Interesting stuff
Jelly Flater wrote:@andym
I can’t split charles v islam… has the potential be a technical masterpiece I reckon tho.
Charles says ko first round and khabib says islam will run thru charles ;)
I think it’ll b a proper dog fight. Charles’ experience and ability off the back is huge - and anything close to khabib is just plain scary…
Decision.
Petr will destroy shaun
Yeah Charles by decision.
Yan by KO/TKO. Will be interesting to see if Yan can run O'Malley down, get inside and start working him over.
I think Charles will win but the bookies don't think the fight will go the distance. (Sportsbet paying 4.20 it does & 1.22 it doesn't).
I reckon Yan will take down Sean, at least I hope so.
you guys watching at home?
if so, how?
Charles still about $2.45 underdog …
Gamrot v dariush is also a mad scrap
Probly Foxtel
freeride76 wrote:you guys watching at home?
if so, how?
Facebook, search live feeds. Always someone streaming it.
I'm really looking forward to the main event.
Yeah I see Islam is still the favourite .
I might get the man cave fired up and put it on foxtel PPV ($60). A couple of mates are keen on the idea. We'll see. It'll only be a replay though, won't be watching live.
haven't got Foxtel., I'll try Facey in the morning.
what time do the main event fights start?
freeride76 wrote:haven't got Foxtel., I'll try Facey in the morning.
what time do the main event fights start?
The prelims begin at 1AM AEDT and the mains kick off at 5AM AEDT
https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/ufc-280-charles-oliveira-vs-islam-makha...
Charles v Islam will probly be bout 7am -depends on how long fights last beforehand…
Gonna be most interesting as the winner will then defend against volk
That was a much easier win for Islam than I thought it would be.
Fascinating results.
Lucky I’m not a professional gambler :)
Wonder if they’ll take a leaf out of the Gracies book and open up a worldwide series of Dagestani grappling academies.
Islam really dominated. He looks unstable and will be a pound for pound champion until he retires.
The wrestling is insane.
Charles last two fights he got clipped in stand up and drops to the ground which is smart against strikers however trying the same thing (3rd fight in a row) against a wrestling machine would always have this outcome.
I’m really liking Islam after tonight, even the way he called out “the short guy” volks.
If they fight in Australia I believe Islam will smash him.
AndyM wrote:Wonder if they’ll take a leaf out of the Gracies book and open up a worldwide series of Dagestani grappling academies.
Great idea. It looks unstoppable
burleigh wrote:AndyM wrote:Wonder if they’ll take a leaf out of the Gracies book and open up a worldwide series of Dagestani grappling academies.
Great idea. It looks unstoppable
Largely joking.
Though those fellas don’t appear to have that mercenary edge like the Gracies did.
burleigh wrote:Islam really dominated. He looks unstable and will be a pound for pound champion until he retires.
The wrestling is insane.
Charles last two fights he got clipped in stand up and drops to the ground which is smart against strikers however trying the same thing (3rd fight in a row) against a wrestling machine would always have this outcome.
I’m really liking Islam after tonight, even the way he called out “the short guy” volks.
If they fight in Australia I believe Islam will smash him.
Haven’t seen this morning’s fight yet but by the sounds of it Volkanovski would struggle to find an answer.
He’s got himself into a few sticky situations on the ground and only got out of them through sheer grit.
I doubt someone like Islam would fail to capitalise.
That was actually really funny the way he said "hey, where is the short guy?"
No way Volk can hang with Islam on the ground.
Islam did make it look easy - his style might just be too much for volk…
Fight will probly be in Australia too, great exposure either way ;)
The second Rd was incredible- you could see Charles was completely rattled and his forward pressure style was totally gone.
He wanted no part of that ground game with Islam.
freeride76 wrote:That was actually really funny the way he said "hey, where is the short guy?"
No way Volk can hang with Islam on the ground.
That mob seem to have a great sense of humour, Khabib is hilarious.
Yep. He’s one of a kind ;)
How did you end up watching it freeride? I briefly tried FB but they were mostly links to other streaming services or they stopped within seconds.
I flailed around toggling between dodgy Facebook feeds and got lucky enough to get one that lasted for the main event.
No commentary- found a live You-tube stream with commentary.
Bit of a punish, but I got to see the fight.
freeride76 wrote:I flailed around toggling between dodgy Facebook feeds and got lucky enough to get one that lasted for the main event.
No commentary- found a live You-tube stream with commentary.Bit of a punish, but I got to see the fight.
Yep, sound about right. But I’ve never missed a main event doing it that way.
I believe Facebook bots can pick up on commentary and will obviously stop the stream.
Cheers. I lost patience pretty quickly and gave up.
Contentious!
https://www.9news.com.au/national/car-crash-sunshine-north-victoria/901b...
Have you ever wondered what might happen if you just kept going at a T intersection?
Having a bad hair day:
Mirror mirror on the wall pic.twitter.com/XgMjwW2a0L
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) October 23, 2022
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:Contentious!
I'd never heard of the guy, his life would make a great movie
Who consistently wakes up at 4.30am every morning and does the same thing year after year decade after decade?
Monks and Surfers.
Garbos too.
Must be nice to sleep in to 04:30
It just goes to show, your 7-year-old (or the 7-year-old you) was right, washing is bad for your health. Nothing to do with 4 durries on the go at a time...
https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/world-s-dirtiest-man-dies-af...
This should probably go in one of the other forums but whatever.
Geez that’s a different path. 4 darts at once is one thing. How’s the smoking pipes of dung!
Desperate times, desperate measures!
(He's a bit inspiring though, great toughness!)
OK Semiconductors:
THREAD: The US government's new export controls are wreaking havoc on China's chip industry.
— Jordan Schneider (@jordanschnyc) October 14, 2022
New rules around "US persons" are driving an "industry-wide decapitation."
Seems to be backed up by other news articles in last couple of weeks
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272979767/us-plans-to-control-export...
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/seismic-shifts-underway-in-global-semi...
can't vouch for any of those sources, don't really know them.
However, this does seem to be in step with the retreat from globalism that's been going on recently. Two separate supply chains may result, and with war going on now it marks another confrontational step. I know the auto industry is currently stuffed for semiconductors, will this make it harder for them?
https://www.semianalysis.com/p/china-and-usa-are-officially-at-economic
a more in depth report
"Both these changes will shift the landscape of technology and industry and reduce global trade by hundreds of billions of dollars a year."
Inflationary too, I bet in the West.
I’d love to read her Trip Advisor review.
— D Attenborough (@Attenboroughs_D) October 25, 2022
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David Lynch on the business of the brolly:
hahahah, is that a "thing" Stu?
I don't know. I stumbled upon it earlier in the week and now the algorithm serves it up to me daily.
For some light relief. Anyone who has hit a golf ball in anger will know how amazing this actually is.
Bonus joy from the lad just qualifying to play at St Andrews and possibly the best named pub in the universe, the Dunvegan. Don't ask for plant based parma as refusal often offends.
Nice stuff, Grandad played St Andrews. Great shot. Little bro learned to drive by doing exactly the same urban golf Harrison was doing there, there was a tin shed about half a block away and he'd go from the backyard grass and know he hit it when the owner would be screaming at him to fuck off.
Wishing all a safe All Hallow's Eve/Day of the Dead :)
If you get clear skies it might be worth looking up
https://www.newsweek.com/taurid-meteor-shower-halloween-more-active-this...
Did the Taurid shower contain something that ended the world long ago, beyond all memory or history, on this date?
That moment when you get to camp at the zoo, but the lions escape:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-02/family-describe-emergency-lion-si...
velocityjohnno wrote:That moment when you get to camp at the zoo, but the lions escape:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-02/family-describe-emergency-lion-si...
Ha, how exciting,
On our trip to South Africa we stayed at safari camp in Kruger NP for a few nights and one of the nights involved a sleep out at the "treehouse".
This was basically a wooden deck built around a big tree about 5 meters off the ground. There is a double bed with a mozzie net around it in the middle of the deck, a couple of candles, drinks and snacks and a wooden ladder to get you up there.
This is about a 10 minute drive from the safari camp right into the middle of the bush, surrounded by every African animal you can think of that can kill you. They give you a two way radio to use if you get in trouble and that's it.
It was an incredible experience, we could hear lions roaring at one stage and all sorts of other noises that I didn't want to know about. Knowing that leopards climbed trees and liked to hunt at night had the heart going a bit.
I still am not sure if they have a guard that is hidden close by to watch out for trouble or not, but i don't think so. A night i won't forget soon.
That sounds like a very nervous night Goofy!
On healthcare, there was this from a little while ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/27/end-of-50-50-hosp...
Craig did a thread on the healthcare system overwhelm scenario, and the thread... became something else. This article compares claims of the level of care that can be achieved now, compared to before 2020.
'“The pressure on a fatigued workforce is still there,” he said.'
'“Healthcare, as we knew it [before the pandemic], is not the healthcare we can expect moving forward,” she said.'
and
'Prof Adrian Esterman, the chair of biostatistics at the University of South Australia, said a number of measures in the budget appeared to assume that “Covid is all over”.
“It’s nowhere near all over,” he said.'
Have it cunts