look at him he is at least 25 and definitely knows things about the world, perhaps SBR should have a masters division or some senior subsection where astute and mature people like him can have intellectual conversations in
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lots of plays in this event for me
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Yeah, i mean it's clearly nothing compared to a guy with a al pacino avatar and a 'forze juve' along with a phucking hashtag.
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What's also absolutely hilarious is that he throws these 4chan kiddiez remarks as insults, but can't help himself and every other post of his of contains some juvenile insult, 4chan lingo or some dumb hashtag quip that probably gets you credibility points at govteen forumsLast edited by The iron sheik; 09-05-13, 05:27 PM.Comment -
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UFC makes shit up all the time. In addition to them adding height to Carwin, in the buildup to the Lesnar fight they claimed Carwin won his first 12 fights by ko when damn near half of them were subs.Comment -
Healy +180???? Wtf?Comment -
Which one of you is pounding Healy here?Comment -
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Jon Jones reach: 84.5"
Gustafsson's reach: 76.5"
84.5 - 76.5 = 8
Thus, Jon Jones has an 8" reach advantage. Nice job embarrassing yourself.
And before you try and say the UFC lies about the reach, Jones was reported as having an 84.5" reach since his first UFC fight and Gustafsson was reported at 76.5" since his first. There are no reports of their respective reaches being anything different before or after the came to the UFC. Not to mention, just by looking at the two of them you can easily see Jones' arms are much longer. Also look at how Gustafsson had no visible reach advantage vs Shogun yet when Jones fought him, Jon clearly had a massive reach advantage.
But you're saying we should throw away all the facts, evidence and logic and instead go by some baseless conspiracy theory you've come up with that doesn't have a single shred of evidence to support it? That we should agree with you that Jones will only have a 1-2" reach advantage simply because you said so based on literally nothing? LOL, cool story bro...Last edited by Luca Fury; 09-06-13, 12:33 AM.Comment -
Yeah, having my documented track record for both free and premium bets BOTH being up units life-to-date = "picking losers."
Right, OK. Whatever you say.
Let's see your documented trackrecord… Oh, wait, you don't have one because it would be a total embarrassment if you did. Typical troll who is a sad, pathetic twerp so he has to try and bring others down to make himself feel better. As they say, misery loves company.Last edited by Luca Fury; 09-06-13, 12:37 AM.Comment -
the problem is reach is measured by the length of arms in boxing and what most people think about when talking about reach. I Think plekz is right about their arms being very close. UFC is dumb and lists wingspan under reach for some reason. No one really cares about wingspan in combat sports because this isnt basketball. I guess on the ground wingspan could matter somewhat. Jones does catch chokes with that wingspan. But even then I dont trust the UFC numbers at all. And just because they havent changed doesnt mean they were right to begin with.
Silva's first Zuffa fight.
Going by ufc's track record I would lean to the numbers being wrong based on the source.Comment -
Again, though, look at Jones and Gustafssons' fights vs Shogun. Gustafsson appeared to have no reach advantage on Shogun at all. This makes sense since Gus is listed at 76.5 and Shogun is 76,the problem is reach is measured by the length of arms in boxing and what most people think about when talking about reach. I Think plekz is right about their arms being very close. UFC is dumb and lists wingspan under reach for some reason. No one really cares about wingspan in combat sports because this isnt basketball. I guess on the ground wingspan could matter somewhat. Jones does catch chokes with that wingspan. But even then I dont trust the UFC numbers at all. And just because they havent changed doesnt mean they were right to begin with.
Silva's first Zuffa fight.
Going by ufc's track record I would lean to the numbers being wrong based on the source.
But then look at Jones vs Shogun and it's clear as day that Jones has a near double digit reach advantage over him. Again, this makes sense since Jones is listed as having an 8.5" reach advantage over him.
It's also clear just by looking at the 2 of them that Jon's arms are much longer than Gus'.
The reason people figured out Anderson was listed as being shorter than reality and Carwin being taller than reality was by doing what I just did: comparing the listed measurements to what their own eyes tell them. Like in that picture, it's clear Anderson is taller than Leben. It was also clear he was taller than Franklin.
As for Carwin, you could see by his stardowns vs guys listed around 6' than he was about the same height as them, not 6'5".
So those lies were discovered by the listed measurements not lining up to what people saw with their own eyes. However, Jones' reach lines up perfectly with what is seen in picture and videos.
Not to mention, as it turned out, it was actually Anderson who lied to the UFC about his height because he wanted his opponents to think he was shorter than he was, so they'd be surprised by his size on fight night. He also did this back in Pride and did so to gain the advantage of surprise. Now why would Jones lie about his reach being longer? Wouldn't he want to lie about it being SHORTER, so he would have the element of surprise like Anderson? And if it was the UFC's choice to lie, why would they lie about some unknown guy that they brought in to lose to an undefeated prospect that they were trying to build? No one expected Jones to be even 1/10th as good as he is, so don't try and tell me they planned it all along. He was supposed to get owned by Gusmao and probably go 0-2 in the UFC and get cut.Comment -
I dont doubt Jone's reach/wingspan but Alexander's could be off. He could've told the ufc something to gain an advantage. I agree Jones has larger shoulders so a bigger wingspan. But I think the arm are dang near close. And for boxing that is what matters. I dont see how having wider shoulders is an advantage striking. With Alexander being one inch taller. I would give him the reach advtange striking. Jones the reach advantage on the ground or standing submissions.
Gusmao was only supposed to win in the bookmakers eye. The public bet Jones early and often.
there is a good picture of these guys side by side. Gus is taller and has almost the same arm length. Jones does have wider shoulders. Legs it's not even close Gus looks like he has athelete legs and Jones legs look like some computer nerds.Comment -
long night and im shitty at gimp but i cut jones arm, changed the opacity and tried to line it up. Not perfect but gives you an idea
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Pal, you don't want to fock with me. Here's a quick story for your sorry ass. I was watching this movie when I was a kid and it was with this chink named Mr. Miyagi and this phaget named Daniel Son. The chink made Daniel Son wash cars, paint his house, stain his focking deck. After this shit Daniel Son rolled in and starched all of these focking Cobra Kai chomos. I mean laid a focking beating on their punk asses one after another.
So I decided to wash cars and paint houses one whole summer. After that I went out to the streets. Focked everyone up. I mean laying dudes out left and right. I said fock this chink Miyagi had it right the whole time. Moral of the story? I'll fock you up bitch.Comment -
did the whole upper body
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Jones ITD is the play here regardless, Alexander is getting outclassed in every facet of fighting and even if he were to have similar reach it wouldn't really change things.Comment -
Yeah and notice how Gus' head doesn't look way bigger in that pic like it does in the other? In fact, Jones' head looks bigger. That proves Gus is way closer to the camera in the first pic.
Also, all that shows in their biceps. That doesn't help us. Need to see a full arm shot. I tried searching but can;t find any pics or video that show it. In all the far out shots, they have their arms bent, which is useless.Comment -
Not what Im feeling. If Rashad went 5 with his wet paper thin jaw I see Gus doing it. But I also see Gus winning this fight. Fight doesnt go the distance might be better. With Jone's needle legs and heavy front foot stance 2 or 3 hard inside kicks by Gus to get Jones all out of balance followed by that upper cut. One of the best in the sport. It could be good night!Comment -
The first picture is the best one you're likely to find... they're obviously standing right next to one another.Comment -
So I still think the best evidence we have is comparing the tape when each of them fought Shogun. There's no way Gus has the same reach as Jones judging by that footage. His reach looked identical to Shogun's in their fight, whiel Jon clearly had a massive reach advantage over Rua.
And it's not just because Jones used his reach better. There were times were jones and Rua punched at the same time and Jon landed while Shogun was way short. When Gust fought Shogun, there were times where they punched at the same time and both landed. Plus, again, you could just see the reach differences all throughout the fightsComment
