parrotbeak
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MMA |OT2| - Thread of Athletes, Fighters, Personalities, and Sports Entertainment
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It's really not that difficult to cut 20lbs. When I was wrestling my senior year in high school (many years ago now) I was naturally about 165 and I wrestled at 141. I would start my cut every Friday before a tournament and weigh in during practice on Monday afternoon. If I could do that back then (when I was a skinny high school kid) then I don't think a pro MMA competitor should have much trouble, especially given how infrequently they need to do it.Boogie said:
I don't get the GSP trolling.
Sure Penn has heavier hands, St. Pierre was ill prepared to handled that first time round but he still got himself in the game and won. 2nd time around Penn was humiliated.
GSP lacks the knockouts and his last couple of fights were boring but Anderson himself also went through some boring periods.
He's a great champion.
Sure Penn has heavier hands, St. Pierre was ill prepared to handled that first time round but he still got himself in the game and won. 2nd time around Penn was humiliated.
GSP lacks the knockouts and his last couple of fights were boring but Anderson himself also went through some boring periods.
He's a great champion.
polyh3dron
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Yeah but any halfway good 205ers are in the UFC, even Strikeforce's 205 division is laughably thin.AstroLad said:
ElNino said:
Oh for sure. Even though I train, I've never fought, so my perspective on weight cutting is very much that of a layman. Even when I was competing in BJJ competitions about five years ago, I never cut weight, and it wasn't really a prominent thing in the Canadian BJJ scene yet.
WrikaWrek said:
Quiet with your reason.
It's just trolling. They talk about "lay and praying", but the fact is that GSP's last two fights took place entirely on the feet, and GSP is one of the most active and successful guard-passers in MMA. It's all bullshit.
desa said:
Time will tell.
It is telling, though, that a few years ago, there was much debate and many candidates about who was the GOAT, or P4P best, or whatever. GSP, Anderson, BJ, Shogun, Fedor, were all thrown around.
HOWEVER, in the past year, the debate has been narrowed to ONLY be between GSP and Silva.
Now, currently, the consensus is that Anderson is above GSP (and at this moment in time, I agree. Something the trolls will overlook). But before Anderson's last two performances, the consensus favoured GSP. And things could sway one way or another again in the next couple years.
It's a young sport, and GSP is just entering his theoretical athletic prime. Who knows what will happen?
more like this: http://georgesaintpierre.com/gsp-vs-frank-trigg/
polyh3dron
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fucking wikinazis got rid of it.. i had it properly cited to the diaz video and everything.polyh3dron said:
Chamber said:
Because you're totally bringing up fights that happened, man. Like, in the past 'n shit. Before most people watched MMA. Not fair.
alr1ghtstart said:
I see both sides.
GSP on the path to the title straight up wrecked people.
And yet, in my mind, that Kos fight is a virtual stoppage. Have a competent doctor there, and the fight is stopped before the fourth round even starts.
How many fights has Kos had since last December? Oh yeah, zero. He couldn't even board a plane to go home, he had to be driven across the border. And that eye was still numb of feeling SIX MONTHS after the fight.
I'm not sure if there has ever been a decision in which so much lasting punishment had been dished out and the loser still survived to the end. It's like if Herb Dean hadn't reffed Sylvia/Mir and Tim pulled his arm out and limped to a decision. "Oh sure, Mir only won a decision, but he destroyed Timmy's arm!"
anyone go to Thailand for a muay Thai training camp? just started looking into them and they're dirt cheap, about 70-90 USD per week, cheaper if u stay a month. accommodations at a nice place are also cheap between $200-300. flight outta California though, $1100. would love to train 2 hours in the am then spend the rest of the day on the beach in paradise.
alr1ghtstart said:
Not a bad fight, but there's nothing really appealing so far for 140 to get me to buy tickets yet. Looks like I'll be hosting a fight party at home for that one rather than heading to the ACC myself.
Almost looks like this event will be a test to see how much the UFC can get away with a lackluster card in Canada and still sell out. I expect them to be disappointed.
I think they should do two Canada events a year. One Montreal event, and one ridiculously stacked Skydome event in Toronto. We hold the record gate revenue, Dana. Cater to us.
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thirty said:
I'm reaching for a tinfoil hat right now, man. I got the idea to do this yesterday.
Basically I'm in Taiwan right now and I plan to go back to Scotland next year. I was thinking of a month's layoff in Thailand to do this before going home.
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Chamber said:
It's people like you that make me want to see GSP lose, and I actually like GSP. Comparing him to a guy who hasn't lost in a good seven years and has NEVER lost in the UFC is a fucking joke though. Who gives a fuck what happened seven years ago in another country? He's obviously a WAY different fighter now, he's finishing guys, and didn't lose just 4 years ago to Serra. Like I said before, when GSP can go 7 years without losing, get back to me. Or when he's willing to actually move up to face Anderson to prove he's the best.
TheKaeptain
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Why can't it be a catch weight bout?
http://www.vitorbelfort.com/vitor-belfort-news/the-next-fight-is-on-vitor-belfort-vs/
Vitor Belfort vs Cung Le is on for UFC 139.
Vitor Belfort vs Cung Le is on for UFC 139.
TheNatural
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Playing the fight jumble, they have to be setting up for Machida-Henderson at a PPV too right? It's gotta be inevitable.
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- WWE reportedly announced the new WWE Network early in-part because they were concerned that UFC would announce plans to start their own network first. Ever since UFC signed with FOX, they've lost all interest in doing their own channel. While WWE usually acts like UFC isn't competition publicly, word is that Vince McMahon isn't happy with several recent UFC moves including their plan to run a 100,000 seat stadium in Brazil next year.
LOL. Maybe belongs in the Wrassle thread, but it's funny how Vince gets PO'ed about it.
LOL. Maybe belongs in the Wrassle thread, but it's funny how Vince gets PO'ed about it.
Ravenn17 said:
Hahaha, Joe Silva is a sick puppy. Vitor is going to have war flashbacks in the ring and lose. NEVER FORGET.
That reminds me...a legend is missing from the OP.
polyh3dron
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aaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha dana be TROLLIIIIIIIINRavenn17 said:
parrotbeak
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parrotbeak said:
Plywood said:
GSP: We need Tree Entity.
VariantX04
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Awesome cards coming up. At this rate, Strikeforce will go all-female.
I don't know, it's not like there are a ton of guys that would be exciting match-ups for Vitor at 185. The division is pretty weak as a whole. I think the best match-ups would be either Sonnen, Leben, Bisping, or Stann. I think Vitor would probably beat 3 out of 4 of them anyways.
at least Cung provides a fun stylistic matchup and should probably end in a KO or TKO. No way the fight goes to decision.
at least Cung provides a fun stylistic matchup and should probably end in a KO or TKO. No way the fight goes to decision.
BigKaboom2
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That fight sounds good to me but I haven't seen very many Cung Le fights. Are people down on him just because Scott Smith knocked him out after getting worked for 13 minutes? Hasn't lost otherwise but his opponents haven't been too impressive.
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