Live Chat: UFC 211 preview, fighter discontent, boxing in 2017 and more
This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
I'm back from vacation and ready to rock. Even though there wasn't much MMA while I was gone, there was a lot of news. Believe it or not, I mostly kept up with it all. That includes Al Iaquinta literally asking (or daring) the UFC to cut him. I don't think it worked, but it's somewhat unprecedented. Then there's Anderson Silva threatening retirement, Nate Diaz saying he doesn't want a third Conor McGregor fight, Luke Rockhold calling for an impromptu middleweight boycott of sorts and more. Not all is well.
That being said, Saturday is a fantastic UFC event, UFC 211. The pay-per-view is - as of the time of this writing - set for 8 hours and 14 fights. It has two title contests, the return...