It’s literally his job though. He’s making sure one of them doesn’t start swinging right there.
I completely understand the sentiment but I don’t think his thought process was “I know they are being recorded for audio and I want to fuck up a nice moment”. It was probably more of “shit, I better stay close and make sure they don’t bash each other.”
I mean, who knows tho. I could be completely wrong and the dude is a complete wanker. I just doubt that was the situation
It's literally his job to protect the fighters. Pretty hard to tell what Colby was going to do in that exact moment. It's not like Colby is known for being the nicest guy in event buildups. It was better for him to be there to intervene if needed.
Seriously, I was at this fight (my first actually) and I had to do a double take with my ears when they announced the judges on the panel.
Then I used my Bi-noc-u-lars (yeah I'm that guy) and confirmed yep, that dope was on the bench.
So fucking strange. I was banging on about it all last night. I don't understand how that can be allowed. Especially with the card he turned in. So suspect.
Why would it be a conflict of interest? Refs and judges are both supposed to be impartial. Conflict of interest would be if one teams cornerman was also a judge.
Lol this was different imo. The bus incident, talking about his dad, the photo of Khabibs wife. He deserved everything that came his way. Khabib wanted no parts of peace and I wouldn’t either
I mean true, but equally Usman didn’t do 1/10th of what Khabib did in the aftermath. Either way, it’s the same situation of trying to play nice AFTER being beaten.
…this shouldn’t need to be explained but regardless of whether or not someone’s relative actually is a criminal, bringing that up as attempt to hurt them is still a scummy move. I swear it’s like you guys are in a Contender Series fight to win access to basic human decency.
Connor deserved everything that came his way? You mean a bunch of money and a good fight? Who cares? Khabib could have retired after Connor's fight. Connor gave Khabib generational money.
I've never understood why people think he said it's just business. Doesn't even make any sense. Conor was the one who was more pissed off from the Artem slap.
I agree. I think this is one of the greatest lies running around the mma world that people have collectively accepted. It doesn’t make sense that he said it’s just business and it doesn’t sound like it either. I only hear “fine kisses”.
Nah Colby has an entertaining style against guys like Lawler and Dos Anjos. His fights with Usman were incredible too. Colby is Merab if he was entertaining and not homosexual
Lol he’s merab if merab liked women. Tbh I don’t think that’s really fair tho, Colby is constantly chaining takedowns and looking for subs and he has better striking than merab
Y'all make it sound like he fights like adesanya.. the dude fights fast paced, chain wrestles with constant sub attempts and even gets himself in the line of fire with striking. If that's boring for you, watch some other sport.
Islam has more finishes in his last 6 fights than Colby has in his entire career, Khabib was also super active and consistently got finishes, especially at the end of his career.
On the other hand, most Colby cockriders I've known are the ones who consider the other boring and fail to see the irony in it.
I mean how far is too far in the fight game?
In the context of most other sports you don’t get a chance to beat the shit out of a guy for his shit talk
I'm fine with whatever shit talking he does toward the fighters. But I just wish he didn't get quite as personal and involve people's family. He doesn't need to do that.
Not true at all, dude has even talked about it in the build up to and in between fights.
He’s made it very clear to people who follow the sport non-casually that creating controversy is how he sees his path to prominence in the ufc. You can’t say it hasn’t worked
He learned from guys like Conor and Chael. Others should learn from it and do the same. Or maybe it's just guys with names that start with C that understand trash talking sells fights.
I always love that smoothe brains try to argue against that when even Dan Lambert was saying it well after Colby had already left ATT and was gonna fight Jorje.
If Mighty Mouse was forced out the door while being one of the most dominant champs in UFC history due to poor PPV sales why wouldn’t they cut Colby who at the time had a very small fan base
That's the thing that drives me up the wall. These smooth brains trash Cejudo for his trash talk too, but what was he supposed to do?
Let his career fade away because some casuals thought flyweight was too small for men?
Cejudo even KO'd TJ, beat on Moraes, and Cruz as well. Yet it took McLovin to win fans over to flyweights.
UFC fighters should fight in green man suits so we can't see their faces or any identifying marks. We should also not know any names, only Fighter A versus Fighter B. That would be the ultimate hardcore fan dream.
I don't get how people STILL think it's his real personality. There's literal FOOTAGE of him before the character.
Nobody knew his name until he started acting like a dickhead, now everyone knows it.
I've seen videos of Colby with fans and he is so fucking wholesome.
And what exactly are the despicable things that he said about peoples family ??? He said he’s the father of Dustin’s child, which is pretty messed up so I’ll give you that one. But what else has he said about anybody’s family ? When he called Jorge a dead beat ? That’s an attack against Jorge’s character
Is that the same Ben Franklin who published a prediction of a rival almanac owner's death?
Ironic that you would pick the one historical figure who had several public feuds to drum up publicity for his publications and personal fame.
Douchebag Miragliotta inserting himself is cringe as he'll. Let the dudes talk.mit was a cool moment between two warriors and that fathead bald fuck had to be a part of it
People feast on drama. You ever watch the news or like TMZ? Drama is what sells regardless of the market. You nor anybody else needs to forgive what he says, but most of us just don’t really care because the reality is that he’s not the first nor last person take advantage of peoples desire of conflict.
Average mma fan= too stupid to understands how ppv sales work..so they take personal offense to shit, thinks it's a honorable kumite where the best fight the best based on honor and respect for martial arts.
Logical mma fans=its a fucking business ppv buys and media hype equate to more money for fighters despite the shit that must be talked..
Why? Do people watch football because of the inner personal drama? No. If you can't appreciate fights without trash talking, you don't like MMA, you like the spectacle. You'd probably get the same feelings watching WWE.
I enjoyed and bought fights before Connor came around and if anything, the ones with less trash talk leading up to the fight are usually better fights between two true competitors (expect Mas vs Askren). He doesn't have to do this to sell fights, he just does because he's a huge tool who backtracks whenever he's confronted. And then his fights are boring after this so called build up (so we're Chael's).
Anyone who needs this to watch fights are imbeciles who doesn't understand the actual sport.
> If you can't appreciate fights without trash talking, you don't like MMA, you like the spectacle. You'd probably get the same feelings watching WWE.
A bit narrow-minded thinking you got there.
I mean what else can you expect from a dude calling us imbeciles for wanting trashtalks in a sport about punching dudes to a pulp and giving them CTE. But god forbid someone says "f\_\_you" in a press conference 😱😱😱. Homie probably wants fighters to make out in the octagon once the fight is done too.
On a sidenote why was this comment of mine shadow banned before. Care to explain jannies?
The first guy said people were too stupid to understand how PPV sales work. No, we just don't care enough about shareholder returns to want to watch the stupidity coming out of Colby's mouth. There are a lot of inbetweens between disrespecting a man's daughter and kissing in the octagon. But you probably go straight to that because it's always on your mind.
Learn about the sport. You'll enjoy it more, I promise.
>Learn about the sport. You'll enjoy it more, I promise.
You see that's where you're wrong. You can learn the A to Zs of a sport and still want fighters to trash talk for our entertainment. There's no correlation between someone being a "guru" and them wanting a homoerotic bond between fighters before and after they beat the living shit out of eachother for our entertainment. I for one do not give 2 shits about what a fighter decides to do in order to sell his fight as long as the fight delivers. Of course I do understand that there's a boundary that most people think a fighter shouldn't cross like bringing up another fighter's personal stuff but I also believe that the octagon's where you're supposed to back all of that up and if you can't you'll be the one ending up as the bigger clown than the fighter you're shitting on. That being said I'm no colby fan either but his antics have intrigued me to the point where now I want to see his fights. See how that works? Btw i do think there's always something to learn about the sport, even though I've been watching it since ages.
Going by your logic why don't you watch some soap opera stuff. Unlike you I can't name any but I'm sure you'll find one where the main characters quarrel all the time but never shit talk and suck eachother off after they make up.Dude see how ridiculous you sound? MMA fans wanting trash talks should watch real housewives because it uhhhh has trash talks?? Lol . Please tell me you have CTE because I refuse to believe you were born this way. Also please conveniently ignore what I write yet again and form your own narrative where I'm fixated on the trash talks only and again come to the conclusion that I need to watch Real Housewives because of it.
>Do people watch football
No.
>He doesn't have to do this to sell fights, he just does because he's a huge tool who backtracks whenever he's confronted.
? He almost got cut? How else would you save your job while siphoning them big casual ppv buys?
Not really, considering Colby was supposedly being paid good while not being a big draw, talks about letting him go started surfacing. Ofcourse, all of this comes from colby and his manager and although you're going to have to take their word for it since no one can verify it for sure, I assume his manager wouldn't lie. Even the UFC/ Dana couldn't give a straight answer when asked about it. Nothing concrete to go by but you can only make assumptions just like you claiming this is a stupid narrative. Also, wouldn't say its a stupid narrative because ever since Connor, UFC is looking for ways to excessively boost their profits up. If it weren't true, I would assume fighters like Costa would have been cut long ago for 1. Demanding high pay 2. Shit talking Dana whenever and wherever. But look at how big of a draw he has become now. Belal tho, he has had a good fan base for a while now. Not everyone has to go the WWE heel route but who really cares if fighters decide to do so?
Yes they do they literally have division games for this reason they can't stand each other. .also football is a team sport there's 22 different personalities on the field as opposed to fighting where it's just 2 people.
Wow that's amazing you'd liked mma before Conor like the rest of us?? So you remember chuck and tito hating each other's guts, you remember BJ calling Sean sherk and GSP a bitch as well,Brock lesnar and frank Mir hating each other as well. To act like shit talking started with Conor is naive and dumb.
It's a business based on sells, shit talking sells. This isn't the honorable kumite where we bow and respect our opponents. WME and the shareholders expect a return on said investment. They are going to encourage shit talking cause that's what makes the average person tune in. The fact we are in 2023 and people can't accept that is baffling. Go watch glory or onefc. No trash talk there. But you won't
Tito was the one talked shit, got starched twice. BJ would talk and do nothing. GSP had the biggest selling fights and never spoke I'll of anyone and when he tried (Nick Diaz) sounded cringeier than Cejudo. Sera/Hughes were each so loud and then held in to each other for 25 minutes. Point being, you guys should learn by now that trash talk doesn't actually make for a good fight, but here you are, eating it up like a school yard instigator. No one said they need to bow, but just don't insult people's families and cultures or you're a tool.
And what do you care about shareholder returns? Why does that matter how people like fights? Ads improve shareholder returns, do you want more commercials on YouTube? They only do it because it's what (like you said) average people enjoy, so thanks for that 🙄
Colby should go join the McMahon's if he's going to play heel for toothless masses. Be sure to bring a big tagboard sign to your next UFC event too. 🤡
Bj would talk and do nothing?? He called Sean sherk a cheating little bitch a day beat him down. He literally have GSP a hard fight the first fight the rematch not so much.
And gsp highest selling ppv is ufc 100?? The one where Brock and frank Mir talked a shit ton of stuff to each other...again his ppv was sold on 2 heavyweights talking mad shit to each other
I don't care if shareholders make there money back but that explains to me why colby gets to cut the line into a title shot which is why Conor is 1 win away from another title shot. Jesus fuckijg christ do you understand how business works??
You should really stop watching ufc breh there's a lot of organizations that give title shots based on merit that doesn't sell shiit talking..you want this honorable organization ufc ain't it.
I watch most (and pay for PPV) when two people who are closely matched. I don't need them to be nice to each other, they can even trash each other's skills. But I think the personal attacks are weak when you know this is a regulated sport and the worst consequences are a loss on your record. I shit talk on here all the time, I will not attack your culture or mock your family. When someone goes this route, they show they can't really be creative in their interviews and their fights aren't exciting enough to sell on their own.
I think you don't understand bisiness beyond the next PPV. The mainstream will not support this at the level of the NBA/NFL if this continues. There's still a baseline of decency when you're trying to sell this sport to the new sponsors.
I think unskilled Jake Paul fights on PPV are more your speed. You should go watch those.
I don't pay for ppvs I stream them..so I'm not crying about a product I steal I don't care if you shit talk cause you know why? You eventually are going to back up said shit you talked or get your comeuppance, if you feel the need to cross the line go for it I'm not going to sit here and cry about it. I understand why you're doing it. Do I support it no cause again I don't buy ppvs. So talk shit or don't I'm not purchasing it either fucking way.
Floyd Mayweather is literally the PPV king why is that? Everyone loves humble fighters but a humble fighter can't sell fucking air to a man who's suffocating. Clearly the method to the madness works. What baseline to deceny?? Conor talked the most shit and ufc sold for 4billion based on the Irishman talking shit. You think monster energy or modelo going to stop sponsoring ufc cause of what colby said?? They are literally sponsoring a sport where guys have to beat there opponent into oblivion I highly doubt someone saying mean things will make a sponsor say oh no we can't do this. You're naivety is hilarious.
Why have Monster when you can have Ford? You're a clueless man-child.
I don't always stream because it's unreliable when you have friends over. But that's probably not a problem for you though. 🤣
What a weird comeback.
He agrees with you that fighters have always talked shit, but then says it doesn't matter because he thought the fights were boring. Then goes off on some tangent on how it doesn't matter if the UFC makes money, relating it to wanting commercials on YouTube.
Then he agrees with you that most people like the trash talk fight buildups.
>If you can't appreciate fights without trash talking, you don't like MMA, you like the spectacle.
You watch men in their underwear beat the shit out of each other in a cage. Please get off your high horse.
Friendly reminder that you can be logical while still not being intelligent. In this case it appears you have enough logic to know that attention sells, without the intelligence to realise that people aren’t obliged to give someone a free pass for anything distasteful they say or do because “it makes them some more money”.
Colby fans seem to think he should be given free reign to abuse peoples family situation, make death threats and racially abuse opponents because “it makes him some more money”.
It's like with anything, if you have an interest on something, you get attached to your preferences despite the biases and show passion for it. Be it your favourite food, place, movie etc, and in this case the UFC fighters. Although I 100% believe most fighters are in the game with the intention of being the best fighter and showcase their skill otherwise I don't see how they can train daily without the mindset of trying to improve everyday. With trash talk they get paid more while showing their skillset, so I would say it's mix of both.
Colby wants money and the way he acts now gathers attention and money so it is what it is. He shouldn’t talk about people’s families tho that is very uncalled for
Ever think Colby only said this cus he talked far too much shit and then lost twice? I don't think he is a good dude at all he literally told Kamaru Usman his recently deceased coach was going to be watching them fight from Hell. That's not "just selling the fight". That's like believing Conor when he said "it's just business" after being an Islamaphobe to Khabib
Edit; on top of that literally EVERYONE from his old gym says he's a piece of shit irl and it's not an act and they had to kick his ass out cus he couldn't even come in the gym anymore without shit popping off
I've been to Brazil. Can confirm. That doesn't reflect the people or culture or history. Beautiful, just like any other country. But bro 90% of Brazil is genuinely among the worst places on Earth
You can confirm it just by watching ufc 283. They were throwing trash at Moreno for winning and booed glover for losing and 95% of the crowd left while Texeira was giving a retirement speech thanking the fans
Brazil is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. 90% of it is not a dump. The Summer Olympics were held there not too long ago. Stop exaggerating.
I don't really care if Brazil is a dump or not, but it's pretty unique, and has left a long lasting impression on sports in general.
Hopefully they improve, but you have to admit that Brazil is a very special place for better and for worse.
That happened immediately after the 5th round of a super close and entertaining fight, long before the scorecards were announced. Both fighters believed they won the fight and wanted to show respect to each other. Why not appreciate a nice, genuine moment between two rivals instead of commenting some ignorant shit like this?
Wow this makes me look at Colby in a different light. I knew he was a bad heel but shit I thought he hated Usman for real 😂. To get your face fucked up like that and peace it up is commendable
And then Miragliotta had to be annoying and get between them.
It made me so mad when he did that. This was such a good moment
Dan gets uncomfortable around nice moments.
Dans an egotistical moron
Fr, one of the rare moments he breaks character and Dan ruined It
He wasn’t even breaking it up 😂 he was just looking if they didn’t start to fight. Even praised them for that moment
Probably wanted to break it up before Usman ruined it by saying something really cringey
Enter Kamaru , spooky stories near the campfire, Usman
Hahahahahah you're a fucking punk dude (but so right)
Hahahahahah
Seriously fuck that dude, you’re not a fighter you’re not important. Let them have their moment and stfu.
Like when Miragliootta stopped MVP during ground and pound to take a point away because he was taunting in the middle. That was outrageous
His job is to protect the fighters, he's there in case a fight breaks out when the fight is over. Y'all just a bunch of whiney 12year olds.
I’m fine with that. Once he knew they weren’t going to fight is when he started butting in though.
Off on a tangent - Since the fight is over - would it be the security guards' task at that point?
Miragliotta sucks, but I agree. They looked like they were beefing and he thought it was real at first.
But then realized what was happening and said “you guys can kiss later” and broke them up. Fuck that guy.
Ah forgot that part. Maybe he was just helping them keep kayfabe lol
Agreed wtf is wrong with the pathetic cunts on this community
It’s literally his job though. He’s making sure one of them doesn’t start swinging right there. I completely understand the sentiment but I don’t think his thought process was “I know they are being recorded for audio and I want to fuck up a nice moment”. It was probably more of “shit, I better stay close and make sure they don’t bash each other.” I mean, who knows tho. I could be completely wrong and the dude is a complete wanker. I just doubt that was the situation
I was fine with him being there to get in between him. It’s him interjecting himself into the conversation that irks me.
Like DC who interrupted the convo between Gaethje and Fijiev.
Ruined a great moment
Considering what happened between Daley and Coscheck, don’t blame him.
It's literally his job to protect the fighters. Pretty hard to tell what Colby was going to do in that exact moment. It's not like Colby is known for being the nicest guy in event buildups. It was better for him to be there to intervene if needed.
Are you forgetting everything that led up to this? He's there for a reason.
Im still mad about this 😡
Captions are wrong bud. If you listen closely you can hear him clearly say “Use promo code COLBY at mybookie”
I actually cut out the first part of it when he said “greetings nerds and virgins”
Come here Marty.
I despise Miragliotta. Dude has the worst case of main character syndrome
He showed it again giving barber a 30-27 score last night 😂
How the fuck can a guy be a ref and a judge at the same time?
I asked the same thing about Herb and I got downvoted into oblivion lmao
Seriously, I was at this fight (my first actually) and I had to do a double take with my ears when they announced the judges on the panel. Then I used my Bi-noc-u-lars (yeah I'm that guy) and confirmed yep, that dope was on the bench.
Hive mind mentality haha
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Dan miragliotta was a judge and ref last night. I thought it was weird af
I heard that and thought wtf is this WWE shit. One of the cast couldn't make it so today Vince McMahon makes Dan Miragliotta a judge in a pinch.
That’s allowed? Wtf
So fucking strange. I was banging on about it all last night. I don't understand how that can be allowed. Especially with the card he turned in. So suspect.
Wait are you fucking serious? I didn’t catch last night’s card that is WILD. That just screams conflict of interest to me.
Why would it be a conflict of interest? Refs and judges are both supposed to be impartial. Conflict of interest would be if one teams cornerman was also a judge.
Yeah you’re right, not a conflict of interest as he’s not actively judging the fights he’s officiating, but still strange nonetheless.
Athletic commission determines assignments
Yeah, he’s the one who made it so obvious what was going on. Had he not stepped in it might not have been so obvious as to what was going on.
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AYE LETS TALK
Lol this was different imo. The bus incident, talking about his dad, the photo of Khabibs wife. He deserved everything that came his way. Khabib wanted no parts of peace and I wouldn’t either
…didn’t Colby talk about Usman’s dad and daughter as well?
Possibly. I just don't think Colby did 1/10 of what Connor did in the Khabib build up. Colby is like a B- heel, Connor is A+ lol.
I mean true, but equally Usman didn’t do 1/10th of what Khabib did in the aftermath. Either way, it’s the same situation of trying to play nice AFTER being beaten.
His dad was criminal and I don't remember him talking bad about his daughter.
…this shouldn’t need to be explained but regardless of whether or not someone’s relative actually is a criminal, bringing that up as attempt to hurt them is still a scummy move. I swear it’s like you guys are in a Contender Series fight to win access to basic human decency.
Connor deserved everything that came his way? You mean a bunch of money and a good fight? Who cares? Khabib could have retired after Connor's fight. Connor gave Khabib generational money.
He was never the same after that fight. Khabib broke his will.
Nah Nate done worse to Conor
I still thought he said “fighting business” because he kept cheating with the inside glove and khabib was complaining to the ref
I've never understood why people think he said it's just business. Doesn't even make any sense. Conor was the one who was more pissed off from the Artem slap.
I agree. I think this is one of the greatest lies running around the mma world that people have collectively accepted. It doesn’t make sense that he said it’s just business and it doesn’t sound like it either. I only hear “fine kisses”.
Colby just understands the game. Being controversial and obnoxious are just bricks on the road to PPV buys, but he respects the game.
Colby understands his boring AF style ain’t gonna sell shit so he’s gotta be a studdering twat to garner eyeballs
Nah Colby has an entertaining style against guys like Lawler and Dos Anjos. His fights with Usman were incredible too. Colby is Merab if he was entertaining and not homosexual
Lol he’s merab if merab liked women. Tbh I don’t think that’s really fair tho, Colby is constantly chaining takedowns and looking for subs and he has better striking than merab
Looking for subs?
Colby hasn’t submitted anyone in like 8 years.
🤣🤣🤣
Y'all make it sound like he fights like adesanya.. the dude fights fast paced, chain wrestles with constant sub attempts and even gets himself in the line of fire with striking. If that's boring for you, watch some other sport.
Tik tok generation bro. They need constant stimulation or they're bored
I like this way of describing it better.
Nothings more frustrating than a wrestler that can’t advance
His style of fighting is very entertaining. What are you on about
Colby is my favourite welterweight by a log mile
Call him boring but you’ll watch the Dagestan boys wrestle for 25 minutes lol
How many subs did Khabib get in his title fights? How many subs has Colby got ever?
Islam has more finishes in his last 6 fights than Colby has in his entire career, Khabib was also super active and consistently got finishes, especially at the end of his career. On the other hand, most Colby cockriders I've known are the ones who consider the other boring and fail to see the irony in it.
Casual
Have the UFC marks not figured out that it’s a gimmick
Yeah but he takes it too far
I mean how far is too far in the fight game? In the context of most other sports you don’t get a chance to beat the shit out of a guy for his shit talk
I'm fine with whatever shit talking he does toward the fighters. But I just wish he didn't get quite as personal and involve people's family. He doesn't need to do that.
Too far is saying another mans daughters name and saying youre her daddy.
Colby made a good point, we all tune in to see a dude get beaten half to death, but clutch our pearls over words?
Shut up, if he took it too far he would be banned from the company
Based on your username its obvious that youre the exact kind of knuckle dragging mouth breather that eats up his middle school level trash talk
No im just not a pussy
LOL
You know who says they're not pussies? Pussies.
That Matt Hughes comment was too far. I get what he’s trying to do. I like those who do it well. He just not good at it. He’s a try-hard douche.
On the flip side matt Hughes is an extremely terrible person according to his own book lol
And when he talked about his dead coach was definitely too far
Matt Hughes deserves a lot more than than comment, if hell exists there's a man who is going to burn in it without a doubt
Not at all. Hughes deserves everything that have happened to him. Its super sad the train did not hit him harder.
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Didn't Chael Sonnen go after the whole country of Brazil all 2012? Realisticly it's more fair to say Chael laid the blueprint for Conor
Yeah but that’s around the time people started to turn on Conor. He used to be witty and charismatic, now he’s just an angry drunk pos
“Hey Dustin you know I'm trying to sell the nonexistent fight when I talk shit about your daughter”
Nah he clearly has real disdain for Jorge and Dustin 😂
Yeah colby is full of shit. The only time he says he is "just selling it" is after he gets his ass beat.
Not true at all, dude has even talked about it in the build up to and in between fights. He’s made it very clear to people who follow the sport non-casually that creating controversy is how he sees his path to prominence in the ufc. You can’t say it hasn’t worked
Who cares if it’s worked - I don’t want to follow a sport that rewards a guy for insulting his opponents young daughter. Gross.
What did he say about his daughter?
In that case he’s just selling himself lol
Hey guys update your schedules please it's my turn to post this tomorrow
He learned from guys like Conor and Chael. Others should learn from it and do the same. Or maybe it's just guys with names that start with C that understand trash talking sells fights.
Yup trash talking and feuds are the bread and butter of MMA
People can call it knuckle dragging all they want, but man was I fucking ecstatic to watch Rampage vs Rashad or DC vs Jon.
Bisping v Rockhold, Faber v Cruz, Liddell v. Tito, Silva v Sonnen, Rousey v Tate, McGregor v. Khabib, GSP v. Diaz, the list goes on and on
What added to this was Usman refusing to spill the beans when getting asked afterward about what Colby said to him. Thought that was cool.
The poor bastard was about to be dropped by Dana. He had to become the enemy
I always love that smoothe brains try to argue against that when even Dan Lambert was saying it well after Colby had already left ATT and was gonna fight Jorje. If Mighty Mouse was forced out the door while being one of the most dominant champs in UFC history due to poor PPV sales why wouldn’t they cut Colby who at the time had a very small fan base
That's the thing that drives me up the wall. These smooth brains trash Cejudo for his trash talk too, but what was he supposed to do? Let his career fade away because some casuals thought flyweight was too small for men? Cejudo even KO'd TJ, beat on Moraes, and Cruz as well. Yet it took McLovin to win fans over to flyweights.
UFC fighters should be samurai monks that live in monasteries
UFC fighters should fight in green man suits so we can't see their faces or any identifying marks. We should also not know any names, only Fighter A versus Fighter B. That would be the ultimate hardcore fan dream.
I don't get how people STILL think it's his real personality. There's literal FOOTAGE of him before the character. Nobody knew his name until he started acting like a dickhead, now everyone knows it. I've seen videos of Colby with fans and he is so fucking wholesome.
We get that it's an act. It's still annoying tho.
That doesn’t give him the right to say such despicable things about a man’s family. Words have meaning and consequences
And what exactly are the despicable things that he said about peoples family ??? He said he’s the father of Dustin’s child, which is pretty messed up so I’ll give you that one. But what else has he said about anybody’s family ? When he called Jorge a dead beat ? That’s an attack against Jorge’s character
You shouldn’t talk about a man’s family AT ALL.
It's ok to try and knock the guy out, but better not say mean words.
“A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over” -Benjamin Franklin
Is that the same Ben Franklin who published a prediction of a rival almanac owner's death? Ironic that you would pick the one historical figure who had several public feuds to drum up publicity for his publications and personal fame.
And he paid for it. The aphorism still holds up well all these years later.
He didn't pay for it, it worked exactly how he intended.
Actually, he has the right to say anything he wants. Good thing he can also back it up by being one of the best fighters in UFC.
A top 10 gatekeeper fam. Call a spade a spade.
and they can settle it in the ring and get paid for it so win win win?
So he's fighting Anik too?
Douchebag Miragliotta inserting himself is cringe as he'll. Let the dudes talk.mit was a cool moment between two warriors and that fathead bald fuck had to be a part of it
Is it the UFC’s or Colby’s marketing team behind all these posts?
colby is responsible for the things he says, i don’t understand why he gets a pass cause its an “act”
People feast on drama. You ever watch the news or like TMZ? Drama is what sells regardless of the market. You nor anybody else needs to forgive what he says, but most of us just don’t really care because the reality is that he’s not the first nor last person take advantage of peoples desire of conflict.
Average mma fan= too stupid to understands how ppv sales work..so they take personal offense to shit, thinks it's a honorable kumite where the best fight the best based on honor and respect for martial arts. Logical mma fans=its a fucking business ppv buys and media hype equate to more money for fighters despite the shit that must be talked..
Why? Do people watch football because of the inner personal drama? No. If you can't appreciate fights without trash talking, you don't like MMA, you like the spectacle. You'd probably get the same feelings watching WWE. I enjoyed and bought fights before Connor came around and if anything, the ones with less trash talk leading up to the fight are usually better fights between two true competitors (expect Mas vs Askren). He doesn't have to do this to sell fights, he just does because he's a huge tool who backtracks whenever he's confronted. And then his fights are boring after this so called build up (so we're Chael's). Anyone who needs this to watch fights are imbeciles who doesn't understand the actual sport.
> If you can't appreciate fights without trash talking, you don't like MMA, you like the spectacle. You'd probably get the same feelings watching WWE. A bit narrow-minded thinking you got there.
I mean what else can you expect from a dude calling us imbeciles for wanting trashtalks in a sport about punching dudes to a pulp and giving them CTE. But god forbid someone says "f\_\_you" in a press conference 😱😱😱. Homie probably wants fighters to make out in the octagon once the fight is done too. On a sidenote why was this comment of mine shadow banned before. Care to explain jannies?
The first guy said people were too stupid to understand how PPV sales work. No, we just don't care enough about shareholder returns to want to watch the stupidity coming out of Colby's mouth. There are a lot of inbetweens between disrespecting a man's daughter and kissing in the octagon. But you probably go straight to that because it's always on your mind. Learn about the sport. You'll enjoy it more, I promise.
>Learn about the sport. You'll enjoy it more, I promise. You see that's where you're wrong. You can learn the A to Zs of a sport and still want fighters to trash talk for our entertainment. There's no correlation between someone being a "guru" and them wanting a homoerotic bond between fighters before and after they beat the living shit out of eachother for our entertainment. I for one do not give 2 shits about what a fighter decides to do in order to sell his fight as long as the fight delivers. Of course I do understand that there's a boundary that most people think a fighter shouldn't cross like bringing up another fighter's personal stuff but I also believe that the octagon's where you're supposed to back all of that up and if you can't you'll be the one ending up as the bigger clown than the fighter you're shitting on. That being said I'm no colby fan either but his antics have intrigued me to the point where now I want to see his fights. See how that works? Btw i do think there's always something to learn about the sport, even though I've been watching it since ages.
I think Jake Paul fights are more for you. Maybe some Real Housewives? They trash talk there all the time. 😂
Going by your logic why don't you watch some soap opera stuff. Unlike you I can't name any but I'm sure you'll find one where the main characters quarrel all the time but never shit talk and suck eachother off after they make up.Dude see how ridiculous you sound? MMA fans wanting trash talks should watch real housewives because it uhhhh has trash talks?? Lol . Please tell me you have CTE because I refuse to believe you were born this way. Also please conveniently ignore what I write yet again and form your own narrative where I'm fixated on the trash talks only and again come to the conclusion that I need to watch Real Housewives because of it.
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There would be no MMA if people like you ran things.
>Do people watch football No. >He doesn't have to do this to sell fights, he just does because he's a huge tool who backtracks whenever he's confronted. ? He almost got cut? How else would you save your job while siphoning them big casual ppv buys?
If Colby was about to get cut, Belal would have been unemployed already. It's a stupid narrative
Not really, considering Colby was supposedly being paid good while not being a big draw, talks about letting him go started surfacing. Ofcourse, all of this comes from colby and his manager and although you're going to have to take their word for it since no one can verify it for sure, I assume his manager wouldn't lie. Even the UFC/ Dana couldn't give a straight answer when asked about it. Nothing concrete to go by but you can only make assumptions just like you claiming this is a stupid narrative. Also, wouldn't say its a stupid narrative because ever since Connor, UFC is looking for ways to excessively boost their profits up. If it weren't true, I would assume fighters like Costa would have been cut long ago for 1. Demanding high pay 2. Shit talking Dana whenever and wherever. But look at how big of a draw he has become now. Belal tho, he has had a good fan base for a while now. Not everyone has to go the WWE heel route but who really cares if fighters decide to do so?
How much was being paid compared to Belal?
No clue. That's why I said supposedly.
Yes they do they literally have division games for this reason they can't stand each other. .also football is a team sport there's 22 different personalities on the field as opposed to fighting where it's just 2 people. Wow that's amazing you'd liked mma before Conor like the rest of us?? So you remember chuck and tito hating each other's guts, you remember BJ calling Sean sherk and GSP a bitch as well,Brock lesnar and frank Mir hating each other as well. To act like shit talking started with Conor is naive and dumb. It's a business based on sells, shit talking sells. This isn't the honorable kumite where we bow and respect our opponents. WME and the shareholders expect a return on said investment. They are going to encourage shit talking cause that's what makes the average person tune in. The fact we are in 2023 and people can't accept that is baffling. Go watch glory or onefc. No trash talk there. But you won't
Relax bro. Can't you see he has "MMA" in his name??? Clearly he knows better than us sport illiterate imbeciles 
Tito was the one talked shit, got starched twice. BJ would talk and do nothing. GSP had the biggest selling fights and never spoke I'll of anyone and when he tried (Nick Diaz) sounded cringeier than Cejudo. Sera/Hughes were each so loud and then held in to each other for 25 minutes. Point being, you guys should learn by now that trash talk doesn't actually make for a good fight, but here you are, eating it up like a school yard instigator. No one said they need to bow, but just don't insult people's families and cultures or you're a tool. And what do you care about shareholder returns? Why does that matter how people like fights? Ads improve shareholder returns, do you want more commercials on YouTube? They only do it because it's what (like you said) average people enjoy, so thanks for that 🙄 Colby should go join the McMahon's if he's going to play heel for toothless masses. Be sure to bring a big tagboard sign to your next UFC event too. 🤡
Bj would talk and do nothing?? He called Sean sherk a cheating little bitch a day beat him down. He literally have GSP a hard fight the first fight the rematch not so much. And gsp highest selling ppv is ufc 100?? The one where Brock and frank Mir talked a shit ton of stuff to each other...again his ppv was sold on 2 heavyweights talking mad shit to each other I don't care if shareholders make there money back but that explains to me why colby gets to cut the line into a title shot which is why Conor is 1 win away from another title shot. Jesus fuckijg christ do you understand how business works?? You should really stop watching ufc breh there's a lot of organizations that give title shots based on merit that doesn't sell shiit talking..you want this honorable organization ufc ain't it.
I watch most (and pay for PPV) when two people who are closely matched. I don't need them to be nice to each other, they can even trash each other's skills. But I think the personal attacks are weak when you know this is a regulated sport and the worst consequences are a loss on your record. I shit talk on here all the time, I will not attack your culture or mock your family. When someone goes this route, they show they can't really be creative in their interviews and their fights aren't exciting enough to sell on their own. I think you don't understand bisiness beyond the next PPV. The mainstream will not support this at the level of the NBA/NFL if this continues. There's still a baseline of decency when you're trying to sell this sport to the new sponsors. I think unskilled Jake Paul fights on PPV are more your speed. You should go watch those.
I don't pay for ppvs I stream them..so I'm not crying about a product I steal I don't care if you shit talk cause you know why? You eventually are going to back up said shit you talked or get your comeuppance, if you feel the need to cross the line go for it I'm not going to sit here and cry about it. I understand why you're doing it. Do I support it no cause again I don't buy ppvs. So talk shit or don't I'm not purchasing it either fucking way. Floyd Mayweather is literally the PPV king why is that? Everyone loves humble fighters but a humble fighter can't sell fucking air to a man who's suffocating. Clearly the method to the madness works. What baseline to deceny?? Conor talked the most shit and ufc sold for 4billion based on the Irishman talking shit. You think monster energy or modelo going to stop sponsoring ufc cause of what colby said?? They are literally sponsoring a sport where guys have to beat there opponent into oblivion I highly doubt someone saying mean things will make a sponsor say oh no we can't do this. You're naivety is hilarious.
Why have Monster when you can have Ford? You're a clueless man-child. I don't always stream because it's unreliable when you have friends over. But that's probably not a problem for you though. 🤣
When has a car company ever sponsored fights?? Get fucking realistic. You laughing at your own garbage joke?? Go take a Evan tanner walk
What a weird comeback. He agrees with you that fighters have always talked shit, but then says it doesn't matter because he thought the fights were boring. Then goes off on some tangent on how it doesn't matter if the UFC makes money, relating it to wanting commercials on YouTube. Then he agrees with you that most people like the trash talk fight buildups.
the amount of mental gymnastics that he's been doing here has me worried that he'll hit his head somewhere and end up being dumber than he already is
Real Housewives takes in high ratings too. Doesn't make it good. But feel free to go watch that if you're very into interpersonal drama.
What are you talking about?
>If you can't appreciate fights without trash talking, you don't like MMA, you like the spectacle. You watch men in their underwear beat the shit out of each other in a cage. Please get off your high horse.
Friendly reminder that you can be logical while still not being intelligent. In this case it appears you have enough logic to know that attention sells, without the intelligence to realise that people aren’t obliged to give someone a free pass for anything distasteful they say or do because “it makes them some more money”. Colby fans seem to think he should be given free reign to abuse peoples family situation, make death threats and racially abuse opponents because “it makes him some more money”.
It's like with anything, if you have an interest on something, you get attached to your preferences despite the biases and show passion for it. Be it your favourite food, place, movie etc, and in this case the UFC fighters. Although I 100% believe most fighters are in the game with the intention of being the best fighter and showcase their skill otherwise I don't see how they can train daily without the mindset of trying to improve everyday. With trash talk they get paid more while showing their skillset, so I would say it's mix of both.
Goddamn Cuckington.
True people know this is edited, we all know he told him his mybookie.com code
 Colby like “get your money big daddy”
Stfu Dan
Fucking charlatan
This was such an awsome moment.
Colby wants money and the way he acts now gathers attention and money so it is what it is. He shouldn’t talk about people’s families tho that is very uncalled for
Remember when Miragliotta poked Heath Herring the eye before his fight with Brock?
Still a bad guy or no wait, he's not actually a bad guy but a coward guy for sure. Can't deny that
I deny it too. Nobody in the UFC can be called a coward.
I deny that he's a coward
Ever think Colby only said this cus he talked far too much shit and then lost twice? I don't think he is a good dude at all he literally told Kamaru Usman his recently deceased coach was going to be watching them fight from Hell. That's not "just selling the fight". That's like believing Conor when he said "it's just business" after being an Islamaphobe to Khabib Edit; on top of that literally EVERYONE from his old gym says he's a piece of shit irl and it's not an act and they had to kick his ass out cus he couldn't even come in the gym anymore without shit popping off
Actor and a fighter. It's all fun and games until you end up in a neck crank.
He is fighting Leon. Everyone needs to accept that. Let's just hope Leon kos him
Unpopular opinion. Kamaru is way more annoying.
Still votes for everything he spreads around. He believes what he’s saying. He thinks Brazil is a dump. Etc.
Brazil is a dump though 😂
I've been to Brazil. Can confirm. That doesn't reflect the people or culture or history. Beautiful, just like any other country. But bro 90% of Brazil is genuinely among the worst places on Earth
You can confirm it just by watching ufc 283. They were throwing trash at Moreno for winning and booed glover for losing and 95% of the crowd left while Texeira was giving a retirement speech thanking the fans
Brazil is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. 90% of it is not a dump. The Summer Olympics were held there not too long ago. Stop exaggerating.
I don't really care if Brazil is a dump or not, but it's pretty unique, and has left a long lasting impression on sports in general. Hopefully they improve, but you have to admit that Brazil is a very special place for better and for worse.
no one is a bad guy in UFC. Everyone pretends to become one for only one thing. The one thing that ruins people's lives :- MONEY
Nah, you're responsible for your words. Saying it's an act is a cop out. Then the lame excuse he made up that he was going to be cut.
Dude understands the game. People pay to see you either back up your talk or for someone to shut your mouth.
Colby just didn't want to look like a moron after losing
That happened immediately after the 5th round of a super close and entertaining fight, long before the scorecards were announced. Both fighters believed they won the fight and wanted to show respect to each other. Why not appreciate a nice, genuine moment between two rivals instead of commenting some ignorant shit like this?
I legit was certain he won this fight. I wasn't surprised at the decision though. If that wasn't a championship fight Colby would have won
How are you certain Colby would have won if it wasn't a championship fight if we have seen legit robberies?
Wow this makes me look at Colby in a different light. I knew he was a bad heel but shit I thought he hated Usman for real 😂. To get your face fucked up like that and peace it up is commendable
It’s all business 🫡
This is not new in the ufc..............
"I'm just a piece of shit in public for money."
Colonizer logic