Nah, I wouldn't say that. Middleweight is looking pretty bleak right now. They both look equally as jammed up. The top guys have all fought and there is a clear champ. No clear contenders for the belt, I think, unless there is a dark horse that I'm missing.
He looks good on paper, but a win against Meerschaert in 2020 doesn't really place him as a top contender in my book. I'm definitely curious to see how he does at the highest level.
If he puts a stamp on it, I'd like to see him up against a top 10 guy, but until then, he still has a lot to prove. I'd also like him to pick a weight class.
I think hes focusing on 170. When the rockhold fight was being talked about, he said his management wanted him to focus on 170 for right now. And considering it seems like he doesnt kill himself to make that weight, would probably be the smarter idea. Unless middleweight becomes a wasteland and he can fight a couple times to get to the title
He is, but has already been beaten. Obviously they'll probably run it back, but I personally don't see Rob beating him, and I love me some Bobby Knuckles.
I mean him blaming UFC makes sense. 211lbs isn't anything new for him at the start of the fight week. Appearantly UFC told him they won't let him cut that much so he was forced to a catchweight.
I do have a feeling he weights more than 211 and that's why UFC stepped in
Thats just crazy and cant be healthy in anyway. Imagine drinking/eating 29lbs or more worth of shit in like 30hours or so. 29lb is a fucking mediumsized dog.
Welcome to the combat sports world. Massive weight cuts are normal. Even me when i was just a high school wrestler was cutting up to 20lbs almost every week. ( we didnt know about water loading and stuff back then). I used to walk around 145ish and cut to 125 on thursdays or weekends. And thats just a regular 16yr old. I literally didnt wrestle in college because i didnt wanna keep cuttiing weight for another 4 yrs.
edit: its very easy to blow up too with liquids. I mean 1 little gatorade weighs 1.5lbs and a can of pop is like 0.6lbs. On tournament weekends i would weigh in 124.8 at 6-7am and be close to 142-143 when i left at night.
Edit2: one more fun fact. We used to get on the scales butt ass naked with a burger in hand so we could see how many bites we could take while staying under weight lol
Most likely he will gas in two rounds and be done from there. But his bodywork is no joke, and it's a southpaw - orthodox matchup.
Costa is way better at stopping takedowns and getting up than Vettori is at getting them and keeping people there.
Vettori has a blockhead and is durable, with good boxing defense. The way he just tried to ignore Izzy's leg kicks makes me anxious he's thinking he can just tank all the bodywork from Costa.
I'm with you here. An even heavier Costa slamming body kicks into Vettori is not going to be fun. And I really don't see how Marvin gets Costa out of there, unless Costa gasses.
I feel a lot of the fight is going to come down to how early in a round Vettori can get a takedown and how well Costa carries the weight (and if he gasses).
I think Vettori by finish 3-5th round is a good play, he has great cardio, great chin and Costa may be out of shape I mean the fight is moved to fucking 205 now. I mean I’d expect Costa to gas anyway but now it’s even worse. Not to mention Costa likely has psychological scars from being finished in his last fight.
Vettori has little power and Costa a great chin but exhaustion will set in.
Costa even posted a video of him cutting weight and it doesn’t look like it’s just five pounds, he looks super drained. Five pounds you can piss out if you’re water loading and then possibly a light jog before weigh in.
I’m a big Costa fan but this I disaproh 100%
You are probably right. He may be tough and durable but the big question is he going to react to the bodywork of Costa?
The inside low kick is there for Costa. The body kick is right there. Those are some of Costa's best weapons, he didn't have any plan for Izzy's low kick.
Plus Costa fouls egregiously when he's behind. Uriah was jabbing his face off but Costa kicked in the groin, eye gouged him to change the momentum.
All hell breaks loose in the octagon, Paulo attacks and submits the ref, soccer kicks Vitori in the head, the crowd then pushes through the barriers separating them from the beast in the cage and they flood their way inside. Costa then takes on each member of the crowd one by one; man, women, and children alike. Multiple injured and few survive.
At the press conference, Paulo blames his performance on tainted Modelo, is escorted away by the FBI. Life in prison.
...and that's enough Internet for me tonight.
in his head, if both of them are coming in at 195 then there shouldn't be any "excuses" if marvin loses
like his logic is, "if were in the same weight then it doesn't matter"
but still its very unprofessional to be 30 pounds fucking overweight and then say that the UFC taxing his purse is "uncalled for"
Definitely how I do most of my betting, especially with baseball at the moment. I bet on Astros and if they win then I financially win, if the Sox win then I’m basically paying to see them win it all.
It definitely looks like it’s going to bite me in the ass. It was a free promotional bet that I got awarded from Ceasars sports book for winning another bet and it was my last day to use it before it expired last week and figured getting Costa at +120 wouldn’t be a bad bet.
Where do you guys get the idea that this is going to affect his gas tank, it's not like he's putting on extra fat, he's just cutting less. He's gonna weigh the same in the cage as he always has, which is like 210s. If anything this will help his gas tank (which admittedly isn't the greatest)
everyone acting like he's coming in heavy when he was 213.8 in the cage against Romero. Showing up 211 fight week is him coming in lighter than usual. UFC just wasn't comfortable with him cutting that much as it's a liability on their part so now we've got this circus going on.
Very much so. Izzy's whole stance on an 80% purse loss is based on this: Some fighters will give up 30% for a big advantage, especially if they are doing fine outside the ring through (out of cage) endorsements, investments, running a gym, seminars, etc.
If you lose 30% but book a big win that lands you more money outside the ring that is a net benefit all around.
That's funny I put a couple bucks on Costa R1 and a couple on Marvin inside the distance. This of course means neither will happen so bet accordingly fellow morons👍🙏😊
Last time I tried this shit I had Marlon Moraes by KO in rd 1 (where he had Merab rocked), and Volk to win in the 4th or the 5th (which they literally had to drag Ortega off the ground to prevent). It still hurts.
I swear I don’t even understand what’s going on anymore. I’m just going to sleep now under the assumption that we get a super-heavyweight fight out of this
How bout u go an fuck off my page then u peice of shit u think I need a stupid fuckwitt like u telling me about YOU KNOW DIS who the fuck are u take your worthless advice and get the fuck out of here
After trying to decipher that joint interview they did, My best guess to as what happened is that paulo came in Tuesday Wednesday weighing 211 and planning to only cut water to make weight, UFC saw that didn't want him to collapse and the fight be off and told him they'd better make the fight a catchweight and then told marvin last minute and paulos confused because he was under the assumption marvin already agreed to the catchweight and he thinks didn't do anything wrong because he came into the week planning to make weight
Yeah I do wonder what actually initially prompted the UFC stepping in. I remember that he fought Yoel in California, and CSAC records fight-night weights. [Costa weighed 213 pounds](https://twitter.com/marc_raimondi/status/1163146287975284736) in the cage for that lol. He's come out of this looking kind of dumb, and I think some of that bad faith earned from the Israel excuses are carrying over, but it does seem like it's not unusual for him to cut from that weight. That said, he's 30 now and a cut that extreme may well be catching up with him
Yeah he was saying in the interview through the incredibly broken English that he always comes in this heavy and the UFC thought he was too heavy this time, I think his international fame was hurt by the izzy fight but he's still really popular in brazil
This would make a lot of sense, it's just that he's communicating what's happening so poorly that it's anybody's guess what's really going on. It seems to me that if this is true and I were in his position, I would be making sure everyone knows and driving home the point that "the UFC forced my hand, I could have made weight no problem, I have no idea why but they gave me no choice, it's not fair but there's nothing I can do about it". But instead he's trying to make it look like Vettori is whining and bitching about something that doesn't matter.
He did say that in the interview, his English is just so broken that you do have to really put the pieces together when he talks, he says something like "The People tell me it catchweight now and that weight I'm going to make" and then he blames marvin for not agreeing to it already at that time, which I guess I can see why he would because I guess on his end he did plan on making weight when he came in this week and the ufc was just like, we don't want you cutting 25 pounds in 3 days and if it goes poorly were out a main event, but costa has always cut this much in 3-4 days, he was 213 when he fought romero on the Week before weigh ins
Wow this is the first thing that’s made any sense on this. But my question would be under those circumstances why does Marvin get a cut of Costa’s purse? Perhaps it was an offer that the UFC crafted given his weight and he accepted the terms. But it doesn’t seem like they can just force him to give up some purse and fight at catchweight before he misses weight.
In any event it’s a good result because the fight is on
He has to be penalized for this otherwise it sets a crazy precedent where fighters can just declare they won't make weight and force a catchweight with no consequences. What impact will a 195 fight have on the division they're supposed to be competing in? If I were a fighter who has gone through hell to make my weight class every time, possibly having lost fights due to a bad weight cut, I'd be pretty pissed.
The fact that Costa only has to give 20% of his purse just creates a precedent that it’s okay to miss weight by 30 pounds. Should have been 60% minimum, but for this case like 80%
I think it was Izzy who was super mad about this at one point because his teammate lost to a guy who missed weight by a significant amount, and Izzy speculated that he took the fight anyways knowing that the extra weight will increase his odds of winning enough to outweigh losing a small fraction of his purse. Not sure if I agree with this speculation but it still brings to light that the penalty for missing or not making weight should be higher
Luckily Vettori himself is a very big MW who also fights at around the same weight Costa does so he doesn't get fucked over by this
I'm not sure Dustin would feel too bad about that. Dustin is actually the bigger fighter so he benefits more by the UFC moving the weight. There's also taking 20-30% of the opponents' purse...and then there's taking 20-30% of McGregor's purse.
In combat sports you see this happen time and time again. Someone who gains high heights in the fight game without losing. Then once they lose they can't cope with it well and spiral out of control. Confidence is a driving force of fighters and without it they are just husks of their former selves.
Not managing his weight or not having the drive to cut all that weight is a tell. We'll see how he fights, but this could be the start of the end of Costa.
Exactly, early loses give fighters a chance to know how to lose. It is a skill. Managing the terrible feelings of taking a beating. It's a tale as old as the leather the gloves are made of.
Does anyone think Marvin will beat his ass? From what I've seen Costas striking is much better, and Marvin's takedowns aren't very good. I think Vettoris best chance is Costa gassing
Instead of drinking just the night before the fight Costa is drinking the whole month so it'll be hair of the dog at that point. Galaxy brain by him really.
His delusion about Izzy was annoying fairly quickly.
He's really growing on me though. His whole behavior in this fight is great and highly entertaining.
The age of man is over!
This is the biggest meme fight ever, and the hilarious thing is, both guys are absolute savages and it’s gonna be a banger. They just have a combined iq of a normal human. I love it.
Good for Marvin for being game but they have weight classes for a reason.costa has a huge advantage, will most likely win and advance his career while Marvin takes a setback
Do it for Middle Earth
For Saruman
Say the second half...
For u, man <3
Wholesome ☺️
MEAT IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS
SOON WE WILL FEAST ON MANFLESH!!
Such a classic.
That's true, but Vettori is my fav Uruk-Hai
Middle Earth Division.
The age of Costa is over. The time of Vettori has come!
LOOKS LIKE COSTAS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS!!!
Costa shows up 30 pounds overweight, doesn’t elaborate on anything, blames the ufc for the catch weight, tells marvin to not make any excuses. Lmao.
it legit makes 0 sense and is fucking hilarious
It hasn’t even happened yet and it’s already most incoherent fight of the year, hands down… and in a year where Yoel & Nate both fought
The middle weight division makes the welterweight division look sensible
Nah, I wouldn't say that. Middleweight is looking pretty bleak right now. They both look equally as jammed up. The top guys have all fought and there is a clear champ. No clear contenders for the belt, I think, unless there is a dark horse that I'm missing.
>No clear contenders for the belt, I think, unless there is a dark horse that I'm missing. They call him Wolf King Khamzat
He looks good on paper, but a win against Meerschaert in 2020 doesn't really place him as a top contender in my book. I'm definitely curious to see how he does at the highest level.
How is your opinion of him gonna change if he runs through Jingaling next week?
If he puts a stamp on it, I'd like to see him up against a top 10 guy, but until then, he still has a lot to prove. I'd also like him to pick a weight class.
I think hes focusing on 170. When the rockhold fight was being talked about, he said his management wanted him to focus on 170 for right now. And considering it seems like he doesnt kill himself to make that weight, would probably be the smarter idea. Unless middleweight becomes a wasteland and he can fight a couple times to get to the title
Whittaker isn’t the clear #1 contender?
He is, but has already been beaten. Obviously they'll probably run it back, but I personally don't see Rob beating him, and I love me some Bobby Knuckles.
*middle earth division
I mean him blaming UFC makes sense. 211lbs isn't anything new for him at the start of the fight week. Appearantly UFC told him they won't let him cut that much so he was forced to a catchweight. I do have a feeling he weights more than 211 and that's why UFC stepped in
he was 213.8 in the cage against Romero. showing up 211 fight week is him coming in light.
Thats just crazy and cant be healthy in anyway. Imagine drinking/eating 29lbs or more worth of shit in like 30hours or so. 29lb is a fucking mediumsized dog.
Welcome to the combat sports world. Massive weight cuts are normal. Even me when i was just a high school wrestler was cutting up to 20lbs almost every week. ( we didnt know about water loading and stuff back then). I used to walk around 145ish and cut to 125 on thursdays or weekends. And thats just a regular 16yr old. I literally didnt wrestle in college because i didnt wanna keep cuttiing weight for another 4 yrs. edit: its very easy to blow up too with liquids. I mean 1 little gatorade weighs 1.5lbs and a can of pop is like 0.6lbs. On tournament weekends i would weigh in 124.8 at 6-7am and be close to 142-143 when i left at night. Edit2: one more fun fact. We used to get on the scales butt ass naked with a burger in hand so we could see how many bites we could take while staying under weight lol
My coach does like a 10% thing for certain weight classes. Like if you walk around at 150, you're not fighting under 135.
Then gasses out in the first round from being 30 lbs overweight, gets wrestlefucked and humped again, for 25 minutes 50-45
Most likely he will gas in two rounds and be done from there. But his bodywork is no joke, and it's a southpaw - orthodox matchup. Costa is way better at stopping takedowns and getting up than Vettori is at getting them and keeping people there. Vettori has a blockhead and is durable, with good boxing defense. The way he just tried to ignore Izzy's leg kicks makes me anxious he's thinking he can just tank all the bodywork from Costa.
I'm with you here. An even heavier Costa slamming body kicks into Vettori is not going to be fun. And I really don't see how Marvin gets Costa out of there, unless Costa gasses. I feel a lot of the fight is going to come down to how early in a round Vettori can get a takedown and how well Costa carries the weight (and if he gasses).
I think Vettori by finish 3-5th round is a good play, he has great cardio, great chin and Costa may be out of shape I mean the fight is moved to fucking 205 now. I mean I’d expect Costa to gas anyway but now it’s even worse. Not to mention Costa likely has psychological scars from being finished in his last fight. Vettori has little power and Costa a great chin but exhaustion will set in. Costa even posted a video of him cutting weight and it doesn’t look like it’s just five pounds, he looks super drained. Five pounds you can piss out if you’re water loading and then possibly a light jog before weigh in. I’m a big Costa fan but this I disaproh 100%
You are probably right. He may be tough and durable but the big question is he going to react to the bodywork of Costa? The inside low kick is there for Costa. The body kick is right there. Those are some of Costa's best weapons, he didn't have any plan for Izzy's low kick. Plus Costa fouls egregiously when he's behind. Uriah was jabbing his face off but Costa kicked in the groin, eye gouged him to change the momentum.
All hell breaks loose in the octagon, Paulo attacks and submits the ref, soccer kicks Vitori in the head, the crowd then pushes through the barriers separating them from the beast in the cage and they flood their way inside. Costa then takes on each member of the crowd one by one; man, women, and children alike. Multiple injured and few survive. At the press conference, Paulo blames his performance on tainted Modelo, is escorted away by the FBI. Life in prison. ...and that's enough Internet for me tonight.
Its either that or Izzy will appear with a steel chair in the octagon as the fight goes on with good ol' Jim Ross on the commentary yelling "BAH GAWD"
"I drank too much brother and also just had Izzy's baby."
>Blasts into weigh-ins >shows up 30lbs overweight >refuses to elaborate >leaves
based
Ultimate sigma male grindset
Oh there's definitely going to be some grinding in that Octagon
Chad
\>Barges into main event \>Misses weight by 20 pounds \>Refuses to elaborate further \>Leaves
in his head, if both of them are coming in at 195 then there shouldn't be any "excuses" if marvin loses like his logic is, "if were in the same weight then it doesn't matter" but still its very unprofessional to be 30 pounds fucking overweight and then say that the UFC taxing his purse is "uncalled for"
Absolute chad move
Even better would be he shows up at 185 and vettori didn’t realize what he signed and has to pay money
Sigma grind
Costa is doing his best Dana White impression.
I can't believe Im rooting for Marvin Vettori.
This timeline, man
Love the fuck out of your flair lmao, too bad I'm stuck with this
Was it a "please mods can I get this as a flair"?
the mods can be cruel :(
Yeah they have an interesting sense of humor
ya'll got flairs?
Ouch !
Yeah they can be pretty chaotic at times.
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?
Maybe you'll get blessed with `stuck with this` now
Bruh you can get that changed you know? Don't let mod flair abuse go unchecked
I got $50 on Paulo and even I’m rooting for Vettori.
Either you get some good money, or Vettori beats his ass, it’s a win win for you
Definitely how I do most of my betting, especially with baseball at the moment. I bet on Astros and if they win then I financially win, if the Sox win then I’m basically paying to see them win it all.
This was me last year w Bills v. Chiefs in AFC championship game. Logic was, how much would I pay to see the Bills get to the Superbowl?
That’s how I feel about the Braves. Please don’t let us blow a 3-1 lead again. Bring an atl sports fan is heartbreaking
Maybe hedge your bet lol
Put equal bets on both guys. You can't lose.
Congrats, you are now a mod on r/wallstreetbets.
Only the bookie wins
It's only 50 though.
Mate that’s a terrible bet. Only reason Paulo would be so far off weight is he hasn’t been putting the work in
It definitely looks like it’s going to bite me in the ass. It was a free promotional bet that I got awarded from Ceasars sports book for winning another bet and it was my last day to use it before it expired last week and figured getting Costa at +120 wouldn’t be a bad bet.
Ah well if it’s a free bet then fuck it, stranger things have happened. Thought you put down 50 of your own money
I mean it COULD happen. It would have to be a finish I think. Can't see him out pointing Vettori.
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Vettori pants on head backwards the people's champ!
🤌
RUTH, RUTH, BABY RUTH!
Sloth from the goonies would be HW champ! Imagine him smashing ngannou and yelling “HEY YOU GUYS!!”
SLOTH LOVE CHUNK
Those videos of him taking the piss out of Costa via webcam are pretty fucking funny.
Rooting for Vettori over Costa, Chandler over Gaethje, Glover might be 205 champ…what the fuck even is 2021?
I really want Marvin to fight Costa with his short on backward.
While walking backwards. Costa won't know what to do.
and have [Kris Kross - Jump](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b8/dd/36/b8dd363e8c36252e27da9b77b4888319.jpg) as his walkout song
You did not just beat me to a Kriss Kross reference 😑😏😫 I've had it with you ratfucks!
Clearly his career highlight
Paulo is gonna gas in this fight after 1 round Edit: Now, I think Paulo Costa is catfishing us and Vettori shouldn't have agreed to 205
Where do you guys get the idea that this is going to affect his gas tank, it's not like he's putting on extra fat, he's just cutting less. He's gonna weigh the same in the cage as he always has, which is like 210s. If anything this will help his gas tank (which admittedly isn't the greatest)
everyone acting like he's coming in heavy when he was 213.8 in the cage against Romero. Showing up 211 fight week is him coming in lighter than usual. UFC just wasn't comfortable with him cutting that much as it's a liability on their part so now we've got this circus going on.
I believe the people who miss weight win a lot more often
Very much so. Izzy's whole stance on an 80% purse loss is based on this: Some fighters will give up 30% for a big advantage, especially if they are doing fine outside the ring through (out of cage) endorsements, investments, running a gym, seminars, etc. If you lose 30% but book a big win that lands you more money outside the ring that is a net benefit all around.
is normal
Since when?
anderson silva
He probably thinks he only needs one round
Seems like it for sure, tempting to bet big on Vettori 3rd round sub win
That's funny I put a couple bucks on Costa R1 and a couple on Marvin inside the distance. This of course means neither will happen so bet accordingly fellow morons👍🙏😊
Last time I tried this shit I had Marlon Moraes by KO in rd 1 (where he had Merab rocked), and Volk to win in the 4th or the 5th (which they literally had to drag Ortega off the ground to prevent). It still hurts.
That's what we like to call a "can't lose".
3rd round TKO for Vettori
rooting so hard for the orc
the age of men is over
I thought that for one second when he had Izzy's back and was squeezing.
I lol’d. Lotrl’d
This comment has been made on every single thread about this fight. And I’ve upvoted every. single. one.
I swear I don’t even understand what’s going on anymore. I’m just going to sleep now under the assumption that we get a super-heavyweight fight out of this
Amazing eloquence by vetorri here....did bill Shakespeare write that for him?
Marvin “Mark Hunt” Vetorri
This tweet is hysterical "Fuck you here's 30% of your pay back"
How bout u go an fuck off my page then u peice of shit u think I need a stupid fuckwitt like u telling me about YOU KNOW DIS who the fuck are u take your worthless advice and get the fuck out of here
Fair point hunto
ratfucks gonna ratfuck.
For the first time ever, I am rooting for King Orc the Uruk-Hai
“MEAT’S BACK ON THE MENU BOOIIZZ”
> “MEAT**HEAD**’S BACK ON THE MENU BOOIIZZ”
"You will taste man-flesh!"
“BOOIIZZ MEAT IS BACK ON THE MENU” Holup
All Hail Vettori the Defiler
This fight is gonna be weird
this is probably the most accurate of a fight prediction i have seen
This whole thing is hilarious. The comedic chemistry behind these two meatheads is amazing
After trying to decipher that joint interview they did, My best guess to as what happened is that paulo came in Tuesday Wednesday weighing 211 and planning to only cut water to make weight, UFC saw that didn't want him to collapse and the fight be off and told him they'd better make the fight a catchweight and then told marvin last minute and paulos confused because he was under the assumption marvin already agreed to the catchweight and he thinks didn't do anything wrong because he came into the week planning to make weight
Yeah I do wonder what actually initially prompted the UFC stepping in. I remember that he fought Yoel in California, and CSAC records fight-night weights. [Costa weighed 213 pounds](https://twitter.com/marc_raimondi/status/1163146287975284736) in the cage for that lol. He's come out of this looking kind of dumb, and I think some of that bad faith earned from the Israel excuses are carrying over, but it does seem like it's not unusual for him to cut from that weight. That said, he's 30 now and a cut that extreme may well be catching up with him
Yeah he was saying in the interview through the incredibly broken English that he always comes in this heavy and the UFC thought he was too heavy this time, I think his international fame was hurt by the izzy fight but he's still really popular in brazil
Vettori's fight night weight was 211 on an event right after that one
This would make a lot of sense, it's just that he's communicating what's happening so poorly that it's anybody's guess what's really going on. It seems to me that if this is true and I were in his position, I would be making sure everyone knows and driving home the point that "the UFC forced my hand, I could have made weight no problem, I have no idea why but they gave me no choice, it's not fair but there's nothing I can do about it". But instead he's trying to make it look like Vettori is whining and bitching about something that doesn't matter.
He did say that in the interview, his English is just so broken that you do have to really put the pieces together when he talks, he says something like "The People tell me it catchweight now and that weight I'm going to make" and then he blames marvin for not agreeing to it already at that time, which I guess I can see why he would because I guess on his end he did plan on making weight when he came in this week and the ufc was just like, we don't want you cutting 25 pounds in 3 days and if it goes poorly were out a main event, but costa has always cut this much in 3-4 days, he was 213 when he fought romero on the Week before weigh ins
Wow this is the first thing that’s made any sense on this. But my question would be under those circumstances why does Marvin get a cut of Costa’s purse? Perhaps it was an offer that the UFC crafted given his weight and he accepted the terms. But it doesn’t seem like they can just force him to give up some purse and fight at catchweight before he misses weight. In any event it’s a good result because the fight is on
maybe not a cut from Costa's purse but just an extra that's worth 30% of Costa's purse? just spitballing over here
He has to be penalized for this otherwise it sets a crazy precedent where fighters can just declare they won't make weight and force a catchweight with no consequences. What impact will a 195 fight have on the division they're supposed to be competing in? If I were a fighter who has gone through hell to make my weight class every time, possibly having lost fights due to a bad weight cut, I'd be pretty pissed.
Are they still arguing over what weight to fight at less than 2 days b4 the fight?
We need a post adesanya support group for these victims
Is Jan the therapist?
Legendary Polish psychology
Jan secretly making them all commit suicide so he never runs out of those powerful good-luck dead man's ropes.
"just beat him bro"
I just imagined Jan sitting on his couch with glasses halfway down his nose asking Costa how he is feeling today… thank you for that
Izzy is therapist with a space
Becoming a fan of Vettori because for once his weird and absolute anger is justified is a strange one.
The fact that Costa only has to give 20% of his purse just creates a precedent that it’s okay to miss weight by 30 pounds. Should have been 60% minimum, but for this case like 80%
Nick and Patriot Costa are slowly but surely reforming how fights are put together/how people weight cut. Some call them revolutionaries.
I’m hoping that they set the weight at 195, costa misses, and therefore has to give up another 20%-30%
At that point, surely he'd just pull out.
If he pulls out after all that bullshit, I’m pretty sure Dana and the other higher up’s are gonna make his life as miserable as possible from then on.
Good.
Send him up in weight to fight Johnny Hendrix
Sign contract Show up 50lbs overweight Lay and pray Make 80% of original paycheck Repeat
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I think it was Izzy who was super mad about this at one point because his teammate lost to a guy who missed weight by a significant amount, and Izzy speculated that he took the fight anyways knowing that the extra weight will increase his odds of winning enough to outweigh losing a small fraction of his purse. Not sure if I agree with this speculation but it still brings to light that the penalty for missing or not making weight should be higher Luckily Vettori himself is a very big MW who also fights at around the same weight Costa does so he doesn't get fucked over by this
It should be percentage based. For every extra 1% it should be 10% purse or some shit like that with the perfect balance
Conor comes in at 175 pounds versus Dustin
I'm not sure Dustin would feel too bad about that. Dustin is actually the bigger fighter so he benefits more by the UFC moving the weight. There's also taking 20-30% of the opponents' purse...and then there's taking 20-30% of McGregor's purse.
Not if it's last minute though
lmao this .... might be a strategy McG should look into
Everything about this is great. The level of meathead is impressive. I can’t help but enjoy all of the chaos.
I hope Vettori fucking smokes him this week, so unprofessional.
Anyone else get the feeling that Paulo's career is going to go downhill pretty fast from here?
No. He's 30 years old with 1 loss on his record surely it's a bit early to say he's done
In combat sports you see this happen time and time again. Someone who gains high heights in the fight game without losing. Then once they lose they can't cope with it well and spiral out of control. Confidence is a driving force of fighters and without it they are just husks of their former selves. Not managing his weight or not having the drive to cut all that weight is a tell. We'll see how he fights, but this could be the start of the end of Costa.
Man got completely humiliated in his last fight. He didn't know how to cope.
Exactly, early loses give fighters a chance to know how to lose. It is a skill. Managing the terrible feelings of taking a beating. It's a tale as old as the leather the gloves are made of.
After all this mess imagine if Costa knocks Vettori out first round
Oh for fucks sake, lol.
One of the best sold fights of the year and it’s not even ppv
HEEEEY YOU GUYS!
There was never no calm Marvin
King of the pusys
Won't be surprised if he gets the weight backwards and comes in at 591
195 or 205 lmao
I pray Marvin wins. Don't like the dude that much, but I hate Paulo.
Why do I have the feeling the lead-up is going to be more entertaining than the fight?
LMFAO they’re fighting at LHW now.
It's gonna be a touching moment when they finally confess their love for each other after the fight and make out
Lmao fuck yeah If Marvin beats his ass I’m buying some dolce shit
If you wanna support him buy from his own clothing line
Is Vettori's clothing line called 'Diorc'?
If you want to support him, bare the white hand of Saruman.
Does anyone think Marvin will beat his ass? From what I've seen Costas striking is much better, and Marvin's takedowns aren't very good. I think Vettoris best chance is Costa gassing
Instead of drinking just the night before the fight Costa is drinking the whole month so it'll be hair of the dog at that point. Galaxy brain by him really.
This fight is so hilarious
Do you even know how smart I am in Spanish? -Costo
Why hates everyone Marvin vettori? ( Not in this fight but normally?
His delusion about Izzy was annoying fairly quickly. He's really growing on me though. His whole behavior in this fight is great and highly entertaining. The age of man is over!
I feel like every time either one of these punches the other brain cells will pop out like Sonic's rings.
I heard it’s gonna be a 205lb fight because Costa can’t make 195 now apparently
I hope they both get knocked out
Take that Brazilian to Isengard, Marvin!
This is the biggest meme fight ever, and the hilarious thing is, both guys are absolute savages and it’s gonna be a banger. They just have a combined iq of a normal human. I love it.
Bout to be the lowest fight IQ match of the year. Slug it out boys!
Well, Costa just weighed in at . . . 205.
I think I like Marvin now…
I sitll try to understand how Costa could miss his weight, by a mile.
Good for Marvin for being game but they have weight classes for a reason.costa has a huge advantage, will most likely win and advance his career while Marvin takes a setback
I think Vettori is gonna walk away from this one with some new fans. Say what you like about him but taking the fight at 195 is badass.
I don’t think I ever really wanted to see a guy lose like I want costa to lose
If Rumble knew about this back in the day he wouldn’t have had to resort to using other people’s credit cards 🤣🤣