MMA Thread

[Bama]

So, if you haven't heard, Randy Couture is back and will now fight Brock Lesnar on November 15.

My first impression is that Randy will win this one, but im not completely sure...

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I know theres some more MMA fans here, what do you guys think?

[TUCNRIM88]

I Think That Lesnar Has Made Leaps Since His First Fight. Im Not Saying That He Is Going To Win But It Could Happen Its Not That Far Out There.

[towb3]

Wow! I didn't see it coming. I had mentioned that Couture would kill Lesnar but never thought we would get to see it. I just really thought Couture was done with Dana White.

[DroppinTheDime]

dude'sgot bills to pay. plus im sure u get an itch after fighting so long then just stopping, kinda like B. Farve u just want to compete. Plus I'm sure Dana gave him a nice little raise seeing how he is such a figuer in MMA.

as for the fight. I like couture buuuuttt evry time we see lesnar he is better so iunno

[Draggin Frame]

hmm, i like brock but i dont know if he can beat couture yet, it should be a good fight.

[Bama]

couture wants a fight with fedor, and it appears that this is the quickest way to get to that fight. As for lesnar, i would have liked to see him get some more experience before this fight, but it will still be interesting.

[DroppinTheDime]

yea seems a bit early in his career to be getting a title shot. but whatever I dont pick the fights....

[TOMMYGUNZZSS]

I say coture takes him down and submits him. Lesnar is getting better but I don't think he's at a top tier level yet. I wouldn't mind seeing him and Silva go at it.

[Imperial]

Very odd that Coture isn't fighting Nog first, but whatever - going to be a good fight.

I'm going to take Brock in this; Randy's the tactician for sure but he's been blasted by Chuck twice and Brock may be just fast enough to catch him. Alongside that, Randy gets work done in the clinch, and I really don't see him controlling a clinch with a guy potentially 50lbs heavier than him. Randy has a wrestling base, but so does Brock, so I'm thinking it stays standing for awhile and during that trade Brock will end up catching him.

Personally I've lost a lot of respect for Randy since he finked on his contract. I still think he's a great fighter but when it becomes about the money is when you end up with shit like what Boxing is today. Sure, get paid, but for Christ sake learn how to utilize the proper channels.

[bagged94s10]

not a huge lesnar fan but i would have to say i give it to him, hes got the wrestling skills cloture has if not better, and the quickness is there. i dont know how strong lesnars chin is but should be a good fight none the less.

[jimmything08]

Randy Couture does not need to fight to pay his bills...

Fully sponsored by:
- Affliction
- Everlast
- WallBangers
- Axis Shavers.

Along with that, he has several successful gyms that he is part owner of and if he was any kind of businessman he has money saved.

That being said, I'm glad to see him back.

[rmoore911]

look i'm still waiting for the randy/fedor fight. . .though, since it won't happen until at the very earliest next summer, i highly doubt it'll be as entertaining as it could be. . .

[LudacriS10]

Brock is a meathead and very disrespectful fighter. He's already taking crap about Fedor and hasn't done anything in his career yet. I hope Randy gets the victory.

[Dvst8r]

I think it could go either way.

[TUCNRIM88]

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[Imperial]

Quote: Originally Posted by jimmything08

Randy Couture does not need to fight to pay his bills...

Fully sponsored by:
- Affliction
- Everlast
- WallBangers
- Axis Shavers.

Along with that, he has several successful gyms that he is part owner of and if he was any kind of businessman he has money saved.

That being said, I'm glad to see him back.

Which makes it all make even less sense. There's all kinds of speculation as to why but it seems like the most feasible is he was upset that other people were making more - wanting to fight Fedor sure, but at some point it really didn't seem like that was his drive. Regardless, it was a mess and a really unnecessary one at that.

[TUCNRIM88]

Quote: Originally Posted by jimmything08

Randy Couture does not need to fight to pay his bills...

Fully sponsored by:
- Affliction
- Everlast
- WallBangers
- Axis Shavers.

Along with that, he has several successful gyms that he is part owner of and if he was any kind of businessman he has money saved.

That being said, I'm glad to see him back.

YEAH BUT YOU DO. SO GET OUT AND KICK SOME ASS CRACKER!!!!!!

YOU KNOW ANYONE FROM TEAM TITAN???

[Junk]

Lesnar does not deserve a title shot yet, end of story.

He's 1-1 in the UFC, 2-1 in his career, and they're letting him fight The Natural? One of the best fighters ever? Ufc is more worried about ratings than they are about putting on a good show with fighters who deserve to be fighting each other.

I want to see them do 1 old school pay per view, do a open class tournament style event, like they used to. Make the fighters you pay millions for fight 3 times in a night

[DroppinTheDime]

yea i mess the good old days

[Imperial]

Quote: Originally Posted by Junk

Lesnar does not deserve a title shot yet, end of story.

He's 1-1 in the UFC, 2-1 in his career, and they're letting him fight The Natural? One of the best fighters ever? Ufc is more worried about ratings than they are about putting on a good show with fighters who deserve to be fighting each other.

I actually like the UFC's approach to match making; This keeps boring fighters from snoozing their way to the top (Lyoto Machida) and keeps the fights exciting and interesting (by keeping the fighters hungry for impressive wins). Despite whether Brock deserves this or not (which I do agree with you there), it's nice to see that exciting of a match in the HW division.

IMO Randy easily beats Big Nog, so maybe that's their logic here - They don't want to make it easy on Randy to just keep the title and run the risk of him leaving again, so who else can they really throw at Randy that poses the most problems? Cro Cop's gone, and Congo just isn't good enough, so they gotta go with someone who at least has the potential to end Randy's night early. (Carwin's a possibility but isn't he just a striker?)

Fedor's even said he thinks a fight with Brock is interesting, so there's something to be said about that.

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I want to see them do 1 old school pay per view, do a open class tournament style event, like they used to. Make the fighters you pay millions for fight 3 times in a night

It'd never get sanctioned unfortunately.

[jimmything08]

No shit I need some sponsors... Gym and doctors bills are kicking my ass.

[LiquidFusion]

I might watch it.

[rmoore911]

Quote: Originally Posted by jimmything08

No shit I need some sponsors... Gym and doctors bills are kicking my ass.

quit crying little bitch. . .i just had the knee scoped for a 3rd time. . .get off the pot or take a shit why don't you. . .

[LiquidFusion]

Now now, lets not make this a thread.

[rmoore911]

its my job to give jd a hard time in these threads. . .usually its about rich franklin, but rich isn't really doing anything that i'm aware of right now. . .so i had to switch it up to his knee for now. . .

[Bama]

UFC 88 is tonight, anybody gonna be watching it? Im not gonna be able to catch it.

fight card

[Imperial]

Yeah I'm going to go ahead and get it; it'll be nice to see Hendo fight again. Rich vs. Hamill should be funny (I think Rich kicks the snot out of this kid)

[whitetrash]

wow, i thought there would be more MMA fans on the site!

[DroppinTheDime]

blah I gotta find a resturant to go watch it at asap! what times does it start?

[Imperial]

Quote: Originally Posted by DroppinTheDime

blah I gotta find a resturant to go watch it at asap! what times does it start?

10pm your time.

[DroppinTheDime]

I'm in Tx now so CST still 10 or were you going off EST of Tally?

[whitetrash]

he was going off est i think, kuz it starts at 10 for me

[DroppinTheDime]

yea i just checked. to bad I can't find anywhere to watch it at and I know the places are going to be packed as **** if I do GRrrr

[whitetrash]

that sucks, this is a good card too...

[DroppinTheDime]

hmm hooters is showing it for free, maybe ill get there late and chill even if i have to stand, sucks being on vacation and not having ur own car! I gotta wait on everyone else

[whitetrash]

vacation and still on the forum, now thats dedication

[DroppinTheDime]

when I say vacation I mean I'm helping the parents move.... so needless to say I'm bored as **** and need a drink, my family drives me nuts lol

[whitetrash]

Nice, my family is camping, so im alone watching the fights with my bottle of jager

[DroppinTheDime]

im gonna go join some dirty hooters girls with whatever they bring me to drink...hopefully its hard lol

[whitetrash]

hey, at least its hooters they should at least have nice tits!

[Imperial]

[Bama]

Quote: Originally Posted by Imperial

what?!

edit: nevermind, just checked out sherdog... Holy Crap! i did not expect that to happen!

[Imperial]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJZe-Hi_iSg

[arfrce1]

Maybe he will learn to keep that left up... Thats twice he's gotten putten to sleep like that!

[DroppinTheDime]

poor chuck, I like him and this seems to keep happening. I hope things start to look up for him so he can retire on a good note some day

[radarblue95]

watching the fight last night i was shocked to see liddell get knocked the **** out! i guess everyone meets there maker

[jimmything08]

Quote: Originally Posted by radarblue95

watching the fight last night i was shocked to see liddell get knocked the **** out! i guess everyone meets there maker

Well he has been knocked out by Evans and Rampage, lost a decision to Jardine, and beat Wanderlei.... 1-3 in his last 4 fights and he hasnt finished anyone in 2 years.

I hate to say it, but it might be time to hang them up. He's just not up there with the elite anymore. Everyone knows what he is going to do... Flick the left hand out to distract and load up that right hand. He's meeting guys who know this, and don't mind standing up and banging. He's either got to evolve and use that ground game I know he has, or call it a day.

Matt Brown got ripped the fvck off... That's the truth.

[Imperial]

Quote: Originally Posted by jimmything08

Well he has been knocked out by Evans and Rampage, lost a decision to Jardine, and beat Wanderlei.... 1-3 in his last 4 fights and he hasnt finished anyone in 2 years.

I hate to say it, but it might be time to hang them up. He's just not up there with the elite anymore. Everyone knows what he is going to do... Flick the left hand out to distract and load up that right hand. He's meeting guys who know this, and don't mind standing up and banging. He's either got to evolve and use that ground game I know he has, or call it a day.

What gets me is he looked great against Wandy; he was using his wrestling and keeping his damned hands up - that's always driven me absolutely up the wall with Chuck; his hand positions are absolutely ridiculous (sloppy even), and we're seeing that play out now as he fights more and more well rounded guys (no more pure grapplers for Chack). If he fought Rashad like he fought Wandy that wouldn't have happened - but again with the overconfidence and the hands at the sides like he's at a karate point-fighting tournament.

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Matt Brown got ripped the fvck off... That's the truth.

Hell yeah he did. I'm glad he put on a decent showing; they'll keep him around as if he won that fight.

[dre0227]

Quote: Originally Posted by LudacriS10

Brock is a meathead and very disrespectful fighter. .

I would like to know why you think he is disrespectful. I dont think he has done anything that bad. They all talk shit about eachother. Atleast he didnt give him the finger after his win like tito or come into the ring asking for a match after a guy gets done fighting like some fighters.

[dre0227]

Quote: Originally Posted by jimmything08

Matt Brown got ripped the fvck off... That's the truth.

Ya he did hope to see him back.