Do you think the UFC reached out to all of the SWs that don't have a fight lined up (or recently fought) and were unable to find someone willing to face Moroz? Perhaps no one would've been able to make weight in time. I'm still surprised that Taylor was signed on to fight. She's actually considered going down to 105. Part of me wonders if she will end up like Ham (a smaller fighter that ends up facing much larger opponents.) Guess we'll find out soon enough if she's up for the task.
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Do you think the UFC reached out to all of the SWs that don't have a fight lined up (or recently fought) and were unable to find someone willing to face Moroz? Perhaps no one would've been able to make weight in time. I'm still surprised that Taylor was signed on to fight. She's actually considered going down to 105. Part of me wonders if she will end up like Ham (a smaller fighter that ends up facing much larger opponents.) Guess we'll find out soon enough if she's up for the task.
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would've been a far tougher decisions if Rose hadn't derailed the hype train,but its not even a close for me now.
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*avoids making a comment about getting "all access" to Grasso and Mizuki*
And some news from the land of waist deep snow - Minna Grusander (1-0) booked against Elke Beinwachs (0-1) for october's Young Blood Night 8 in Germany. Original gibberish newsbit: http://www.fightsport.fi/uutiset/minna-grusander-palaa-kehiin-saksassa
And some news from the land of waist deep snow - Minna Grusander (1-0) booked against Elke Beinwachs (0-1) for october's Young Blood Night 8 in Germany. Original gibberish newsbit: http://www.fightsport.fi/uutiset/minna-grusander-palaa-kehiin-saksassa
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I find this to be an easy call. Sure, the PVZ hype is annoying as hell, but Bec seriously gets on my nerves. Tried to read her "writing" during the TUF season, and, well, I made three tries.
Never again.
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Kelly Faszholz vs newcomer Ketlen Vieira at UFC Portland.
http://www.ufc.com/news/Six-Bouts-Added-to-Portland-Card
http://www.ufc.com/news/Six-Bouts-Added-to-Portland-Card
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Wow, I think that's the 4th new bantamweight signing in the past calendar year. I'm surprised.
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I'd rather see JJ and KK fight in Poland, would be huge.
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I had a mini rant over in the Joanna thread, but there is only one sensible place to hold that fight: the Steel City, City of Champions, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Polish fighters
Polish Hill neighborhood
Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Pirates
PNC Park
Primanti Bros. sandwiches
Heinz Ketchup? Red with white label. Polish Flag? Red and white.
Too much significance there to be a coincidence.
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Could have made a good argument for Chicago. Been quite a while since I have been to a fight. Assuming it is somewhere that I like, I will probably show up for it.
Now that I type this out, I realize I have not taken a vacation in five years, so a few days will do me some good.
Now that I type this out, I realize I have not taken a vacation in five years, so a few days will do me some good.
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Chicago would work, as well. I remember when Grabowski fought in Bellator, he fought in Chicago and there were Polish flags everywhere that night.
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Yeah, I was stationed there (OK, Great Lakes NTC about an hour North) in the 80's. Polish food everywhere. I ate pretty good the few months I was there.
The city itself is very easy to navigate if you do not have a car, which is always a plus when you are from out of town. I would much rather try to get around Chicago than I would NY or LA.
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I like the idea of it at the MSG card just because it's such an important event that it will up the magnitude of the fight, plus the polish population there, plus It's KK's dream to fight there, plus Joanna wants to fight there. It just seems like everything makes sense to do it there.
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Kyra Batara (5-3) takes on Lisa Ellis (15-10) next week at Combate Americas: Combate Ocho. Available on Fight Pass, and some Spanish language network on the U.S. West coast.
This fight should truly show if Ellis still has it r not. Batara is coming off a win against a girl that definitely had dwarfish features. Had her in twister position, couldn't submit her, so punched her until the ref stopped it.
This fight should truly show if Ellis still has it r not. Batara is coming off a win against a girl that definitely had dwarfish features. Had her in twister position, couldn't submit her, so punched her until the ref stopped it.
Or is simply a bored housewife. I don't know enough about Ellis to say what her "it" is/was, but is it safe to say that she is from the old school? I may be going out on a limb here, but it seems that success in modern WMMA requires one to possess at least a LITTLE bit of killer instinct. Ellis has never given me the impression that she has such. Am I way off in expecting Batara to take this one?
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