razazteca Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Damn, alot of people are slippin on the mat!
Conspiracy_Victim Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Edit: My bad, that was a slip. G'night Kenny.
Styles Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Whoa. What happened there? Shamrock slipped and then he was a gonner...
razazteca Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Are they trying to use the Ric Flair line of "To be the man you got to beat the man"!
Styles Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Ah ok, he was trying to throw a kick and missed, so it was clean. Kudos to Franklin then.
AboveAverage484 Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 What the fuck was Shamrock doing at the end? He just sat there when he was getting hit, he got out of tighter scrapes against Ortiz. And Ken had no business throwing high kicks against Franklin either.
Conspiracy_Victim Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 So... They've got 10 minutes. I guess it's time to recap? I gotta watch Bonnar/Griffin again once this is over.
JoeDirt Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 A disappointing end to that match. Too bad.
RavishingRickRudo Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Posted April 10, 2005 Some NICE poundage from Franklin to finish. That heelhookhad me SCARED. Good fight, didn't make Franklin though. The odds are it wouldn't have, but it would be great if Franklin called out the winner of Couture/Liddell.
Styles Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Shamrock has a hell of a mouse on his face...
The Ill One Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Oh man doesn't Ken fell like an ass? Slipped and got bombarded. Beautiful. I'm taping this for sure. Somebody who knows their UFC shit should give a list of other "must-see" matches since a lot of us have seen this as our first real exposure.
the pinjockey Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Damn, Ace went nuts there. Hard to blame the slip as Shamrock appeared to regain his senses and could have held onto Franklin and at least tried to pull guard. So now the LHW division has Couture/Lidell/Belfort/Franklin/Griffin/Bonnar/Ortiz(?, eventually he'll sign), that is pretty stacked.
Styles Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Oh man doesn't Ken fell like an ass? Slipped and got bombarded. Beautiful. I'm taping this for sure. Somebody who knows their UFC shit should give a list of other "must-see" matches since a lot of us have seen this as our first real exposure. Everybody keeps asking this. UFCs 43-50 are all readily avaliable in stores on DVD. I would reccomend picking up any and all of them, as UFC has truly had a run of excellent shows the last couple years...
RavishingRickRudo Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Posted April 10, 2005 Get UFC 43, UFC 44, and UFC 49 on DVD. If you can, get UFC 40. All are awesome shows.
AboveAverage484 Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Some NICE poundage from Franklin to finish. That heelhookhad me SCARED. Good fight, didn't make Franklin though. The odds are it wouldn't have, but it would be great if Franklin called out the winner of Couture/Liddell. Don't count on it, he's going back down to MW after this match.
Lei Tong Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Ken had nothing on that heel hook. All around, a typically embarasing Shamrock performance. Satisfying end to his legend, if I do say so myself.
the pinjockey Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Give Ken credit though, he has the best face in the business for post-fight pictures. I think that thing swells up if he gets hit by a stiff breeze. Come on Rich, stay at LHW where the money matches are. You aren't going to make jack fighting Evan Tanner. Of course Tanner/Terrell/Franklin is a nice top level for that division.
AboveAverage484 Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Give Ken credit though, he has the best face in the business for post-fight pictures. I think that thing swells up if he gets hit by a stiff breeze. Come on Rich, stay at LHW where the money matches are. You aren't going to make jack fighting Evan Tanner. Of course Tanner/Terrell/Franklin is a nice top level for that division. Don't forget Lindland, I still think he can beat any of those fighters at 185. Can't really count out Jeremy Horn, either, even though he hasn't fought in UFC in a while.
RavishingRickRudo Posted April 10, 2005 Author Report Posted April 10, 2005 They should bring in FRANK Shamrock to face Franklin Fuck, though the middleweight division needs him, Franklin vs. either Couture or Liddell would be awesome.
the pinjockey Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 I just find Lindland boring as fuck. I know he would be in the top level, but to hell with him. And Horn, after reading Dana White's interview, I don't see ever being brought in or he immediately would go to the top.
Styles Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Is Lindland's fight with Lutter going to be on the PPV or is it a prelim?
the pinjockey Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 I guess Sanchez is going to stay in the 185 division since that is what he won at? It will be interesting to see how he does moving into the UFC and moving up a weight level at the same time.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Ken had nothing on that heel hook. All around, a typically embarasing Shamrock performance. Satisfying end to his legend, if I do say so myself. Explain, I got scared, especially when Franklin stalled for a bit there. Vicious ending though, Ken seemed clueless on his back. He's not nearly as good at grappling as he'd like to have you believe.
AboveAverage484 Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 I just find Lindland boring as fuck. I know he would be in the top level, but to hell with him. And Horn, after reading Dana White's interview, I don't see ever being brought in or he immediately would go to the top. What did Dana say about Horn? I think Horn can beat anybody in the UFC's MW division right now.
Precious Roy Posted April 10, 2005 Report Posted April 10, 2005 Nice to see Bonnar get a contract too. I was expecting an extra round, honestly kind of surprised that Forrest won unanimous. To answer a question someone posted, I was surprised there wasn't more takedowns, but like they said in the post-match interviews, they were in the mood for a shootout And to answer another question, I'm looking forward to Diego getting a real test, not necessarily losing. I've got mad respect for his no nonsense approach, dude is a warrior, but it's not as easy to root for him as it is a guy with an engaging personality like Forrest. It'll be interesting to see how Diego reacts to taking punishment..... Congrats to UFC, Diego Sanchez, Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffen, I think they won a lot of fans tonight. MORE UFC ON SPIKE!!!!111!
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