The MMA Thread of 2009-Forever

[noblemountain]

Awesome fight by Jake O'Brien. That dude gave it his all. I'm sure he's already signed up to fight in Dream 16.

lol...his career has gone a bit downhill.

[tyven]

obviously going arlovski, velasquez, jon jones, mousasi sucks but damn did he come in looking like shit. missed weight by like 7 pounds or something.

[Oreth]

Joined a MMA gym last night, first class was BJJ. Damn im in so much pain this morning. Everything aches lol. Shows me how truly unfit i am. Looking forward to doing Wrestling next.

Gym runs 4 classes a week each in different arts (BJJ,Boxing,Wrestling,Striking). Striking and Kicking i think ill stay away from for a few weeks until my fitness picks up.

Learned some good defenses while in butterfly guard.

Anyone else do BJJ or any other forms of MMA?

[Rhyis.]

Talk to Jyakku and Noblemountain.


On another note, Kennedy vs Jacare for the Strikeforce MW title is official. I think the match up is smart. Both guys are really marketable and the fight should be good. Kampmann vs Shields is also official. I see Shields getting his butt rocked... But then I said that about the Hendo fight too.

Lot of good MMA coming up in August. UFC/Strikeforce/WEC/Bellator, lots of good stuff.

[dudeguy]

I found that my fitness was tested far more in my BJJ/Submission Wrestling classes than the kickboxing ones... of course your shins will take a beating which doesn't make it any easier

Also, I'm hoping Kampmann can show some level of takedown offense but Shields will probably decision him. Shields kickboxing and GNP pillow punches are dreadful to watch though... I'm really not cheering for him in his WW run. Personally I think he will do better at MW

[noblemountain]

I found that my fitness was tested far more in my BJJ/Submission Wrestling classes than the kickboxing ones... of course your shins will take a beating which doesn't make it any easier

Also, I'm hoping Kampmann can show some level of takedown offense but Shields will probably decision him. Shields kickboxing and GNP pillow punches are dreadful to watch though... I'm really not cheering for him in his WW run. Personally I think he will do better at MW

I'm actually excited to see him able to use elbows. His game lends itself to elbows really well and he has talked about how hampering that rule has been to his style. I just want someone to give GSP a little trouble. lol

As far as starting to workout in MMA...wrestling class is going to kick your ass. Jiu Jitsu will as well until you're conditioned better. Kickboxing/Thai Boxing/Western Boxing aren't that bad really. Most people are used to using their arms for things so they don't wear out as quickly. Most people aren't used to controlling another human using all the muscles in your back/abs/thighs/shoulders. You will fatigue much faster grappling generally. Being a wrestler first I have had to adjust a lot to the boxing training. My feet wanna move like a wrestler and I am not the best at circling out yet either. I tend to fall back into my old habits.

[archibaldcrane]

I took a boxing and a muay thai class at Bas Rutten's gym up in Westlake village or whatever. Boxing was fine, it was remarkable how naturally some of the stuff came (falling back to, um, Hwa Rang Do training when I was like 11 years old) but other things like throwing an uppercut were totally foreign hips/knees movement.

On the other hand the muay thai class we worked in the clinch the whole time. My fucking neck and shoulders hurt for like 4 days from getting pulled down on.

[noblemountain]

On the other hand the muay thai class we worked in the clinch the whole time. My fucking neck and shoulders hurt for like 4 days from getting pulled down on.

I didn't really think about that. I was a Greco wrestler so I'm used to people pulling on my head and neck. Probably didn't bother me 'cause of that. Most of the boxing stuff is pretty easy for me. I am just having a little problem with my speed and feet. I tend to put too much into each punch instead of pacing myself.

[Dimmauk]

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This is a bed, they even make adult King size.

[Xno Kappa]

August is going to be a freaking awesome month for any MMA fan.

UFC on Versus: August 1st

MAIN CARD

* Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
* Mark Munoz vs. Yushin Okami
* Jake Ellenberger vs. John Howard
* Takanori Gomi vs. Tyson Griffin

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann
* DaMarques Johnson vs. Matthew Riddle
* James Irvin vs. Igor Pokrajac
* Mike Massenzio vs. Brian Stann
* Thiago Tavares vs. TBA*
* Darren Elkins vs. Charles Oliveira
* Rob Kimmons vs. Steve Steinbeiss

Puro Combate #1: August 4th

* Jason David Frank vs. Jose Roberto Vasquez

Green mother fucking ranger! Who gives a shit about the other fights.

UFC 117: August 7th

MAIN CARD

* Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
* Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch
* Rafael dos Anjos vs. Clay Guida
* Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Hughes
* Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Tim Boetsch vs. Thiago Silva
* Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
* Christian Morecraft vs. Stefan Struve
* Charlie Brenneman vs. Johny Hendricks
* Dennis Hallman vs. Ben Saunders
* Stanislav Nedkov vs. Rodney Wallace

Bellator 24: August 12th

* Megumi Fujii vs. Angela Magana
* Jessica Aquilar vs. Lynn Alvarez
* Champ Hector Lombard vs. Herbert "Whisper" Goodman
* Neil Grove vs. Eddie Sanchez

I can't possibly be the only who find some of the female fights interesting.

Strike Force Challengers: August 13th

* Joe Riggs vs. Louis Taylor
* Daniel Cormier vs. TBA
* Erin Toughill vs. TBA
* Hitomi Akano vs. TBA
* Carina Damm vs. TBA
* Maiju Kujala vs. TBA
* Miesha Tate vs. TBA

Again, give the girls a chance, some of their fights are really exciting.

WEC 50: August 18th

* Champ Dominick Cruz vs. Joseph Benavidez
* Anthony Pettis vs. Shane Roller
* Chad Mendes vs. Cub Swanson
* Scott Jorgensen vs. Brad Pickett

Faber was scheduled to make his bantam-weight debut on this card against Takeya Mizugaki but had to pull out due to injury.

Bellator 25: August 19th

* Damian Grabowski vs. Scott Barrett
* Aisling Daly vs. Lisa Ward
* Jessica Pene vs. Zoila Frausto

[Rhyis.]

Yep, I'm pumped.

[Xno Kappa]

Forgot to add;

Strike Force: Houston: August 21st

MAIN CARD

* Champ Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal vs. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante
* Tim Kennedy vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
* Jorge Gurgel vs. K.J. Noons
* Chad Griggs vs. Bobby Lashley

Sengoku Raiden 14: August 22nd

* Champ Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki
* Akihiro Gono vs. Jadamba Narantungalag
* Taisuke Okuno vs. Nick Thompson
* Yasubey Enomoto vs. Kenta Takagi
* Motoki Miyazawa vs. Takuya Sato
* Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Kil Woo Lee
* Takuya Eizumi vs. Shoko Sato
* Tatsuya So vs. Wataru Takahashi
* Hirokazu Nishimura vs. Jae Hyun So

Bellator 26: August 26th

* Mike Hayes vs. Hae Joon Yang
* More TBD

UFC 118: August 28th

MAIN CARD

* Champ Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn
* Randy Couture vs. James Toney
* Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
* Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
* Marcus Davis vs. Nate Diaz

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
* Terry Etim vs. Joe Lauzon
* Nik Lentz vs. Andre Winner
* Phil Baroni vs. John Salter
* Nick Osipczak vs. Greg Soto
* Amilcar Alves vs. Mike Pierce

[tyven]

miesha tate is fucking hooooot.

[Rhyis.]

Yeah, but TBA will take it.

[Xno Kappa]

Not sure if anyone here saw the last ShoMMA card on the 23rd but Kaufman slammed the happy out of Modafferi lol. The mens HW division is starting to get really interesting too besides the clusterfuck up top by Coker, Shane del Rosario is definitely going to be a top prospect in a year or two.

[Pabst]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwxt5MKNZ0&hd=1

Bah cant embed, video of the kaufman slam, mixed with the rampage slam.

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f61/st.../#post41010203 gifs of it.

Roxxi wasn't smiling after that.

[Blarg]

mma sites need to include first names in their headlines

reading 'silva out of ufc 117' is a frightening thing to read at first until you find out it isn't referring to anderson

[tyven]

still sucks that thiago is out, i like him

[dudeguy]

still sucks that thiago is out, i like him

Paulo Thiago is out of his fight against Sanchez?!? damn!

[quannum]

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