Foster the People really put on a show tonight in Vancouver. I’m only gonna get 5 hrs of sleep but it was one of my more memorable birthdays.

Worst UFC Robberies of 2024 - Home of Fight Unfortunately, 2024 had plenty of "robberies" on the UFC scorecards. Let's take a look at some of the worst robberies in the UFC this year!

The term “robbery” is as overused as it is hyperbolic, but that doesn’t change the fact that there were some awful scorecards doled out in 2024.

I list the year’s most egregious decisions and explain why they were so bad in my latest via @Home_of_Fight: www.homeoffight.com/news/ufc/wor...

I will be in Los Angeles in 2 weeks. Not yet sure if I’ll attend UFC 311 but that option is there for me.

13 years ago, Johny Hendricks beats Jon Fitch with 2 punches

@ryanawagmma.bsky.social Have you seen this?

I don’t recall this technique being used before

Abdulaziz Abdulvakhabov using a knee on neck in his most recent fight

My candidate for KO of the year

Vinicius Oliveira vs Bernardo Sopaj without commentary

Chito catches Fig dipping into a cute little skip up knee

Unfortunately this was the only strike he threw in the whole fight

Rewatch a few days ago and thought it was a competitive fight and winnable for Chito

I’m interested to see how Yan will approach a low volume counter puncher that’s presumably faster than him.

Probably competitive for the rounds 1-3. Who knows how it goes for 4-5.

If you wake up at 5:20 am in PST, it should be in time for the main event

I really hope this place improves media quality.

Video uploads only work if it’s under 60 seconds and 50 MB. Sometimes it fails for some reason.

Can upload gifs but they don’t play.

Being able to embed old X posts is a huge place on the other app too.

8 years ago...

Yan vs Figuereido is my most anticipated MMA fight of the month

I think there’s a 5% chance it ends in NC due to eye poke 👁️

Going to rewatching their MMA careers starting in 2019

📅 2012.11.17 | 🏟️ Bell Centre | 🎟️ UFC 154

12 years ago, Johny Hendricks deletes Martin Kampmann in just 46 seconds

Thanks for reading. If you liked this thread, please check out the article that goes into GSP vs Condit in greater detail – see below

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Although considered “boring” during his title reign, the Carlos Condit fight would be one of his more exciting title defences in his safety-first reign

They earn Fight of the Night honours and GSP earns his 11th UFC title fight win

The trap guard ultimately proved to be a losing strategy against GSP as Condit was unable to outwork GSP from the bottom or consistently get up

The champion landed ground n pound inside the closed guard and outside the open guard all night long

Throughout the fight, Condit’s trap guard proved to be tricky as he often limited GSP’s offence with posture breaks and continuously looked for sweep attempts

There were even instances of elbows landed

Condit’s defensive wrestling exhibited in the championship rounds was much more stubborn and persistent compared to the previous rounds

Instead of conceding them, Condit looked for switches to extend scrambles and even completed a successful reversal with one

Early in R4, the challenger was quick to build on his successes of the previous round with more high kicks

He threw them from the southpaw stance as well but GSP is able to block and evade them – takedowns becoming more and more a necessity

Recognizing the imminent danger, GSP secures his much needed takedowns for R3

Condit is briefly able to stand up with the fence as his aid but is taken down again and restrained for the rest of the round

Condit attained top control for almost a minute and his persistent ground n pound left a lasting mark on the champion

GSP is eventually able to escape and avoids becoming victim #27 of the Natural Born Killer

Early in R3, the challenger uses 2 throwaway punches to set up an elusive high kick, flooring the champion in front of his home crowd

St-Pierre never sees it coming and is forced to survive the ensuing onslaught

Although successful with his bull rushes off the cage, the champion still found the best significant strikes of R2

Condit was not deterred by this setback and was always keying in on potential openings at range

He realized more success than many previous foes, partly due to his 6’2” frame but also due to being a skilled kickboxer and some champion ring rust

The champion landed significant offence inside of Condit’s guard

The most notable was a left elbow at the end of R1 which caused profuse bleeding throughout the fight

Many questions surrounded GSP’s projected performance: his recovery, his time away from the octagon, and returning against a foe with 26 finishes
Condit’s Achilles heel was the inverse of GSP’s greatest asset – Wrestling

2 for 2 in R1 & R2 – 1 proactive, 1 reactive

GSP vs Condit didn’t materialize either though – GSP suffered an ACL tear in his right knee, requiring surgery and extensive time off

GSP and his Tristar team committed to a minimal rehab recovery of 9 months, in time to headline UFC 154 in Montreal

The story of GSP vs Condit dates back 15 months prior

When Nick Diaz failed media obligations for UFC 137, Carlos Condit was promoted as the challenger and Diaz was demoted to fighting BJ Penn

📅 2012.11.17 | 🏟️ Bell Centre | 🎟️ UFC 154

12 years ago, Georges St-Pierre (22-2) returned from an 18 month hiatus to face his most dangerous adversary ever – the Natural Born Killer Carlos Condit (28-5)

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