General Fighting thread

[Delboy]

had the matchsticks in the eyes for this - on far too late, gonna have a word with Dana.

What you think about Florian calling out BJ?

Florian feels he has been due his shot since three fights ago, and for BJ to move up a weight to fight GSP instead, has obviously pissed Ken-Flo right off!

Oh and BJ will kick Florians ass! I agree, BJ will have to have a bad day to get lose
Oh but not before GSP Kicks BJ's ass! It will be close if BJ is on form, but GSP is different gravy
Oh and then Thiago Alves will knock out GSP to take the Welterweight Title! Not a chance, BJ is probably the only one to get near to GSP

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[byronkincaid]

GSP Silva superfight of the century is gogogo apparently if GSP beats BJ

[scotty2hatty]

GSP Silva superfight of the century is gogogo apparently if GSP beats BJ

weight?

[byronkincaid]

GSP Silva superfight of the century is gogogo apparently if GSP beats BJ

weight?

dunno

http://www.mma-extreme.com/?p=850

[GreekStein]

Still think the Lesnar stuff has been a little over-hyped. Okay he fought the legend that is Randy Couture but Randy was not only 45 and way way way past his glory days but was carrying a 60 pound weight disadvantage. I think Brock fighting at his best would have got beaten by Randy at fighting in his hey day, Randy was just too clever and too good to get beaten by that lump.

[byronkincaid]

the trouble with Lesner imo, is that a lot of UFC guys take steroids, but not really to get huge, more discretely for recovery cos they train so hard. But Lesner has shown just what an advantage it is to get huge and it's very close to impossible to get that big without juicing, so isn't that gonna encourage people who fight him and new people coming into the game to take shit loads of the stuff?

[scotty2hatty]

Still think the Lesnar stuff has been a little over-hyped. Okay he fought the legend that is Randy Couture but Randy was not only 45 and way way way past his glory days but was carrying a 60 pound weight disadvantage. I think Brock fighting at his best would have got beaten by Randy at fighting in his hey day, Randy was just too clever and too good to get beaten by that lump.

Lesnar has been hyped up, but not hyped up as a great MMA fighter - most understand he is currently quite limited. The weight argument has no substance cos the HW division is 206-265 so to be the champ u must expect larger opponents will surface.

I also assume u mean Randy at his peak would beat Brock at current. That might possibly be true but Lesnar is going to improve a lot imo so peak v. peak comparisons will be a while off. His standup was surprisingly much better than Couture on Saturday night.

[byronkincaid]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=Aplr3qx6dhuSpPB91AODGf49Eo14?slug=ki-ufcakafeud111908&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[Scottish Dave]

the trouble with Lesner imo, is that a lot of UFC guys take steroids, but not really to get huge, more discretely for recovery cos they train so hard. But Lesner has shown just what an advantage it is to get huge and it's very close to impossible to get that big without juicing, so isn't that gonna encourage people who fight him and new people coming into the game to take shit loads of the stuff?

Not with the strict rules and test in place these days

The Fertitta Bro's and Dana hace worked far to hard to turn it from a 4 million investment into a $1.4BILLION! company it is today....

They will not allow it, just look at Sean Sherk being stripped of his Belt for it.

[Scottish Dave]

If anyone is interested, this is a good read:

oh to have some spare cash at the right time eh:

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0505/080.html

[byronkincaid]

14 part history of pride on utube. i knew nothing about it and thought this was really interesting. did the ufc just kill it off when they bought them out? seems criminal

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9N-nf2wChs&feature=related

[scotty2hatty]

14 part history of pride on utube. i knew nothing about it and thought this was really interesting. did the ufc just kill it off when they bought them out? seems criminal

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9N-nf2wChs&feature=related

Thanks for this, watching just now. James Thompson in Part 5 cracks me up - goes on about how he gives his all and is really determined etc and then it promptly shows a clip of him tapping to one strike!!!

[booder]

ultimate fighter episode 11....was the screening of this  delayed? havnt been able to find it yet

[Scottish Dave]

ultimate fighter episode 11....was the screening of this  delayed? havnt been able to find it yet

Yes mate, I got the beers in last thursday, ready to watch it on Setanta, and they showed The Ultimate Talk instead, when the TV Guide on Sky Digital clearly said i was viewing The Ultimate Fighter!

Wasn't happy

[byronkincaid]

postponed for thanksgiving 2 eps this week,

very excited about next ufc, almost enough to pay for setanta...