I agree.. Royce was awesome back in the day but that's because he had other fighters ignorance on his side. I respect him for building the sport but the reason for his winning the early fights is because hardly any of the fighters knew of jiu-jitsu. A lot (but not all) of the fighters in those days were still playing around with that worthless tae-kwon-do / karate crap that's only good in movies, or worse, were lumbering technique-less fist-swingers. Today every serious mma fighter trains in jiu-jitsu and knows how to defend against it.. you have to be really athletic and good at it to win with just that nowadays. Even if Royce were in his prime today, he'd get killed in the UFCs welterweight division.
anyway back to the main topic, here's the superfights i hope to see:
Liddell / Wanderlei (pleeease happen!)
CroCop / Sylvia
Arlovski / Vera
Couture / Ortiz II (couture said wants it, if..)
Fedor vs The Predator
no i wouldn't care to see Gracie in the octagon anymore. His days are past and there are *much* better fighters around nowadays. Besides, i heard he got $400,000 for that Hughes fight... what a waste of money, considering they're paying much more promising new talent around $3000 a fight. I could see some crazy matchups set up with that kind of money.. heck, even Fedor would come in for a single fight for that much. Now THAT i'd pay to see.
I agree, I have alot of respect for Gracie because he was indeed a pioneer of the sport and an ambassador to MMA but the sport has passed him by. He has aged more than some of the other guys at his age, Hughes is not that much younger than Gracie but unfortunately for Gracie, Hughes was in much better shape all the way around. These fighters today are much more well rounded not just in fighting skills but also in Health, Dieting, and Training Techniques.
BTW - My superfight choice:
Chuck Lidell vs Anderson Silva ( granted one of them would have to move up or down in class)
no i wouldn't care to see Gracie in the octagon anymore. His days are past and there are *much* better fighters around nowadays. Besides, i heard he got $400,000 for that Hughes fight... what a waste of money, considering they're paying much more promising new talent around $3000 a fight. I could see some crazy matchups set up with that kind of money.. heck, even Fedor would come in for a single fight for that much. Now THAT i'd pay to see.
he didnt beat rampage, he got hit in the balls and won by disqualification :laugh: . The only other good win hes had is over pele landi. That being said, i like him a lot too.
Chuck Liddell VS Quinton Jackson
Wanderlei Silva VS Chuck Liddell
Mirco Crocop VS Tim Sylvia
Matt Hughes VS Georges St. Pierre
Chuck Liddell VS Mirco Crocop
Theres MANY more but these are off the top of my head. If we were to have just 3 of these in 2007 i'll be a happy MMA fan
C'mon FEDOR versus friggin any1.....and whoever did the post about "Stiff Upper LIP" (biggest jaw ...minus Hunt) not 1 was mentioned about Fedor..... dude can throw from any where... and u do have to be hit 2 b KO'eD....HATE 2 B RIGHT OR WRONG...take ur discussions and lets "Get It On"
I am sorry ...little booze at xmas time... anyway.... "Tank vs Syvia lmfao..tim would be forced to actually fight.."
I'd pay to see that...perfect post... merry xmas...go Chuck
hunt vs sylvia
fedor vs sylvia
cro cop vs sylvia
wand vs sylvia
vera vs sylvia
i would love to see that ahole fight anyone of these guys but obviously going to only be vera, whose gonnae kick his ass
I agree.. Royce was awesome back in the day but that's because he had other fighters ignorance on his side. I respect him for building the sport but the reason for his winning the early fights is because hardly any of the fighters knew of jiu-jitsu. A lot (but not all) of the fighters in those days were still playing around with that worthless tae-kwon-do / karate crap that's only good in movies, or worse, were lumbering technique-less fist-swingers. Today every serious mma fighter trains in jiu-jitsu and knows how to defend against it.. you have to be really athletic and good at it to win with just that nowadays. Even if Royce were in his prime today, he'd get killed in the UFCs welterweight division.
anyway back to the main topic, here's the superfights i hope to see:
Liddell / Wanderlei (pleeease happen!)
CroCop / Sylvia
Arlovski / Vera
Couture / Ortiz II (couture said wants it, if..)
Fedor vs The Predator
Yeah, but how often do either of them use it? Not much, they started w/ karate but soon figured out there's more effective disciplines out there. Somebody that only knew karate would get mauled.
Lol someone that only knew JJ would get mauled to look what happened to Gracie when he fought Hughes.
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