Official UFC Thread

[B]

Pretty poor event last night I thought. Alot of average/"meh I don't give a ****" fights.

Sung Jung/Garcia & Sadollah/DaMarques where the 2 best fights I saw & even those were hardly great.

I was pumped for Dan Hardy vs Anthony Johnson but it kinda let me down big time, I think once Johnson kinda thought to himself hey this guy has no answer to fighting a guy with my power off him from his back I'll just keep doing this.. it's no surprise either that Hardy looked even easier to take down than in his fight with GSP, probably for the fact that he thought Johnson was gonna stand & trade with him and didn't particularly focus on his wrestling defense. So instead it was more of a matured performance from Anthony Johnson, if he would try & mix things up like that more often he could climb the WW ranks far quicker.

Hardy would do well focusing on his takedown defense, work from his back & scrambles in the same way that Bisping ironed out his pretty well & he'd be a far more dangerous fighter.

I don't think Hardy is in danger of being cut unless he loses to someone way down the rankings in his next bout, Hardy/Kampmann I'm thinking would be a good fight.. but then again on paper it seems like a good fight at much as Hardy/Johnson did.

Nogueria/Davis was a snoozefest, very little action with neither really taking any risks. It was almost identical to Nogueria/Bader.

Ahh well, UFC129: GSP vs Shields should be a great event, I'm looking forward to GSP/Shields & the UFC debut of the man that is Jose Aldo

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

GSP vs Shields.. I don't know, it might just look like two pythons trying to constrict each other for 5 rounds.. hope i'm wrong.

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

GSP vs Shields.. I don't know, it might just look like two pythons trying to constrict each other for 5 rounds.. hope i'm wrong.

Yup. That's why I'm more looking forward to the Aldo fight.

 

[B]

GSP vs Shields.. I don't know, it might just look like two pythons trying to constrict each other for 5 rounds.. hope i'm wrong.

This could go the same way as the Koscheck fight in the sense that we could see Shields get jabbed silly.. but Shields is relentless in his takedown attempts & is without question one of the most dangerous grapplers GSP will have faced. Hes more dangerous than Koscheck, Fitch & BJ Penn.. Matt Hughes is probably, in my opinion, the most dangerous grappler GSP faced because he just had 'it' & by 'it', I mean whatever it is that means he can put it all together, wrestling, BJJ etc.

GSP taking Shields down will be playing right into his hands I feel, it will allow Shields to get hold of GSP & work for submissions or try to sweep him.

I like grappling matches for the most part, I just hate fights/fighters who employ their superior grappling with no will to end a fight. Fitch, Sonnen & Evans spring to mind. 3 fighters who look to grind out a win rather than trying to finish.

 

[B]

Brock Lesnar dicusses Undertaker confrontation coaching TUF 13

Seems as though hes finally coming around to what a number of fans said in regards to his camps & him being a coach, he was happy that he did TUF after originally saying no for the simple fact that it helped him to learn more about his own training, as well as that of the fighters that came for his help.

Will be good to get some insight on both Dos Santos & Lesnar in this years TUF, we don't really know alot about Brock Lesnar as a man as opposed to 2 minute snippits of him acting like a badass to promote fights, same for Dos Santos.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Yeah, I'm expecting Shields/GSP to be a pretty boring fight. But hopefully one of them takes a risk and we get some striking in round 4 and/or 5.

 

[E-Man]

When GSP/Shields is a decent fight I'll be right again! Remember Edgar vs. Maynard 2. I said it was going to be Fight of the Year quality and it was fight of the decade! Muahahahaha

But yeah. You can't lay and pray someone who is great at staying off their backs. GSP won't go to the ground, and he'll tag Jake all night long like with Fitch and Kos. If it does go to the ground there will be great scrambles because neither guy is just going to lay there like Paul "I ***** Instead of Improving My Wrestling" Daley. Maybe there will be a fence stalemate like with Rashad and Rampage, but both guys are more active with subs than those two wrestlers. Mark my words people. I expect to be showered with big breast when the fight turns out well. Spoons, I know you got hookups.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

It'll rain down breasts on your head sir

 

[CrypticOne]

GSP/Shields is going to look like Anderson/Thales. Although I will give Shields a lucky punch advantage.

 

[Paroxysm]

Yes, UFC 131 will be held at Rogers Arena on June 11! Lets hope I can score tickets this time.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

GSP/Shields is going to look like Anderson/Thales. Although I will give Shields a lucky punch advantage.

There will never be another fight as boring as Anderson/Thales haha

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

TUF first episode not to exciting.

 

[TheVileOne]

Between the Facebook fights and Spike TV I had a great time watching Fight Night. C'mon first ever Twister submission at the UFC level.

I've got GSP, but you shouldn't understimate Shields. He's been successful at two weight classes. He also beat Dan Henderson one of the greatest and most decorated fighters of all time.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Wow that first fight in TUF was boring.

 

[E-Man]

On one hand I feel bad for Fitch for getting hurt. Poor guy always takes **** from idiots who can't spell lose right, then Dana hates him, and getting hurt just pushes any sort of title shot back for him because now Dana will be like, "Your last fight was a draw, and you've pulled out of a fight? Damn dude. I can't give you a title shot until you've won 30 straight fights in a row...against heavyweights. Good luck!"

On the other hand I didn't want to see Fitch against B.J. again. I'm tired of rematches. Let's see both against someone else.

 

[El Bastardo]

I wouldn't mind Condit fighting BJ.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Brock Lesnar on a local radio show a few days ago.

http://www.cowheadradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=43

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

GSP vs Shields.. I don't know, it might just look like two pythons trying to constrict each other for 5 rounds.. hope i'm wrong.

I would have possibly agreed before the Koscek[sp] fight, but even before GSP has brought it hard to everyone. His tank is arguably the best, if not the best and as we have seen just wears you out.

But after the Koscek fight, he clearly can also adapt and even beat you at your own game but is smart enough not to just stand there and throw, since he isn't known for having heavy hands.

It still could be a boring ground battle, but we may be surprised.

 

[mrvlknight21]

brock lesnar dicusses undertaker confrontation coaching tuf 13
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interesting!

 

[TheVileOne]

Lesnar seemed to be deflecting a bit there. I think he's just making a little stuff up. I think Undertaker was a dick for going after Lesnar right after he just got beat up like that.

Leben vs. Wanderlei Silva at UFC 132 in July in Vegas.

 

[E-Man]

UFC 132 looks great. Cruz vs. Fitch. Wand vs. Leben. And a fight I've been wanting for about a year in Dunham vs. Sotiropoulos.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Why show that whole fight on TUF??

 

[B]

Why show that whole fight on TUF??

I can't believe I'm gonna disagree with that comment but.. I actually liked that fight.

Javier Torres actually started the hugging with the intent that Chris Cope was actually quite bad & didn't react well to being under pressure or on his back according to Dos Santos's coach.. and the longer the fight went on the more Cope began to outwork, outland & basically grind out Torres.

I think the reason I liked the fight was more because it was the underdog that won, which is always nice to see. Lesnar actually looks like a decent coach as well, the aura he gives out & his words seem to be motivating his team better than Dos Santos's are... no doubt due to his lack of English. Dos Santos is actually kinda talking softly with his team in a way that he is acting like more of a friend than a coach.. while Brock is calling his team Chicken **** & unpolished turds.


On another note, I found out how to get Strikeforce in the UK. It's on channel 480 on Sky... however for Daley/Diaz it is £9.95, and considering UFC events aren't PPV & actually part of ESPN's channels, I'm not paying £9.95 for 1 Strikeforce event that only really has 2 fights that I wanna see... besides, it will be on Youtube by tomorrow morning.

 

[E-Man]

Good win by Diaz. The dude is like the welterweight Chris Leben. To hell with technique, he uses a great chin and throws rock em sock em strikes until the other guy gasses. I may dislike him, but I'm not going to be biased and not give him his props.

Bring Gil to the UFC please. I'd take Edgar and Maynard over him, but he's got a really great chance to beat them both. The 155 division in the UFC is already stacked, and I'd like to see him go for the title because he's elite.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Diaz and Melendez are the baddest MFers in all of MMA. Also Diaz is still the God of Violence.