It's too bad Condit is out of 127. Would have made for such a good card with him on there.
Fitch vs. Penn I expect to turn into a slow grind with the Bearded One on top.
Sotipops vs. Siver is a sacrificial killing. I'd fucking love Siver to win it though - via back kick. It could happen, I guess.
I don't really remember much about Noke or Camozzi from their TUF performances except that Camozzi brought the violence, so we'll see what's what. I'm sure Noke will want to impress in front of a a home crowd.
Chris Lytle against some guy making his UFC debut. Ugh, hope they give you a sympathy match after your ass kciking, son.
Prelims have potential for madness. I hope we got the see Zhang Tie Quan fight again. Also, maybe a Swede will get beat up and I can revel in petty nationalism for a bit.
Pearson I am expecting big things from, he fucked his knee early in the Miller fight and I want to see him back to the form he was in when he smashed Siver up.
Also, working on some sigs for adytum, as you can see I fail at Paint but thought I would see which one suited most:
Sotipops vs. Siver is a sacrificial killing. I'd fucking love Siver to win it though - via back kick. It could happen, I guess.
Spinning back kick KO would be the best thing ever. Siver has looked pretty good lately, but on the ground he won't stand a chance again Sotiropoulos.
I still think it's kind of a weird matchup. No way they couldn't have put together a more competitive fight.
It is a weird match up. I think I'd rather see Pearson against Sotiropoulos than Siver, but I think what's happening is that they're grooming Sotiropoulos for a shot at the belt, so he needs opponents that have won a few fights in a row to lavish some of that paper legitimacy on him.
It is a weird match up. I think I'd rather see Pearson against Sotiropoulos than Siver, but I think what's happening is that they're grooming Sotiropoulos for a shot at the belt, so he needs opponents that have won a few fights in a row to lavish some of that paper legitimacy on him.
Yeah, Pearson was coming off a (sub) loss too, as much as he has a reason it still looks bad to put G-Sot against a guy with a loss.
Pearsons TDD is pretty damn good tbh, guy is crazy strong according to my coach who trained with him a few times. He now also does jits with Victor Estima, kids going to be no joke in his prime.
It is a weird match up. I think I'd rather see Pearson against Sotiropoulos than Siver, but I think what's happening is that they're grooming Sotiropoulos for a shot at the belt, so he needs opponents that have won a few fights in a row to lavish some of that paper legitimacy on him.
They're just giving him the fight because they're in Australia. Siver is good enough to be a threat, but Sots will likely win the fight.
His next opponent should be either Kenny Florian or Melvin Guillard. It's way past time for him to step up the ranks a bit.
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It is a weird match up. I think I'd rather see Pearson against Sotiropoulos than Siver, but I think what's happening is that they're grooming Sotiropoulos for a shot at the belt, so he needs opponents that have won a few fights in a row to lavish some of that paper legitimacy on him.
They're just giving him the fight because they're in Australia. Siver is good enough to be a threat, but Sots will likely win the fight.
His next opponent should be either Kenny Florian or Melvin Guillard. It's way past time for him to step up the ranks a bit.
Yeah this fight is a sort of bugger. Sotir will likely win, and this will give his record all the padding he needs to go to the top of the division and get a title shot soon. It will encourage a strong striker in Siver to really, really improve his ground game. If Siver wins it will be a huge feather in his cap. He will be headlining fights in Germany after a win like that.
Brings me to an observation I've made before. I don't have time to go into detail being at work, but it seems like some of the UFC match-ups are almost solely designed to get semi-popular fighters to round out their skill sets so they become more competitive at the highest levels. More on this later.
Pearson I am expecting big things from, he fucked his knee early in the Miller fight and I want to see him back to the form he was in when he smashed Siver up.
Also, working on some sigs for adytum, as you can see I fail at Paint but thought I would see which one suited most:
I like the second one. But seriously, you can do more obnoxious than that. :P
Nobody mentioned that Siver thinks he's going to choke out George.
Pearson I am expecting big things from, he fucked his knee early in the Miller fight and I want to see him back to the form he was in when he smashed Siver up.
Also, working on some sigs for adytum, as you can see I fail at Paint but thought I would see which one suited most:
I like the second one. But seriously, you can do more obnoxious than that. :P
Nobody mentioned that Siver thinks he's going to choke out George.
WOTS is that Rashad Evans and the UFC are parting ways soon.
Am I doing this right?
he hasn't put on a dominant performance since before losing to machida
but what the fuck, if forrest gets to stay and make mafia money they should keep Rashad on too. The dude is smart and charismatic, which you don't really see in the UFC
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He might as well try, it looks like his window at LW might have shut for now and he might as well explore a new weight class to see what he can do. I still think it's too far down and he's going to look like a stick figure but I guess we'll see. If nothing else it'll get more eyes on the FW division, which is always good.
So we've been talking about training a bit lately, so I'll talk a bit about my BJJ I guess.
I got two kneebars in rolling today! Woo! I have a little bit of SAMBO experience, and while I'm not practicing it right now I really like its style. At my BJJ club we don't really do leg locks of any sort. This is a big part of the reason why I got them of course, because people are not used to defending them. They were also against guys a good 30lbs smaller than me. Still though, I'm quite pleased. I looked at some youtube videos earlier this week and they helped me out a lot. I'd really like for kneebars to become one of my fundamental submissions.
So we've been talking about training a bit lately, so I'll talk a bit about my BJJ I guess.
I got two kneebars in rolling today! Woo! I have a little bit of SAMBO experience, and while I'm not practicing it right now I really like its style. At my BJJ club we don't really do leg locks of any sort. This is a big part of the reason why I got them of course, because people are not used to defending them. They were also against guys a good 30lbs smaller than me. Still though, I'm quite pleased. I looked at some youtube videos earlier this week and they helped me out a lot. I'd really like for kneebars to become one of my fundamental submissions.
Awesome, dude. Learning something new that catches everyone off guard is always a treat.
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So we've been talking about training a bit lately, so I'll talk a bit about my BJJ I guess.
I got two kneebars in rolling today! Woo! I have a little bit of SAMBO experience, and while I'm not practicing it right now I really like its style. At my BJJ club we don't really do leg locks of any sort. This is a big part of the reason why I got them of course, because people are not used to defending them. They were also against guys a good 30lbs smaller than me. Still though, I'm quite pleased. I looked at some youtube videos earlier this week and they helped me out a lot. I'd really like for kneebars to become one of my fundamental submissions.
Awesome, dude. Learning something new that catches everyone off guard is always a treat.
Yeah its awesome. The one guy I wasn't even catching off guard so much. I've been trying kneebars lately, so at first he defended well, and even told me he knew what I was going to do. I was persistent though, and changed my tactics a bit at the end. My partner was pretty surprised.
Yes he is totally not going to be killed by Jose Aldo.
-_-
Also, Hominic.
But it beats getting outmuscled by giant wrestlers at LW.
Florian used to fight at Middleweight though. He's not that small, he just wasn't good enough to get the belt from the best at LW. He wasn't a good enough striker or grappler to deal with Penn and he wasn't a good enough wrestler to handle Maynard. Size was never his issue
In all fairness to Kenny though I think he could have handled Penn better if his gameplan hadn't been totally bafflingly awful. It really looked like he was trying to do what GSP did, only without GSP's size or strength. I think his camp and coaches did him a major disservice for that fight.
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In all fairness to Kenny though I think he could have handled Penn better if his gameplan hadn't been totally bafflingly awful. It really looked like he was trying to do what GSP did, only without GSP's size or strength. I think his camp and coaches did him a major disservice for that fight.
His coaches did him a major disservice for the fight against Maynard.
I love him to death, but he does always shit the bed in huge fights. He was way too tentative against Maynard and constantly let him steal the round with takedowns in the last 30 seconds.
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Fitch vs. Penn I expect to turn into a slow grind with the Bearded One on top.
Sotipops vs. Siver is a sacrificial killing. I'd fucking love Siver to win it though - via back kick. It could happen, I guess.
I don't really remember much about Noke or Camozzi from their TUF performances except that Camozzi brought the violence, so we'll see what's what. I'm sure Noke will want to impress in front of a a home crowd.
Chris Lytle against some guy making his UFC debut. Ugh, hope they give you a sympathy match after your ass kciking, son.
Prelims have potential for madness. I hope we got the see Zhang Tie Quan fight again. Also, maybe a Swede will get beat up and I can revel in petty nationalism for a bit.
Also, working on some sigs for adytum, as you can see I fail at Paint but thought I would see which one suited most:
Spinning back kick KO would be the best thing ever. Siver has looked pretty good lately, but on the ground he won't stand a chance again Sotiropoulos.
I still think it's kind of a weird matchup. No way they couldn't have put together a more competitive fight.
Yeah, Pearson was coming off a (sub) loss too, as much as he has a reason it still looks bad to put G-Sot against a guy with a loss.
Pearsons TDD is pretty damn good tbh, guy is crazy strong according to my coach who trained with him a few times. He now also does jits with Victor Estima, kids going to be no joke in his prime.
They're just giving him the fight because they're in Australia. Siver is good enough to be a threat, but Sots will likely win the fight.
His next opponent should be either Kenny Florian or Melvin Guillard. It's way past time for him to step up the ranks a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCcGve9zLRw
Yeah this fight is a sort of bugger. Sotir will likely win, and this will give his record all the padding he needs to go to the top of the division and get a title shot soon. It will encourage a strong striker in Siver to really, really improve his ground game. If Siver wins it will be a huge feather in his cap. He will be headlining fights in Germany after a win like that.
Brings me to an observation I've made before. I don't have time to go into detail being at work, but it seems like some of the UFC match-ups are almost solely designed to get semi-popular fighters to round out their skill sets so they become more competitive at the highest levels. More on this later.
I like the second one. But seriously, you can do more obnoxious than that. :P
Nobody mentioned that Siver thinks he's going to choke out George.
Well at least he's trying to hype the fight.
:^:
hopefully bisping lands on his own hands
And the OAP that is Jorge "I got subbed by Lee Murray" Rivera is getting grapplefucked by Mike :^:
Am I doing this right?
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"je suis le meilleur poids-lourd"
Source? I mean, what street is that the word on, exactly?
Joe Rogan would tell you what street he's on.
I'm still avatar betting for Shogun.
he hasn't put on a dominant performance since before losing to machida
but what the fuck, if forrest gets to stay and make mafia money they should keep Rashad on too. The dude is smart and charismatic, which you don't really see in the UFC
Ok and I'll take Bones so that works out Nicely
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Honestly, though...I'm reserving 99% of my excitement for a month from now when Bones vs. Shogun goes down.
I like him, and really want to see him become champ just once in his UFC career.
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I think guys like him, GSP, Bones and Franklin are the kind who will take the sport into a more mainstream position.
-_-
But it beats getting outmuscled by giant wrestlers at LW.
Other light weights are becoming top contenders too such as Melvin Gulliard and George Sotiropoulos. This is exactly what Florian needed to do.
If the weigh cut goes perfect, then I'm willing to bet that he's going to win his next match. He is here for the belt.
I got two kneebars in rolling today! Woo! I have a little bit of SAMBO experience, and while I'm not practicing it right now I really like its style. At my BJJ club we don't really do leg locks of any sort. This is a big part of the reason why I got them of course, because people are not used to defending them. They were also against guys a good 30lbs smaller than me. Still though, I'm quite pleased. I looked at some youtube videos earlier this week and they helped me out a lot. I'd really like for kneebars to become one of my fundamental submissions.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xh3q3i_beerbohm-vs-healy_sport
Also very competent commentating due to the absence of Gus.
Awesome, dude. Learning something new that catches everyone off guard is always a treat.
Yeah its awesome. The one guy I wasn't even catching off guard so much. I've been trying kneebars lately, so at first he defended well, and even told me he knew what I was going to do. I was persistent though, and changed my tactics a bit at the end. My partner was pretty surprised.
Here is the one I've been using, but this whole series is pretty good looking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOmS6aPEwHo&feature=relmfu
Florian used to fight at Middleweight though. He's not that small, he just wasn't good enough to get the belt from the best at LW. He wasn't a good enough striker or grappler to deal with Penn and he wasn't a good enough wrestler to handle Maynard. Size was never his issue
I love him to death, but he does always shit the bed in huge fights. He was way too tentative against Maynard and constantly let him steal the round with takedowns in the last 30 seconds.