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**Arlovski_Fan** · 01-07-2008, 08:56 PM

Wow, I am really pumped for this card. Silva vs Hendo is going to rock and will either solidify my belief that Silva is one of the most dangerous fighters in the world or open up the MW division to some crazy fights (Hendo vs Franklin anyone?)

Okami vs Tanner interests me. Will Tanner come back with his old drive? Will he be able to beat this physically strong fighter or will he have issues with him?

Kongo vs Herring is gonna be an all out brawl or a quick sub by Herring. Either way I dig it.

Fitch vs Gono. I'm not a big fan of Gono, but he is tough and will put up a good fight against Fitch. Fitch is fighting which means this is gonna be good.

Kos vs Hazelett is the only fight I don't really care about, but hopefully Kos comes out trying to finish.

This is gonna be a really good card!

TeamPunishment5 · 01-08-2008, 03:38 PM

wow what a freakin card!!

**kds13** · 01-08-2008, 05:22 PM

I'm VERY excited for Gono vs. Fitch. I'll be pulling for Jon, but people highly underrate Gono's abilities and its gonna be a tough fight for Fitch, if not even a step up from Diego.

holdenw1 · 01-09-2008, 01:58 PM

Didn't Henderson fight for the Light Heavyweight title in his LAST fight?

Why should he get back to back title shots in his FIRST 2 fights in the UFC? I think that Henderson is a good fighter and everything but it just isn't fair. Make him fight at least one middleweight contender before he goes at Silva.

The middlewight division is DEEP. I wanna see Henderson earn his shot.

holdenw1 · 01-09-2008, 01:59 PM

Didn't Henderson fight for the Light Heavyweight title in his LAST fight?

Why should he get back to back title shots in his FIRST 2 fights in the UFC? I think that Henderson is a good fighter and everything but it just isn't fair. Make him fight at least one middleweight contender before he goes at Silva.

The middlewight division is DEEP. I wanna see Henderson earn his shot

Couchwarrior · 01-09-2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by holdenw1

Why should he get back to back title shots in his FIRST 2 fights in the UFC?

Because he was the Pride champion in both weight classes. It's part of the title unification formalities after the UFC bought Pride.

**yorT** · 01-09-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by holdenw1

Didn't Henderson fight for the Light Heavyweight title in his LAST fight?

Why should he get back to back title shots in his FIRST 2 fights in the UFC? I think that Henderson is a good fighter and everything but it just isn't fair. Make him fight at least one middleweight contender before he goes at Silva.

The middlewight division is DEEP. I wanna see Henderson earn his shot

Who else do you think deserves a title shot?

holdenw1 · 01-09-2008, 07:12 PM

How bout the last fighter that silva lost to, Okami. Okami's a rising star.

Or make Henderson at least fight Okami before Silva. Don't get me wrong, I like Henderson but c'mon, 2 title shots as your first two fights in the UFC? what's that?

Mirko had more hype coming in and he had to fight some stiff and then Gonzaga on top of that before they would even consider him (we know how that turned out). It's like Dana White's saying, "Shit, we thought you were gonna beat Rampage. Try Silva instead."

If Henderson loses this fight, I'd put him at the bottom of the list in Middleweight and make him beat every big name and rising star before getting another shot.

**Arlovski_Fan** · 01-09-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by holdenw1

How bout the last fighter that silva lost to, Okami. Okami's a rising star.

Or make Henderson at least fight Okami before Silva. Don't get me wrong, I like Henderson but c'mon, 2 title shots as your first two fights in the UFC? what's that?

Mirko had more hype coming in and he had to fight some stiff and then Gonzaga on top of that before they would even consider him (we know how that turned out). It's like Dana White's saying, "Shit, we thought you were gonna beat Rampage. Try Silva instead."

If Henderson loses this fight, I'd put him at the bottom of the list in Middleweight and make him beat every big name and rising star before getting another shot.

The UFC doesn't apparently want Okami to get a title shot otherwise he would have had one by now. I think this might be due to the fact that he isn't very exciting to watch.
Henderson vs Okami would, for lack of a better word, suck. I like Henderson, but he isn't exactly known for trying to finish his fights. Couple that with Okami just neutralizing him, it becomes 15 minutes of "Wow this was kind of a let down".
Mirko didn't have the Pride HW belt. Henderson has the WW one, which is essentially the MW belt for the UFC's weight classes.
Henderson at the bottom of the MW's? Maybe, he doesn't really seem as good at this weight, granted there isn't a big talent pool. If he loses, I'm hoping a)Horn somehow comes back with a vengeance or b) Dana lets Lindland come back. Otherwise Silva will reign and demolish everyone for a looooong time.