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Russell Ess - December 15, 2015

Watching a son or daughter go to war in a mixed martial arts bout is probably as nerve-racking a sporting event could get for a parent. Jose Aldo’s mother Rocilene Souza typically does not watch her son fight when the cage door closes, according to Bloody Elbow. Unfortunately, the fight between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor at UFC 194 was so quick that she didn’t get to leave in time. “It all happened so quickly. It happened while I was still leaving,” She told Globo Esporte Manaus (transcribed by Bloody Elbow). “Anything can happen in the UFC. I hope he doesn’t get too sad, because good things will come after this. This is just another learning experience. He is not the first one who loses. That’s the way it is. It’s part of being a champion and of being a fighter. You fight, and when you fight, you win or you lose.”

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

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bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

https://youtu.be/Naf0m030e2g Chris Weidman came into UFC 194 as a undefeated champion with dreams and aspirations to retire an undefeated, sound familiar?   Weidman has all the tools, skills and inner belief in himself to achieve what he set out for that night.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

https://youtu.be/RVLiU1czTJA Former bantamweight champion Dominic Cruz with Team Alliance talks about the future of the sport with movement and fluidity.  Having a fighting style like Conor McGregor is one thing, incorporating the level of training and success that he’s achieved in the octagon is another.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

While the majority of Conor McGregor’s paycheck depends mainly on PPV  buy rates (numbers that won’t be reported by UFC officials for several weeks), even the most modest PPV estimates for UFC 194 put the McGregor’s per-second earnings well ahead of the most generous estimates for Ronda Rousey’s record-setting win at UFC 190 against Bethe Correia. In that bout, the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion needed just 34 seconds to defeat title challenger Correia. With Rousey getting a percentage share of the 900,000 PPV buys, in addition to $230,000 in fight and sponsor pay, her total earnings were reported as high as $5 million. Using that model, Rousey made almost $200,000 per second.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

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Russell Ess - December 14, 2015

One mistake and 13 seconds is all it took for Jose Aldo’s career come to a screeching halt. Prior to this weekend, Aldo was ranked by the UFC as the number one pound-for-pound fighter, had gone undefeated for over ten years and was on an 18-fight win streak. That all came to an end when Conor McGregor connected with a left that hook that led to the knockout of Aldo at UFC 194. Aldo’s coach Andre Pederneiras spoke with Combate on his mistake and his mindset going into the fight (transcribed by Bloody Elbow):

Russell Ess - December 14, 2015

Check out this video at the link here (video was not shareable from Facebook) from Dean Kelly who did an interview with Conor McGregor back in 2008. McGregor saw his destiny in the UFC way back then, and it is simply unbelievable to see his own predicted progression in the sport. Kelly captioned his video:

Russell Ess - December 14, 2015

Chad Mendes said it best in an Instagram post following his knockout loss to Frankie Edgar at the TUF 22 Finale on Friday. “We face the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in this sport. We win and we lose but ultimately life goes on.” Jose Aldo who was on top of the featherweight division since the division was introduced in the UFC also faced a crushing knockout defeat just a day after Mendes. Interestingly Mendes has also been on the losing end against Aldo twice, with their first fight ending by way of knockout and their second match going the distance.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

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Russell Ess - December 14, 2015

After his dreams were realized and his prediction astonishingly once again came true, Conor McGregor was on top of the world. However, there was a moment for Conor McGregor after his 13-second knockout of former pound-for-pound king Jose Aldo where he said he felt sorry for the former featherweight champion (transcribed by Sherdog): “What I said was, ‘Look we can go again.’ Although it’s a nice feeling to get that knockout, it’s kind of not nice because you can see what’s happening around,” McGregor said. “You don’t want to see the only champion in the company’s history going out like that. I had a little moment where I felt sorry for Jose.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

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bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

https://youtu.be/2yqavPWkqZw Ready to bring in the New Year?  Not so fast, Dana White and the UFC have one more event to end an amazing 2015 run.  The final card of the year features Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone vs Rafael dos Anjos,  Alistair Overeem vs Junior dos Santos.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

The most dominating featherweight in the history of MMA met the end of his reign last weekend when Conor McGregor ended the P4P champion’s run.   Jose Aldo met McGregor in the center of the octagon and in 13 seconds later made history with one punch. “It still is too hard to digest,” Aldo told Combate a day after losing to “The Notorious” in just 13 seconds. “We trained hard, did everything right, and the result wasn’t positive. It takes a while for us to digest, but it’s part (of the sport). It’s a sport and we have to accept.”

Russell Ess - December 14, 2015

Jose Aldo was ranked at the top of the UFC’s pound-for-pound list, and Conor McGregor took just 13 seconds to knock Aldo out cold on Saturday night with the fastest finish in the UFC’s championship bout history.

bjpenndotcom - December 14, 2015

bjpenndotcom - December 13, 2015

bjpenndotcom - December 13, 2015

https://youtu.be/iIqeBgEg-iE Frankie Edgar rocked Chad Mendes at TUF 22 finale when the two locked horns as Edgar came through with the impressive victory to give the UFC match makers something to talk about.