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Tim Kennedy on Edmond Tarverdyan: "I think he's a terrorist sympathizer"

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Morning Report: Tim Kennedy says Ronda Rousey's potential is 'limitless' if she leaves Edmond Tarverdyan

Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports

"I hate that guy. I think he's a jerk. I also think he's a terrorist sympathizer."

So, UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy isn't the biggest fan of Ronda Rousey's head trainer Edmond Tarverdyan.

Rousey has endured an incredible amount of abuse from fans following her knockout loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193, but most of her contemporaries seem more bothered with the cornering she received following a troubling first round.

"There was coaching and then there was whatever happened with Ronda," Kennedy told Fight Night on 1300 The Zone. "I don't want to diminish that word and call it coaching because that's not what happened in Ronda's corner."

"You definitely have to adjust what you're telling your fighter depending who they are. You have to know who they are. None of us know Ronda well enough to second guess what her coach was doing. Maybe he was doing the right thing? Maybe he was giving her the confidence she needed? Maybe she's someone who needs to operate in confidence? That's just ludicrous, to me, though."

Returning to the stool bloodied and dazed after round one, Rousey didn't appear to receive much help from Tarverdyan. Holm went on to score a head kick KO 59 seconds into round two.

"Ronda had the brakes beaten off her for four and a half minutes," said Kennedy. "Her face is bloody, her nose and lip are bleeding and then you have her coach saying, 'Hey, do the same thing?' Not even like, 'Stick to the game plan. Change levels. Cut an angle and shoot a double leg. Push her up against the fence.' Anything! 'Keep getting punched more.'

Far from a lost cause, Kennedy believes Rousey still has a compelling future if she's willing to make some changes.

"I think she's amazing," Kennedy said of Rousey. "I think her skills are spectacular. I think she is an Olympian. I think her jiu jitsu is sick. I think she's done things in the Octagon that no one else has ever done. Going through No. 1 contenders the way she did has never been done. Anderson Silva would be a close second to her in the showcase of skill sets you can pack into 30 seconds.

"I think Ronda is one of those people like Jon Jones, like Holly. People who are just God's gift to pugilism. You put her with the right coaches, with the right training partners, her potential is limitless. You put her with the guys she's been training with? You get what you got."

All accolades for Rousey aside, Kennedy doesn't expect to see the former champ reclaim her belt from Holm.

"I don't see somebody beating Holly for a while. Until Holly says she's done. As I look through the roster of the 'Cris Cyborg's', who Holly would pick apart. That fight would be fun to watch because you'd finally get to see Holly demonstrate how good her boxing and kickboxing is against someone who thinks they're good. Holly would destroy Cyborg."

http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/11/23/9780384/morning-report-ufc-193-ronda-rousey-holly-holm-tim-kennedy-aldo-mcgregor-mma-news


Tim Kennedy certainly has a peculiar way of making people to read what he is saying, damn...
 
#10 ·
And what kind of terrorists is he supposed to sympathize with¿ Certainly not IS as Armenians are traditionally Christians and hundred thousands (some sources speak of over a million) of them were killed in the genocide done by the Ottoman Empire (Turks) on them.

President trump will send his Syrian looking ass back where he came from.
Come on, Kennedy doesn't look THAT Syrian...
 
#13 ·
Edmond shouldn't be offended, Tim Kennedy secretly thinks everyone is a terrorist sympathizer. He's like the "I see dead people" meme, except the words dead people are exchanged with terrorist sympathizer.

IIRC, Edmond is armenian. The armenian genocide was sanctioned by turkey who is known to be a major supporter of ISIS and other terrorist organizations. This means terrorist organizations and countries that support them are more likely to be the mortal enemy of armenians like Edmond than they would be allies.
 
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That athleticism is outstanding.

Edit: Not sure why its a still pic it says .gif
That got me confused a few times as well. Apparently there are "gifs" and "animated gifs".

BTW, Bethe Correa had less than 4 years training any fighting at all when she fought Ronda Rousey. Her best asset was said to be her stand up, and we all saw what happened against Ronda's stand up...

I just wonder how badly mauled she would be against Holly Holm.
 
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Even reptiles are right sometimes. Saddam was an American puppet. Put in place and kept there By Reagan as a counter to Iran and to keep the oil flowing. He only fell out of favor with the U.S. Because Kuwait owned the Bush family. It seems to be hard to find now but I clearly remember seeing news video when Reagan gifted him a special edition gold plated Winchester 30-30



America also created and armed the taliban. We called them the mujahideen and hailed them as patriotic heroes against the evil Soviet invaders.

We created Al Qaeda when we built American military bases in Saudi Arabia.
and we not only created ISIS we armed them through some of the stupidest stupidity in History.

The argument that we must “fight them over there to prevent them from fighting here" has always twisted my poor brain into knots. Lately I've started entertaining a very radical, unamerican idea. Maybe,....just maybe invading and dropping bombs on other countries isn't the best way to eliminate to terrorism. ...maybe the only difference between a Muslim terrorist and an american patriot is the sophistication of their bombs....:confused02:


.....naw that's crazy talk. KILL'EM ALL, LET ALLAH SORT'EM OUT.



...anybody else think that we might be witnessing the start of WWIII right now??
 
#31 ·
Even reptiles are right sometimes. Saddam was an American puppet. Put in place and kept there By Reagan as a counter to Iran and to keep the oil flowing. He only fell out of favor with the U.S. Because Kuwait owned the Bush family. It seems to be hard to find now but I clearly remember seeing news video when Reagan gifted him a special edition gold plated Winchester 30-30



America also created and armed the taliban. We called them the mujahideen and hailed them as patriotic heroes against the evil Soviet invaders.

We created Al Qaeda when we built American military bases in Saudi Arabia.
and we not only created ISIS we armed them through pure stupidity.

The argument that we must “fight them over there to prevent them from fighting here" has always twisted my poor brain into knots. Lately I've started entertaining a very radical, unamerican idea. Maybe,....just maybe invading and dropping bombs on other countries isn't the best way to eliminate to terrorism. ...maybe the only difference between a Muslim terrorist and an american patriot is the sophistication of their bombs....:confused02:


.....naw that's crazy talk. KILL'EM ALL, LET ALLAH SORT'EM OUT.



...anybody else think that we might be witnessing the start of WWIII right now??
I been thinking that for the past couple of years and things are just getting worse.

The new Labour leader - Jeremy Corbyn, the most refreshing political party leader I think I have ever seen is being threatened with party members quitting over his stance on Syria because he does not believe bombing stuff works and refuses to back David Cameron on the issue.

He is right, what good does dropping Billions of £ of bombs on civilian property do. ISIS have networks of tunnels underneath towns to protect themselves.

I think we need a ground force to get anything done, but I don't think any western country has the stones for the fight because the casualties will be heavy.
 
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on another board someone said Kennedy had explained the comment, and that he had seen pro-isis stuff posted on edmond's social media, but i couldnt find anything like that on his official facebook or instagram.
 
#34 ·
I didn't see anything either.

This is interesting. Here's a pic of Ronda from 2012.



I don't know anything about anything but is it possible Edmond took a top athlete with a shredded body and turned her into an inferior version of herself?

It looks like she was in much better shape in 2012 than she is now.
 
#42 ·
Classic satire.

Except if you really listen to the dick and assholes speech at the conclusion of the film, it's a metaphor supporting american intervention in foreign nations. Justified by saying we're dicks, but they're even worse, they're assholes.

I loved the film, just making an observation.
 
#46 ·
Let's pretend.
Imagine this. Russia, China, India hold secret meetings with NATO and they all decide that for the sake of the American people they must bring about “regime change” so they bomb Washington and invade.

Imagine how grateful and cooperative the American people would be.

Except for the malcontents who aren't smart enough see how much better off they are. They insist on having a homeland free of foreign interference.
Bunch of ****ing terrorists.

Riddle me this my American friends....would you be grateful and support the new government or would you be a terrorist?
 
#49 ·
One thing odd about terrorism people never seem to notice.

Terrorists are labeled insurgents if they attack a country other than the united states.

Terrorists are only labeled terrorists if they attack the united states or its military.

America has a monopoly on terrorism as only terrorist groups that attack america can be called terrorists.
 
#65 ·
Not true. The terrorist label also extends to countries the US is allied with, e.g. the recent French terrorist bombings that are referred to as such here. It is ridiculous though. If terrorism is inflicting terror in order to influence a populace, I think the US' "shock and awe" campaign in Iraq can easily be included, for example.
 
#50 ·
That's because Islam is terrorism , the Koran is a terrorist book , their prophet had ******* slaves. Everyone who doesn't want to progress the world should be a terrorist . These people get invited to live in our peaceful countries and they destroy them do u see any of us going to their shit terrorist countries , wtf do u think terrorism is , having 10 useless kids who later grow up to be a terrorist or a slave wife . We are the world police you don't like it get better technology and a stronger army , who was America bombing before we got attacked by Japan ? Who was America bombing before Great Britain attacked us ? We made the strongest army in half the time Because we are smarter then all the Islam countries put together , and we get blamed for helping lol what about the national guard and thousands of our soldiers going to numerous countries to help ? Tell me who helps this world more the America ? If countries fully committed to westernization then every country would be like Japan , but we will always have terrorist trying to prevent Murica from helping
 
#72 ·
Americans vs Arabs vs Catholics vs Muslins vs....

Long story short: There's good and there's evil. Everywhere and in each one of us. This idea America is the world's police is just wrong.
There's oppression everywhere, in every country, every state, every neighborhood. Politicians want money and power and you can't believe EVERYTHING you are feed from TV, who are sponsored by powerful rulers.
 
#77 ·
Trust me, crucial news still come to you. We are on the internet often, people come to talk to you about what goes on, there are waiting rooms and restaurants with TV sets, I just choose to not have a TV on in my house transmitting whatever garbage they want. I just turn it on to watch specific programs/shows I want. It was one of the best things I did for my life.
 
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