Larry Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 if hendo moves to 185 hendo will be champ for a looooooonnngg time Quote Link to comment
twentyone Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 even though hendo lost the last fight, i am still very impressed with what he can bring! and fighting at 185 - yaiks! :boo: Quote Link to comment
ixnay Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 lets wait kung san tlga mgstay c hendo!... i do agree n malaki ang chance n magchampion sya s MW!... Quote Link to comment
SevenZeroFive Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 (edited) Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto trains with one of the Inoue brothers and is with Team Killer Bee or something...great wrestler (was supposed to be with the Olympic team before, but got booted out supposedly for having Yakuza connections) and above average striker (he fought in K1's lightweight division with some success, although I think he also got KO'd once), and he has SERIOUSLY HEAVY HANDS. Kid also had some anger problems, he supposedly threatened a doctor backstage at a shooto event where his teamate lost, he pounded an opponent even after the bell, and almost started a riot, and he got suspended a lot of times as a result...he's mellowed out a lot though, but his aggressive style is still great. After beating Genki Sudo for the title, he announced that he's taking a leave from MMA to concentrate on Beijing 2008...but he's injured now, so we'll see if he makes the team^ tama ka, Kid trains with Team Killer Bee, with some really good Japanese prospects (Riki Fukuda, Koketsu Boku, Akira Kikuchi, & i think Atsushi Yamamoto is his sibling or something). i remember that incident in Shooto, he threatened the attending physician at that event yata.. and he paid bigtime for that: he was suspended indefinitely by the International Shooto Commission, but they reversed it after Kid gave a public apology... ...and apparently, he's back in the MMA game. he fought in the latest K-1 HERO's card in Yokohama, which included its traditional 155-lb. tournament, Minowaman, & Saku! RESULTS: Takenori Sato def. Kenji Nagai by Submission (Armbar) at 2:40, R1Kazuyuki Miyata def. Harvey Harra by Submission (Armbar) at 1:13, R1Andre Dida def. Caol Uno by Unanimous DecisionGesias “JZ” Calvancanti def. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro by TKO (Strikes) at 0:35, R1Ikuhisa Minowa def. Kevin Casey by TKO (Strikes) at 0:42, R2Dong Sik Yoon def. Zelg Galesic by Submission (Armbar) at 1:29, R1Melvin Manhoef def. Fabio Silva by TKO (Strikes) at 1:00, R1Sergei Kharitonov def. Alistair Overeem by TKO (Strikes) at 4:21, R1Kazushi Sakuraba def. Katsuyori Shibata by Submission (Armbar) at 6:20, R1Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto def. Bibiano Fernandes by Unanimous DecisionGesias "JZ" Calvancanti def. Andre Dida by Submission (Armbar) at 4:48, R1 about Hendo & the middleweight division.. i think he's gonna be more comfortable at 185 than in 205, cuz i think the 185 range is his natural weight.. imagine, adding speed & lightning fast reflexes to that world class grappling.. it's bound to be beautiful.. Edited September 17, 2007 by SevenZeroFive Quote Link to comment
clubber_lang Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Robbie Lawler appeared and won in Elite XC over the weekend. Glad to know he is still very much in MMA... Quote Link to comment
SevenZeroFive Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 (edited) Robbie Lawler appeared and won in Elite XC over the weekend. Glad to know he is still very much in MMA...^ ...and that was a title unification fight, for both the ICON Sport & EliteXC Middleweight Titles (both under the ProElite umbrella)... and he decisively KO'd the elder Rua, Murilo Ninja... Edited September 17, 2007 by SevenZeroFive Quote Link to comment
clubber_lang Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Forgive my ignorance but why is he not with the UFC? Dispute with Dana White? Quote Link to comment
hardtohandle Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Nabanggit na din lang yung mga Japanese fighters, I was wondering, what the hell happened to Sakuraba? He did not flourished in the UFC... Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Sakuraba is fighting with Hero's (K1's MMA promotion) he left Pride a few years back (tail end of 2005 I think) that's why he wasn't one of the Pride fighters brought over by the UFC Forgive my ignorance but why is he not with the UFC? Dispute with Dana White? yeah I was surprised why he was fighting in Elite maybe he pissed Dana off (dana seriously needs to check his ego with him blacklisting fighters he doesn't like, we could have Barnett in the octagon by now, and that to me would be the next best thing to bringing Fedor over) Quote Link to comment
HighVoltageLover Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 It would be a blast to see Fedor decimate those overrated fighters in the UFC. HAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!! Quote Link to comment
Tom-Tado Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Sakuraba is fighting with Hero's (K1's MMA promotion) he left Pride a few years back (tail end of 2005 I think) that's why he wasn't one of the Pride fighters brought over by the UFCyeah I was surprised why he was fighting in Elite maybe he pissed Dana off (dana seriously needs to check his ego with him blacklisting fighters he doesn't like, we could have Barnett in the octagon by now, and that to me would be the next best thing to bringing Fedor over) Actually Robbie had lost 3 of his last 4 fights in the UFC, so that's why his contract wasn't renewed. In those fights against Nick Diaz, Evan Tanner, and Pete Spratt, he looked like he didn't have his head on right, and he admitted that his training wasn't as intensive as in the past due to some injuries...at least he's winning now, maybe that'll get the attention of the UFC again. P.S. I didn't know that Matt Hughes put up his own team now! He's no longer affiliated with Team Miletich, and nows goes under Team Hughes...Robbie is under him as well. Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 i <3 Gina http://greghonda.smugmug.com/photos/195710995-L.jpg Quote Link to comment
JediMasterTebs Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 BTW forgive me for being such a dimwit but is Royce Gracie's fight contract in the State of California "revoked" or damay din ba ang other states and countries? Quote Link to comment
hardtohandle Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 i <3 Gina http://greghonda.smugmug.com/photos/195710995-L.jpg Yeah! Gina Carano!!! Beautiful Disaster!!! :thumbsupsmiley: Quote Link to comment
loonee Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 wer can i catch gina? Quote Link to comment
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