The Shamrock / Diaz fight was kinda sad. Shamrock was not the same fighter he was last year when he fought and lost his championship belt to cung le. Diaz just owned him until they stopped the fight.
UFC 97 this weekend... I feel like whenever anderson silva is on the card, the rest of the card can sometimes be weak ( even though chuck and shogun are fighting ) UFC 98 has 3-4 good fights on it while w\ 97 you might just see anderson rape his opponent in 30 seconds and thats it.
so, UFC 97 was pretty weak. Alot of people are blaming anderson silva for a weak performance and I'm trying not to do the same, but I think he should have cut loose in the 4th and 5th rounds and tried harder to finish him
Leites.... i'm wondering if they cut him after his performance. I've never seen a fighter flinch and drop to his back so many times in any pro fight.
Just watched UFC 98 this morning, man oh man oh man. The Dragon is the new LHW champ. My heart has not beat that hard and I haven't been that speechless even when hearing alarms for incoming mortar attacks. He destroyed Evans and left no doubt about his style or skill.
I didn't enjoy the other fights on the card as much, Hughes by lay 'n pray over Serra, Sherk thinks he's a boxer, and some other cool matches between fighters I didn't care too much about. Still, it would have been worth the $50 if I had had to pay for it.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
yeah... that was just an unbelievable KO. Machida is the real deal.
I saw some GIF's of him blocking punches w\ one hand and then nailing a solid punch w\ the other hand. He's just really dangerous.
I thought Hughes was going to get KO'd in the first round but he managed to grind out the win.
There are pictures on the internet of Evans in his KO pose. Very disturbing.
Machida rules.
The Hughes/Serra fight was not exciting. Hughes got hurt by a headbutt, then went to his old style of LnP/GnP by wet-blanketing Serra for almost the entire rest of the fight. Sherk could have learned a lesson from Hughes if his fight hadn't gone first, then he could have won his fight against Edgar.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
They confirmed in the post-fight press conference that Rampage is the first in line to fight machida.... Rampage is halarious. I've seen a few great video interviews w\ him. He was telling this guy that sometimes when he goes to japan he tells the girls he's bob sapp (350+ lb ex football / mma / wrestler in japan )
You going to watch strikeforce next week? They have a pretty good card.
Yes Rampage is next in line to fight Machida for the LHW title, but it seems we'll have to wait until late 2009 or maybe even 2010 for the fight, since one or both will be busy filming TUF10 for 3 months, followed by 3 months of airing, before they can train 6 weeks for the fight.
I didn't even know Strikeforce was putting on a show next Saturday. Looks interesting, I'll probably get it.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
yeah... the summer is busy. The strikeforce show is next saturday and then next sunday is WEC 41 w\ the Urijah Faber / Mike Brown rematch.
I was watching this video w\ Greg Jackson where he mentioned Rashad "getting caught" and I just thought he used that term wrong because getting caught makes me think about a looping "lucky" punch... Machida took him apart completely w\ precision strikes. Probably KO of the year.
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Yeah lots of people are upset at how Jackson discounted Machida's victory, suggesting Machida got lucky instead of the systematic dismantling he performed on Evans. Jackson says he wants another crack at Machida, not sure who he has on his team who can handle Machida. Jardine would be a joke.
I won't get the Strikeforce card but the WEC show is free right? Or was this the first PPV for WEC? Zuffa was talking about starting PPVs for WEC cards.
I've heard about the Fedor chant at UFC 100. I don't think enough casual fans (the majority of those who attend the live events and don't look at it online) will be exposed to this movement before the fight. I could be wrong, BJ Penn seemed to get booed at UFC 98, probably for his greasegate antics, and that was an online movement too.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
IDK about wec being PPV... Dana Whites videoblog from yesterday was about WEC. But this one is on VS. and not PPV.
So, Kimbo Slice is on season 10 of the ultimate fighter which started shooting yesterday w\ Rampage and Rashad as coaches. Plus, Dana white is promising news soon of something that will change the UFC and MMA forever....
I will definitely watch WEC 41 then. Faber vs Brown II should be fun, though I see Brown winning.
I heard about the Kimbo deal on TUF. What a farce. Also, Shogun gets a title shot against Machida because Rampage is ducking him. I mean, because Rampage is busy with TUF.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I just found out you can add Showtime to your Comcast package for $6 per month for the first 6 months. I think I'll do it, then cancel after the Strikeforce show this weekend.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Haha... $6 PPV! I don't want to think as ramage as ducking machida cause I like rampage but it could look that way. Even if he's just trying to get more footage of machida fighting to form some kind of plan, I think thats pointless because rampage doesn't have the most elaborate fighting style.
The UFC might come to Dallas for a september show : UFC 103 but between UFC 100-102 There aren't any huge main events I can think of : ( Rampage / Rashad would be cool but TUF 10 is starting around the same time and they've been timing the coach fights w\ the season finale's.
Exactly, $6 for a pretty stacked card with Lawler vs Shields, Diaz vs Smith, and Arlovski vs Rogers. It'll be funny to see "NY Badass" Baroni and Kevin Randleman in action again.
Did you just say that UFC 100 through 102 aren't huge main events? Those 3 shows have some potentially amazing fights. And 103 is when Shogun is supposed to fight Machida for the LHW title, though it might be 104.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Just watched the Strikeforce show. Some great fights, but all weird. Arlovski got KO'd in under 1 minute against Rogers. Diaz won, Shields won by guillotine over Lawler in under 2 minutes.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I thought it was a great show. they should have stood them up more in the first fight, they spent way too much time on the ground not doing anything.
I really liked the Diaz / Smith fight. Nick Diaz just has a unique style and it's like smith didn't know how to deal with all of the punches. Its cool to watch because it doesn't look like he's hitting hard but you see smith just getting beat up.
Watching Strikeforce on Showtime at the moment and I gotta say the Diaz/Smith fight was pretty funny. I couldn't help but laugh when watching it, you could tell the punches really were doing damage but they were at such weird angles, from the cameras perspective at least that it just looked funny. It looked like something you would see in Looney Tunes.
Gotta appreciate a great KO.Originally Posted by Animeniax
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I didn't even think about the fact that UFC 99 was being held in Germany and that there is a bit of a time difference between there and here in the states... Apparently it aired @ 3pm... I may have caught it at a sports bar or something if I thought things through : (
100 is coming!
Sorry if I'm spoiling anything, but from the fight play-by-plays and clips I've seen, you didn't miss much. Lots of decisions, some questionable. Not a lot of highlight reel action. I almost bought the PPV, but couldn't stay away from the online sites long enough to not get spoilers. Kind of happy it worked out that way, since I've been trying to save money lately.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I'd have enjoyed it more except I didn't think it was a great KO, it was just a weird one. Rogers basically walked at Arlovski and punched him a couple times for the KO. Either Arlovski didn't take Rogers seriously or he threw the fight. Everyone knows he has no chin though.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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