re: UFC New Orleans July 19th

Saw he had made a cryptic social media post a little while back. Just made sense that he would be on the NOLA card if anything—especially coming off a loss. Guess I assumed wrong.

I dont see allen winning this. vettori is as tough as they come and has never been submitted or KO'ed. I dont remember anyone really controlling him on the ground either but maybe I forgot it. either way I think vettori finishes him or allen wrestle fricks him to a boring decision.

definitely not a fight that is main card worthy on a ppv imo

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The chatter about the guy losing while still being considered the "baddest" is laughable when you actually look at the careers the men who have carried the belt have had and the killers they've all fought.

A guy like Ilia is clearly one of the PFP best but longevity and surviving the highs and lows counts for a lot and is what they appear to use when considering who belongs in the "BMF division".

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If a guy who isn't considered part of the 'BMF division' KOs the guy who's the champ of that division--that's the way every belt but the BMF works. You lose it and you're no longer the champ. But now BMF is based on body of work. We're making this stuff up as we go along because there are no objective rules to it. Probably why someone here said the UFC wants to retire it with Dustin.

Vitorri is a bum

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I'm certainly not opposed to that. I haven't hated it overall, but the tread is worn off that tire.

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Sorry if I'm giving everyone a hard time about it. I don't mind if it continues or not, I just think even Dana would have a hard time explaining what the rules of the belt are. Surprised a reporter hasn't tested him on it, maybe they have, I don't know.

The BMF really means something to Dustin, he was telling Ariel Helwani that it meant something to him after he lost to Gaethje, and then Ariel turned around and said, nobody gives a s*** about the BMF title, it means nothing, you're Dustin Poirier, you're a legend, etc. Completely tactless reply from Ariel. Not sure what that guy's appeal is. Dustin was polite but you could tell he didn't like Ariel's take.

I think what ariel meant was dustin doesnt need a fake belt to justify his career.

Like I said, the belt makes zero sense in this context anyway. dustin already lost a fight for the bmf by brutal knockout ....and max is the current bmf who lost 2 fights to dustin already and is coming off a brutal knockout.

like ariel was saying, dustin doesnt need the bmf belt for everyone to know he is a bad motherfricker. I just wish they would have given him a fight against gaethje or topuria to end his career. the max fight doesnt make sense.

Apparently Dricus said he has agreed to 2 different dates to fight chimaev. He said as early as 2 months from now (aka UFC NOLA) and as late as 4 months from now. The announcement will supposedly be "in a few days". Talk about a bombshell if that fight just so happens to take place at 318. Would be quite a sight to see.

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Yeah, because both guys have to be at the same weight, so only one belt can be on the line. But the BMF isn't tied to weight class, so there's no reason they couldn't. It's a gimmick supposedly about who's the baddest MF'er.

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Has anyone argued against it being a "gimmick"?

It's just something "fun", no one is acting like it's a "real" belt.

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Has anyone argued against it being a "gimmick"?

It's just something "fun", no one is acting like it's a "real" belt.

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I don't think anyone has.

The whole thing started with Nate Diaz saying he's the BMF, and then they came up with the gimmick Nate-Masvidal BMF fight. And now because it's subjective and there are no clear objective rules to who qualifies, when it's on the line, why a guy can lose while holding it and still retain it, etc.--people talk about it a lot.

This should've been a fight night.