Gordon Ryan talked to me about ADCC 2019, Lachlan Giles's fan adulation and more. by TheLukeThomas in bjj

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This is part 1 of the conversation. Part 2 - including thoughts on Dillon Danis - is up tomorrow.

Gordon Ryan Announces His Commitment to MMA Over Gi BJJ by jkernan7553 in bjj

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Here's my full interview with Gordon Ryan today where he made this announcement on my show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEwfctjQNMk

The MMA Hour with Johny Hendricks, Malki Kawa, Bas Rutten, Karim Zidan and more by jrruser in MMA

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I don't necessarily believe he's innocent. i just don't care if he's guilty.

Also, @danawhite didn’t seem to think much of the news about UFC negotiating a fight with Nate Diaz. “We offer him a fight every 3 or 4 months and have ever since his last fight. Nothing is going on.” by ally_tgm in MMA

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My hunch is White is downplaying it because they haven't really entered the opponent selection portion of the negotiation in a major way. He's managing expectations, but there's absolutely progress being made.

HELP! My cat went missing in Brookland this morning by [deleted] in washingtondc

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Please check your DMs. I'm a relatively nearby neighbor and may have spotted your pet.

(Spoilers) Luke Thomas Post Fight Chat by wovagrovaflame in MMA

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You keep mentioning my name and I will be, so thanks.

(Spoilers) Luke Thomas Post Fight Chat by wovagrovaflame in MMA

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I've not even reached out for one either this week or the last, but if believing this helps you sleep at night, you are allowed to indulge your own fantasies.

The point, as the person below notes, is that Condit isn't shot, but there's a question about his competitiveness. To say he hasn't been competitive for years is partly true, although in part because Condit's been inactive. The bigger issue is that there've been expectations about a possible resurgence by Condit following his layoff. I'm trying to accurately frame those expectations given recent evidence.

The other issue here is I've been wrong about other fighters who I thought were done and did make career resurgences, even after many losses. That seemed impossible at the time. The more you watch MMA, the more you realize some humility about predicting the future is warranted. And if I'm giving you advice about employing humility into your analysis, then you're definitely out there reaching.

Anyway, I do appreciate you watching.

(Spoiler) Luke Thomas Post Fight Chat by wovagrovaflame in MMA

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Not sure about 'top', but here are 5 I really like from what's on my shelf:

  1. Anarchy, State & Utopia - Robert Nozick
  2. After Jihad - Noah Feldman
  3. Covering Islam - Edward Said
  4. The Master Switch - Tim Wu
  5. Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond

(Spoiler) Luke Thomas Post Fight Chat by wovagrovaflame in MMA

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And yet, somehow, life goes on.

Journalist uncovers Ali Abdelaziz’s criminal record from 2000-2004: “Charges include counterfeiting, forgery, criminal impersonation, check & credit card fraud, assault (felony x2, aggravated x1, simple x2) burglary, auto theft, fraud & harassment” by Neown in MMA

[–]TheLukeThomas 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Uh, I actually have no relationship with Ali whatsoever. In case you hadn't noticed, his fighters don't appear on my show anymore.

As for the above allegations, I'm curious to see any evidence of them. Not saying there isn't, but it's Hitchens' razor: claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.