AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Shad needs to hire Mike Dolce of the Dolce Diet.
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MMA |OT3| When you lose you're a can, when you win you're unstoppable.
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Shad needs to hire Mike Dolce of the Dolce Diet.
TheNatural
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He wasn't trolling, but it's a meaningless action without substance. He was on the ground with a guy on top of him hitting nothing and wearing himself out ... again.
How many times does this shit happen in the prelims? At least once every card. Some fool takes someone down early, does nothing, and loses the fight anyway.
It's meaningless. It's ignored every card all the time. Then suddenly because it happens to Silva it's some kind of kryptonite that shows he wasn't as good as though? He fucking won. Twice.
It's amazing how far people will go to justify their hate for a fighter, either because they're tired of him being on top, or want "their" favorite fighter to be justified as a P4P greatest and hope they lose.
GSP is a great fighter, I have nothing against him. Get out of your hole though crying about how Andy isn't that great because you want him to have a more recent loss because GSP's fluke loss against Serra was more recent.
Latvian Hitman
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Or just skip the diet and get a double mastectomy and fight at lightweight.
The only regrettable thing about whipping Natch into a frenzy is that he took things a little too seriously and allowed Silver-GAF to infiltrate our humble abode.
I hope you newjacks can at least apply yourself to the conversation beyond "When is the next Jon Jones fight?"
I no longer endorse the future of this thread.
I hope you newjacks can at least apply yourself to the conversation beyond "When is the next Jon Jones fight?"
I no longer endorse the future of this thread.
Natch executed the biggest troll of the weekend when he linked MMA-GAF in the 148 thread.
TheNatural
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Rest of your post is irrevelant, friend. I don't need Candy to lose in order to justify my opinion of GSP over Silva so let's keep that straight.
Tinkleberry
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Lombard won't get it, they'll probably give him a gimme fight that will produce a HL reel finish to introduce him to the UFC fans and sell him as the next great test. So unless they want to keep Silva on the back burner, they'll have him fight within the next 6 months to make use of his new found fame to the casual media.
I've been making a call for even more insularity for a long time now. Nobody listens until the shit hits the fan.
TheNatural
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Sorry man, that's pretty obvious the angle here. Hence the "myth of Silva shattered" OP.
Butthurt over Fedor being exposed or butthurt of GSP losing more recent won't stand. You shouldn't need redemption of your heroes by hoping someone else loses to prove you right, their record should stand on their own accord.
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Wrong again, Natch. The "myth of Anderson" title was a reference to Goldberg's line about the Fedor/Werdum fight. It was an obvious joke.
You're fooling yourself if you think I care about Georges losing to Serra 5 fucking years ago.
TheNatural
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Also if anyone was wondering if I was legit about my loser leave thread MMA bet I had a whole Denzel out set up to go should the unthinkable happen.
Aww, you motherfuckers. Okay. Alright. I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh. You think you can do this shit... Jake. You think you can do this to me? You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you.
I was going to replace Denzel's references to jailtime activities with BadMMA feds though.
Aww, you motherfuckers. Okay. Alright. I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh. You think you can do this shit... Jake. You think you can do this to me? You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you.
I was going to replace Denzel's references to jailtime activities with BadMMA feds though.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
What movie am I watching?
TheNatural
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What movie am I watching?
Volcano?
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Yep.
Can the bet stand until Anderson retires, friend?
Your boy will get got one day. In the meantime he's only keeping The Great Fedor's throne warm.
Get mad.
TheNatural
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I'm on fire tonight baby. I've seen that movie in shitty syndication. Has Anne Heche and Tommy Lee Jones in it.
TheNatural
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Can the bet stand until Anderson retires, friend?
Your boy will get got one day. In the meantime he's only keeping The Great Fedor's throne warm.
Get mad.
It's going to take three stoppages in the B leagues for Silva to match Fedor's decline friend. Just remember that. Even had Chael somehow successfully Lay'd N Pray'd his way to a 25 minute win, he still wouldn't have fallen to Fedor level.
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Look at this painting I found:
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Lombard is getting Okami'd by Boetsch. And I'll just love MMA GAF's reaction when Silva fights The Barbarian.
Maklershed
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Mah man Tim Boetsch has that in the bag.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
This is probably the most likely scenario if Rashad is adamant about cutting 20lbs. I can see him having a rematch with The Keeper of the Gates Michael Bisping to "legitimise" his No. 1 contender status though and to be totally honest, I think that Diet Suga would tear the middleweight division apart as long as his cardio survives the drop.
The sad thing about this kind of move though is that it just proves that the upper echelons of the middleweight division is just a dumping ground for light heavyweight rejects. Boetsch, Bisping, Stann, Sonnen, Munoz, Belfort, Wanderlei ... Kendal Grove - all were dudes who felt that they couldn't cut it at LHW and realised that "wait a second, I can style on all these 185lb munchkins. Lemme at 'em." Thank god we have Anderson Silva to make them realise the error in their ways. Except Kendal Grove that is. He's just shit.
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
In an interview with Ariel, he said it was because he was disappointed and embarrassed by his performance or something along those lines.
Anyway Uncle Dana isn't pleased and said that he is going to have to talk to him about what happened in more detail.
Edit - here is the interview
Someone's being a little melodramatic.
and thats a bad thing?
Nameless
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So, does Chael attempt a drop to Welterweight now? If he stays at 185 he'll be stuck as a mini-boss for fighters on the threshold of earning a title shot. Best case scenario he strings together 4 or 5 wins and hopes father time catches up to Spider by the time Dana grants him another crack at the gold. Can't see him jumping back to 205 with all the killers fighting there; he definitely wants no part of Bones. If the weight cut is something he can pull off, 170 is his best chance at ever being a champion.
Latvian Hitman
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I think the cut to 170 would really be a stretch for him. He's already a natural LHW cutting down a full weight class. I think the first scenario you outlined is the smart one. His grinding style may well allow him to fight at a very high level into his 40's, like Couture and Hendo.
Anderson is defying father time in a major way. His style is based on quickness, timing, reflexes and pinpoint striking. There's no way he should be as sharp as he is at almost 38. It's pretty amazing.
TheNatural
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What a beautiful day.
Latvian Hitman
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What a beautiful day.
Sit in your patio chair and soak up the rays, sir. But don't get a sunburn
OK friend. I've just finished two great historical nonfiction books. I'm ready for some lighter reading.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Any athlete worth their salt makes up for holes in their game as they age. If he gets slower he'll become more methodical and accurate, if he gets less powerful in striking then he'll put a lot more BJJ into his planning, and if all else fails then he can just go on TRT like everyone else.
Excellent matchmaking. One fraud must reign supreme.
Latvian Hitman
Member
Jeez, I can't even compliment the guy without getting counterpointed.
Nothing you list above matters for long. Father time always wins out in the end. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...
Maklershed
Member
Which LHW that can legitimately cut to Middle (ie not JBJ since he's too damn big) has the best chance of challenging Silva?
What did you read?
What did you read?
Smh. This is beneath you friend Heel.
Joined the group. Can we start with a novella, a short story collection or something similar? I'd rather not start off with one of dream's favorite 500 page Harlequin Romance novels.
Only keeping up appearances for our new casual friends. I can't believe they're still on the hook. Watching EVO?
Yeah. Its finals day.
NovemberMike
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Rashad.
He's generally a bit too small for LHW (IIRC he's one of the shorter guys in the division), he just put up one of the best showings we've seen against Jones and he's got the wrestling to challenge Silva. He's also a pretty good technical striker, but I don't think that's a great way to go against Silva.
parrotbeak
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Watching now. Would've liked to have seen MvC yesterday. Champ seems to be unstoppable to these pelicans.
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