The MMA Thread of 2009-Forever

[tyven]

well maybe cain and carwin will fight now like they were supposed to last month

[Blarg]

well maybe cain and carwin will fight now like they were supposed to last month

carwin had knee surgery

[Dimmauk]

Lesnar out indefinitely:



Big Nog out of 108:

Hope its not MRSA. Once staph in your bloodstream, it can pop up anywhere on your body, plus you have bad flu like symptoms.

[EckoGecko]

por quuuuueeeeeeeeeee :[

I think this is Rampage cue to come back.

[recuperi]

Hope its not MRSA. Once staph in your bloodstream, it can pop up anywhere on your body, plus you have bad flu like symptoms.

Definitely, I had that same thing get into my hip somehow. Completely eroded the entire joint

[noblemountain]

I think this is general sensationalism...but TMZ quoted Dana as saying Brock may never fight again his illness is so severe.

UFC's Dana White: There Is a Possibility Brock Lesnar Will Never FightAgain - Bloody Elbow

Also, GSP is going to try out for the olympics in wrestling for Canada. He is bulking up at the moment, walking around at 195ish right now instead of his usual 180ish...says that if he gets to 200-205 he may move up in weight. He said he's not afraid of "any man in this sport" when asked about Silva. I am thinking he knows where the money is. lol

[Ohemgee]

Damn that sucks for Lesnar

[Chips]

I really hope Lesnar is able to recover and become the athlete that he can be. And good on GSP, I've always wanted to see him at middleweight, and this now looks like a reality after his win over Hardy.

[archibaldcrane]

Also, GSP is going to try out for the olympics in wrestling for Canada. He is bulking up at the moment, walking around at 195ish right now instead of his usual 180ish...says that if he gets to 200-205 he may move up in weight. He said he's not afraid of "any man in this sport" when asked about Silva. I am thinking he knows where the money is. lol

Great, that's all we fucking need, Couture and GSP introducing cage-hugging bullshit to the more weight classes in the UFC.

Hey wrestlers, we get it - you can hold a guy against the cage and you can lay on him. Awesome. I hope you're proud of winning the "controlling the octogon" game.

Between Couture's win over Vera and Shields win over Miller, I'm sick of this boring as fuck wrestler shit. Guys that don't try to finish can suck my cock.

[noblemountain]

I really hope Lesnar is able to recover and become the athlete that he can be. And good on GSP, I've always wanted to see him at middleweight, and this now looks like a reality after his win over Hardy.

I really think he'll be a better fighter at middleweight. His frame has always seemed too skinny for me. I think part of the reason that he's putting on weight is for the olympics. The 74 kg weight class is stacked in Canada apparently and he might be bulking up for the next weight class up (84 kg)which isn't very competitive.

[Chips]

Great, that's all we fucking need, Couture and GSP introducing cage-hugging bullshit to the more weight classes in the UFC.

Hey wrestlers, we get it - you can hold a guy against the cage and you can lay on him. Awesome. I hope you're proud of winning the "controlling the octogon" game.

Between Couture's win over Vera and Shields win over Miller, I'm sick of this boring as fuck wrestler shit. Guys that don't try to finish can suck my cock.

The thing with GSP, he doesn't just lay'n'pray. His opponents always look fucked up after the fact. Take Fitch, he looked mangled, Penn had to quit, and Alves looked like he crashed his car into a brick wall.

[archibaldcrane]

He's content to win decisions and it's boring - it's not lay and pray because he dominates, it's just super boring domination. He's not Shields boring but boring is still boring.

[Xno Kappa]

At the end of the day, whatever nets you a victory. Can't fault people for being smart fighters. Lennox Lewis use to do the same shit from a boxing perspective and he's one of the few fighters to had retired beating every opponent he faced.

[Beleron]

GSP used to be a more exciting fighter to watch I guess, but his fights are still pretty awesome. You can't really expect him to just gun for knockouts making risky moves that could make him lose a fight and his title. I am really hoping he does make the move up in weight class because atm there is just no one that can challenge his title unless they get incredibly lucky imo.

[tyven]

Great, that's all we fucking need, Couture and GSP introducing cage-hugging bullshit to the more weight classes in the UFC.

Hey wrestlers, we get it - you can hold a guy against the cage and you can lay on him. Awesome. I hope you're proud of winning the "controlling the octogon" game.

Between Couture's win over Vera and Shields win over Miller, I'm sick of this boring as fuck wrestler shit. Guys that don't try to finish can suck my cock.

valid point with shields. randy is 46 so the fact he can control the cage at that age is pretty awesome. you are smoking crack on gsp. he has 13 finishes and 6 decisions. you want to complain about a top guy that doesnt finish fights complain about machida, 9 fucking decisions.

[archibaldcrane]

you are smoking crack on gsp.

His last 3 fights have been boring domination. I hardly consider him to have "finished" Penn.

[tyven]

so you just dont like how dominating he is? i dont either, or spider, but i dont find either of them to be boring.

[archibaldcrane]

so you just dont like how dominating he is? i dont either, or spider, but i dont find either of them to be boring.

Fedor is dominating, and I love Fedor.

I hate -how- he dominates, not that he does. It's a slow steady wearing down of his opponent and it's fucking boring.

[Gryffes]

Great, that's all we fucking need, Couture and GSP introducing cage-hugging bullshit to the more weight classes in the UFC.

Hey wrestlers, we get it - you can hold a guy against the cage and you can lay on him. Awesome. I hope you're proud of winning the "controlling the octogon" game.

Between Couture's win over Vera and Shields win over Miller, I'm sick of this boring as fuck wrestler shit. Guys that don't try to finish can suck my cock.

No knees/kicks to downed opponent meants failed takedowns cant be punished as much.

As well as the short 5 min rounds, that reduce the effectiveness of BJJ subs, the current ruleset is tilted to favour wrestlers.

[archibaldcrane]

No knees/kicks to downed opponent meants failed takedowns cant be punished as much.

As well as the short 5 min rounds, that reduce the effectiveness of BJJ subs, the current ruleset is tilted to favour wrestlers.

All that is fine, but the cage is the most significant factor. Put Couture in a ring at this point in his career and he'd have nothing.