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Post by x513xkernal on Jul 2, 2010 2:42:23 GMT -5
I think Leben will surprise many of you if this stays a stand up fight. I have tons of faith in my boy Leben, and hopefully he'll put Akiyama down, as Leben's only TKO loss is to Anderson Silva....
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 2, 2010 4:45:56 GMT -5
Well, of course he COULD knock Akiyama out, but Akiyama is more well-rounded than he is.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jul 2, 2010 5:52:11 GMT -5
Well, of course he COULD knock Akiyama out, but Akiyama is more well-rounded than he is. And we ALL thought Fedor was more well-rounded than Werdum and look how that panned out. Absolutely NOTHING in MMA is a sure thing. Not even the great Fedor and he was as close to a sure thing as there can possibly be and he still lost. Like I said in the Fedor/Werdum thread, upsets can and WILL happen at any time. That night was 100% proof of that. I think Leben will surprise you and many others in this fight and he's my pick to win. I think it'll either end in KO or TKO in Leben's favor. I'm really looking forward to this card. I think it'll be great and the main event between Carwin & Lesnar will be a vicious slug-fest and someone is taking a nap inside The Octagon for sure. Someone's goin' to sleep in that one, no question about it. |
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Post by x513xkernal on Jul 2, 2010 12:42:42 GMT -5
I'm glad someone else knows how amazing Leben is. I think the only way akiyama will win is if he takes this fight to the ground and submits leben
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jul 4, 2010 5:31:36 GMT -5
Well, of course he COULD knock Akiyama out, but Akiyama is more well-rounded than he is. More well-rounded eh?? Didn't look that way to me....  Like I said, Leben WILL surprise you and many others in that fight and without question, he did. He was my pick and like the warrior he is, he pulled through!! ;D |
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Post by James Hetfield on Jul 4, 2010 10:54:47 GMT -5
Well, of course he COULD knock Akiyama out, but Akiyama is more well-rounded than he is. And we ALL thought Fedor was more well-rounded than Werdum and look how that panned out. Absolutely NOTHING in MMA is a sure thing. Not even the great Fedor and he was as close to a sure thing as there can possibly be and he still lost. Like I said in the Fedor/Werdum thread, upsets can and WILL happen at any time. That night was 100% proof of that. I think Leben will surprise you and many others in this fight and he's my pick to win. I think it'll either end in KO or TKO in Leben's favor. I'm really looking forward to this card. I think it'll be great and the main event between Carwin & Lesnar will be a vicious slug-fest and someone is taking a nap inside The Octagon for sure. Someone's goin' to sleep in that one, no question about it. Do you know what well-rounded means? That means you are good (at best) in all areas of the game at the same time. Fedor IS more well-rounded than Werdum, but Werdum was better at Jiu-Jitsu than Fedor was. Fedor has KO'ed and submitted people his whole career and that alone shows well-rounded skills. Werdum has NEVER showed great stand-up fighting. Well, of course he COULD knock Akiyama out, but Akiyama is more well-rounded than he is. More well-rounded eh?? Didn't look that way to me.... Like I said, Leben WILL surprise you and many others in that fight and without question, he did. He was my pick and like the warrior he is, he pulled through!! ;D Yes it did. Akiyama was tired as  and showed superior grappling throughout 90% of the fight. Not sure what you were watching. |
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Post by Hawks_NFC West Champions on Jul 5, 2010 23:59:40 GMT -5
And we ALL thought Fedor was more well-rounded than Werdum and look how that panned out. Absolutely NOTHING in MMA is a sure thing. Not even the great Fedor and he was as close to a sure thing as there can possibly be and he still lost. Like I said in the Fedor/Werdum thread, upsets can and WILL happen at any time. That night was 100% proof of that. I think Leben will surprise you and many others in this fight and he's my pick to win. I think it'll either end in KO or TKO in Leben's favor. I'm really looking forward to this card. I think it'll be great and the main event between Carwin & Lesnar will be a vicious slug-fest and someone is taking a nap inside The Octagon for sure. Someone's goin' to sleep in that one, no question about it. Do you know what well-rounded means? That means you are good (at best) in all areas of the game at the same time. Fedor IS more well-rounded than Werdum, but Werdum was better at Jiu-Jitsu than Fedor was. Fedor has KO'ed and submitted people his whole career and that alone shows well-rounded skills. Werdum has NEVER showed great stand-up fighting. More well-rounded eh?? Didn't look that way to me.... Like I said, Leben WILL surprise you and many others in that fight and without question, he did. He was my pick and like the warrior he is, he pulled through!! ;D Yes it did. Akiyama was tired as and showed superior grappling throughout 90% of the fight. Not sure what you were watching.[/quote] I wouldn't say Akiyama controlled MOST of the ground action, but he did control the majority of it. He didn't do much with it though. ANYWAYS, Fight/Event of the year for me. Haven't seen WEC 49 yet though, so I don't know if that will be changing or not. |
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Post by tibbo on Jul 8, 2010 10:47:08 GMT -5
Akiyama was on top of Leben more, but Leben was dominating the striking from the bottom. If all Akiyama planned to do was sit in Leben's guard without returning fire, then that is a pretty poor gameplan.
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