Apparently Steven Seagal taught Anderson Silva that front kick.
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Jon Jones is fighting Shogun next for the title. They announced it after he won Saturday night.Rampage Jackson against Jon Jones/!?!?!?! Ooh my fucking god!
EDIT: whoops Wikipedia lied to me.
LinkHere's a little something for you "pocket protector/number cruncher" types: I hit **** with more unanswered, undefended strikes than any fighter has landed on an opponent in the history of combat sports. Go count 'em up, Poindexters.
I struck him more times than Quasimodo struck the church bell at Notre Dame. I hit him so many times that I stopped fighting because my fists bouncing off his melon were ringing so loudly that it sounded like a bell, and I thought that the round, and the fight, were over. Actually, that's not true--I actually stopped out of mercy and boredom.
God knows, if he hit me with a TENTH of the undefended shots I hit him with, the ref would have pulled him off me faster than a meth-head pulls the foil off a dozen shoplifted Dristan tablets. I hit him enough to have the fight stopped FIVE TIMES, in FIVE separate rounds.
Therefore, I consider myself 5-1 against him, even allowing for his tainted triangle which only came after I thought the fight was over, and I had already turned the side of his head into a bowl of porridge with my fists.
When Fedor loses I feel sick....seriously. OTOH though, great fights last night.That was depressing.
I DVR Showtime most of the time to fast forward the in between fluff. Rogan and partner are worlds above.IMOI like Gus Johnson. A lot. But just looking at his last two interviews, Rogan does a much better job in the ring.
I didn't really understand Gus's role the other night. Is he part play-by-play, part analyst? If so that usually doesn't work. they have a three man booth with two play-by-play guys.I DVR Showtime most of the time to fast forward the in between fluff. Rogan and partner are worlds above.IMO
My guess is that they have an experienced Mauro Ranallo (who annoys the hell out of me) and, they feel he has enough experience from his Pride and Elite XC days to do Color Commentating also. Or Gus was a temporary replacement for Pat Miletich.I didn't really understand Gus's role the other night. Is he part play-by-play, part analyst? If so that usually doesn't work. they have a three man booth with two play-by-play guys.
It's normally better to have interviews by a straight-up analyst who knows the sport better.
I truly believe he's lost a step....a very small step. It also didn't help that he fought a guy with probably 55 lbs. on him at fight time. It really made me think that a cruiserweight devision may not be the worst idea out there. I'm bias though being a Fedor fanboy.Like some of you said, when Fedor lost, it made me sad. I felt terrible for him. He was standing there with his eye completely shut and he wanted to go on but couldn't. It was a sad ending but I think for pride purposes, he will give it one more go.
Also people brought up some interesting points, has/did Fedor become content following his great stretch of success?
It's a shame this didn't happen before Fedor hit the skids.Apparently SF will still operate just under Zuffa. Sorta like what they had with WEC. It's just a matter of time before Zuffa resolves SF and takes their best fighters though.
As soon as the Showtime/CBS television deal ends, so long Strikeforce.Apparently SF will still operate just under Zuffa. Sorta like what they had with WEC. It's just a matter of time before Zuffa resolves SF and takes their best fighters though.
Theres a lot of talk of Fedor going up against Dan Henderson (catch weight) but....that was before Strikeforce was bought out.I was wondering what Fedor would do. He's claimed that the UFC doesn't treat fighters like people, and according to Dana, money wasn't the reason he signed with SF last time. I didn't think he was going to follow through with his retirement claims after his second loss in a row, but will he actually retire now?
I'll take a bit of that action. Jones is the real deal. You're right that he's never been taken to the limit, but I thought the Brandon Vera fight at least showed his chin isn't glass. Rua may well take him out, but it's going to be a close fight.Oh and Shogun is going to detail the Jon Jones hype train. Jones has never faced any one with the level of striking that Shogun had. Jones is going to get wrecked.