The MMA Thread of 2009-Forever

[archibaldcrane]

Goddamnit, I want Silva to -at least- try to hold both belts for a moment. Defend against Hendo at 185, then fight Rampage or Evans, whoever they decide he needs to beat to get Machida, fight Machida, -then- vacate 185 if you must.

I don't think anyone has ever held two weight-class belts before have they?

Shit if Silva does this, GSP should try to hold 170 and 185 simultaneously.

[FNH]

I don't think anyone has ever held two weight-class belts before have they?

not in the UFC, Hendo only person to do so in MMA iirc

[archibaldcrane]

Also does anyone care, at all, about a single fight in UFC 102? Because holy shit I don't.

That card should be free. It's awful.

[FNH]

Also does anyone care, at all, about a single fight in UFC 102? Because holy shit I don't.

That card should be free. It's awful.

Randy vs. Nog and Marquardt vs. Maia, former just for legacy sake and the latter for followup contender for Silva. But yes it should be free.

[wyrmtung]

Griffin has always been a super slow puncher. I knew this would turn out just like when Silva fought another super slow puncher, Rich Franklin. I would love to see Griffin and Franklin fight. I could take piss breaks between the punches and still not miss any of the action.

As for BJ Penn. The guy is a cocky bastard and I usually hate guys like that but, damn, I love that guy. Can't wait for Penn vs. Sanchez.

[Blarg]

Silva moving to 205 is very exciting. A boring MW division is now wide open and I wonder what rich franklin is thinking now, he ran to 205 to escape the brick wall of silva and then silva comes right up following him and is already ahead of him in line for top fights. I wonder who would be a good first fight for silva. I could see rampage getting it if he loses to rashad but that may be too far down the line since silva fights often. If rashad loses thats 2 in a row so he needs an easy fight. I hope they don't bring chuck back for it. I can't think of anyone that isn't a step down from forrest.

[tyven]

oh wow, would love to see silva vacate the title. its too bad okami already has a fight lined up at 104, could do hendo v okami faces winner of maia v marquardt for the belt. OH WELLLLLLL.

i wonder if rich franklin would drop back to 185

also i dont think 102 is a bad card. it just doesnt have the super fights that 100 and 101 had. maia vs marquardt is awesome, and so is silva vs jardine just because LHW is such a stacked division

[Blarg]

I love maia so I am looking forward to that fight more than nog randy.

[tyven]

castillo vs lamas on WEC was fucking awesome, little guys just throwing bombs at eachother

[Brill Weave]

Brian Bowles just knocked Miguel Torres the fuck out!

[tyven]

haha so much for 'ill take 6 punches and keep coming'

[Blarg]

Craaaaazy, I did not expect a KO at all and it was basically a domination before that too.

[noblemountain]

Wow...didn't expect this:

Griffin suffered no broken jaw and he is physically okay, said the Zinkin representative, but emotionally he is definitely not dealing well with the loss. - MMA Weekly

I lost a ton of respect for Griffin.

[Blarg]

I don't see why you would lose respect for something for running out of a cage.

[Thoronas]

I feel bad for Forrest. He got pretty badly beat. Probably got out of there because he didn't want people to see him cry. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on suicide watch.

[tyven]

damn that sucks. i still love forrest, but that really sucks. i never liked him all that much as a fighter, but he is a hilarious guy and great for the sport.

[noblemountain]

I don't see why you would lose respect for something for running out of a cage.

I understand being embarrassed. I understand being upset. I don't understand running away from the decision. I don't understand running away from congratulating Silva like a man. I think he really needs to get his shit together mentally.

[raginbull]

What the hell happened in the Amir Sadollah v Johnny Kendricks fight? Couldn't believe what I was seeing there, that was never a stoppage in a million years.

[Blarg]

I understand being embarrassed. I understand being upset. I don't understand running away from the decision. I don't understand running away from congratulating Silva like a man. I think he really needs to get his shit together mentally.

I can see there being something wrong with not being there for hug thing fighters do after it's over as a sign of respect and what not but since him running wasn't meant to be disrespectful I don't think it's something that should make you lose much more than a little bit of respect.

Off topic but I find it hilarious these retards who claim the fight was fixed and have retarded theories for why it was set up.

[Thoronas]

What the hell happened in the Amir Sadollah v Johnny Kendricks fight? Couldn't believe what I was seeing there, that was never a stoppage in a million years.

Yeah that was super disappointing. From the refs view (back of hendricks) it looked like he was taking punchs to the head and not defending himself. But when I saw the replay, man all those flailing punches had no accuracy at all. Such a lame end.