(MMA) UFC, Strikeforce, Affliction etc

[Tori Storm]

This thread is meant to discuss all things MMA. If a thread already exists please merge this with that one.

To start it off, here is a video from the strikeforce event on june 6'09

Andre arlovski vs brett rogers

Watch and enjoy arlovski getting KTFO'd within the first 30 sec or so.

http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/06/andrei-arlovski-vs-brett-rogers-video.html

[Towelie]

I enjoyed last night's Strikeforce card. Nick Diaz is one of the most entertaining fighters in the sport.

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Oh and by the way...

Welcome to the Machida Era.

If The Dragon finishes Shogun and Rampage the way he did Rashad, he will be the next Chuck Liddell, if not the next Bruce Lee. He is already stealing Chuck's fanbase by KOing Rashad, and he will probably KO Shogun, the last two fighters to KO Chuck. Then if Rampage beats 'Shad, Lyoto can beat Rampage, the man who originally dethroned Chuck.

I've been saying Machida is gonna be a Champ after he beat Soko. He's finished 3 out of his last 4 fights. Two straight KO Of The Night bonuses. Nobody can say he "runs" from people.

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[Tori Storm]

specially for towelie

http://mma.fanhouse.com/2009/06/08/nick-diaz-threw-221-strikes-landed-125-in-second-round-vs-scot/

[Tori Storm]

WEC 41

Jose Aldo vs Cub Swanson

TKO by flying knee. The video is lil lower on the link i provided.

http://www.mmatko.com/jose-aldo-vs-cub-swanson-fight-video-wec-41/

[Towelie]

Wanderlei just got robbed.

"UFC 99: Anti-Climactic"

[Tori Storm]

yeah wtf was that......it shouldve been 29-28 wand. I think he won round 2 and 3, but what do i know :viking:

[Towelie]

Agreed, Wand won the second and third rounds.

So Rumor is that Cro Cop just fucked over the UFC by dropping his contract and signing with DREAM.

Bad career move. He'll never be a division champ, although he was the Open Weight GP Tournament Champ, it's not enough to surpass the legacy of Fedor, Nog and Couture.

[Tori Storm]

yes i read that too....usually i dont believe these rumors but i was watching dana;s interview after the cro cop fight and he had nothing bad to say bout him.

So this mustve hit dana white out of the blue because knowing dana, if he had any inkling of crocop's intention he wouldve ripped him a new one in the post fight interview.

I used to be a huge fan of crocop and even ill have to say that crocop of today can only fight freakshows in japan . Even against al turk, he won cuz the ref missed the eye poke and we all know how overeem was manhandling him, last time they fought.

So just wait till the next DREAM event to watch crocop fight a 400 pound sumo wrestler or a can.

[DumbGrunt]

I'd have called the Silva - Franklin fight a draw just because everytime Wanderlei got hit he looked as if he was rocked. Is he the most easily concussed fighter in MMA nowadays?? :)

-e- Also Kongo for worst cardio ever?

[Towelie]

Kongo - Best Turtling in the HW division. Way better than Herring when he turtled for 3 rounds against Lesnar.

Still not as good as Shogun turtling against Forrest after he gassed.

Those fights are not fun to watch... well, I'm a Forrest fan, so that kinda was...

[Freshmeat.Popsicle]

I'm pretty excited to see Randy Couture fight Antonio Nogueira the August. :D

[DumbGrunt]

LOL!

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[Tori Storm]

UFC 100

Lets see ure picks

My picks are in bold.

Main card
Heavyweight Championship unification bout: Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir - Lesnar tko (G&P) early RD 3
Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves - GSP Unanimous decision might turn out to be a late round 3 or 4 tko by GSP too.
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago - Fitch unanimous decsion
Middleweight bout: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping - Hendo tko (G&P) late round 2
Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher - sexyama by whatever he wants, although in round 3 since this is his first fight in UFC

Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight bout: Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar - Bonnar tko round 1
Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller - Miller unan decision
Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien - jon jones tko rd 1
Welterweight bout: Dong Hyun Kim vs. TJ Grant - Kim by whateva
Middleweight bout: C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor - C.B. Dollaway Rd 2 submission by peruvian neck tie (dont care, picking it for the heck of it)
Lightweight bout: Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty- shannon guggerty cuz i dont give a shit bout this fight

[Towelie]

Mir by Sub RD 3

Alves by KO RD 1

Hendo by KO RD 3

Thiago by upset of the year

Bonnar should mop the floor with Coleman.

Sexyama over Belcher, but only if Bruce Buffer announces him as "Sexyama"

[BlindSite]

Hey d00dz. I have a serious man boner for Machida. I did Shotokan for about 3 years and I was looking for someone other than dudes who started in Muai Thai or Koe Kushin esp since Lidell was gettin' long in the tooth.

Already got a party organised for 104 to watch him go off.

[Tori Storm]

ahahah nice......yeah he does utilize his karate background a lot, you can just tell by his stance, how he keeps his arms and stands tall, unlike a boxing stance where head is tucked in or how a muy thai fighter keeps his hand.....btw GSP has Kyokushin karate background.

[Polish Hill]

A little old but UFC threatening to ban any fighters who sign onto EA's MMA game

http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/rumor-control/909119209/26943052/ufc-threatens-to-ban-ea-mma-fighters.html?board_id=909119209&topic_id=26943052&news_site_blog=true&part=rss&subj=6212911

Going to be a tough sell with only a few names and a strong start from THQ

[Towelie]

The UFC is trying to kill it before it gets off the ground, and I think they'll be successful

[Tori Storm]

well its debatable, till now UFC has been good at suppressing mostly smaller companies,promotions etc because they knew that these companies wont be able to stand up to them. Although they did take on some big/powerful entities like HD net (owned by mark cuban) during the couture fiasco and randy ended up coming back to UFC.

On the otherhand EA is a totally different fish, they have much more money than ufc to hire the best of lawyers and shit.

Although, i dont see it getting that bad, a lot of times dana is just talk. What i see happening is none of the UFC guys being in MMA 10 because of their contracts but all the other bigname free agents/ fighters from strike force etc, will be there.

[Walnut]

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take that england

I've also come to the conclusion that MMA fighters would do well to brush up on their boxing. That's probably a punch that a good boxer would dodge, or at least not walk into.

[Tori Storm]

i just didnt understand that y a fkin trained fighter like bisping continue to circle towards his left, when he knows that hendo is throwing loopy right hand bombs.....Even a person like me who has 10% percent the training in comparison to bisping would know that its a stupid thing to do.
I wanted hendo to win though, so its all good. It just disturbs me when someone makes such a novice mistake.

[DumbGrunt]

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take that england

Does that make him Michael "Out For The Count" Bisping now?

As knocked out as it's possible to be, srsly.

[Towelie]

That KO made my night.

Also, I hate GSP. All of his fights look exactly the same. Jab, circle, takedown, gnp, scramble, repeat. No doubt he's one of the best MMArtists in the world, but he's so predictable I just can't get excited watching him.

Lesnar is also a bad ambassador for the Sport, and either Fedor or Shane Carwin need to knock his disrespectful ass out.

[Tori Storm]

watching gsp, is like listening to a classic song....you know all the words but still its an awesome experience evertime you listen to it. GSP is awesome if you are student of the sport because everything he does is so perfect, but unfortunately that does make it kind of non-exciting for casual fans. Personally, i watch GSP fights again to look for neat tips or tricks.

Lesnar puts asses in the seats....He is the perfect villain, although i think carwin will be a decent fight for lesnar, wanna see carwin getting past cain velazquez first.

[Pipes]

he needs to move up to middleweight to learn how to strike again

[Tori Storm]

since his loss to matt serra he has been kind of gun shy, before that he did enage more on his feet. Although you can attribute that to him basically fighting wrestlers with par or sub par striking skills in his early days.

[Pipes]

I wanna see him fight Anthony Johnson because i don't think he'd be able to take him down or hold him down as easy he does everyone else, but he's too far away from a title shot for it to ever happen. Dustin Hazelett would also be interesting, I don't think GSP would be eager to take him down because of his BJJ.

[Towelie]

I'd like to see Nick Diaz vs GSP

GSP would probably score takedowns at will but Diaz is a wizard off of his back. And on the feet we'd see how GSP does with Diaz's taunting style.

[Tori Storm]

I wanna see him fight Anthony Johnson because i don't think he'd be able to take him down or hold him down as easy he does everyone else, but he's too far away from a title shot for it to ever happen. Dustin Hazelett would also be interesting, I don't think GSP would be eager to take him down because of his BJJ.

GSP will take anthony johnson down at will. Anthony johnson's takedown defense is nowhere the caliber of koschecks or fitch's and GSP took them down. He also took down parisiyan, who isnt that easy to take down and has awesome takedowns and submission abilities himself.


GSP wouldnt need to take down hazelet as his standup is much better than hazelets and hazelets jiujitsu/submission-catch wrestling is no where near BJ, Serra, Mayhem or parisiyans caliber.

Ofcourse GSP can get serra'd again, so i wouldnt totally count johnson out but hazelet has nothing for GSP.

for those who havent watched GSP vs parisiyan or mayhem miller should definately watch it

Now diaz vs GSP will be awesome

[theMIKKO]

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[BlindSite]

So rumors abound about Lyoto Machida either fighting Couture towards the end of the year, or even going up to the HW division to face Lesnar due to the sheer lack of competition for him in the light heavy weight.

Discuss.

[Tori Storm]

ahhaha it will be hillarious........ Machida's next 2 opponents are shogun and winner of rampage/rashard. After that there is up&comers like jon jones, Luiz Arthur cane, vera (maybe and its a big maybe), forrest if he beats silva.....and even anderson silva cuz hell have 2 wins in LHW, if he beats forrest. Add a couple of new signing to this and i think machida's dance card should be full for atleast next 4-5 fights. Also Rich Franklin is a couple of wins (over ranked opponent) away from a title shot.....

[BlindSite]

You think Forrest has a shot after how handily he got beat down twice by spider... He's good but he straight ahead style is playing right into what machida will want to see, same with Rampage or Rua.

Yeah, they're considered dangerous, but none of them are exactly what you'd call better pure strikers than Machida.

The Rashad fight shows what happens when you try to stand off and trade blows with him.

The chances are he beats shogun and beats Rampage as well (I doubt even with a win Rashard will be a big draw). Couture coming back (again) would be a money making extravaganza for UFC win lose or draw for Couture and it's not like Randy hasn't come off a loss to have a shot at the title in the past.

[Tori Storm]

You think Forrest has a shot after how handily he got beat down twice by spider...

failure to compute..........

Randy has to get past nog first. Also the rumors you are talking about appear from time to time, nothing new there. its same as GSP fighting Silva, but that isnt gonna happen anytime soon either.

my point being LHW has some decent fights for Machida, he doent need a freakshow fight with lesnar.

on the otherhand i totally agree with youre point regarding couture. BTW forrest vs machida will be a huge PPV succes, if it ever happens.

rashard is a very bad example cuz he has horrible standup, loopy right hand only works against other technically challenged or past their prime fighters. Agaimst someone of machida's level they do nothing but leave you open for counter strikes.

[redgun]

he doent need a freakshow fight with lesnar.


he doesn't need it, but i'd love to see it.

[BlindSite]

failure to compute..........

Randy has to get past nog first. Also the rumors you are talking about appear from time to time, nothing new there. its same as GSP fighting Silva, but that isnt gonna happen anytime soon either.

my point being LHW has some decent fights for Machida, he doent need a freakshow fight with lesnar.

on the otherhand i totally agree with youre point regarding couture. BTW forrest vs machida will be a huge PPV succes, if it ever happens.

rashard is a very bad example cuz he has horrible standup, loopy right hand only works against other technically challenged or past their prime fighters. Agaimst someone of machida's level they do nothing but leave you open for counter strikes.

I tend to agree that Rashad was punching above his weight, but he's no slouch as a fighter. He TKO'd forrest with strikes if memory serves.

I like Forrest I think he's one of the toughest meanest SOBs in the UFC, but I don't think he's in Machida's class.

[Tori Storm]

I tend to agree that Rashad was punching above his weight, but he's no slouch as a fighter. He TKO'd forrest with strikes if memory serves.

I like Forrest I think he's one of the toughest meanest SOBs in the UFC, but I don't think he's in Machida's class.

True, but forrest won the first 2 rounds handily before he got caught (not that it matters, loss is a loss) but what iam trying to say is that in a rematch between them anything can happen. Forrest's biggest problem is he over extends himself and his boxing aint that great. Everyfight he wins is cuz of his heart and cardio.

I can bet you one think though, if Anderson tries the same antics as in his last fight or in the one vs cote, Forrest has the ability to surprise him.

Btw forrest has never fought spider before, i think you meant franklin, thats why i quoted it in my last post.

[BlindSite]

Yeah sorry I did, I was pretty drunk and got confused, it happens. I'm wondering too if you follow him, but when Lashley will try to make the leap to the big league. I managed to download his first fights and he handily won all 4.

You reckon he could make it in the UFC?

[Tori Storm]

Yes bobby lashley has the pedigree to do well in UFC....He hasnt fought anyone that talented yet, but that isnt a reason to count him out. He trains with American Top Team...You can visit this link(http://www.americantopteam.com/fighters.php) to see the kind of people in it. A lot of big names in it, specially big name BJJ guys. So between his wrestling background and his current school, he is going in the right direction.
So yeah I can definately see him doing well in UFC and he has stated thatthe UFC is his ultimate goal. Personally i want to see him fight Tim Sylvia, before he joins UFC. Tim isnt in his prime nemore, but still a big name with good striking and size advantage. Also beating Tim Sylvia will make lashley even more famous, since Tim is a former UFC heavy weight champion.

[Tori Storm]

Well, Fedor vs Barnett aint happening anymore. Barnett wasnt cleared by CSAC cuz he got caught for taking steroids. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/csac-barnett-positive-for-steroid-18671

[Towelie]

Ding Dong Affliction's Dead.

Fedor to the UFC by the end of the year.

[Tori Storm]

Yeah i wouldnt mind Fedor vs Lesnar for the last show of the year. It usually is the biggest show of the year anyways.

[Tori Storm]

Affliction: Trilogy cancelled
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/update-affliction-cancels-trilogy-18705
:viking:

[Tori Storm]

Its all over for affliction.

Affliction Clothing Back in UFC Fold

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/affliction-clothing-back-in-ufc-fold-18709

[Walnut]

Current rumor is that the UFC will announce a contract with Fedor on Friday. We'll see...

[Walnut]

Current rumor is that the UFC will announce a contract with Fedor on Friday. We'll see...

Fedor signed with Strikeforce. UGH.

[Tori Storm]

Its really retarted, but Fedor's managing company "M-1" wants to co-promte events and no way UFC is gonna let any other company co-promote and ride their coat tails to glory.
UFC offered fedor a more lucrative contract than strikeforce but he chose strikeforce cuz they are Ok with calling it a strikeforce/M-1 mainevent whereas UFC will never agree to that. UFC has worked too hard to gain the fame and fortune and noway they are sharing that with an upstart (in north america).

[redgun]

there's one good thing i can see in this development. If 'Fedor vs Lesnar' ever takes places, then Lesnar will have a couple of fights in the mean time and will be more expirienced, which should provide a better fight.
On the other hand I'm not sure if Fedor would fight Lesnar at all, if Lesnar continues learning that fast.

[Towelie]

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[theMIKKO]

Fedor signs with Strikeforce:
http://www.cagepotato.com/holy-shit-alert-fedor-emelianenko-signs-strikeforce-will-debut-fall

[Tori Storm]

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this sit was crazy.....man did he school him

[theMIKKO]

Spiderman is a machine :cool:

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[Margs]

That fight was so bullshit. I can't say anything more without getting super pissed and calling it fixed.

[theknightsofni]

silva is just that damn good..... no fix

[Tori Storm]

to tell you the truth i liked and respected anderson silva, but man he is turning into such a showoff bitch....Its ok to beat ure opponent but do not disrespect him by doing stupid shit.

[Pipes]

Anyone else see WEC 43 last night? Fuckin' awesome, I've yet to see a bad card for WEC, can't say the same for UFC.

[theknightsofni]

yeah that wec was awesome, some really good fights almost putting ufc to shame!

5 rounds of good fighting - yes please, the rest of the fights were good shows too

[DumbGrunt]

So, are we now in the "Rua gets robbed" era?

[BlindSite]

Machida won that fight, so no.

[Polish Hill]

Despite all the articles (only like 2 mind you) suggesting that it was in fact a robbery.

[Pipes]

Blindsite wants to take a shower with Machida, his comment was expected.

[BlindSite]

The judges scored the fight unanimously, that's not even close to being a mistake. In fact all three judges gave him two of the first three and two of the three gave him three of the first three.

Just because Joe rogan was jizzing in his pants over Rua landing leg kicks doesn't mean he was the more effective fighter.

Is anyone bothering with 105 or 106? Both cards look pretty shit, I don't think I'm forking out money till Penn's title defense.

[DumbGrunt]

Anyone watch Fedor vs Brett Rodgers? Fedor overcame a pretty ugly broken nose (can you actually get a compound fracture of the nose?) to wax Rogers in the second round (first time he'd been taken to two rounds since 2006). Good fight, would watch again.

[Pipes]

Rogers got tired and started dropping his hands before round 1 was over, if he had any cardio i think it would have gone the distance. Also, Jake Shields is such a one dimensional pussy, takedown - dry hump - takedown - dry hump - takedown - dry hump - decision victory.

[theknightsofni]

good fight, fedor's nose looked nasty... wonder whos next for him?

[BlindSite]

No one but the UFC really has proper contenders who'd be a challenge for him, looks like that's not doing to happen for a while, if ever, which is a huge shame.

[theknightsofni]

hes only on contracted to 2 more fights with strikeforce... after that he may get signed for carwin/lesnar?

[BlindSite]

Maybe, the issue with him and the ufc was his mangement company wanted to be co-promoters of his events and Dana was like "lol... no" so he went elsewhere. If they can work that out, I can see him entering the UFC, who knows though.

[Canuk]

The point is that the fight may've been really close but Rua didn't do anything to really deserve taking that belt from Machida. If they'd given it to him, how long would he last? Machida deserves it and I want to see him fight for it some more.

[Rabbit]

to tell you the truth i liked and respected anderson silva, but man he is turning into such a showoff bitch....Its ok to beat ure opponent but do not disrespect him by doing stupid shit.

Well, as long as he's on top he can pretty much do whatever the fuck he wants. I like humility too, and dislike cockiness but I wouldn't go so far as to say I've lost any respect for him.

[DumbGrunt]

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i lol'd

[BlindSite]

I personally cannot wait to see Guida vs KenFlo, KenFlo is a technician who can deal damage and Guida is certifiably insane who eats damage like cornflakes.

[Pipes]

guida just takes people down and whips them with his hair for the whole round, so fucking boring.

[BlindSite]

What? Are you high? I don't think Guida has ever had a boring fight.

[Pipes]

I dunno he just takes people down and continuously does GnP but he never does any real damage. Then the refs can't stand him up because he stays active, it pisses me off. He also can't finish fights, 6 out of 9 went to decision. I just think he's boring.

[BlindSite]

I dunno he just takes people down and continuously does GnP but he never does any real damage. Then the refs can't stand him up because he stays active, it pisses me off. He also can't finish fights, 6 out of 9 went to decision. I just think he's boring.

You're one of those retards who starts booing 5 seconds into a fight because no one's bleeding yet aren't you?

[Pipes]

no, I just can't stand fighters who dry hump and do no damage

[BlindSite]

He doesn't he's a muai Thai fighter, not a wrestler or a BJJ guy, have you not seen his fight against Diaz?

[Pipes]

LOL? You mean the fight where he took him down and did no damage? Didn't see much muai thai in that one.

[BlindSite]

You're a dumbass. He's well recognised as one of the most exciting fighters known for being aggressive and unrelenting.

[Towelie]

I'm gonna have to go with the pipes on this one.

Guida has been in some classics, and he has had some exciting fights... but his fights vs Diaz and Matt "The Douche" Danzig were some of the most boring fights in recent memory.

[Pipes]

You're a dumbass. He's well recognised as one of the most exciting fighters known for being aggressive and unrelenting.

Why did you use the Diaz fight as an example of an exciting fight if it was an absolute bore fest? Did YOU watch the fight or are you just talking out of your ass? Guida can put on a show against the shit bums but when he goes up against peer competition he just goes for take downs and holds them there for 3 rounds without leaving a trace of damage inflicted.

[Rabbit]

Anyone watch Fedor vs Brett Rodgers? Fedor overcame a pretty ugly broken nose (can you actually get a compound fracture of the nose?) to wax Rogers in the second round (first time he'd been taken to two rounds since 2006). Good fight, would watch again.

Man I love Fedor. Great guy AND a great fighter.

[DumbGrunt]

The best thing about Fedor (apart from his murderous terrorball of a right hand) is his wise and humble stewardship of The Glorious Sweater Of Absolute Victory!

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[BlindSite]

Anyone see 106? pretty good fights I thought, Little Nog made some good waves imo and I think the UFC is readying to push him pretty hard with Machida's broken hand and all.

The Ortiz Griffin fight was a little underwhelming and I don't think either are realistically going to push as contenders for a little bit.

Great PPV overall especially seeing Sotiropolus get a win and Koscheck looking strong again.

[theknightsofni]

i definitely had the forrest ortiz fight scorred differently. Ortiz won the first 2 but the 3rd i scored 10-8 griffin as ortiz did nothing cept for some stuffed takedown attemps; overall score 28-28

was surprised (as it also seemed forrest was) that 1 of the judges gave forrest 30-27

[BlindSite]

Nah, Ortiz lost the first imo.

[Margs]

Ortiz had round two with takedowns, but he didn't score many points (with me) as he didn't provide any substantial offense on the mat. Both of them looked really really tired and out of shape/poorly conditioned. Forrest's hands looks SO goddamned slow it wasn't funny. He almost looked worse than when he fought Silva.

[Margs]

Anyone see 106?

Great PPV overall especially seeing Sotiropolus get a win and Koscheck looking strong again.

I hate Koscheck with a passion, but Johnson deserved to get choked the fuck out for giving Koscheck his side, his back, and then letting him slip his arm under his neck when they were on the mat. Kudos to Koscheck.

[Margs]

Fuckin' A some GREAT fights tonight! (UFC 107 results)
Penn v. Sanchez
Diego Sanchez got fucking WORKED by BJ Penn. When he took that ankle to the face, the entire bar let out one giant "OHHHH" when they saw the cut he took on the face. He had virtually (save a couple punches and a foot or two) NO offense, all of his takedown attempts were stuffed, he barely landed any shots, got countered ALL the time, and easily lost every round. His face will look like meatloaf tomorrow morning, and he'll wear the results of that fight for a month or two.

Largely to his credit, he had absolutely ZERO quit, and went headlong into the asswhooping he took, like a man. Never before have I seen a man put their shit on the mat like he did.

Mir v. Kongo
Over before it started. Mir threw one ducking overhand left, put Kongo on his ass, and went and hooked a seriously deep choke on him in about a minute and ten seconds. Kongo went balls out though, and didn't tap, forcing the ref to stop the fight on his passed out body.
Florian v. Guida
I had super super high hopes for this fight, but it ended as I expected. Guida came out a flying mass of hair and energy, but he was surgically taken apart and choked out after he got dropped in round two trying to throw a barrage of punches.
Fitch v. Pierce
A good wrestling match between the two, with Fitch getting the upper hand with some solid kicks, 3 very fluid rounds, good movement, and Fitch won easily in unanimous decision.
(undercard)
Buentrello v. Struve
I really wanted this fight to kick so much ass, it delivered in round 2. There were points in the fight late in the second round where it could have gone either way, they were just trying to whoop on each other so hard. They actually gassed out punching, and paused for a brief touch of gloved hands when the crowd erupted after a back and forth exchange between them. Struve easily won the decision with rounds 1 & 3. Nevertheless entertaining.
Johnson v. Garcia
Johnson was getting knocked around for a majority of the first round, and was on his back when he had Garcia standing over him in guard and delivered a BRUTALLY pointed foot to Garcia's face, and Garcia crumbled on to him, allowing Johnson to sink a quick triangle choke for a near immediate tapout. There's potential with this one.
Belcher v. Gouveia
Nothing extremely noteworthy, although they traded great blows and eventually Belcher just pounded Gouveia till he collapsed, and the ref called it in the third minute of the first round

[BlindSite]

Great PPV, lightweight division really looks stacked, till you realise there's Penn and then there's everyone else, he's not on another level right now, he's on another planet.

[theknightsofni]

http://cdn.cagepotato.com/www/sites/default/files/DiegoSanchez107.jpeg

nuf said

[BlindSite]

YES!

caps

[Towelie]

Scott Smith TKOs Cung Le... wow...

Nick Diaz vs Marius Zaromskis, Jan 30th, for the vacant Strikeforce WW title.

OMG that is going to be FOTY 2010 fo sho

[DumbGrunt]

Nick Diaz vs Marius Zaromskis, Jan 30th, for the vacant Strikeforce WW title.

OMG that is going to be FOTY 2010 fo sho

Oh my!

[Pipes]

donald cerrone needs to be in the ufc

[Margs]

Dustin Hazelett - Your control tower calling, can you see us? Can you see anything at all?

Not after Paul Daley knocked his fucking lights out.

[theMIKKO]

Boom! Headshot! (Overeem vs. Fujita)

http://i48.tinypic.com/205cnk5.gif

[Canuk]

I want to see Pudzianovski drop down to 265 and fight in UFC or watch him fight some bigger guys elsewhere. His first fight was pretty hilarious but I can't find any links to it anymore.

[Margs]

Latest UFC was rather teh boring. The Couture/Coleman fight was a joke, albeit interesting to watch how slow they moved. The best fight had to be Marquadt/Sonnen, especially after the weigh ins.Anyone else catch it?

UFC needs to start bringing the titles back out, save for Penn's, although he's fighting some chud in late March. Last couple have been disappointing thus far.

[Towelie]

UFC 110, 111, 112 all look spectacular on paper.

And Serra's KO was the highlight of last night.

[BlindSite]

I can't believe people actually think Couture is climbing the rankings as a LHW.

They should just give him to Thiago Silva and let Silva punch the piss out of him for two rounds and be done with this "couture is back" crap.

[Towelie]

Rape Choke FTW
http://i48.tinypic.com/ab045l.gif

[psycho chicken]

110 was the first I ever watched, what's the deal with Bisping, is he just a complete fuckwit?

[Towelie]

110 was the first I ever watched, what's the deal with Bisping, is he just a complete fuckwit?

That's the consensus, yes.

Good one to start on, that was a very entertaining card.

What did you think of it?

[psycho chicken]

Thought the Bader KO was pretty good, loved the Sotiropoulos v Stevenson fight (that might be to do with being Aussie, though the way Stevenson was prancing around I loved seeing him get done), Silva v Bisping was a decent fight. Perosh was crazy to see out the second round, but points for effort I guess.

Overall enjoyed it even without having much knowledge of the sport and rules. Will try to catch the next one for sure. Is it pay per view live on Foxtel Blindsite? Or delayed on One HD?

[Towelie]

Stevenson used to be top of the heap of that division. Fought for the title vs BJ penn, lost, won a couple more fights, fought for the #1 contender spot against Florian, lost, won a couple more fights, got man-handled by the Aussie in an awesome upset.

Some aussies won some good money on that I bet.

If you want to know more about the sport, feel free to ask, I love talking MMA.

[BlindSite]

Bisping isn't that bad, americans just hate him because he beat a bunch of yanks on their own show, then his team on TUF (think american idol, but fighting not singing and no voting) beat amercians to have to brits win the show and he does what every other fighter does and talk up his next fight.

[Freshmeat.Popsicle]

Bisping isn't that bad, americans just hate him because he beat a bunch of yanks on their own show, then his team on TUF (think american idol, but fighting not singing and no voting) beat amercians to have to brits win the show and he does what every other fighter does and talk up his next fight.

Yeah we hate him because he's not American... has nothing to do with this high level of shit talking. Note, that's also why I hate(d) Tito Ortiz and don't like Lesnar too much. Then again Lesnar was a was in wrestling and knows how to stir up shit for media coverage unlike most of the other fighters.

-e-
He also qq'd more than anyone I've seen on the Ultimate Fighter. He also got his ass handed to him by one of the people he was talking shit about on the show (Henderson).*IIRC

[psycho chicken]

I just thought he acted like a dick after the fight.

[Polish Hill]

So something I find extremely interesting about MMA that I haven't experienced with any other sport is that all of my interest comes from the new wave of media. The only reason I really have any interest is that I saw a few episodes of The Ultimate Fighter, really enjoyed the UFC game, somehow purchased an MMA textsim that has no real fighters. Now I'm looking forward to this year's UFC game and even though I don't watch pay per views or very many events on television I find myself rooting for the success of the sport. Its the anti boxing. Somehow it manages to be safer, edgier, and quite honestly more interesting all at the same time.

Anyone else have similar experiences or think this could somehow be a negative for the sport? I'm a hardcore football fan and love me some soccer but I'm an extremely casual hockey and MMA fan. Is there a danger of MMA developing so many casual fans that eventually the next big thing could come along and cripple the sports growth? Or am I just being too analytical about something insignificant?

[Towelie]

Nope, still not a GSP fan.

[Towelie]

And I'm no longer an Anderson Silva fan. What a disgrace to the sport.

[cpt.mars]

And I'm no longer an Anderson Silva fan. What a disgrace to the sport.

He's bored, and he clearly has no interest in actually fighting anymore.

That said, I think I love him even more for it.

[theknightsofni]

I lol'd for the first 2 silva rounds... then the rest.....

We'll see how he handles GSP (I still think He'l win but hopefully it wont go to the judges)

also BJ losing the title... Didnt think he fough badly but just didnt put in enough effort to retain the title. maybe its partly the temperature of outdoor abu dabi, but certainly 2 underwhelming performances

[theMIKKO]

http://middleeasy.com/images/stories/organizations/europeanmma/yoelromero.gif

Epic :cool:

[theMIKKO]

Henderson vs. Pettis in WEC 59 :ninja:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zz3p63WSXZE/TQru0-HFiPI/AAAAAAAAA_E/6Dl9rt2uGuw/s1600/12.gif

[Towelie]

Ya, Pettis is a badass.

[theknightsofni]

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p-p-p-p-powerbomb ktfo

[Towelie]

WEC went out with quite a bang, eh?

[BlindSite]

WEC's always been awesome, I used to have to get hold of that shit because it's not shown on TV out here and I was never disappointed.

[Towelie]

So... how about Frank Edgar? That was the hardest fought and most earned Draw I could imagine.

[Margs]

Edgar's got the gas tank to go 5 rounds, that's for damned sure. I did have Edgar edging out 3 rounds, though. Whomever scored the fight 48-46 Maynard was on fucking DRUGS.

[theknightsofni]

i would agree, I ad it 10-8 9-10 10-9 9-10 and te last round was almost too close to call but I'd ave to go 9-10

so 47 47 seems right to me