Official MMA Thread

[goalie204]

yep, good card.

[goalie204]

great strikeforce, even the undercard, way better than any ufc in a long time

[NCRadioMan]

Holy thread revival Batman!

UFC now owns Strikeforce! Says Scott Coker still in place and it's business as usual!

http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/1...s-strikeforce/

[Ken]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Holy thread revival Batman!

UFC now owns Strikeforce! Says Scott Coker still in place and it's business as usual!

And isn't it odd that it was Joe Silva who contacted Keith Jardine to fight Mousasi this weekend for Strikeforce.

Saturdays fights should be good. Two title fights with a lot of leather being throw and Mousasi dealing with jardine's herky-jerky.

I am taking Diaz over Daley. I'd really like to see these two d-bags beat the piss out of eat other. Daley has that one shot KO power but that is it. Diaz is the smarter fighter and has all the tools. He'll pepper Daley until he decides to take to the ground for the win.

[goalie204]

the thread died cuz you let it :P It's always active on the other cigar boards i'm on !

[wayner123]

I just wanted to add to this thread that Jon Jones is the real deal.

[yachties23]

Originally Posted by wayner123

I just wanted to add to this thread that Jon Jones is the real deal.

I said that a while back.... dude is so talented its scary...

[MiamiE]

I have said that from the first time I saw this kid fight, and everyone would say "oh he is rough", "he is just a street fighter". This guy has come quite a ways from his first fight. I am very proud and happy for him, and I hope he knocks Rashad out!

[goalie204]

also MFC and Bellator

[goalie204]

great strikeforce, easy to win my parlay of bets, except mousasi's illegal upkick made it a draw and i lost! Damn you mousassi!

Great event tho, all 4 fights were awesome

[wayner123]

It was a great strikeforce. You have to give Jardine credit for his heart. He kept coming.

The Diaz fight was awesome too.

[LasciviousXXX]

Just a few more hours and we're headed out to a sports bar to watch the UFC fights with friends. An absolutely STACKED fight card! My picks below!

GSP vs Jake Shields
Aldo vs Hominick
Matyushenko vs Brilz
Couture vs Machida (even though I'm rooting for Capt America)
Bocek vs Henderson
Diaz vs MacDonald
Pierson vs Ellenberger

A great card!

[Ken]

Originally Posted by LasciviousXXX

GSP vs Jake Shields

Shields was no threat at all. Loved it!

UFC 131
Carwin vs JDS
Florian vs Nunes
Maia vs Munoz
Cerrone vs Rocha
Stout vs Edwards
Pokrajac vs Soszynski
Beltran vs ?

[LasciviousXXX]

I know our MMA talk has dwindled in the last year but I sincerely hope some of you caught last nite's event. UFC 132 was probably their best and most action-packed card of the year

Great performances and really exciting fights!

[goalie204]

it was good, ive been talking mma on a lot of other forums, but ppl here seemed to have died off ;p

[LasciviousXXX]

Yeah it seems all the talk just dwindled over the last year.

I really enjoyed the Cruz/Faber fight. Man, Cruz has got a crazy unorthodox style. I was surprised he was able to keep up that pace through all 5 rounds. But who in the hell was the judge that scored it 50-45? What fight was he watching?

The Wand/Leben fight made me sad. I was really pulling for Wanderlei to restart his career but I didn't plan on him coming at Leben straight with zero defense. I mean everyone gets caught now and then but a straight rush, even if you are Wanderlei Silva, is never advisable.

Condit's flying knee knockout of Dong Hyun Kim was just so much fun to watch. Exceptional timing

Tito Ortiz.... man what a douchebag! I was hoping he would lose and retire but he got one over on poor Bader. Bader just gave him too much respect IMO and didn't go in there in an aggressive manner.

[yachties23]

Originally Posted by LasciviousXXX

Yeah it seems all the talk just dwindled over the last year.

I really enjoyed the Cruz/Faber fight. Man, Cruz has got a crazy unorthodox style. I was surprised he was able to keep up that pace through all 5 rounds. But who in the hell was the judge that scored it 50-45? What fight was he watching?

The Wand/Leben fight made me sad. I was really pulling for Wanderlei to restart his career but I didn't plan on him coming at Leben straight with zero defense. I mean everyone gets caught now and then but a straight rush, even if you are Wanderlei Silva, is never advisable.

Condit's flying knee knockout of Dong Hyun Kim was just so much fun to watch. Exceptional timing

Tito Ortiz.... man what a douchebag! I was hoping he would lose and retire but he got one over on poor Bader. Bader just gave him too much respect IMO and didn't go in there in an aggressive manner.

I assumed the 45-50 was a judge in Faber's pocket. I had a feeling for it being a close fight there would be no way for Faber to lose, they want to plaster his face on everything.

As for Ortiz, he has been and will continue to be a douche. He got lucky, and this only forces him to fight another top level opponent who will crush him.

Condit in my opinion is the 2nd best welterweight out there. He was jobbed over in the Kampmann decision, and should be in line for a title shot.

Overall a great card.

[goalie204]

the dennis siver - matt wiman judging was a joke, wiman won, but siver got the nod, usual horrible judging

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by goalie204

the dennis siver - matt wiman judging was a joke, wiman won, but siver got the nod, usual horrible judging

If Siver won because of the takedown defense, then I think it was excellent judging. I can't recall a past MMA fight that judges actually judged on takedown defense or defense in general. If that is how they came up with the total's then I think it shows promise for the judging. Maybe they are starting to realize, in MMA, that a great defense should also score points.

[yachties23]

Originally Posted by wayner123

If Siver won because of the takedown defense, then I think it was excellent judging. I can't recall a past MMA fight that judges actually judged on takedown defense or defense in general. If that is how they came up with the total's then I think it shows promise for the judging. Maybe they are starting to realize, in MMA, that a great defense should also score points.

One of the guys I watched the fight with thought Siver won based on the fact that he won rounds 1 and 3, and I can almost see his point. The scoring system is totally flawed. Siver took a huge amount of the damage in round two, and while it wasn't quite a 2 point round, the other two rounds could have gone either way, there is no doubt that Wiman won the second. It was the only round in which you can say there was a clear cut winner. In my mind there was never a point in which Siver could have won the fight, but easily could have lost it in the second round.