Kenny Hates Prospects Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 08:43 PM) I should of figured that once Penn/Sanchez was put on the card that Rampage was taking the movie role. I'd rather have him delay a fight for something like this instead of "needing time to rest" *coughs* Anderson Silva *coughs* BTW, I fixed your quote. Anderson had elbow surgery. We'll have to wait and see on that Rampage-Rashad fight then. Both are strong counter punchers, but I think Rashad has the quicker hands, is faster and quicker on his feet, has become better defensively, has more weapons in his arsenal (kicks especially, which Rampage STILL leaves himself wide open for), and Rashad also has enough wrestling to cancel out Rampage's wrestling if Rampage actually did feel like doing something other than standing there trying to box. I also think Rampage gets out of his game mentally too much. In the last year and half or whatever, he has done all of the following: 1. He went on a fast, which was apparently recommended by a leprechaun who was stealing money from him, and in the process, while thinking he was Jesus Christ, he got into a monster truck with his own likeness painted on it, then proceeded to get himself involved in a police chase where he rammed other motorists and almost got his ass sued. 2. He gets a shot at the title but then decides he'd rather go on TUF AGAIN to settle some stupid score against a former champion. 3. He represents the sport by making the news for dry-humping a reporter. 4. He finally gets the Rashad fight that he wants, and in his OWN HOME TOWN, but then he decides he's going to delay it because he'd rather play Mr. T in some s***ty movie. I don't see Rashad ever doing any of those things. I see Rashad busting his ass the whole time training for this fight and not worrying about anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHizzle85 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I'm not talking about Anderson's surgery. I'm talking about the "I wanna fight Roy Jones", the "Marquart/Henderson should fight each other first", the "I wanna rest". Wasn't this the same guy that said he wanted to fight as much as he could? As for your points on Rampage. 1. So dude went insane for a bit. 2. He's already said he's doing this for the payday. 3. I'm pretty sure there's been much worse done to represent the sport. 4. I can't blame you on that, but to put a positive spin on it...this will give much more publicity to the sport. Yeah, Rashad is talented but he's still overhyped by people to me. He almost lost to Tito, which IIRC Tito wins if he doesn't hold onto the cage. Barely beats Bisping. I'll give you the Liddell KO, beats an overhyped Forrest & loses to Machida. Until Rashad gives me a performance worthy of his hype. I'll continue to pick the guy who's done it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Hates Prospects Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 12:49 PM) I'm not talking about Anderson's surgery. I'm talking about the "I wanna fight Roy Jones", the "Marquart/Henderson should fight each other first", the "I wanna rest". Wasn't this the same guy that said he wanted to fight as much as he could? As for your points on Rampage. 1. So dude went insane for a bit. 2. He's already said he's doing this for the payday. 3. I'm pretty sure there's been much worse done to represent the sport. 4. I can't blame you on that, but to put a positive spin on it...this will give much more publicity to the sport. Yeah, Rashad is talented but he's still overhyped by people to me. He almost lost to Tito, which IIRC Tito wins if he doesn't hold onto the cage. Barely beats Bisping. I'll give you the Liddell KO, beats an overhyped Forrest & loses to Machida. Until Rashad gives me a performance worthy of his hype. I'll continue to pick the guy who's done it before. Yeah I don't get the fascination with wanting to box RJJ either. I really hope this never happens. Anderson should be calling out Fedor or something if he wants a challenge without having to fight Lyoto. Granted Fedor is in Strikeforce, but at least that's better than calling out a boxer. Or maybe Anderson could call out Melvin Manhoef or something. Anderson wanting Hendo and Nate to fight for the #1 contender makes sense to me because he finished them both. Plus, I'd love to see that fight anyway, and with Hendo wanting to go back to 205, this might be the only chance we get to see Nate and Hendo go at it. Ha, I like how you can just write off Rampage's insanity spree like that. Yeah, okay, so he thought he was Jesus for spell, so what? Don't we all have days like that? Rampage is fighting Rashad for the payday? Why wouldn't he rather headline a PPV in a title fight? I think deep down he knows Machida would whoop his ass and he'd rather put that off. I mean, why would ANY fighter other than possibly Fedor pass up on a shot at a UFC belt? That's the top of the mountain and the most cheddah grows there. You make a great point. Joe Son, Lee Murray, Justin Levens, etc. have all done far worse things than Rampage did. In some ways I think you're right on the fourth point, so I'll concede that one too. It pisses me off though and it takes away a lot of the interest that will be built through the airing of TUF. In the process he's screwing his fans, Rashad's fans, his own hometown, the TUF viewers, as well as the UFC. Rashad just keeps getting better. I agree on the Tito fight that Tito probably would have won had he not kept grabbing the fence because Rashad wasn't exactly putting on a wrestling/GNP clinic in that fight. He looked terrible. He looked gun-shy and pretty much scared of the spotlight. But, that was also his first real high-profile fight. The TUF finale and the fights afterwards are a lot more low-key than a Tito fight. The Rashad that had fought prior to the Chuck fight never really was all that exciting, and I don't think he had it come together for him yet. Other than the head kick KO of Sean Salmon he wasn't extremely impressive IMO. But he has just gotten better and better since then, and I see him as a pretty complete fighter at this point. I don't think Forrest is overhyped either. Forrest is what he is. He has great cardio and leg kicks and tons of heart. He keeps his distance well and looks to turn everything into a battle of conditioning and intangibles, and if he can do that then he'll usually win. He used to brawl in his earlier days, but he doesn't have nearly enough speed, accuracy, or power to do that at a high level. Against Rashad, Forrest was doing great until he fell into a trap of doing the same things over and over again, then Rashad caught his kick and put him out from there. Against Anderson, Forrest looked like a nobody, but Anderson has done that to a ton of guys. And the Forrest that fought Anderson also decided to come forward and try to brawl with Anderson more like the old Forrest, which is about the dumbest gameplan anyone can take. Had Forrest fought the way he had been fighting in his more recent fights I think he would have made it to the 2nd round at least before getting destroyed, but there was just no way for him to win that fight. As for Rampage-Rashad though, there's only two advantages I can think of right now for Rampage. One is that Rampage is a much better starter in a fight while Rashad typically starts the first and sometimes second rounds slowly. The other is that Rampage has the tighter boxing IMO, but I don't think that will matter much because both guys LOVE to brawl. IMO if Rampage wins it'll probably be early in the fight before Rashad gets comfortable, and it'll be because Rampage presses the fight from the start and keeps Rashad moving, with Rampage backing Rashad up near the fence, but then being conservative in the exchanges and looking use straight punches to counter Rashad before backing away. I think if Rampage looks to make it a point fight early, when Rashad is usually having difficulty finding his range, then he'll be able to land some shots and force Rashad into a brawling mode where Rampage will be able to pick him apart with his boxing and finish him. But what I see happening is Rampage looking for a brawl right away, with Rashad moving well and countering, mixing in kicks, and then frustrating Rampage, making Rampage get wild, and then Rashad beating Rampage to the punch. Either way, I see this fight ending the same way Rampage-Wanderlei 3 and Rashad-Chuck did, with both guys standing in front of each other until someone goes down. 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MHizzle85 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Sep 7, 2009 -> 06:52 PM) Ha, I like how you can just write off Rampage's insanity spree like that. Yeah, okay, so he thought he was Jesus for spell, so what? Don't we all have days like that? Rampage is fighting Rashad for the payday? Why wouldn't he rather headline a PPV in a title fight? I think deep down he knows Machida would whoop his ass and he'd rather put that off. I mean, why would ANY fighter other than possibly Fedor pass up on a shot at a UFC belt? That's the top of the mountain and the most cheddah grows there. Okay, I didn't mean to play off the incident. My fault. I just meant, who knows what he was going through exactly in his mind at the time. Not saying it was perfectly fine. Yes, the payday. When Rashad got face to face in the cage with Rampage, that immediately made it the fight to see. Rampage could of taken the title fight, but Lyoto isn't a name that draws yet. So once you throw in the small history that Rampage & Rashad have, along with the exposure of TUF, now you've got the A-Team movie for more publicity. This is helping his bottom line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Hates Prospects Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Fine, but I'm still gonna hate on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Mir/Kongo added to 107. I wonder if they'll add anything to 105. It's free on Spike in the states and they just signed some new UK television deals, so I wonder if they'll add a bigger main than Bisping/Kang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 What movie is he in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 02:51 PM) What movie is he in? A-Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) looks like Lil' Nog/Cane will be on 105 as well Edited September 11, 2009 by SoxFan562004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 02:56 PM) looks like Lil' Nog/Cane will be on 105 as well I haven't seen Lil Nog fight since his KO loss to Soko. What has he been doing with himself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 03:08 PM) I haven't seen Lil Nog fight since his KO loss to Soko. What has he been doing with himself? http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Antonio-Rogerio-Nogueira-2270 5 wins in a row around the world. He's a very solid 205 and a good add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHizzle85 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Bob Arum gave an interview to Ariel Helwani of MMA Fanhouse. Here are the highlights.... -MMA is a sport for skinheads by skinheads. -The guys roll around on the ground like homosexuals. -The blacks don't buy pay per view. (My favorite) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 04:37 PM) Bob Arum gave an interview to Ariel Helwani of MMA Fanhouse. Here are the highlights.... -MMA is a sport for skinheads by skinheads. -The guys roll around on the ground like homosexuals. -The blacks don't buy pay per view. (My favorite) Funny that a completely dirty scumbag boxing promoter has such an opinion on MMA. The guy is lucky to not be in jail. He can keep his opinions to himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 03:37 PM) Bob Arum gave an interview to Ariel Helwani of MMA Fanhouse. Here are the highlights.... -MMA is a sport for skinheads by skinheads. -The guys roll around on the ground like homosexuals. -The blacks don't buy pay per view. (My favorite) Spoken like a true dinosaur/ostrich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Looks like Lil' Nog and Cain is for 106 not 105 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Hates Prospects Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 So Hendo is a free agent, and according to rumors he is asking for an immediate shot at Anderson as part of the negotiation process. If it has to be done then the UFC should do it to keep Hendo, but I'd much rather see Hendo-Marquardt first because that could be a GREAT fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHizzle85 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Sep 12, 2009 -> 10:36 AM) So Hendo is a free agent, and according to rumors he is asking for an immediate shot at Anderson as part of the negotiation process. If it has to be done then the UFC should do it to keep Hendo, but I'd much rather see Hendo-Marquardt first because that could be a GREAT fight. I read this. I agree with the guys at Fightlinker. If it's that big of a deal to him, make sure him and Marquardt get a BIG (well, bigger for them) payday just for this fight so everyone's happy. Or if Anderson decides what he wants to do with his life and it's not defend the 185 belt, then make their fight for an interim belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Sep 12, 2009 -> 11:08 AM) I read this. I agree with the guys at Fightlinker. If it's that big of a deal to him, make sure him and Marquardt get a BIG (well, bigger for them) payday just for this fight so everyone's happy. Or if Anderson decides what he wants to do with his life and it's not defend the 185 belt, then make their fight for an interim belt. I have a feeling that we'll see Hendo and Marquardt first and Hendo's people are smartly using this to their advantage for a big payday on it. Other than Gegard all the fights for him are in the UFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Hates Prospects Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Hendo vs. Cung could be interesting Hendo vs. Fedor of course Hendo vs. Mousassi Hendo vs. Lawler would be fun Hendo would destroy Jake Shields and pretty much everyone else in that entire organization. Nick Diaz vs. Hendo would be a huge size mismatch in favor of Hendo but the hype leading up would be great. Dan will be back in the UFC I think. He and Dana love each other and I imagine the UFC will want to put Dan in their HOF once his career is over. Plus you can't really let the guy walk after promoting him with TUF and having him almost decapitate your hand-fed face of UK MMA on the biggest show in your company's history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Sep 13, 2009 -> 08:54 AM) Hendo vs. Cung could be interesting Hendo vs. Fedor of course Hendo vs. Mousassi Hendo vs. Lawler would be fun Hendo would destroy Jake Shields and pretty much everyone else in that entire organization. Nick Diaz vs. Hendo would be a huge size mismatch in favor of Hendo but the hype leading up would be great. Dan will be back in the UFC I think. He and Dana love each other and I imagine the UFC will want to put Dan in their HOF once his career is over. Plus you can't really let the guy walk after promoting him with TUF and having him almost decapitate your hand-fed face of UK MMA on the biggest show in your company's history. I would really only be interested in Hendo vs. Mousassi on that list. Cung hasn't really proved anything to me outside of stand-up (he and Frank had a gentleman's agreement to keep it standing), love Hendo and Fedor, but no need to see that fight, Lawler would be OK, but Hendo is a step above him IMO. The best fights for him are clearly in the UFC. Anderson again, Marquardt, any of the top 205ers are far more competative match-ups I would want to see and bigger paydays for him. Edited September 13, 2009 by SoxFan562004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHizzle85 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 You're fooling yourself if you think there's more than one worthy fight for Hendo outside of the UFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Randy vs. Vera is main eventing 105. It's not a PPV but a U.K. show that will be tape delayed on Spike that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Sep 6, 2009 -> 08:23 PM) I'm disliking Rampage more and more by the day. I'm sad he's delaying his fight with Rashad because I think Rashad is going to KTFO him, and I can't wait to see it. NSFW - The first few minutes of him and the Japanese female reporter, and the Japanese sports store worker are pretty priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I love this video. Old but great. Love seeing Mirko playing cards and just busting out laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Hates Prospects Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 New Dana interview: http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/?go=forum....page=1&pc=5 Dana is PISSED at Rampage for postponing his fight and making a s***ty movie. I can see why because Dana put his ass on the line for Rampage in the past and he stood by the guy when he went nuts. Dana was the one who bailed him out too IIRC. Dana didn't mention this, but it's still something he has to be thinking about. But the biggest news out of this is this quote: "I guarantee you by September 15th of next year we'll be on network TV." Dana says he's looking to put on 4 PPV-quality cards on free network TV each year, one per quarter. Also, Aldo-Brown is official for the weekend before Lesnat-Carwin. HUGE back-to-back fights right there. Time to make UFN picks (everyone made weight) Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard Roger Huerta vs. Gray Maynard Carlos Condit vs. Jake Ellenberger Tim Credeur vs. Nate Quarry Steve Cantwell vs. Brian Stann Mike Pyle vs. Chris Wilson C.B. Dollaway vs. Jay Silva Phillipe Nover vs. Sam Stout Justin Buchholz vs. Jeremy Stephens Brock Larson vs. Mike Pierce Ryan Jensen vs. Steven Steinbeiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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