The UFC and Mixed Martial Arts Thread

[Blue Cheese]

I was a fan of the UFC back in the mid 2000's and the show Ultimate Fighter when Chris Leben was on it, one of the best fighters I've seen in the UFC along with Diego Sanchez, lost touch with it these days as it used to be on bravo and I haven't got sky anymore.

Diego Sanchez is without a shadow of a doubt the most entertaining fighter on the roster, even if Ross Pearson did beat him last time out.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Diego Sanchez is without a shadow of a doubt the most entertaining fighter on the roster, even if Ross Pearson did beat him last time out.

Diego, Frankie Edgar and Clay Guida

Pretty much guaranteed an exciting fight when either of those guys are in there

In comparison to Jake Shields and John Fitch, who are anti-excitement

I was always impressed how GSP would do long fights but I'd always be interested in them regardless

 

[Blue Cheese]

Diego, Frankie Edgar and Clay Guida

Pretty much guaranteed an exciting fight when either of those guys are in there

In comparison to Jake Shields and John Fitch, who are anti-excitement

I was always impressed how GSP would do long fights but I'd always be interested in them regardless

Diego V Clay was a sensational fight. One of the best 1st rounds you will see, how Clay Guida survived that and was still competetive i'll never know, hard head.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Diego V Clay was a sensational fight. One of the best 1st rounds you will see, how Clay Guida survived that and was still competetive i'll never know, hard head.

Shame Clay was never a good enough fighter to ever win a title, because he was bloody exciting to watch at times

 

[Blue Cheese]

Shame Clay was never a good enough fighter to ever win a title, because he was bloody exciting to watch at times

Yeah apart from his fight with Gray Maynard where he was on his bike for all 3 rounds, other than that always used to be happy to see Guidas name on the card.

 

[Little Ralphy]

I haven't watched a TUF season since the one where Bisping and Henderson were coaches

The Bisping Mayhem Miller one was good, mostly because Bisping is so entertaining but they also had some decent fights on there as well.

I think that was the last one I watched though. Maybe I'[ll get in to this one if it's a decent one.

 

[Little Ralphy]

Yeah a lot of fighters used it before it was banned. It does give you an edge. Overeem and Belfort are the biggest users, Overeem has been rubbish since he came off the roids. Vitor seems to be getting away with using it still but it's just not black and white is it.

I think for Vitor's next fight he has to be off it. It'll be interesting to see if he is still a wrecking machine without it.

I'm surprised at Chael, he's not hid from it though so perhaps he just needed better advice about what he could and couldn't take. I think he's done the right thing though and possibly retired a few fights too late. Wanderlei should do the decent thing and make a video of him not talking about things and retire as well. Such a weird bloke.

 

[Blue Cheese]

The Bisping Mayhem Miller one was good, mostly because Bisping is so entertaining but they also had some decent fights on there as well.

I think that was the last one I watched though. Maybe I'[ll get in to this one if it's a decent one.

so far the current one has been dull, dana has read the riot act to them for not even trying to finish fights. Semi-Finals next week hopefully will get better.

 

[Little Ralphy]

Diego, Frankie Edgar and Clay Guida

Pretty much guaranteed an exciting fight when either of those guys are in there

In comparison to Jake Shields and John Fitch, who are anti-excitement

I was always impressed how GSP would do long fights but I'd always be interested in them regardless

Despite being head and shoulders above everyone skill wise, GSP always had a certain vulnerability about him, and I think that's why his fights were always entertaining and he was such a PPV draw. His fights were always so one sided in the end, but by the time of his next fight you'd feel exactly the same.

I always liked Brock Lesnar for the same reason, you knew he was massively vulnerable but that sort of gave it an exciting edge. Shame he got sick because he had potential, even if he didn't like getting hit.

 

[Blue Cheese]

I think for Vitor's next fight he has to be off it. It'll be interesting to see if he is still a wrecking machine without it.

I'm surprised at Chael, he's not hid from it though so perhaps he just needed better advice about what he could and couldn't take. I think he's done the right thing though and possibly retired a few fights too late. Wanderlei should do the decent thing and make a video of him not talking about things and retire as well. Such a weird bloke.

Vitor can't fight in Nevada unless he's clean from it i think. Wanderlei is too much of a crowd puller to retire, he'll keep going till he can't go anymore probably. He hits so hard that he's always in with a shout. exciting to watch but can't do him any good all those murderous battles he's been in.

 

[Little Ralphy]

so far the current one has been dull, dana has read the riot act to them for not even trying to finish fights. Semi-Finals next week hopefully will get better.

Ah fair enough, I'll give it a miss then. Cheers for the heads up.

I think the best TUFs were with Bisping. Season 3 with Tito and Ken, when Bisping had his thing with Hammil, that was good. Then Bisping Miller was a really good one, and was it season 10 the HWs with Kimbo Slice and Meat Head. I liked that one cos it had character, although Rampage was kind of annoying at times.

 

[Blue Cheese]

Despite being head and shoulders above everyone skill wise, GSP always had a certain vulnerability about him, and I think that's why his fights were always entertaining and he was such a PPV draw. His fights were always so one sided in the end, but by the time of his next fight you'd feel exactly the same.

I always liked Brock Lesnar for the same reason, you knew he was massively vulnerable but that sort of gave it an exciting edge. Shame he got sick because he had potential, even if he didn't like getting hit.

I was never a fan of Lesnar, an amazing athlete though but a complete bell of a man.

 

[Blue Cheese]

Ah fair enough, I'll give it a miss then. Cheers for the heads up.

I think the best TUFs were with Bisping. Season 3 with Tito and Ken, when Bisping had his thing with Hammil, that was good. Then Bisping Miller was a really good one, and was it season 10 the HWs with Kimbo Slice and Meat Head. I liked that one cos it had character, although Rampage was kind of annoying at times.

Hopefully it will get better. Theres a guy called Cathal Pendred from Ireland who got a free pass into the house because his hype was so big nobody would fight him. I'm looking forward to watching him as his first fight wasn't great.

Edgar v Penn 3 is the coaches fight, can't see BJ winning think he should stay retired.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Chael has retired apparently

http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/97-ufc/37444-breaking-ufc-news-chael-sonnen-retires

 

[Little Ralphy]

I was never a fan of Lesnar, an amazing athlete though but a complete bell of a man.

He was like if you built a robot and tried to teach it MA though. It was amazing to watch. When he fought Mir at 100 and you could almost see him thinking before he did anything as he'd been told to only go to the ground if he was in side control. What a beating that was. Then against Carwin, he was getting battered in the first and barely hung on. But as the second round started the machine was back up and smiling ready to go again. Carwin was finished already. Shame he got/was sick as he was interesting even if he was a complete bell as you rightly put.