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  1. Shogun would be overmatched. He had a hard time against Coleman who is a has-been. Shogun may have been an exciting fighter in Pride but the dragon is just too elusive and would ground Shogun's exciting style.

     

    thats what people are saying when he fought chuck, he showed good things on that fight though.

     

    will the dragon be elusive and would ground Shogun's exciting style.? probably, but we really dont know unless they fight and since rampage and rashad match is almost set, I think the only man next to rampage to challenge lyoto is shogun.

  2. GSP is like Thiago Alves cuts a ridiculous amount of weight to make WW... sa tingin ko ginagawa nila yun kasi hindi na sila pwede sa MW na mas matatangkad ang kalaban nila, i'd say GSP's height is just right for WW he'd be at a huge disadvantage fighting Lyoto at even a catchweight of 190 in my opinion chief

     

    looking forward to GSP vs Alves on UFC 100, can GSP take Alves down at will? Can Alves outstrike GSP? Does Alves have enough gas tank when the fight goes to the later rounds? Will GSP hesitate to stand up against a man that can KO him (serra TKO effect)? Who will (T)KO who? so many questions eh! This fight should be good unless theres another controversy (wag naman sana).

  3. What do you guys think of machida vs cung le???

     

    Both have knock out power and unorthodox striking. Both are 205 lbs. and counter artist.

     

    I dont think this match up would happen in the near future, but who knows?

     

    185 yata si Le, baka A Silva vs Le pwede pa.

  4. I hope GSP and Machida fight at a catchweight of say 190 pounds. If that happens, I'll place my bet on the dragon. GSP wouldn't stand a chance.

     

    it will not take a rocket scientist to figure that out sir. a man fighting at 170 probably will have a huge disadvantage over a fighter at 205 even at a catch weight, lalo na if si machida pa yung bigger man. yung mga 205 pounders nga hirap sa kanya, si GSP pa although according to other boards GSP cuts alot to be at 170.

     

    im not also machida fan but geezzz... he is a very bad man at 205.

  5. ive been training with john the fury santos if you know him fought several times sa URCC

    and sa reality show sa channel 2 forgot the tittle

    good thing about him is application agad tinuturo in my case kasi boxing base ko tapos sa

    kasama ko muay thai and now were trying to incorporate all the said discipline plus grappling and

    some bjj techniques. training is every saturday 2.5k 4 sessions and 2.h hrs each.. we are trying to form a

    team and eventually mag compete with other teams pm na lang po sa interested nga pala meralco gym venue..

     

     

    sir ang mahal naman ng 2.5 for 4 sessions.

  6. Hindi ko nakita... maybe I missed Him! I left nung last two fights na eh.

     

    Sir baka nga Davo Death Squad training Team yun! Hehe... Muay Thai rin ila but I saw something on their jacket na "Soh Bak Do" ata yun?! Di ko sure! Hehe... :hypocritesmiley:

     

    pre, sa saturday na laban. tumuloy na rin ako kahit sobrang tight ng sked ko, bawi na lang sa hangin and technique. goodluck na lang.

  7. +2 na ko dyan Sir Genetic! With Belforts success in MW he would be a worthy opponent for the Spider! Rumor has it he may face Fedor at Affliction 3!? :hypocritesmiley:

     

    Yes Sir TwentySix! Good to go ako sa May 9 at UKC7 sa Elorde! As of now Im cutting my weight already para ma reach yung 145lbs. limit that I signed up! 3 weeks to go pa naman so I dont see no problem to reach it! Maya makapag training ulit sa Elorde SouthMall to sharpen up my "skills" kung meron man!? Hehe... :thumbsupsmiley:

     

    PEACE!!!

     

    goodluck! malamang manood na lang ako, hehe... same rules pa rin ba? 2 rounds, with head gear, body armor, shin guard and no elbow?

  8. Time for Chuck to hang up the 4 oz. gloves! Hate to see him go down the drain like Ken Shamrock! He's got nothing to prove anymore as he is already a legend in MMA!

     

    Poor showing of A.Silva again! Counterstriker lang talaga! Thats why I never considered him as top P4P fighter! Fedor parin! :thumbsupsmiley:

     

    pre tuloy ka ba sa ukc7? baka magbackout ako due to schedule conflict. good to go na sana ako sa april 25 kaya lang na move pa ng may 9, sayang.

  9. got this from other site, sad but its kinda true.

     

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    "Who is next to say goodbye?"

     

     

    This past Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal marked an emotional evening for not just the Iceman, but for the Mixed Martial Arts community as a whole. Chuck Liddell has been a front-runner in one of the most stacked divisions in the sport for as long as most of us can remember, but in the last two years of his prolific, exciting, and accomplished career, his aura has melted, exposing his age and the fact that the level of competition has simply passed him by.

     

    The changing of the guard happens in every sport, but not as frequently and quickly as in MMA. In the span of sixteen years we’ve seen multiple generations emerge and fall victim to the next, and at this juncture in 2009 it is happening again. The major difference between this passing of the torch from Chuck Liddell’s generation to Mauricio Rua’s at UFC 97, is the fact that the Iceman’s generation was the first to really cast the UFC into the mainstream spotlight, making him one of the sport’s first truly iconic superstars.

     

     

    As unpleasant as it is to think about, Chuck Liddell is just the beginning of the heartbreak mixed martial arts fans are going to experience in the coming two years, as many of the sport’s most notable fighters that emerged in the late 1990s are facing permanent excision from the octagon. So, who are these beloved fighters that are teetering on the brink of retirement?

     

     

     

    Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva

     

     

    Whenever the “Axe-Murder” is discussed on the Fightlockdown forum, you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone saying anything negative about him. Every time Silva steps into the octagon, you can expect him to come forward aggressively with the hope of not just beating his opponent, but absolutely massacring them. His style, while extremely pleasing to the fans—who he dedicates every one of his performances to—is not in the best interest of his personal well-being, and that’s evident in the fact that in 3 of his last 5 outings, he has been brutally knocked out.

     

    So how many more times does Wanderlei have to see stars before Dana White intervenes and calls his career? Chuck Liddell has had more success in his last few fights than Silva, and Dana still managed to convince him that his days in the cage are over. As much as it pains me to say this, if Wanderlei Silva cannot beat Rich Franklin and his next opponent, it may be the last time we see him fighting in the UFC …that is, if Dana truly cares about his fighters’ well-beings.

     

     

     

    Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira

     

     

    Another fighter among the pantheon of MMA legends facing potential retirement is Minotauro. At 32 years of age, Nogueira in his last fight looked like a geriatric wandering the octagon without his walker. Words cannot express how painful it was for me to watch him get pummeled by Frank Mir, leading to the first stoppage loss of his career. While Nogueira has managed to squeeze out victories from the jaws of defeat in a number of his recent fights—particularly against Herring and Sylvia—it has become clear that his wars under the PRIDE FC banner have caught up with him.

     

    Although he sustained a nasty staph infection a few weeks prior to fighting Mir, it’s hard to deny that Minotauro hasn’t looked quite the same in his UFC outings, as his head movement has slowed, his footwork has become labored, and his reaction times just simply aren’t what they used to be. While the loss to Mir was his first in two years, Nogueira has a lot to prove in his return against Randy Couture, and if he looks anything like he did in his last outing, it could be one of the last times we see him inside the octagon.

     

     

     

    Matt Hughes

     

    Regardless of the fact he may be one of the most despised fighters in the sport because of his grating personality, Matt Hughes remains the most dominant welter-weight champion of all time. Even though he hasn’t sustained as much accumulative physical damage as Silva and Nogueira in his last few outings, Hughes has been exposed instead for the one-dimensional skill-set he possesses. Unfortunately for Matt, his style simply has not evolved and developed alongside his peers at welterweight. This is the era of hybridized fighters, where competitors are not just wrestlers or BJJ practitioners, or strikers, they are all of the above, and Hughes hasn’t shown the development required in order to remain relevant.

     

     

    Thiago Alves and Georges St. Pierre are fighters of the new wave and they dismantled Matt with ease, not just because of the fact they’re great athletes, but because Matt has refused to grow along with them. Even though I am certain Hughes should beat Matt Serra—who really should be at Lightweight—unless he can develop new skills to reinvigorate his career, he’ll be waving the fans goodbye in the not too distant future.

     

     

     

    Randy "The Natural" Couture

     

     

    “This is the last time you'll see me in these gloves and these shorts in this Octagon, because I'm retiring. That's it for me. It's time to do something else.” When Captain America bid us farewell following his rubber match against Chuck Liddell at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in 2006, fans mourned the end of an era and the departure of a hero. One year later, fans rejoiced when they were treated to the single greatest return in MMA history, as Randy dismantled and dominated Tim Sylvia for his third UFC Heavyweight championship.

     

     

    Certainly Randy has shown the ability to reinvent and improve himself to stay relevant in the sport, but it’s not his skill-set that is limiting his time in MMA, it’s the fact that he’s turning 46 this year. Randy has proven that age is simply a number, but even as physically gifted as he may be, he’s nearly two times as old as some of the fresh talent in the UFC’s HW division. How much longer can Randy keep participating at this level? It’s a battle with the clock for him, and as awesome as it is to see him compete at his age, it’s hard to deny the likelihood of his forthcoming second retirement.

     

     

     

     

    All four of these fighters fit within MMA’s pantheon composed of legends like Chuck Liddell, and they’re all entering the twilight of their careers, marking both the end and beginning of eras in our beloved sport. As much as these warriors would love to continue fighting, at some point they will have to stop or be stopped, in order to avoid "Shamrocking" their legacies.

     

     

    As hard as that may be for most of us to accept, it’s the nature of the game, and we need to remember that as old stars fade, new ones are born. Let’s fondly remember the past, but let us also embrace the potential legends of the future, as they will certainly carry our sport to another level of greatness showcasing the influence of their predecessors.

     

     

    Is Chuck Liddell’s departure a sign of things to come? If so, who is the next to say farewell?

  10. its sad to see chuck goes that way, the same feeling when randy announces that he will hang his gloves and short after chuck beat him for the second time. but i have a feeling chuck will make a comback ala randy couture and come out of retirement after several months.

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