UFC fans and train at an MMA gym regularly, everyone seems to love him and his fights in my experience.

[DJ_Chaps]

I like Aubin-Mercier and Clark in the close early fights.

[DJ_Chaps]

Dk lineup

[simpdog]

Main event does not go the distance -360

Infinity $$

[OSA]

Just met Dan Miragliotta. Cool guy.

[DJ_Chaps]

I like Aubin-Mercier and Clark in the close early fights.

where is Lloyd?

[Crowe Diddly]

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[simpdog]

I like Aubin-Mercier and Clark in the close early fights.

where is Lloyd?

well done chaps

[peter mcneil]

Man, time for Lauzon to call it a day. He's looked awful his last 3 fights. Hell of a career but his cardio has been shot.

[BeerAndPoker]

Time for Joe Lauzon to hang it up. He don't have it anymore and has hung around this sport way too long.