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Post by Cass on Jul 10, 2009 21:39:48 GMT -5
Im pulling for T.J. Grant to win his fight, after Jason MacDonald got released he's the only fighter from Nova Scotia left.
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Post by Mr. Orange on Jul 10, 2009 22:01:51 GMT -5
GSP's elbow looks odd. Looks really swollen. Props to Lorenzo for wearing a PRIDE shirt as well....
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Jul 10, 2009 22:05:55 GMT -5
It actually looks a little better in that pic than it does when his elbow isn't bent. It's a lot more pronounced when his arm is straighter. Definitely something abnormal going on with it.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jul 10, 2009 23:01:35 GMT -5
Mir seems so cocky going into this fight, I hope Lesnar pulls out an upset. How can it be an upset? Lesnar is heavily favored. I hope Mir pulls out the upset.
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Post by Bob Sapp on Jul 11, 2009 0:51:31 GMT -5
If GSP loses, it's all because of the elbow! I'm calling it now!
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Post by Word™ on Jul 11, 2009 2:31:58 GMT -5
I don't see Lesnar losing against Mir unless he gets caught in another submission..
Brock really is about as pure as an athlete as you can get..
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Post by v/\v on Jul 11, 2009 4:44:38 GMT -5
I'm supporting both Brock & Mir tonight, don't mind who wins, would just like to see a brawl. I think Brock will win by TKO as he has had a long time to prepare himself, knows where he is vulnerable and is too strong. If Mir were to be ultra conservative and doesn't get swarmed at any point, gotta go for the KO because I think Brock will buck the out of any submission attempts. If Mir can pick Brock off Machida style he can win but that's the only way I see Mir winning tonight.
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Post by 6 seasons and a movie on Jul 11, 2009 9:08:36 GMT -5
As long as the heavyweight title fight is good and has some good action I don't care who wins as I am a fan of both guys. I support Brock as I liked him in the WWE and have liked Mir since I started watching UFC and seen how good he was before the accident and always felt bad for him when it looked like he wasn't going to get back to where he was and for the fact that with the UFC growing so big he could have been one of those guys that could have been one of the faces of the company if he hadn't had the accident.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Jul 11, 2009 9:36:30 GMT -5
As long as the heavyweight title fight is good and has some good action I don't care who wins as I am a fan of both guys. I support Brock as I liked him in the WWE and have liked Mir since I started watching UFC and seen how good he was before the accident and always felt bad for him when it looked like he wasn't going to get back to where he was and for the fact that with the UFC growing so big he could have been one of those guys that could have been one of the faces of the company if he hadn't had the accident. Not that Lesnar's accident was anywhere near Mir's in terms of how serious it was, but people forget that Brock totaled his own motorcycle in 2004 in a crash with a minivan. Lesnar broke his jaw and his left hand, bruised his pelvis and pulled his groin... which is actually not bad, considering how badly a motorcycle accident can mess you up. They let him out of the hospital that day after removing the shards of broken glass from his head and treating the breakages. Again... I'm totally not trying to equate that to Mir's accident, because Mir's was clearly the more damaging. Just a little trivia note that people overlook.
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Post by lancewiget on Jul 11, 2009 11:37:39 GMT -5
What time (GMT) does the actual fight card start on UFC.com? We don't have sports at home so I'm gonna watch it on here.
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Post by Swarm on Jul 11, 2009 13:12:29 GMT -5
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher For me, this is a surprisingly hard fight to pick. If you look at it straightforward on paper I think most would give Akiyama the clear edge, however Alan Belcher has seemed to prove himself as the Keith Jardine of the Middleweight Division; Losing when it matters most and winning when it matters least. Let's face it, the UFC is clearly hoping for Akiyama to take out Belcher as to expedite the process of an expansion in Korea. But there's something to be said for the fact that not only is this Akiyama's first fight in the UFC, it's also his first fight in nine months and his first fight against someone who can fight back since his fight with Kazuo Misaki back in December of 2007. Factor that in with Belcher's impressive win over Denis Kang and seemingly being on the right mental track, and my gut's telling me that Alan Belcher will be able to withstand early on and take the fight in the second and third rounds for a victory. Winner: Alan Belcher Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping Honestly, this fight is obscenely one-sided. Henderson's well known as a top knotch wrestler with a solid chin and serious knockout power if not somewhat inconsistent strategically. However there are two things that Bisping really has going against him. For starters, while it's fair to say Bisping probably has superior standup technique, he doesn't have the power to put Henderson in any danger and even if he did he doesn't have the wrestling skills to defend the takedown or the jiu jitsu to take advantage of it going to the ground. Simply put, in terms of baseline skill, Bisping doesn't have enough to keep this fight where he might be successful at any given time. Secondly and perhaps more importantly, the Wolfslair camp has really shown a deficiency when it comes to strategy against difficult opponents. The most notable examples have been Quinton Jackson's bout with Keith Jardine and Cheick Kongo's bout with Cain Velasquez. While Jackson won the fight, his approach was criticized and I don't think anybody can argue Cheick Kongo went into the fight with Velasquez even remotely close to prepared. Really when you weigh all of that, I don't see how Bisping wins this fight under any circumstances. Winner: Dan Henderson Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago Honestly, I'm not gonna front; I don't know a whole hell of a lot about Paulo Thiago beyond his "win" over Josh Koscheck. Truth be told, unless this dude is Demian Maia on the ground, going by the Koscheck fight, he doesn't have a prayer against Jon Fitch. Winner: Jon Fitch UFC World Welterweight Championship George St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves If this fight has shown us anything it's that the UFC can market and sell a fight to the public in any way and they will buy into it every single time. Both the Jon Fitch and BJ Penn fights were promoted as his "toughest test to date" and so on. They said GSP was not going to be able to deal with Fitch's power and wrestling or BJ Penn's Jiu Jitsu and Boxing. Frankly this fight is built entirely on hype. Maybe it sounds kind of simple, but Jon Fitch beat the sh*t out of Thiago Alves and GSP beat the sh*t out of Jon Fitch. Thiago has something in the area of an eight inch reach disadvantage, zero ground game, and only has been able to out-strike people who can't strike. GSP will do what he does better than virtually any other fighter in the sport; Outwork, overwhelm, and break the will of Thiago Alves. Winner: George St. Pierre UFC World Heavyweight Championship Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir If anything this fight gets credit for having the best buildup for a main event in a really long time. Looking at this fight, I'm inclined to believe that Lesnar is actually planning on using his wrestling in reverse as not to get caught in any submissions. So with a primarily standup fight, two things come to mind; One, Lesnar seemed kinda gassed in the Couture fight and two, he's yet to actually get hit with a good, clean shot. So it really depends a lot on what Lesnar's been working on. I'm inclined to believe that if the Lesnar who fought Couture shows up, he's going to get picked apart by Mir on the feet leading to a second round TKO. But then again, maybe Lesnar's cardio has improved and maybe he has the type of chin that will put him in a place to be able to get into the kind of scrap this would need to be on the feet for him to win. Ultimately, just going by the facts that we have been presented with thus far, I see Mir winning this fight via Second Round TKO. Winner: Frank Mir
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Post by Mr. Orange on Jul 11, 2009 13:26:34 GMT -5
Go Alves and Mir! My fantasy picks were Lesnar and GSP but I don't want them to win.
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Post by Bob Sapp on Jul 11, 2009 13:40:28 GMT -5
So you want it both ways?
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Post by BV on Jul 11, 2009 14:00:37 GMT -5
I keep hearing UFC 100 is Free on UFC.com. Any truth behind it?
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Post by Bob Sapp on Jul 11, 2009 14:02:44 GMT -5
UFC 100 is only free to the UK fans on Sky Sports. You have to buy it on UFC.com.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jul 11, 2009 14:20:55 GMT -5
I watched the Countdown show on Spike last night and I really don't like how ing cocky Frank Mir is going into this fight. He's WAY too cocky for my liking. Maybe it's justified or whatever, but I hate that sh*t. That's one of the reasons why I don't like C.B. Dollaway. He's too ing cocky for my liking. And now, Frank Mir is the same way. After seeing the Countdown show, I kept saying to myself, "I hope Brock smashes his ing face in and wipes that stupid grin off his face". I just hope Brock wins this fight, that's all. Also, I love how Thiago Alves thinks this is going to be a cakewalk for him. Trust me, it's going to be ALOT harder than he thinks it's going to be. That's for damn sure!! GSP is one of the best in the world and it certainly isn't going to be easy to take him out. Plus, for the commericals for UFC #100, I like how they say "Thiago Alves coming off a destruction of Matt Hughes". Big ing deal. GSP destroyed Matt Hughes TWICE!! He also beat B.J. Penn twice as well. I totally feel that Jon Fitch will have put up more of a fight than Thiago Alves will in this fight with GSP. I mean, that fight went all 5 rounds. This fight won't even go half that time. GSP will beat his ass down and put him away. You watch and see.
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Post by Mr. Orange on Jul 11, 2009 14:26:54 GMT -5
So you want it both ways? No. I think Brock and GSP are going to win. But I WANT Mir and Alves to win.
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Post by BV on Jul 11, 2009 14:30:20 GMT -5
UFC 100 is only free to the UK fans on Sky Sports. You have to buy it on UFC.com. damn
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Post by lancewiget on Jul 11, 2009 14:41:42 GMT -5
UFC 100 is only free to the UK fans on Sky Sports. You have to buy it on UFC.com. I thought it was being streamed free on the UK version of UFC (uk.ufc.com)? And it's not even Sky Sports, it's on Racing World, which is a Horse Racing channel. EDIT: UK and Ireland fans can watch UFC 100 free on uk.ufc.com, although you are required to install Microsoft Silverlight to view the flash player that it will be airing on. And I got no problems with that, at least I will be watching UFC 100. This is the text under the player on UFC.com: United Kingdom and Ireland UFC fans can watch UFC® 100 LIVE FREE-OF-CHARGE on this player. It is also airing free-of-charge on television on Sky 433 in the UK and Setanta Ireland.
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Post by Bob Sapp on Jul 11, 2009 15:13:10 GMT -5
Well then I guess it IS on the UK UFC site.
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