MMA General Discussion Thread

[Slim]

Lashley is still trying to do MMA? Wow... that is a surprise to me. But yeah book Lashley vs. Bautista. Lashley would pretty much wreck him... and that's saying something since Lashley isn't really that good.

 

[The Cork]

Strikeforce tried to set up that fight 2 years ago before the merger, both were asking for too much money (Batista was asking for ridiculous amounts IIRC)

As it goes, Lashley's lost a couple of times since then anyway so the hype died down. It'd still be a decent draw for one of the bigger indys or Bellator, I guess.

 

[Slim]

Yeah either way it'd draw and if built right... could do pretty decent for wherever it happens. I mean they kept bringing up WWE in Bautista's fight so... that'd be a good way to hype it... WWE vs. WWE in a real MMA fight

 

[No More Sorrow]

After Eddie Alvarez's win tonight, Dana tweeted him saying:

@Ealvarezfight congrats Bro!!! Let's talk

This was Alvarez's last fight on his Bellator contract, and is pretty much guaranteed to jump to the UFC. With that in mind who should he fight? He's going to be joining a STACKED lightweight division, and honestly i think a fight with Diego Sanchez has fireworks written all over it

 

[No More Sorrow]

According to a report by MMAjunkie.com, UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao fighters Matt Riddle and Francisco Rivera have been suspended for failed drug tests. The two competed in July in Canada.The report says Riddle was found to have marijuana in his system, while Rivera was caught with an undisclosed over-the-counter stimulant.


Riddle (7-3) has fought all 10 of his professional bouts inside the Octagon. He earned Submission of the Night honors when he defeated Chris Clements at the card.


Rivera (9-2) improved to 2-0 when he topped Roland Delorme. Both Riddle and Rivera declined to appeal their punishments.


The Calgary Combative Sports Commission suspended both fighters for 90 days, dating back to the July 21 card. Neither fight result was changed.

Few suspensions stemming back from UFC 149.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

Punishing fighters for smoking weed is ridiculous, especially in Nate Diaz's case being suspended for a year due it. It stays in your system for ages and isn't a PED, what fighters do in their downtime shouldn't affect their work.

 

[Troy]

But in the end the commission has a responsibility to look after fighters. They aren't there just to stop performancing enhancing drugs but also to ensure that the fighters aren't taking substances which can harm them and cause issues for them in the future.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

Its just further nannying from our soft society, if someone wants to put themselves at risk by taking recreational drugs that don't affect anyone else than they should be able to. Instead we're all told what to do in every aspect of life.

 

[The Cork]

It's towards the end of the year so what does everyone think is FOTY so far?

Off the top of my head I'll go with Lauzon/Varner from the Fox card in August, I have a terrible memory though.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I thought Ellenberger/Sanchez was pretty good. I hate myself for saying this, but Jon Fitch and Erik Silva's fight from the last show was one of the better fights this year also Shogun/Vera is probably up their as well. For a non UFC fight, Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett was awesome also.

 

[The Cork]

Holy shit, forgot the Fuel cards like Ellenberger/Sanchez and Zombie vs Poirier.

Good shout.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Some other fights that i think rank up their are Diaz/Cerrone, the first Bendo/Edgar fight and Nelson/Werdum.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

Zombie vs Poirier gets my vote.

 

[Dale]

Is it weird I thought Anderson/Chael I was this year? Didn't realise it was two fucking years ago

 

[No More Sorrow]

That was actually voted Fight of the year back then if i'm not mistaken. : Roy Nelson vs. JDS was also on that card. Weird to think about how everybody's career turned out since then.