GSP was fantastic. On top of being extremely well rounded he's just impossibly strong - he was tossing Fitch around like a rag doll at times.
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GSP was fantastic. On top of being extremely well rounded he's just impossibly strong - he was tossing Fitch around like a rag doll at times.
That was a quality fight. Maia looked class. His BJJ is quality.
I think Lesner was magnificent. However I was a bit disappointed that he couldn't finish him off.
He kind of annoyed me at the end the way he acted. It was the total opposite of the class he showed when Mir made him tap.
Lesner will improve each time he faces a top bjj man. I think though due to his immense size, speed and strength that only the elite bjj men such as Mir or Nogeira will be able to beat him.
I'd love to see Couture v Lesner. It'd be interesting to see him fight another ground & pount "specialist".
Pound for pound I think GSP and Anderson Silva are by far and away the best fighters in the UFC.
GSP was quality tonight but I was a little disappointed, as I was with Lesnar, that he couldn't close out the fight.
GSP v BJ will be a great fight. It's bound to happen.
The frightening thing is with Lesnar is that he has so much to improve on. He is still a very inexperienced fighter and there is so much room for improvement. At 31 he is still relatively young for a heavyweight. He could dominate the division for years to come once he gets some more experience.
Some very good fights tonight. Excellent performances by GSP and Lesnar (someone please find him a BJJ coach). Fantastic KO by Emerson!
That was some knockout. I felt it from here.
agreed. I have never liked seeing people showboat after matches.
Lesnar had Herring's back the whole fight and couldn't do anything with it.
GSP was very impressive.
i really want to see someone give lesnar a beating now
id loke to see him fight fedor... but its never gonna happen unfortunatley...
Why? I presume because he acted like such an idiot after the last fight?
Fedor would let Lesnar take him down then he would submit him. All in about 30 or 40 seconds.....
that and because he has a really shit tattoo on his chest
Lesnar was good and wrestled brilliantly but when he comes up against someone with good BJJ he is going to find it tough, ander8on is right he had his back so many times and I was crying out of a rear naked choke but it was never even close he never passed the guard properly for a good ground and pound either, he has a shit load to learn and I dare say if he hadnt of dropped hearing with the right the result could have been different.
His post match interview was a joke, ortiz like in the lack of class and repect shown
His post match interview was a joke, ortiz like in the lack of class and repect shown
it's not too hard to out wrestle someone you are twice the size of
and he has a shit tattoo
and he has a shit tattoo
Did Lesnar do the F5?
Im so original and funny, I know.
Im so original and funny, I know.
His tattoo basically looks like a big penis aiming for his mouth.....
never saw it like that before
Someone mentioned it to me a while back and that's all I think now when I see him on the PPVs
What's the story with Cro Cop? Didn't he sign a two year 6 fight contract with the UFC? I heard he was fighting in some new promotion. Is he still obligated to fight in the UFC?
Sorry, i don't watch it all the time, is there somebody called the axeman/hunter or something? I thought it was Anderson Silva, but no.
I saw one of his highlight reels and wouldn't mind seeing it again.
Cheers.
I saw one of his highlight reels and wouldn't mind seeing it again.
Cheers.
The Axeman? Wanderlei Silva is nicknamed the Axe Murderer. It is probably him you are thinking of. He is one of the best around.
Anderson Silva's nickname is Spider.
That's the one, cheers mate.
No bother.
Yeah, was wondering the same thing? I've not seen anything of Crop, but I heard about him signing and he was coming with a big reputation.
Loads of news over the past week
Lesnar is meant to have agreed to fight Cheick Congo, Chuck Liddell wants a title fight if he beats Evans, if he doesn't win has hinted he may quit and Kenny Florian is set to fight Joe Stevenson in January.
I'd love to see Chuck against Forrest. It could be a great fight.
Lesner and Congo will be interesting as Lesner won't really have the physical dominance that he has on practically every other fighter. I reckon it'd be a boring matchup though.
Florian and Stevenson would be quality.
What do you make of the comments by Anderson Silva's manager about a potential fight with Chuck?
“At the end of the day, this is a business, and [the UFC] needs to sell fights. They need to sell a lot of pay-per-views, and they need to sell tickets. So, we want to be involved with those types of fights. We’re not looking past Patrick Cote, but I think we’ll take one step at a time and see what happens. But yeah, if a Chuck Liddell fight came up, we’d take it. Whoever the UFC wants to put in front of us, he wants to fight the best, and whoever that may be at the time, that’s who he wants to fight.”
http://mmamania.com/2008/08/25/ufc-...ilva-would-accept-a-fight-with-chuck-liddell/
I think Anderson Silva, whilst although very humble, recognizes that he is probably the best pound for pound MMA fighter in the world. He is far better than any of the other middleweights. He obviously wants to push himself and further himself and what better way than to beat the most popular MMA fighter of all time.
I'd love to see it happen. If Anderson can survive pushing up in weight and be just as good, I think he could take Chuck easy to be honest.
I'd love to see it happen. If Anderson can survive pushing up in weight and be just as good, I think he could take Chuck easy to be honest.
CroCop signed with Dream. It's the new Japanese start up (basically Pride 2). The UFC released him after the 2 losses so it wouldn't have to pay his enormous contract.
Kimbo against Ken Shamrock. Shamrock is extremely chinny now but if it ever gets to the ground he could hurt Kimbo. I hope he does and we can forget this freak show.
where is the mysterious 19th page?
I was wondering that weeks ago! And it's still the same.
That is fairly ridiculous from the UFC though. Although he had two bad losses against Gonzaga and Kongo, he is still a magnificent striker. Maybe he just needed time to adapt to the UFC.
The last time Shammy fought, he got one -punched by a british guy named Buzz Berry. It was pretty embarrassing. I would say he has almost no chance. Ken needs to retire before someone retires him permanently.
The transition to the cage is apparently a big transition for a fighter to make. Plus, he broke his rib in the first 2 minutes of Round 1 against Kongo and couldn't do much after that. If you watch the fight, you can see when Kongo breaks it. he throws a great body kick that catched CC flush and he grimaces pretty bad. After that he had nothing for Kongo.
Looks like Couture will be fighting Lesnar November 15th. Should be a damn good fight:
http://mma.fanhouse.com/2008/09/02/dana-white-makes-it-official-randy-couture-is-back-in-ufc-will/
http://mma.fanhouse.com/2008/09/02/dana-white-makes-it-official-randy-couture-is-back-in-ufc-will/
Weird one that Couture against Lesnar.
Couture is more stand and bang dirty boxer, cant see Lesnar wanting to stay on his feet too long against him - on the other hand I cant see Couture wanting a wrestle with the wide man - my prediction is a win for Randy, this will be a test for Lesnar to see if he can take being punched in the face repeatedly.
Couture is more stand and bang dirty boxer, cant see Lesnar wanting to stay on his feet too long against him - on the other hand I cant see Couture wanting a wrestle with the wide man - my prediction is a win for Randy, this will be a test for Lesnar to see if he can take being punched in the face repeatedly.
I'm going to miss this weekend's UFC - friend of mine is boxing on the Khan card at the MEN.
I'm pretty pissed off that the main event for this weekend is what should have been the main event at the 02 a few months back which I went to. I have tickets for the Birmingham event in October - why couldn't they have scheduled Chuck v Evans for October (1 UFC later) - give something back to the British fans who paid a fortune to see Chuck & are paying a fortune again to see Bisping headline!!!
I'm pretty pissed off that the main event for this weekend is what should have been the main event at the 02 a few months back which I went to. I have tickets for the Birmingham event in October - why couldn't they have scheduled Chuck v Evans for October (1 UFC later) - give something back to the British fans who paid a fortune to see Chuck & are paying a fortune again to see Bisping headline!!!
totally agree with you... only reason im paying to go is to see dan hardy as i know him... but the rest of the bill is pretty lame... especially compared to the last onw with gsp, huerta and lesner!...
Lesnar vs Couture..... all about the money. I think this fight will actually suck balls.... Couture by UD.....