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[CrypticOne]

Goddamn it... if no-one else is going to start up the Crocop bandwagon, that is, the hype for the next UFC heavyweight champion, I guess I will:

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/crocop+highlight/video/xpcel_mirko-crocop-by-xlns

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/crocop/video/xdqsy_pride-gp-2006-mirko-crocop-vs-silva

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/crocop+bernardo/video/xbz67_mirko-crocop-vs-mike-bernardo

I've been on the Cro-Cop bandwagon forever. That guys is a beast and he will dominate the Heavyweight divison, Dominate. Those kicks of his are deadly. He'll be mopping the floor with everyone.

 

[CrypticOne]

Edit.

 

[C-$]

Horrible standup? He landed the better shots in round two, so I wonder what that says of Liddell's striking. In any case, yes, he was too cautious standing to set up the takedown properly, and that's a large part of why he lost. If you want to call that being "scared", go right ahead. Getting knocked out by getting overzealous, however, isn't exactly a fantastic gameplan, as Ortiz learned from Babalu's shining example.

I didn't see round two, I only saw rd 1 & 2 on youtube. I don't think Tito should of been overzealous but you can't expect to beat Liddle by being tenative. Babalu was fighting like dumbass! That's why lost.Talk about the worst gameplan ever. Hopefully Liddel will fight Rampage Jackson for the second time. I would love to see that rematch.

 

[Qoèlet]

I didn't see round two, I only saw rd 1 & 2 on youtube. I don't think Tito should of been overzealous but you can't expect to beat Liddle by being tenative. Babalu was fighting like dumbass! That's why lost.Talk about the worst gameplan ever. Hopefully Liddel will fight Rampage Jackson for the second time. I would love to see that rematch.

Gotcha... sadly fights don't stay up long or I'd set you up. Tito landed the better shots in round two and actually managed to take Liddell down briefly and take his back... only lasted about 5-10 seconds, though. It's a balancing act I guess, can't be too tentative, can't be too aggressive. If he had made it out of round 3, I thought Tito would start to take over... coulda woulda shoulda, though.

And yes, that will be a damn fine rematch.

If Crocop gets the shot, I'm sure he'd win it. Who would you like to see challenge him for it? I wouldn't mind a Crocop/Arlovski fight.

Arlovski would be a neat matchup, maybe a more interesting one than a bout with Sylvia. I don't think Monson would make for an even marginally competitive fight. Vera is promising. Aside from that... well, almost no-one who's not Fedor, Nogueira, or Mark Hunt makes for an interesting or competitive fight.

 

[xxAPCxx]

Gotcha... sadly fights don't stay up long or I'd set you up. Tito landed the better shots in round two and actually managed to take Liddell down briefly and take his back... only lasted about 5-10 seconds, though. It's a balancing act I guess, can't be too tentative, can't be too aggressive. If he had made it out of round 3, I thought Tito would start to take over... coulda woulda shoulda, though.

And yes, that will be a damn fine rematch.


Arlovski would be a neat matchup, maybe a more interesting one than a bout with Sylvia. I don't think Monson would make for an even marginally competitive fight. Vera is promising. Aside from that... well, almost no-one who's not Fedor, Nogueira, or Mark Hunt makes for an interesting or competitive fight.

Yea Ortiz/Liddell 2 was a surprisingly good match. I would be willing to bet money though that Liddell loses his next match. He tore his ACL during the fight with Ortiz and will be out for a year. When he gets back he'll have to deal with Rashad Evans and Rampage. Rashad he can probably beat but with a bad knee itll be harder to stop Evans' takedowns and truthfully my money would be on Rampage anyway with Liddell healthy, now that when they fight he'll be 38 and coming off a bad injury, I'd say the odds are 70/30 against Liddell.

Also, it is unfortunate but nobody can stand against Cro Cop in the UFC's heavyweight division. I don't think Arlovski has the courage or the chin to take on Mirko and I think the skill gap between Sylvia and Cro Cop is to big for Sylvia to have any chance.

 

[C-$]

Randy Coture is coming out of retirement to fight Tim Sylvia for his heavyweight title. I hope Randy wins becuase I just can't stand Tim Sylvia!

 

[DBella]

Randy Coture is coming out of retirement to fight Tim Sylvia for his heavyweight title. I hope Randy wins becuase I just can't stand Tim Sylvia!

Seriously?! Is this on the UFC website? If this is true, I am all for it and like you, I too can't stand Sylvia and hope Randy will whoop his arse! Go, Couture!!

 

[The FallenAngel]

It's true. It was on Spike last night. Rogan interviewed him. Wow...I really hope he beats Sylvia. I'm so tired of that guy.

 

[DBella]

It's true. It was on Spike last night. Rogan interviewed him. Wow...I really hope he beats Sylvia. I'm so tired of that guy.

What show was that? UFC Unleashed? And did they announce when the fight is scheduled for? Please let it happen soon. I share your feelings about that Sylvia dude. I wanna see Couture beat him to pulp.

 

[Qoèlet]

What show was that? UFC Unleashed? And did they announce when the fight is scheduled for? Please let it happen soon. I share your feelings about that Sylvia dude. I wanna see Couture beat him to pulp.

Inside the UFC, which is on Thursdays at Midnight. Couture announced he's signed a new four fight, two year contract. The rumour had been floating around MMA news sites for almost a week now, but it's official as of midnight: and yes, the news is on UFC.com. The fight is scheduled for UFC 68 in March.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=737469740

 

[DBella]

Inside the UFC, which is on Thursdays at Midnight. Couture announced he's signed a new four fight, two year contract. The rumour had been floating around MMA news sites for almost a week now, but it's official as of midnight: and yes, the news is on UFC.com. The fight is scheduled for UFC 68 in March.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=737469740

I hardly watch that show. Hardly stay up that late on Thursday nights. Darn work! But anyway, this is definitely great news and I can't wait for March.

 

[Qoèlet]

Just thought I'd put up the full line-up for UFC Fight Night on Spike TV January 25th.

Date: 01/25/2007 8:00 PM ET/PT
Event Type: UFC Fight Night
Location: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, FL


Rashad Evans Vs. Sean Salmon
Name: Rashad Evans
Height: 5.11
Weight: 205
Record: 14-0-0

Name: Sean Salmon
Height: 5.10
Weight: 205
Record: 9-1-0



Jake O'Brien Vs. Heath Herring
Name: Jake O'Brien
Height: 6.3
Weight: 230
Record: 9-0-0
"Irish"

Name: Heath Herring
Height: 6.4
Weight: 250
Record: 26-11-1
"The Texas Crazy Horse"


Hermes Franca Vs. Spencer Fisher (*Winner in all likelihood gets a shot at Sherk)
Name: Hermes Franca
Height: 5.6
Weight: 155
Record: 17-5-0

Name: Spencer Fisher
Height: 5.7
Weight: 155
Record: 20-2-0
"The King"


Dean Lister Vs. Nate Marquardt (*Potential #1 Contender matchup at middleweight)
Name: Dean Lister
Height: 6.1
Weight: 185
Record: 9-4-0
"The Boogeyman"

Name: Nate Marquardt
Height: 6.0
Weight: 185
Record: 27-6-1
"The Great"
May not be broadcast.

Chad Reiner Vs. Josh Burkman
Name: Chad Reiner
Height: 5.11
Weight: 170
Record: 13-1-0
"The Grinder"

Name: Josh Burkman
Height: 5.10
Weight: 170
Record: 18-3-0
"The People's Warrior"
May not be broadcast.

Ed Herman Vs. Chris Price
Name: Ed Herman
Height: 6.2
Weight: 185
Record: 13-4-0
"Short Fuse"

Name: Chris Price
Height: 6.3
Weight: 185
Record: 8-1-0
"The Exorcist"
May not be broadcast.

Clay Guida Vs. Din Thomas
Name: Clay Guida
Height: 5.7
Weight: 155
Record: 21-3-0
"The Carpenter"

Name: Din Thomas
Height: 5.9
Weight: 155
Record: 21-7-0
"DinYero"
May not be broadcast.

Ross Pointon Vs. Rich Clementi (*Two fighters I could honestly do without... "Youknowwitimean?")
Name: Ross Pointon
Height: 5.8
Weight: 185
Record: 4-8-0
"The Gladiator"

Name: Rich Clementi
Height: 5.9
Weight: 155
Record: 22-6-0
"No Love"

 

[GekigangerV]

The Herring/O'Brien match was pathetic last night.

Herring's punches were sloppy and he had no ground game(WTF was up with him looking at the ref while he was on the ground?). A very disappointing UFC premiere for sure. He got a couple of good punches in, but couldn't follow them up with anything. You could see he was in a position where he would have gone for knees if it was Japanese rules, but since he couldn't he just stayed there and didn't try something else. Sure he hasn't fought in over a year, but you would think that a guy like him would perform better.

The worst part was that O'Brien really didn't dominate him. In the stand up he just kept his distance and went for the take down and while on the ground he kind of just laid down on him and didn't go for any submissions. The only submission attempt I really remember was Herring going for that Americana and thats it. I wish UFC had a yellow card system as it would have gotten both fighters going, O'Brien in the stand up and Herring on the ground.

 

[The FallenAngel]

Yeah, that was a really bad debut. Fight was awful.

Rashad's kick to finish the fight was great. Salmon was out for a long ass time, damn.

 

[C-$]

Rashad is the real deal. At first I thought Salmo had a pretty good chance of pullonjg the upset but the when I say Rashad's delilver "the kick", I couldn't help but yell & go crazy! That kick was just as good as the kick Liddel delivered to Sabrol( whatever his name is).

 

[Cubs Fan]

Yeah, that was a really bad debut. Fight was awful.

Rashad's kick to finish the fight was great. Salmon was out for a long ass time, damn.

I really dont like Heath Herring and I really didnt like what he said after the fight. But he had a torn MCL going into the fight.

Quote from Joe Rogan

I talked to Heath last night after the fight at a restaurant, and he told me he had a torn MCL for that fight. That's why he had that weird stance, and that's why he couldn't explode off his back or sprawl. I told him that I wished that I had known that before the fight because it explains a lot, but he said he didn't want to give any excuses. That's a credit to the way he thinks, but it's not really an excuse as much as it's an explanation. This is taking nothing away from Jake, because I think Jake fought a great fight and displayed some solid skills, but anyone that's seen Heath fight before knows that wasn't him out there.

I know some people thought I was a little harsh in my commentary, and I understand that, but I've got to be honest. It wasn't insulting, it was just exactly how I saw it. Knowing now about the injury, it all makes sense, and i wish I had that info while the fight was going on. I've always been a fan of Heath and the way he fights, so I'm really looking forward to him healing up so we can see him fight up to potential that I know he's capable of. Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Heath.

 

[brainchild81]

Rashad is the real deal. At first I thought Salmo had a pretty good chance of pullonjg the upset but the when I say Rashad's delilver "the kick", I couldn't help but yell & go crazy! That kick was just as good as the kick Liddel delivered to Sabrol( whatever his name is).

Ditto. He used to be just unstoppable takedowns & some good punches. Now he's KOing mofos w/kicks. He's getting better & better w/each fight. Rashad Evans KOed his last 2 opponents.

On a side note. Has anyone heard about the MMA on Showtime?

 

[GekigangerV]

On a side note. Has anyone heard about the MMA on Showtime?

yeah Elite XC.

http://www.elitexc.com/

I am only interested because the first event has Krazy Horse.

I wonder how Goldberg and Lopez will do as a commentary team. I know Lopez does boxing commentary from time to time, but I haven't heard Goldberg do anything like this before. I hated him on the mic in prowrestleing though. Of course no one can beat the commentary team of Bas Rutten and Stephen Quadros.

 

[Cubs Fan]

On a side note. Has anyone heard about the MMA on Showtime?

I dont know about the showtime thing, but UFC and HBO made a deal together. HBO is supposed to air 3 UFC events in 2007, thats all I know about it.

 

[GekigangerV]

Travis Lutter was overweight by 1.5 pounds thus making the main event for tomorrow a non-title fight.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/pictures.asp?n_id=6657

Although I didn't think Lutter had a chance, it sucks to see the main event go down like this.

 

[GekigangerV]

Lutter did pretty damn good in that first round and showed that his ground game is pretty great. However, Silva did pull out the win with the triangle/elbows. I would like to see a rematch with the title on the line.

 

[The FallenAngel]

I happened to catch Cro Cop's fight. Next Heavyweight champ right there.

 

[Cubs Fan]

I happened to catch Cro Cop's fight. Next Heavyweight champ right there.

I agree a hundred perccent. Though I think that Sylvia will be a tougher fight then Eddie Sanchez. But I cant wait to see Crocop's leg kicks chop Sylvia down.

 

[Eric Draven]

That Cro Cop fight was pretty uneven. Sanchez was totally outmatched.


But Cro Cop does look vicious as hell.


I also loved that staredown in the beginning of the Rampage Jackson match

 

[Cubs Fan]

Lutter did pretty damn good in that first round and showed that his ground game is pretty great. However, Silva did pull out the win with the triangle/elbows. I would like to see a rematch with the title on the line.

I really wish Lutter would have been in better condition for the fight. You could tell his punches didnt have much on them when he had the mount on Silva.