UFC and MMA Thread

I feel Evans is stronger than Machida . I'm hoping Evans wins. I like to see Serra whip Hughes ass, but I just can't see it happening. The Sherk/Edgar fight is gonna be a good one. I hope Miller beats Sonnen. I think Sonnen is over ratted and getting up there in age.

 

Machida is a more complete fighter. He has better tools and skills but it takes more than that to win. I do not think evans can tapout machida and up is his only chance. I think machida could take evans either up or down. In the end it will depend on fight prep and luck to see who is standing.

 

I'm with ya.... I'm putting what little money I have on Evans. I would love to see Serra put some hurt on Huges as I have not been fond of him since the Royce Gracie match.
Cheers, Don

 

The Dragon destroyed Evans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

omg!!!!!! What a one sider... I love it..

 

He will have this belt for awhile!!

 

karate is back! lol..

 

2 surprises in one night! The Dragon demolishes Evans - I did not think it would happen, but he basically answered any questions.

Other surprise - props to my local homey Frank Edgar. I wasn't sure he was ready for someone as seasoned as Sherk, but he came through with flying colors. I believe Frank is now a purple belt in BJJ, so his game is rounding out nicely, and his striking was really good last night. He's got a portfolio of wins over a "who's who" in his division!

 

+1---Edgar looked very good

 

I thought that was funny when Machida said that, I guess he forgot that GSP is a Kyokushin Black Belt!

 

Very good fight card.

I am disappointed with Evans. I don't take anything away from Machida, but I thought Evans would have done better.

Big props to Edgar. I am a big fan of his, and he beat one of the top dogs. Could he now possibly get a title shot? Watch out for Maynard though......this guy is going to be the champ soon.

Hughes/Serra was very entertaining. I was hoping Serra would pull it off, since I am not a fan of Hughes.

 

Boy was I wrong AGAIN!!!! Machida was amazing. He'll be around a while. Edgar looked great. I thought the Hughes vs Serra fight was boring. They should have killed eachother!!!! There was so much hate there!
Is there anyone out there @ 205 who can posess a threat to Machida's style????? ANYONE??? I hate to say, but Quinton would get killed!

 

Maynard recently beat Edgar pretty soundly, he would probably get a title shot before Edgar.

 

True and he looked great!

 

Watched the fight at OC's Chronic Cantina.... what a blast, Machida was awesome and my hat's of to Hughes. I pasted by Triangle
Square around midnight and the place was besieged with police cars, fire trucks and emergency units, any O.C. guy's know what went down?

 

Yes, Anderson Silva. Too bad they won't fight each other. I know Dana will try to make it happen though.

Also, I think Shogun at 100% would make for an interesting fight. Rich Franklin might make for an interesting fight as well.

 

Franklin is a waste of time (now watch, he'll beat Wanderlai) Anderson Silva would be the world's most boring fight. Shogun would be fun... I guess... Only if the Pride Shogun shows up. Which he's getting back to the old Shogun.

 

Wow, Armen, no love for Rich at all! I think Rich is a better fighter at 205, I'll be anxious to see what he can do in that weight class. I still think he is a top fighter, even though Anderson made him look bad, but then again, Anderson usually does that.

 

on Sherdog .com they asked on a pole, who has the best chance of beating Machida. Franklin's name didn't even come up. I just hated that whole Dana White poster boy era. Hwt. Couture Lt. Hwt. Liddell, Mwt. Franklin, Wwt. Hughes Ltwt. Sherk. Even though I am a HUGE Couture fan!!! If Anderson did that to Franklin @ 185, Could you imagine what Machida would do at 205?!?!?!

 

I have to agree - Franklin is a more aggressive fighter, which plays well into Machida's strategy (counter striker). That's one main reason Anderson made Franklin look so bad, and probably also means Wanderlei knocks Franklin out early.

 

In the current LHW crop, I'd have to say Shogun or Rampage are the only two I can see giving Machida problems. Maybe Vera if he got back to being the old, hungry Vera and not the new, overpaid Vera.

A year ago, Liddell and Wanderlai would have been at the top of my list. Funny how fast things change.

 

DREAM 9 videos

http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/jose-canseco-vs-hong-man-choi-video.html
http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/bob-sapp-vs-ikuhisa-minowa-video-dream.html
http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/gegard-mousasi-vs-mark-hunt-video-dream_26.html
http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/jason-miller-vs-ronaldo-jacare-souza.html
http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/rameau-thierry-sokoudjou-vs-jan-nortje_26.html
http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/norifumi-kid-yamamoto-vs-joe-warren_26.html
http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/tatsuya-kawajiri-vs-gesias-jz_26.html
http://www.mmascraps.com/2009/05/hideo-tokoro-vs-abel-cullum-video-dream_26.html

 

Rampage has had his lights turned off by lesser fighters than Machida. Right now The Dragon would destroy Rampage IMO.

 

What did you think of the show???? Too much cartoon????? A few good fights. Some we're a circus act. I'm a big JZ & Jacare fan!

 

+1 unfortunately