Counterpunch: Jones vs Evans

wonder how this stresses rashad if he was infact that fired up could raise cortisol levels making a cut harder(if he actually cuts to 205). talking about betting issue

OU wrote:

The world's largest fight promotion demanded -- and received -- a retraction from CagePotato, but as Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta explains to USA Today, it may not be enough to combat the fallout from the "reckless" post.

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"We had a flurry of people contacting us through e-mail, Twitter ... Rashad throwing a complete fit ... and then Dana having to call him to calm him down. If (people) thought it was just satire, we wouldn't have had that reaction. Dana had to talk to Rashad on the phone for 30 minutes to calm him down, to tell him, 'Are you crazy? There's no way I would ever bet on a fight or bet against you.' It didn't read like a joke at all. If you look at the article, when you first read that, it sounds like that they were in a room with Dana, talking to him, and he says, 'Oh, and he kind of made a mistake and said something, and said 'Don't print that.' We're currently evaluating whether [their retraction] is sufficient or not. Like I said, there's been a massive amount of fallout in the wake of them putting out something that is completely reckless in the way that they did. I don't understand how anybody could defend what they did. It's a very serious allegation. You've got to understand, Rashad's entire team -- his entire camp -- was in his ear telling him they read this online and that Dana bet half a million dollars against him. This was a real issue. This isn't just some kind of slap on the back, funny little joke. This was reckless reporting on their part."

Full of shit

Cu Bu wrote:

wonder how this stresses rashad if he was infact that fired up could raise cortisol levels making a cut harder(if he actually cuts to 205). talking about betting issue

He is only 5"11 and even talking about moving to 185 before Jones/Jackson turned on him. I doubt he has issues cutting weight.

OU wrote:

Cu Bu wrote:

wonder how this stresses rashad if he was infact that fired up could raise cortisol levels making a cut harder(if he actually cuts to 205). talking about betting issue

He is only 5"11 and even talking about moving to 185 before Jones/Jackson turned on him. I doubt he has issues cutting weight.

Wrestled at 184 I think in college.

TUF HW winner lol

OU wrote:

TUF HW winner lol

He did what he had to to get into the UFC.

Kenny went fought at 185 and ended up finishing his career at 145.

Farmer1906 wrote:

OU wrote:

TUF HW winner lol

He did what he had to to get into the UFC.

Kenny went fought at 185 and ended up finishing his career at 145.

Yeah I know, I was just messing around. Diego also fought at MW and fought for the title at 155. Hell just recently Brookins won TUF and immediately dropped down in his next fight. Dodson is kind of in the same boat already moving down to fly. They get in where they can on TUF.

Talk about losing focus if Rashad got that bent out of shape, even if Dana did put up 500K, you have the biggest fight of your life with a dude that has been wrecking people, more people think you are going to lose then win, deal with that shit after the fight, and if his camp really brought it to his attention what were they thinking.

I like the Ron Burgandy exile esque beard Bones has grown.

I was amazed at his standup game. He don't find many boxers who can do what I do, but for him to catch it that quick, I was totally amazed. It just made me want to teach him that much more.
-RJJ

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I was going to go down to 185lbs and do fantasy fights.

I wonder if Shad will consider this again after Bones beats him tonight, I'd love to see Shad vs. Silva, Sonnen, Belfort etc etc.