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The man who beat Roy Jones in Australia finds himself with a new kind of spotlight
By Zach Arnold | July 22, 2010
If you haven’t seen this video yet, it’s Danny Green (the man who beat Roy Jones Jr.) and now a major controversy over whether or not his opponent took a dive. Jim Murphy takes note that Australian betting agencies are getting nervous about what’s going on.
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Good lord that was blatant.
At least TRY to make it look good.
which shot was he trying to pretend took him out? the left that missed its mark or the right that wasnt thrown?
Wow… Maybe the missed left Green threw at :15 was followed up by an accidental left elbow to Briggs’s head? Cant see it, just guessing (Green’s head is blocking the view)… but nobody acts THAT poorly. Or do they?
It wasn’t an elbow. It was an honest-to-goodness left jab that GRAZED Briggs’ forehead.
At least Tim Sylvia took a few punches to earn a few hundred thousand.
I wonder if the brain injury defense is actually legitimate. If so, Briggs shouldn’t have been fighting – and one commission actually rejected him before the fight was moved.
The betting angle certainly makes it suspicious as well. I wonder why odds were so high against a R1 KO (10.27) on this bum to start with?
Strange eh, very fuckin strange indeed. ALMOST looks like a headbut caught him perhaps?? Camera angles suck so cant tell what the fack happened for sure…/
This is a story only if he knew the guy was taking a dive.
If the guy took a dive on his own just so he didn’t have to take abuse and wanted the easy payday…. Then that’s a completely different sort of story…
I saw this fight and the following sh*tstorm.
Danny Green was MASSIVELY pissed off by it, publicly abused Briggs and apologized to everyone who got tickets or was watching it at home.
‘apparently’ Briggs had some existing head condition and its claimed that a little knock could send him down – if that’s the case he shouldn’t have fought at all.
Centerbet (betting agency) recieved a few large bets for a first round KO the day before – which lead to the odds becoming a ridiculous 2:1 for a first round KO.
Safe to say that Green was NOT involved, Briggs is just an idiot.
http://www.ultimatefighter.com/blog/the-best-coverage-in-the-sport
Totally unrelated, but looks like even Dana and the boys think you’re doing some good work Zach!
Hats off!
And yet Sherdog was not mentioned? The website that has done more for MMA than those other sites (this one included) combined?
Give me a break. This is an example of despotism at its finest.
I wouldn’t say Sherdog.com (the news part of their site) has done all that much for MMA. Their forums (Sherdog.net) have been important to the growth of the sport by providing a gigantic audience of fans an outlet to voice their opinions, but Sherdog.com hasn’t really done anything that sites like MMAWeekly haven’t done better.
I’d also argue that the UG has been the more important forum format, as it has actually served as a link between fans, promoters, sponsors & fighters while Sherdog has largely been abandoned by the latter three groups.
“I wouldn’t say Sherdog.com (the news part of their site) has done all that much for MMA. Their forums (Sherdog.net) have been important to the growth of the sport by providing a gigantic audience of fans an outlet to voice their opinions,…”
^^
What a bizarre thing to say.
Are you aware that the sherdog forum has been a fanbase wide running joke for at least 5-6 years?
For a reason.
Just bizarre.
I’ll be the first to admit that their forums are awful, but that doesn’t change the fact they are by far the biggest MMA fan forum in the business and thousands of online MMA fans get their start there before migrating to less toxic environments.
LOL
Bloody Elbow just posted a sour grapes post on that very subject. It was hilarious. Wahhhhh!!!! We weren’t picked. Wahhhhh!!!!
It’s actually a pretty decent list outside of the inclusion of the truly awful ‘Bleacher Report’.
Actually, the BE post had pointed out that Sherdog.com wasn’t included either (two words: Loretta Hunt) while Bleacher Report was, and was subsequently updated to admit that there’s legitimately good sources in there: “Memo to whoever put that list together: you can’t purport to offer readers a list of who is the best [crossed out:when the only defining characteristic among those listed are strategically muted tongues] wandering outside issued narratives is deemed out of bounds. If in MMA candor and independence mean ostracism, there is no such thing as a list of “the best”. The term ceases to have meaning at that point.
p.s. I updated the last paragraph to more accurately reflect my feelings. There are some good journalists included in that list and I think ESPN’s MMA Live has real promise.”
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