I don’t rate most UFC fighters in the stand up. They swing for the fences and hope for the best. Spider and Macida are the exception- that’s why they’re virtually unstoppable.
agreed. i think both tito and sherk came in with bad gameplans. sherk needed to pursue a takedown to wear bj out. when it got to the third round and bj wasnt gassed, it was pretty obvious that sherk was done. i felt tito needed to cut off the cage in take away machidas chances to get away. i think he may have been trying to lure him out, but he just got picked apart.
i think florian has more than a slim chance at beating bj, even though i would have bj as a favorite.
Other than sharp elbows Kenny doesn’t have that much striking power. On the ground we all know how good BJ is. It’s a bad much up for Kenny.
Dan Henderson made the same mistake against Spider. Ground and pound fighters need to know their limits.
Here’s mine:
GSP by TKO
LESNAR by ground n’ pound destruction
Ken-Flo via doctor stoppage, Huerta won’t give up but he may be too slow to avoid those razor-sharp elbows of Kenny’s.
If you had told me a few months ago this fight would have been happening I would have said you’re crazy. Was it just a year ago that it seemed like Silva had no competition at MW? My how things change in the UFC.
Here we are a year later and now there’s a few guys knocking at the door:
“Experts” say Thales a real good shot (I’m not convinced, but I’ve been wrong before, many times)
Demian Maia is a beast, who can best him on the ground? Can’t think of anybody really.
Marquardt is charging again
Hendo and Bisping are almost ready to square off, will the winner be ready for Silva? I’m sure Hendo wants another crack, he knows let a good opportunity slip away last time.
The Axe Murderer could drop to 185 after the Franklin fight, depending on the outcome, he must be considered. Maybe a rematch with Hendo?
Let’s not forget Okami, who was rumoured to be getting a title shot last year. Actually I’d like to see Maia face Okami before he gets a title shot.
And finally, Kenny Florian looks like he has a real shot against a wounded B.J., the heavyweight division is starting to look good (finally), and the LW’s are better than ever, crazy, but I love it.
Most of the UFC light heavy weights are running scared of the Karate kid Machida. Note how Rampage didnt want to fight v Machida. What fighter turns down a title shot??
Shogun needs Pride rules, spider v Machida. I am 90% sure Machida would win.
Yeah, Pride rules would help Shogun, though I still think he’s the only guy at 205 with a real shot at beating Machida right now. He’s got the talent, but physically he still looks a little soft to me. After Shogun who’s left? Page, Rashad, Chuck, Griffin? Ppffft. Nobody.
Maybe Hendo would have a chance, if he could get Machida to the ground and hold him, maybe. Hell maybe even Couture, he wants to fight Anderson, so why not Machida?
Under full pride rules Wanderlie & Shogun were devastating. You cant fall into guard because knee strikes and head stomps come into play, I really can’t stand it when UFC guys fall into guard when their Hurt. Much like the spider v Thales Leites!
Hendos better at MW. He made a strategic error by trying to strike with spider in their last match. If he did want to strike he would be much better off coming in on angles, but he stood right in front of spider and tried to land that big right hand, low % strategy. He does deserves a rematch, he is on 3 match winning streak
Maybe a Vera would be a good match up with Machida?
I am really wanting on Sanchez V BJ.
[b]“If Silva is to be believed, the risk is zero, because the fight will never happen. Silva and Machida are close friends and ‘The Spider’ has reportedly point-blank refused to entertain the idea of fighting his friend”.
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I took this from the UFC website. No spider v machida. I suspect Dana doesn’t want these guys to fight because if they do fight one of them will lose some of their mystic and crowd pull, its all coin.
Gerard Mousasi would make Lyoto work, too bad he is in Strikeforce.
Geghard looked great on Saturday, just all business that guy. He might end up in the UFC one day, but for now he wants LHW and HW glory. I think he wants Fedor eventually.
I don’t think he wants Fedor, they train together.
Shit, you are right. When he started talking about fighting at HW, I assumed he wanted to challenge ‘the man’. Too bad, I would have liked to see that fight.
Fedor Emelianenko is da man!
Should be a good set of fights this Saturday. UFC is counterprogramming of course. I’m really excited for Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller vs. Jake Shields. Miller is more well-rounded than Lawlor so I expect him to give Jake a much tougher fight. He might even pull off the upset.
In other news apparently Hendo is signed with Strikeforce or on the verge of signing. That sucks.