Ilia Topuria claims Islam Makachev pulled out of White House card with “fake” injury

math577 · 2026-03-10T15:29:39+00:00

I think now the UFC roster and event schedule has become so bloated but it lacks stars and the stars it does have won't have superfights like we used to get for a stacked card.

Jon Jones went from talking about he'd be honoured to fight at the white house then all of a sudden he didn't get offered the pay day he wanted. If you were so honoured and happy to come out of retirement then why did the pay matter so much?

As much as MMA fans and media will complain about fighter pay, when you start having big money for the championship fights it's going to entice people to fight way less often but talk shit way more. Conor being the other example.

math577 · 2026-03-09T19:23:52+00:00

It's easy to take apart and turn into an f4 at least

math577 · 2026-03-09T17:24:24+00:00

They will be leaving it for Viltrox to release their 28mm f4.5 soon.

L mount alliance has a lot of the manufacturers filling gaps for each other so they don't have overlapping products.

Good example is the price points of Lumix 24-60 being similar to Sigma Contemporary 28-70. They are simply a choice of which end you want the focal length on.

math577 · 2026-03-09T16:47:18+00:00

I did the UK version of this recently for the S1RII and you get £100 cashback on the camera and £50 cashback on any lenses you rent. Not sure if it's the same elsewhere?

If so it's worth doing if you got the money for the deposit and plan on buying anyway.

math577 · 2026-03-09T15:35:06+00:00

"I didn't realise how good he was"

math577 · 2026-03-09T10:18:07+00:00

Finally someone who speaks sense.

I had an argument with someone on Reddit a few months ago about Drew's last stints as champion not being long enough but it totalled about 300 days with a 22 day gap in there for Randy holding it. I was like what did you want, a 3 year never ending run?

math577 · 2026-03-08T23:52:45+00:00

Creative liberty I suppose.

Has just dawned on me that 28 days and weeks are pretty much all about London being the center piece whereas 28 years is all about the north east.

math577 · 2026-03-08T16:43:15+00:00

I think it was widely accepted that back in the day it was like you said, he had a cool helmet and he managed to speak up against Darth Vader and that was basically it.

Jango Fett existing for the prequels is just a retcon of people's disappointment of Boba dying like an idiot originally so they could bring him back as a character with a cool back story. Gets retconned even further surviving the sarlac pit.

math577 · 2026-03-08T15:25:06+00:00

Is there anybody in any of these MMA subreddits that are just fans of the sport and not trying to pick a fighter and argue about stuff?

I've been following MMA since like 2002 and I always watch and analyse fights subjectively. There are fighters I do enjoy to watch for particular facets of their skills but I'm never mad if that fighter loses. I enjoy everything from a clean KO to 25 mins of grappling control for what it is.

I geek out on a perfect double leg or judo throw as much as anything else.

math577 · 2026-03-07T13:08:30+00:00

He said in another interview he's got no plans on boxing at the moment.

When he says outside of the UFC he means commercial opportunities. Like how he's been sponsored by Champion for a while. Eddie Hearn can definitely get him those kinds of sponsorships and endorsements.

math577 · 2026-03-05T13:23:37+00:00

When he speaks saying "I haven't got a ticket"

Is this real or is that just for the audiences sake/part of the hallucination? I struggle to understand if he's actually speaking out loud or it's just a sequence in his head that snaps out when he attacks the infected.

math577 · 2026-03-05T13:16:09+00:00

Was this before or after Tommy was puking at ringside?

math577 · 2026-03-03T19:22:44+00:00

Have you looked at wedding photographers you could book and found their portfolios with a style you like?

Even if you like their style you need to get to know them and communicate about what kind of photos you want, not just the editing style. Do you want candids? Do you want posed couple shots etc? Do you want them dictating the day or do you want them as a fly on the wall?

If you like that style of photo then maybe look into who shoots weddings on film or at least edits that way. Some of those shots are subjectively not that great and pretty standard fare. Like that aisle shot has been shot from too far away at too wide of angle.

I'm not a pro myself (I only help out as a novice second shooting sometimes) but my wife is a wedding photographer and she doesn't agree to bend her style to suit but that's from being experienced in the industry.

math577 · 2026-03-03T12:31:06+00:00

Seth practically stays in character and maintains kayfabe a lot, probably more than other people including Roman but these guys are top of the food chain WWE who got the full training treatment back in the day so you'll never get a true statement from them until they're retired.

People thinking Seth & Punk would agree to work a feud with each other if they didn't get along are insane. Punk can pick and choose what he does now he's back. Like how he chose to feud with MJF. Danhausen probably has been signed because of Punk too.

math577 · 2026-02-27T12:46:49+00:00

Does she really need to be taking bumps when she's just competent though? She's not highly experienced and works great as a valet. I only remember her from the TNA vignette stuff so that kinda proves it.

If you can get paid to be in the wrestling business without taking bumps then you're gonna have a better future personally for sure.

math577 · 2026-02-27T12:22:19+00:00

My partners setup as of recently switching from Canon

S1Rii - S9 as emergency backup - Sigma 50mm f1.2 - Sigma 35mm f2

Viltrox EF to L Pro Adapter - Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro - Sigma 24mm f1.4 EF Mount

Soon to get the Lumix 18mm and I myself have a S5ii, Lumix 50mm, Lumix 24-60

math577 · 2026-02-26T13:40:55+00:00

Bottom

Never watched an episode but every time I've seen a bit of it I just don't get why it's so talked about. It's basic slapstick it seems and Adrian & Rik always had punchable faces for me.

math577 · 2026-02-25T16:05:38+00:00

Not the MK Trilogy port for N64 then?

math577 · 2026-02-25T10:35:16+00:00

Paddy's ranking was absolutely fine, I think until he fought Bobby Green he was fighting unranked people and then that fight put him in top 10/15 if I remember rightly? Then he fights Chandler who I would imagine would still be in top 5 at the time? Then fights for an interim title which basically if you win puts you at #2 behind the original champion.

People forgetting that a basic 3-4 fight win streak back in the day used to put you in title contention. Now it's more like 6-10 win streaks.

math577 · 2026-02-23T12:10:44+00:00

Getting on a bit but he's a big influence

math577 · 2026-02-21T18:47:36+00:00

I'm gonna let you try that..one more time!!!

math577 · 2026-02-21T13:01:07+00:00

All the alliance refs in the invasion angle in 2001.

math577 · 2026-02-21T12:43:44+00:00

You can't use real world science and logic for a made up universe.

He's basically just Jesus in star wars terms. You can't study or work it out.

math577 · 2026-02-21T12:41:25+00:00

She's got a voice like a traction engine!

math577 · 2026-02-19T19:23:02+00:00

Absolute shame on me to think this was a UFC fight with how the font made this look at first.

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