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fuck, that was some dire shit on TUF last night. seriously F U Dana. that fight was a fucking joke.

i really need to tune out and stop watching this shit. i keep trying to convince myself that it will get better, but it just wont.
 
Daigoro said:
fuck, that was some dire shit on TUF last night. seriously F U Dana. that fight was a fucking joke.

i really need to tune out and stop watching this shit. i keep trying to convince myself that it will get better, but it just wont.
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Of course it won't. The show has always lent itself to shitty cardio. Using HW's just compounds the problem. The show has gone exactly how I expected so far.
 
same here, but its exceeded my low expectations.

when i heard it was going to be all HW i groaned, but i somehow thought i would still get some entertainment out of it. i didnt.

the only mildy interesting thing is the tension between Rashad and Page, but we arent going to see that get resolved any time soon. so, shit.
 
i keep liking rashad more and more. him calling out his guy for being an asshat at practice was pretty respectable. he just seems like he has his head on straight and really does know what he is doing. i dont know what to think of rampage, he comes off as a total moron. his coaching was just repeating what the other guy said louder during the fight. i really think this show had to have some to do with why he is take a break from mma.
 
Does anyone know who Rashad is fighting next? I've always respected his game. That loss to Machida was convincing, but he's a fighter I would expect to bounce back with a good gameplan for next time.
 
mrbagdt said:
i keep liking rashad more and more. him calling out his guy for being an asshat at practice was pretty respectable. he just seems like he has his head on straight and really does know what he is doing. i dont know what to think of rampage, he comes off as a total moron. his coaching was just repeating what the other guy said louder during the fight. i really think this show had to have some to do with why he is take a break from mma.
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I agree with most of this. I still like Rampage, but he is a terrible coach. I'm also growing to like Rashad more and more.


Dark FaZe said:
Does anyone know who Rashad is fighting next? I've always respected his game. That loss to Machida was convincing, but he's a fighter I would expect to bounce back with a good gameplan for next time.
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There might be rumors, but you won't hear anything official until after the show, I'm sure.
 
Dark FaZe said:
Does anyone know who Rashad is fighting next? I've always respected his game. That loss to Machida was convincing, but he's a fighter I would expect to bounce back with a good gameplan for next time.
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I thought it was confirmed he was fighting Thiago Silva at 108?
 
Last nights fight was fucking horrible to the point where it was funny. I really could not believe some of the punches thrown and some of the worst take down attempts I have ever seen. Both fighters clearly have no idea what they were doing. :lol Matt running away? :lol :lol :lol
 
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and in reverse :lol
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voices in that guys head ha?

Last time I checked that wasn't normal...

and yes the fight was a joke (althrough the ninja thing was hilarious)
 
I think Rashad will bash Thiago.

Yea, the show is fuck awful. It's rare to see such a lack of technique and cardio combined.

I see it as a comedy. It's hard for me to imagine this show brings people to the sport unless the sport is primarily followed by the WWF type person who seems to be in attendance at the shows.
 
Watched the latest episode. Fight started off good. Then it completely sucked. No gas. No power. I expected more out of the Rampage fighter, he looked like shit.

I was wondering if the door tear seen would happen this episode, then considering he was Rampage's last hope or something, yeah, I saw it coming. Maybe Big Baby will win.

edit: Actually I think Baby's cardio may be even worse than those two.
 
Daigoro said:
fuck, that was some dire shit on TUF last night. seriously F U Dana. that fight was a fucking joke.

i really need to tune out and stop watching this shit. i keep trying to convince myself that it will get better, but it just wont.
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:lol Dana was full of shit but I can never give up on the show.

But of course season 11 already looks a cuhbillion times better.. I love the LA tryouts for TUF11 so much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzYjHBLbosA
 
pretty crazy story from this weekend. a good friend of mine was asleep on his couch friday night and at 4:30 in the morning he woke up with a guy punching him in the face and basically trying to kill him in his apartment(small loft above a garage). as he started to wake up and realize what was going on he had a 180 pound naked man attacking him, he is about 5'5'' and 140. he got his nose broken and got hit in the face several times but was able to catch the dude in a triangle and made him pass out. he got up and tried to find something to tie the guy up with, but the guy started to wake up and they began fighting again, catching him in a triangle a second time and putting him to sleep. he said the dude was trying to gouge his eyes the whole time and bit him on his chest and stomach.

after putting him to sleep the second time, he was completely exhausted (he said this was after almost 20 minutes) and he got up, found his phone, put on some shoes, the guy woke up a third time and he guillotine choked him. after that, he closed his doors, locked everything and went outside, putting a dumpster in front of the door. the cops showed up and went into the apartment and arrested the guy- he was passed out when they found him. my friend had to go to the ER and will probably have to get some blood tests done to make sure he didnt get anything.

the guy was high on PCP and was just out of his mind. my buddy trains bjj with me and is a purple belt, it surely saved his life from that animal. he is a pretty big pacifist and the number one question he has gotten so far is 'well i would have just killed the guy' but he didnt think he would be able to live with that.

point of the story- lock your doors at night.

a few pictures and his posts are on his twitter if you are interested- i really thought the whole thing was a made up story until i called him as he was leaving the hospital. insane.
 
mrbagdt said:
pretty crazy story from this weekend. a good friend of mine was asleep on his couch friday night and at 4:30 in the morning he woke up with a guy punching him in the face and basically trying to kill him in his apartment(small loft above a garage). as he started to wake up and realize what was going on he had a 180 pound naked man attacking him, he is about 5'5'' and 140. he got his nose broken and got hit in the face several times but was able to catch the dude in a triangle and made him pass out. he got up and tried to find something to tie the guy up with, but the guy started to wake up and they began fighting again, catching him in a triangle a second time and putting him to sleep. he said the dude was trying to gouge his eyes the whole time and bit him on his chest and stomach.

after putting him to sleep the second time, he was completely exhausted (he said this was after almost 20 minutes) and he got up, found his phone, put on some shoes, the guy woke up a third time and he guillotine choked him. after that, he closed his doors, locked everything and went outside, putting a dumpster in front of the door. the cops showed up and went into the apartment and arrested the guy- he was passed out when they found him. my friend had to go to the ER and will probably have to get some blood tests done to make sure he didnt get anything.

the guy was high on PCP and was just out of his mind. my buddy trains bjj with me and is a purple belt, it surely saved his life from that animal. he is a pretty big pacifist and the number one question he has gotten so far is 'well i would have just killed the guy' but he didnt think he would be able to live with that.
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Badass.

mrbagdt said:
point of the story- lock your doors at night.
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Dumbass.
 
Asbel said:
perhaps they should make tuf fights two mins long to make it that exciting. Still a minute too long for hw though.
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Nah, if you can't last two minutes then you don't belong in the UFC. And besides, I'd be PISSED if an epic war breaks out in the cage and then Mazzagatti stops the fight after a minute....:lol
 
mrbagdt said:
pretty crazy story from this weekend. a good friend of mine was asleep on his couch friday night and at 4:30 in the morning he woke up with a guy punching him in the face and basically trying to kill him in his apartment(small loft above a garage). as he started to wake up and realize what was going on he had a 180 pound naked man attacking him, he is about 5'5'' and 140. he got his nose broken and got hit in the face several times but was able to catch the dude in a triangle and made him pass out. he got up and tried to find something to tie the guy up with, but the guy started to wake up and they began fighting again, catching him in a triangle a second time and putting him to sleep. he said the dude was trying to gouge his eyes the whole time and bit him on his chest and stomach.

after putting him to sleep the second time, he was completely exhausted (he said this was after almost 20 minutes) and he got up, found his phone, put on some shoes, the guy woke up a third time and he guillotine choked him. after that, he closed his doors, locked everything and went outside, putting a dumpster in front of the door. the cops showed up and went into the apartment and arrested the guy- he was passed out when they found him. my friend had to go to the ER and will probably have to get some blood tests done to make sure he didnt get anything.

the guy was high on PCP and was just out of his mind. my buddy trains bjj with me and is a purple belt, it surely saved his life from that animal. he is a pretty big pacifist and the number one question he has gotten so far is 'well i would have just killed the guy' but he didnt think he would be able to live with that.

point of the story- lock your doors at night.

a few pictures and his posts are on his twitter if you are interested- i really thought the whole thing was a made up story until i called him as he was leaving the hospital. insane.
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It's sad that your friend got hurt but that shit is still hilarious. :lol
 
TUF's not so bad, its good for laughs, was crackin up the whole way through last weeks fight. That said the fight had a couple of nice highlight reel punches that i expect to see in replays throughout the rest of the season.

MMAplayground has spoiled TUF a bit, they have one of the fighters from the show up on the matchup page for tipping.

Anyways i know everyone here already hates UFC 105's roster but i think theres some decent fights to be had on there, whos tippin who?
 
Holy crap, we're going to get to see Fedor, arguably the greatest MMA fighter of our time, fight for free this weekend. Hooray! I know Rodgers isn't that exciting, but he is undefeated (lol) and it is Fedor's first fight in a cage.

WAR FEDOR!!!
 
Well I guess we're going to find out if Cain is for real or not cause that is one hell of a step up in competition.
 
Makes sense since Anderson won't be able to fight on that card


Killer fight
I want to see Nog vs Lesnar.. but I think Cain is gonna win that fight..

Ultimate 2009 is going to be awesome

3 BIG heavyweight fights

Brock vs Carwin
Cain Velasquez vs Big Nog
Dos Santos vs Gonzaga


actually.. sounds like brock may not even be a go for 108... which would blow
 
Musashi Wins! said:
Holy crap, we're going to get to see Fedor, arguably the greatest MMA fighter of our time, fight for free this weekend. Hooray! I know Rodgers isn't that exciting, but he is undefeated (lol) and it is Fedor's first fight in a cage.

WAR FEDOR!!!
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meh, I'm not pumped until he fights Overeem. And even then I'm not too hyped about it.
 
Master Thespian said:
I don't think Cain can knock him out or submit him. All he's got is his wrestling, and really, is that any different than what Randy brought Nog?
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Cain would beat Randy's ass... badly.

Why is everyone sleeping on Cain??

I dont see anyone beating that guy.. except maybe Lesnar due to freakish size.
 
polyh3dron said:
meh, I'm not pumped until he fights Overeem. And even then I'm not too hyped about it.
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I'm excited anytime Fedor fights.

okay, maybe not against Zulu. Or Lindland. Or Hong Man Choi.

But Rogers is a consensus top 10 heavyweight. So I'm excited.
 
dem said:
Why is everyone sleeping on Cain??
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He's an impressive control guy, but not much else besides that. Nog has only been stopped once in his career, and it's universally felt that was a result of the after effects of a nasty staph infection. I don't really see what Cain's bringing that Nog needs to be worried about.

Honestly, it just seems like a race to see who can get their shit pushed in by Brock. I think Nog's ability to weather punishment and slap on submissions would give him the best chance. That said, this isn't Japan. I think Nog needs a ring to keep his head from getting pinned on the GNP and a ref that would let the fight keep going.
 
TUF Prediction: Marcus wins this fight. It seems to be a "redeem Rampage" sort of episode, the first time since the season premiere where he comes off as funny and lighthearted instead of a dick and a bad coach.
 
Boogie said:
I'm excited anytime Fedor fights.

okay, maybe not against Zulu. Or Lindland. Or Hong Man Choi.

But Rogers is a consensus top 10 heavyweight. So I'm excited.
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He got lucky against Arlovski with that flash KO, and James Thompson is shitty too, Overeem destroyed him and even Kimbo beat him. I'd say that Rogers is incredibly overrated.
 
polyh3dron said:
Marcus vs. Titties???

Come on.

I'm calling it now, it's gonna come down to Marcus vs Roy.
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I don't know, I think it's going to be Kimbo vs Kimbo. He's come back every fucking week according to the previews, so eventually he's got to face himself. He's more overexposed that Brett Favre at this point.
 
Good win by Marcus, Kimura, rear naked choke, and arm bar all within a very short period of time. Dude knows his Jiu Jitsu, is he a blackbelt?

Also, Cain over Nog by destruction.
 
Marcus looked good. Kimbo is coming back for the 3rd time!

also,

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_y...ug=ki-lesnarillness110409&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title-holder Brock Lesnar has mononucleosis and can’t train for at least a month, and perhaps as long as six weeks, UFC president Dana White said Wednesday.

Lesnar was forced to pull out of his title defense against Shane Carwin on Oct. 26, a match slated for UFC 106 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas, because he was unable to train. At the time, speculation was that Lesnar may have had either flu or a case of H1N1, which is commonly known as swine flu.

White had targeted the rescheduled bout for Jan. 2 in Las Vegas as the main event of UFC 108, but that is now also out of the question. Lesnar won’t be able to begin training until sometime in December.

White said he is unsure when the Lesnar-Carwin fight will occur or whether Carwin will fight an opponent in the interim.

“We’re still trying to figure it out and I’m really not sure where any of it stands right now,” White said.
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