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Quote from: Carl deuty on March 28, 2010, 11:03:55 PM

Bully beatdown is hilarious! I just wish they get better mma talent in there to do the beat downs. My newest favorite fighter is John "bones" Jones! He is extremely talented and is not afraid to let ppl know he is a christian too!

I found this old thread on ufc, and thought it was funny. Now, no one can say I jumped on Bone's bandwagon. That quote was from forever ago. Its also funny to see how opinions change over time becuase I was downing GSP and thought he should get beat down by Silva if they ever faced off. Now, I fully respect GSP and can not stand Silva. I was also impressed reading some other comments, sounds like we have some legit UFC fans in redemption. If you all would have come to TN state last week, we had a ufc showing @ my house after the tourney.

I'm a UFC fan

I don't really have one favorite fighter over the others, but some of my favorites:

Anderson Silva, GSP, Jose Aldo, Sho Gun, Jon Jones, Rampage, Rich Franklin, Randy Couture, Deigo Sanchez, Shane Carwin, Ben Henderson, Ed Belfort, Vanderla Sila, Brain Stan, Joe Stevens, Kenny Florian.

I don't think Rampage will have a problem with Mat. He tends to fight with an open guard and is really opening himself for strikes.

Ben Henderson? can we say Anthony Pettis?

Anthony Pettis Superkick

No, Brock Lesnar had to pull out of his fight with Dos Santos. It seems that Brock's diverticulitis came back, and could possibly hurt his career. Shane Carwin is now stepping in to fight against Santos, Carwin FTW!

oh wow, man, Diaz got owned!  Who is this guy?  He should be getting the next possible title fight with GSP after the Strikeforce merge - not Diaz.  Does he still fight in the UFC?

That is Rory MacDonald, he is still fairly new to the UFC.  He is 2-1 in the UFC, he is a legit up and comer, but not anywhere close to a title contender yet.  I love it that he made Nate Diaz look like a fool, but you can't move up too fast, just look at the Hamill vs. Rampage fight to see what I mean.  I think Phil Davis is going to be the next guy who is brought up too fast and gets beat down.

good point, yeah Phil Davis.  I barely remember who he is and it seems like he is moving up fast.  Who did he fight last?  He's lightheavy right?

He is a Light Heavyweight.  He is 5-0 in the UFC, with his only two "name wins" are Brian Stann (who has left the Light Heavyweight division) & Big Nogueira (who is too old to contend).  So really the fact that he is even in a number one contender fight is crazy, but I guess he could suprise me.

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Quote from: delarosajon on June 14, 2011, 02:44:27 PM

good point, yeah Phil Davis.  I barely remember who he is and it seems like he is moving up fast.  Who did he fight last?  He's lightheavy right?

He is a Light Heavyweight.  He is 5-0 in the UFC, with his only two "name wins" are Brian Stann (who has left the Light Heavyweight division) & Big Nogueira (who is too old to contend).  So really the fact that he is even in a number one contender fight is crazy, but I guess he could suprise me.

very good points there, is he really a number 1 contender now?  I figured Rampage would be back in the spot after two straight wins after loosing to Evans who's getting the title shot.

Rampage has Jones next, with the winner of Evans vs. Davis getting the champ.

I thought Evans was next on the docket as well for Bones. Oh well, he will beat Rampage rather easily, I would imagine.

What did y'all think of Dos Santos bloodying Carwin last weekend? I thought the ref might call the fight in the middle of the facial barrage.

What about Rick Story stepping in to fight Marquardt fresh off of his win against Thiago Alves? Risky move that could pay off with a title shot alot sooner if he wins.

Dave Herman impressed me in his win over Einemo at UFC 131.

Kirk

I thought Evans was getting a title shot, I remember Joe Rogan asking how Jones felt facing his friend, Evans to defend his title.

Evans was scheduled to fight Jones, but Jones hurt his hand during the Rua fight.  So Jones pulled out of the fight, and instead of just waiting Evans decided to go ahead and fight.  It was then discovered that Jones' hand didn't need surgery, so his next scheduled fight would be before Evans/Davis could recover, so the next best replacement is Rampage.

I thought Evans was next on the docket as well for Bones. Oh well, he will beat Rampage rather easily, I would imagine.

Yeah, I don't see Rampage doing much, but I'd would like to see how Jones handles getting hit in the face, since noone has really done that yet.

What did y'all think of Dos Santos bloodying Carwin last weekend? I thought the ref might call the fight in the middle of the facial barrage.

I like Carwin alot, and the ref probably should have stopped the fight but there is a tendency to not stop too early in Heavyweight title fights.  Just check out the Carwin vs. Lesnar fight for another example!

What about Rick Story stepping in to fight Marquardt fresh off of his win against Thiago Alves? Risky move that could pay off with a title shot alot sooner if he wins.

I think Story has a good future, but I'm haven't been really impressed by him.  He worked Alves, yes, but so did GSP & Fitch.  Alves is no good against wrestlers, so no biggie there.  I feel the same about Story as I do Phil Davis.  I feel these two guys could actually challenge the current champs (GSP & Jon Jones) IF they had more experience.  If Davis beats Evans, it will be terrible for him, because Jones & Rampage (whoever is the champ) would eat him alive.  Same thing for Story, he is not ready yet and beating Marquardt would really push him to maybe just one fight away from the champ, which I don't feel he is ready for, but hey, that just me.

Dave Herman impressed me in his win over Einemo at UFC 131.

I think it was a good fight, but he should have put Einemo away.  You are talking about a ground fighter who hasn't fought in 5 years.  I don't think Herman will have a long run in the powerhouse that is the UFC.

Kirk

What do you think of a superfight between Anderson Silva & GSP?

I don't think it will ever happen.  They are pulling guys left and right to keep GSP busy.  They have gone to Strikeforce twice, they have the Penn vs. Fitch fight for the number one contender.  Plus they still have Story and Jake Ellenberger that they are trying to "promote" as possible matchups for GSP.

Wow, just wow.