Official MMA News/Discussion Thread

[JS316]

Nog!!! what a legend!!! Love that guy!!

He better be careful he doesn't turn out like Muhammad Ali... treats his own face like a punching bag

 

[JS316]

Just watched it again...went for an arm bar then changed it to a guillotine choke in a split second... slick stuff...

so pumped for him!

 

[fallen]

I was really glad Nog won he can take some punishment but damn he is slick on the ground

 

[onebigeric]

I found the overall event to be extremely satisfying. Nog and especially Mir (he's back!!!) made my night; everything else was icing on the cake.

 

[JS316]

I found the overall event to be extremely satisfying. Nog and especially Mir (he's back!!!) made my night; everything else was icing on the cake.

It was a good event.. only one (questionable) decision from the TV fights... 4 great submissions and an awesome KO. One of the best shows in a while.

 

[onebigeric]

^^No doubt. Seeing Timmah tap after two seconds or so and the reaction on Dana's face was worth the price of admission alone. Sylvia did look better in the first than he has in a long time though; here's to hoping he actually learns from that and continues to work on being a genuine fighter.

Edit- Your avatar is freaking hilarious by the way, JS

 

[CaptainCharisma]

http://www.frankmir.com/

he posted up what he thinks of Lesnar...its a nice read

 

[onebigeric]

I for one am fairly stoked for UFC 82. Silva and Hendo will make my night by far, but I'm also looking forward to seeing Diego back in again.

Having Fitch fight a pocket can makes no sense unless it ends up being a bookmark for him to fight the winner of GSP and Serra.

I see absolutely no point in Kongo and Herring. Cheick is coming off a decent-ish win over Mirko and Herring has done nothing but lose in the UFC. I have no idea why this is even happening.

WAR TANNER!!!!!! I'm extremely stoked to see Evan back, but running headfirst into someone like Okami will be rough to say the least. This fight makes my #2, just slightly behind Silva and Hendo.

Arlovski will rape O'Brien, seeing as how Jake can only attempt lay and pray for the most part in the UFC (see Herring, which was a painfully boring fight to watch). Andre will serve him a steaming place of KTFO early in the first, unless another crappy upset occurs. In the case of such....he'll do it in the second. Jake has a history of KO's and TKO's, but he seems hesitant to let loose nowadays; not that he will be able to survive with Andre at all where standup is concerned.

Watch for Gurgel to be focused on a finish after his recent loss to Alvin Robinson, Koscheck to be cocky/moronic as ever (although Dustin is a bad matchup for him; maybe I'll be plesantly surprised), and Cummo to dominate again.

I'm honestly looking forward to every fight (even Kongo/Herring, as I'm basically mystified to see what else could happen with this seemingly pointless fight) on the card, which hasn't happened in awhile.

 

[Kanav]

the fact that arlovski is on the undercard just further proves how full of shit the ufc is.

They put LEBEN on the main card, but not arlovski, sanchez, or koscheck.

 

[onebigeric]

Herring and Cheick on the main card =

 

[CaptainCharisma]

i think fitch was supposed to fight gono if i remember right, but gono got injured...but ya its a pretty stacked card, anderson/dan is gonna be intense

 

[Paulie]

When did Royce Gracie get his ass kicked by Matt Hughes? Anybody see that, I think it was sometime last week.

 

[Kanav]

with the exception of the hendo/anderson fight and jon fitchs', the rest of the fights on the main card should be swapped with the ones on the under card.

Because Im going to be pissed if they dont get televised

 

[JS316]

When did Royce Gracie get his ass kicked by Matt Hughes? Anybody see that, I think it was sometime last week.

It was 2 years ago

 

[Paulie]

It was 2 years ago

Oh Seriously? It was on Spike about a week ago.

 

[onebigeric]

I believe you just caught an episode of UFC Unleashed Paulie, which is a great program that digs up various fights from the past. I feel it's a saving grace in answer to the legions of TUF/MMA n00bs that have popped up in recent years, in that the structure of the show actually gives said people an opportunity to develop an education concerning the sport itself.

Thank you for the Gono reminder, CC I knew the Fitch fight was off for a reason, but I just couldn't quite dig up what it was. Thank you for the Mir link as well; he's an awesome dude (with a hot wife) who's bandwagon I've happily plugged for years. It's nice to see him fully back

 

[Paulie]

Congrats to Jon Fitch. Born in Ft. Wayne! He's gotta be one of my fav. now.

 

[JS316]

A decent show. Thought Anderson's comment about Rich being the other only true champ being a bit out of line and disrespectful.... kinda weird.

 

[Kanav]

A decent show. Thought Anderson's comment about Rich being the other only true champ being a bit out of line and disrespectful.... kinda weird.

yeah I found that strange too. I mean franklin didnt even stand a chance with him. Hendo atleast gave him a run for his money. After the first round I was starting to believe hendo might drop him.

 

[JS316]

yeah I found that strange too. I mean franklin didnt even stand a chance with him. Hendo atleast gave him a run for his money. After the first round I was starting to believe hendo might drop him.

Thats true. Probably the 1st round that Silva has lost in a long time.

But regardless even if he thought Rich was better.. he should have had more respect for Dan and not said he wasn't as hard as Rich. Was this event by any chance in Rich's home town? Was he trying to do get some cheap applause? I'm not sure...

Anyway.. how bout Coleman vs Lesner?
Should be descent..