MMA Discussion Thread - SPOILERS!

[ccB]

Originally Posted by Rob Schubert

I dont think so, thats 18 fighters I listed. How many cards have more than 9 fights on the ppv? I think we are gonna see some amazing matchups.

I said this because usually MMAweekly has an idea of whose fighting who and on the site they dont have any of the ppl matched up adn the opponents are left blank. I dont know im interested to see whose fighting who. I wanna see a Hendo vs Misaki rematch.

[ccB]

This is what mmaweekly has...

-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Takanori Gomi (#1 Lightweight)* vs. TBA
-Mirko Cro Cop (#2 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (#2 Light Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Josh Barnett (#3 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Wanderlei Silva (#3 Light Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (#4 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Ricardo Arona (#4 Light Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Dan Henderson (#6 Middleweight)* vs. TBA
-Mark Hunt (#9 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. TBA
-Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA



So it would be 12 fights and looks like none of the big guns would be fighting each other. Im excited to see how it falls out and who fights who ebcause this is nowhere near official.

[ccB]

Originally Posted by stillaraiderfan

Some big names in there, when is this scheduled for...?

New Years Eve.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Charm City Byrdgang

This is what mmaweekly has...

-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA
-Takanori Gomi (#1 Lightweight)* vs. TBA
-Mirko Cro Cop (#2 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (#2 Light Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Josh Barnett (#3 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Wanderlei Silva (#3 Light Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (#4 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Ricardo Arona (#4 Light Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Dan Henderson (#6 Middleweight)* vs. TBA
-Mark Hunt (#9 Heavyweight)* vs. TBA
-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. TBA
-Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA



So it would be 12 fights and looks like none of the big guns would be fighting each other. Im excited to see how it falls out and who fights who ebcause this is nowhere near official.

Well, hunt vs fedor is official, o i guess they are wrong.

[ccB]

Originally Posted by Rob Schubert

Well, hunt vs fedor is official, o i guess they are wrong.

That will be such a crappy fight. Fedor by submission in the first 2 minutes.

[ccB]

"Takada also announced a number of competitors to be added to the schedule of possible participants for the event. While 11 fighters were on the initial list of possible participants announced last week, Takada revealed another host of fighters that may potentially compete on New Year's Eve, including, but not limited to, Kazuo Misaki (Pictures), Akihiro Gono (Pictures), Denis Kang (Pictures), Shinya Aoki (Pictures), Gilbert Melendez (Pictures), Mitsuhiro Ishida (Pictures), Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures), Hayato Sakurai (Pictures), Ikuhisa Minowa (Pictures), Joachim Hansen (Pictures), Ricardo Arona (Pictures), and Kazuhiro Nakamura (Pictures). "-Sherdog


So its not official that all them fighters are fighting.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Charm City Byrdgang

"Takada also announced a number of competitors to be added to the schedule of possible participants for the event. While 11 fighters were on the initial list of possible participants announced last week, Takada revealed another host of fighters that may potentially compete on New Year's Eve, including, but not limited to, Kazuo Misaki (Pictures), Akihiro Gono (Pictures), Denis Kang (Pictures), Shinya Aoki (Pictures), Gilbert Melendez (Pictures), Mitsuhiro Ishida (Pictures), Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures), Hayato Sakurai (Pictures), Ikuhisa Minowa (Pictures), Joachim Hansen (Pictures), Ricardo Arona (Pictures), and Kazuhiro Nakamura (Pictures). "-Sherdog


So its not official that all them fighters are fighting.

yeah. Still tho choose any of those 20 guys (there are 10 fights) and you will have a stacked card. The only guys I would be really disappointed not seeing are shogun and silva.

Originally Posted by Rob Schubert

Well, hunt vs fedor is official, o i guess they are wrong.

Thats a terrible fight, Hunt is going to get taken down and either submitted or pounded out quicker than he did against Barnett.

But what I REALLY want to know is... when is Cro Cop v Fedor II?

[D-Unit]

I wanna see BJ Penn fight GSP again, but I heard Penn is trimming down to 150 to fight in the lighter class.

[ccB]

Originally Posted by D-Unit

I wanna see BJ Penn fight GSP again, but I heard Penn is trimming down to 150 to fight in the lighter class.

Yeah that would be a good fight. But I think if BJ goes to 155 hes gonna be champ in no time. He would dominate Sean Sherk.

[ccB]

UFC 66: DECEMBER 30 IN LAS VEGAS

Main Card Bouts:
-Chuck Liddell (#1 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Tito Ortiz (#7 Light Heavyweight)*
-Andrei Arlovski (#6 Heavyweight)* vs. Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz
-Forrest Griffin vs. Keith Jardine
-Michael Bisping vs. Eric Schafer
-Chris Leben vs. Jason MacDonald

Preliminary Bouts:
-Yushin Okami vs. Rory Singer
-Thiago Alves vs. Tony DeSouza
-Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Carmelo Marrero
-Anthony Perosh vs. Christian Wellisch


So this is the next UFC ppv. A decent card IMO. UFC is getting more and more good cards.

Originally Posted by Charm City Byrdgang

UFC 66: DECEMBER 30 IN LAS VEGAS

Main Card Bouts:
-Chuck Liddell (#1 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Tito Ortiz (#7 Light Heavyweight)*
-Andrei Arlovski (#6 Heavyweight)* vs. Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz
-Forrest Griffin vs. Keith Jardine
-Michael Bisping vs. Eric Schafer
-Chris Leben vs. Jason MacDonald

Preliminary Bouts:
-Yushin Okami vs. Rory Singer
-Thiago Alves vs. Tony DeSouza
-Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Carmelo Marrero
-Anthony Perosh vs. Christian Wellisch


So this is the next UFC ppv. A decent card IMO. UFC is getting more and more good cards.

This card looks pretty good, all the main fights seem like they have potential to be pretty good. I really wanna see Bisping fight again.

[ccB]

Originally Posted by javon favre

This card looks pretty good, all the main fights seem like they have potential to be pretty good. I really wanna see Bisping fight again.

Dont sleep on the guy Bispings fighting. I seen him fight on the liddell babalu card and he put hte guy to sleep.

[ccB]

wow pride has alot of stuff changing...

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=3005&zoneid=2


Sounds like its for the better IMO.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Charm City Byrdgang

wow pride has alot of stuff changing...

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=3005&zoneid=2


Sounds like its for the better IMO.

I agree. I hope the tourney is at 205 tho.

[ccB]

Originally Posted by Rob S

I agree. I hope the tourney is at 205 tho.

How sweet would a 205 tourney be? I dream of seeing Shogun vs Wandy

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Charm City Byrdgang

How sweet would a 205 tourney be? I dream of seeing Shogun vs Wandy

I kind of want to see it, but they are my 2 favorite fighters. I mean, I hate how chute boxe is holding back shogun because they want wand to keep the belt, but then again I love wandy. I would root for shogun, and I think he would beat Wand easier than most people would think, but it would still be tough for me to see Wand loose to his own teammate.

[ccB]

Originally Posted by Rob S

I kind of want to see it, but they are my 2 favorite fighters. I mean, I hate how chute boxe is holding back shogun because they want wand to keep the belt, but then again I love wandy. I would root for shogun, and I think he would beat Wand easier than most people would think, but it would still be tough for me to see Wand loose to his own teammate.

Id be rooting for Shogun all the way.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Charm City Byrdgang

Id be rooting for Shogun all the way.

I think Shogun would own him. Honestly, I love both guys, but I think Shogun is a lot better right now.

[ccB]

So sanchez vs riggs is coming up soon. I dont see anyway Diego loses.

[UKfan]

My money is on Diego as well. I'd quite like to see a Riggs win though.

[Rob S]

I hate Joe Riggs, Diego taps him in rd 1.

[Rob S]

any1 hear anything about the PRIDE card?

Here is some HUGE news MMA fans. With Pride in some money issues and still having no TV contract in Japan, Pride fighters are starting to look elsewhere to bring their talents. Fedor is already signed to fight at least once for Bodog and might make the move permanetly after his 1 remaining Pride fight he is under contract for.

The UFC just offered Cro Cop a large contract to come fight in the USA, Cro Cop said himself it was larger than the Pride contract and is considering it and that he would let everyone know by Sunday. Personally I think Cro Cop wants his second shot at Fedor but the US market may be too much to turn down. So Mirko Cro Cop in the UFC soon? All I have to say is **** YEAH

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Nerv

Here is some HUGE news MMA fans. With Pride in some money issues and still having no TV contract in Japan, Pride fighters are starting to look elsewhere to bring their talents. Fedor is already signed to fight at least once for Bodog and might make the move permanetly after his 1 remaining Pride fight he is under contract for.

The UFC just offered Cro Cop a large contract to come fight in the USA, Cro Cop said himself it was larger than the Pride contract and is considering it and that he would let everyone know by Sunday. Personally I think Cro Cop wants his second shot at Fedor but the US market may be too much to turn down. So Mirko Cro Cop in the UFC soon? All I have to say is *********** YEAH

Cro Cop in UFC= Domination