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Joshua Van beat the life out of Alexandre Pantoja for the better part of 25 minutes at UFC 331

He even managed to stay safe on the floor with simple guard play

Here is how Van did it and the openings he's leaving on the floor

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@UFO_UFC 👑

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every few years there is a crafty Brazilian fighter who is skilled enough to beat anyone on the right night but not flashy nor fluent in english enough to get their flowers from matchmakers or fans

Assunção, Formiga, and now Barcelos

gotta appreciate them while they're around

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@boneGPT What do you call a thought experiment where no one is thinking?

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@RyanAWagMMA same

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@GogopodaUFC they wanted a different main for 332 so cong - silva would co-main
if that went through the card would bang

figgy - talbot: good fight with falling vet vs prospect
king - ribovics: fireworks
soldic: foreign champion debut
gautier - kopylov: fireworks

standard good card stuff

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we're doing an article about Barcelos today

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Rosas jabs
Barcelos slips it to pick up a head outside single and run to a rear body lock
Rosas hinges to put his weight forward
Barcelonas steps past Rosas
Rosas stands up and turns to face him
that makes his foot light enough for Barcelos to sweep it

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@samaroooont it depends on what you mean by foot sweep

if you mean any leg throw Merab & Sabatini have really good kosoto gakes and Islam has a really good sasae

but if you strictly mean the stuff that looks like de ashi harai variations I can't think of anyone else

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feel horrible for Barcelos

he was beating up a prospect nearly 15 years younger before his body gave out on him

worst possible situation all around

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Being from California affords much more social capital than being from Nebraska

[kc @sendboots]

On a group tour and the guide asks everyone where they’re from, absolutely everyone says the name of the country they’re from except the Americans who say their state
????????????

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add this to the list of best fights you forgot

going to write something about it for this week

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sick scrambling

miller is running shields around to lift him

shields hooks miller's leg to stop the mat return

miller runs shields down to his hands to take his back

shields grabs miller's foot on the way down to keep miller's hips down so shields can vault to the other side

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@Dread_Botlord Colter Wall is Shoghi Effendi?

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@aj_jitsu the trick is to roll with progressively worse people so you can do whatever tickles you at the time

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jay hops over kevin's leg and slides to leg drag
then he pushes it down to mount him
kevin props up on his elbow to escape
jay wrist rides to flatten him out
jay uses the wrist ride to turn kevin away, grab head and arm control, and finish the inverted darce on the back

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AI safety and doomerism is closer to sci fi & fantasy than computer science research

[Aya Nishitani 西谷史 @ayanakajima3]

I was asked, "How did you come up with the idea of summoning devils into a computer?"However, back in 1985 when I wrote Megami Tensei, the similarities between computer theory and magical theory were already being discussed on BBS networks and in magazines. It was a popular thinking thought among the otaku of that era, and I resonated with it deeply. To be a bit more specific...

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someone has been saying the world is ending for as long as we have recorded history

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which comes first

OF to politics or politics to OF?

[Nancy Mace @NancyMace]

Dems are in DISARRAY.

An Iranian-American student asks Abdul El-Sayed to DENOUNCE Iranian terrorist regime and he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Hasan Piker promoted political violence against Chuck Schumer.

Kamala Harris sits through a roundtable about birthing persons and nods along.

I discuss a seven-step plan to end the Iran war - NOW - not after the election.

Watch 👇

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@aj_jitsu when you invert the secondary arm you take some of the space out

personally I hate it

my shoulders feel like they're going to explode

I prefer the rear ezekiel or short arm triangle

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@FilthyTomLawlor didn't see it but heard the sound

no thank you

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inverted darce
reverse darce
whatever who cares still cool
https://t.co/8xAPS46BiI

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holy shit
reverse darce in PFL last night

when someone tries to give their back to defend the arm triangle you can switch your support arm's grip
to punch down, flush with your opponent's back

weird grip that creates an unbelievably tight submission

first one I've seen in MMA