RavishingRickRudo

You'll have all the arc in the world for Season 2, 3 and 4 - so quitcherbitchin Joss is the Arc-Angel ( ) of building long-term storylines. (I'm so baaaad)

It's about passion. If you're passionate about something why would you wait for someone to get finished? Why would you take turns? I dunno bout the arguments you've been in, but the ones I've been in and seen involve people trying to talk OVER the other person. The emotions in Tito/Randy were REAL, you could feel it. And it reflected the match and the personalities in the match. I got goosebumps from that, I didn't get anything from Dragon/London.

YOUR SUPERCARD Fight and Fighter of the day ARE: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic Name: Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Noguiera Team: Brazilian Top Team Height/Weight: 6'3 / 231 lbs. MMA Record: 20-2-1 Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu From Brazil Last Fight: vs. Ricco Rodriguez (Win *Decision* - PrideFC: Total Elimination 2003) Notable Fight: vs. Heath Herring (Win *Decision* - Pride 17: Championship Chaos) vs. Name: Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic Team: Cro Cop Squad Gym Height/Weight: 6'2 / 217lbs. MMA Record: 7-0-2 Style: Kickboxing From:Croatia Last Fight: vs. Dos Caras (Win *KO* - PrideFC: Bushido) Notable Fight: vs. Heath Herring (Win *TKO* - Pride 26: Bad to the Bone) Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic made a name for himself in the world of combat sports by compiling a record 17-7 in K-1. Among those losses are likes of Ernesto Hoost (3 times), Andy Hug, Mike Bernardo, and Michael McDonald. Not too shabby. On the winning side of that coin, he's defeated Peter Aerts, Bob Sapp, Mark Hunt and Remy Bonjasky, amongst others. Alas, K-1 is not MMA. But Cro Cop did develop an amazingly powerful striking game while fighting for K-1 and that has carried over into his MMA style. Unlike some of his K-1 counterparts, Cro Cop has been able not only to compete, but succeed in MMA, as his record of 7-0-2 will attest to. A big part of this success can be credited to the fact that he has not relied solely on his striking skills to get him by in MMA competition. Yes, all of his wins have come by KO, TKO, or decision, but that's not completely attributable to his striking. Cro Cop has been training specifically for MMA for a long time. We haven't seen much of him on his back, but we have witnessed his ability to sprawl and keep the fight standing, as well as his ability to get back up to his feet when the fight does go to the ground. His dedication to becoming a true mixed martial artist has led Cro Cop to be considered one of the top five, if not top three, heavyweight fighters in the world by most. Of course he had a head start with his K-1 career and earlier full contact kickboxing successes, but to rise to the top of the MMA world in just two short years is nothing if not amazing. Strengths: Striking, striking, striking. What else can you say? Cro Cop is one of, if not the, most feared striker in the world of mixed martial arts. He throws a high kick to the head that would drop an elephant (oh wait, he nailed Sapp with a punch). Yes, his hands are pretty solid as well. Weaknesses: Hmmm.... Well, the big unknown is Cro Cop's ground game. He's got a good sprawl and can pound guys, but we haven't seen much of him on his back. It may or may not be a weakness, but, at this point, it is a question mark. What This Fight Means: For one, this fight would help solidify Cro Cop's recent ascension to MMA's top five rankings. Also, this fight is for the Pride Interim Heavyweight Title guaranteeing the winner a shot at Fedor Emelianenko once he is healthy enough to defend his heavyweight title. More than that, this is a true test of where Cro Cop stands among the world's best heavyweight fighters. Though he defeated the legendary Sakuraba, Sak is a middleweight at best. Heath Herring has been on a bit of a downturn this past year and Igor Vovchanchyn is at the end of his amazing career. Make no mistake, these are all still big wins for Cro Cop, but to prove that he is truly one of the best heavyweights in the world, he has to defeat some of the other top ten heavyweights around. Nogueira fits that bill nicely. ------------------- It wouldn’t be far into his life before Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira faced adversity. When he was just 10 years old, the young Nogueira was run over by a truck which damaged his liver and broke his ribs and leg. As a result, he spent 4 days in a coma and it took nearly a year in the hospital to recover from the injuries. On the advice of his doctor, Nogueira then restarted training in Judo which he had done previously for 3 years starting at the age of 5. When he was a teenager, he started to train in boxing and has been doing so ever since. Believe it or not, he did not start training in Brazilian Jiujitsu, which he is known for, until 1995. He was a quick study in jiujitsu and started winning competitions even as a white belt. He now is a Black Belt in both Judo and BJJ and trains under Mario Sperry and Murilo Bustamante at Brazilian Top Team. He had his first MMA fight in 1999, but didn’t really make a name for himself in the sport until he submitted Mark Coleman at Pride 16. That fight put him on the map and made him a star in Japan. From there, he defeated Heath Herring to become Pride’s first heavyweight champion and solidified his dominance in the sport by submitting the man-mountain, 375-pound Bob Sapp. Just when Nogueira was seeming invincible, along came Fedor Emelianenko, dominating him for 20 minutes en route to a decision win at Pride 25. Nogueira bounced back, sort of, with a controversial decision win over Ricco Rodriguez back in August of this year. He now will square off with Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic in a fight that, if he wins, would vault him back to the top of the heavyweight division. Strengths: Great submission fighter with improving stand up skills. Constantly moves from submission to submission keeping opponent on the defensive. Weaknesses: Stand up can be exposed against a strong striker. Has a tendency to fight from his back which can be exposed by a strong ground and pound fighter like Fedor Emelianenko. What This Fight Means: Minotauro is coming off a huge, if controversial, victory over Ricco Rodriguez. Defeating top ranked contender Mirko Cro Cop will not only give him the PRIDE interim title, but will more importantly give him an opportunity to gain redemption against current champion -------------- -Credit: MMAWeekly

Not over each-other.

They took turns chanting for crying out loud. If they really were split they'd try to chant OVER the other chant ala Tito/Randy and there'd be a transition period when one fades and the other dominates. But no, they wanted to both get their voices in for the novelty of duelling chants. Was there any real reason for the chant? Did it reflect what was going on in the ring? No. It was just the fans chanting for the sake of chanting.

No, the crowd during Couture/Tito was split since they DIDN'T TAKE TURNS CHANTING - which is what the ROH fans did.

C'mon, you don't actually think those "Let's go London" / "Let's go Dragon" was actually because the crowd was SPLIT do you?

I'm Canadian... ...How'dya think it made me feel? "WHY THE FUCK DID SHE GO TO SCHOOL WITH THE FAT MAN ON A SLED AND JERRY MCGUIRE!"

ROH fans annoy me. They seem more intent on getting themselves over than watching the match.

Masonry IS for "workers" who "build" things... I think you're on to something... QUICK! RUN! HIDE! THEY'LL GET YOU!

You mean the one with the G in the middle?

I thought they tore it down.

Oh, ok... HOW CNA THEY DO THIS!!! ANGLE ADN BENOIT ARE FUCKING NOAH AND MOSES AND FUCKING JESUSGODS MOTHERFUCKERS! NOT SDOM QUEER_ASS MAN FUCKERS!~ FUCKVINCE! FUCK HIM UP HIS SMOOTHWHITEASS! TAHT FEGGET! FUCK HIM UP HAS ASS! YEAH, THAT'S RIGH! COME SUCK MY DICK YOU FOGGOT! I'LL FUCK YOU TILL YOU LOVE ME!

This is nothing new - they play the gay thing at house shows all the time... stupid Angle.

Brock was charismatic?

I'm surprised they didn't do Bret vs. Backlund SS94 - since it showcased both Bret and Owen along with Stu and Helen PLUS was a survivor series match.

BENOIT! TOOTHPICK! BENOIT! IMPRESSIONS! TOOTHPICK! IMPRESSIONS! BENOIT! BENOIT! BENOIT!

Demott sounds too much like a Video Game. That will stop in time as he gets a better feel for it... I just don't want him getting a feel for it on my TV.

Yeah, the last match (of bret's) shown was the British Bulldogs vs. The Hart Foundation (as presented by lance storm) which Bulldogs won, but one of the falls was a DQ and "Titles cannot change hands on a DQ"

Has Bret won his last 2 confidential matches?? Bret was very proud of the aftermath of the WM X match, where the wrestlers picked him up on their shoulders...

Someone pinned Jericho... then someone said that everyone pins Jericho... Um... Uh... HHH Sucks. That's the point.

You forgot about the chair shot that I no sold..

I had the misfortune of facing Jericho during his Undisputed Title reign, so I only got a dozen visionary pins and tap-outs and had to job to a schoolboy roll-up...

Stone Cold Steve Austin I loved Hawk to death. I made a lot of trips with him, to Japan and everywhere in the U.S. Hawk lived life to the fullest. But he was a great guy, he was straight-up, he'd tell you what was going on. He didn't lie, and he'd look at you when he was talking to you. You knew where he stood on everything. I really, really loved Hawk to death, and I'm sad to see him go -- one-half of one of the greatest tag teams in the history of the business. Spoiler (Highlight to Read): OMG! AUSTIN KILLED HAWK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pfft. Bret probably looked for advice from Benoit... *Backstage in WCW Locker Room* Benoit: "The Circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master." Bret: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Dynamite: "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?" - StampedeWars