* MMA Thread

[Raphael Sorel]

Kos and Evans often win by decision because they are wrestlers. They prefer to take their opponents down and to control them.
I still think Evans is gonna take this one though.

 

[Abel14]

No reaction here about Dream events ?

 

[Bizkit]

No reaction here about Dream events ?

Dream 3 looks promising with the likes of Mayhem,Manhoef,Diaz and others.With so many organizations popping up it's hard to follow it all sometimes.2008 is going to be a great year for mma.

 

[Abel14]

I'm just disappointed by Aoki's forfeit. I was picking him to win the tournament.

 

[Raphael Sorel]

I'm just disappointed by Aoki's forfeit. I was picking him to win the tournament.

His fight was finally postponed to Dream 4 in june.

Dream 3 tentative card:
Lightweight Grand Prix Second Round:
-Tatsuya Kawajiri (#2 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Luis Buscape
-Mitsuhiro Ishida (#5 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Caol Uno
-Joachim Hansen (#10 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Eddie Alvarez

-Jason Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata
-Melvin Manhoef vs. Kim Dae Won
-Daisuke Nakamura vs. Bu Kung Jung
-Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue
-Takeshi Yamazaki vs. TBA

 

[Bizkit]

Rizzo/Barnett added to the Affliction card with Fedor/Sylvia.I think this fight will end differently than the last time.I don't see Pedro Rizzo knocking out Barnett but rather we will see a VERY motivated Josh Barnett.This debut event is gonna be sweet.

The first fight was f#*kin' awesome...


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[Raphael Sorel]

I just hope Barnett will recover well from his next bout against Monson at Sengoku.

 

[Bizkit]

Babalu,Lindland and a heavyweight bout between Aleks E. and Paul Buentello are some other rumored fighters for that card.If they can actually put this together it's easily gonna rival or surpass any event the UFC can put together.

Barnett shouldn't take too much punhishment from Monson.It would be a shame to have Barnett get injured in that fight then be unable to fight Rizzo.

 

[Abel14]

Affliction will use a ring, so it should favour Fedor.

 

[Bizkit]

Cool video I found with Shogun and Ninja demonstrating proper technique for soccer kicks to the head.I personally don't like stomps but I would like to see these allowed in the UFC someday.


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[Raphael Sorel]

Cool video I found with Shogun and Ninja demonstrating proper technique for soccer kicks to the head.I personally don't like stomps but I would like to see these allowed in the UFC someday.


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I don't miss stomps and soccer kicks. It looked more street fighting than sport. Nevertheless, IMO the knee strikes should be allowed by UFC rules.

 

[Bizkit]

I don't miss stomps and soccer kicks. It looked more street fighting than sport. Nevertheless, IMO the knee strikes should be allowed by UFC rules.

I agree knees should be allowed as well.In the Herring/Congo fight Heath mentioned that they would have made a big difference and it was apparent.

Arlovski/Rothwell official for the affliction card as well.Dana White must be like what the f#*K?There is no denying the dominance of this card.It is safe to say that if all of these HW fighters stay with Affliction that this organization will have the most dominant HW division.I don't see Couture being to far behind either.This is gonna be a good one fellas.

 

[Abel14]

Babalu,Lindland and a heavyweight bout between Aleks E. and Paul Buentello are some other rumored fighters for that card.If they can actually put this together it's easily gonna rival or surpass any event the UFC can put together.

Barnett shouldn't take too much punhishment from Monson.It would be a shame to have Barnett get injured in that fight then be unable to fight Rizzo.

Barnett won by decision. Both guys are good friends, so they didn't look really motivated for this fight.

 

[Bizkit]

Barnett won by decision. Both guys are good friends, so they didn't look really motivated for this fight.

I agree,Barnett in particular looked to be holding back a little.I thought the same thing in the Yoshida fight with them both being friends as well.I have a feeling that won't be the case in the Rizzo fight.

On another note,Gina Carano is smoking hot.I was just checking out her pics and felt compelled to mention it.
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[Raphael Sorel]

UFC 84 card.
Main Card Bouts:
-B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk
-Lyoto Machida vs. Tito Ortiz
-Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva
-Thiago Silva vs. Antonio Mendes
-Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic

Preliminary Bouts:
-Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
-Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Jon Koppenhaver
-Rousimar Palhares vs. Ivan Salaverry
-Shane Carwin vs. Christian Wellisch
-Dong-hyun Kim vs. Jason Tan
-Terry Etim vs. Rich Clementi

 

[Bizkit]

Just watched the Affliction press conference and that s#*t is gonna be nuts.Antonio Rogerio just added as well.What a monster event.This year has been great for mma and there are so many more good fights to look forward to.

 

[Raphael Sorel]

Just watched the Affliction press conference and that s#*t is gonna be nuts.Antonio Rogerio just added as well.What a monster event.This year has been great for mma and there are so many more good fights to look forward to.

Lil Nog is supposed to fight Vernon White.

 

[Bizkit]

Check this out,

Nokaut.com has learned that Mirko Cro Cop will face Ralek Gracie, a black belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu, in a special rules grappling match on June 15's DREAM 4 card in Japan. Cro Cop was originally scheduled to fight Jerome LeBanner but that fight has been postponed. In the meantime, DREAM offered the Gracie grappling bout to Cro Cop, which he has accepted. The fight will take place under modified Abu Dhabi rules: two five-minute rounds with no point system. The only way to win will be via submission. Should the fight go the distance, it will be declared an automatic draw.

I am actually really interested in seeing this if it comes to be.The card for this event is shaping up to be pretty good.

 

[Raphael Sorel]

Belfort joined Affliction.
http://forums.dreamfighters.com/showthread.php?p=14#post14

 

[Bizkit]

Belfort joined Affliction.
http://forums.dreamfighters.com/showthread.php?p=14#post14

Nice,let's hope for the expolsive,exciting Vitor.This card almost seems to good to be true.

 

[Abel14]

I wonder who will be Belfort's next opponent.

 

[Bizkit]

Pride tribute.....

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[Raphael Sorel]

On another note,Gina Carano is smoking hot.I was just checking out her pics and felt compelled to mention it.
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Carano beat Young last night. I hope she'll make weight for next times.

 

[Bizkit]

Overall I thought the EliteXC event was entertaining considering there was only one top ten fighter being Robbie Lawler..A couple of the stoppages were questionable but for the most part the fights were decent.A lot of questions were answered about Kimbo and he has a long way to go if he ever wants to be anywhere near a top level fighter.

Quote of the night, ''If I were Slice I would pinpoint that alien lifeform that used to be Thompson's left ear.'' Mauro Ranallo

 

[Raphael Sorel]

UFC 85 card:
Main Card Bouts:
-Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves
-Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
-Fabricio Werdum vs. Brandon Vera
-Michael Bisping vs. Jason Day
-Marcus Davis vs. Mike Swick

Preliminary Bouts:
-Martin Kampmann vs. Jorge Rivera
-Kevin Burns vs. Roan Carneiro
-Thiago Tavares vs. Matt Wiman
-Jess Liaudin vs. Paul Taylor
-Eddie Sanchez vs. Antoni Hardonk
-Jason Lambert vs. Luiz Arthur Cane