Author Topic: Combat sports (MMA, boxing, etc) thread (Read 194365 times)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #840 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:21:15 PM »

CHANGE THE TITLE FFS

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #841 on:** July 31, 2011, 11:37:20 PM »

i don't think any mods enter this thread

and the OP is gone

pilonv1 · « **Reply #842 on:** August 01, 2011, 02:56:10 AM »

awesome work _b

chronovore · « **Reply #843 on:** August 03, 2011, 07:29:35 PM »

Fedor's -got- to retire now, right? I bet those M-1 entourage dicks are peeing in their pants now.

Boogie · « **Reply #844 on:** August 03, 2011, 08:58:38 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on July 31, 2011, 12:53:43 PM

God is dead, Boogie

I worship at the altar of GSP now.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #845 on:** August 03, 2011, 09:43:50 PM »

God I hope Diaz talks some shit

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #846 on:** August 04, 2011, 09:09:10 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on August 03, 2011, 08:58:38 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on July 31, 2011, 12:53:43 PM
God is dead, Boogie

I worship at the altar of GSP now.

Silva > GSP

HOLY WAR

Skidmark · « **Reply #847 on:** August 06, 2011, 01:12:58 PM »

Here are my picks for tonight:
http://www.combatpicks.com/user/Exposed_knees#ufc-133-evans-vs-ortiz

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #848 on:** August 06, 2011, 01:16:51 PM »

Hope someone's there to hide Boogie's gun after Nick Diaz gogoplatas GSP

Probably won't even watch tonight. This could have easily been a Spike card, and Tito vs Rashad is all but guaranteed to be another snoozetacular crapfest

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #849 on:** August 06, 2011, 02:03:52 PM »

Not a good card but I'll watch this evening.

T234 · « **Reply #850 on:** August 06, 2011, 10:34:00 PM »

Daaamn.

Boogie · « **Reply #851 on:** August 15, 2011, 12:07:57 AM »

Yesterday, renowned MMA trainer, and my karate sensei growing up, Shawn Tompkins, died.

Rest in Peace, Sensei Shawn.

chronovore · « **Reply #852 on:** August 15, 2011, 07:53:03 AM »

:'(

That's some sad news. I wonder what my old instructors are doing at this point.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #853 on:** August 16, 2011, 02:22:37 AM »

sad news

meanwhile Ben Henderson is an animal

chronovore · « **Reply #854 on:** August 16, 2011, 07:26:52 AM »

I'm sad to see Lytle go. He was never going to be a champ, but he always put on a hell of a show. I think he's leaving it for all the right reasons, though.

Bildi · « **Reply #855 on:** August 17, 2011, 01:33:26 AM »

I thought the Lytle-Hardy fight was a little boring. Nice to see Lytle go out on a win though.

It was interesting to see Henderson walk all over Miller.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #856 on:** August 18, 2011, 09:28:54 PM »

http://espn.go.com/mma/story/_/id/6874530/ufc-reaches-seven-year-broadcast-deal-fox-networks

pilonv1 · « **Reply #857 on:** August 19, 2011, 02:20:24 AM »

Joe isn't commentating UFC 134

chronovore · « **Reply #858 on:** August 19, 2011, 08:28:52 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on August 19, 2011, 02:20:24 AM

Joe isn't commentating UFC 134

WAT? WAT?

T234 · « **Reply #859 on:** August 19, 2011, 11:04:28 AM »

Getting his tonsils taken out.

chronovore · « **Reply #860 on:** August 19, 2011, 06:29:44 PM »

Quote from: T234 on August 19, 2011, 11:04:28 AM

Getting his tonsils taken out.

Ah, OK. That would put a damper on things.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #861 on:** August 27, 2011, 09:53:09 AM »

UFC Rio is tonight.

Quote

Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Bantamweight bout: Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Featherweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
Welterweight bout: Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
Bantamweight bout: Raphael Assunção vs. Johnny Eduardo
Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell

Preliminary Card (Televised)
Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher

Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #862 on:** August 27, 2011, 09:53:36 AM »

I just want my power is stay on long enough to see Silva-Okami.

chronovore · « **Reply #863 on:** August 27, 2011, 09:54:38 AM »

Does Okami have a chance? He's not injecting testosterone into his ass like Chael, nor does he appear fueled by homophobic, nationalistic rage like Chael...

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #864 on:** August 27, 2011, 10:24:54 AM »

I'm glad the UFC finally rewarded Okami with the title shot. He was one of their top whipping boys for years now.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #865 on:** August 27, 2011, 11:06:36 PM »

lol okami

silva vs jones plz

chronovore · « **Reply #866 on:** August 27, 2011, 11:57:49 PM »

Damnit.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #867 on:** August 28, 2011, 07:12:37 AM »

Just watched the okami versus Silva fight.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #868 on:** August 28, 2011, 07:54:03 AM »

pilonv1 · « **Reply #869 on:** August 28, 2011, 08:03:01 AM »

ANDERSON

chronovore · « **Reply #870 on:** September 07, 2011, 04:17:45 AM »

http://espn.go.com/mma/story/_/id/6937472/brock-lesnar-alistair-overeem-fight-set-dec-30-vegas

Boogie · « **Reply #871 on:** September 07, 2011, 07:42:33 PM »

Nick Diaz no shows to two press conferences after Dana spends 15k on airline tickets for him and his posse.

Cesar Gracie even went so far as to leave his own son's birthday party in order to try and drive Diaz to the airport.

Dana says "Fuck this" and pulls Diaz, gives the title shot to Condit.

@ Nick Diaz.

Just hope BJ gets a good replacement opponent.

BlackMage · « **Reply #872 on:** September 07, 2011, 07:48:36 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on September 07, 2011, 07:42:33 PM

Nick Diaz no shows to two press conferences after Dana spends 15k on airline tickets for him and his posse.

Cesar Gracie even went so far as to leave his own son's birthday party in order to try and drive Diaz to the airport.

Dana says "Fuck this" and pulls Diaz, gives the title shot to Condit.

@ Nick Diaz.

Just hope BJ gets a good replacement opponent.

the best part is. A lot of people are blaming Dana for ruining the card.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #873 on:** September 07, 2011, 08:49:47 PM »

pilonv1 · « **Reply #874 on:** September 07, 2011, 09:54:30 PM »

lol Diaz

no one wants to see Carlos Condit

Boogie · « **Reply #875 on:** September 07, 2011, 10:11:18 PM »

Too busy to make a phone call to Dana White.

Too busy to let his trainer drive him to the airport.

Not too busy to film a video in his car and post it on youtube.

[youtube=560,345]a4EbRnFn0Tg[/youtube]

Diaz, you stupid fuck:

[youtube=560,345]4KoKWf6pLs8[/youtube]

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #876 on:** September 07, 2011, 10:21:01 PM »

Career over

And now we're stuck with fucking Condit? I knew yesterday with Overeem vs Lesnar was too good to last

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #877 on:** September 07, 2011, 10:26:51 PM »

I thought GSP would wrestlefuck Diaz pretty easily and win anyway and maybe actually conduit is a better fight for GSP but I still would have preferred to see the diaz fight.

BlackMage · « **Reply #878 on:** September 07, 2011, 10:29:04 PM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on September 07, 2011, 10:21:01 PM

Career over

And now we're stuck with fucking Condit? I knew yesterday with Overeem vs Lesnar was too good to last

I think Condit/GSP is a better fight, personally.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #879 on:** September 07, 2011, 11:28:39 PM »

I don't think Condit offers much more if anything on the feet, and we all know what would happen on the ground. GSP probably would have driven Diaz through the mat like he probably will Condit, but I'd still much rather watch Diaz work off his back

Also, in that video he pronounced Condit's name as Conduit

chronovore · « **Reply #880 on:** September 08, 2011, 05:18:22 AM »

Another angry young man has no-one but himself to blame for his situation. What an idiot.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #881 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:50:37 AM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on September 07, 2011, 11:28:39 PM

I don't think Condit offers much more if anything on the feet, and we all know what would happen on the ground. GSP probably would have driven Diaz through the mat like he probably will Condit, but I'd still much rather watch Diaz work off his back

Also, in that video he pronounced Condit's name as Conduit

lulz. I think I've always thought and spelled it conduit for some reason also.

Skidmark · « **Reply #882 on:** September 08, 2011, 01:02:04 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on September 07, 2011, 10:11:18 PM

[youtube=560,345]a4EbRnFn0Tg[/youtube]

Category:
Education

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #883 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:15:42 PM »

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Penn-Diaz-On-for-UFC-137-in-Las-Vegas-35424

lol

Oookay

Himu · « **Reply #884 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:29:40 PM »

Boogie suggests I check out and research the most popular mma fighters so i can get into it.

UFC is the most popular mma league, right?

List some names, niccas. Especially boogie. I'm researching the rules of MMA right now.

Boogie · « **Reply #885 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:46:51 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on September 11, 2011, 08:29:40 PM

Boogie suggests I check out and research the most popular mma fighters so i can get into it.

UFC is the most popular mma league, right?

List some names, niccas. Especially boogie. I'm researching the rules of MMA right now.

UFC is the big dog, the NFL, of MMA.

Strikeforce is the #2 league, Bellator the #3.

From 97-2007, the Japanese organization Pride was actually bigger than the UFC. You'll probably like Pride events for the showmanship and spectacle, himu. They had some all time great fights.

Current top fighters:

Heavyweight

Heavyweight champion of the world is Cain Velasquez. Exciting wrestler with good striking. He destroyed Brock Lesnar in a comical fight last year to win the title. His fights against Nogueira and Cheick Kongo were also very good.

Velasquez is fighting Junior Dos Santos on Fox in November. Dos Santos is primarily a boxer. Check out his fights against Fabricio Werdum and Shane Carwin.

Next two heavyweights are Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem. They'll be fighting each other December 30.

Light Heavyweight

Champ is Jon "Bones" Jones. Young gun, only been in the sport a few years, but is a wrecking machine. Check out any of his fights, they are all one-sided destructions.

Lyoto Machida is a former champ. He's very "Ryu from street fighter"-esque, you might like him.

Quentin "Rampage" Jackson is fighting Jones for the title in just a couple weeks.

Middleweight

Anderson Silva. That's all. Check out his destruction of Yushin Okami, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin, and his amazing come from behind fight against Chael Sonnen. Anderson has had some stinkers too, but his best performances are amazing.

Welterweight

Georges St. Pierre. My mancrush. Second best in the world pound-for-pound next to Anderson. Check out his trilogy against Matt Hughes, his beating of Jon Fitch and BJ Penn. The two Matt Serra fights to see him lose and get revenge.

BJ Penn. Former lightweight and welterweight champion. Always exciting.

Lightweight

Current champion is Frankie Edgar. Will fight Gray Maynard for a third time soon. Check out their second fight, it's an all-time classic.

Featherweight

Champ is Jose Aldo. All of his fights are great, but his most recent fight against Hominick is a classic.

Classic fighters

Fedor Emelianenko used to be THE heavyweight no one could beat. He's fallen apart in the past year, but before that, he was amazing. Watch his three matches against Nogueira, his fight against Mirko Crocop Filipovic, and Kevin Randleman and Fujita.

Mirko "Crocop" Filipovic. When he was in Pride, he scared people shitless. In one interview, when asked what happens when someone gets kicked by him. He shrugged and said "It depends. Right leg, hospital. Left leg, cemetary."

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Watch his fights against Mirko and Fedor. Classics.

Himu · « **Reply #886 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:48:57 PM »

Thanks a lot. In boxing I always gravitated towards lightweights, probably because I like fast fighters. So I'll start there first.

Do MMA rules change depending on the league?

Boogie · « **Reply #887 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:52:35 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on September 11, 2011, 08:48:57 PM

Thanks a lot. In boxing I always gravitated towards lightweights, probably because I like fast fighters. So I'll start there first.

Do MMA rules change depending on the league?

Other lighter weight fighters to check out then would be: Kenny Florian, Urijah Faber, Takanori Gomi (his fights in Pride, he's fallen off lately)

Rules are pretty uniform now, but they used to vary.

Pride allowed soccer kicks, stomps, and knees to an opponent on the ground, while UFC did not allow those techniques. UFC allowed elbows to an opponent's head on the ground, while Pride did not. The UFC's rules are the ones that continue to be in use. Pride rules have pretty much died out.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #888 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:54:29 PM »

No mention of Clay Guida for lighter fighters? Guy never has a bad fight.

Boogie · « **Reply #889 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:56:19 PM »

online sites to follow:

bloodyelbow.com is a very good catch-all blog for news and analysis.

fightlinker.com is the "snarky shit-talking" blog of MMA.

middleeasy.com is a quirky MMA blog.

and the most entertaining historical MMA articles are the cracked.com articles by Seanbaby.

sherdog.com is the biggest MMA news site, but is kinda lame. It does have a complete fight database, so you can look up fighters' records.

Boogie · « **Reply #890 on:** September 11, 2011, 08:57:56 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on September 11, 2011, 08:54:29 PM

No mention of Clay Guida for lighter fighters? Guy never has a bad fight.

Okay, yeah, I should have mentioned Clay. (though he does have a couple of snoozers on his record. The Pettis fight was not so exciting, neither was his fight against Nate Diaz.)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #891 on:** September 11, 2011, 09:04:21 PM »

Yes those sucked, but more often than not they're good.

Also Himu check out some WEC events, I don't think there was ever a WEC that wasn't at least good and most were awesome.

Some Kid Yamamoto fights from Pride/K1 are good too, he was super over.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #892 on:** September 11, 2011, 09:06:22 PM »

Bloody Elbow rocks

/SBNation homer

Boogie · « **Reply #893 on:** September 11, 2011, 09:07:53 PM »

Yeah, pretty much every WEC event from the last three years of its existence rocked.

(himu, WEC was a second-tier league that was bought by and eventually incorporated into the UFC. It mostly featured lighter fighters)

Himu · « **Reply #894 on:** September 11, 2011, 09:51:48 PM »

edgar vs maynard

Himu · « **Reply #895 on:** September 12, 2011, 09:13:23 PM »

[youtube=560,345]QGI5WvtDVk0[/youtube]

oh my GAWD

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #896 on:** September 12, 2011, 09:28:45 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Himu · « **Reply #897 on:** September 12, 2011, 09:35:54 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on September 12, 2011, 09:28:45 PM

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

BlackMage · « **Reply #898 on:** September 12, 2011, 09:44:58 PM »

my favorite fighter is Stephan Bonnar.. he's hilarious

pilonv1 · « **Reply #899 on:** September 13, 2011, 08:51:22 AM »

Yes, Bonnar is so great. Loved his work on the WEC shows

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