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« on: September 19, 2007, 07:22:45 PM » |
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on saturday at Wembley Arena Julius Francis is stepping in the Cage against Gary Turner. Francis has some Kickboxing pedigree but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll do any good in the cage. Don't know much about Turner either. It's Cage Rage so their PR isn't quite what UFC is.
Also on the Bill is Vitor Belfort, a UFC legend. glad to see him back in a cage.
hopefuly Sky will be showing the event in the near future. if not, The Wrestling Channel will probably show it
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kinboshi
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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2007, 07:26:54 PM » |
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Will Francis have his soles sponsored again for when he gets knocked over?
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AdamM
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2007, 07:30:45 PM » |
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lol
gag doesn't work so well for cage fighting as their meant to be on the ground.
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kinboshi
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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2007, 07:44:33 PM » |
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Not unconscious.
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« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2007, 11:33:50 PM » |
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Francis, WOOLWICH boy, can ruck!!!! should be good
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« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2007, 10:39:48 PM » |
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Francis is way out of shape!!
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2007, 10:45:04 PM » |
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is it on tv?
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2007, 10:47:12 PM » |
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sky sports 3
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2007, 01:29:53 AM » |
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happened?
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2007, 11:59:11 AM » |
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Francis was in terrible shape, barely threw a single meaningful punch or kick, got took down at will and had no defense on the ground.
His opponent, Gary Turner is a decent enough fighter, but by no means anything special. I've been waiting to see a decent boxer step into the cage against a decent MMA fighter. still waiting on both counts I'm afraid
Vitor Belfort was very unimpressive in the fight before too. He was a fantastic fighter in UFC but he seems to have lost his explosiveness and his confidence. wouldn't last a round against the current UFC light-heavys
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kinboshi
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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2007, 01:19:31 PM » |
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Same old from Francis then? An easy pay-day without putting in the effort.
Neverends.
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« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2007, 06:34:00 PM » |
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Same old from Francis then? An easy pay-day without putting in the effort.
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not at all, he was a serious fighter back in the day, he just got old. |
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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2007, 06:48:55 PM » |
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Same old from Francis then? An easy pay-day without putting in the effort.
Neverends.
not at all, he was a serious fighter back in the day, he just got old. He wasn't any good when he was younger. Suppose he mixed it a bit at British level, but never anything better than that. He's lost more fights than he's won - although, yes, a lot of these losses came later in his career. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2007, 01:39:48 PM » |
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his pedigree as a kickboxer is pretty good I think, European champion.
That said European class kickboxing and world class boxing are very different propositions, particulary 15/20 years ago.
People are too critical. the guy gave pro boxing a go and got as far as he could. just because someone isn't a world class contender, doesn't mean he's not a fighter. Stepping through those ropes is scarey as hell and anyone that does it deserves some respect
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« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2007, 02:23:11 PM » |
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I seen a few of Gary Turners last fights including against Tank Abbott and whilst he's not the most explosive of fights he's been solid and on a bit of a roll. As for Victor Belfort performance it was very disappionting considering his record.
Watched UFC 76 last night and all the fights on there were brillant such as Forest Griffin beating the hyped up Shogun who was making his UFC debut and talked up as being the best in the world. Even better was watching the "ice man" Chuck Liddell get kicked to death by Keith Jardine. Huge shock.
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