Mixed Martial Arts Thread (UFC/Pride)

[CentralIllNoise]

www.ufc.tv

i made UFC fantasy teams for the next 2 events...Deftones Board, and Deftones Board 2 if anyone is interested in joining.

they also have a fight card official the Ultimate Fight Night 3, but not finished with Couture vs. Liddell 3 yet

Ultimate Fight Night 3:

Tim Sylvia vs. Assuerio Silva
Stephan Bonnar vs. James Irvin
Melvin Guillard vs. Josh Neer
Spencer Fisher vs. Aaron Riley
Drew Fickett vs. Josh Burkman
Chris Leben vs. Jorge Rivera
Alex Karalexis vs. Jason Von Flue
Jonathan Goulet vs. Duane Ludwig

not sure what my picks are yet..might have them done later tonight

[DefCubus]

They probably wont show the first two fights.. I'm really looking forward to the Von Flue-Karalexis fight and Leben-Rivera.

[DarkHorse]

Franklin vs Loiseau UFC 58!
GSP vs Penn too!

damn those are gonna be good fights. I have to say though that i'll be rooting for The Crow this time around even though I like Ace and of course GSP.

[DefCubus]

UFC 58 - TBA IN MARCH
- Rich Franklin vs David Loiseau
- Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin
- BJ Penn vs Georges St.Pierre
- Nathan Marquardt vs Jeremy Horn
- David Terrell vs Ivan Salaverry
- Mike Swick vs TBA
- Sam Stout vs TBA

is whats rumored so far

[CentralIllNoise]

wow. that would be a great fight card. Tito vs. Forrest huh? interesting. one of my buddies from school has a brother who is a chyropractor (spelling?) and he does that for Salavery and helps him train, i've gotta root for him even though Terrell is tough

if you guys get time join the fantasy groups i made

[DefCubus]

RUMORS

UFC 59 IN APRIL

- Matt Hughes vs Karo Parisyan
- Jorge Gurgel vs TBA
- Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin
- Andrei Arlovski vs Frank Mir


glad to see Gurgel getting a shot.

[DarkHorse]

I think UFC is gonna bring back the lightweights sometime soon, they signed Yves Edwards and Duane Ludwig. Gurgel is a 155 fighter and Florian would be better at lightweight too. I hope they do bring it back so they can give Ivan Menjivar a chance haha.

[DefCubus]

Yup Yves Edwards signed a 3 fight deal..
Theres a small rumor that Genki Sudo is considering going back to the UFC.

[CentralIllNoise]

i never was that big of a lightweight fan

i still think ufc should push for a welterweight tourney. it will never be this stacked again, and if all the talented fighters don't get their shot they will start leaving. if hughes is fighting karo next diego should get the winner of penn-gsp. then you've still got trigg, sherk, diaz and riggs hangin around

[DefCubus]

Trigg is definitely out of the UFC. He's said so on MMA weekly radio. Diego doesnt even come close to deserving GSP.. Diego should fight Joe Stevenson.. that would be a great fight!
I agree, a welterweight tourney would be the shit right now. They probably will start leaving, seeing as how UFC is paying their fighters so poorly and MMA is becoming more popular. They can get bigger purses and more chances elsewhere.

Lightweights are great fights to watch. They hardly gas so the whole fight is fast paced. Also a lot of the great fighters at welterweight are naturally lightweights (BJ Penn, Stevenson, Gurgel etc..) and I'd love to see Jens Pulver, Yves Edwards, Ivan Menjivar fight.

[CentralIllNoise]

yeah..i didn't really think about Trigg too much when i typed his name, i just associate him with ufc. i know he's doing radio right now and annonced the last Pride (and did a great job in my opinion). but to my knowledge he has not signed anywhere else yet and he is too young and talented to quit fighting. if he learns how to defend the rear naked he'll be alright

i think diego does deserve gsp, penn, karo, hewes, sherk, SOMEBODY! since being with ufc he has had 1 worthy opponent, diaz, and won that fight. he breezed through the ultimate fighter competion in the weight class above him, when will he be challenged?

and yeah, the lighweights don't run out of gas and a lot of their fights are high octane, but i guess i am more of a fan of guys more my size fighting, as opposed to 155lbs. penn could dominate all of them again if he chose too. and i know a guy who has fought jens pulver in one of pulvers early fights, so it would be cool to see him get some more ufc fights

[DefCubus]

Haha teddy and I just chatted with Trigg. He doesnt know if Pride will offer him a contract to fight, but they do want him to stay within the "Family". So who knows.

Diego isnt ready for Penn, Gsp, Hughes. Hes a good fighter, but what makes him look even better, is fighting guys that have little experience. Stevenson would be a great match up, since they both have a lot of experience, and both won TUF. Easily a Ultimate Fight Night headliner.

We'll just have to see how Penn does with the new batch of guys coming in. If he beats GSP, I'll be rooting for Penn against Hughes.

[CentralIllNoise]

let me get this straigt, you're rooting against my fellow illinois country boy?


haha. nah, hewes is almost past his time. he has been an amazing champ, but it is almost time to make way for the new wave

[DarkHorse]

this is cool/funny

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8923644940652919319&q=ufc

it's weird seeing Fedor pissed like that.

[CentralIllNoise]

BloodyKnux.com Official Top 10 at each weight
Heavyweights
1. Fedor Emelianenko (Russia/Red Devil Sport Club) - 350, 35 First Place Votes
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil/Brazilian Top Team) - 303 Points
3. Andrei Arlovski (Belarus/Pitbull Team) - 278 Points
4. Sergey Kharitonov (Russia/Russian Top Team) - 234 Points
5. Mirko Filipovic (Croatia/Cro Cop Squad Gym) - 183 Points
6. Mark Hunt (New Zealand/Oceania Super Fighters Club) - 172 Points
7. Tim Sylvia (USA/Team Extreme) - 159 Points
8. Aleksander Emelianenko (Russia/Red Devil Sport Club) - 132 Points
9. Fabricio Werdum (Brazil/Cro Cop Squad Gym) - 46 Points
10. Jeff Monson (USA/American Top Team West) - 32 Points

LightHeavy Weights:
1. Mauricio Rua (Brazil/Chute Boxe) - 319 Points, 15 First Place Votes
2. Chuck Liddell (USA/The Pit) - 312 Points, 14 First Place Votes
3. Wanderlei Silva (Brazil/Chute Boxe) - 284 Points, 6 First Place Votes
4. Ricardo Arona (Brazil/Brazilian Top Team) - 230 Points
5. Randy Couture (USA/Team Quest) - 211 Points
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Brazil/Brazilian Top Team) - 169 Points
7. Renato Sobral (Brazil/Gracia Barra Combat Team) - 165 Points
8. Alistair Overeem (Holland/Golden Glory) - 87 Points
9. Quinton Jackson (USA/Freelance) - 63 Points
10. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan/Yoshida Dojo) - 53 Points

MiddleWeights:
1. Rich Franklin (USA/Team Extreme) - 346 Points, 31 First Place Votes
2. Dan Henderson (USA/Team Quest) - 313 Points, 4 First Place Votes
3. Matt Lindland (USA/Team Quest) - 231 Points
4. David Loiseau (Canada/Triumph Fight Team) - 206 Points
5. Murilo Bustamante (Brazil/Brazilian Top Team) - 204 Points
6. Evan Tanner (USA/Freelance) - 162 Points
7. Anderson Silva (Brazil/Muay Thai Dream Team) - 123 Points
8. Nathan Marquardt (USA/Jackson Gaidojitsu) - 116 Points
9. Jeremy Horn (USA/Team Extreme) - 64 Points
10. Akihiro Gono (Japan/Team GRABAKA) - 56 Points

WelterWeights:
1. Matt Hughes (USA/Team Extreme) - 349 Points, 34 First Place Votes
2. Georges St-Pierre (Canada/Triumph Fight Team) - 316 Points, 1 First Place Vote
3. Karo Parisyan (Armenia/Freelance) - 256 Points
4. Akira Kikuchi (Japan/Killer Bee) - 254 Points
5. Frank Trigg (USA/RAW Team) - 181 Points
6. Diego Sanchez (USA/Jackson Gaidojitsu) - 171 Points
7. Nick Diaz (USA/Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu) - 117 Points
8. Sean Sherk (USA/Team Extreme) - 68 Points
9. Drew Fickett (USA/Arizona Combat Sports) - 49 Points
10. Shinya Aoki (Japan/Paraestra Tokyo) - 43 Points

LightWeights:
1. Takanori Gomi (Japan/Kiguchi Dojo) - 350 Points, 35 First Place Votes
2. Tatsuya Kawajiri (Japan/T-BLOOD) - 288 Points
3. Hayato Sakurai (Japan/Mach Dojo) - 251 Points
4. Vitor Ribeiro (Brazil/Nova Uniao) - 224 Points
5. Joachim Hansen (Norway/Team Scandinavia) - 204 Points
6. Norifumi Yamamoto (Japan/Killer Bee) - 165 Points
7. Yves Edwards (Bahamas/Thugjitsu) - 157 Points
8. Josh Thomson (USA/American Kickboxing Academy) - 54 Points
9. Koutetsu Boku (Japan/Killer Bee) - 38 Points
10. Mitsuhiro Ishida (Japan/T-BLOOD) - 36 Points

[DarkHorse]

ultimate fight night on monday!

[DarkHorse]

Uh Oh!



From ufc.tv

"Throughout UFC history, there have been many groundbreaking announcements, moments that have both stunned and thrilled fight fans. But there's never been anything like this.On Monday, January 16th, during the Spike TV broadcast of Ultimate Fight Night 3, the UFC will raise the bar once again by announcing the biggest news in the organization's history, something that will stun the world of mixed martial arts.Don't miss this landmark moment in MMA history on Monday night. The Spike TV broadcast begins at 10pm ET/PT."

[CentralIllNoise]

i know what the announcement is

[DarkHorse]

you know for sure? don't spoil it! haha well UFN is happening at 10pm today and i'm looking forward to it more than I was a few days ago.

[hydroponic82]

im hopin its that they cant fight with those glove s anymore. and whenever its a draw they bring out bowls of glass, glue, wraps and letem fight to the death.

UFC FUCKING ROCKS!