MMA Comments that Don't Warrant a Thread

[AboveAverage484 0]

Lightweight fights are so exciting cus the guys don't hit so hard, so they can take lots and lots of punishment and afford to be more careless.

 

Let Mike Zambidis hit you and still say that

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I've been hit by Mike Zambidis and let me tell you, a baby elephants fart hits harder. I know that too, because... well, that's a story for another day.

 

F4W~! sez that the fightnetwork has bought MMA weekly. I hope this leads to MMA weekly being on the radio up here, because I can't stand the LAWs shitty and inconsistent coverage by two guys who can't pronounce half the fighters' names let alone know anything about fighting and who had Randy Couture as their 2004 FOTY despite fighting only twice against the same guy who wasn't even a top ten fighter and losing once. And didn't make mention of the Bushido Tournament at all in their year end reviews, despite it being one of the best shows ever... I have issues with the LAW, yes.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

http://www.alessiosakara.com/video/valetud..._vs_Amougou.wmv

 

http://www.alessiosakara.com/video/valetud...vs_Maiorino.wmv

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCY-6PrSfgI&search=sakara

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWZz6Uk05ck&search=ufc

 

A Forrest Griffin interview from Sherdog. Not necessarily a great interview, but it certainly is a change in disposition from Griffin.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

You can always listen to the MMAWeekly radio show online.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

It's not the same.

[Angel_Grace_Blue 0]

I was thinking of mentioning this event in the "Make an Outlandish Statement" thread (By implying it'd be a great show, top-notch fighters, quality all around, etc.), but I decided not to, for some reason.

 

Anyway, this thing Xtreme Freestyle Fighting 2 is coming up soon, and is not even an hour away from where I live. If it's cheap enough, and I'm not insanely busy around that date, I might go.

 

However, I was wondering if any of you vast pools of MMA knowledge had even heard of some of these guys (I'm betting that most are going to be winos pulled in off the street).

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

On the fightnetwork buying MMAweekly...

 

 

One such initiative will be the introduction of a weekly television show called MMAWeekly that will air on both The Fight Network and online in the coming months. “The time has come where the sport of MMA needs a news and information show,” said Brian Sobie, Sr. VP of Programming at Fight Network. “I have the utmost confidence in Ryan Bennett, Scott Petersen and all of the contributors to MMAWeekly and that it will become a very popular show on the network.”

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Results of the IFL show: http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfi...sp?eventid=3652

 

Some surprises for me at least, include Pyle and Machado losing. Not to mention, I didn't think that Horwich would lose against a guy making his pro debut.

 

Haha, Wiuff lost to Schoenhauer by a fucking heel hook. Either Alex has improved drastically since losing to Lodune by choke in the first round, or Wiuff is really terrible. Bet on the latter.

[Lei Tong 0]

Not to mention, I didn't think that Horwich would lose against a guy making his pro debut.

 

Horwich isn't that hot lately, but Jamal is a pimp.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

I knew that the guy was a grappling stud, but I thought Horwich's vast MMA experience would be a factor. I thought he should have won the Ebersole fight personally, he damn near had him in a triangle at the end.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

The fight was also at 205, which is a weight class above what Horwich is used to.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

In the other big MMA event of the night, Matt Lindland beat MVA in a LHW bout with a guillotine choke in the first round. The Law continues to prove why he should be picked up by one of the bigger shows, and is a worthy contender for either Franklin or Hendo.

[AboveAverage484 0]

From last night's K-1 LVGP; Brock Lesnar is going to start fighting in HERO's soon.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I hear the IFL show did disasterous numbers, something like 3000 seats filled, yet only 500 tickets sold.

 

The ECC show out of Halifax apparently drew 5,600.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Cage fights a big hit

5,600 pack Forum for mixed martial arts ECC battles

By MONTY MOSHER Sports Reporter

 

Even for the venerable Halifax Forum, there’s a first time for everything.

 

More than 5,600 fans packed the 76-year-old venue Saturday, the first fight sellout since wrestler Hulk Hogan came to town nearly two decades ago, for the Extreme Cage Combat mixed martial arts show, the first promotion of its type for Nova Scotia.

 

Still banned in parts of North America, cage fighting — both grim and spectacular — has the power to attract and repel with equal force.

 

But, on this night, the naysayers were nowhere to be found.

 

The hoardes, mostly young men but far from exclusively so, arrived early, circling the arena more than an hour before the doors opened and more than two hours before the opening match. There were plenty of women, senior citizens, teenagers and, surprisingly, pre-teens.

 

Co-promoter Peter Martell of Combat Productions looked like an expectant father who hadn’t slept in days. That’s because he hadn’t.

 

As one would expect for a debut show, there were a few ragged ends, like getting the padding in the six-sided cage properly tied down. Dartmouth’s Martell had his head on a swivel, facing one barrage after another.

 

"I’m so excited," the 38-year-old bar manager, gym operator and martial arts practitioner said through exhausted, bleary eyes. "The arena looks great, the cage looks great, the fighters look great. I hope this will be a great night and the first of many."

 

With the power of one of North America’s fastest growing spectator sports — one that draws enormous television ratings — Martell figured he could bank on a big house. He was right.

 

He already has tentative dates for a show in Moncton in June and another Halifax event in July.

 

Peter, a 43-year-old Halifax resident, was the first in line to get through the front doors. Like many in the lineup that stretched the full length of Windsor Street to Young Street, he was sheepish about offering his full name.

 

Other than his disapproval of the children awaiting entry, he said any concerns that cage fighting is inherently dangerous are overrated.

 

"It’s not all bloodshed and bones breaking," he said. "You can look at it and admire their skills. I don’t think it’s any more violent than boxing or two guys fighting outside a bar. There’s risk in anything."

 

Halifax’s Mark Kew, 23, attended with his fiancee, who did not want to talk. Kew has grown up on the Ultimate Fighting Championship series and simply sees the mixed martial arts as more interesting than boxing.

 

"It’s a very controlled sport and the fighters accept the risks," he said. "They know what they are getting in to. It’s more multi-dimensional. Boxing isolates what a fighter can do. This provides a lot more diversity and the fights are a lot more exciting."

 

There was a circus atmosphere — only with cage card girls, louder music and more blood.

 

Fans raced to their $25 general seating while some looked for places to stand.

 

There were glitches. The show was delayed for 30 minutes while authorization was received to park an ambulance in the building.

 

But they roared as one, lapping up the fervor, when Nino Bezerra — a Brazilian by way of Montreal — entered to fight Ontario’s Dave Scholten. Before the first round was over, Bezerra was dazed on the floor, the night’s first big loser.

 

They got louder still when Dartmouth’s Adam MacDonald battled Ontario’s Daniel Hardstaff. Hardstaff stopped the local in two gruelling rounds, leaving him exhausted on the dressing room floor with both eyes black and blue and his nose bloody.

 

Pictou County’s Jason MacKay was the first local winner, stopping Ontario’s Mike Large on a third-round submission by guillotine choke.

 

"That was a rush," he said, enjoying a great night in front of his friends and family. "The fans were great, win or lose. They cheered for everybody. But that was really intense."

 

The biggest ovation of the night was for Fairview’s Roger Hollett, who triumphed in his pro debut. Hollett, the son for former Canadian middleweight boxing champ Ralph Hollett, forced Cape Breton-born Peter Rogers to tap out in the first round.

 

In the main event, two-time UFC fighter Gideon Ray of Illinois lost a three-round unanimous decision to Nova Scotia-born Jason MacDonald. Ray gave away five inches to MacDonald, now living in Edmonton.

 

MacDonald bled from a cut on his forehead and the match had to be halted in the second round to stop the bleeding.

 

In other results, Ontario’s Bryan Edge beat Edmonton’s Corey Knapp (referee stoppage), Lake Echo’s Robert Colbourne defeated New Brunswick’s Matt Hatt (submission), Ontario’s Steve Vujnovic stopped Glace Bay’s Tony Lagnaro (submission), Ontario’s Ray Penny downed Sydney’s Chris Carroll (submission), Dartmouth’s T.J. Grant forced Halifax’s Mike Skinner to submit with an arm bar and Vancouver’s Garrett Davis won over Rowan Cunningham of Port Williams (submission).

[Hawkius Maximus 0]

This is a MMA related thing, so I figured I'd post it. I co-run a MMA federation that has people create and submit characters to use in the federation, using that MMA sim that I once posted about. This is a pretty kickass place for intelligent MMA posters, and we could really new fighters for it, who won't have a problem with rules and stuff.

 

Anyway, links in my signature, you all should give it a look...

 

And so my post doesn't get deleted due to spam...

 

Brock in MMA would be big, NJPW should really just whore him out to the highest bidder to make whatever money they can off him.

[I like Forums 0]

What the hell happened to Vitor Belfort in his fight against Sakuraba? Why was he afraid to just throw strikes with him? He looked scared when he was a bigger and better striker.

[Lei Tong 0]

Vitor lighted Sak up early on, and was arguably on his way to a first round TKO, when he broke his hand on Sak's head. Of course this was more than enough reason for Vitor to give up, and so spent the rest of the fight getting embarassed.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

You can go through many fights with Vitor where he should have won but didn't because of his (lack of) heart.

[Lei Tong 0]

To be fair, I don't think Sak had much of anything to trouble Vitor much that night, which sans flukish hand break, Vitor probably wins 9 times out of 10.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

VItor would always beat Sak, that just makes his heart look that much worse, for not going through the injury. There's no reason that Saku should have been able to beat him. He probably matches up better with Sak than Silva.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Looks like Mark "The Machine" Hominick Vs. Jorge Gurgel is on tap for UFN in June.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

AWESOME! LOTC bought a KOTC DVD that had a Gurgel fight on it that was dope. Should be a sweet throwdown.

[Lei Tong 0]

I'd say Hioki has a better shot at beating Hominick than Gurgel.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Who cares? This gives Canadian dominance a chance to keep on running wild.

[AboveAverage484 0]

I think Saku's most impressive performance was against Ebenezer Fontes Braga. Braga's standup is more than adequate for MMA and he can hold his own on the ground as well.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Good news for Kerr fans; he divorced his psycho bitch of a wife.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Ok, how ridiculously amazing is this?

 

[AboveAverage484 0]

Huge news! Sakuraba was announced as the newest signing on the K-1/Heroes show going on right now in Japan!