New league in Dubai - Cano, Bartolo and Others

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Weirdly it has been confirmed by a couple of the athletes but there is still very little out there about it. It is supposed to be February 17th. I messed up and this event is in Qatar and not Dubia. But pretty much the same thing/place.

All I know is 3 strongmen and 1 bodybuilder/actor doing MMA is going to be an absolute shit show at best.
https://www.finisherschampionship.com/

Could be a refreshing return to the early days when it was the tough guy fights.

Here's competitior 172, he has 10 years studying something nobody has ever heard of, 5'5" and 150lbs
And the challenger, a 50 year old guy who "won" a barfight back when he was 20, never shut up about it, and his friends basically forced him to sign up. He's 6'5" and claims 300.

The bells rings, and .... a few swings and misses by both then OUCH, that's going to hurt tomorrow... funny stuff

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by steve B

Could be a refreshing return to the early days when it was the tough guy fights.

Here's competitior 172, he has 10 years studying something nobody has ever heard of, 5'5" and 150lbs
And the challenger, a 50 year old guy who "won" a barfight back when he was 20, never shut up about it, and his friends basically forced him to sign up. He's 6'5" and claims 300.

The bells rings, and .... a few swings and misses by both then OUCH, that's going to hurt tomorrow... funny stuff

I'm picturing a brawl for all featuring Bas Rutten, Mike Tyson, Tito Ortiz, Dan the Beast Severn, Cabbage Correira, Tank Abbott, Chuxk Liddell, Iran Barkley, Andrew Golota Conor MacGregor, and Butter Bean.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by steve B

Could be a refreshing return to the early days when it was the tough guy fights.

Here's competitior 172, he has 10 years studying something nobody has ever heard of, 5'5" and 150lbs
And the challenger, a 50 year old guy who "won" a barfight back when he was 20, never shut up about it, and his friends basically forced him to sign up. He's 6'5" and claims 300.

The bells rings, and .... a few swings and misses by both then OUCH, that's going to hurt tomorrow... funny stuff

It is awesome when both people don't have a clue what they are doing.

The reality was usually you had someone that actually trained to fight easily beat the hell out of some silly bar fighter or sport karate guy.

[bk400]

I am not sure I agree with the comparison to Messi going to Inter Miami.

Messi went to the US so he could follow in Pele's footsteps (and Beckham as well) and further cement his legacy and contribution to the global development of football. If he wanted the money, he could have been paid $500 million to be a hood ornament for the Saudis.

Forgive me, but I find it hard to respect athletes-- especially American athletes -- who choose to go to the UAE, Qatar or Saudi for some big payday when they have already secured multigenerational financial security. (As an off topic aside, recall that 15 out of 19 of the Sept 11 bombers were Saudis).

I have a lot of respect for Collin Morikawa (who probably didn't have as much in the bank as Tiger and Rory) for rejecting LIV.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bnorth

It is awesome when both people don't have a clue what they are doing.

The reality was usually you had someone that actually trained to fight easily beat the hell out of some silly bar fighter or sport karate guy.

Yep, mostly that the one time I watched back then. Plus a fight not too far pff my description. And one that was a guy who seemed trained, against an untrained guy. Trained guy seemed eh, not bad probably not good enough for regular boxing. Untrained guy.... all he had going was durability, which he had plenty of. Just enough to keep it interesting for a while.