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Fucking awesome fight McGREGOR!!!!!

Conor made all the proper adjustments. Very impressive in a must win fight. The trilogy at 155 will be even better suited for both guys and I think Conor will finish him at a lower weight class.

Love both guys though, Diaz is a tough fucker

 

When Conor came out with the leg kicks early and often I was feeling pretty good. Albeit I was super tense, bring a McGregor mark.

Round 3 was dicey as fuck phew, barely survived

 

:irish:

I knew you would like this win.

 

Diaz earned my fandom his last 3 fights

 

Todd Marinovich found naked and with meth in a person's backyard.

Damn, I thought he had turned his life around.

 

Damn! I had that poster back in college!

Brings back memories. I wonder what happened to it?

(The poster, not the memories.)

 

If you had the memories you claimed then you'd know what became of the poster

just sayin

 

Colin Kaepernick is a complete full blown thankless asshat

• Ian O'Connor ESPN Senior Writer

Colin Kaepernick stood tall while sitting down, which is not an easy thing to do. In fact, what he did in benching himself for the national anthem on Friday night was the hardest thing he could possibly do.

The easy thing? That would be standing silently with his teammates on the San Francisco 49ers sideline, cutting against the grain of his conscience. Nobody would've known the difference. Nobody would have reason to challenge his patriotism, to call him all kinds of nasty names, and to remind him, by the way, that he has devolved into a lousy quarterback who should be spending more time with his playbook anyway.

But he planted himself among the Gatorade buckets, understanding that in an age of 24/7 surveillance, he would be outed soon enough. Kaepernick didn't strike the kind of dramatic pose made by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, and that was OK. He made his statement loudly and clearly.

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media's Steve Wyche, confirming Pro Football Talk's original report. "To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

An unscientific survey of Twitter reaction from players, fans and observers offered more evidence that the country is divided, perhaps still broken, along racial lines. This emerged as the one undisputed truth about a story that will have legs as long as the quarterback doesn't use his during the pregame anthem:

Kaepernick is a 28-year-old biracial man who was raised by the white parents who adopted him, and who believes he can no longer remain silent in a country where young, black men are too often shot by overheated cops, and where blacks are forever asked by whites to rise above obstacles that whites themselves created.

African-American athletes are often asked (unfairly, perhaps) to speak out on social issues and, well, Kaepernick just did. If you don't like what the man did or said, that's your prerogative. But telling him that what he said and did was un-American is to lose sight of what it means to be an American.

In some corners of the globe, Kaepernick might face prison time or worse for publicly "disrespecting" his country. Only the quarterback didn't disrespect the United States. While pointing out its fatal flaws -- socioeconomic and justice systems still tilted against African-Americans after all these years -- Kaepernick unwittingly reminded the world that the U.S. is still a pretty damn good place to live.



Making a public statement is one thing
Sort of like generalizing that all blacks are treated in a singular manner
while ignoring that over 85% over crimes against blacks are caused by other blacks
perhaps if blacks treated themselves (and others) in a less violent manner we'd all listen more closely


Dishonoring the flag of the country supporting (and paying millions to) you being quite another.

Douche move Kap
may your race to obscurity remain unimpeded

 

What a dumbass

 

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...rnick-sit-national-anthem-sees-change-america

I don't understand what he is trying to prove. He's a backup QB with attitude issues. No one cares about the statement you make.

This country allowed a mix race kid, given up for adoption become a highly paid professional athlete, who is promptly throwing it away.

There are problems, sure, but you are really not the right person to be making a statement.

 

Wrong person
Wrong statement

Complete spoiled prick.

 

" Man, I'm not talking about them dudes, bruh. I play for the Raiders. " - Michael Crabtree, on if he had any reaction to former 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick's protest.