Guest NCJ Report post Posted December 23, 2003 Both fights are signed and baring injury they will go down. Arvlovski vs Sylvia is for the Heavyweight title. The winner of Tito vs. Chuck will probably get the winner of Coture vs Belfort. The UFC has come out swinging in 2004 with back to back great shows. Hopefully their won't be any injuries or major set backs like last year. What do you think about these fights. Perdictions on the winners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RickyChosyu Report post Posted December 24, 2003 Pretty easy picks for this show, it seems. Courture shouldn't have too much trouble with Belfort, judging by the way Chuck handled him last year. Chuck can beat Tito, but I don't think it'll be as easy as a lot of people like to imagine. Liddell will go on to face Randy in a re-match for the title, and lose again. Sylvia should win, as well. Let's hope we get to see that Courture/Silva dream fight when PRIDE comes to the U.S., because Randy's running out of opponents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2003 Funny, I'm looking more forward to Arlovski vs. Sylvia than I am Chuck vs. Tito.. Randy Couture: Destroyer of Feuds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Devin Report post Posted December 24, 2003 I'm betting on Tito and Vitor getting the "upsets" and then finally having the match they were supposed to have ages ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2003 I don't know what everyone else is talking about, I think Tito will be able to handle Chuck pretty easily. Chuck is essentially worthless on his back, and once Tito gets him there, it will be over quickly by G and P. I still won't believe it's gonna happen until Big John tells them to "Get it on". I think the only reason Tito even accepted the fight is because Chuck has lost twice now. Arlovski-Sylvia should be interesting, I really have no clue as to who will win since the UFC is like another language to me. To translate, I need to know how they stack up against PRIDE competition to judge them fairly. Since Rizzo knocked out Arlovski, I'd guess that Sylvia will do the same. I'm still waiting for Rizzo-Sylvia anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2003 Rizzo is like, 10x's the standup fighter, that Sylvia is. If we're looking at "this guy beat this guy" and judging the fight, Sylvia will win. Sylvia destroyed both Rodriguez and McGee (Rodriguez beat Arlovski, McGee beat Rizzo, Rizzo beat Arlovski). However, Arlovski is probably the best stand-up fighter Sylvia has ever faced, so since "styles makes fights", Arlovski has a pretty good chance. As for Tito/Chuck, Tito has seen that Chuck is _clueless_ on his back, so a weakness has been exposed and all he has to do is exploit it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NCJ Report post Posted December 29, 2003 I agree with Tito over Chuck, but Arlovski vs Sylvia is a toss up to me. Arlovski is about as big as Sylvia, actually has shown a decent ground game when on the mat, and is one of the best standup heavyweights in MMA. The guy is versatile. But Sylvia has looked like a total wrecking machine so far. He has been killing his opponents and hits almost as hard as Fedor. This should be an excellent fight. As far as Vitor pulling off the upset we shall see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lei Tong 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2003 A repost on my thoughts of Arlovski/ Sylvia: Well, I'll defintely be pulling for Andrei every second, but Tim is easily one of the worst possible match-ups for him around. Standing, Andrei still has holes in his defense, which has allowed guys to land blows that they shouldn't, and against someone 6'8 with punching power to spare, that's a HUGE problem. Yeah, Tim CAN be stunned by good punches (although the Cabbage flurry is the only one that immediately springs to mind), but for the most part, Tim has shown he can take a decent shot and fire right back. (On a side not, has anyone noticed that in spite of Sylvia's "cover the head" defense, he still seems to get tagged a bit? I only mention it because I thought it was weird that with a high guard like his, he was still getting popped by McGee's left thrown from hanging position). On the ground, I'd give the advantage to Andrei, but there are a few points that make it closer than one would suspect: - Andrei's takedowns vs. Sylvia's defense: Sylvia has shown he can defend a takedown rather well, if on mainly strength, while Andrei has very rarely if ever tried to move the figh tto the ground, and in fact gave up Vladimir's back to continue fighting on the feet. - Andrei's ground defense. While he does trian in Sambo and can apply submissions from his back (which he may have to if he can't bring Sylvia to his), he's gonig to have to work for a while to get them. And when you consider the fact that he was G&P'ed rather thoroughly by Ricco the last time he was in that position, it's not far-fetched to asume Sylvia could put some hurt on him should he get top postion. - Andrei's propensity for banging. Although already mentioned, the way Andrei gave up Vladdy's back would be a HUGE no-no agaisnt Tim. Hell, giving up ANY kind of dominant ground postion would be a mistake. BUt in the end, I fear Andrei's aggression and ego could get to him. So, yes, I'll be rooting for Andrei all the way, but if I had to throw money down, I'd say Tim via KO, Rd.2 As for Tito/Chuck, my interest in this match has gone down quite a bit, mostly due to Tito's shadiness. But I'll go with Tito via TKO, Rd.3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
