>>57800
should've bought 10k in lottery tickets, at least you would've gotten a hundred of it back.

>>57801

>I'd probably bet an equal amount on each fighter so that my bets cancel out and I retain all my money except the cut the bookie takes
>to make it interesting

I feel like it should have been hosted during the eclipse.

>Because McGregor is going to go out like the sun.

>>57820

Nah, sadly Mayweather hasn't had KO power for like a decade, and the layoff from his retirement coupled with him aging further doesn't help matters. He's going to counterpunch his way to a unanimous point victory and McGregor is going to stop giving a shit after the second round and coast to his dream payday. Then at work on Monday your coworkers will wonder aloud why the fuck they sat through all 12 rounds of that shitfest.

>>57821
It was mostly just a joke but yeah, Mayweather delivers the most boring fights ever and boxing hasn't been good for 30 fuckin years.

>>57814
Wtf is heem

Prediction: Split decision for Jones via eye pokes

Who, who things Jones will lose his first title defence to "Committing another crime"?

>>57813

Man, that was heartbreaking to see Cormier concussed out of his fucking mind after the fight.

>>57817
if he can stay clean and out of trouble. Otherwise probably Gustafsson.

>>57748
http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/docs/Psychosis%20Manual.pdf

>>57755
You're simply hysterical...

>>57748
Hi there. Focus on yourself, you can't control what others do, but you can control how your react (or don't). Perhaps breathing exercises using Qui-Gong for reference is useful. If you are at ease, feeling good from internal control: a la the Tao's cliched "doing without trying", others' shit flinging is low impact or nil.

Doing without trying can be breathing at a comfortable natural pace without thinking about it. Then when you breathe intentionally and the rhythm messes up, that's the "with trying" part, excessive effort. Through diligent practice, by paying attention to, but not interfering with natural breathing, intentional breathing can become similarly natural. Being at peace is like a shield so to speak. One's awareness of their surroundings and their internal going-ons is more acute.

So here are the basics. Good Posture Makes Healthy Qi

>Correct posture enhances relaxation, balance, proper breathing, and energetic flow. It is essential that you understand and practice the basic physical mechanics of qigong, what the Chinese call diao shen "regulating the body," before concentrating on subtler, internal aspects, such as coordinated breathing or specific ways of focusing qi.

"The spine should feel long and open, with the shoulders relaxed, neither slouched nor pulled back. The elbows, knees, and fingers are all slightly bent rather than rigidly locked. The feet are generally flat on the ground. The chest feels easy and open, neither puffed out nor depressed. The abdomen and solar plexus are free of tension, allowing the breath to become slow, quiet, and deep. The whole body is alert, relaxed, and more fully alive." (pg. 86)

Relaxation: Quan Shen Fang Song

>"Whole body relaxed." The word fang means "to release," and it implies that relaxation is not merely the lack of tension. It is activity. Quan shen fang song is alive, alert relaxation. It means eliminating unnecessary tension, being supple and alert to the environment. Relaxation is the first and most important principle of qigong. It is often considered a system of qigong in itself.

The book I'm drawing from, The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing, goes on to describe alot of different exercises from the whole body to specific parts, so become more aware of the body, thereby having greater control of yourself.

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>>57803 (Pt II)

Relaxed Body, Relaxed Mind

>Emotions that have been repressed for long periods of time are armored into specific muscular tensions and postural defects. For instance, if we tense our throat when we are unhappy, rather than releasing the pressure of sorrow with tears, this might eventually become chronic neck pain. [..]

Unfortunately, these internalized tensions tend to stay with us. As we become used to tension, it becomes part of our reality and identity. These tension and the situation that engendered it lapse into unconsciousness. This is the root of many chronic psychosomatic disorders.

Through qigong practice, we learn how to bring tense areas of the body into the light of awareness. Awareness is so powerful that it is sometimes sifficient to change a fixed pattern of behavior. Emotions that have been locked into the tension come more easily into consciousness. Old memories and feelings thaw out, realeased from the frozen tissue. If this does not resolve the issue, it at least makes it available to work with, whether in one's own introspective process or with a psychotherapist.

[..] Awareness is the essential ingredient in relaxation. Once the student is aware, it is possible to feel what is wrong and to exercise some control. This is called ting jing, "listening to the energy." Listening to the energy leads to dong jing, "comprehending and controlling the energy." However, since tension and effort are the problems, awareness and relaxation, although certainly involving focus and intent, should be effortless, a process of surrendering. Can you try to relax? I think not. Relaxation is a matter of paying attention and not doing.

The Organ-Emotion Link

>Lao Zi suggests a distinction between healthy and unhealthy emotion in his classic Dao De Jing: "The highest virtue is not virtuous, and is thus virtuous"; that is, true virtue is not self-consciously or compulsively virtuous.

Compulsive do-gooders are really afraid of or denying their own aggression and hostility. They try always to do what is "best," preferring to be placating, submissive, or self-sacrificing rather than expressing or fighting for what they genuinely feel, lest they "make waves." "The sage is not a do-gooder," says Lao Zi. The sage is true to his or her nature, neither compulsively following nor rebelling against rules of conduct. The sage is capable of expressing emotions, including anger, as necessary and appropriate to the situation. He or she practices self-acceptance and is thus more accepting and understanding of others. The first step in self-acceptance is giving oneself permission to feel what one is feeling; then inner resistance and friction is lessened and much of one's anger is already gone.

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>>57804
Thank you. That meant a lot to me and helped a good lot! What's amazing is I was listening to an Alan Watts lecture on how to learn faster, right when he stopped was right when I got to the part about Alan Watts. Like woah, yo.

>>57765

Sounds about right, what a piece of shit. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if he takes the coward's way out in prison like his imaginary best friend Aaron Hernandez.

>>57766

He tried before, he'll probably fail again

>“I’m just glad that I’ve finally woken up and seen the truth,” War Machine said. “I really feel like I’d be a good role model and help people wherever I end up.”

Bullshit motherfucker. You're gonna end up like Dahmer, you fucking rat bastard. I'm gonna laugh when they broadcast the images of your disemboweled corpse around the world.

yeah they really cracked down on the violence in the 80's because they really hate niggers THAT much

>>57788

Guessing this is going to lead to another fight against Holm, with the winner being sent to slaughter against Cyborg.

Also, UFC matchmaking with zero relation to rankings isn't anything new. In the post-McGregor world of the UFC they'll make whatever matches they think will generate bigger buyrates, regardless of whoever they rank as #1 or #2 on their own damn website.

>>57789

>the UFC they'll make whatever matches they think will generate bigger buyrates

including just stripping champions of their belts... mighty mouse is lucky there aren't a couple of big names in his division, i guess.

they can't have it both ways, like "cyborg is the top contender, you have to fight her", when a guy likes chael sonnen gets title fights...

in fairness, the middleweight division was a gong show the first time Sonnen fought Silva, and the second fight was justified by his performance in the first.

It is, however, highly bullshit that he got a shot against Jones in his first LHW fight.

Remember though, this is a contender getting a break, not the champ. I'd say the UFC has been pretty consistent with not allowing champions to duck a #1 contender.

>>57751
I'm sure we'll find a way to stream it in /mma/tube.

A bunch of loser leaves town fights might be cool

>>57751
Fighting for their livelihoods? Sounds good to me.

we need to stream it with the alternative snoop dog/ faber audio

>>57802
We did apparently. Pretty surreal stuff.

>>57720
I can tell if someone has masturbated recently just by looking at their face.

It depends on who can throw their weight behind their punch, who has better cardio, who can avoid getting hit and to what end/martial art either has been trained in.

For instance, if the bigger guy was trained in traditional boxing and the skinnier guy was a muai thai fighter, it's likely it would go to the muai thai fighter due to the fact he knows how to kick. And a proper kick to the ribs from someone at least partially trained in muai thai is fucking painful, lets not forget elbows/knees to the face. The kicks would do in the boxer.
That said, if the boxer knew how to throw his weight and got in at least one clean punch, the smaller guy would obviously go down. Likely KO.

It also depends on whether either of them knew how to fight on the ground. Wrestling or Jiu Jitsu could easily turn the tide of the fight very, very quickly.

If they are both fighting without any formal training whatsoever, it would likely go to the bigger guy. Again, unless one of them knows how to throw a punch it would go to weight.

Knowing how to throw a punch, an actual punch, can make a world of fucking difference in a fight. It's the difference between getting hit with a wooden cane and a baseball bat.

You're still going on about this guy? Just fight him dude

>>57795

>Just fuck him dude

There we go.

>Knowing how to throw a punch, an actual punch

Word.

I can throw my weight behind a punch, but my hand speed is slow. I trained myself to use momentum over speed, so while I generate alot of power, I don't generate as much force as a high velocity punch with weight behind it.

It just doesn't feel natural to me. So basically I trained myself wrong.

>>57760

>Dana is trying to make MayMac (which I HIGHLY doubt will happen)

lol

>>57774
Yep, I'm eating a lot of crow. I severely underestimated the mainstream interest in it and Showtime's willingness to put enough money forward to make everybody happy.

>>57776
It's ALL good buddy, I was just checking out this board and it is SLOW. Enjoy the fight brother, even if it is a joke.

>>57764

>give him his rematch with Conor.

Unfortunately he lost a lot of his leverage for a rematch. After he lost he was saying that he would fight Connor any time any place.
IIRC someone dropped out of a fight with Connor, they asked him if he wanted the fight. Abet on short notice.
And Mr. 'Any time, any place', said no.

>>57772

Bullshit excuse. Every Brazilian is on their death bed before walking to the cage if you believe any of what they say.

>>57736

...what is this image

I wanna see Joe Rogan's commentary on slow-mo cunt punt noting the power and technique, saying's it is an underutilized area to strike.

Eventually some bitch will have the 'gamesmanship' to try it

Holm lands a cunt punt!

>>57737
dinner for one

>>56004
I don't like your wholesale dismissal of wrestling fans, but I agree it would be shit. WWE is kind of terrible. Vince McMahon is a 70 year-old man who still thinks "kiss my ass" matches are genius.

WWE would have purchased PRIDE before it died had Vince McMahon let Shane purchase it and operate it, but Vince has a view of MMA akin to a concerned mother in 1996 watching the evening news hitpiece on the UFC. After all, those two US Pride shows were virtually auditions for an American company like WWE to save them from the impending bankruptcy that the Yakuza scandal started. Other than PRIDE I don't really see any other promotion being worthy of purchase since Bellator is deep in Spike/Viacom's pockets, WSOF is in NBC's pockets and Elite-XC was in CBS' pockets before they folded. I especially don't see them being able to create a MMA promotion coming even close to competing with the UFC, let alone Bellator or WSOF either.

>>56016

He shitposts throughout the site, and that includes /wooo/ as well. He's like a self-hating wrestling fan in addition to being a shitposting ass. I'd suggest you don't consider his rambling to hold too much weight since he's on the fast track to getting banned once the mods catch on to his tired shtick.

they probably already have mma gyms and crossfit parlours
I mean, they have a publishing company

>>56016

If it makes you feel any better he's a known pedophile on here that for some reason still uses his tainted tripcode everywhere except on /wooo/, so him deriding a fanbase of a TV show is trite when he talked about on here beating off to his little sister and her friends.

I doubt it. They already failed to get into bodybuilding and football and they'd probably fail just as bad getting into MMA.

>>57759
and a movie studio.

>>57738

If it happened it would draw for the freakshow/trainwreck aspect of it. UFC would be murdered by the press for it and would lose sponsorships over it, though. No state athletic comission would ever sanction it, either, so they would have to hold it on International Waters or on some Caribbean island. Or in Japan, because Japan is fucking wacky as shit.

>>57738
I wanna see cris cyborg vs mcgregor lel

>>57739
But think of the money!

I took gymnastics style kung fu for like 8 years.
I can definitely fight, if I have a sword or knife.
But hand to hand not so much.
CMA you should take if you want to use a sword, or ninjutsu or kendo.
Otherwise waste of time

>>54759
yes, Chen style for many years.

>>54759

>do we have any experienced CMA guys on here

I am experienced CIMA guy

Pretty sure the Chinese just said fuck it and made gun powder and rockets. I could be wrong but that is rare.

I dunno about Japan. Heard they only came up with panties, fat people, and tentacles for their fighting displays.

>>54856
...Did you really just link to fucking Jake Mace as an example of 'real' Kung Fu?