Brownman Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Machida vs Evans could be interesting...or boring fight but deserving since both are unbeaten! Quote Link to comment
maddromeo Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I'snt Machida gonna fight Thiago Silva!? Well I never was a Iceman fan, and who thought Chuck was invincible?! I guess only UFCnuthuggers do coz Rampage whooped his Ass twice. Think his considering retirement already, better go out now kesa malaos pa sya and people starts to forget Him!? Baka mag ala Ken Shamrock sya!?! Huwag naman sana... :thumbsdownsmiley: Quote Link to comment
Serial Killer Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Forrest Griffin vs Rashad Evans UFC 92 fight now likely in December http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1846/forrestrashadwa2.jpg What a difference one punch makes. Rashad Evans delivered a blistering overhand right this weekend that had former light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell snoring in the center of the Octagon during the main event at UFC 88: “Breakthrough” at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s a shocking result that perhaps has company president Dana White and the rest of the executives at UFC headquarters on West Sahara Avenue crying in their corn flakes this morning. That’s because Evans ruined a monster year-end pay-per-view (PPV) event on December 27, which had Liddell — the promotion’s biggest money-maker — all but guaranteed to face current 205-pound champion Forrest Griffin with a win over “Sugar.” Not so fast, blockbuster. Now it appears that Evans has earned that honor with one magical punch, setting up a bout between two champions from separate seasons of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year’s Eve weekend. That’s a rather remarkable turn of events when you consider all the other “big name” draws in the loaded light heavyweight division, including Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Liddell, Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva, among others. But there really are no other options — all the fighters mentioned above (sans Machida and Silva) are either hurt or coming off losses. “The Dragon” is still at least one win away from title shot even though he may be the one most deserving and Silva would likely need another big win soon to justify leapfrogging either Machida or Evans. Indeed, it’s a chain of events and circumstances that appeared unlikely as recently as of July 4 — the day before Griffin pulled off his own shocker, winning a unanimous decision to defeat Jackson for the 205-pound belt at UFC 86: “Jackson vs Griffin.” Quote Link to comment
maddromeo Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 By the way... Evans vs. Forrest na! Screw Lyoto!? He should finish a fight first! KO or Sub somebody not win by points! TUF 1 vs TUF 2! That would be a big draw for the UFC! Not Forrest vs. Lyoto?! Come on... Quote Link to comment
geneticfreak Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 By the way... Evans vs. Forrest na! Screw Lyoto!? He should finish a fight first! KO or Sub somebody not win by points! TUF 1 vs TUF 2! That would be a big draw for the UFC! Not Forrest vs. Lyoto?! Come on... Yah I think Machida got screwed on this one. tsk tsk. :thumbsdownsmiley: Quote Link to comment
Olympus Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 But then again Evens vs griffin would sell more than Grifin vs machida. Quote Link to comment
geneticfreak Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 But then again Evens vs griffin would sell more than Grifin vs machida. True True. Coz of the plot. Hey! Just like in the WWE!. hehe. Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) RIP Evan Tanner http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/articles/BRE..._Dessert/329941 http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/articlefiles/3539-Evan%20Tanner.jpg Edited September 9, 2008 by Larry Quote Link to comment
riceb0i Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 RIP Evan Tanner http://www.yardbarker.com/mma/articles/BRE..._Dessert/329941 http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/articlefiles/3539-Evan%20Tanner.jpg yeah, RIP Evan Tanner...died in the desert, nobody knows how... and why... Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 It is a shame that in this society we've been taught to judge a man's worth by what he owns instead of who he is. Everything is surface, and so few look beyond it. A man will sell his soul, he will lie, cheat and steal, for money. If he has it, he can buy respect. Wear the right clothes, drive the right car, have the right friends, that's all that matters. Our lives are consumed in a selfish, self absorbed quest for possessions, the latest and the best in a never-ending cycle until the day we die. We forget what it means to be truly human. We forget the things that really matter. We lose the magic of what life should be. I won't live by rules that make no sense to me. - Evan Tanner Quote Link to comment
geneticfreak Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I won't live by rules that make no sense to me. - Evan Tanner And yes that he did. RIP champ. A lot of people thought you'd still have another run at your title but instead we now hope you're in a better place than this. Quote Link to comment
SevenZeroFive Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 ...at least he's gonna be embarking on a whole new adventure. right when he posted on his blog about his desert trip, and his admission that worse comes to worse he could die out there, i was worried. i hoped for the best, but unfortunately hope wasn't enough to save him this time. i'll tip some gin for you Evan, & I'll do so with Metallica's "Wherever I May Roam" on the background, the story of Evan Tanner's life... "anywhere i roam, where i lay my head is homecarved up on my stone, my body lies but still i roam" RIP, Evan. Save us a place up there, we'll catch up on your next roadtrip... Quote Link to comment
Olympus Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 RIP Evan you will be missed Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I originally wasn't a Tanner fan, i thought he was run of the mill in fact. But that was before I saw TannerXFranklin man that was something else, this guy would never give up no matter what and then I read some of his blogs there really is something more to Tanner than his in ring exploits. Quote Link to comment
sho munaki Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Just sad news about the passing of Evan Tanner. While he wasn't an elite fighter in the manner of an Anderson Silva, Tito Ortiz, or Randy Couture, he nevertheless was a former UFC Middleweight Champion. I just hope that he has now found the inner peace that he was struggling to find in his life. R.I.P. Evan Tanner Quote Link to comment
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