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Wow, Marney's actually gone... Oh, well *Lays back in hammock, and lights cigar*

And isn't that Doctor Doom pic off of Marvel vs. Capcom?

Inc's avatar is the best, that little girl looks like she wants to scoops someone's eyes out with a spoon.

What about the Crucifxio Jones Saga?; he still has followers around here, I believe. Wasn't he banned for non-NHB flaming?

When the Levee Breaks > Achilles' Last Stand > Stairway to Heaven

Updated UFC Ratings: HW Champion: Frank Mir LHW Champion: Vitor Belfort MW Champion: Vacant WW Champion: Vacant LW Champion: Vacant Top Contenders (p4p): 1. Matt Hughes 2. Yves Edwards 3. Chuck Liddell 4. Matt Lindland 5. Evan Tanner 6. Andrei Arlovski 7. B.J. Penn 8. Matt Serra 9. Tim Sylvia 10. Nick Diaz 11. Josh Thomson 12. Georges St. Pierre 13. Randy Couture 14. Rich Franklin 15. Ricco Rodriguez 16. Robbie Lawler 17. Vladimir Matyushenko 18. Hermes Franca 19. Pedro Rizzo 20. Caol Uno

That was a stacked card, and it would have been even more stacked if Paulo Filho hadn't have pulled out prior to it with an injury. I still can't see Ortiz at no. 10. I would still have him above Kondo, because even though their match was a couple years ago, neither fighter has, IMO, improved or deteriorated, which is why I'd have Ortiz above him still. That would be unlike Belfort/Silva, Ortiz/Silva, where Silva has drastically improved to the point where even if he lost to them before, he would still be ranked ahead of them. Anyway, that makes sense to me.

Just for shits and giggles, here's my new, updated, Pride rankings: (Must have competed in Pride at least once in past year, emphasis is on victories in past year, followed by one year old victories, then two year old victories, any victories older than three years are disregarded; same with losses) Heavyweight Champ: Fedor Emelianenko Middleweight Champ: Wanderlei Silva Interim HW Champ: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Top contenders (p4p): 1. Quinton Jackson 2. Mirko Filipovic 3. Heath Herring 4. Sergei Kharitonov 5. Rodrigo Gracie 6. Gary Goodridge 7. Kazushiro Nakamura 8. Kazushi Sakuraba 9. Daiju Takase 10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 11. Hidehiko Yoshida 12. Mauricio Rua 13. Ryan Gracie 14. Murilo Rua 15. Kevin Randleman 16. Dan Henderson 17. Aleksander Emelianenko 18. Takanori Gomi 19. Semmy Schilt 20. Igor Vovchanchyn

While it's debatable amongst some as to whether Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, the Misfits, etc. are hardcore, they were integral parts of the hardcore scene, playing at hardcore shows, in hardcore venues, and watched by hardcore fans. That's why I, personally, consider them hardcore.

And the picture in Triple R's sig just reminds me of how much I fucking hate Ogawa. Pride will probably tell Nog to take it easy on Ogawa for a round or two before pulling out a submission on the "valient" Ogawa in the third round or so. Ogawa wouldn't last a minute with any of the final three in a real shoot, which makes it all the more dissapointing that he's in the Final 4 rather than Herring, who looked like he'd been training his ass off.

The thing about the Shamrock match is that Shamrock would beat Hume in a shoot, so why would it need to be worked? Hume says it's a work at any rate. Not sure what you're talking about on Funaki, any examples? The KOP match was most definitely a work, because they were afraid Ken would lose to Royce Gracie in the upcoming UFC, so they had him drop the title. That's the first time on a message board I've ever mentioned that opinion on Silva/Yoshida, so I'm glad someone agrees with me. In fact, I believe all of Yoshida's matches have been worked, I'll have to rewatch Hunt's match but it did seem odd how Hunt didn't do much of anything offensively on his feet.

Good point on Overeem, I had forgotten about him. As for most of Pancrase's matches being works in the beginning, some of them may not have been 100% legit because the best fighters in early Pancrase; Funaki, Shamrock, and Suzuki; probably "carried" lesser fighters so as to put on a good show and not just submit them immediately. Of course I'm probably one of the few who thinks Yoshida's match with Silva was a work, so take the above with a grain of salt

I guess that explains why 22 of his 26 victories have come by submission, huh? And there's a reason he dives for the legs so often, he has the best leg locks in MMA, shit, he submitted Bas twice with them and broke Don Frye's ankle in their match.

I never said it about Royce, never said it about Saku, and never said it about Nogueira, but I will say it about Fedor: he is unbeatable under Pride rules. His only loss was under Rings rules and was from an illegal, albeit unintentional, move (elbow). I'm sure he would demolish TK ten times out of ten, now. Jackson still won't beat Silva. Shamrock and Mir, though still far on the horizon, would be a great match, between two fighters with very similar styles, though Shamrock's boxing is light years ahead of Mir's. Until he proves otherwise, Ogawa sucks. It's still too early to pass judgment on Hunt, but as he proved in K-1, he has a huge heart. I see Saku fighting one more time against a B level fighter (or possibly Bustamante) and then finishing his career with a final match against Silva or the long anticipated match against Frank Shamrock. It sucks that Ogawa is in the final four, because Heath so deserves it more than him. Herring looked vastly improved in his rematch with Nog. Hughes better thank the gods that he escaped with a win over Charuto. Baroni is not done, because someone with his charisma and striking power will always have a place on a card.

Well, the title says it all, I was just wondering because it would be weird to think about a 50-something year-old reading all our stupid young-people comments

I'm 20 as well, I've been trolling around since rantsylvania.com when I was 15 or 16.

Ok, first of all, I made this list myself, and the criteria is their performance throughout the eighties AS A WHOLE. For example, Jordan in 1987, '88, or '89 may have had the best season of the decade, but his ranking is affected by the fact that he didn't play the entire ten years. Players who performed highly and consistently throughout those ten years will be ranked the highest. So without further ado: 50. Eddie Johnson 49. Jim Paxson 48. Andrew Toney 47. Jeff Malone 46. Norm Nixon 45. Jamaal Wilkes 44. Kelly Tripucka 43. Brad Daugherty 42. Reggie Theus 41. Gus Williams 40. Patrick Ewing 39. Nate Archibald 38. Terry Cummings 37. Tom Chambers 36. Kiki Vandeweghe 35. Dan Roundfield 34. Otis Birdsong 33. Rolando Blackman 32. Karl Malone 31. Alvin Robertson 30. Buck Williams 29. Bernard King 28. Maurice Cheeks 27. Mark Aguirre 26. Clyde Drexler 25. Walter Davis 24. Dennis Johnson 23. James Worthy 22. Artis Gilmore 21. Ralph Sampson 20. Charles Barkley 19. Marques Johnson 18. Bill Laimbeer 17. Michael Ray Richardson 16. Sidney Moncrief 15. Kevin McHale 14. Dominique Wilkins 13. Hakeem Olajuwon 12. Michael Jordan 11. Jack Sikma 10. George Gervin 9. Robert Parish 8. Adrian Dantley 7. Julius Erving 6. Isiah Thomas 5. Alex English 4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3. Magic Johnson 2. Moses Malone 1. Larry Bird Note: "Eighties" is referring to the 1979-80 through the 1988-89 seasons. Thanks for reading.

Well, Bernard King was almost always injured so that contributed to his being lower than expected on the list. I'm surprised nobody's trashed Jack Sikma at no. 11 yet.

Ogawa sucks and so does Hustle-3! And yeah, Herring is fighting Silva, while Schilt takes on Sergei. Predictions: UFC 48 Ken Shamrock vs. Kimo Kimo by submission at 1:57 of round 1. Tim Sylvia vs. Frank Mir Sylvia by TKO at 3:34 of round 1. Matt Hughes vs. Renato Verissimo Hughes by submission at 3:13 of round 2. Phil Baroni vs. Evan Tanner Tanner by submission at 0:55 of round 2. Curtis Stout vs. Trevor Prangley Prangley by submission sometime in 1st round. Dennis Hallman vs. Frank Trigg Trigg by submission at 2:59 of 2nd round. Matt Serra vs. Ivan Menjivar Serra by decision. Georges St. Pieree vs. Jay Hieron St. Pierre by submission 3:32 of round 1.

Whether you consider it a miniseries instead of a movie, Lonesome Dove is still my favorite western oriented live action collection of moving images The Unforgiven and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly are favorites of mine as well.

Ludwig is a regular in K-1 MAX (K-1's lightweight organization). His claim to fame in MMA is beating Jens Pulver, but he really hasn't done much besides a semi-victory over Sudo and getting beat pretty handily at K-1's MMA show this past weekend.

What should I do if my Norton AntiVirus shows this message? "Norton AntiVirus has been tampered. Please uninstall and reinstall Norton AntiVirus." Isn't Norton supposed to protect against tampering? What should I do? What should I have done beforehand to prevent this? Thanks ahead of time.

Definitely looking forward to that, my friend. In related news, Big Daddy's fighting Peter Aerts on June 6th in Nagoya, K-1 rules.

The past couple days my computer and internet(DSL) has been slow as hell. Anybody know any tricks for improving speed, like certain files to delete (I already temp. internet files) or anything like that. Thanks in advance.

It's really not downloads I have problems with, just loading my home page (MSN) and certain sites. This site still loads pretty fast. Is Bellsouth and SBC affiliated in any way?