I just watched it, and I've got to say I'm really confident in my picks.
Frank Mir's striking looks much better than it has in the past (especially compared to Lesnar's loopy punches), and he's training with a world-class wrestler, similar in build to Lesnar. I also think Frank's fighting attitude is much better than Brock's, as Brock Lesnar repeatedly says he "doesn't care" about Frank's BJJ, when I think he should be more concerned about that than anything.
I'm also really confident in picking Nogueira over Sylvia. Nogueira's training his stand-up with Anderson at Black House, he's spending more time on his wrestling (thank God!) and he looked in incredible shape, working like a beast. Tim will obviously come in shape to fight 5 rounds, but his training really looked tame compared to Nog's, his stand-up looked sloppy even in sparring too.
This card's going to be great, I can't wait.:thumb02:
What did you guys think?
Frank Mir's striking looks much better than it has in the past (especially compared to Lesnar's loopy punches), and he's training with a world-class wrestler, similar in build to Lesnar. I also think Frank's fighting attitude is much better than Brock's, as Brock Lesnar repeatedly says he "doesn't care" about Frank's BJJ, when I think he should be more concerned about that than anything.
I'm also really confident in picking Nogueira over Sylvia. Nogueira's training his stand-up with Anderson at Black House, he's spending more time on his wrestling (thank God!) and he looked in incredible shape, working like a beast. Tim will obviously come in shape to fight 5 rounds, but his training really looked tame compared to Nog's, his stand-up looked sloppy even in sparring too.
This card's going to be great, I can't wait.:thumb02:
What did you guys think?