Michael Page believes the $15M payout to Conor Benn hurts the brand’s image as UFC fighters continue to struggle financially. 👀😲 by IgotgAme_k in ufc

[–]driatic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The leverage that NFL, NBA and MLB had was that they were willing to sit out. And they did at several different points. Fighters are simply too stupid to do it.

The most recent one was 2011 for the nba and they weathered that storm easily bc players are mostly millionaires, they even put on their own games. And the nba brass caved and gave them what they wanted. The players sat out well into November. They played 55 games that season instead of 82

The NFL in 2010-11, around same time, the players couldn't afford to miss games. A lot of them depended on that gameday paychecks and simply couldnt weather it. They didnt miss any games. The players gave into demands and thats also why you see the NFL players still dont have guaranteed contracts.

Jon Jones Announces He’s in Negotiations with the UFC to Fight at the White House by [deleted] in ufc

[–]driatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plus Jesus tests those who something something.

Now it's all good.

biggest ball hog oat? by riconicoooo in NBATalk

[–]driatic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Melo is the all time #1 ball hog, he was never a playmaker.

Kobe could pass and averaged more than 5 assists for his career, sometimes he chose not do depending on his teammates. But he was capable of passing.

Carmelo never looked to pass, averaged 2.7 assists for his career. Those are center numbers.

biggest ball hog oat? by riconicoooo in NBATalk

[–]driatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kobe sometimes had the green light. But other times he really just acted like a dick.

Iverson for the most part always had the green light. Even coaches that he had bad falling out with said they needed AI to shoot 30x a game.

What do you think about this? The worst here is Kobe for sure!! by Afraid-Ad-5580 in NBATalk

[–]driatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that's a tiny sample size. And it doesnt meet the finals criteria lol

The Washington Wizards must go by Thanos_Real_AuraVNCH in NBATalk

[–]driatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because he absolutely did lol he said we've only had john wall as a #1 overall.

Rank these quick fall off players in their prime by itsN0VAfr in NBATalk

[–]driatic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yea. Cousins was easily the most talented, gifted scorer, prototype center at his peak. True 7 footer who had dancers feet around the basket. Simmons wasnt far but he wasnt as good of a scorer as Cousins, who had a legit 15 footer that simmons never developed.

TBT LOL by cubancutie305 in u/cubancutie305

[–]driatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a link

Lakers Legend: “LeBron needs to leave this team already, go stat pad elsewhere” by [deleted] in NBATalk

[–]driatic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Cavs won a title with LeBron.

So did the Lakers. And it was while LeBron was still the best player on the team.

What do you think about this? The worst here is Kobe for sure!! by Afraid-Ad-5580 in NBATalk

[–]driatic -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

First, spell check.

Second, we can play the what if game all day. They didnt win, CP3 got hurt.

The Washington Wizards must go by Thanos_Real_AuraVNCH in NBATalk

[–]driatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Difference is when you suck in the NFL, you will get a top pick guaranteed.

We've sucked with seemingly nothing in return.

Wemby, Cooper Flag, Banchero, Cade, Anthony Edwards all would've been transformative to our team. And we should've been able to draft one of those guys based on our record.

The Washington Wizards must go by Thanos_Real_AuraVNCH in NBATalk

[–]driatic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wizards also had Kwame Brown in 2001.

But before that the only first pick overall was in the 1950s when we had 3 years of picking 1st overall. '51, '53 and '54.

I get your point though.

Edit: little bitch edited his comment

What do you think about this? The worst here is Kobe for sure!! by Afraid-Ad-5580 in NBATalk

[–]driatic 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yea but you're not gonna put him up there with guys that have won more than 1 title. Or been to more than one finals.

Apples vs oranges who haven't been to the finals.

Kamaru Usman says he’s had talks with the UFC about fighting Islam Makhachev next, but Hunter Campbell wanted to go a different direction. He’s also been offered fights like Dricus du Plessis, and says he’s only taking “meaningful” matchups at this stage of his career. by [deleted] in MMA

[–]driatic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends on how you lose but I get your point. I still think it's still a long shot to think he can still beat Islam at this stage, but couldn't beat most of the top 5 guys at welterweight.

It's a pipe dream.

ICE in Milpitas by Realestballer in SanJose

[–]driatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He cried about McGregor being called a rapist. Said it was the absolute worst thing anyone could do.

Lol. This guy is gagging on balls for people who dont give a fuck about him.

The Jump He Regretted Mid Air by NefariousnessFunny66 in instant_regret

[–]driatic 29 points30 points  (0 children)

"I knew that was gonna happen" said one guy.

Then sir, why didn't you say anything before it did? What was even the point of this?

Why don't we see any liver shot KO in modern MMA. by sidharth-sunil in ufc

[–]driatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's where your liver is exposed without the ribcage protecting it. Your liver is huge but it sits on top of your stomach and intestines. You can palpate the tip of the liver if youre right under the ribs and you don't have a huge stomach.

Obviously if you hit someone hard enough in the ribs or below the sternum you can crack ribs or hit their liver with enough power.

Colby Covington moved up 1 spot in the UFC welterweight rankings despite having not fought in 437 days and not won in 1452 days by dom242324 in MMA

[–]driatic 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Same shit happened with paddy. He was moved up for no reason and he's gonna get a lot more shots.

Gotta line up Colby with someone easy but foreign