We all make decisions in life that have big ramifications. Which college or university do I go to? Should I even go? Should I take the job offer? Should I ask her out? Or simply, has the milk really gone bad? In the world of MMA, the magnitude of decisions is no different. In my series “The Flip Side,” I’ll take recent decisions made related to MMA situations and explore what would have happened if the decision was made differently. What if a certain fighter didn’t pull out of a fight? What if the referee had not stopped the fight? What if Dana had decided otherwise? Kind of like day dreaming…Yes, I know I have a lot of time on my hands so let’s take a look at what could have been.
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Situation #1: Dan Henderson pulls out of a fight with Jon Jones with 8 days notice. Jones is offered a fight with Chael Sonnen.
Decision: After advising with his coaching staff, Jones declines the fight with Sonnen on 8 days notice which leads to the cancel...
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Dan Henderson,
Jon Jones,
Chael Sonnen,
Carlos Condit,
Martin Kampmann,
Johny Hendricks,
Jon Fitch,
Josh Koscheck,
Anderson Silva
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