The MMA Thread of 2009-Forever

[tyven]

im sick of champs being injured and getting blown up in their first title defense. it almost happened to Brock, it just happened to shogun and it WILL happen to cain. ring rust is very real. you cant have a year + off and then have a #1 contender thrown at you and expect to win.

[Rhyis.]

When was the last time somebody who took a year off and won a big fight? I can't think of a time off the top of my head.

[Blarg]

When was the last time somebody who took a year off and won a big fight? I can't think of a time off the top of my head.

randy vs tim

[Rhyis.]

Randys time off going into the Lesnar fight didn't work out for him though, heh.

[Blarg]

brock was out for a year in his carwin fight. there are probably many more examples but it's hard to know if the reason for the loss is due to rustiness from being out so long or due to the reason they were out in the first place. If someone comes back after a year from knee surgeries is it cage rust or their knees not be quite as healed/strong as they need to be. Either way it's usually not a good thing for that fighter

[Xno Kappa]

Brock didn't really start turtling on reaction to strikes until after he almost died iirc too.

[Blarg]

who really put it on him as hard as carwin and cain did before?

[Xno Kappa]

Any fights going on this Saturday?

[Matthias]

Closest thing to a great striker Brock faced before Carwin was Heath Herring.

Looks like Mirko Filipovic has one more fight on his contract and he's considering whether to retire now or after that last fight... whichever way he goes I hope they send him off on a high note. He certainly deserves it.

[dudeguy]

Any fights going on this Saturday?

UFN Seattle is this saturday, one of the top non-ppv cards they've held IMO. Gonna be some good fights...

Main Bouts (On Spike TV):
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-4; #8 Light Heavyweight)* vs. Phil Davis (8-0)
-Dan Hardy (23-8 vs. Anthony Johnson (8-3)
-Amir Sadollah (4-2) vs. Damarques Johnson (17-8
-Leonard Garcia (15-6-1) vs. Chan Sung Jung (10-3)

Preliminary Bouts (On Facebook):
-Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres (4-2) vs. Mackens Semerzier (5-3)
-Jon Madsen (7-0) vs. Mike Russow (13-1)

Preliminary Bouts (Non-Televised):
-John Hathaway (14-1) vs. Kris McCray (5-2)
-Michael McDonald (11-1) vs. Edwin Figueroa (7-0)
-Sean McCorkle (10-1) vs. Christian Morecraft (6-1)
-Johny Hendricks (9-1) vs. T.J. Waldburger (13-5)
-Mario Miranda (10-2) vs. Aaron Simpson (7-2)
-Waylon Lowe (10-3) vs. Nik Lentz (20-3-2)

[EckoGecko]

Nice card.

Davis, Johnson, Sadollah, Garcia (decision), BRRUUUUCE LEROOOOOY, Russow

[Rhyis.]

You just know Garcia is going to windmill his way to another decision.

[Intrinsic]

UFN Seattle is this saturday, one of the top non-ppv cards they've held IMO. Gonna be some good fights...

Main Bouts (On Spike TV):
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-4; #8 Light Heavyweight)* vs. Phil Davis (8-0)
-Dan Hardy (23-8 vs. Anthony Johnson (8-3)
-Amir Sadollah (4-2) vs. Damarques Johnson (17-8
-Leonard Garcia (15-6-1) vs. Chan Sung Jung (10-3)

Preliminary Bouts (On Facebook):
-Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres (4-2) vs. Mackens Semerzier (5-3)
-Jon Madsen (7-0) vs. Mike Russow (13-1)

Preliminary Bouts (Non-Televised):
-John Hathaway (14-1) vs. Kris McCray (5-2)
-Michael McDonald (11-1) vs. Edwin Figueroa (7-0)
-Sean McCorkle (10-1) vs. Christian Morecraft (6-1)
-Johny Hendricks (9-1) vs. T.J. Waldburger (13-5)
-Mario Miranda (10-2) vs. Aaron Simpson (7-2)
-Waylon Lowe (10-3) vs. Nik Lentz (20-3-2)

The following fights are on the facebook stream as well.

-John Hathaway (14-1) vs. Kris McCray (5-2)
-Michael McDonald (11-1) vs. Edwin Figueroa (7-0)
-Sean McCorkle (10-1) vs. Christian Morecraft (6-1)

[tyven]

just talked to jon jones on facebook chat lol. guess it pays to try and befriend the loss popular fighters, i have rl friends with more facebook friends than he has

Matthew

you probably get bothered by fans a lot. but i just wanted to say that you are the man!
10:04pm
Jonny commented on his own photo.
10:05pmJonny

thanks bro

I'm trying ya no
10:05pmMatthew

im so excited for your next fight

you are the most exciting thing in 205 right now, and thats a STACKED division
10:06pmJonny

thanks man.. your right 205 is freaking crazy

quoting myself from a year and a half ago. I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT SCREEN SHOT THIS SHIT GOD DAMMIT.

[Blarg]

The 5 fights streaming on facebook are starting now.

[Xno Kappa]

Link? Not a facebook person.

[Blarg]

www.facebook.com/UFC

you have to 'Like' them to get the stream to show up

[Blarg]

Spoiler: show

thank god Jung was able to get the stoppage and not get screwed by the judges again. Really awesome way to win too, I don't know if I've seen that in MMA before

[Xno Kappa]

YES!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING TAP GARCIA YOU BITCH, NO BULLSHIT DECISION FOR YOU!

[Blarg]

the fights aren't live on the west coast so that's why I'm using spoilers.