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I just watched UFC 31 and I was wondering something. Why don't they do the cool entrances anymore? Newton's entrance was badass.

Speaking of Newton. Will he ever be back?

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Wasn't the money an issue? I mean, I remember the Tito entrance with the pyro for his fight with Shamrock, that was badass. There was a Chuck one with 'Is it me.. or is it getting cold in here?' that was pretty cool too. They should bring back the elevated wrestling ramp, has a more epic feel to it.

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As LotC just mentioned, the UFC was looking to get away from pro-wrestling style entrances,and instead went for ones similar to boxing.

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Right on.

 

Or not.

 

I watched St. Pierre vs Pete Spratt last night and it's funny to hear the announcers from TKO talk about Spratt as a Top Ten WW (which I guess he was at the time). Good golly does GSP run a train on that man. That was also the fight which got him in with UFC as Spratt was meant to face Karo @ 46 IIRC.

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Oh well. I've only seen Spratt fight twice and both time get choked out in the exact same fashion. Still not Trigg-level bad but funny regardless. At least Frank's RNC were different each time.

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Oh well. I've only seen Spratt fight twice and both time get choked out in the exact same fashion. Still not Trigg-level bad but funny regardless. At least Frank's RNC were different each time.

 

...you haven't seen Spratt's UFC fights, even? Dude, you're cheating yourself out of some hilarity.

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Back to Carlos Newton. Does he fight in Japan? From watching his old fights the dude looks awesome and I'd like to see him back in the UFC.

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Newton hasn't fought since Chonan beat him nearly 2 year ago. He had a number of problems, including a mediocre training team, school,having to cut massive weight to make 170lbs, and not having the skill to compete at 185lbs.

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Best MMA fighters by country:

 

United States - Matt Hughes

Canada - Georges St-Pierre

Mexico - Miguel Gutierrez

Brazil - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Russia - Fedor Emelianenko (don't bother crying about him being born in the Ukraine)

Cuba - Hector Lombard

Argentina - Diego Vitoski

Bahamas - Yves Edwards

Angola - Joao Roque

Japan - Norifumi Yamamoto

South Korea - Un Sik Son

New Zealand - Mark Hunt

Peru - Tony DeSouza

Ukraine - Igor Vovchanchyn

Belarus - Andrei Arlovski

Germany - Chalid Arrab

Greece - Stefanos Miltsakakis

Armenia - Karo Parisyan

Afghanistan - Romie Aram

Australia - Ian Schaffa

Mongolia - Blue Wolf

England - Michael Bisping

France - David Baron

Spain - Daniel Tabera

Norway - Joachim Hansen

Croatia - Mirko Filipovic

Finland - Sauli Heilimo

Denmark - Lars Besand

Sweden - Per Eklund

Latvia - Kestutis Arbocius

Lithuania - Remigijus Morkevicius

Georgia - Tengiz Tedoradze

Italy - Alessio Sakara

Holland - Alistair Overeem

Switzerland - Augusto Frota

South Africa - Trevor Prangley

 

MSIA's list (though I nominated Gutierrez). Personally, even though he's winless, I'd say Sumiyabazar is better than Blue Wolf/Serjbudee, and would probably put Shaolin in Minotauro's place.

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Best MMA fighters by country:

 

United States - Matt Hughes

Canada - Georges St-Pierre

Mexico - Miguel Gutierrez

Brazil - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Russia - Fedor Emelianenko (don't bother crying about him being born in the Ukraine)

Cuba - Hector Lombard

Argentina - Diego Vitoski

Bahamas - Yves Edwards

Angola - Joao Roque

Japan - Norifumi Yamamoto

South Korea - Un Sik Son

New Zealand - Mark Hunt

Peru - Tony DeSouza

Ukraine - Igor Vovchanchyn

Belarus - Andrei Arlovski

Germany - Chalid Arrab

Greece - Stefanos Miltsakakis

Armenia - Karo Parisyan

Afghanistan - Romie Aram

Australia - Ian Schaffa

Mongolia - Blue Wolf

England - Michael Bisping

France - David Baron

Spain - Daniel Tabera

Norway - Joachim Hansen

Croatia - Mirko Filipovic

Finland - Sauli Heilimo

Denmark - Lars Besand

Sweden - Per Eklund

Latvia - Kestutis Arbocius

Lithuania - Remigijus Morkevicius

Georgia - Tengiz Tedoradze

Italy - Alessio Sakara

Holland - Alistair Overeem

Switzerland - Augusto Frota

South Africa - Trevor Prangley

 

MSIA's list (though I nominated Gutierrez). Personally, even though he's winless, I'd say Sumiyabazar is better than Blue Wolf/Serjbudee, and would probably put Shaolin in Minotauro's place.

 

Pretty accurate list though I would dissagree with a couple choices.

 

U.S. - Chuck Liddell

Brazil - Wanderlei Silva

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Shogun and both Nog's have a more complete game then Silva, IMO. Considering that there's a good chance we're gonna see Wandy eat canvas against Fujita I'd be hesitant to put him in any kind of a top spot.

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Shogun and both Nog's have a more complete game then Silva, IMO. Considering that there's a good chance we're gonna see Wandy eat canvas against Fujita I'd be hesitant to put him in any kind of a top spot.

 

Fujita has a good chance, but I think Silva will win.

 

Care to make another bet on it?

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More or less. Fujita looked rather defleated in his comeback fight, and his takedowns & control aren't exactly unstoppable, even when juiced to the gills. On the other hand, the Chute Boxe team has shown that there isn't a weight they can't swell to.

 

Also, while Fujita has an iron chin, he doesn't necessarily like eating tons of shots in succession, and could possibly be flustered by Wanderlei punching him all night. Top it off with a lack of finishing skills, and an upset is very possible.

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