The Ultimate Fighting Championship (MMA) Thread
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Here's some weigh-in footage from tonight. It got a little chippy, but nothing too crazy.
http://www.mmafighti...weigh-in-video/
I'm giving up trying to embed it.
http://www.mmafighti...weigh-in-video/
I'm giving up trying to embed it.
Nick Diaz is one bad dude. He can fight Technical, he can brawl and his chin is made of steel. Daley was getting crushed by Diaz' body shots .
What's up for Gilbert Melendez, now? Assuming the UFC absorbs SF's top fighters and uses SF as a developmental league, GM should be in line to challenge for the title soon, right? After the fight, though, Scott Coker talked about him fighting the winner of Wilcox and someone else here:
http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/10/scott-coker-discusses-diaz-vs-daley-results-whats-next-for-gi/
I have to think he gets a shot at some of the top UFC lightweights soon.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/10/scott-coker-discusses-diaz-vs-daley-results-whats-next-for-gi/
I have to think he gets a shot at some of the top UFC lightweights soon.
Recently Andrew Mahlmann, A writer for MMA Bleacher Report did a ranking of who he thinks the Top 50 fighters currently are. I disagree with most of his selections but, I bolded the ones that I think are completely nuts. I wanted to post it for discussion. Josh Koscheck ahead of Hendo,Condit,Fedor and Carwin? Machida in the top 30? Sonnen hasn't even fought in two years and he's #18. I definately agree with the top 10 but,I may put BJ Penn in Cruz' spot. I'm suprised Manny Gamburyan even cracked the top 50....let alone #38 . IMO the worst pick of all is Nick Diaz. Having him at #36 makes me laugh.
Edit- Wow,he doesn't even have Eddie Alverez on the list. No love for Bellator.
Bones is pulling out of the fight with Rashad to have a "longstanding issue with his hand addressed." According to the article, the injury has no effect on his striking or grappling, but it's been lingering for a while, and he wants to get it taken care of. I'm sure Rashad Evans will take the high road when discussing this with the press. Phil Davis will replace him. Link
Awesome opportunity for Phil Davis, but Rashad Evans sitting out for a shot at the title has come back to bite him in the ass. He hasn't fought since May of last year, and he'll take on Davis in Davis' home state for a shot at Jones when he returns to action. Horrible year for Rashad.
Awesome opportunity for Phil Davis, but Rashad Evans sitting out for a shot at the title has come back to bite him in the ass. He hasn't fought since May of last year, and he'll take on Davis in Davis' home state for a shot at Jones when he returns to action. Horrible year for Rashad.
Shit, Rashad Evans is jumping for joy over this. Theres no doubt that he doesn't want to fight JJ. It may be mutual.
Does anyone else here believe the GSP/Shields fight will be a mildly boring fight? I hope I'm wrong but I think it's going to be a total ground battle.
I'd be surprised if its a ground battle. My guess is GSP picks Shields apart on his feet and Shields walks away looking like Koscheck and Fitch. Shields has shown he can take a shot, if you can survive Hendo's right hand, you can survive just about anything. But I can't see where he has a significant advantage, or something that he can exploit in GSP's game. GSP wins convincingly and the conversation of "what now?" begins, again.
Evans just recieved a stay of execution. If he didn't realize the only way he was going to beat Machida was by taking him down and holding him there, there is no way he was going to fight smart against Jones. Evans was going to get broken.
And I think the GSP/Sheilds fight will be a ground battle for only a short while. GSP will not stay on the ground and play into Sheild's game. Given the skills these two bring I see the potential for some interesting scrambles and reversals but I'm not forecasting Newton/Sakuraba redux. Ultimately I think Sheilds wears himself out trying to keep GSP down and then gets KO'd/submitted.
I don't think Sheilds will be able to hang with GSP for 5 rounds. He was holding on for dear life in the third round against Kampmann. GSP is a machine and the combination of the conditioning gap and the fact that he has little to threaten GSP with will crush Sheild's will and end the fight early. I agree with basically everything else you said, especially about the "what now" phase. I think GSP vs. Silva hype is where things will head.
OTOH...Rashad Evans against Phil Davis has me interested. Both have good wrestling but, Evans takes the fight in round two with his stand up and experience.
Bumpan for awesomesauce.
I got GSP by unanimous decision. Jab, jab, low leg kick all night. Shields comes away with a shiner and a bruised ego.
Jose Aldo by whatever he wants.
Machida and Randy is going to be a clinch war. Machida should come away with a win. I say split.
Brilz GNPs Vlad.
Bocek and Ben Henderson is too tough to call for me.
And Nate Diaz slaps a sub on young Rory!
I got GSP by unanimous decision. Jab, jab, low leg kick all night. Shields comes away with a shiner and a bruised ego.
Jose Aldo by whatever he wants.
Machida and Randy is going to be a clinch war. Machida should come away with a win. I say split.
Brilz GNPs Vlad.
Bocek and Ben Henderson is too tough to call for me.
And Nate Diaz slaps a sub on young Rory!
Man I hate watching GSP fight. He's never gonna lose.
That thing on Hom's head... fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
That thing on Hom's head... fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Is there any chance Dana White has GSP fight Nick Diaz? if not then there's nothing left for him at 170
He's meeting with Dana this week to, I assume, discuss this as well as his situation as the SF champion. Diaz said he wants to go into professional boxing.
http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=6495020
He's been interested in boxing for a while, but is Diaz trying to force Dana White's hand here?
Did you (or anyone for that matter) see their last fight? Who was winning when the upkick landed?
That sucks. This shit is career and life threatening. I was looking forward to seeing if he made any improvements in his stand up defense.
Looks likes chances for GSP-Diaz are increasing
http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=6580308
http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=6580308
Scott Coker held a press conference today. Here are some of the announcements through @arielhelwani:
Dan Henderson vs. Fedor at a 220-pound catch weight will take place July 30.
It's going to be on Showtime.
The prelims for the 6/18 fight will be on HDNet.
Gilbert Melendez will fight in the fall, but he has no opponent, yet.
Diaz is staying with SF for now, and the GSP fight has not been scheduled. It sounds like it's not happening anytime soon.
Dan Henderson vs. Fedor at a 220-pound catch weight will take place July 30.
It's going to be on Showtime.
The prelims for the 6/18 fight will be on HDNet.
Gilbert Melendez will fight in the fall, but he has no opponent, yet.
Diaz is staying with SF for now, and the GSP fight has not been scheduled. It sounds like it's not happening anytime soon.
I ordered tonight's PPV out of sheer boredom but so far I'm glad I did.
Boetsch did much better against Grove than I thought he would.
Stann looked outstanding. He's got to be in the mix in the middleweight division.
Boetsch did much better against Grove than I thought he would.
Stann looked outstanding. He's got to be in the mix in the middleweight division.
That shows the major flaw in both fighters right there. Nelson has no conditioning and Mir has no killer instinct. Incredible that he couldn't get a submission in those last 3 minutes