MMA Comments that Don't Warrant a Thread

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Agreed. A huge step up for Vera and a marketable fight to get Jardine back on track. Jardine is a big 205'er as well and has (IIRC) a height and reach advantage over Truth. Should be fun.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

If the Vera of the Resse Andy fight shows up, Jardine will pick him apart.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

I think even the best Vera we've seen will have difficulty with Jardine. Then again Vera is an excellent kickboxer so if he lures Jardine into playing his game it could work in his favor. I don't see Brandon trying to swarm Keith like Silva or Houston, he'll be too gun-shy of getting caught.

[Mik 0]

I'd imagine that Aleks Emeliananko's career is now just about over.

 

A source close to the situation spoke to MMANews.com’s Michael Moody on a condition of anonymity and explained that the blood tests came back right before Aleks and Buentello were scheduled to weigh in and that is why there was so much confusion around the stage and why the fighters did not weigh in. Gary Goodridge ended up stepping up on extremely short notice and filling in for the Russian heavyweight.

 

The tests were positive for Hepatitis B which resulted in the CSAC cancelling the fight. Hep B is the result of transmission from exposure to infectious blood or body fluids containing blood.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Hep B is one of those "Never really go away" diseases, aint it?

[Mik 0]

Yes and it's transmitted through blood which means no one will ever sign to fight him.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Shit. Goodbye Aleks, your drubbings of James Thompson and Ricardo Morias will always entertain me.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Thales Leities vs Dean Lister on tap for the upcoming Ultimate Fight Night in September. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

It should be an entertaining fight... Lister isn't really a boring fighter, just when he fights boring opponets. Leites is a entertaining fighter, and should push a good fight out of Lister. I expect Leites to keep the fight standing.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Uh, no. Dean Lister is very much a boring fighter. His PRIDE victories were snoozefests, his loss to Arona made my eyes bleed and he's never looked good in UFC. Bo-ring.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

I found the Arona fight to be entertaining... But it is what it is.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Lindland has called out Belfort so that's a possible co-main for the Affliction show in October.

[Mik 0]

Tonight's edition of Inside MMA w/ Bas and Kenny in Osaka is worth tracking down for the segment with Urijah Faber and Joe Benevides alone but they also have a lot of other great interview including Tom Atencio, Big Timmay and others. Probably one of the best episodes yet.

 

And I was laughing my ass off at how sweaty and disheveled Kenny Rice looked during the signoff. The guy is something else... I don't even know how to describe it.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

I do: BOMBED. He looked like he was ready to keel over at any minute.

 

If you continued watching after Inside MMA you were treated to a fun MFC show with a good main event that ended in Ryan Ford getting armbarred by Pat Healy in the third round. Ford pretty much dominated everything but went to the well too many times and tried to slam his way out of an armbar which ended up being the finish. Ford, IMO right now has all the tools to become a top-shelf fighter if he tweaks certain areas of his game but his takedowns, strength and ground and pound were straight-up vicious in the fight. Props to Healy for hanging in and taking a beating to pull out the sub but I see Ford working him in the rematch.

[Mik 0]

That's a bit of an upset there... Ford was originally supposed to fight Drew Fickett, if I remember correctly. Yeah, Ford will end up somewhere decent in 2009 I think.

 

Oh yeah and this:

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned from multiple sources that B.J. Penn is expected to fight Georges St. Pierre during a yet-to-be-numbered UFC fight card on Dec. 27 in Las Vegas.

 

The finalization of the matchup is believed to be contingent upon St. Pierre successfully defending his UFC welterweight title against challenger Jon Fitch at UFC 86 on August 9.

 

It's on.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Any word on whether or not this is going to be a three or five-rounder? Because, at least IMO that has a huge outcome on Penn's chances of winning.

 

GSP, of course can win any time

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

BJ Penn is going to wreck GSP, fuck that Canadian Pride bullshit.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

It's not Canadian pride. GSP is a better fighter and will win. That simple.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

I really think they rushed into this BJ/GSP rematch too soon. Both have plenty of title fights that can make big money.

 

 

But yeah, BJ is going to own the Pride of Canada.

[Mik 0]

Both fighters are much better than the last fight. But the tide really turned in BJ/GSP 1 when BJ gassed. BJ hasn't gassed in awhile... I feel optimistic that he can take GSP now but again, totally different fight now.

 

They're both skilled it enough that I could see the fight ending 1 of 15 different ways.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

It's not Canadian pride. GSP is a better fighter and will win. That simple.

 

There 1st fight told me different... And BJ didn't even really train for that fight. Lets not kid ourselves, if BJ didn't gas out he would've won that fight.

 

I don't really think BJ has improved all that much, he's just taking his fighting career a lot more seriously now. BJ is in the prime of his career both physically, and mentally... GSP is not more skilled then BJ, you're on crack if you think differently.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Well of course. Anybody who doesn't share the same opinion as you is always on crack or a faggot or something akin to that.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Well of course. Anybody who doesn't share the same opinion as you is always on crack or a faggot or something akin to that.

 

touché...

 

 

[The Niggardly King 0]

Either Penn by a TKO or GSP with a decision victory.

 

Match will fucking rule.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

GSP can take Penn down. GSP can hold Penn down.

 

It doesn't matter whether or not Penn is better, more skilled, more talented, than GSP. Rush has the trump card in his wrestling and GnP. It's like saying a country has a better army, navy, and air force than the country that has nuclear weapons.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Cote vs Silva @ UFC 90 in October is official. Poor Pee-Coat.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

GSP can take Penn down. GSP can hold Penn down.

 

It doesn't matter whether or not Penn is better, more skilled, more talented, than GSP. Rush has the trump card in his wrestling and GnP. It's like saying a country has a better army, navy, and air force than the country that has nuclear weapons.

 

And you base this off the fact that GSP was able to takedown a gassed, out of shaped BJ Penn?

 

Please.... You and LOTC be on some "Canadian Pride" bullshit. Even if GSP was able to take BJ Penn down, it wouldn't be a good situation for him.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I base it on the fact that GSP has taken down everyone he has tried to take down.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

I base it on the fact that GSP has taken down everyone he has tried to take down.

 

He was able to takedown BJ Penn, when BJ didn't even attempt to stuff takedown.

 

But like I said, even if GSP takes BJ down, it's not going to be a safe place for him.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

GSP can take Penn down. GSP can hold Penn down.

 

It doesn't matter whether or not Penn is better, more skilled, more talented, than GSP. Rush has the trump card in his wrestling and GnP. It's like saying a country has a better army, navy, and air force than the country that has nuclear weapons.

 

And you base this off the fact that GSP was able to takedown a gassed, out of shaped BJ Penn?

 

Please.... You and LOTC be on some "Canadian Pride" bullshit. Even if GSP was able to take BJ Penn down, it wouldn't be a good situation for him.

 

So if, say, an American presented the same argument what would you say? Certainly not Canadian pride.