Official UFC Thread

[misjuevos]

well now we see the zuffa influence, before strikeforce would have tried to work with the fighter and come up with a reasonable date for both of them. now that zuffa is in charge it's shut up and do what you're told. we have seen SF push back the tournament before so what has changed this time, hm?

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Hmmm, Overeem scared or does he have a deal with ufc in the works?

 

[E-Man]

Who really knows what's happening with Overeem? When did he get the toe injury? Him getting pulled is really no different from any other tournament. A fighter gets hurt and can't fight, so they replace them with someone else. The only thing is that he "supposedly" never told them about the toe injury until they started to book the fight. Of course that just might be ********. Either way it goes, it's pretty sad that the Strikeforce "tournament" isn't turning out well. It's taken far too long for it to finish in the first damn place, and their belt situation is pointless since no one defends the titles on a consistent basis. I can't wait until they fold it so we can see Gil Melendez fight Edgar, Maynard, or whoever has the belt.

 

[CrypticOne]

That SF HW GP is not even worth to watch now. Good luck to everyone still involved, but I don't think the winner will determine the best HW in the world.

Overeem has to have some kind of UFC deal in the works.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

WOW! I did not see this coming at all. My guess is that Overeem is coming to the UFC.

Barnett is now the favorite to take it all.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Some Dana stuff

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[brainchild81]

WOW! I did not see this coming at all. My guess is that Overeem is coming to the UFC.

Barnett is now the favorite to take it all.

I think Sergei would KO him.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Saturday...

I think Henderson will be too small.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

^I didn't even know those 2 were in the same weight class. Hendo looked at least 50lbs lighter than Fedor when he demolished Bisping's face.

 

[E-Man]

Hendo has fought at heavyweight before. He'll probably just barely be over the limit at 206 or so. I'm taking Fedor in this one.

 

[CrypticOne]

This is going to be a fun fight to watch. I hope Hendo wins, but he'll most likely get submitted.

 

[E-Man]

Hendo is very hard to submit. The only people to ever do it are the Nogs and Anderson who is their student. I think Fedor will just beat him down in a much more violent way than Jake Shields did. Hendo can take a ton of damage, and that's why I think it's going to decision. Fedor also has a pretty damn good chin himself, so if and when he gets caught with the H-bomb I think he'll do the chicken dance but survive.

 

[Bubonic]

I can't imagine the Russian in Fedor letting him lose three times in a row, especially not to someone as awesomely American as Hendo.

I really like Hendos personality from what I saw on the Ultimate Fighter and therefore will be rooting for him.

I'm still angry that they edited out his killer, righteous finish of that mouthy Bisping on the official DVD.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Fedor Emelianenko will probably finish Dan Henderson. I don't see Fedor KOing Hendo, but I do see him submitting Dan.

However, if Fedor loses, I think it's time to call it a career.

 

[Bubonic]

It's such crap to go out on three losses when you were ontop of it all for so long.
But I think he'll have too much pride to just beat some hams in order to go out on a win, going to be interesting to see what he does if he does not win.
Also surprised to find out that Hendo is actually older.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Henderson 207 / Fedor 223

Henderson physically looks great, if it wasn't for him being 40 I'd give him more of a chance.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Maybe, but Fedor is in his mid-30's in a division filled with young studs who are both big and agile. In addition, Fedor's speed has drastically declined over the last three years.

I was stunned when I watched him beat up on Brett Rogers. His combos weren't as fast as they use to be. Due to his size in a division now being overwhelmed by giants, speed was his biggest weapon. Now that his agility and striking speed have declined, all he has left is his technique and knock out power -- which is not enough anymore (ex. Silva just manhandled Fedor).

 

[B]

Found this in gif thread:

 

[B]

Sorry as a follow up to that I found out that Jones was apparently 'outraged' because Rampage turned his back on him.. said it was kinda disrespectful from Rampage & that he'd show it in the fight.

Am I the only one who thinks that is ironic coming from him? I mean whats the difference between turning your back on someone & not looking them in the eye.. he has no right to be outraged considering Rampage was only reacting to the way Jones approached the staredown by looking past him..

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

it's just hype

 

[E-Man]

Early stoppage, but man Hendo still has it.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Wow, Henderson surprised me...

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Fedor, you've had an incredible career... but's time to bow out.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Found this in gif thread:

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And just look at Jones' displeasement as soon as Rampage turns and smiles. HAHAHA! I hope Jackson embarasses Jon.

 

[B]

Hate to say I told you so, but.. I told you so.

Fedor has not been fighting the top level guys since his Pride days, I've been saying this for what seems like awhile now. Since the Pride buyout Fedor has been fighting has beens, freakshow fights & basically just fights against guys that just aren't that great to begin with.

The level of competition rose/evolved around him while he continued to fight at his Pride level & arguably even below. Particularly in the heavyweight division the competition has become far greater & more talented in my opinion.. I'd even go as far as to say Cain Velasquez & Junior Dos Santo's 9 & 13 wins respectfully, would be equivalent to Fedor's 31 wins from essentially his Pride days.

Now with a lose against a guy who came in right on the limit of weight for a heavyweight, he should just retire. His legacy is badly tarnished because of his overall decision to go to Strikeforce ahead of the UFC in my opinion.