Forget the pedestrian question of who wins UFC 190 in favor of the more weightier matter of what happens when Ronda Rousey gets hit in the face

Beginning and end of story. The rest of the story is about UFC’s failure to come up with credible match-ups for their most dominant 135-pounder – and yes, that includes any contemplated 3rd-time rematch with Miesha Cupcake Tate after her win of Jessica “Evil” Eye. It’s kind of a joke – an octagonal sideshow off of which the UFC wants to make money.  And make money it often does off of a gullible undiscriminating fanbase. H.L. Menken could have been talking of MMA fandom when he wrote “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.” But I digress as usual.

Rousey vs Correia @ UFC 190 – Another less than credible matchup in the women’s bantam weight division. We’ve been down this route before.

In the interest of not wasting ink on this non-story, we’ll make it short and sweet.

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The Conor McGregor Hype Train Exposed at UFC 189

And McGregor, like Jesus, cried. Revealing snapshot of Conor McGregor at UFC 189.  Credit – AP, John Locher 07-11-15

The significant moments of UFC 189 have now slipped into relative oblivion, buried by the eruption of Irish fans as Herb dean waved off the assault of a mounted slugger pounding on a cowering opponent, a scant 3 seconds before the end of round 2. Yes, three seconds. The rest is now the stuff of new-fangled legend born of recycled bombast and the roar of Irish fans who had just had a “Near Death Experience” in the moments preceding.

The slugger was Conor Anthony McGregor, a 145lb carpetbagger who has conned a bunch of Irish fans into believing that he is the realest thing since corned beef – which would be fine & dandy if he really was. Gratis Tip; he is not; and to that end a few unscripted moments slipped through the facade of McGregor as the  “Celtic Warrior” who also happens to be the second coming of Kung Fu. Here they are, not in any particular order:

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