Author Topic: Combat sports (MMA, boxing, etc) thread (Read 154434 times)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #600 on:** December 04, 2010, 06:15:58 PM »

:yawn strikeforce

Stephen Bonnar

LEONARD GARCIA

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #601 on:** December 05, 2010, 07:19:59 PM »

The UFC card was meh but the strikeforce card had some crazy knockouts. Good card. Good stuff.

Boogie · « **Reply #602 on:** December 05, 2010, 07:21:00 PM »

This fight didn't air, but what a CRAZY sub:

edit: didn't see the Strikeforce event (can't get it in Canada), but Holy Shit at Lawler delicately placing Lindland's feet on the canvass after the KO. Dude's all class.

chronovore · « **Reply #603 on:** December 05, 2010, 09:30:40 PM »

Holy crap. In that guy's defense, he can claim that he lost because he'd never seen that sub before. Wow.

Skidmark · « **Reply #604 on:** December 08, 2010, 05:32:23 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on December 05, 2010, 07:19:59 PM

The UFC card was meh but the strikeforce card had some crazy knockouts. Good card. Good stuff.

Agreed!

Skidmark · « **Reply #605 on:** December 08, 2010, 08:39:05 AM »

Can you guys recommend me a good strikeforce card to watch? I feel like watching some MMA right now.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #606 on:** December 08, 2010, 09:35:09 AM »

Quote from: Skidmark on December 08, 2010, 08:39:05 AM

Can you guys recommend me a good strikeforce card to watch? I feel like watching some MMA right now.

Download the last one.

Skidmark · « **Reply #607 on:** December 08, 2010, 10:55:56 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on December 08, 2010, 09:35:09 AM

Quote from: Skidmark on December 08, 2010, 08:39:05 AM
Can you guys recommend me a good strikeforce card to watch? I feel like watching some MMA right now.

Download the last one.

I have watched the latest one with henderson (the reason why I want to watch another one) and I believe I have watched another one a couple of months ago with you.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #608 on:** December 08, 2010, 11:30:20 AM »

Quote from: Skidmark on December 08, 2010, 10:55:56 AM

Quote from: Stoney Mason on December 08, 2010, 09:35:09 AM
Quote from: Skidmark on December 08, 2010, 08:39:05 AM
Can you guys recommend me a good strikeforce card to watch? I feel like watching some MMA right now.

Download the last one.
I have watched the latest one with henderson (the reason why I want to watch another one) and I believe I have watched another one a couple of months ago with you.

Most of them aren't remotely that good. Here is a list of their events.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Strikeforce_events

The last significant one was Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II but that was kind of meh. The Fedor Werdum card I seem to remember as decent but maybe that was just because of that fight. Also there was a UFC card last weekend if you haven't seen that.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #609 on:** December 08, 2010, 06:05:13 PM »

Any Strikeforce show with Gilbert Melendez is good. Otherwise they're pretty shit.

Boogie · « **Reply #610 on:** December 08, 2010, 09:22:00 PM »

The one thing about Strikeforce cards: You're almost always better off watching them on mute.

chronovore · « **Reply #611 on:** December 08, 2010, 09:23:26 PM »

Why? Who does their commentary?

Boogie · « **Reply #612 on:** December 08, 2010, 09:54:22 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on December 08, 2010, 09:23:26 PM

Why? Who does their commentary?

Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #613 on:** December 08, 2010, 11:22:33 PM »

You can't forget Gus "Shank Tark" Johnson

pilonv1 · « **Reply #614 on:** December 09, 2010, 12:01:22 AM »

Their commentary is horrible. Frank isn't too bad but Mauro and Gus are shocking.

chronovore · « **Reply #615 on:** December 09, 2010, 09:33:57 AM »

Quote from: Boogie on December 08, 2010, 09:54:22 PM

Quote from: chronovore on December 08, 2010, 09:23:26 PM
Why? Who does their commentary?

Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo.

OK, so the same two guys they've got doing the commentary in EA Sports MMA, that makes sense with the Strikeforce license.

I've been re-watching PRIDE vids and enjoying Bas Rutten and Stephen Quadros' commentary style. They're clearly having a lot of fun.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #616 on:** December 09, 2010, 09:48:04 AM »

Actually that's probably what I should have suggested to skidmark. To download and watch some of the old pride competitions.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #617 on:** December 11, 2010, 12:36:34 PM »

Card tonight

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Official fight card

Preliminary card

Lightweight bout: Pat Audinwood vs. John Makdessi
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Ricardo Almeida
Welterweight bout: Matt Riddle vs. Sean Pierson
Middleweight bout: Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Rafael Natal

Preliminary card (UFC.com live stream)
Lightweight bout: Mark Bocek vs. Dustin Hazelett
Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs. Dan Miller

Main card
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. John Howard
Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Mac Danzig
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Charles Oliveira
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Sean McCorkle
Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. Josh Koscheck

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #618 on:** December 11, 2010, 07:40:49 PM »

Prelims are being streamed on ufc.com due to the VGAs on Spike

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #619 on:** December 11, 2010, 09:59:10 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

chronovore · « **Reply #620 on:** December 11, 2010, 11:13:44 PM »

He's an excellent heel, but he's going to be enjoying the taste of shoe leather in just a little bit.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #621 on:** December 11, 2010, 11:29:20 PM »

He has very little chance tonight although I would be lying if I said I wasn't rooting for him a little bit.

Maybe a lucky knockout could get Kosh the title tonight but outside of that its hard to see him winning.

I think it will go the distance though.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #622 on:** December 11, 2010, 11:41:58 PM »

Stefan Struve has the weirdest body ever.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #623 on:** December 11, 2010, 11:43:35 PM »

Wowow I thought that fight was gonna be so bad

And wow they're airing a prelim fight that they already showed on ufc.com wtf wtf

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #624 on:** December 12, 2010, 12:10:29 AM »

Kosh is already busted up in that eye.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #625 on:** December 12, 2010, 12:13:59 AM »

Kosh ain't got shit for GSP. This is a dusting.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #626 on:** December 12, 2010, 12:15:52 AM »

4th round TKO for GSP barring a miracle punch from Koscheck

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #627 on:** December 12, 2010, 12:19:48 AM »

You can already see Kosh's gameplan has devolved into looking for a miracle shot.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #628 on:** December 12, 2010, 12:33:22 AM »

Man Koscheck might have been reduced to a human punching bag but I'm still impressed at his being able to avoid the ground

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #629 on:** December 12, 2010, 12:35:22 AM »

That went about as expected.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #630 on:** December 12, 2010, 07:44:44 AM »

GSP is like Jon Fitch if he were a good striker.

Boogie · « **Reply #631 on:** December 12, 2010, 06:16:05 PM »

ahem:

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OLE OLE OLE OLE

FUCK YOU KOSCHECK *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP* FUCK YOU KOSCHECK

So much fun! Crowd was insane!

Shame there was no finish, but embarrassing kos for five rounds, uglying him up, and breaking his orbital bone is a good consolation result.

Quote from: pilonv1 on December 12, 2010, 07:44:44 AM

GSP is like Jon Fitch if he were a good striker.

and if Fitch ever tried to pass guard.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #632 on:** December 12, 2010, 06:20:16 PM »

Congrats Boogie.

I'm sure it was a fun event.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #633 on:** December 12, 2010, 10:41:52 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on December 12, 2010, 06:16:05 PM

Quote from: pilonv1 on December 12, 2010, 07:44:44 AM
GSP is like Jon Fitch if he were a good striker.

and if Fitch ever tried to pass guard.

true.

Skidmark · « **Reply #634 on:** December 13, 2010, 03:27:41 AM »

I showed the UFC fight between kos and gsp to my father who watches mostly boxing and k1, he enjoyed it especially the first round, but after that when it continued to be one sided round after round it became a bit uneventful to him if you can say so.
I seem to have enjoyed it more than him probably because I have been following the interviews, the count down, the ultimate fighter, weigh ins, trash talk and the hype so its probably why it seemed far more exciting for me to watch Kos being defenseless to those jabs. It wasn't a boring fight for me but I can't deny that I too was hoping that GSP would knock kos out when kos lost his depth of field/view due to the swollen eye.

chronovore · « **Reply #635 on:** December 13, 2010, 07:34:18 AM »

Quote from: Boogie on December 12, 2010, 06:16:05 PM

ahem:

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OLE OLE OLE OLE

FUCK YOU KOSCHECK *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP* FUCK YOU KOSCHECK

So much fun! Crowd was insane!

Shame there was no finish, but embarrassing kos for five rounds, uglying him up, and breaking his orbital bone is a good consolation result.

I was wondering how festive the atmosphere there would become when (not if) the GSP victory was secured. Still, as you say it's too bad it wasn't a stoppage. Koscheck has balls for miles though, fighting with an eye like that. No wonder he was flinching so bad in the last two rounds.

Skidmark · « **Reply #636 on:** December 15, 2010, 05:33:13 PM »

Great article:
http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/12/14/dominance-of-georges-st-pierre-is-in-the-details/

pilonv1 · « **Reply #637 on:** December 17, 2010, 12:20:32 AM »

What a way for WEC to go out

WEC

Vizzys · « **Reply #638 on:** December 17, 2010, 01:07:58 AM »

i just came here to mention that kick

fucking awesome

chronovore · « **Reply #639 on:** December 17, 2010, 01:57:05 AM »

Holy moly, that's out of the freakin' Matrix.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

The first one. The good movie.

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OptimoPeach · « **Reply #640 on:** December 17, 2010, 09:07:15 AM »

Wowowow that is so sick

Went to sleep early last night after watching two rounds of the bantamweight title fight

Boogie · « **Reply #641 on:** December 17, 2010, 09:29:26 AM »

It's one of those things where, if it doesn't land, you're a silly jackass. But ifit does, you're an instant mma legend.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #642 on:** December 17, 2010, 09:34:09 AM »

Glad I'm not the only one that instantly thought of Sean Salmon vs Rashad

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #643 on:** December 17, 2010, 11:53:14 AM »

I watched MMA Live (analysis show) on the ESPN 360 app last night. So cool. Whenever GSP-Silva is mentioned, I start unconsciously frothing at the mouth. NEEDS TO HAPPEN

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #644 on:** January 02, 2011, 12:28:05 AM »

Frankie Edgar is a tough little son of a bitch. He's gonna get a lot of respect for this fight whether he wins or loses.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #645 on:** January 02, 2011, 12:35:32 AM »

Was surprisingly good for a fight I had no interest in going into.

Skidmark · « **Reply #646 on:** January 03, 2011, 01:12:35 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #647 on:** January 03, 2011, 02:01:50 AM »

Yeah Thiago pretty much crushed Vera. And his broken nose was just.....disgusting.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #648 on:** January 04, 2011, 03:27:18 PM »

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Sonnen-Pleads-Guilty-to-Money-Laundering-Charge-29170

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #649 on:** February 04, 2011, 10:07:38 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Good Card

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Official fight card

Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson
Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero
Lightweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. Gabe Ruediger

Preliminary card (Facebook Stream)
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson

Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly

Main card
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos
Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Welterweight bout: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Vitor Belfort

Boogie · « **Reply #650 on:** February 05, 2011, 12:55:36 AM »

Damn good card.

But I worry about the potential for the main event to become a staring contest between two counter-punchers who don't want to be the first to pull the trigger...

edit: then again, I wrote that before watching that video of the staredown. holy shit.

chronovore · « **Reply #651 on:** February 05, 2011, 09:26:07 AM »

I want to see Silva lose. I'm amazed by his level of skill, but the last fights prior to Sonnen really soured me on him.

And what's the deal with Bader/Jones. I think Jones is going to smoke him, but it sounds like Bader's favored?

Boogie · « **Reply #652 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:32:02 AM »

No, Jones is the betting favourite, and most "journalists/experts" are picking him.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #653 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:39:25 AM »

I think Jones should win but I won't underestimate Bader's ability to get in there and tie up jones and lay and pray his way to victory especially in a 3 round fight.

Silva should beat Belfort since he's a much better technical striker than him but Belfort is still dangerous. One good clip and he could get get the win.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #654 on:** February 05, 2011, 02:31:14 PM »

I'm picking Anderson to just straight up embarrass Vitor, but you never know with Anderson, I guess. It would be nice to see Vitor catch a break. That staredown though OMFG

Preliminary card (Facebook Stream)
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson

Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly

Main card
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos
Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Welterweight bout: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Vitor Belfort

No, I didn't pick everyone on the left just because

Sherdog had a good podcast on this event: http://www.sherdog.com/radio/Roundtable-UFC-126-1793 Gross + Breen

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #655 on:** February 05, 2011, 02:37:20 PM »

Why do you think Forrest will beat Rich?

size?

Serious question.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #656 on:** February 05, 2011, 03:34:20 PM »

Pretty much, although that's my least confident pick after the Torres fight

Boogie · « **Reply #657 on:** February 05, 2011, 05:17:01 PM »

I think Forrest has the advantage in size and better kicks.

I think he'd also be better in the clinch and on the ground, though there's less tangible proof I can point to for those.

Rich has the better boxing and power in his hands.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #658 on:** February 05, 2011, 05:43:08 PM »

First UFC card in awhile I've been excited for. Can't wait for tonight.

For those that don't know the whole mask thing at the weigh in was a response to a quote belfort made about Silva wearing a mask to try to intimidate him. Of course he meant mask not in the literal sense so Silva was mocking him with the white mask.

Quote from: Vitor Belfort

How do you know if a piece of fruit is good, you have to bite it. His actions speak louder then his words. Sure I think he respects me, a side of him. He wears the mask though, tries to intimidate. He can see in my eyes though, I am a fighter. I don't get intimated by anyone. Even if I knock him out, or I get knocked out, I am here to put on a show for you guys. So, I am not going to get intimidated by anyone and he knows that...so I think he respects me.

chronovore · « **Reply #659 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:09:42 PM »

Well, testosterone enhancement or not, Silva was losing the fight against Sonnen, so we know he's not invincible. Sonnen has been caught in subs repeatedly, it's a hole in his game. I don't think Belfort has that same hole, and I think he'll bring plenty of heat on Silva.

News:

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