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The Cut List: Who Desperately Needs a Win at UFC 124?

Filed under: UFCIf there’s anything that impresses your girlfriend’s parents less than showing up for Christmas dinner and introducing yourself as a professional cage fighter, it’s showing up with a bunch of bruises and introducing yourself as a recent…

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If there’s anything that impresses your girlfriend’s parents less than showing up for Christmas dinner and introducing yourself as a professional cage fighter, it’s showing up with a bunch of bruises and introducing yourself as a recently unemployed cage fighter.

And yet, for several of the struggling fighters on the lineup for UFC 124 in Montreal this Saturday night, unemployment is suddenly a very real and very terrifying prospect.

So who’s facing a win-or-get-fired situation this time around? For answers, analysis, and forecasts, let us consult the Cut List. For tips on dealing with your girlfriend’s parents during the holiday season, the best we can do is suggest that you say as little as possible and smile a lot. Even if this makes them regard you as a happy idiot, it’s probably better than the alternative.

Keeping It Negative: Five Reasons to Worry Leading Up to GSP-Koscheck II

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As of this writing, Josh Koscheck is set to go off as a 3-1 underdog in the UFC 124 main event…


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As of this writing, Josh Koscheck is set to go off as a 3-1 underdog in the UFC 124 main event, according to most odds makers. Suffice it to say, the guy is not the popular pick among fans or media types to defeat Georges St. Pierre when they climb into the cage this Saturday. With good reason: We’ve already seen this fight once before at UFC 79. St. Pierre won in fairly dominant fashion and went on to amass a seven-fight win streak, erasing any doubt as to who is King Shit of Fuck Mountain at 170-pounds. We have no real reason to believe this bout will be any different. So why am I not 100 percent confident? Because I’m the kind of pessimistic son of a bitch who always fears worst, that’s why.

Also, there legitimately are some things that I find troubling just days before this fight. Here are five of them  …

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Reminder: Watch the UFC 124 Pre-Fight Press Conference Live Here at 1:00 pm ET Today

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Just a friendly reminder that we will have the feed of today’s UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck press conference from Montreal which will go live starting at 1:00 pm ET.
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Just a friendly reminder that we will have the feed of today’s UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck press conference from Montreal which will go live starting at 1:00 pm ET.

Will Josh Koscheck stop being a dick long enough to show an ounce of due respect to his opponent prior to their fight?

Will GSP let his guard down and tell Josh to go f*ck himself with a bottle of maple syrup?

Will Sean McCorkle attain Chael Sonnen’s title of best smack talker in the UFC?

All of these question and more will be answered this afternoon.

As always, the UFC media player is after the jump.

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Daniel Cormier on Koscheck-GSP: ‘In Reality, Josh Is the Better Wrestler’

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive MONTREAL — Like millions of others, Daniel Cormier has watched in awe at the excellence of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. Unlike the masses, however, Cormier has earned the right to either critique o…

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MONTREAL — Like millions of others, Daniel Cormier has watched in awe at the excellence of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. Unlike the masses, however, Cormier has earned the right to either critique or praise perhaps the most lauded part of GSP’s game, his wrestling.

While Cormier is known to some fans as a rising Strikeforce heavyweight, he’s also a two-time US Olympian in freestyle wrestling.

Count him among the people that are stunned by St. Pierre’s rapid wrestling progression despite no background in the discipline, but he parts ways with the group at the suggestion that GSP is a better wrestler than his UFC 124 opponent, Josh Koscheck.

Sean Pierson Thought About Quitting ‘1000 Times’ Before Getting UFC Shot

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Canadian Sean Pierson at Wednesday’s UFC 124 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Matt Riddle, taking this fight on short notice, his long road to the UFC and more.

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Canadian Sean Pierson at Wednesday’s UFC 124 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Matt Riddle, taking this fight on short notice, his long road to the UFC and more.

Stefan Struve Doesn’t Think Sean McCorkle Is on His Level

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Stefan Struve prior to his UFC 124 fight against Sean McCorkle about his opponent’s excessive trash-talking leading up to the fight, how it affected him, why he isn’t impressed with McCorkle and much more.

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MONTREAL — MMA Fighting spoke to Stefan Struve prior to his UFC 124 fight against Sean McCorkle about his opponent’s excessive trash-talking leading up to the fight, how it affected him, why he isn’t impressed with McCorkle and much more.