UFC

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Lesnar v. Couture, 15th November

Should be lively :D
Could not belive it til I seen it

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14275

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It gets better


Since Couture's departure from the UFC last October, the company crowned an interim Heavyweight champion, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Nogueira will defend his interim title against Frank Mir at UFC's December show. The winners of Couture-Lesnar and Nogueira-Mir will then square off next spring to determine the undisputed UFC Heavyweight champion.

[deecay]

Class,I really like Lesnar but he dosent deserve a title shot.Nogueira and Kongo and the 2 best heavyweights imo.

[Pike B]

Class,I really like Lesnar but he dosent deserve a title shot.Nogueira and Kongo and the 2 best heavyweights imo.
I can't believe Couture is taking a match with Lesner. At his age and with his amazing record, he has nothing to prove to anyone. Fighting an animal like Lesner could end in disaster for The Natural..

And agree with you on Kongo. Awesome beast.

[ken foree]

Anybody see Fedor's destruction of...

there's your best fighter in the world deecay. the guy is inhuman.

[deecay]

there's your best fighter in the world deecay. the guy is inhuman.
It seems to be banned all over the net,Fedor has a reputation outside the UFC as being the best pound for pound fighter in the world.Well imo Anderson Silva is the best

[ken foree]

It seems to be banned all over the net,Fedor has a reputation outside the UFC as being the best pound for pound fighter in the world.Well imo Anderson Silva is the best

have you seen him slammed on his head against randleman? check about 49 secs into this clip. fedor rolls over a minute later and submits him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q34KGpiuB8

as an aside, i think pride is a little tougher than ufc. better organization anyway, bigger crowds and i think the rules are more lenient too, you can kick/knee on the ground etc. and they have open weight grand prixs!

[ken foree]

p.s. for the affliction fedor/sylvia fight, try here:

http://blog.ronin5.com/affliction-banned-video-fedor-emelianenko-vs-tim-sylvia-video-clip/

[deecay]

have you seen him slammed on his head against randleman? check about 49 secs into this clip. fedor rolls over a minute later and submits him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q34KGpiuB8

as an aside, i think pride is a little tougher than ufc. better organization anyway, bigger crowds and i think the rules are more lenient too, you can kick/knee on the ground etc. and they have open weight grand prixs!
Thats a pretty crazy slam,even crazier recovery.

Ive read something about a PRIDE/UFC merge.I think this can only be bad.I went to event schedule on the PRIDE website and its all UFC events.Ive never seen a PRIDE event,just clips on the net.All that ive seen of Fedor is great,he has fought some freaks like Hong Man Choi and zuluzinho

[ken foree]

Thats a pretty crazy slam,even crazier recovery.

Ive read something about a PRIDE/UFC merge.I think this can only be bad.I went to event schedule on the PRIDE website and its all UFC events.Ive never seen a PRIDE event,just clips on the net.All that ive seen of Fedor is great,he has fought some freaks like Hong Man Choi and zuluzinho

ugh i haven't read about the merger! i'd rather they stay separate too, it gives each other competition. fedor's ridiculous, he'll fight anything. i've only seen him seriously challenged once (krokop) and in that fight he simply comfortable and dominating. silva is a terrific fighter too though, this is the same guy that destroyed that american fella with the brutal knee attacks right?

[deecay]

silva is a terrific fighter too though, this is the same guy that destroyed that american fella with the brutal knee attacks right?
All his UFC fights have been against Amercians,finished all his fights by the 2nd round,5 knock-outs 2 submissions

His last loss was pretty special http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=267i7rKeECA

[Pike B]

I've not heard of this Fedor fella until you guys mentioned him as I'm a UFC only viewer, but I looked him up on youtube, and holy christ, he's an animal..

[ken foree]

All his UFC fights have been against Amercians,finished all his fights by the 2nd round,5 knock-outs 2 submissions

His last loss was pretty special http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=267i7rKeECA

he was murdering the other fella! some move though, christ

[ken foree]

I've not heard of this Fedor fella until you guys mentioned him as I'm a UFC only viewer, but I looked him up on youtube, and holy christ, he's an animal..

yea he's nasty pikeb

[Pike B]

yea he's nasty pikeb
The sheer strength of the man, to dominate Semi Schilt in that way is incredible. He's giving away height, reach, weight and still looks stronger. I'm going to keep an eye out for Mister Fedor.

[Burny89]

Who saw Rashad Evans knock the Ice man Chuck Liddell the **** out???

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9Yy1OHjM4

[deecay]

The best angle was from behind Chuck,such a hit

[Pike B]

Time to hang up the gloves for the legend Chuck..

[rambler14]

Some hit.
I'm after getting in to UFC in recent months and I have to say it's brilliant.

[Pike B]

As fans of UFC, who in your opinions is the best pound for pound fighter right now? Just in UFC, now not worldwide. I'd have to go for George St Pierre. I think the guy has got everything. Punch Power, Leg Strikes, Ground and Pound, and of course Ju Jitsu. He's the complete fighter and his loss to Matt Serra was just a blip. Which he rectified. Here's my top 5 UFC PFP:
1:George St Pierre
2:Anderson Silva
3:Rashad Evans
4:Bj Penn
5:Rich Franklin

[deecay]

1:Anderson Silva
2:George St Pierre
3:BJ Penn

Cheick Kongo is on his way

Evan Tanner 1971-2008:(

http://uk.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14429

[Burny89]

1. Anderson Silva
2. St Pierre
3. Forrest Griffin
4. Rich Franklin
5. Nogueira

[Easy Easy]

As fans of UFC, who in your opinions is the best pound for pound fighter right now? Just in UFC, now not worldwide. I'd have to go for George St Pierre. I think the guy has got everything. Punch Power, Leg Strikes, Ground and Pound, and of course Ju Jitsu. He's the complete fighter and his loss to Matt Serra was just a blip. Which he rectified. Here's my top 5 UFC PFP:
1:George St Pierre
2:Anderson Silva
3:Rashad Evans
4:Bj Penn
5:Rich Franklin
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1.Anderson Silva
2.Bj Penn(he will beat GSP ,bet on it)
3.GSP
4.Forest Griffin
5.Rich Franklin

Brock Lesner will break the top 5 when he crushes Couture in Nov,cant wait for that!

[Aberdonian Stu]

Hopefully somebody will get the Howard Cosell reference in the title of this post. More importantly Kimbo Slice lost to a complete nobody (Shamrock pulled out injured) in just 14 seconds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpoj66bpYM

Somewhat shatters the myth. Could also be the end of the Elite XC promotion, they've burned $58 million according to a report on Yahoo and Slice was their meal ticket.

Yahoo report: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=Ar3DAdph1YpmjfysZp6YHlE5nYcB?slug=dw-kimbo100508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Still despite this I doubt Dana White in UFC is too pleased, he'll probably reckon he could have done more with Slice (whose value to MMA will diminish substantially following this defeat) and would rather Kimbo had remained undefeated through his Elite XC contract so he could hae made something out of him later on.

[Easy Easy]

[quote=Aberdonian Stu;1033447]Hopefully somebody will get the Howard Cosell reference in the title of this post. More importantly Kimbo Slice lost to a complete nobody (Shamrock pulled out injured) in just 14 seconds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpoj66bpYM

Somewhat shatters the myth. Could also be the end of the Elite XC promotion, they've burned $58 million according to a report on Yahoo and Slice was their meal ticket.

Yahoo report: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=Ar3DAdph1YpmjfysZp6YHlE5nYcB?slug=dw-kimbo100508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Still despite this I doubt Dana White in UFC is too pleased, he'll probably reckon he could have done more with Slice (whose value to MMA will diminish substantially following this defeat) and would rather Kimbo had remained undefeated through his Elite XC contract so he could hae made something out of him later on.[/quote

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Since it looks like EliteXC is now finished i do think Dana would love to take Kimbo who still does have a little value!

Then Dana should put him up against Lesnar to get his head ripped off!]

[Aberdonian Stu]

I think White is taking a calculated risk with Lesnar in his next fight. One would expect Lesnar to, at worst, look decent in this fight. A bad defeat, albeit unlikely, would not be good for him at this stage in his career.

Were Lesnar to win however I think it would take a huge pay-cheque to get him to consider taking on Slice. Were he to win, Lesnar would consider Kimbo a big step down and would expect to be compensated accordingly. Still I reckon White would have no problem stumping up the cash, Lesnar-Slice still have substantial PPV value.

[Burny89]

Anybody catch Silva and Cote last night. Disppointting ending with Cote being the first person to get to the 3rd round with Silva, only yo have to retire with a bum knee. I thught it was gonna be a great last 3 rounds, unfortunate for Cote.

Alves-Koscheck was a good'un as was Sean Sherk and Tyson Griffin.

Next up Couture/Lesnar, nov 15th, then ufc92 is a freeking great line up on Dec 27th. Rampage/Wanderlei Silva, Forrest Griffin/Rashad Evans and Frank Mir/Nogueira.

Then the Irish invasion in Dublin. Rich Franklin and DanHenderson should be a great fight. Anybody going January 17th?

[Burny89]

nah no way, Sherk easily had him. His experience showed landing with the more punches and controlling the fight

[Pike B]

nah no way, Sherk easily had him. His experience showed landing with the more punches and controlling the fight
I watched that fight myself and really couldn't call it. I thought it might even be a draw. The crowd were very unimpressed with the outcome, booing the result.

[Burny89]

yeah it was a freeking awful crowd. They were booing everything. Freeking Chicagoans.

So anyone going to the Dublin show?

[Easy Easy]

yeah it was a freeking awful crowd. They were booing everything. Freeking Chicagoans.

So anyone going to the Dublin show?
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Bit broke at the moment but if tickets still available next month i will try get them,

Taught Sherk won 29-28 was a great fight overall,

Sickined out the silva match,he was toying with Cote and was looking for a big finish before the stoppage!

[Burny89]

that ****ed me off when Silva started acting around. He's never really been a showboater, just a man who measures up his opponents then demolishes them. He went down in my estimation, I'm sure he's not too worried about that tho

[Pike B]

Agreed he didn't seem to respect his opponent as much as he usually does. Maybe he's starting to believe his own press!! A touch of arrogance creeping in.. Pity..

[Easy Easy]

hey guys,any predictions for Next weeks Lesnar v Coulture fight?

Gonna be some war!

[bellavistaman]

hey guys,any predictions for Next weeks Lesnar v Coulture fight?

Gonna be some war!

3 o clock tonight, cant t come on brock

[tetsujin1979]

lot of early tap outs in the fights so far
Going with Kenny Florian to beat Stevenson
Can't decide Lesnar or Couture
ummmm, Couture. just. possibly on points.

[bellavistaman]

Good enough fight to be fair, delighted for brock. Start of a top UFC career hopefully. Wouldnt fight him for a hundred milion and thats a fact. Prob would be my biggest fear are watching him tonight, **** that

[tetsujin1979]

lot of early tap outs in the fights so far
Going with Kenny Florian to beat Stevenson
Can't decide Lesnar or Couture
ummmm, Couture. just. possibly on points.
1 out of 2. shows what I know
couture was giving up a massive size advantage to Lesnar, and so will anyone else he faces.
The crowd didn't like him at all (possibly because he's an ex-pro wrestler?) and he'll have a lot to do to win them over, Couture was still getting cheered in the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan

[Aberdonian Stu]

Excellent finish by Lesnar. He's clearly showing a lot more patience now, not forcing the fight as much.

[Burny89]

1 out of 2. shows what I know
couture was giving up a massive size advantage to Lesnar, and so will anyone else he faces.
The crowd didn't like him at all (possibly because he's an ex-pro wrestler?) and he'll have a lot to do to win them over, Couture was still getting cheered in the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan

The crod just didn'tlike him cause he was up against Couture. He's always the crowd favourite, an amazing man!!!

[Pike B]

I said it.. I said it.. Lesnar too big, Couture too old.. I said it..

[Burny89]

Some good fights again last night, and surprises, at least in my eyes

next up Dublin

[Aberdonian Stu]

A couple of big upsets, the win for Jackson was very important for his career. Lesnar-Mir II could be a classic.

[tetsujin1979]

UFC 93 on Setanta Ireland tonight.

[passinginterest]

Good show it was too. Mark Coleman proved why he's a hall of famer, he's not a likeable character by any means but bye the end I really wanted him to win. Belcher submitting Kang was quality and Jeremy Horn gave Palhares a serious workout. The Davis v Lytle fight was great all action entertainment too. It was a pity Tom Egan got outclassed, it must have been some feeling for him.

[tetsujin1979]

did you notice the commentator pointing out "1992 Olympic Gold medal winner, Bernard Dunne" in the crowd??

Davis got some reaction from the crowd. Wonder what the yanks made of "Ole, Ole, Ole"?

[gilberto_eire]

did you notice the commentator pointing out "1992 Olympic Gold medal winner, Bernard Dunne" in the crowd??

Davis got some reaction from the crowd. Wonder what the yanks made of "Ole, Ole, Ole"?

Didn't see it, but was it Dunne or Mike Curruth?

[Pike B]

The Rich Franklin result was a sham. I had him 2-1. One judge gave it to him 3-0, the other two gave it 2-1 Henderson...!! What the Fook??

[tetsujin1979]

Didn't see it, but was it Dunne or Mike Curruth?
Yeah, it was Dunne. He mentioned something about Wayne McCullough as well

[Burny89]

Wayne McCullough and Bernard Dunne were both pictured at seperate times, both with the heading '1992 Olympic Gold Medalist'

The Yanks i watched with weren'ttoo impressed with the 'ole ole' chants, said to keep it to football

Franklin was robbed, Coleman was an embarrasment if you ask me, not that 'Shogun' Rua was any better, crap fight with two outta shape fighters.

So its Bisping v Henderson in the next Ultimate fighter, US v UK