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anatoly

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  1. My Thoughts on the UFC 111: St Pierre vs. Hardy

     

    1) It's the 'WRESTLING' Baby.

     

    Fitch, GSP, Pellegrino and Carwin. Yes even Carwin... Let us remember the dirty boxing (and the subsequent knockout) was set up initially by his attempts at a single leg and then by that powerful Greco Roman clinch.

     

    2) Dan Hardy does not even belong in the same octagon as GSP.

     

    I mean apart from the Irish Hand Grenade who the heck did he even beat in his four fight win streak for him to deserve the title shot. Fitch would own him and so would Koscheck (and I say that even more strongly now after seeing how 'easy' it is to take him down). Even an Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson or Paulo Thiago would have his way with him.

     

    5) And finally I think Dan Miragliotta did a lousy job as a referee...

     

    First in the Fitch fight he kept standing both guys up simply cause the crowd was booing... I mean what the heck... Fitch had position and was pounding on Ben Saunders and Saunders was trying to control his posture... 'their fighting'. Why'd you have to stop the action.

     

    He also let Frank Mir absorb a lot more punishment than necessary. I personally feel it was a late stoppage. Mir's base had already collapsed once Carwin took his back and continued raining shots.

    i totally agree. dan hardy did not belong in there with GSP and he was exposed big time. despite another dominating performance by GSP, i feel his disappointment. i really felt like he should've finished the fight with the number of opportunities that he had. the only welterweight now that i think would give him trouble is koscheck as he is probably the best wrestler not named Georges St-Pierre.

     

    and with regards to miragliotta, yeah he did a horrendous refereeing job. the one with fitch while he was gnp-ing and then the heavyweight interim title fight. mir ate waaaaaaaaaay too many punches (altho i'm glad he got his mouth shut AGAIN). i know he was trying to give mir every chance to survive but the ref should also err on the side of caution and he clearly didn't do that. he has to be the worst ref out there (mazzagatti takes 2nd place).

  2. dont you think jone's elbow strike is illegal?

    how do you figure that?? the only illegal elbow strike is the 12 to 6 (12 o'clock to 6 o'clock as jones did against hamill) and i'm pretty sure the elbow that vera absorbed was not of that manner. but anyway i think all elbow strikes should be legal. an elbow is an elbow and i'm not quite convinced that a 12-6 elbow strike is more dangerous than any other type of elbow strike.

  3. man how good is bones jones eh?? he put vera on his ass like he was nothing! he was able to do to vera (twice in a few minutes) what couture couldn't in 3 rounds. altho it's worth noting that couture doesn't utilize judo throws. btw dana white said it would be another year before bones jones got a title shot, so there are still a lot of LHW for him to face. couture and silva would be my top picks for now since it's unlikely he'd fight sugar rashad.

     

    JDS over nepau seemed pretty predictable though. his takedown defense is still suspect though imo and against someone like cain he could really be exposed in the wrestling dept. but we'll see.

  4. Sad to say Vera has very low chance of winning, Bones is training in Greg Jackson's Camp >.<

    you make it sound like it's an automatic win just because bones is trained by greg jackson. sure they say greg jackson is among the best coaches out there, but to say jones is gonna win because he's under greg jackson is just silly.

  5. Possible options are being considered on Manny's next fight ...

     

    According to Ka Freddie .. A possible showdown against Valero ... that is if the Gayweather fight still won't push thru ...

     

    Another option would be a third fight against Marquez ...

     

    CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS!!!

    i duno if the valero fight would be any good. valero has a great record (27-0 all wins coming by way of KO) but when i saw him fight recently he didn't have very good defense. he just keeps coming forward with his chin up (instead of it tucked) and his head + lateral movement leaves much to be desired. with that said he has a great chin, as i've seen him eat punches and still come forward but i don't think this would be a very competitive fight.

  6. if Vera does that 'pick my shots' kinda lackluster, un-aggressive performance he showed in his fight with Randy Couture (and at times during his fight with Krystoff), Bones Jones is gonna destroy him... Bones is one of those guys I believe who really has something special 'talent-wise' and given the time and training he's a LHW champion in the making.

    i agree completely. talent wise jones is up there, not to mention he's pure class. but what intrigues me about this fight is the wrestling aspect of it. we all saw how bones jones threw around the likes of bonnar, o'brien, hamill like they were nothing, so i'd like to see how easily he is able to do the same to vera. but then again vera showed excellent wrestling against couture so we'll just have to wait and see. i would think vera has the edge in the standup dept. though.

  7. hindi ko alam kung baket ayaw magpabloodtest si manny. after reading this article i think he's hiding something. i mean how can losing less than 1 teaspoon of blood (out of a possible 380) affect your performance like he said it did noong unang laban nila ni morales...kaya sa tingin ko hindi na dapat sinisisi si mayweather. dapat magpabloodtest na yan si pacman kung gusto niyang matuloy ang laban nila ni gayweather.

     

     

    http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2009...st-hurdle_N.htm

  8. i have this weird feeling that since everyone isn't giving clottey any chance to win this that he may be able to pull it off.

    then again manny isn't the type of fighter to underestimate his opponent. but there's always a first time for everything

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