MMA General Discussion Thread

[Slim]

Arianny... dang.

But Bigfoot did good with his costume. Rampage was just lame.

 

[No More Sorrow]

The rest of that Arriany Photo shoot is in the woman of the world section.

 

[Deezy]

Bader looked like Cyborg Santos.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Bellator has officially ended all negations with Eddie Alverez, and he has nothing to do with the organization. All signs point to him signing with the UFC in the near future. Who would you like to see him fight? Cerrone and Diego Sanchez top my list.

 

[The Cork]

Gil Melendez, would be cool to see a 'Bellator vs Strikeforce' sort of thing.

Failing that, anyone in the UFC. It'd take a lot of effort to make a bad fight at 155lbs, talent pool is crazy good.

 

[Troy]

Gil Melendez, would be cool to see a 'Bellator vs Strikeforce' sort of thing.

Failing that, anyone in the UFC. It'd take a lot of effort to make a bad fight at 155lbs, talent pool is crazy good.

That is a brilliant idea, would be great if they had that happen on a UFC card as well rather than shipping it out onto a SF card. Then whoever wins that gets GSP/Condit.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Did anybody catch the World Series of Fighting's first show Saturday night? Featured Anthony Johnson and Andrei Arlovski. Both ended up winning in pretty impressive fashion.

Johnson is now saying he wants to move to HW so he can fight Arlovski.

 

[The Cork]

Johnson is now saying he wants to move to HW so he can fight Arlovski.

:

Rumble TKO R1.

He'll also probably miss weight too and come in at 300lbs.

 

[Slim]

Well he did come in at weight in his last fight somehow. I think he'd make it at HW... well weight wise. And since he is fighting Arlovski... its just a matter of how long it takes before he hits him in the jaw.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

Arlovski hasn't looked as fragile as of late...

Spong stood out to me the most at WSOF, I've followed his kickboxing career and hope that if he has intentions of taking MMA seriously he can pick up some decent TDD and BJJ because standing I cant think of anyone in the LHW division that could stand with the guy. He's a more talented, more successful Pat Barry really in that he fought at HW and knocked out the giants there in Thai boxing and K1, LHW is the ideal weight class for him. Just please Tyrone have/learn some good takedown defence.

 

[The Cork]

Spong stood out to me the most at WSOF, I've followed his kickboxing career and hope that if he has intentions of taking MMA seriously he can pick up some decent TDD and BJJ because standing I cant think of anyone in the LHW division that could stand with the guy. He's a more talented, more successful Pat Barry really in that he fought at HW and knocked out the giants there in Thai boxing and K1, LHW is the ideal weight class for him. Just please Tyrone have/learn some good takedown defence.

He was against a punchbag and didn't do much to impress, IMO.

Time will tell but he ain't gonna show anything against these scrubs. It wasn't much better than Batista's debut, to be brutally honest.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

Im not saying he's the next UFC LHW Champ but with his kick boxing talent, genuine striking talent not sloppy headhunt, no head movement, little technique MMA striking if he can learn decent TDD and BJJ he could wreck anyone.

 

[Dale]

Just a quick question, but who do you guys consider (if anyone at all) to be the #1 Contender in the MW Division? Reason I ask is I watching some video of Ariel's and he had a skype conference going with Michael Bisping and I can't remember which one it was but he said that either the UFC considered Belfort the #1 Contender or Bisping considered Belfort the #1 Contender. I'm not going to lie, I had to look on Wikipedia because since he lost to Silva he's beating Akiyama and Anthony Johnson at a catchweight before obviously losing to Jones recently.

 

[No More Sorrow]

I don't think there's a clear number one contender, there's some important match ups coming up that will decide it though. Bisping/Belfort, Weidman/Botesch and Belcher/Okami. I guess you can say Bisping is the closest out of the bunch to getting a title shot though, Idk i just don't see Belfort getting another crack at Silva, i don't even see him defeating Bisping to be honest.

 

[Embrace Thou Maryse]

There isn't one yet but I'd put Bisping at the head of the pack, followed by Vitor.