Official UFC Thread

[E-Man]

Tomorrow's card isn't so bad. I hate that both Edgar and Maynard got injured, but **** happens. Before the card it looked really solid, so one fight isn't going to kill it even if it's the most anticipated for me. Mir vs. Nelson should be a good one. They match up pretty well.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Did Mir win or lose his last fight??

 

[Bubonic]

He won against Cro Cop, check out sherdog they have all the fighter stats.

 

[Slushy]

I'm not a Rampage fan at all, but Matt Hamill is going to get his ass kicked!

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Hmm, to watch or not to watch tonight ??

 

[TheVileOne]

Just go to BW3 and watch.

Also it's not like you can't watch half the fights for free on Facebook and Spike TV.

This card is underwhelming without the title fight and such a weak main event. However, I'd rather have a night out of watching UFC and MMA than not have it.

I predict this show will do well under 400K buys though.

 

[B]

Dispite Edgar/Maynard not being included in this card tonight I think the rest of the card is quite good on paper. The main event isn't exactly gonna be as eagerly watched as Edgar/Maynard III would have, but that being said it should still be a good fight & would have been an ideal co-main event. + there Thaigo 'kick your legs away from you' Alves, Frank Mir & Big Country all fighting.. should be good to watch.

 

[CrypticOne]

Pretty good card tonight, despite the main event.

Nice wins for Browne, Stann, and Story.

Mir looked kinda slow, but still nice performance.

 

[B]

Decent enough card, Rampage/Hamill fight was a disappointment. It was one of those fights that cancelled each other out.

Hamill couldn't take Rampage down, like at all & from the outside looking in it didn't look like he offered any sort of real danger to Rampage in terms of the striking. However Rampage didn't step in & engage Hamill enough to badly hurt Hamill as I imagine he was always thinking about Hamill's takedown.. and the fact that Hamill has good power behind punches.

Rampage schooled Hamill & punished him, hurting him on a couple of occassions especally with body shots.. but never really threatened the finish. Apparently he had a fractured/injured hand though either during or before the fight, so I'll cut him come slack.

Mir/Nelson was a fairly good fight.. better than I thought it was going to be. It was alright until the end of the 2nd/3rd round when both guys looked exhausted, particularly Nelson.. maybe he should skip the Burger King's next time & hit the treadmill.

Thaigo Alves/Rick Story, was disappointed with this fight. I had high hopes for this because both guys are explosive.. but maybe it was just me but it seemed as though Story basically got Alves off the base of his feet & just held him there.

Travis Brown's KO of Stefan Struve was devastating to say the least as was Brian Stann's KO over Santiago.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Mir and Nelson were both winded.. Why did Mir let Nelson up every time he took him down?? I don't think Hamill will ever be real successful, maybe try 185 like Brian Stann did.

 

[Paroxysm]

UFC: St. Pierre vs. Diaz set for Oct. 29.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2011/06/gsp-nick-diaz-set-for-oct-29/1

Oh man, Nick Diaz's face is going to end up looking even more like the geico caveman after GSP is done with him.

 

[Iron_Stark]

UFC: St. Pierre vs. Diaz set for Oct. 29.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2011/06/gsp-nick-diaz-set-for-oct-29/1

Oh man, Nick Diaz's face is going to end up looking even more like the geico caveman after GSP is done with him.

Negative, the God of Violence may very well end up lose, but it's GSPs face that's going to end up looking like ground meat.

Edit.

Taking note Paquiao/Mayweather? This is how real men settle who's the best at their respective weight, by unifying the titles.

Pair of pansies.

 

[Paroxysm]

Negative, the God of Violence may very well end up losing, but it's GSPs face that's going to end up looking like ground meat.

I'm sure GSP will get a little mouse or two but seriously Nick Diaz is going to end up like these guys.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Diaz throws bombs!

 

[CrypticOne]

The only way GSP wins this fight is if he lays and prays all over Diaz. Period-point-blank. Otherwise I see Diaz out-striking GSP's YMCA skills. Fitch and Koscheck aren't strikers or even close to the kind of caliber Diaz is. Both Fitch and Kos are both sloppy and Kos relies only on one hand.

GSP will most likely win. But it won't be him demolishing Diaz. It'll be GSP taking it safe and this fight being 30 minutes of bore.

 

[E-Man]

GSP is better than Diaz at everything. Diaz's striking consists of walking down guys and throwing as many punches as possible. He gets by because he has a great chin, but that's it. He's not cornering GSP and traping him into a slugfest. Worst come to worst he can always take him down. GSP is the best wrestler in MMA. Diaz has terrible takedown defense. His ass is getting taken down all night. The best thing about Diaz is that he will put up a fight, but he's been fighting scubs besides Daley for a long time now. GSP is going to hand him his ass, and Diaz will make it to the bell because his chin is great while GSP isn't a killer like Anderson. Then he'll ***** about not getting the decision or GSP being too soft or some ****.

 

[Iron_Stark]

GSP is better than Diaz at everything. Diaz's striking consists of walking down guys and throwing as many punches as possible. He gets by because he has a great chin, but that's it. He's not cornering GSP and traping him into a slugfest. Worst come to worst he can always take him down. GSP is the best wrestler in MMA. Diaz has terrible takedown defense. His ass is getting taken down all night. The best thing about Diaz is that he will put up a fight, but he's been fighting scubs besides Daley for a long time now. GSP is going to hand him his ass, and Diaz will make it to the bell because his chin is great while GSP isn't a killer like Anderson. Then he'll ***** about not getting the decision or GSP being too soft or some ****.

lol, Noons, Smith, and Shamrock are all better than Daley.

Nick is going to make him fight, he's not going to accept a boring loss.

 

[E-Man]

WTF? Nons hasn't done jack **** in his career besides beating Diaz. Scott Smith is a scrub plain and simple. He's had a few good comebacks in his career, but beyond that he hasn't done much at all. Plus his comebacks are against guys who aren't that good anyway. Frank Shamrock better than Daley? Shamrock was elite a long time ago in the UFC. By the time Diaz fought him he was nothing more than a has been that would get beat by most guys in MMA. Daley is better than all those guys, and he's overrated himself by the "elite striker" crowd. Diaz hasn't fought anyone worth a damn in the past few years, and it's going to show in his second UFC run. He's going to get exposed as a can crusher unless they give him highly favorable matchups like against Dan Hardy. His fights may be exciting, but that doesn't mean that he's an elite guy.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Like I said earlier, the God of Violence may lose, but GSP is going to actually work for the win.

You're acting like Diaz is a bum, lol, he made Daley his b**** in one round, something Kos couldn't do.

He's going to add some life in that division, he easily beats anyone else in that division.

 

[E-Man]

Kos beat Daley much better than Diaz did. It wasn't pretty, but he took no damage and handled him. Diaz got dropped and nearly finished twice. It was a very exciting fight, and I give Diaz his props for taking Daley's shots like that. Beyond that though I doubt he can beat the top guys until he proves it. Besides Gomi he hasn't even fought anyone elite to even be fighting GSP. He got handled by guys with good grappling in the UFC, left, beat Gomi, and hasn't fought anyone with decent grappling since besides a well past his prime Frank Shamrock. Is he a bum? No, but he hasn't even beaten anyone close to be considered as highly as he is right now. If he beats GSP I'll give him all his props, but beating Noons, Aina, Shamrock, old ass Sakurai, and old man Frank is nothing more impressive than what Kimbo was doing.

 

[CrypticOne]

Kos beat Daley much better than Diaz did. It wasn't pretty, but he took no damage and handled him. Diaz got dropped and nearly finished twice. It was a very exciting fight, and I give Diaz his props for taking Daley's shots like that. Beyond that though I doubt he can beat the top guys until he proves it. Besides Gomi he hasn't even fought anyone elite to even be fighting GSP. He got handled by guys with good grappling in the UFC, left, beat Gomi, and hasn't fought anyone with decent grappling since besides a well past his prime Frank Shamrock. Is he a bum? No, but he hasn't even beaten anyone close to be considered as highly as he is right now. If he beats GSP I'll give him all his props, but beating Noons, Aina, Shamrock, old ass Sakurai, and old man Frank is nothing more impressive than what Kimbo was doing.

Well, the only reason Diaz took damage was because he wasn't scared to stand with Daley. Kos was terrified. And what people fail to realize is that GSP isn't a true fighter. He's a good athlete. And he even admits to that.

I hate how he says he's a mixed martial artist. He isn't. Being a mixed martial artist is testing yourself, your bounds and limits. He wants to stay at 170 his whole career, because he knows if he moved up in weight, he'd get mauled.

He can go ahead and use his opponents' weaknesses to get past them. Try beating them at their best points. He could've knocked Shields at any time. But he was scared to commit. He's a better striker than Hardy, but held him down the entire time.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Well, the only reason Diaz took damage was because he wasn't scared to stand with Daley. Kos was terrified. And what people fail to realize is that GSP isn't a true fighter. He's a good athlete. And he even admits to that.

I hate how he says he's a mixed martial artist. He isn't. Being a mixed martial artist is testing yourself, your bounds and limits. He wants to stay at 170 his whole career, because he knows if he moved up in weight, he'd get mauled.

He can go ahead and use his opponents' weaknesses to get past them. Try beating them at their best points. He could've knocked Shields at any time. But he was scared to commit. He's a better striker than Hardy, but held him down the entire time.

Does he duck opponents? Not being a dick, serious question, because I've never heard of him being accused of doing so.

 

[Paroxysm]

Does he duck opponents? Not being a dick, serious question, because I've never heard of him being accused of doing so.

 

[Paroxysm]

TUF finale was pretty entertaining.

Guida spoiled Shotimes debut.

 

[El Bastardo]

Via humpfest. It's almost like he didn't want to stand and fight with Pettis all night, so he kept taking him down even though he couldn't do much down there, and then just laid on him all fight!

Oh wait, no, that's what GSP does. Because he SUX OMG LOL.