RavishingRickRudo

"It's because the creative team doesn't have anyone continue with their title chase." And who is the "Director of Creative"??

I would assume they are doing 10, 5, 5.

I think he means Pacific time, which is 3 hours behind Eastern.

YOUR ~NEW~ Tournament Fight and ~NEW~ Tournament Fighter (s) of the Day ARE: Quinton Jackson vs. ~Murilo Bustamante~ Name: Quinton Jackson Nickname: Rampage Record: 17 - 3 - 0 Height/Weight: 6’1 / 205 lbs Birth Date: 6/20/1978 From: USA Style: Wrestling Association: Team Oyama Last Fight: vs. Mikhail Illoukhine (Win *Submission/Strikes* - Pride 26: Bad to the Bone) Key Win: vs. Kevin Randleman (Win *TKO/Punches* - Pride 25: Body Blow) ~VS~ Name: Murilo Bustamante Nickname: - Record: 9 - 1 - 1 Height/Weight: 6’1 / 185 lbs Birth Date: - From: Brazil Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association: Brazilian Top Team Last Fight: vs. Matt Linland (Win *Submission/Guillotine Choke* - UFC 37: High Impact) Key Fight: vs. Chuck Liddell (Loss *Decision* - UFC 33: Victory in Vegas) Ah. That’s better When Ricardo Arona was announced as a participant for the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix a large group of people were wishing for someone else, someone more exciting, someone like... Murilo Bustamante. Arona was a top middleweight fighter and deserved a slot in the tournament, but compared to fighters like Sakuraba and Jackson, he’s well... Boring. So in a nice twist of fate (or an ankle) Arona is out and his Brazilian Top Team-mate Bustamante is in. But who is Murilo Bustamante? Some call him the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. He’s the guy who “out-wrestled the wrestler” and “out-striked the striker” (referring to his matches against 2000 Olympic Silver Medallist Matt Linland, and top-notch kickboxer Chuck Liddell), he’s the UFC Middleweight champion (or at least, was), he’s the guy who drew against Tom Erikson (a man who had 70 lbs on him). He’s a guy who can wrestle, strike, and submit. Funny, so can Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Here we have two of the top fighters in their divisions and two of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Unfortunately for Bustamante, his division is a weight below Jackson’s and he gives up about 20 pounds to a guy who has a ton of momentum on his side. This will be a factor in this match because Jackson is STRONG and knows how to throw his weight around. The best thing for Busta to do is to take it to the 3rd round and test Jackson’s endurance then go for a submission. Easier said than done because as I mentioned in the Arona/Jackson preview, Rampage is a FINISHER. Jackson won’t want this to go for 3 rounds, he won’t want to wait around until his opponent makes a move. But I bet he still trained to go the whole way with Arona and that will help him against Bustamante. The biggest factor in this match is time. And I don’t mean 20 minutes. I mean a week. Quinton trained for Ricardo, not Murilo. Murilo hasn’t been fighting in a year. There are tactical and training issues here for both men. They are going in nearly blind to each other (though Murilo has probably helped train Ricardo for this fight) and that will play a role in each mans strategy. But that won’t effect the entertainment value of this fight for we the fans. Oh no. These two men are great fighters and great fighters rise to the occasion. Much like the Arona fight, I really don’t know who will win this and I don’t want to bet against Bustamante. But as I said before, Jackson has too much momentum on his side for me to doubt him or his abilities. I’m picking Jackson.

From Da Meltz: "--Pride officially announced today that they have come to terms with Murilo Bustamante, so it will be Bustamante vs. Quinton Jackson on Sunday in Saitama for what is the strongest Pride show on paper in history. By the way, the show will be airing on PPV in the U.S. on all systems at 6 p.m., which is about an 18-hour tape delay . In the past, it was just available on satellite but all cable systems are carrying this one. The last one was also carried by inDemand, but there was so little pub, that nobody knew it." WHOOOO HOOOO! (Just confirming what has been said a dozen times here )

Meng is a great one For him to win you must die He said to Goldberg

Your Haku is great But it does not stand a chance Against Hakushi

This is disgusting Haikumania runs wild And no one can Stop.

http://www.stevecorino.com/commJuly26.htm that was his last one. hmm. SteveCorino.com... who'da thunk it?

I am very disappointed. I wrote a haiku about it... Dames messed up the board I could not post for an hour Now I'm back in June.

Heh, they Rocked Her. Get it? Rocker Rockher It's funny cause it's true. And if it's not true, it could be true.

Stephanie McMahon Big Fat Fucking Doody Head Ass and Breast Implants

Wait a second.. *checks name* *sees that it's underlined* YAAAAY!!!!! *checks sig and avatar* *see's that it's from last month* FUUUUUCK! I wrote a haiku about it. Back at the Smart Marks With Sig and Avatar fucked All is not well here

But what about MMMEEEEEE??! I wrote a haiku about it... Stranded alone here Banned from the Smart Marks Forum Why God Why God Why?