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"If Nick can run the business through people he trusts like his brother and a couple close friends. Or if he can do better with his anxiety and be better socially. I think he would have an opportunity to change the sport. Imagine a promoter having his values of fighting, coupled with his knowledge. He won't ever sign any lay and pray fighters. He would have the yellow card rule, or something similar. And if he had the business long enough for it to be stable. I could see him devoting lots of time lobbying for the scoring system revisions. I could just see him really dedicating himself to making the sport the way it should be. FAIR. That is, unless after a year or 2 of trying hard, he finds that there's too much politics. And perhaps the athletic commissions will never be open to changing scoring and things alike. Because they don't get the sport, and god knows if athletic commissions will ever have former fighters. That could be the only way it is even possible. Maybe I was just being optimistic but I could see his promotion being set up really cool. To where it had all the most exciting fights."
on the following blog post:Nick Diaz looking to start his own fighting promotion according to CSAC officials
3 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"Weigh ins on the day of the fight is ridiculous. That would only make it more dangerous for the fighters. Many guys would still cut weight. Especially the bigger guys since they can afford to lose more water and be less affected than little guys. Fighters would push it too far and we would see more deaths once in a while. And it would be too mismatched. A guy would cut from 230 and fight at Light Heavy against a fighter that weighs 205 or 203 but doesn't want to cut 20 lbs if he doesn't have a full day to recover. It's not like everyone weighs exactly at the weight limit one weight class above where they fight. This rule would also eliminate some Heavyweight fighters. Brock never would have been able to compete. Shane Carwin also for most of his career. Bigfoot, Roy Nelson, etc. Many guys have weighed over 265 but could cut down. Except for Heavyweights, the current system is the best way to keep both fighters as close to the same size as possible. When guys like Edgar and Pettis choose not to cut very much, that is their decision. But guys like Anthony Johnson are very rare. Normally everyone is reasonably close in size and weight. Much closer than they would be if they had to weigh in and fight the same day. Besides, weight cutting is so advanced now these guys may be adding much more weight than we realize in just a few hours. Getting an IV of saline in both arms after weigh ins automatically will give them over 5 pounds in under an hour. It just wouldn't work though. Strokes and heart attacks would result from fighters trying to manage the new rule."
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
4 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"@nextchamp- If nothing comes from it means if the fighter doesn't do any damage from the top, never gets close to a submission. The fighter on bottom gets back up before long, only to be taken down again immediately and then still no real offense from the fighter on top. It's just frustrating when wrestling is the only tool a guy really has that's better than his opponent's tools. And when this guy uses nothing but wrestling in order to avoid the fight. Sure he has to have submission defense in order to not get caught. If he makes it to side control then yes I would score in his favor from the moment the takedown occurred until the end of the time spent on the ground. If the fighter on bottom wasn't landing damaging strikes from the bottom. If fighter A takes down fighter B and fighter B cuts up fighter A on the face and head with elbows for 4 minutes. I would not give fighter A the round just because he got side control for the last minute of the fight. Unless he surpassed fighter B's strikes and damage, during that last minute. If neither fighter is landing strikes and fighter A quickly passed to side control, then of course he is winning because only grappling has been taking place. "
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
4 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"@ falcon4917- I completely agree that even if a fighter is on his back for the majority of the fight, if he's doing more damage he should win the fight. It makes no sense whatsoever that a guy throwing mad elbows from the bottom and hurting his opponent with them, gets less points than when that guy on top only throws a few shots and they all hit the bottom fighter's gloves or arms when he sees it coming and covers up. I 2nd the takedown being worth 2 jabs at most. "
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
4 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"It was such a shame that he retired when he did. His last few fights he was really showing improvement everywhere. I think if he hadn't stopped when he did he could easily be right there with all the top guys like Condit, Diaz, Hendrick, etc. His ground game especially was looking very slick. He was on a pretty good win streak until Brian Ebersole beat him. That would have been Lytle's 5th win in a row but I think that fight frustrated him so much that he decided to retire soon. Rather than have to put in a lot more time to get near the title. It ***** because I think Lytle Vs. Diaz or Hendricks would have been awesome. "
on the following blog post:Chris Lytle on Octagon return: There's a couple of guys I do want to fight on short notice
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"If Nick can run the business through people he trusts like his brother and a couple close friends. Or if he can do better with his anxiety and be better socially. I think he would have an opportunity to change the sport. Imagine a promoter having his values of fighting, coupled with his knowledge. He won't ever sign any lay and pray fighters. He would have the yellow card rule, or something similar. And if he had the business long enough for it to be stable. I could see him devoting lots of time lobbying for the scoring system revisions. I could just see him really dedicating himself to making the sport the way it should be. FAIR. That is, unless after a year or 2 of trying hard, he finds that there's too much politics. And perhaps the athletic commissions will never be open to changing scoring and things alike. Because they don't get the sport, and god knows if athletic commissions will ever have former fighters. That could be the only way it is even possible. Maybe I was just being optimistic but I could see his promotion being set up really cool. To where it had all the most exciting fights."
on the following blog post:Nick Diaz looking to start his own fighting promotion according to CSAC officials
3 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"Weigh ins on the day of the fight is ridiculous. That would only make it more dangerous for the fighters. Many guys would still cut weight. Especially the bigger guys since they can afford to lose more water and be less affected than little guys. Fighters would push it too far and we would see more deaths once in a while. And it would be too mismatched. A guy would cut from 230 and fight at Light Heavy against a fighter that weighs 205 or 203 but doesn't want to cut 20 lbs if he doesn't have a full day to recover. It's not like everyone weighs exactly at the weight limit one weight class above where they fight. This rule would also eliminate some Heavyweight fighters. Brock never would have been able to compete. Shane Carwin also for most of his career. Bigfoot, Roy Nelson, etc. Many guys have weighed over 265 but could cut down. Except for Heavyweights, the current system is the best way to keep both fighters as close to the same size as possible. When guys like Edgar and Pettis choose not to cut very much, that is their decision. But guys like Anthony Johnson are very rare. Normally everyone is reasonably close in size and weight. Much closer than they would be if they had to weigh in and fight the same day. Besides, weight cutting is so advanced now these guys may be adding much more weight than we realize in just a few hours. Getting an IV of saline in both arms after weigh ins automatically will give them over 5 pounds in under an hour. It just wouldn't work though. Strokes and heart attacks would result from fighters trying to manage the new rule."
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
4 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"@nextchamp- If nothing comes from it means if the fighter doesn't do any damage from the top, never gets close to a submission. The fighter on bottom gets back up before long, only to be taken down again immediately and then still no real offense from the fighter on top. It's just frustrating when wrestling is the only tool a guy really has that's better than his opponent's tools. And when this guy uses nothing but wrestling in order to avoid the fight. Sure he has to have submission defense in order to not get caught. If he makes it to side control then yes I would score in his favor from the moment the takedown occurred until the end of the time spent on the ground. If the fighter on bottom wasn't landing damaging strikes from the bottom. If fighter A takes down fighter B and fighter B cuts up fighter A on the face and head with elbows for 4 minutes. I would not give fighter A the round just because he got side control for the last minute of the fight. Unless he surpassed fighter B's strikes and damage, during that last minute. If neither fighter is landing strikes and fighter A quickly passed to side control, then of course he is winning because only grappling has been taking place. "
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
4 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"@ falcon4917- I completely agree that even if a fighter is on his back for the majority of the fight, if he's doing more damage he should win the fight. It makes no sense whatsoever that a guy throwing mad elbows from the bottom and hurting his opponent with them, gets less points than when that guy on top only throws a few shots and they all hit the bottom fighter's gloves or arms when he sees it coming and covers up. I 2nd the takedown being worth 2 jabs at most. "
on the following blog post:POLL: What should be at the top of the list of things to change in MMA right now?
4 days agochael4president1Added a new comment
"It was such a shame that he retired when he did. His last few fights he was really showing improvement everywhere. I think if he hadn't stopped when he did he could easily be right there with all the top guys like Condit, Diaz, Hendrick, etc. His ground game especially was looking very slick. He was on a pretty good win streak until Brian Ebersole beat him. That would have been Lytle's 5th win in a row but I think that fight frustrated him so much that he decided to retire soon. Rather than have to put in a lot more time to get near the title. It ***** because I think Lytle Vs. Diaz or Hendricks would have been awesome. "
on the following blog post:Chris Lytle on Octagon return: There's a couple of guys I do want to fight on short notice
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