* MMA Thread

[Bizkit]

What are peoples thoughts on Kimbo Slice who just won his 1st professional bout for ProElite? He seems like he could go far.

Too early to tell.He needs to fight some ranked contenders to be accurately judged.He is a banger and has Bas Rutten coaching him so he could have potential.I still wanna see him fight Tank.

 

[Snail Shell]

Every fight I've seen with Kimbo Slice where he's against someone who knows how to fight (ie: not a street fight or an entry-level fight), he either gases or falls flat. I'd like to see him in a real cage against a guy who's a real threat to him.

Snail Shell

 

[Bizkit]

The Kimbo/Tank fight is scheduled for Feb.They were supposed to fight back in Oct. but that fell through.These aren't two highly skilled guys but I really wanna see this fight.If Tank connects Kimbo is going to sleep.Tank proved he still has brick hands when he ko'd Cabbage in there second fight.Another fight I look forward to seeing is the Sylvia/Nogueira fight.With all of the Pride fighters failing in the UFC,this fight is gonna be big.Minotauro has a lot of hype behind him,justifiably so,but this fight is gonna answer alot of questions.What do you guys think?Then the Silva/Hendo fight.This year is gonna be unbelievable.

 

[Snail Shell]

Dan Henderson/Anderson Silva will be fun. Striker vs. Grappler. I love both guys. Honestly, I think Silva will pull it off, but I put nothing past Henderson.

I really could care less about Nogueira/Sylvia. Minotauro does nothing for me and had a poor win against Herring in his opening bout. Tim Sylvia remains the most boring fighter on the face of the earth. Knowing how the UFC has been working these days, it'll be Sylvia winning the interm championship by decision after a 5-round lay 'n pray.

Snail Shell

 

[Bizkit]

Dan Henderson/Anderson Silva will be fun. Striker vs. Grappler. I love both guys. Honestly, I think Silva will pull it off, but I put nothing past Henderson.


Snail Shell

All bets are off on that fight.I might actually be going to Ohio to see that event.I see Hendo's strength and wrestling being the deciding factor.He gave Rampage a hard 25 mins.On the other hand,Hendo has a great chin but has he ever been hit with a flury like the one Silva put on Franklin(either fight)?I am leaning towards Hendo,but like Snail said,I put nothing past Silva.That's gonna be a classic.I am interested in seeing who else is gonna be on that card.

 

[CurtWild]

Big Nog is gonna sub Tim.

Hendo/Silva could go either way.Silva has to be careful...Henderson throws bombs.

if Mir show up cocky and in shape like he used to be than Lesner is gonna be in for a tough fight.

 

[Bizkit]

GSP talks about moving up weight classes in the future.Middleweight and possibly LHW.That opens up so many good fights,too many to even name.Aside from Serra and Fitch he has pretty much beaten everyone at that weight.I still want GSP/Penn 2.

 

[Snail Shell]

GSP/Penn 2 is about the only thing away from naming GSP "best welterweight ever'. Maybe Swick. I'd love to see him have at Silva for the 185 crown.

Snail Shell

 

[Bizkit]

GSP/Penn 2 is about the only thing away from naming GSP "best welterweight ever'. Maybe Swick. I'd love to see him have at Silva for the 185 crown.

Snail Shell

Gsp/Silva is definately a dream match.What I would like to see is if GSP could defend against Hendo's takedown.We have never seen Georges out muscled.Another really technical fight would be at LHW against Machida.He really needs to focus on Serra before thinking so much about the future though.

 

[jugner]

Serra got lucky to beat GSP. He's not all that good. Penn 2 isn't what I want to see, it's GSP/Fitch. Noone seems to give him any respect, but he hasn't found his match yet, and may be GSP's equal.

 

[Bizkit]

On many MMA forums there are usually a lot of UFC/Pride debates.One thing that is true about Pride is the fact that they had much better cards.It seems lately(aside from UFC 79) that most of the UFC ppv's consist of 1 or 2 interesting fights.Where the Pride events were a couple months apart but they would pack the cards.The UFC is making a killing on ppv's every month,which is intelligent from a business stand point but from a fans point of view it sucks.They could have put Penn/Stevenson and Werdum/Gonzaga together with the UFC 81 card and made that UFC 80.IMO.That would have been a really good event.That is my rant for the day. 🙂

 

[CurtWild]

Serra got lucky to beat GSP. He's not all that good. Penn 2 isn't what I want to see, it's GSP/Fitch. Noone seems to give him any respect, but he hasn't found his match yet, and may be GSP's equal.

yeah...he was real lucky to make him tap cause he didn`t want to get hit anymore 🙄

On many MMA forums there are usually a lot of UFC/Pride debates.One thing that is true about Pride is the fact that they had much better cards.It seems lately(aside from UFC 79) that most of the UFC ppv's consist of 1 or 2 interesting fights.Where the Pride events were a couple months apart but they would pack the cards.The UFC is making a killing on ppv's every month,which is intelligent from a business stand point but from a fans point of view it sucks.They could have put Penn/Stevenson and Werdum/Gonzaga together with the UFC 81 card and made that UFC 80.IMO.That would have been a really good event.That is my rant for the day. 🙂

the biggest names to not always make the best cards.

 

[jugner]

yeah...he was real lucky to make him tap cause he didn`t want to get hit anymore 🙄

Serra didn't make GSP tap.

 

[Bizkit]

Serra didn't make GSP tap.

I think he did tap.I would have to check the dvd or online clip but I am pretty sure he tapped when Serra was raining down blows.

I just read that Werdum is getting a title shot against the winner of Sylvia/Noguiera.Stylistically Werdum and Noguiera are the same with Big Nog having better stand up.If Big Nog doesn't beat Tim then I highly doubt Werdum has a chance.

 

[CurtWild]

Serra didn't make GSP tap.

there ya go

 

[Bizkit]

there ya go

Good deal.Can you imagine if Serra beats him again.That would simply be unbelievable.

 

[jugner]

there ya go

It's down as a TKO (strikes)

 

[CurtWild]

yeah.

i`m aware of the "official" result.

please notice the right arm...tapping

irrelevant to argue about it since he won,convincingly,over "the future of the WW division"

 

[Bizkit]

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[Bizkit]

Just some random stuff

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[Bizkit]

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Hopefully we will see the guys in the last two gifs fight sometime this year. 🙂

 

[SlaverTickler]

Just Wondering...

How did Brock Lesner do?

 

[Snail Shell]

Lesnar pretty much dominated Mir for about a minute, then made one stupid rookie mistake and Mir made him tap. Official decision was Mir by Submission (Knee bar) at 1:30 of Round 1.

Lesnar will be back. His next fight will be easier on him I think. It is a must-win for him though.

Mad, mad props to Nogueira for the win. After getting knocked senseless in Round 1, he truly earned the title.

And to Tim Sylvia, I don't get to say this often enough, but...


FAIL!

Snail Shell

 

[Bizkit]

That was definatley a good night for subs.Despite the loss,Lesnar looked pretty good.He has some serious GnP.How about Big Nog?How sweet was that?Him and Randy Couture would make for an amazing fight but probably won't ever happen.That sucks.Werdum is apparantly next in line but that fight has little or no appeal to me.

How about the upcoming months:
Silva / Henderson
Easily in the top three for biggest fight of the year.Only surpassed by a potential Fedor/Couture,Liddell/Rampage 3 or GSP/Penn 2 providing they both win their upcoming fights.IMO

Serra / St Pierre
I see this fight ending quickly.Georges is a madman.IF Serra could pull out a win it would truly be unheard of.

Sherk / Penn
Can't wait for this one.This could be one of the greatest ground fights ever.

Tito/Machida
Potentially a boring fight.Hope Machida runs through him.

Liddell/Shogun
If their last fights were any indication of the future Shogun is in for a long night.It would be interesting to see Shogun utilize the clinch as well as how Chuck could defend it.Unfortunately he probably won't get close enough to try.

 

[SlaverTickler]

Lesnar pretty much dominated Mir for about a minute, then made one stupid rookie mistake and Mir made him tap. Official decision was Mir by Submission (Knee bar) at 1:30 of Round 1.

Lesnar will be back. His next fight will be easier on him I think. It is a must-win for him though.

Thats to bad, I was really hoping he would do well for two reasons. 1) It would prove wrestlers are tougher then people think, and 2) It would twist the shive into McMahon a little knowing Brock left him, and was doing well someplace else. Well I hope he does better next time.