LiquidSolid
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No, all losers from this first round go into the repechage round and the top two from each of those earn their way into the quarter finals.
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No, all losers from this first round go into the repechage round and the top two from each of those earn their way into the quarter finals.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Starting with these games, pros will be allowed. No more headgear as well. It will change the way the fight plays out and I'm more excited for it. It will still be 3 rounds as opposed 12.
Don't expect much of a change in Rio, but in Tokyo, it should be exciting.
Because NBC is garbage. I think they got worse after Comcast bought them out.
FlashbladeGAF
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Yeah, that's a problem to say the least. The competitors would be practially dead by the time of the finals
How do they do it in the boxing?
Amateur boxing is all about point scoring, not KOs or beating your opponent into submission. I guess MMA could do the same but it would have to be handled differently than UFC. Something to accentuate skill without the need for fighting violently.
Ah, I didn't know that. Don't know how I feel about it but we'll see.
Could they do something based solely on submissions?
Fucking hell, this handball match is hype!
I have a theory that the Road Race is one of the first events because it allows the host to go "That was our opening ceremony... and now here's our host city"
Good result. I hope french fencers do better than in London.They could. It all depends on what we all think MMA is supposed to be. Limiting too much of one aspect like striking kind of goes against the entire concept of the sport. But an Olympic category open to let's say jiujitsu, amateur wrestling, judo and anything else grappling heavy would be fun to see.
Actually Argentina sucks and it is a pretty one sided match.
Saw the scratches on his face. Not pleasant at all.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I'm officially overstimulated. I don't know what to watch!
Magic Mushroom
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Not anymore, I''m afraid.
obin_gam
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Rugby7 starts in ten minutes!
R10Neymarfan
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They have like six cable channels to use. But Im only seeing two that are showing events
Two windows - tight contests in handball Brazil - Norway and volleyball Korea - Japan
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Croatia seems to be better than the US in water polo, but I don't know much about it to say it with confidence.
They could do something like ADCC and Pancrase. I would rather they do that or BJJ (replacing something like TKD) and adding MMA as well. There is an International MMA Federation, which I think is recognized under the IOC, and they do have yearly amateur championships
I got WP on TV, Handball on the app, gymnastics on the browser. And I wanna watch ping pong lol. This is too much, I need to start working again on money so as to not get distracted.
They could do something like ADCC and Pancrase. I would rather they do that or BJJ (replacing something like TKD) and adding MMA as well. There is an International MMA Federation, which I think is recognized under the IOC, and they do have yearly amateur championships
I got WP on TV, Handball on the app, gymnastics on the browser. And I wanna watch ping pong lol. This is too much, I need to start working again on money so as to not get distracted.
Archery was fun to watch. Brazil made it interesting for a while. 
Thanks.
Thanks.
silver.tongue
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Handball is awesome. Its also a lot more brutal than I remembered.
LiquidSolid
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Happy to see Twigg qualify comfortably, especially after Brennan had issues.
I think I'll stay up and watch Bond & Murray destroy everyone in their path before going to bed.
I think I'll stay up and watch Bond & Murray destroy everyone in their path before going to bed.
Empyrean Heaven
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Virginia Thrasher looks like she's going to win the first gold for USA!
R10Neymarfan
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35 events only two channels showing stuff and they're holding back popular sports to botch up in Primetime. This strategy is awful
John Dunbar
correct about everything
totally going to choke.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
the struggle is real. My TV and my desktop that I need to work are in two separate rooms.
Empyrean Heaven
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10.7 on her last shot...looking good.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I know absolutely nothing about rugby but I'm gonna check this out. I was watching beach volleyball on NBC Sports but I went upstairs to watch fencing on the stream.
Didn't NBC used to have it on all their networks like USA, CNBC, etc in previous years? They're not doing that this year? That sucks if true.
Depths of Orion
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Wow that was a bit of a choke by china
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
USA vs China in shooting finals for Gold
silver.tongue
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Holy shit what a save! Bra-nor
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