Pride FC and MMA

[inakorechard]

cody mustache reminds me of v for vendetta.. on another note hendo's ko

[spaces]

he said post fight that he was watching a lot of v for vendetta, thus the facial hair.

[16steps]

i was laughing so hard when they announced the winner of the nam phan fight

[inakorechard]

cant believe garcia took the decision

favorite part of the fight was that side kick

Joe rogan Greg Jackson hilarious reaction

[aoi]

Edited out of the UFC card:

Strikeforce > UFC this weekend:

[poops]

mazz tackle!

strikeforce was great, wish it was a little longer though, and the radach fight was a snoozer

[Lendo]

Hendo's win was awesome. Lindland on the other hand needs to pack it in at this point. He only seems to be good at getting ktfo these days.

[NatseOklim]

Didn't realise there was a strikeforce this weekend, i'll go look for it...

[ktothe]

The one time a Strikeforce show blows the UFC out of the water and most people didnt even realize there was an event

I think that pretty fairly sums up the organization out side of Norcal.

[inakorechard]

all those jabs to kos face

[16steps]

i wonder why gsp never tried to end it. Seems like he couldve at any point although kos did deny some takedowns

[ktothe]

GSP doesnt have that killer instinct. He's a really nice guy that just happens to enjoy martial arts and is extremely good at it.

You have to have that small bit of rage in you to beat someone into giving up, or snapping a limb because they just refuse to tap and I dont think thats a part of his being.

He's also stated on a few occasions that he doesnt feel its worth putting himself in a possible bad position, or lose his positive position by attempting a sub or anything.

[conqueror]

that fadeaway hook danzig used to knock out stevenson was insaaaaane. i didn't even catch it until the replay, i thought the du just slipped over or something.

[Lendo]

i wonder why gsp never tried to end it. Seems like he couldve at any point although kos did deny some takedowns

GSP doesnt have that killer instinct. He's a really nice guy that just happens to enjoy martial arts and is extremely good at it.

You have to have that small bit of rage in you to beat someone into giving up, or snapping a limb because they just refuse to tap and I dont think thats a part of his being.

He's also stated on a few occasions that he doesnt feel its worth putting himself in a possible bad position, or lose his positive position by attempting a sub or anything.

He has certainly finished fights in the past (Hughes, Serra, Trigg come to mind), as of late though he appears content to grind his opponents down for decision wins. It also seems that he only goes in for the kill when he's "100%" that he can finish them. May not make for the most exciting title defenses, but at least they're more exciting than some of A. Silva's recent title fights.

[Lozinski]

I can't hate on GSP to do what he's doing. Look at Stevenson.. That dude wins a few fights then looses a few just because he pushes so hard for the finish.

If you truly want to be a champion and retain the tittle, you cannot do one mistake. Ever.

[aoi]

UFC in Rio. About time.

[ktothe]

He has certainly finished fights in the past (Hughes, Serra, Trigg come to mind), as of late though he appears content to grind his opponents down for decision wins. It also seems that he only goes in for the kill when he's "100%" that he can finish them. May not make for the most exciting title defenses, but at least they're more exciting than some of A. Silva's recent title fights.

Oh for sure that was a different GSP on a few different levels, nevermind the fact those finishes where there. If you remember GSP from back then was kind of cocky and kind of had a hero worship issue. He was really into throwing in that Karate training and flashy superman punches to build a name for himself and impress the rest of the division. The current GSP is a much calmer, methodical, and cotent yet still extremely competitive one. Further, his bread and butter is now getting the takedown and passing guard like fucking butter then just throw 'bows until a position opens up and he'll jump on it but he's not going to risk a sweep or put himself in any sort of risk if he can, without opposition control the fight through top game grappling.

Also A lot of the time Greg tells him to either sit in guard and throw punches or pass guard and throw punches and do absolutely nothing more. Gotta listen to Yoda!

[Lendo]

I totally agree with you on all of this. He definitely had "something to prove" in his rematches w/ Hughes and Serra in particular.

Just hoping he gets his fire back soon, so to speak.

[TPR950H]

i wish more people did the knees to the body from side control more ala gsp.

that is all.

[suremanok]

[conqueror]

lineup for dynamite!! was just announced which is being held on NYE. even though he is on the poster, norifumi 'kid' yamamoto won't be on the card: if you didn't know, dana just signed him to the UFC and he will make his US debut in feb. am looking forward to the wicky, aoki and mousasi fights most of all.

Dream Welterweight Championship Bout

Mariusz Zarmoskis vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Dream Featherweight Championship Bout

Bibliano Fernandes vs Hiroyuki Takaya

Non-Title MMA Bouts

Alistair Overeem vs Todd Duffee

Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Josh Thompson

Caol Uno vs Kazuyuki Miyata

Hayatyo Sakurai vs Jason High

Sergei Kharitonov vs Tatsuya Mizuno

Hiroshi Izumi vs Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa

Satoshi Ishii vs Jerome Le Banner

Hideo Tokoro vs Kazushisa Watanabe

Katsuaki Furuki vs. Andy Ologun

K-1 and MMA Alternating Round Matchup

Shinya Aoki vs Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima

K-1 Bouts

Gegard Mousasi vs Kyotaro

Tetsuya Yamato vs Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura

IGF special rules

Shinichi Suzukawa vs Bob Sapp

[conqueror]

also, there is this recent article on yahoo covering the decline of japanese MMA:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AoFaszvpL0TkOwUalClfDko9Eo14?slug=dm-japanmma122110

[ktothe]

Apparently the Uno fight isnt happening because he is hurt but K1 wanted to look good by announcing his fight even though he's already informed them of his injury.

[conqueror]

i've only been watching MMA for about 4 years now, but i'd say 125 was the best (or at least most enjoyable) UFC card i have ever seen during that timeframe.

first time i have heard someone say "golly" in years too, haha.

[Lendo]

Stirkforce HW Grand Prix!

Fedor and Arlovski both in action Feb. 12th.

[CHOPZZ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rwn_Je3Tg&feature=player_embedded#!

FUCK YEAH

[Lendo]

Great promo video, Band Of Horses!!!

[aoi]

HW Tournament! ZOMG.

even though it's progressive matchmaking it's more interesting than what's happened in UFC lately. We get all the matches we wanted anyway. Super nice cards in the making.

[dunkin deeznuts]

i thought the whole event was all in one night like the old days

still some nice matchups though....

[milosz]

I really do not get putting the three likely favorites (Fedor, Overeem, Werdum) in the same bracket.

The Finals everyone would like/expect to see would be Fedor-Overeem - either of them will most likely walk through the four in the other bracket.