DESPITE BEING REGARDED by some as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Demetrious Johnson is probably the most under-appreciated athlete in the entire organisation.
Undefeated as the only flyweight champion in UFC history, Johnson now has seven consecutive wins in 125lbs title-bouts following his spectacular victory against Kyoji Horiguchi in Saturday night’s main event at UFC 186.
The bout was just a single second away from requiring a decision from the judges, but Johnson pounced to secure an armbar that forced his opponent to tap at the 4:59 mark of the fifth and final round.
It was the latest ever stoppage in a UFC fight.
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Yet another wonderful plan
We have barely a 9 team second tier at present , and these geniuses want to create a third!
I know it’s only a plan and historically the fai can’t be trusted but at least its encouraging. Hopefully it’s not all talk as per usual and some of it is put into action, because we deserve a league with a good standard and up to date facilities. Football in Ireland has huge potential plus it can only improve the international set up with having a stronger domestic league. The standard is improving but it can be so much better if more people starting investing in itbin whatever way possible. That can be as simple as buying merchandise from your local club or going to a game to at least give it a go. I implore people to get involved!
@John Kelly: stop with the positivity, your kind aren’t welcome around here. You have to moan about John Delaney and blazers and our poor team. It’s all about the thumbs don’t ya know.
@Gerry McCaughey: I wasn’t talking to you anyway ya pleb
The last line to me (quote regarding Brexit) epitomises the FAI for me.
The fact they have relied far to heavily on another football association to nurture our own talent and wash their hands of creating a viable league system on a divided island suddenly shifted into a blinkered vision of what they dillusionally ‘wish’ to achieve.
Kids playing matches every weekend on waterlogged pitches that often are not even flat. Long ball is all they can play. When they go to school its GAA and Rugby.
@Mogh Roith: our pitches are grand; you’d want to see what they have to play on in Brazil, and yet look at what they produce.
@Philip Fox: Brazil also has a population of over 200 million
@Philip Fox: Croatia is the like for like example. Similar population….much stronger league abd under a weak FA.
We need to aim higher avd longer term than 3 years away.
@Mogh Roith: totally untrue to say “long ball is all they can play” You obviously haven’t been to watch schoolboy football in recent years.
@Sean Coady: ah ya sure pass and move is grand when you avoid the puddle. You obviously haven’t a clue yourself.
When are they building Eircom Park?
@Genera L Consensus: Where oh where is our Bertie Bowl?
Believe all that bulls,,t and you will Believe anything
Targetting 50% retention rate of new referees is low. They need to crack down on clubs to manage the sidelines to ensure refs are not abused or harassed the way they are.
What about an all island league, FAI COUNTY TEAMS??
@David Crosbie: How many changes have been made over the last 10 years by the GAA to the league and championship? 140 years on the go and they are STILL trying to get a county based system right!
@sean o’dhubhghaill: maybe the GAA should look at the AFL format,
Would love to see it happening. We can live in hope.