Ufc/Strikeforce

ukgaz

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I'll take the one on the left (I'm glad my wife does not check the forums I visit:00hour )
 

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i dont get it either. ppl act like the ufc is their family or friend? it's just an organization. they act like any fighter who doesn't fight in the ufc sucks or is afraid to fight in the ufc. newsflash, fighters are afraid to FIGHT.

why not just embrace other fighters, organizations, etc....instead of bashing them? i dont get why people bash other fighters/promotions for reasons not valid...

i never got it either :shrug: It is almost bizarre
 

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I am sure rrc's kid now says "Fuck the UFC and StrikeForce....I love Sengoku":142lmao:
 

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This is rrc's son..."I love Sengoku"

Just saw UFC 129 is sold out.... 55,000 nutty canucks
 

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rrc---

You should look for some Pride fighting dvds. Best Buy used to sell them. Amazon has them. Some of the best fights with many of todays stars on them.
Rampage, Shogun, Fedor and so on
 

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Biggest difference n strikeforce and UFC now that I haven't seen mentioned is in Strikeforce, u can NOT use elbows against a downed opponent. U can n the UFC, and I c that as the biggest thing that needs to b changed for Strikeforce. Strikeforce also puts on a much crappies show both live and on tv. Much worse live, but I like the action in Strikeforce. If the fighters were more known to me, would probably like it better. U have a lot of stupid wrestlers n the UFC who just take it to the ground and lay there which makes for a boring fight. Both also use a 10 point system like boxing; I'd like to c the third judge taken away and let the referee b the third judge. I think both also have equally terrible judges and way too many bad decisions.

Pride was my favorite; I like being able to deliver knees to the head of a downed opponent which is illegal in the UFC and Strikeforce.
 

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We should give RRC a list of fights to watch with his son. The ones that make you think back to when you said "wow, that was awesome."

I'm not sure I have room for all of them. IMO the biggest hyped fight that I enjoyed was the first Page vs Chuck fight in Pride. The place was electric that night and Page was in absolute top form. IMO there was always an electricity in the air for the big Pride fights. Almost like the old school boxing fights in Madison Square Garden.

For an all out brawl I'm not sure any fight tops
Don Frye vs Takayama. Not much skill level in the fight but it was a moment that made me stand and throw punches myself.

I can't remember if it was the first or second BJ vs Hughes fight but I can remember standing and yelling for Hughes to get out of the sub he was in.

Shogun vs Page
Fedor vs Mirko
Fedor vs Nog
Fedor vs Randleman
Any Wandy fights in his prime
Wandy vs Belfort

And to me as big as Royce was Ken Shamrock was the man. His fights to me had some of the best moments. He could stand and bang and he could also do subs. He was obviously juiced up and to me looked like what a bad ass mma guy should look like. He fought to fight and be exciting as did the Pride fighters. IMO times have changed and with the bigger money, notoriety and other things fighters fight to win and because of that they fight too safe which makes for some boring fights. Kick won't like this but GSP is the poster child for this. IMO he is the most dominant in his weight class of anyone right now but his fights aren't very fun to watch. Part of that is because he is so good but also because he just doesn't finish people.
 

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i like these ones, i guess it shows my mma chronological order, a lot of gaps:

oleg taktarov vs tank abbot(skill vs brawn @high altitude)

marcos ruas vs paul varelans(skill vs size)

noguiera vs bob sapp(skill vs big dummy)

frank shamrock vs tito ortiz(complete fighter vs ground& pound specialist)

sakuraba vs conan silveira(remember big john thought sak tapped then they restarted fight)

royce gracie vs wallid ismail(royce's return gi match after training with blue belts)

nick diaz vs gomi(hybrid fighter vs pure striker)

melvin meinhoef vs evangelista cyborg santos( superbrawl)

kimbo slice vs state trooper( lol awesome underground fight stand up rules)
 

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If rrc wants to know what MMA is all about.......ya watch the Finney fight....simple as that:SIB
 

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How about Goodrich and the elbow beatdown he gave ________ ? Got him down in some kind of leg crucifix and destroyed him!! That tournament that mark hunt one in _______ was pretty awesome too. Griffin/Bonnar I was also of course a classic. Mebbe some of the better fans can fill n my blanks above?
 

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Other great fights to watch

Royce Gracie vs. Dan Severn (The triangle choke is introduced to the US and the commentators have no idea what it is)

Carlos Newton vs. Sakuraba (one of the greatest grappling MMA fights ever)

Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock 1 (skilled big man beaten by a much smaller skilled man - in fact you should watch all of this event as it was the first UFC)

Mirko vs. Fedor (most anticipated heavyweight fight ever)

Diaz vs. Gomi (In my view one of the top 5 fights of all time)

Pride Bushido 9 (Amazing card)

Lesnar vs. Mir 1 (dominated for 99% of the fight then with out landing one strike gets the submission)

Renzo Gracie vs. Eugenio Tadeu (Fans riot)

Maurice Smith vs. Mark Coleman (The kickboxer learns takedown defense)

Tank Abbot at UFC 6 (A new star is born)

Don Frye vs. Yoshiro Takayama (crazy brawl)

Don Frye vs. Ken Shamrock (no quit in Don Frye - injuries from this fight have plagued him since)

Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell (biggest LHW fight ever)

Carlos Newton vs. Matt Hughes 1 (spectacular finish)

Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort 1 (huge upset at the time)

Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia (Gives old men hope)

Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva (great fight and great promo's during build up from Sonnen)

Gina Carano vs. Cyborg (biggest female fight ever and amazing live crowd)

Genki Sudo - (great entrances)

Saku vs The Gracies (propelled Pride to become the Number 1 promotion)

Fedor vs. Nog (Fedor entered the most feared guard in the world and looked un-fazed by the attempts of Nog)

Anthony Pettis vs Ben Henderson (great fight highlighted by kick at the end)

Mario Sperry vs Igor Zinoveiv (Another big upset at the time)

There are many great other fights impossible to name them all
 

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rrc and his son need to know that cyborg vagina so strong cuz she train with men

thong need to train mma with women :SIB
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rrc brain is scrambled.....the poor guy just asked a couple questions...and now look what this thread has turned into.....


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If you really want to confuse rrc then all we have to do is to get Kickserv to talk about Ryan Ford and his upside.

Or we can get Kickserv to tell him all about Bonnar/Coleman.

I could always bring up how Raymond Daniels will be a MMA beast someday.
Along with Kimbo... :facepalm:
 
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