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Mixed Martial Arts - the Official Discussion & General Info
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Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
MMAweekly is now listing Gabriel Gonzaga as Cro Cops next opponent. Someone on another forum said it was originally supposed to be Chieck Kongo but be wanted too much money.
Woo, Bisping.
Oh, and another guy for Cro Cop to tear down.
Should be interesting (relatively, of course) to see a heavy take-down focus by GG.
And, I finally caught the re-airing of the Showtime MMA thing, and Gina was hot as expected, but the ****ing thing didn't finish recording the Gracie SHamrock bout. Booo, I wanna see knees to the skull. =\
Oh, and another guy for Cro Cop to tear down.
Should be interesting (relatively, of course) to see a heavy take-down focus by GG.
And, I finally caught the re-airing of the Showtime MMA thing, and Gina was hot as expected, but the ****ing thing didn't finish recording the Gracie SHamrock bout. Booo, I wanna see knees to the skull. =\
Bisping vs. Elvis? Elvis is a good guy, but he's got a losing record and doesn't really deserve to be in the UFC. I guess they reallllly don't want Bisping to lose in front of a hometown crowd.
I like Crocop getting matched up with Gonzaga. Gonzaga is a legit contender in the UFC heavyweight division, unlike Kongo. Although with Kongo, we would have been guaranteed a nice standup war.
And I don't mind them giving Mir more fights as long as they keep feeding him to lower level guys, and it doesn't take up PPV-space from better fights. So sticking him on a UFN seems fine to me.
I like Crocop getting matched up with Gonzaga. Gonzaga is a legit contender in the UFC heavyweight division, unlike Kongo. Although with Kongo, we would have been guaranteed a nice standup war.
And I don't mind them giving Mir more fights as long as they keep feeding him to lower level guys, and it doesn't take up PPV-space from better fights. So sticking him on a UFN seems fine to me.
Props to Gonzaga for taking this fight when others are running away from Crocop.
I like Mir and I want to keep liking him but every dissappointing effort back into the cage makes that harder to do. I'm interested to see if Hardonk's standup is as good as some say it is though.
http://68.ufc.com/ is up. I watched the Couture interviews. He's gonna go for subs. Haha. If Randy can get some gnp off (which Monson failed at), the sub could happen.
I like Mir and I want to keep liking him but every dissappointing effort back into the cage makes that harder to do. I'm interested to see if Hardonk's standup is as good as some say it is though.
http://68.ufc.com/ is up. I watched the Couture interviews. He's gonna go for subs. Haha. If Randy can get some gnp off (which Monson failed at), the sub could happen.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Asbel said:
Well the fact that Randy is about 5 inches taller than Monson should help a bit. Fatboys torso was just too freakin long for Monson to do any damage once he finally got him down.
Nate the Great is finally getting his shot at the title. While I like Swick, I don't think he's ready after that Crow match. Nate, however, has a realistic chance at winning as long as he doesn't stand in front of Silva too long. Nate can get some takedowns and win it by decision. Otherwise, Silva by KO.
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/02/16/rumored-dates-for-silva-vs-marquardt-leben-vs-starnes/
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/02/16/rumored-dates-for-silva-vs-marquardt-leben-vs-starnes/
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Really wasnt expecting Swick to get the next shot anyway since he has fight coming up in April with Okami.
I didnt realize Marquardt was such a contender. It would have been nice to have his last fight on the main card being thats the case.
I didnt realize Marquardt was such a contender. It would have been nice to have his last fight on the main card being thats the case.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Updated card for the show Boogie should have gotten to see live according to MMAweekly. 
:lol Herring getting dropped to the prelims faster than.......something that gets dropped really fast.
:lol Herring getting dropped to the prelims faster than.......something that gets dropped really fast.
Ned Flanders
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Werdum would be a HUGE pickup for the UFC, and would certainly spell..err..DOOM (pun intended) for AA.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x197h1_shinya-aoki-vs-akira-kikuchi-2
Aoki vs Kikuchi 2
Check out the standing 'guard' and standing 'kimura' by Aoki (though I don't know why Kikuchi didn't try to spin out).
Aoki vs Kikuchi 2
Check out the standing 'guard' and standing 'kimura' by Aoki (though I don't know why Kikuchi didn't try to spin out).
Werdum in the UFC confirmed!
http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=3314
UFC 70 is looking AMAZING
Crocop vs. Gonzaga
Forrest Griffin vs. Ryoto Machida
Arlovski vs. Werdum
http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=3314
UFC 70 is looking AMAZING
Crocop vs. Gonzaga
Forrest Griffin vs. Ryoto Machida
Arlovski vs. Werdum
I don't even think you can say they're building it up "slowly" anymore. At this exact point in time, the UFC heavyweight division looks damn good.
Crocop
Sylvia
Arlovski
Werdum
Gonzaga
Couture
Vera (though we might have to scratch him from this list shortly)
Herring (if he can turn around from the stinker loss to O'Brian)
Assuerio Silva
That stacks up quite well with Pride's heavyweight division:
Fedor
Nog
Alex
Barnett
Kharitonov
Hunt
Yoshida
Pride still has #1, #3, and possibly the #4 heavyweights, but the UFC might actually have more depth to their heavyweight division at this point 0_o
Crocop
Sylvia
Arlovski
Werdum
Gonzaga
Couture
Vera (though we might have to scratch him from this list shortly)
Herring (if he can turn around from the stinker loss to O'Brian)
Assuerio Silva
That stacks up quite well with Pride's heavyweight division:
Fedor
Nog
Alex
Barnett
Kharitonov
Hunt
Yoshida
Pride still has #1, #3, and possibly the #4 heavyweights, but the UFC might actually have more depth to their heavyweight division at this point 0_o
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I finally got to see Machida vs Hoger. Machida pretty much dominated from the word go he just couldnt put Sam away. Forrest better bring his A game. Should be a great fight.
Uno Ill Nino
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What do you guys think about the Nick Diaz vs Takanori Gomi fight in tomorrow's Pride FC PPV? Also, do any of you know if Gomi has a win over BJ Penn? Thanks in advance.
dem
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UFN 9!
UFC 68! Captain America is back to get his belt back!!
UFC 69! GSP! GSP!
UFC 70!!! Bad ass poster. UFC going international is $$. And I read that in Europe they are more MMA "educated" hence why the UFC stacked the card.
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Boogie said:
If UFC can sign Lil / Big Nog they are set. Then they have developing talent growing too.
Chuck wants to fight Quinton Rampage Jackson, Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic, Wanderlei Silva and Fedor Emelianenko before he retires.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1a9sz_chuck-liddel-wants-to-fight
I see Chuck beat Rampage, maybe Cro Cop, beating Silva easy (Cro Cop showed the blue print how to beat Silva), and Fedor being the hardest test of them all.
Nope.Slo said:
This is the card:
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson
Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz
Hayato Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig
Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjo
Joachim Hansen vs. Jason Ireland
Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Michael Russow
dem
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From Meltzer
UFC did about 5,225,000 domestic buys on ten shows, a North American average per event of 522,500, or two and a halftimes WWE's average, with a total gross of $222,766,000. UFC averaged less than 140,000 buys per show in 2005, so the per show increase ended up at 275%. In total, they were up probably 700% or more over the course of the year, an unprecedented historical climb.
Boxing's all time record year was $200 million in 1999. WWF in the peak of Austin/Rock era averaged similar number of buys, but at a lower price tag, and never hit the $200 million mark for a year. UFC grossed more money this past year than any promotion ever has.
UFC did about 5,225,000 domestic buys on ten shows, a North American average per event of 522,500, or two and a halftimes WWE's average, with a total gross of $222,766,000. UFC averaged less than 140,000 buys per show in 2005, so the per show increase ended up at 275%. In total, they were up probably 700% or more over the course of the year, an unprecedented historical climb.
Boxing's all time record year was $200 million in 1999. WWF in the peak of Austin/Rock era averaged similar number of buys, but at a lower price tag, and never hit the $200 million mark for a year. UFC grossed more money this past year than any promotion ever has.
Bishman said:
Interesting audio from Chuck. How exactly do you see Chuck beating Crocop? Other than an outside puncher's chance, there just is no way.
Sure, Crocop showed the blueprint of beating Silva, but you're dreaming if you think Chuck can replicate Crocop's performance, not to mention the LHK. Chuck might beat Silva, but it won't be easy.
Fedor would absolutely destroy Chuck. It would be ugly, and likely will never happen because Chuck would first have to beat Rampage (which could happen, but you did see Rampage absolutely dismantle him a few years ago, didn't you?), and then Silva, which I wouldn't even have him as a favourite, and then Crocop, which would be as severe an execution as silva's.
hukasmokincaterpillar
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I like Chuck but Cro Cop would be a horrible match up for him, just the worst possible scenario. A highly accurate counter striker with fundamentally sound boxing technique and straight punches like Mirko would eat Chuck's looping haymakers alive. It's funny he said Silva was a blueprint, he was right in more ways than one.
Schafer said:
Not really. Sylvia doesn't have Chuck's wrestling credentials. Chuck is a grappler-killer: when he fights guys who want to take the fight to the ground, they always get knocked out.
When Sylvia fights guys who don't want to stand and trade with him, he's tentative, and then blames the boring decision on the fact that his opponent didn't want to fight him on the feet.
They may both be sprawl and brawlers, but that's really about where the similarity ends, I'd say.
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