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I used to love that guy. Vale was a masterful self-promoter.

EXACTLY on that power move by Usman. I've rolled with guys who are insanely strong like that with that sort of leverage and balance, and it's discouraging. Jorge must have felt that and realized at that point that there was nothing he was going to do to change the outcome. I'm usually very...

I used to know a guy who is in very deep in the promotion/training/UFC business, and I pitched him on the idea of having his UFC fighters adopt WWE style shticks as heels/babyfaces. He seemed to like the idea. Not long after that, the Sonnen schtick started and then Covington got going with...

LOL. Phenomenal wrestling doesn't always lead to submissions. Wrestling and submissions aren't synonymous. Usman is an absolute elite wrestler.

LOL. Cheap manipulation? If it was just trickery, someone would easily stop it. He overpowers his opponents and grinds them into the ground. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's cheap or trickery or bad for the sport. If White wants to change the rules, then he can change them...

OK. You thought it was boring, and that's perfectly understandable. That's different than all the other stuff you were saying.

You'd feel it was fighting if you got in the ring with him or trained with him. He's a bully. Just because he doesn't fight like the guys you like doesn't mean he isn't "truly fighting." Pull up some old Tough Man Contest videos on YouTube. That'll be more of what you like.

I never called it a "brilliant performance." Now you're just creating straw men. I said you didn't like it because it didn't entertain you, but that's not Usman's ultimate goal. He wants to, first and foremost, keep his strap and keep raking $$. What was the best way to do that against a...

I'm always going to be a fan of a guy like Usman who beat up a MAGA-loid, so I'll be right there with you lol'ing.

The thing about the fight game is it's about as pure as it gets. If guys don't like how Usman fights, then they should beat him instead of crying about him being boring. If they think that their exciting game is better than his boring game, then beat him. Take his title, and make him go away.

Exactly. Which is why so many championship bouts over the years tend to be pretty boring compared to undercard bouts. It's the nature of the beast to hang onto what you have. Guys get more cautious and look to win more than necessarily entertain and look for the spectacular finish bonus...

He's the champ. He'll continue getting paid a lot more than he would if he started losing. If you don't like the rules, then your beef is more with White than it is Usman. If the rules permit him to fight the way he fights and grind out wins like a boa constrictor, than that's what he'll...

You're making silly arguments just because you don't like Usman's style. In your mind, Usman should abandon what works for him flawlessly so far just to be more entertaining and potentially start losing. He's probably going to make more money as an undefeated champ than he would if he decides to...

I understand you didn’t like it. Lots of people didn’t like how Nebraska won either. But they weren’t going to suddenly mix in some Air Raid just to make you happy while they lose. Usman’s job is to win. If you guys hate his fights then quit stealing them on hacked streams. If he starts...

How they win matters to you. It doesn’t matter to them. Good thing about MMA is guys don’t typically stay on top for prolonged periods because it’s such a grind. So Usman will meet his match soon enough, and you guys can hate on the next champ for not taking enough risks with his money.

This exactly. “Fans” aren’t really MMA fans; they’re boxing fans. The first M is “mixed.” And the mixed part is what they don’t get. It was pretty obvious what Usman was going to do because that’s the part of his game that he could use to overwhelm and beat Jorge 99 out of 100 times with. Why...

That’s all he had to show. It’s like Dr. Tom Nebraska football circa 1996 with Tommy Frazier when they steamrolled the gaytor for the NC. They ran the ball 90% of the time, imposed their will, and no one could do anything about it.

That's it in a nutshell. If Jorge doesn't catch him fairly early, Usman will grind him out. I can't see Jorge standing a chance if this gets to 4.

The thing about Usman is he's strong as an ox, relentless and indefatigable. When Jorge has fought guys like that with supreme conditioning and wrestling skills he's struggled.

As a practitioner of the art of jiu jitsu and a devout heterosexual, I don't see it as men crawling all over each other. I can see where a repressed guy like you would.