#clickbaitOriginally Posted by Nash Diesel
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I mean I'm no guru on how to acquire muscle and look shredded but I just have to think if you're only job is to look awesome and fight.....I mean that's all you are doing, 24/7, working out. You better see some results. Look at Derrick Lewis, dude said he was in the gym maybe 30 minutes a session, not even daily, and look at him. He tried to do more cardio and it backfired lol. Stick to donuts and ribs DL.
You see a guy like Yoel Romero, never failed a single test other than one that was overturned due to a tainted supplement. I get what GSP and others say, you'll find a way and maybe it's just that you haven't been caught but I don't know man, I like to give ninjas the benefit of the doubt unless they're Overeem who seemed to go from 205 to 290 in the span of 2 minutes.
I've been lifting weights (clean) since 1989 so I have a fair amount of knowledge of what is attainable naturally. I've also trained with two different peeps who were on the roids at the time so I know what massive difference it does. Doesn't mean I know everything or is always correct though, but just saying.
On here I look to you for these answers because I know you're pretty well versed.
So what's next for Lewis, Ngannou, and Stipe?
I mean, I'm not negative toward seeing any of those 3 against Volkov. Stipe v. Blaydes or Lewis would be solid. I mean they could even run it back with Blaydes v. Ngannou as I believe that was a doctor stoppage right?
Daniel Cormier says light heavyweight fight with ‘Shogun’ could precede Lesnar fight
Not that I'm holding my breath that Shogun beats Smith.
I know he said that he only has interest in "big" fights and looking at 205, I don't see anyone with a bigger name than Shogun.
Francis Ngannou apologizes for his poor outing vs Derrick Lewis
Cheers for the brutal honesty, but I'm certainly surprised at the choice of words there, 'fear' in particular.I am not proud of my last performance. I have carried my fear from the last fight to this one. I completely understand the frustration & anger that it has caused to my fans, coaches, teammates, family and friends and I am truly sorry for that. I won't let everyone down again. All I can do now is prove myself and make you proud again.
Maybe it's a lost in translation thing or a different kind of fear thing or a genuine contrition thing ... but that's kind of a bold thing to say.
Maybe he was just saying "fear" because during the interview he thought that's what people wanted him to say. Kind of like the interview where Brian Ortega said he's ready on 1 second notice or whatever it was that was taken out of context.
Perhaps. That's why I was trying to consider some context other than just actually saying he was scared. It's just such a taboo thing to throw out there in the fight game.
He probably means that he "feared" to gas out like in the Stipe fight, not that he's actually scared.
Which would be a plausible excuse had he picked it up in the third round.
Personally I think he's gun shy from the Stipe fight. Many fighters that are used to steamrolling their opponents don't react well to adversity.
Exactly. You need to be careful but I give him a pass because maybe he meant something else beyond "I was scared!" You ever hear the guy talk? He's not exactly from Phoenix.
But you're right man, when you start talking about fear or being ready to go at the drop of a dime and then you show no fear or you don't take a fight on short notice, that can lead to a lot of money being flushed down the toilet. So Ngannou better be fucking shook when he fights next or he's a liar.
Just got back from Vegas. Been there for 6 nights and I am happy to be home.
-The event overall (UFC 226) was pretty exciting and the fans were loud all night. Biggest pop of the night goes to Pettis finishing Chiesa followed by DC's finish of Stipe which was more shocking than anything because of how quick it happened. Lewis/Francis fight was fun because of the crowd. There was a wave that was going on in the audience for quite a while. There was also a point in the fight where every lit up their cell phones (like the Wyatt family thing) and it looked pretty cool, not sure how it came off on TV.
-International Fight Week was okay, but I feel it has been watered down since 2016 when they used to have it in the massive Las Vegas Convention center. Now it is held at the downtown Las Vegas Events building, which is much smaller and doesn't have that feel that the convention had. Apparently this was a WME decision to save money.
-I went to the Hall of Fame ceremony and ran into a drunk Mike Goldberg who was roaming around the Pearl Casino. Told him I missed him and he should be inducted into the HOF. He was really emotional about it and it is obvious he still hates not being the UFC. But he also had a few drinks in him. There were also a ton of other fighters just casually walking around the casino which was a cool visual.
-I went to Cormier's afterparty at Chateau Nightclub which is located on the Eiffle Tower at the Paris Casino. Nothing too special, Cormier didn't really interact with anyone (aside from the tons of guys and gals throwing themselves in front of him demanding selfies) and just kept to himself/his enterourage although he was smackdab in the middle of the club. It was funny watching hoardes of women ask "who is that" in regards to Cormier, and when they found out he was a champion/UFC fighter all started throwing themselves at him. Some women were going right up to DC with his wife next to him and rubbing up his leg/etc.
Cain Valasquez was there and was sweating profusely to the point that they had to keep bringing out rags for him. Cain has the biggest head ever. The guy looks massive.
Is it just me or is Mike Chiesa extremely unlikeable?
I think it his whole personality of "I am wittier/smarter than you because I look like an artsy hipster" gimmick he has going on.
Sounds like a blast especially where you said DC didn't interact with anyone other than the tons of people wanting selfies lol. Poor Goldy, we really took him for granted I think.
Sorta. Hit or miss for me, like most fighters these days I barely pay attention to anything they do and say because there's so many fucking fighters....Wasn't he the guy who's father passed away while he was on TUF and he claimed he (chiesa, not the dad) was possibly homeless as well?
Yep. I liked him on TUF, just seems he has developed an entitlement complex of late.
He also came off really poor in the build to the Kevin Lee fight. Lee was addressing his lack of drawing power saying the only person who will buy a ticket to see Chiesa is his mom (which is not disrespectful whatsoever to his mother) and Mike responded by blowing up with the "don't talk about my mom!" noise.
Yeah it felt like Chiesa was looking for ANYTHING to make that fight a draw and put some spotlight on himself. This manufactured beef fighters come up with is so hit or miss.
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