Mixed Martial Arts

[Knucklehead7]

^^^ Fun facts there, and I find the one about Sakurai facing Hughes instead of Anderson kinda intriguing. For the longest time, actually. I mean, that's a huge "What if?" in my book.

[CorpseGrinder]

Part 2 of MMA Facts

 

1) Jason Reinhardt, who lost to Joe Lauzon at UFC 78 is 20-1 with 20 finishes, 19 in the first round.

 

2) Prior to BJ Penn VS Joe Stevenson, all UFC 155lb title fights went to a decision.

 

3) Travis Fulton has the most KO wins in MMA with 60. Gilbert Yvel is second with 30. Fulton also has 123 submission wins, most of all-time as well. Dan Severn is second with 53.

 

4) Chris Lytle has 15 decision losses.

 

5) The UFC has held 1,089 fights (as of UFN 17). 32% have ended in a submission, 38% by KO/TKO, 28% by decision. Over 600 fights, PRIDE is almost identical. 31% submission, 34% KO/TKO and 31% decision.

 

6) Only one fight in the history of the UFC ended in the 5th round when Ricco Rodriguez defeated Randy Couture via submission due to strikes.

 

7) Bas Rutten is 2-3 against Frank and Ken Shamrock combined, but 26-1-1 against everyone else.

 

8) Randy Couture has 19 UFC fights, 15 of them title fights. Since December 1997, only one of his UFC fights has not been for a title.

 

9) Prior to "Cro Cop" Mirko Filipovic's nickname was "Tiger."

 

10) Teila Tuli, who lost to Gerard Gordeau at UFC 1, played Kemo in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Gerard Gordeau continued the night with some of Tuli's teeth stuck in his foot. After he returned home to the Neatherlands he had to go months of treatment for fear of blood poisoning.

 

11) Tra Telligman has no right pectoral. He lost it in a car accident as a child.

 

12) Heath Herring has the most fights in the history of PRIDE.

 

13) Chael Sonnen ran for state legisture in Oregon. He lost. He is, however, a Real Estate Agent for John L Scott Realty

 

14) Tim Sylvia, Ricco Rodriguez, Wes Sims, Josh Thomson, Tiki and Pete Spratt all were on a special UFC episode of Blind Date. Frank Trigg was on kept

 

15) Troy Mandaloniz was the referee in the Anderson Silva/Yushin Okami fight

 

16) Stephan Bonnar snuck out of the Ultimate Fighter house to get some Mad Dog at a liquor store. It never made it on air.

 

17) Robbie Lawler VS Steve Berger was the first MMA fight to be aired on cable TV. Lawler was also in the first title fight to be on network TV.

 

18) UFC 78 was actually the 100th event in the company's history. UFC 100 will be the 132nd event.

 

19) Rampage was on Jackass teaching Ryan Dunn how to shoot for a takedown.

 

20) Mac Danzig was a sponsored skateboarder and is a professional photographer.

 

21) Jeremy Jackson's ex-wife named their son Nick after Nick Diaz, who beat Jackson right before she gave birth to Nick. Jackson went on as a last minute replacement for Diaz in The Ultimate Fighter 4.

 

22) Tito Ortiz's real name? Jacob Ortiz.

 

23) Art Jimmerson, who lost to Royce Gracie at UFC 1 when Royce mounted him, is still listed as an active fighter on the UFC website.

 

24) At a charity event, Bas Rutten accidently stepped on Brian Urlacher's foot. Bas apologized and Urlacher refused to accept. Bas tried to make peace but Urlacher asked Bas if "wanted to take this outside." Bas laughed and said yes. The bouncers diffused the situation and told Urlacher who Bas was. Urlacher quickly apologized.

 

25) And finally….Drew Fickett is in a band called cock sandwich.

[CorpseGrinder]

MMA Facts Part 3

 

 

UFC 1:

- Zane Frasier was invited because he beat up Frank Dux in the lobby at a Karate competition.

-Gerarld Gordeau was invited because he was from the same gym as Ernesto Hoost and the organizers couldn’t afford Hoost.

-Ken Shamrock was recruited after one of his students had applied, they decided they wanted the teacher instead

-Big John McCarthy applied, but was told that Royce would be the only one to represent Jiu-Jitsu. He could enter after Royce was done with it.

-One of Teila Tuli’s teeth that Gordeau kicked out just missed John McCarthy’s wife when it flew into the crowd. She got up and left the event immediately.

-Art Jimmerson tried to back out when he found out the details of the event but they threatened to sue him because they had already started promoting him.

- The promoters considered adding an electric fence and an alligator-filled moat around the Octagon.

 

Other Events:

- At Vale Tudo Japan '95, a 154 lb Japanese fighter named Yuki Nakai took on UFC 1 finalist Gerard Gordeau in the first round. Gordeau gouged his eyes so bad that Yuki suffered permanent blindness in one of them. He still won the fight by heel hook and his next fight by armbar before losing to Rickson Gracie in the finals. Rickson said after that he purposely never hit Yuki in the face out of respect. Yuki refused interviews for many years out of fear that it would have a negative impact on MMA.

- At UFC 9, Zane Frasier kneed Cal Worsham while he was running at him in the chest breaking three ribs, one punctured his lung narrowly missing his heart which was badly bruised. In the hospital he was told that his survival was in question.

To this day it is the worst injury ever incurred at a UFC event. Worsham still won the fight

- At UFC 12, Tank Abbot got into a backstage fight with Wallid Ismail

- At UFC 28, Josh Barnett and Gan McGee had the first and only UFC Super HW fight

- At UFC 36, Matt Hughes fought Shooto’s former MW (167 lb) Champ, Sakurai, because the current Champ had trouble getting a visa. The Champ was Anderson Silva.

- At UFC 39, Ricco Rodriguez stopped Randy Couture, making it the ONLY fight in UFC history (as of UFC 95) to be stopped in the 5th round

- At UFC 47, Mike Kyle bit Wes Sims on the chest during their fight.

-At Vale Tudo Japan ’97, Enson Inoue was DQ'd against F. Shamrock because his brother Egan ran into the ring

At PRIDE 9, Matt Serra’s opponent was injured by the pyrotechnics and the match was called off. Serra was never invited back.

At PRIDE 22, during the stare down, Rampage gave Igor Vovchanchyn a note that from “his mother” that said “Please don’t hurt my son”

- At PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute, during the stare down when the ref finished the rules, Josh Barnett said to Mark Hunt “and no flying ass drops”

- At PRIDE Final Conflict 2004, Big Nog was stuck in traffic, so ‘lil Nog did his walk in for the opening ceremony

- PRIDE's "Shockwave" is not translated correctly. The real name is "The Man Festival"

- At Shooto 3/18, Hansen threw his mouth piece into the crowd to celebrate his victory…and hit Caol Uno’s mom in the head

-At IFC 11, Rich Franklin vs. Aaron Brink was ruled a “no contest” when Brink got his leg stuck between the mat and the cage

- At ADCC, Jeff Monson stripped bare naked (in front of everyone) in protest to the judge’s decision to DQ him. You can use a can opener for positioning, but not as a submission, his opponent (pe de Pano, I think) tapped when he did it so they ruled it a submission attempt and DQ'd him. He maintained he was positioning.

 

Gracies:

- The Gracie family first got noticed when Rorion did a 1989 Playboy article claiming to be the baddest man on the planet and issuing the "Gracie Challenge"

- Royce was the Gracie chosen for UFC 1 for two reasons. They wanted someone smaller to prove a point, and Rickson and Rorion had a big falling out over Rickson teaching from his home instead of at the Academy.

- Rorion Gracie was the fight scene coordinator for Lethal Weapon 1 (triangle at the end)

- Due to his uncontrollable temper, Ryan was reportedly banned by the family from fighting until he got treatment and became more stable.

- Tito called out Renzo Gracie after becoming the >200 lb Champ

- Rickson does have an official loss. At the 1993 US Sambo Championships he lost to Ron Tripp via uchi-mata in 45 seconds. Rickson claims he was misinformed of the rules

- Although Rickson has long been considered the family Champ, Rickson says Royler actually has the best technique in the family and only beats him because of his size advantage.

- Rickson actually only has 2 wins by armbar (both Takada fights) “Rickson by Choke” would be more accurate

 

Other Talents:

- Dan Severn is also writer for Penthouse

- Aaron Brink is a former porn star

- Jeff Monson worked as a family and children’s counselor

- Matt Serra is the first American that the Gracie family awarded a black belt to.

- Gary Goodridge is a world Champ in arm-wrestling and claims to beat 1,000 people in a row in Japan.

- Egan Inoue was a World Champion Racquetball player before competing in JJ and MMA

-Pete Spratt led the NCAA in receiving yards one season while in college.

- Keith Jardine worked as a debt collector, bounty hunter, football coach and even a miner before fighting

- Mirko Filipovic, besides being a member of the Croatian Anti-terrorism squad, also served in the Croatian Parliament and was signed by the Croatian football team Cibalia.

- Phil Baroni won body-building competitions as a teenager

- Nick Thompson is a Minnesota licensed attorney. After passing the bar, he was sworn in by his step-father, a judge.

 

Cops:

Forrest

Big John McCarthy

Cal Worsham

Shinya Aoki

Cro Cop (duh)

Andrei Arlovski

Rob MacDonald (TUF 2)

 

Firemen:

Chris Lytle

Steve Mazzagatti

Don Frye (in Arizona, apparently he was asked to leave around the time McCain was going after MMA, saying his involvement made the dept. look bad)

 

Military:

Sergei (Russian Airborne)

Randy (Army)

Tim Credeur (Navy)

Wandy (Brazilian Army)

Fedor (Russian Army)

Brandon Vera (Air Force)

Luigi Fioravanti (Marines)

Patrick Cote (Canadian Army)

Shonie Carter (Marine Corps)

Chris Leben (Army, went AWOL then discharged)

 

 

Movies/TV:

- Oleg Taktarov has been in more than 30 movies and TV shows

- Rich Franklin starred in “Cyborg Soldier” in the lead role

- Forrest Griffin had a small part in an episode of “Law and Order: SVU”

- Besides a couple films, Randy Couture had a recurring role on “The Unit”

- Joe Son was in "Austin Powers" and a few cheesy action films

- Chuck Liddell was in “The Postman Always Rings Twice” starring Jack Nicholson when he was 12.

 

Education:

- Tank Abbott has a History degree

- Jeff Monson has a Masters in Psych.

- Phil Baroni has a degree in Physch.

- Rich Franklin has BA in Math and a Masters in Education

- Rorion Gracie has a law degree

- Mark Coleman has a degree in Education

- Chuck Liddell has a BA in Accounting

 

Nicknames:

- Michael Bisping is the grandson of a Polish Count

- Jens Pulver is called ‘little evil” due to the abusive childhood he once called a “daily hell.” His alcoholic father regularly beat him and even put a gun in his mouth when he was 7. He pulled the gun out and told him he wasn’t worth the bullets.

- Rich Clementi took the nickname “No Love” after a messy divorce

- Tim Sylvia’s original nickname was “Grizzly Bear”

- Wanderlei Silva’s original nickname was “Mad Dog”

- Ikuhisa Minowa is called "The Punk" because of his love of Punk Rock

- Matt “The Law” Lindland got his name because in the finals of the 2000 United States Olympic trials, Lindland lost to Keith Sieracki, who Lindland had accused of tripping him. After appealing, an arbitrator ordered a rematch for Lindland and Sieracki, in which Lindland won 8-0. They still gave the slot to Sieracki, and Lindland sued the Olympic Committee

- Rich “Ace" Franklin is a reference to Ace Ventura because he looks like Jim Carey

- Rampage’s 3 sons all have the middle name Rampage, his daughter's middle name is Page

 

Real Names:

Karapat Parisyan

Sebastiaan Rutten

Jacob Ortiz

Ken Wayne Kilpatrick (Ken Shamrock aka Vince Torrelli)

Frank Alisio Juarez III (Frank Shamrock)

Jay Dee Penn (All his older brothers are named Jay also, hence Baby Jay)

Francisco Santos Mir III

 

Random:

- The Zuffa by-laws state that if Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta cannot resolve a dispute, they will have a sport JJ match to decide

- Dana White owns 10% of the UFC, not Zuffa

- Zuffa paid $2 MIL for the UFC and invested another $41 MIL to keep it going

-Jason Delucia put a “curse” on Bas Rutten after Bas beat him a 3rd time because Bas refused to give him another rematch

- Diego Sanchez was once engaged to UFC ring girl Ali Sonoma

- Jeremy Horn has had 71 bone breaks and fractures

- Wanderlei's son is named Thor

- Rampage has an albino son

- BJ Penn sued the UFC for stripping his WW title and filed a motion to prevent the UFC to awarding it to someone else after he left the organization. He lost the lawsuit.

- Forrest Griffin’s first MMA fight was against Dan Severn

- Kieth Hackney was considered for TUF 4, even passed the medicals, but was passed over.

- When Pat Miletich was a senior in HS, he shared the wrestling room with Mark Kerr, who was a freshman.

- Igor Vovchanchyn had such a temper as a teen that whenever he was in a bad mood, the the villagers rang the local church bell so everyone would be warned to avoid him.

- Bas Rutten was at a charity event after party when he accidentally stepped on the toes of NFL Linebacker Brian Urlacher. Bas apologized and offered to buy him a drink but Ulracher was pissed and asked Bas if he wanted to take it outside and Bas smiled and said "YES." Security stepped in and told Ulracher who Bas is. Ulracher apologized.

- Fedor has a pet turtle

- The Zuffa by-laws state that if Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta cannot resolve a dispute, they will have a sport JJ match to decide

[riceb0i]

Dont forget the flying scissors heel hook loss to Ryo Chonan!!!

damn straight! very exciting Silva fight even if he lost that one

 

am i seeing this? bro, you gotta read my post again. no offense meant but you gotta read it again.or better yet, let me elaborate it.i said i find his fights boring. i didnt say he's not an exciting fighter. youre the one who said it. im amazed you interpret my post like that. its different bro, boring fights to exciting fighter? again, i said i find his fight boring. i didnt say he's not an exciting fighter. its my opinion. as a fan i think i have the right to say which fights are boring or not.no need for you to refresh my memory about his fights in pride. cmon man youre putting me in a spot here. i never said it bro. baka magalit mga silva fans. peace out.

check out what i quoted you on man, you said you find Silva's "fights" boring, so as much as the fights are boring the common denominator in those fights are Anderson Silva being involved, so please don't tell me i'm putting words in your mouth by me saying you don't find Silva an exciting fighter, because that's what comes to mind man.

 

but, hey, to each his own chief... you don't have to worry about some other dude saying your wrong or your right because everyone is entitled to their own opinion yeah? if you misunderstood what i posted a couple of days back, then what i meant was, the dude's got a lot of exciting fights man.

 

 

BTW mr corpsegrinder, yeah you can't use a can opener as a choke because it's not really chocking your opponent but more of "cranking" them and i believe that in no-gi or even in gi submission grappling cranking is a no-no

http://www.ocmma.net/mma-images/mma-mounts/guard-position/submissions-from-guard/can-opener-from-top_lg.jpg

can opener yep a neck crank alright, legal in MMA illegal in submission grappling

i think this is similar to the move that Abbott used on Steve Jennum way back 1995

Edited August 14, 2010 by riceb0i

[Knucklehead7]

BTW mr corpsegrinder, yeah you can't use a can opener as a choke because it's not really chocking your opponent but more of "cranking" them and i believe that in no-gi or even in gi submission grappling cranking is a no-no

http://www.ocmma.net/mma-images/mma-mounts/guard-position/submissions-from-guard/can-opener-from-top_lg.jpg

can opener yep a neck crank alright, legal in MMA illegal in submission grappling

i think this is similar to the move that Abbott used on Steve Jennum way back 1995

Coleman used this on Masaaki Sataake back in PRIDE, too. I got caught twice, hurts like hell but funny when you look back at it.

 

Some interesting news to start Sunday: Shane Carwin linked to steroid conviction, prescription order allegedly tagged for him

Edited August 14, 2010 by Knucklehead7

[maddromeo]

thanks Mr.Corpsegrinder for the MMA Funfacts!!!

[Igniz]

 

BTW mr corpsegrinder, yeah you can't use a can opener as a choke because it's not really chocking your opponent but more of "cranking" them and i believe that in no-gi or even in gi submission grappling cranking is a no-no

 

can opener yep a neck crank alright, legal in MMA illegal in submission grappling

i think this is similar to the move that Abbott used on Steve Jennum way back 1995

 

 

i remember mark kerr using it on Pride and his opponent needs 10 minutes to recover from that after the fight.

[JustSmile=)]

MMA Facts Part 3

Movies/TV:

- Oleg Taktarov has been in more than 30 movies and TV shows

- Rich Franklin starred in “Cyborg Soldier” in the lead role

- Forrest Griffin had a small part in an episode of “Law and Order: SVU”

- Besides a couple films, Randy Couture had a recurring role on “The Unit”

- Joe Son was in "Austin Powers" and a few cheesy action films

- Chuck Liddell was in “The Postman Always Rings Twice” starring Jack Nicholson when he was 12.

Nice MMA Facts..

 

Of course Randy is in Expendables, also the Nogueira brothers as well..

Edited August 15, 2010 by G_sKiLLz

[riceb0i]

hahaha imagine a Mark Kerr or a Mark Coleman (in their prime) or a Brock Lesnar putting you in a can opener?

 

siguro kahit 2 araw hindi ko pa din magagalaw yung leeg ko

 

tapos knee on belly pagtapos ng can opener kapag nasa side mount na... aray...

Edited August 15, 2010 by riceb0i

[tamago]

Randy Couture wants to fight Anderson Silva

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/434791-randy-couture-wants-to-fight-anderson-silva-after-ufc-118-can-he-win

[Igniz]

UFC 119: Mirko 'Cro Cop' vs Frank Mir booked for Sept. 25 with 'Minotauro' Nogueira hurt

 

Looks like it wasn't meant to be.

 

The upcoming rematch between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir, originally scheduled for UFC 119 in Indianapolis, Indiana, has reportedly been called off after "Minotauro" was forced to withdraw from the Sept. 25 fight card due to an undisclosed injury.

 

Fighters Only brought word of the change in plans earlier today, and also reports that famed Croatian striker Mirko Filipovic is being tagged as "Big Nog's" replacement.

[orionquest]

damn straight! very exciting Silva fight even if he lost that one

 

 

check out what i quoted you on man, you said you find Silva's "fights" boring, so as much as the fights are boring the common denominator in those fights are Anderson Silva being involved, so please don't tell me i'm putting words in your mouth by me saying you don't find Silva an exciting fighter, because that's what comes to mind man.

 

but, hey, to each his own chief... you don't have to worry about some other dude saying your wrong or your right because everyone is entitled to their own opinion yeah? if you misunderstood what i posted a couple of days back, then what i meant was, the dude's got a lot of exciting fights man.

 

 

BTW mr corpsegrinder, yeah you can't use a can opener as a choke because it's not really chocking your opponent but more of "cranking" them and i believe that in no-gi or even in gi submission grappling cranking is a no-no

http://www.ocmma.net/mma-images/mma-mounts/guard-position/submissions-from-guard/can-opener-from-top_lg.jpg

can opener yep a neck crank alright, legal in MMA illegal in submission grappling

i think this is similar to the move that Abbott used on Steve Jennum way back 1995

 

 

hey, read my post again. i clearly said i find his fights boring. i never said he's not an exciting fighter. thats two different issues. its totally different.

 

if youre saying that silva is the common denominator because he is the fighter involved then you got it all wrong. and you dont understand what i posted.

is it just because i never mentioned that hes a great fighter means hes not great fighter?

 

tatagalugin ko na para maintindihan mo. ang sabi ko ang tingin ko sa mga laban niya ay boring. hindi ko sinabi na hindi exciting na mma fighter. magkaiba yun.

 

hindi porke me pangalan ka o sikat ka sa mma eh excitng ka lumaban.

eto isa pang example. randy couture is a great fighter but his fights are boring. lagi lang siya tumutulak sa cage at dirty boxing at take down. all of his fights ganon lang. nothing new. he even got away with a controversial decision win over brandon vera. na eenjoy mo ba pag lumalaban siya?

 

si anderson silva lagi lang pasayaw sayaw sisimple ng suntok nakaka excite ba panoorin? hindi ba sumasagi sa isip mo na no match na mga kalaban niya sa division niya kaya boring na siyang panoorin?

 

and yeah to each his own. you say what you want and put words in my mouth. thats pretty fine. i still find his fights boring.

 

hey you might wanna read prior to his fight with sonnen, dana white isnt amused with his "exciting fights" especially ufc 112 (silva vs maia)

[orionquest]

i'm amazed at someone saying Anderson Silva isn't an exciting fighter... check out his fights before he fought for the UFC, one good example is the Tony Fryklund elbow upercut finish in cagerage man and of course that flying knee VS Carlos Newton in PRIDE

maybe you mean he hasn't been exciting as of late? i'm not Anderson silva's biggest fan bro, but he does have exciting fights man

 

 

watch

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=834KZjEQZWo

[anatoly]

i've heard that GSP is already here in manila. can anyone confirm/debunk this?

[fatso8]

Part 2 of MMA Facts

 

 

6) Only one fight in the history of the UFC ended in the 5th round when Ricco Rodriguez defeated Randy Couture via submission due to strikes.

 

 

Silva vs Sonnen!

[riceb0i]

hey, read my post again. i clearly said i find his fights boring. i never said he's not an exciting fighter. thats two different issues. its totally different.

 

if youre saying that silva is the common denominator because he is the fighter involved then you got it all wrong. and you dont understand what i posted.

is it just because i never mentioned that hes a great fighter means hes not great fighter?

 

tatagalugin ko na para maintindihan mo. ang sabi ko ang tingin ko sa mga laban niya ay boring. hindi ko sinabi na hindi exciting na mma fighter. magkaiba yun.

 

hindi porke me pangalan ka o sikat ka sa mma eh excitng ka lumaban.

eto isa pang example. randy couture is a great fighter but his fights are boring. lagi lang siya tumutulak sa cage at dirty boxing at take down. all of his fights ganon lang. nothing new. he even got away with a controversial decision win over brandon vera. na eenjoy mo ba pag lumalaban siya?

 

si anderson silva lagi lang pasayaw sayaw sisimple ng suntok nakaka excite ba panoorin? hindi ba sumasagi sa isip mo na no match na mga kalaban niya sa division niya kaya boring na siyang panoorin?

 

and yeah to each his own. you say what you want and put words in my mouth. thats pretty fine. i still find his fights boring.

 

hey you might wanna read prior to his fight with sonnen, dana white isnt amused with his "exciting fights" especially ufc 112 (silva vs maia)

i'm sorry i just have watched his fights prior to him going UFC and those fukken fights ain't boring

 

as i've mentioned previously in my post when i first quoted you man, check out that Fryklund fight and that Newton fight and tell me if those fights were boring

 

honestly, i'm wayyy fukked in alcohol right now and my pride right now is in it's career high, i didn't watch Silva just fight in the UFC, and his fights prior to that ain't boring, period.

 

booya kid, id you still find it offensive and if you still think i'm still putting words in your mouth then read what i posted and ponder

 

no peace outs or what nots i don't intend to please you, but to just to speak my mind in the forum. if you find this post offensive and it hurts your ego, so be it i can't please everybody

Edited August 16, 2010 by riceb0i

[orionquest]

i'm sorry i just have watched his fights prior to him going UFC and those fukken fights ain't boring

 

as i've mentioned previously in my post when i first quoted you man, check out that Fryklund fight and that Newton fight and tell me if those fights were boring

 

honestly, i'm wayyy fukked in alcohol right now and my pride right now is in it's career high, i didn't watch Silva just fight in the UFC, and his fights prior to that ain't boring, period.

 

booya kid, id you still find it offensive and if you still think i'm still putting words in your mouth then read what i posted and ponder

 

no peace outs or what nots i don't intend to please you, but to just to speak my mind in the forum. if you find this post offensive and it hurts your ego, so be it i can't please everybody

 

just as i thought, u dont understand what i posted. pitiful. by the way his fights are still boring.

[geneticfreak]

This is a forum. Everyone has a right to speak their mind let me just say this though.

 

What's boring to someone maybe exciting to someone else. In a spectator sport like MMA usually to a 'casual' fan, somebody who is not familiar with the intricacies of the game something such as range fighting (as what anderson silva does) or engaging in the clinch and dirty boxing (as what randy couture does) may seem boring. But to some people who actually practice and actively engage in training and competing in MMA it seems just as exciting.

 

People who haven't been there don't know just how much of a chess game the clinch is or just how much detail goes into counter striking and all that stuff that a general fan deems to be boring. Guys you have to understand that this is a forum and each of us who are here come from different backgrounds and thus view the sport of MMA in different ways. There are casual fans and then there are those who are really into it. There are those who are fans but have such a deep admiration of the game that they go out of their way to really analyze it and those who actually train in it. And mind you I am not talking about those posers who just drop by the MMA gym every once in a while to claim they're such badasses I mean those who really train in it, explore all the little details of the game and have even gone in the ring or the cage and know what it's like being in there.

 

So chill out guys. To each his own. and with that let me just say that I do not find Anderson Silva's fights boring... he may have played it safe a couple of times but heck 'flying knees', 'spinning elbows', that switch out he hit on marquardt before he pounded him out (when all the while marquardt was supposed to be the better wrestler), and how he finished Sonnen (though I was rooting for Sonnen) I would not call that stuff boring at all. You can gather a bunch of seasoned muay thai practitioners and ask them if they've ever even landed a flying knee in a fight and some would even say they've been lucky if they've ever landed a single one ever... while Anderson seems to be doing it all the time.

 

Perhaps people are just so tired of him being this dominant that's why they say he has gotten boring. Tell you what I would love to see Jon Fitch go up to 185 and take a shot at him... After what Sonnen just did to him I think Fitch has a legitimate shot at beating him.

Edited August 18, 2010 by geneticfreak

[andrew_ryan13]

Silva vs Sonnen!

 

 

ganda nung fight!

[twentysix]

This is a forum. Everyone has a right to speak their mind let me just say this though.

 

What's boring to someone maybe exciting to someone else. In a spectator sport like MMA usually to a 'casual' fan, somebody who is not familiar with the intricacies of the game something such as range fighting (as what anderson silva does) or engaging in the clinch and dirty boxing (as what randy couture does) may seem boring. But to some people who actually practice and actively engage in training and competing in MMA it seems just as exciting.

 

People who haven't been there don't know just how much of a chess game the clinch is or just how much detail goes into counter striking and all that stuff that a general fan deems to be boring. Guys you have to understand that this is a forum and each of us who are here come from different backgrounds and thus view the sport of MMA in different ways. There are casual fans and then there are those who are really into it. There are those who are fans but have such a deep admiration of the game that they go out of their way to really analyze it and those who actually train in it. And mind you I am not talking about those posers who just drop by the MMA gym every once in a while to claim they're such badasses I mean those who really train in it, explore all the little details of the game and have even gone in the ring or the cage and know what it's like being in there.

 

 

amen to that.

[tamago]

UFC 119 main card:

 

Cro Cop vs Frank Mir

Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra

Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk

Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens

[mangkadio]

i heard batista is traning to try MMA.

I've read that he'll probably oin Strikeforce in his case.

MMA indeed is growing!

 

go Munoz!

[mangkadio]

love the mma facts bro CG!

 

Randy Couture has 19 UFC fights, 15 of them title fights. Since December 1997, only one of his UFC fights has not been for a title.

 

this really makes me wonder.

15 title fights?

while some fighters need streak of wins before they get 1?

if they were in a class i'd say he's the teacher's pet!

don't get me wrong, i love randy, but Toney's got a point when he said

 

"Man, what kind of [expletive] sport is this if y’all call a guy barely over .500 a legend?"

Edited August 18, 2010 by mangkadio

[geneticfreak]

love the mma facts bro CG!

 

 

 

this really makes me wonder.

15 title fights?

while some fighters need streak of wins before they get 1?

if they were in a class i'd say he's the teacher's pet!

don't get me wrong, i love randy, but Toney's got a point when he said

 

"Man, what kind of [expletive] sport is this if y’all call a guy barely over .500 a legend?"

 

Hehe. well there have been instances where Randy had been given a title shot without getting in line or was only required to fight a couple of fights before being given a title shot. But mind you in these fights remember he wasn't expected to win, he was supposed to be the underdog.

 

Case in point after dropping to the light heavyweight division after losing the heavyweight title to Rico Rodriguez he was asked to fight Chuck Lidell (who was on a tear that time and nobody wanted to fight) and then Tito Ortiz. Nobody expected him to win either one of those fights but he did so and in exceptional fashion.

 

When he came back to heavyweight on the other hand, he was immediately granted a title shot by Dana against Tim Sylvia and again he wasn't expected to win but he did in a 5 round domination of the former champion. Yeah he might have been given somewhat of a pass at the title a couple of times during his illustrious career but I think it is due to the respect that he has earned over the years for always seeming to come out on top despite all types of adversity.

 

James Toney the way he keeps running his mouth I hope he gets schooled by the Natural come the next UFC.

[riceb0i]

Couture by merciless GnP...

 

sorry boss gf i was wayyyyyyyy sh!tfaced during that time and i was picking a fight...