Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Rashad Evans >>>> Wanderlei Silva

The evidence speaks for itself:

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K-1 Dynamite 2008!! GIFs Forum Codes

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Alistair Overeem vs Badr Hari

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CroCop vs Hong Man Choi

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Hunt vs Manhoef

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shinya vs alvarez

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Kawajiri

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Mousasi

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Sapp

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Mousasi vs Musashi GIFs

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Mark Hunt Knocked Out

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Mirko Cro Cop vs Hong Man Choi GIFs

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

My thoughts on the PRIDE “curse”

My thoughts on the PRIDE “curse”

Everybody is talking about it. It went away for awhile, but after Silva getting KTFO and Nogs getting absolutely obliterated by Frank Mir, the talk of the “curse” is back. But why? I don’t get it. What curse? Are UFC fighters simply better than PRIDE fighters? No, they’re not. In the end they’re just fighters, not PRIDE or UFC fighters, but for the benefit of my ramblings we’ll consider them PRIDE/UFC fighters.

For the sake of this article, we will not mix and match, there will be no other promotions, they are either PRIDE fighters or UFC fighters. No Cage Rage, no WEC, nothing but PRIDE or UFC. It’s up to me where I think they belong. Anderson Silva was a PRIDE fighter before becoming a UFC fighter. Henderson is a PRIDE fighter. He had one UFC fight before spending years in PRIDE. Chuck Liddell is a UFC fighter... obviously. As is Jens Pulver. I think you can see where I’m going with this. Other than a select few like Wand and Hendo, most fighters will be associated with the organization they started fighting with.

The premise behind the curse is simple, fighters who have come over from PRIDE have not found success in the UFC. It’s simply not the case. The fighters who came over from PRIDE are as follows; Cro Cop, Shogun, Nakamura, Sokodjou, Big Nogs, Gono, Henderson, Anderson Silva, Wand, Rampage, Aurelio, Ryo Chonan, Heath Herring, Mishima, and Werdum.

Looking at that list, who did you expect to have a big impact in the UFC? Rampage, Anderson, Cro Cop, Shogun, Sokodjou, Nogs, Wand, and Hendo. The rest of the guys are decent at best. Who really thought that Nakamura, Mishima, Chonan, or Aurelio would find huge success in the UFC? Gono has always been more of an entertainer than a fighter, Herring is a gatekeeper at best, and Werdum is a great jits guy with terrible stand up. I’m also going to add Sokodjou to the list of fighters not expected to make a huge impact due to him being unproven and simply riding the “two shocking KO hype train” much like Houston Alexander.

So we’ve got 7 guys that were expected to make a huge splash; Rampage, Anderson, Cro Cop, Shogun, Nogs, Wand, and Hendo. So, the curse, oh the curse. Anderson is arguably the best middleweight fighter in the world after being just decent in PRIDE. Rampage is coming off one of the most brutal knockouts of the year and has gone 4 and 1 in the UFC losing a razor close decision to Forrest Griffin. Hendo lost to Rampage and Anderson, two of the best in their respective divisions, and both PRIDE fighters. He has beat his only UFC only opponent in Palhares. Nogs is 2 and 1 winning one fight against PRIDE fighter Heath Herring and one against former UFC HW champion Tim Sylvia. His only loss came to UFC product Frank Mir, and it’s rumoured he was suffering from staph infection before the fight.

Of the 7 fighters expected to make a difference, 4 have found decent to great success. At least against their UFC counterparts. Shogun is an exception in my opinion, he is 0-1 in the UFC and his loss came to the future LHW champion in Forrest Griffin, while on a bum knee. Without seeing him fight other UFC fighters, we can’t really pass judgement on him yet.

So, 5 fighters accounted for, 5 fighters that the curse hasn’t really affected at all. So who did the “curse” affect then? Wanderlei Silva and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic. Then again, Wandy is 1 and 2 in the UFC, losing to Chuck Liddell and Rampage Jackson and beating Keith Jardine. Rampage is a PRIDE product, so Wandy is 1 and 1 against UFC opponents, losing a decision to Chuck and brutalizing Jardine. That’s decent success.

I guess we’re just left with Mirko. Oh Mirko. The saviour of the HW division. Mirko is what the curse is all about. Mirko won his first fight in less than the explosive fashion we expected considering his can-tastic opponent, then he went on to get absolutely brutalized by Gabriel Gonzaga and nut-kneed out of the UFC by Cheick Kongo.

The fight with Gonzaga is what proves that this “curse” isn’t a curse at all, it’s simply a changing of the guard. Mirko has lost his passion. Nogs and Wand have gotten old. A lot of the guys who came over from PRIDE simply weren’t that great to begin with. The real “curse” is the “age curse”. UFC stars are cursed as well; one dimensional, aging fighters are being replaced with their well rounded, younger counterparts.

Mirko was replaced with guys like Kongo and Gonzaga. Matt Hughes has been replaced by guys like GSP and Thiago Alves. Chuck Liddell is being replaced by guys like Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Forrest Griffin, and Rampage Jackson (a PRIDE fighter). Wanderlei Silva is being replaced by anybody who can either back up and punch or move their head/body to avoid his ugly striking. Dan Henderson is being replaced by guys like Anderson Silva (a PRIDE fighter) and... well, he moved up to 205 so I guess a lot of 205 guys that I already listed.

It’s the changing of the times. It has nothing to do with fighters from PRIDE not being able to cut it in the UFC, it has everything to do with the actual age/fighting age of the guys coming over. Fighters get old, it’s not a curse, it’s life.

The PRIDE curse doesn’t exist. Ask Chuck Liddell. Or anybody who has gone toe to toe with Anderson Silva.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

In Regards to the Early Stoppage in Mir vs Nogs.

In Regards to the Early Stoppage in Mir vs Nogs.

The only fight that was a bad stoppage was Kongo/Al Turk. 10 seconds sooner next time. Fucking vicious.

As for the Mir/Nogs stoppage. It was perfect.

lol @ people saying Merr was going to gas in the late rounds and Nogs was going to capitalize. It was 2 minutes into round 2 and Nogs ate the canvas 3 times. Let the fight go on, let Nogs hit the canvas 4 more times before the later rounds and see how much he can do when Nogs gasses. It's tough to come back from 3 "10-8" rounds and win a decision. And Nogs isn't subbing Mir when he can't even see straight.

Excellent stoppage. Justified.

Merr vs Brock is going to be wonderful.

The UFC HW Road to Gold

The UFC HW Road to Gold

Randy wanted the Brock fight. He wanted the big money fight against the guy who everybody wants to see. He CAME BACK for the fight with Brock. He thought he could win (lol) and he was proven wrong.

Seeing that he left an organization he was contracted to, the organization did what they felt was right and had him hold the title so he couldn't fight elsewhere. Something I disagreed with at the time because I wanted to see Randy/Fedor (lol @ me). But the UFC did the right thing.

Randy came back to fight Brock. He made the choice to. Most likely due to money. And he lost. He was still the champ, therefore, Brock is your UFC HW Champ.

When Nogs fought Tim, it was for the interim title. It's funny because Nogs fought a guy who had lost to Randy and beat Brandon Vera. If barely beating Brandon Vera earns you a title shot, I guess Jardine is the #1 contender at LHW. Nogs won an interim title in a fight that meant shit really... and had Sylvia not saw the stardom that came with a win over Nogs, he wouldn't have made the mistake he did and got subbed and he would've continued to pound Nogs on the feet to the UD.

So let's look at this.

Merr get's his title shot for beating Brock. Justified because Brock is the HW champ. But Brock didn't deserve to be in his title fight because all he did was beat Herring. But Nogs got a title shot for almost losing to Herring then winning a decision in a fight I almost think was a w3rk. And he beat Tim for the interim title after Tim lost to an old man and then decisioned the shittiest fighter in the UFC. Keep in mind that Randy also got a title shot after retiring following consecutive KTFO losses to Chuck Liddell.

And people say Brock didn't deserve the title shot.

Friday, December 19, 2008

MAD Magazine's take on The Ultimate Fighting Championship (from the late 90's)

MAD Magazine's take on The Ultimate Fighting Championship (from the late 90's)

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Just Awesome. lol.

Just Awesome. lol.

Tribal MMA Necklaces of Men.

From this site:
http://www.tribalhollywood.com/Categories.bok?category=Fight+Symbols

Quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.

And I want to collect them all. Not because they look cool, but because the below description sold me on them.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) and ultimate fighting have created a fashion statement. From the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Strikeforce, to the The Ultimate Fighter and UFC Fight Night, fight clothing and accessories are part of the fighter lifestyle. Our Fight Symbols jewelry pendant collection represents the style and attitude of MMA and UFC fighters with men's jewelry designs based on tattoos and crosses. MMA Fight Symbols are like wearable tattoos that express your individual attitude and fashion style as a fighter.