2011 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[SPX]

Yeah, my only complaint is the talent pool. You are going to have a limited amount of 125ers coming into the UFC, then some guys from 135 dropping down.

I think greater opportunities will increase awareness and inspire more people to start training or, if they're already training, aspire to go pro.

Many casual fans who would be a good fit for flyweight and have wanted to do MMA but who aren't even aware that they have a division because they don't see it in the UFC will now pursue that path, and amateurs who haven't felt like being the Tachi Palace champion is worth the hard life of an MMA pro will reconsider.

Basically, I think it may take some time, but we'll see an influx of talent because of this.

[sbjj]

I fukin hate the fukin stock market.

[MMA_scientist]

I just don't think there enough non chinese people who weigh that little. It is like a super HW division. It is just the fringe amount of what a human can weigh, and there aren't that many athletes at those weights. At least for white and black people. Them yeller people tend to be a little lighter. So i guess there will be more japanese guys in the UFC (since no other asian countries really care about MMA). What is Pac-Man? Mexican? Mexicans are little too aren't they? Poopoo, you're mexican, are all of your cousins that live with you 125 or less?

[MMA_scientist]

I fukin hate the fukin stock market.

Don't be cryptic. Why?

I hate it too, but only because it seems like everything I do is wrong lately. I am just about to give up. I can't beat the market and it pains me to watch the S&P outscore me after all the effort I poured in.

[poopoo333]

I just don't think there enough non chinese people who weigh that little. It is like a super HW division. It is just the fringe amount of what a human can weigh, and there aren't that many athletes at those weights. At least for white and black people. Them yeller people tend to be a little lighter. So i guess there will be more japanese guys in the UFC (since no other asian countries really care about MMA). What is Pac-Man? Mexican? Mexicans are little too aren't they? Poopoo, you're mexican, are all of your cousins that live with you 125 or less?

I'm not Mexican, I am yellow.

[sbjj]

You answered it. Everything I ALMOST do ends up being GOLD. Everything I actually do tanks. AAPL was up, but I only have 200 shares of it. I actually beat the market today, but lately that has not been the norm.

Oh, and I hate fukin Europe.

[sbjj]

I'm with Scientist. No need for 125ers. They are going to turn MMA into boxing. Note to Dana, instead of 125 lb. dudes, how bout women who actually weigh more than them fighting in the UFC.

[SPX]

I just don't think there enough non chinese people who weigh that little. It is like a super HW division. It is just the fringe amount of what a human can weigh, and there aren't that many athletes at those weights. At least for white and black people. Them yeller people tend to be a little lighter. So i guess there will be more japanese guys in the UFC (since no other asian countries really care about MMA). What is Pac-Man? Mexican? Mexicans are little too aren't they? Poopoo, you're mexican, are all of your cousins that live with you 125 or less?

Well there are still a lot of people in Asia who give a shot about MMA. Plus, you aren't being fair. Did you forgot about weight cutting? We're really talking about guys who weigh around 140 or so. Out of the whole goddamn United States you don't think that maybe 30 of them will end being pretty decent at MMA?

BTW, when I competed in the one and only Judo tournament I entered I weighed in at 123.

[poopoo333]

BTW, when I competed in the one and only Judo tournament I entered I weighed in at 123.

You're a midget.

[Mr. IWS]

Not interested in 125ers at all. There just arent enough grown men that weight 125 to fill out a competive division. Hate to see main card spots for normal sized humans go these tiny freaks.

Anyone that is smaller than my wife should not be doing anything competive other than gymnastics or horse racing.

[Mr. IWS]

126 is the lowest weight class in NCAA wrestling too, and the reigning champion only has one leg.

End of fuckin thread son!

[MMA_scientist]

You answered it. Everything I ALMOST do ends up being GOLD. Everything I actually do tanks. AAPL was up, but I only have 200 shares of it. I actually beat the market today, but lately that has not been the norm.

Oh, and I hate fukin Europe.

2 things:

1) You have 200 shares of AAPL? How rich are you? That is almost $80k in one stock. I bought it at $363, so I still ok with it, but I only have 14 shares.

2) Yes, I beat the market many "days" but I always make one mistake that screws my returns. I have 4 model portfolios on fool.com to test different strategies, and I just suck lately, I am below 50% rank (they rank all 70,000 models from best to worst) in all 4. I even tried just copying the top players, and then my timing just sucks. Basically, I just suck. Sometimes I think I am a stock market genuis, and until recently I have always done pretty well. But since the last time we talked stocks, the world has turned against me and SPY is clobbering me.

3) I don't even play around in Europe.

I have most of my assets in responsible mutual funds. I am probably going to sit out for a few months and if my feelings don't change, I am going to just bbuy a couple ETFs and quit the game. My gambling bankroll is getting built up again somewhat, so I am getting more interested again here. I think I am just going to focus on MMA and stop the individual stock picking all together. I will stay invested, but just passively.

[MMA_scientist]

End of fuckin thread son!

[sbjj]

I have 2 accounts. One is my wife and my Retiremnet which is exclusively Mutual funds. The other account is a mix of stocks and mutual funds, but mostly stocks. My mutual funds have performed better this year than my stocks. I am with you and have considered just rolling everything into conservative mutual funds and not sweating it. I might do that next year.

I honestly believe that if you are just decent @ capping MMA you could get a better return on that than the market. I am pretty sure the maket has done jack shit for a decade now.

[Mr. IWS]

So I lost my job like 3-1/2 years ago, and hit some hard times, so instead of rolling my 401k with my new employer, I had to take that shit with the penalty and spend it. I have been dicking around not getting a new 401k with all this market shit going on.

Any thoughts? Should I wait more? Maybe through it in some low risk fund? What say you?