All things UFC

[Sarge]

MMA is my favoritesport, tied with Pro Football.
In this thread we will discuss upcoming UFC's and fighters.


UFC® Fight Night™ Lauzon vs Stephens - Feb-7-2009

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=event.ppvhome

I will be back to post my predictions...


Breasts,
Sarge

[hideyoursheep]

UFC 97 looks good!

Could this be Anderson Silva's last fight with UFC?

[Sarge]

What does everyone make of the whole GSP BJ Penn controversy
They caught GSP's cornermen applying vasoline to GSP after rounds 1 and 2
They confisicated the vasoline and tried to wipe GSP off.
GSP was greased.
Matt Hughes came out and said GSP was greased in their last 2 fights.

GSP won that fight and it probably wouldn't have made a difference but that was CHEATING!

[Sarge]

Mac Danzig Vs. Josh Neer - Danzig 3rd round decision
Cain Velasquez Vs. Denis Stojnic - Cain 1st round KO 3rd min
Joe Lauzon Vs. Jeremy Stephens - Lauzon 2nd round submission
Luigi Fioravanti Vs. Anthony Johnson - Rubmle Johnson by TKO late 1st or 2nd
Kurt Pellegrino Vs. Rob Emerson - Pellegrino 3rd round decision
Gleison Tibau Vs. Rich Clementi - No Love Clementi 3rd round decision

[Sarge]

The Cain Velasquez vs Denis Stojnic fight was good. Stojnic can take some punishment.

Wow did Neer hand it to Danzig. That was impressive and a good fight.

Lauzon vs Stephens was good as well. Not bad for a free card.

[Sarge]

Arlovski To Make April 11 Boxing Debut

http://sherdog.com/news/news/arlovski-to-make-april-11-boxing-debut-16099

I think that is a good idea.
Boxers make way more than UFC guys for the most part anyways...

[Sarge]

"War Machine" Busted for Fighting at Gay Club

With a name like War Machine, what do you expect to happen?

Former "Ultimate Fighter" badass Jon Koppenhaver, who goes by the aforementioned MMA nickname, was picked up by Las Vegas PD for misdemeanor battery Saturday morning after allegedly getting into a tussle at Krave Nightclub -- a place described by one of their reps as "gay ... but very straight-friendly."

Cops tell TMZ security at Krave was escorting War Machine out of the club after a little brouhaha -- when he allegedly turned on security and starting punching them. Security made a citizens arrest until Las Vegas PD could show up.

[Sarge]

How did the guy let someone "Citizens Arrest" him
WTF?

[hideyoursheep]

How did the guy let someone "Citizens Arrest" him
WTF?

More than one...and War Machine was probably Drunk Machine..

You can also throw out any MMA cage rules on the street.

Vegas bouncers probably have to check someone much more frequently, and are prepared.

[Sarge]

A person I can't stand Ken Shamrock fights a 400 pound guy today and it will be on Sherdog.com
I think he is 1-8 in is last 9 fights (Shamrock)

[Sarge]

This is FUCKING HILARIOUS!

Josh Barnett Calls Out Kenny Florian

Josh Barnett was on Tapout Radio today, and covered a number of different subjects. One of the best parts was where he went nuts on Florian for criticizing his technique on MMA Live:

Kenny Florian is a punk-ass bitch. He thinks he can put on a suit, shave his stubble off, and get in front of a camera, and it makes him some sort of expert on MMA. I think it just makes him an expert on taking it up the ass, as far as I can tell...if he thinks his ability on the mat can match his mouth, and if he'd like to show me how to throw an armbar, then be my guest....I can fly out to "sit on a dong," grab him, and see what he's got to say now.

This was one of the most immature outbursts I've heard in a while. No word on whether he will call out other men who weigh close to 90 pounds less than him. Florian voiced a common opinion, that Barnett should have been able to finish Yvel sooner, and that he would have liked to have seen a better performance. He said that if he couldn't finish Yvel from the top, a lot of people will have trouble seeing him beat Fedor. I assume Barnett is mad about Florian's comment about Barnett messing up an armbar from the top. Compared to sports analysis on ESPN all the time for other sports, it was a very tame comment.

Florian's job on MMA Live is to just give his opinions. Going after him personally for it is ridiculous. The whole point of being an analyst is to put a personal spin on things.

I've also seen people criticize Florian for being a shill on MMA Live, which is classic selection bias. This week on the show, he said it was great news that Strikeforce got the deal and that all these fighters would have a place to fight. He then followed up praising Joe Lauzon, who has gone after him publicly. I also rewatched the entire post-Affliction show, where he completely discounted Roach's claim that Fedor got lucky.

-- photo via MMAWeekly.com

[tjvhou812]

A person I can't stand Ken Shamrock fights a 400 pound guy today and it will be on Sherdog.com
I think he is 1-8 in is last 9 fights (Shamrock)

ken dropped him in the first round

[Sarge]

ken dropped him in the first round

And Tank won in 33 seconds as well.
They are going to try to fight next.
I don't know how many people care to watch that.

Anyone find this as a ideo on the net?
I looked and couldn't find anything.

[hideyoursheep]

The Donald must have it on lockdown.

Nothing...

[Sarge]

If you go on UFC.com it's listed on the front page.
Ken actually looked good.
The guy he was ighting was really AWFUL!