General Fighting thread

[scotty2hatty]

The Contender.......Muay Thai (sp)     started last night....looks like it could be good viewing   ITV4 i think.

Argh, why didn't u tell us last night?

[booder]

The Contender.......Muay Thai (sp)     started last night....looks like it could be good viewing   ITV4 i think.

Argh, why didn't u tell us last night?

they showed the first 2 episodes back to back(im sure you will be able to find it online), i was offline when i noticed it was on,sorry

[scotty2hatty]

The Contender.......Muay Thai (sp)     started last night....looks like it could be good viewing   ITV4 i think.

Argh, why didn't u tell us last night?

they showed the first 2 episodes back to back(im sure you will be able to find it online), i was offline when i noticed it was on,sorry

was just joking, going to watch it on itv catch-up

[scotty2hatty]

lol, David from the United Kingdom and Sean from Scotland, cos Scotland isn't in the UK.

Not sure why they saw the need for this program but i'll watch anyway.

[scotty2hatty]

ITV catch up is torrid, they still show the ads.

[Nakor]

For those with Sultana the Cotto fight rerun from last night is just starting.
Is a great fight.

[Nem]

For those with Sultana the Cotto fight rerun from last night is just starting.
Is a great fight.

Cotto lost

[Nem]

Kelly Pavlik vs B-hop in October.

Hopkins gonna get pwned by a "whte boy" again.

[scotty2hatty]

Kelly Pavlik vs B-hop in October.

Hopkins gonna get pwned by a "whte boy" again.

Yeah, Pavlik gonna beat him up!

[Nem]

Hatton splits with Trainer.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12183_3881821,00.html

[AdamM]

UFC 87 predictions

GSP v Fitch.
I Like John Fitch, tough guy. Can't see GSP struggling though. GSP win

Lesnar v Herring
Lesnar might have beat Mark Coleman (the scheduled fight for this card) but he's not redy for heath herring who's a serious dude in serious shape.
Herring win. Herring is 3.4 BTW if you fancy a flutter. this is the only decent bet I can see on the card

Huerta v Florian
fight of the night for sure. Big fan of both fighters but I'm going to go with Huerta. maybe by late sub but it could go all the way.

Kongo to beat Everson
Wilson to beat Bruno
Saunders to beat Rollins
MacDonald to beat Maia
Gamburyan to beat Emerson (really hope I'm wrong, can't stand the fella)
Cummo to beat McCrory (Really needs to start winning, looked great on TUF but is not getting it going)

[Nakor]

Adam or anyone

After last night performance is Lesner just a pretender?  I don't watch too much MMA but for me that was a awesome performance.  His speed and control were devastating, he seems to be the real deal.  Has he been hit yet? are their any question marks over his chin?  How far up the heavyweight chain was Herring?  Who is heavyweight champ?

The Huerta v Florian was brilliant also, Florian just does not look like a fighter but when that buzzer sounds he becomes a scary individual, he seemed to be technically spot on, was it just a victory of style over style or does Florian have the chance to go all the way?

Does anybody exist who may test GSP?

A brilliant card I thought.

[AdamM]

might be an all time worse performance, predictions wise
UFC 87 predictions

GSP v Fitch.
I Like John Fitch, tough guy. Can't see GSP struggling though. GSP win
Total domination. 10-8, 10-9, 10-8, 10-9, 10-8 for me. GSP can be every bit as dominant at welterweight as Anderson Silva is at Middleweight.
I think BJ Penn is insane to move from the lightweight division where, as good as Florian was last night, I think he can hold the belt as long as he wants it. GSP will overpower him

Lesnar v Herring
Lesnar might have beat Mark Coleman (the scheduled fight for this card) but he's not ready for heath herring who's a serious dude in serious shape.
Herring win. Herring is 3.4 BTW if you fancy a flutter. this is the only decent bet I can see on the card
Boo, boring. No question Lesnar totally dominated Herring, but it was dull as hell. The Heavyweight division is UFCs downfall. with stars like Fedor, Sylvia, Arlovski, Couture (kind of) all plying their trade elsewhere, Nogueira is top of a comparatively weak food chain. I still think the big strikers will eat Lesnar alive (Kongo, Gonzaga) and the top couple of submission guys also (Werdum and Mir if there was ever a rematch) but even though it pains me to say it, Lesnar is already just outside UFC top 5.

Huerta v Florian
fight of the night for sure. Big fan of both fighters but I'm going to go with Huerta. maybe by late sub but it could go all the way.
Huerta's submission defence and ability to get back to his feet was impressive. Despite that, Florian looked very impressive. He thoroughly deserves a title shot, but with BJ Penn mucking about moving weight, how long will he have to wait for the opportunity?

Kongo to beat Everson - dude's an animal. Surely gets a shot at the winner of Nogueira v Mir
Wilson to beat Bruno - yep, judges decision
Saunders to beat Rollins - Rollins replaced by Ryan Thomas but Saunders still gets his win
MacDonald to beat Maia - Gutsy performance by MacDonald, but Maia looked amazing.
Gamburyan to beat Emerson (really hope I'm wrong, can't stand the fella) sweet right hand and a short left on the ground and Gamuryan's asleep. cool. happy to be wrong
Cummo to beat McCrory (Really needs to start winning, looked great on TUF but is not getting it going) got his win.


5/9 not as bad as I thought

enjoyed the card though. great advert for the game.

[thetank]

I think more people should play batrick

[AdamM]

First proper look at UFC 88. looks like a belter.

Chuck Liddell v Rashad Evans.
was Supposed to be Chuck v Rua a couple of months ago, Rua got injured so Evans stepped in late, but then Chuck got injured in training. Hope and expect to see Chuck destroy Evans before getting a shot at the title in the new year.

Rich Franklin v Matt Hamill.
Bisping comes down from Light heavy and gets McCarthy and Day. Hamill comes down and gets Franklin. He must have REALLY pissed someone off. Having seen Silva make light work of Franklin twice, it's easy to forget how good Franklin is compared top the rest of the middleweights. Franklin Should win easily.

Karo Parisyan v Yoshiyuki Yoshida
As always I'll be hoping Parisyan gets his arrogant ass handed to him, but I don't know enough about Yoshida to back it. He submitted Jon Koppenhaver in his UFC debut but Parisyan is a different league. Hope I'm wrong ut Parisyan win

Dan Henderson v Rousimar Palhares
On paper Palhares is 5" shorter than Henderson. Saying that, I've stood next to Dan Henderson and there's no way in the world he's 6'1". doubt he's more than 5'10". even so, I'd expect a dominant performance from Henderson and a win.

Kampmann v Marquart
what a great sounding fight. going to go for Kampmann, purely because he's on the better run at the minute but this should be a war.

Thiago Tavares to beat Kurt Pellegrino
Tim Boetsch to beat James Lee (look out for the huge front kicks)
Dong Hyun Kim to beat Matt Brown (over rated in TUF I thought)
Ryo Chonan to beat Roan Carniero
Jason Day to beat Jason Lambert