UFCThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization, recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC. This promotion is responsible for solidifying the sport's postion in the history-books.
UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on Spike TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide.
I really want coture to pull this one out for his sake,and so i can see tim syvlia cry. I hate him, but he will most likely will get the win, but i really hope he loses. we will see.
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Favourite fighters:
1. Mirko Cro Cop
2. Rampage Jackson
3. Chuck Liddell
4. Anderson Silva
5. Mark Hunt
The competition in Pride is a bit more formidable than you give credit. I believe either Dan Henderson or Shogun Rua would present Chuck Liddell with a very tough challenge in the Light Heavy Division. As the Middleweight belt-holder, Dan Henderson would also present some problems for Anderson Silva or Rich Franklin. Hendo is one tough son-of-a-gun, as he demonstrated in the last Pride show. And despite his loss to Nick Diaz, Takanori Gomi is another extremely tough fighter who would handle just about any lightweight in the UFC or anywhere else. I was shocked by his loss to Diaz and would not bet against him in a rematch in Japan where the rules and the crowd will favor the Fireball Kid. I am not taking anything away from Diaz, he fought an awesome fight and that gogoplata he pulled off was unreal! But Gomi is a brawler and I would not expect him to punch himself out again trying to land punches through Diaz' guard like he did in the first three minutes of Round One.
Lets just use some examples...randleman left the UFC after getting banged on and became champ of pride for a bit... chuck vs rampage is still contradictory..but we'll no soon about that... frank trigg left ufc after getting banged on and so didnt diaz ppl who cant make it in ufc go to pride...ppl just think that pride is tuffer becuz it looks more brutal thats bullshit..infact ufc cood do the same thing if they allowed striking a grounded opponent with a kick and or stomping them too...any dumass can stomp someone...its another thing to beat them by skill and intelligence
UFC fighters are just not as good as Pride fighters period....Shogun Rua would beat the shit out of Chuck..c'mon man be for real...look at the opponents Shogun has faced over the last year alone..Randleman, noguera, rampage,to name a few, he murdered these dudes...his only loss was to Coleman after he broke his damn forearm...and by the way Coleman was a heavyweight...this dude is relentless and as disciplined as Fedor...he is really the only fighter I see fighting on Fedors level...and if he was a heavyweight, would give Fedor serious problems...he's a phenom...trust me, in the next five years people will be talking about this kid as being one of the best to EVER fight...don't believe me ...believe his recod.
yea after he becomes that he'll go to ufc to face beter opponents and get more money because its the better organization
This card is the kind of card that brought the death of boxing.
The main event is more the stuff of novelty than anything else, and Franklin and Hughes are being fed opponents to set up future cards. Has Don King started promoting fight cards in the UFC, because this card bears his unmistakable "style."
That being said, I hope Couture wins, Hughes is embarassed, and Franklin (who seems to be done, in my opinion) loses, as well.
Sorta odd..........just ordered the PPV and looked at the time table it says 7:30 pm until 2:00 am!!!!!!!!!!!What is up with that.........do we finally get to see all the fights......maybe the UFC is reading our posts......lol......anyway thought this was interesting=
I certainly do hope the show all the fights. As a fan of MMA, I don't only want to see the "super stars". I want to see all the guys who are working their way up. I am even one of the guys who wants to see Matt Hamill fight. He has been kinda boring, but I think he as a ton of potential and I would love to see him as he develops, as well as all the other guys in the under card!
Just my 2 cents
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I would like to see Couture win as well but my money is on the younger, taller fella weighing 40 pounds more. Couture will give it his all but I see another retirement in his future.
I see both Franklin and Hughes winning thier bouts. Both learned valuable lessons in getting knocked off their respective pedestals and I am sure they have done a better job preparing for their fights. Both seemed to lack a gameplan last time out (Hughes choosing to standup with GSP and Rich not doing much to avoid Silva's clinch) and I have to believe theu will have scouted their opponents well. Expect Franklin to do whatever he can to keep this fight standing up. Conversely, expect Matt to bring the fight to the ground where he can use his superior grappling skills.
I give Randy more of a chance, which still maybe not much, after I saw the weigh-in pictures. Randy is in better shape than usual and Tim is in worse. It makes me think that maybe Silvia takes this fight lightly. Wishful thinking???
I think Franklin was terrified of Silva and that he had conceded that fight mentally before they touched gloves.
Hughes will be continually more easy to beat now. Whatever smoke and curtains he had going before his amateurish performance against St. Pierre have been stripped away. He can tip all the tires he wants. Tires don't fight back.
I really don't know how Couture can beat Sylvia. It's hard to take down a cyclops, and Couture's striking isn't what it needs to be. It could be an interesting fight--though I wouldn't pay to see it--because, even though Couture's speed and reflexes have dulled with time, he'll still be as fast--or faster--than the lummox.
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