Everything MMA Thread

[socaljoe]

It certainly was a close fight. And a damn entertaining one too. I hope they fight again. 2 of Bellator's best fighters right there.

 

[haulinbass]

Was suprised to see hendo finished with strikes in the first but age catches everyone eventually.

 

[Bublonichronic]

Definatly a bummer to see hendo take his first ko, hope he bows out gracefully and dosent take the liddel/cotour rout...but on a lighter note Thatch looked really good and so did akhmedov, was a crazy fight love watchin these new Russian fighters they come to brawl

 

[Shea_Heights]

Here are my picks for UFC 167 this weekend:

GSP > Hendrix
Rashad Evans > Chael Sonnen
Rory Mac > Lawler

 

[haulinbass]

Im hoping the sonnen rashad fight will be a good one but i think sonnen will win a grinder.
Gsp with 4.5 rounds of domination and the decision
Rory mac in the second

 

[socaljoe]

Here are my picks for UFC 167 this weekend:

GSP > Hendrix
Rashad Evans > Chael Sonnen
Rory Mac > Lawler

Agreed.

Personally, I'd like to see GSP lose the belt and open WW up. I can't help but like Chael and I've never been much of a Rashad fan, so I'm rooting for Chael to beat Rashad. As far as Lawler/Mac, as long as Rory doesn't try to stall it out and point fight, I don't care who wins...I just hope it'll be exciting.

On another note, I'm a bit surprised how weak this card is being the 20th anniversary card, I'd have expected it to be pretty stacked, maybe two title fights even like UFC 100, but at least some higher profile fights on the ppv portion.

 

[Shea_Heights]

Agreed.

Personally, I'd like to see GSP lose the belt and open WW up. I can't help but like Chael and I've never been much of a Rashad fan, so I'm rooting for Chael to beat Rashad. As far as Lawler/Mac, as long as Rory doesn't try to stall it out and point fight, I don't care who wins...I just hope it'll be exciting.

On another note, I'm a bit surprised how weak this card is being the 20th anniversary card, I'd have expected it to be pretty stacked, maybe two title fights even like UFC 100, but at least some higher profile fights on the ppv portion.

UFC for sure droped the ball bigtime with this weak UFC 167 card on its 20th year anniversity but I guess you could say GSP/EVANS/SONNEN are 3 huge names in MMA. with all 3 being main or co-main on a top 5 UFC card selling wise at one time in their careers.

One reason I could see it being alot weaker then UFC 100 just for example is that there are almost double to triple the Free cards then there was back then. Last week alone UFC had 2 Free cards in the same week with the fight for the troops card and Hendo vs Belfort card as well. If the UFC had just combinded the top fights on those 2 Free cards last week into the UFC 167 card it would had def been one of the top cards alltime and it still might be the way it is now

 

[Padawanbater2]

lol, Dana said GSP is the king of PPV, wat?


GSP
Evans
Macdonald
Koscheck
Bagautinov
Cerrone
Leites
Ebersole
Perez
Lapsley
Pettis (really excited to see Anthony Pettis' little brothers UFC debut)
Donovan

 

[jcdws602]

Idk bout yall but I am stoked for todays fight card.......woot woot !

 

[Bublonichronic]

Tonight gonna be a great card, I think you guys are sleeping on lawler tho! Always a treat to watch Rick story fight and pettis little bro should be interesting to see too

 

[Padawanbater2]

Nice kick from Villante, great way to start off the show!

 

[Padawanbater2]

Damn, Hendricks got robbed..

Lawler was impressive as fuck!

Woodley knocked Koscheck the FUCK out!

And Cerrone looked like a beast!

 

[a mongo frog]

Great night of fights! I too thought Hendricks won the fight. Fun fight regardless!!!

 

[Shea_Heights]

You got to BEAT the champ to be the champ. Hendricks didnt beat GSP so he doesnt deserve the belt. Hendricks shouldve/couldve finished GSP off multiple times but failed to keep going for a stoppage and he ended up paying for his stupid mistakes by praying for a judges decsion instead of going for the finish which was their for him several times.

Just for a example a HUGE mistake and IMO what cost Hendricks the fight was in I think round 4. Hendricks had GSP on his back with Hendricks on top late in the round and he just backed off and let GSP stand up when GSP was starting to get it going on his feet and Johnny was slowing down big time. Even the commentator (Rogan I think) pointed it out and couldnt understand why he did it.

Heres the fights I would like to see made next:

GSP- Retire or wait for the Lawler/Hendricks winner
Hendricks vs Lawler for the next title shot
Evans vs Cormier or Fejeao
Woodley vs Lombard
Macdonald vs Kampmann

 

[Bublonichronic]

Woodly looked scary good, might be the uncrowned champ right there

 

[BBbubblegum]

Went and rewatched the fight. Still think Hendricks won. I mean just look at their faces, GSP was beaten up. I do think that if the fight had gone a few more rounds, gsp would have came back. He looked alot better in the 5th and hendricks was slowing down.

 

[Padawanbater2]

Hendricks definitely won the fight, it's tough understanding how someone else watching it could score it any differently

He was pacing himself during the fight, just like he said at the post fight press conference, he didn't want to gas especially since one of GSP's main advantages is his cardio. Hendricks slowed down in the 3rd a little bit, but he got more takedowns during the fight, landed more significant strikes, even wobbled GSP in the 2nd, and the damage at the end speaks for itself, I've never seen GSP look that beat up after a fight.

I'm wondering what the personal issues he mentioned after the fight are

 

[socaljoe]

I think the judges for GSP/Hendricks did a very good job, they all saw rounds 2-5 the same way, with round 1 being the deciding round. I don't agree with GSP winning, I had Hendricks winning rounds 1, 2 and 4, but I'm not mad at the 2 judges for scoring round 1 for GSP...it was a close round.

If I'm mad at anybody, it's Hendricks...he had GSP hurt/dazed and he let him off the hook in that second round.

All in all, that was the most exciting GSP fight I can recall seeing since I started really following mma in 2007. Jonny definitely deserves a rematch when they're all healed up.

 

[BBbubblegum]

I think the judges for GSP/Hendricks did a very good job, they all saw rounds 2-4 the same way, with round 1 being the deciding round. I don't agree with GSP winning, I had Hendricks winning rounds 1, 2 and 4, but I'm not mad at the 2 judges for scoring round 1 for GSP...it was a close round.

If I'm mad at anybody, it's Hendricks...he had GSP hurt/dazed and he let him off the hook in that second round.

All in all, that was the most exciting GSP fight I can recall seeing since I started really following mma in 2007. Jonny definitely deserves a rematch when they're all healed up.

I also found it weird that Hendricks had him hurt in the second and didn't fight to get out of the clinch. He allowed GSP to clinch and rest and heal up.

 

[socaljoe]

Wow, Nate whooped dat ass last night. I felt like Maynard got a gift decision last time they fought, this time Nate left no room for controversy. I love watching the Diaz boys fight when they're on their game.