General Fighting thread

[scotty2hatty]

Anyone been watching this season TUF?  Ive been enjoying it so far but wtf is Dave Faulkner all about?  Quitting like that was a total disgrace and then saying he enjoyed it was pure BS.  Also not attempting 1 takedown when he is apparently such a great wrestler when he is against a brawler is just ridic.  I hope he never gets another shot at the big time!

Dana should just fire them all up at the start of the season recreating the famous "Do you wanna be fucking fighters!!!" question.

PS-Why do the Brits keep gassing?  Nick gassed but got through it, Jeff gassed (which was a shame coz he seemed like a decent fighter) and then Dave gassed.

Yeah, I'm watching. Faulkner sucked, I was raging. He could have went for the one takedown and lay and pray 3rd round victory imo.

The gassing is a worry cos I remember Bisping saying earlier in the season that Faulkner had awesome cardio!

I'm confident Winner and Pearson could be good things in this. Our WW aint up to much though.

[scotty2hatty]

Kimbo Slice to be on TUF 10, awesome!

[GreekStein]

Kimbo Slice to be on TUF 10, awesome!

Kind of it kind of isn't. He really isnt in the same league skill wise as the others.

Who will the other captain be, Tank Abbot?

Link?

[scotty2hatty]

Kimbo Slice to be on TUF 10, awesome!

Kind of it kind of isn't. He really isnt in the same league skill wise as the others.

Who will the other captain be, Tank Abbot?

Link?

Other captain? I wasn't aware they had been announced.

And how do you know he isn't in the same league as the others? It's HW ffs - they're going to be shit.

[GreekStein]

Kimbo Slice to be on TUF 10, awesome!

Kind of it kind of isn't. He really isnt in the same league skill wise as the others.

Who will the other captain be, Tank Abbot?

Link?

Other captain? I wasn't aware they had been announced.

And how do you know he isn't in the same league as the others? It's HW ffs - they're going to be shit.

Lol I thought you meant Kimbo was being put in the show as a captain a la Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture etc to which I was alluding Kimbo's fighting wasnt nearly in the same league as the others.

I'd love to see him as a contestant!

Was actually reading some stuff about him and about his opponents have been offered money not to take Kimbo to the ground etc. Wikipedia 'Seth Petruzelli' is a good start

[Boba Fett]

I may be wrong but I dont think that was true, it was something that people jumped the gun on when Petruzelli said he qualified for a bonus by not taking it to the ground.  I think what he meant was he won a knockout bonus which he likely wouldnt have gotten if he had taken it to the ground as he wouldve been less likely to KO him.

Will be very interesting to see Kimbo on TUF, I think this was the only way he would ever get on UFC

[scotty2hatty]

Yeah I've read all that stuff too. Kimbo will hopefully be awesome on TUF, they've only just started filming so could be a while before we get to see it.

[scotty2hatty]

One thing is for sure and that is that kimbo is going to be taking it super serious. He knows this is his only chance to get in the ufc due to previous comments by Dana. Plus he turned down a decent deal with strikeforce by all accounts.

[byronkincaid]

Kimbo Slice to be on TUF 10, awesome!

Kind of it kind of isn't. He really isnt in the same league skill wise as the others.

Who will the other captain be, Tank Abbot?

Link?

Other captain? I wasn't aware they had been announced.

And how do you know he isn't in the same league as the others? It's HW ffs - they're going to be shit.

rampage and evans

http://mmajunkie.com/news/15060/kimbo-slice-scores-the-ultimate-fighter-10-slot.mma

[scotty2hatty]

I actually knew that but my mind decided to forget it! Sucks for rampage cos he shouldn't have to beat Evans to get his title shot IMO.

[byronkincaid]

I actually knew that but my mind decided to forget it! Sucks for rampage cos he shouldn't have to beat Evans to get his title shot IMO.

it was up to him, he was given the choice. prob more money (TUF and all the "black on black" hype) and an easier fight, can't blame him really.

 

[Scottish Dave]

TUF10 is being shown in Autumn, the UFC are hoping that Rampage will already have won the Belt back from Machida, thus setting up the Championship fight between The champ (Rampage) and The Contender (Evens).

Only one problem, Rampage is too like Evens, and Machida will school him too!!

Kimbo will also get KO'ed on the show Probably in his 1st or 2nd fight too.

[byronkincaid]

Machida vs Shogun at UFC 104

[Scottish Dave]

Machida vs Shogun at UFC 104

lol no contest, Shogun, looked so bad against a Terrible Coleman last time out

Machida could easily hold this title for a while with the likes of Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Wanderli Silva, Randy Couture etc etc all retiring or approaching Retirment age, leaving guys like Rampage, Evens, Shogun etc who Machida shouldn't have any problems defeating them.

Evens is still in my eyes the 2nd best in Light HW in the UFC, if Machida can do that to Evens i fear for any opponent of Lyoto's in the next few fights!

[scotty2hatty]

Machida vs Shogun at UFC 104

lol no contest, Shogun, looked so bad against a Terrible Coleman last time

Shogun ko'd Chuck most recently - which perhaps isn't saying too much now.

I rate Rampage higher than Evans. Anderson Silva staying at LHW would be awesome. Will be beat Forrest easily?