Mixed Martial Arts... Any Fans?

Tompa · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:21 pm

Great night of fights. Glad Machida is the one getting the title shot... Shogun has been underwhelming lately. Gassing in the second round will just lead to another quick loss to Jones. Not that I think Machida will do much better but at least he has a chance.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:52 am

Swick's knockout was awesome. That's what makes MMA so awesome, that moment of transition from wrestling takedowns to swinging punches. \

Missed the second fight, because patrons at the first bar I was at began complaining about the fight being on televison.

Bader was fucking pathetic. Machida was impressive, I guess. I didn't enjoy the fight that much.

Rua was good, that first round takedown was super cool coming from him. I don't know what was worst, him running out of steam or him being lazy and not moving away from punches. He just stood in there like he was in a boxing match.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:19 pm

How could you not enjoy the Machida-Bader fight? That was a classic destruction performance. A thing of beauty. That fight is what makes MMA awesome. Machida didn't even get hit and then knocked out a legit contender. The Dragon is back! Although he'll get mangled by Jones, unless he can keep the fight standing...

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:31 pm

Josh Koscheck forced out of his fight with Jake Ellenberger. The search for a new opponent is on. Mike Swick maybe? He said he wanted another quick fight.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:33 pm

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Title Fights

Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez 2
Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson
Georges St. Pierre vs. Carlos Condit
Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz
José Aldo vs. Erik Koch
Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrius Johnson

#1 contender fight:
Martin Kampmann vs. Johnny Hendricks

Other big fights:

Heavyweight:
Stefan Struve vs. Stipe Miocic
Roy Nelson vs. Shane Carwin
Travis Browne vs. Antonio Silva

Light Heavyweight:
Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado
Quinton Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira
Mauricio Rua vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Chael Sonnen vs. Forrest Griffin

Middleweight:
Michael Bisping vs. Brian Stann
Vitor Belfort vs. Alan Belcher

Welterweight:
Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva
Dan Hardy vs. Amir Sadollah
Demian Maia vs. Rick Story
Jake Ellenberger vs. Jay Hieron
BJ Penn vs. Rory MacDonald

Lightweight:
Ross Pearson vs. George Sotiropoulos
Joe Lauzon vs. Gray Maynard
Mark Bocek vs. Raphael dos Anjos

Featherweight:
Eddie Yagin vs. Dennis Siver
Bart Paleszewski vs. Diego Nunes
Cub Swanson vs. Charles Oliveira

Bantamweight:
Yves Jabouin vs. Brad Pickett

Flyweight:
Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. John Lineker

bumped - because I can. Edited out some fights that have been cancelled/already happened.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:36 pm

And it's FIGHT WEEK!

UFC 150 this Saturday, picks?

I've got Henderson, Cerrone, Shields, Okami, and Holloway.

Also, Mirko Cro Cop is fighting in a 16 man K1 tournament later this year. Says he will make a successfull MMA return afterwards or die trying.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:12 pm

I love Henderson in any fight. ummm guillard, okami, herman,Holloway.

Tompa · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:40 pm

Henderson and Okami should be pretty safe bets... Cerrone-Guillard is a bit harder since Guillard can look like the best lightweight in the world at times but other times not so much. Cerrone's submission game gives him a bit of an edge so I'm leaning towars Cowboy. Shields' pedigree should make him the favorite against Herman but I like Herman and he's on a roll.

Tompa · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:46 am

DevotedWalnut wrote:

And it's FIGHT WEEK!

UFC 150 this Saturday, picks?

I've got Henderson, Cerrone, Shields, Okami, and Holloway.

Also, Mirko Cro Cop is fighting in a 16 man K1 tournament later this year. Says he will make a successfull MMA return afterwards or die trying.

Nice shootin Tex.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:03 pm

Damn. I should of put some money on the line.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:37 pm

Fucking Cerrone. If Guillard could have actually landed some hits while he had him on the ropes that would never have happened.

And I'm not entirely sure Henderson won that bout.

And why they pair two wrestlers like Herman and Shields together I'll never understand. No matter how much you love wrestling those fights are just too defense heavy.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:52 pm

I agree that it was a slow fight and at times hard to watch, but Shields was tryin hard man. He wanted that mount sooo bad, and Herman just wouldn't give it up. It may of seemed as a boring fight to some, but I saw one hell of a struggle between two very tough dudes. I give a big props to Herman because Shields will be a mosnter, not champion material, but still a very tough guy to beat when he hits his stride at middleweight. Even GSP had a hard time handling Shields and pretty much avoided the ground game with him.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:49 pm

Chael Sonnen is returning to the light heavyweight division and will be fighting former champ Forrest Griffin. They actually fought each other in 2003 where Griffin submitted Sonnen I believe with an armbar.

Sonnen then had this to say about Jon Jones: I could go up to 205 and I could take Jon Jones' belt the same as I could take his candy on Halloween - a little punk kid, I'd snatch it away all I want.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:03 pm

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Chael Sonnen is returning to the light heavyweight division and will be fighting former champ Forrest Griffin. They actually fought each other in 2003 where Griffin submitted Sonnen I believe with an armbar.

Sonnen then had this to say about Jon Jones: I could go up to 205 and I could take Jon Jones' belt the same as I could take his candy on Halloween - a little punk kid, I'd snatch it away all I want.

Oh, Sonnen, talked shit? What a surprise.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:36 pm

traptunderice wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Chael Sonnen is returning to the light heavyweight division and will be fighting former champ Forrest Griffin. They actually fought each other in 2003 where Griffin submitted Sonnen I believe with an armbar.

Sonnen then had this to say about Jon Jones: I could go up to 205 and I could take Jon Jones' belt the same as I could take his candy on Halloween - a little punk kid, I'd snatch it away all I want.

Oh, Sonnen, talked shit? What a surprise.

He'll be welcomed to the WWE with open arms when he retires.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:37 pm

3 fights announced for UFC on Fox 5.

Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz for lightweight title
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Alexander Gustafsson
BJ Penn vs. Rory MacDonald

Best fox card yet? Methinks so.

Tompa · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:13 pm

We'll see, injuries will probably ravage that card like every other these days. Still, looking promising! Glad to see Gustafsson fight again.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:21 pm

Rounda Rousey, 9 fights (6 pro, 3 amateur) all finished in the first round via armbar. She added former Strikeforce women's champ Sarah Kaufman to the list last night in only 54 seconds.

Tompa · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:05 pm

Henderson injured, Jon Jones will now face Machida on UFC 152 in Toronto instead.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:12 pm

Yeah I am listening to the conference call now. Dana White says Greg Jackson is a "fuckin sport killer". He is very upset right now.

Oh well, I love Machida and I am going to UFC 151, originally 152, so I'm pumped. Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida live!

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