"Someone should make a UFC/MMA thread"

[Raistlin]

That was an absolutely crazy UFC. Krzystof vs. Bonnar was a smurfing Rocky fight; they just stood there and beat the out of each other. Akiyama vs. Leben was great as well, and Leben's face must be made out of some sort of granite.

Finally, Brock Lesnar must have some mystical voodoo working to keep him alive, because he was dead that first round. He just lay there getting his face smashed in for a good 3 minutes in the most easily scored 10-8 round in the history of the UFC, and then comes back smiling in the second round and closes it out quickly. What the smurf.

[Slothy]

Finally, Brock Lesnar must have some mystical voodoo working to keep him alive, because he was dead that first round. He just lay there getting his face smashed in for a good 3 minutes in the most easily scored 10-8 round in the history of the UFC, and then comes back smiling in the second round and closes it out quickly. What the smurf.

I was watching that with a friend of mine and we both agreed that it has to be the years of getting hit in the face with steel chairs and the like that let him go into the second round smiling.

[Raistlin]

So I didn't even realize UFC 117 was last week. I lose track of these things.

Goddamn Silva.

[DK]

I completely forgot about this thread too. Probably because 117 was mostly depressing from my point of view.

[Raistlin]

It was depressing. Nelson/Dos Santos was entertaining, if only to marvel at the cement in Nelson's head, and Hughes's victory was fairly impressive.

I think it was worse because Sonnen was kicking Silva's ass for all but the last part of the last round. And potentially never intended to tap.

[DK]

Well it was depressing for me because almost all the fighters I wanted to win lost. Was happy Clay Guida pulled one out over Dos Anjos, filthy hook that broke his jaw was good and nice guts from Dos Anjos to keep going for that long. But I wanted fat Roy to win and he could never get it to the ground which is his best spot, always want Hughes to get smashed and well you saw what happened there, Fitch blanketed his way to another incredibly boring victory which the only positive of is we'll hopefully get to see him get smurfed up by GSP again which is pretty much the only entertaining thing he's ever done and then Silva spent most of the fight getting his ass handed to him only to pull out the sub in the dying minutes, by which time I'd had enough and stopped watching the fight I was hoping for the true aggro Silva that smashes people in two minutes.

That said was an epic performance by Chael, backed up all his talk and then some and showed the key to beating Anderson, which isn't wrestling imho (although that is certainly a good weapon) but by disrupting his rhythm from the off. He's got his aura of being an invincible striker which, while definitely true to an extent, I feel gets into the heads of his opponents too much and lets him dictate the pace. I always felt that the best chance of having Anderson would be to press forward constantly, never take a backward step and never let him settle, take his best shots and keep throwing. Sonnen proved that he can be tagged standing this way, and his pillowfists really worked against him. Put someone like Vitor in his place and things become a whole lot more interesting, I think Anderson is absolutely someone who can be knocked out by the right guy. People just need to get over the fear factor and respect him a lot less.

Really really looking forward to 118, hope we get to see a very pissed of Donatello fighting properly rather than whatever he was trying to accomplish last time he fought Edgar, and even though I know it's not likely I am completely on board the war wagon for Toney to smash Coutures face in, god that would be awesome. Hopefully Maynard can beat a hole in Kenny Florians face as well, that would be absolutely beautiful.

[Raistlin]

Was happy Clay Guida pulled one out over Dos Anjos...

Oh yeah, that was definitely a great fight before Dos Anjos had to tap. It looked like Guida was going to pull it out at least with points, though Dos Anjos had been making it interesting by winning the first round. Guida adapted impressively in the second and third rounds.

Fitch blanketed his way to another incredibly boring victory which the only positive of is we'll hopefully get to see him get smurfed up by GSP again which is pretty much the only entertaining thing he's ever done

That was a boring fight. I barely remember it.

UFC should be entertaining. I look forward to the Penn/Edgar rematch. And yeah, someone really needs to put Couture out of his misery.

[escobert]

I heard Couture is going to fight some boxer soon. that should be a funny fight.

[Raistlin]

I finally got around to watching UFC 118 while EoFF was down. It was worth it just to see Penn get dominated every round, and for Edgar to indisputably win.

However, I had to roll my eyes at the Couture vs. Toney fight. Toney is over 40-years-old and not even an MMA fighter. The announcers even admitted it was a foregone conclusion that Couture would dominate. The UFC is now just trying to find old, washed up, ineffective fighters who will be more washed up than Couture so the latter can beat up on them for ratings. Ugh. Why do people still like watching him fight?

[DK]

To be fair to old man Couture, James Toney specifically called him out I think. Not that I want to keep watching the boring old fart fight anyway, but Toney is definitely the one who talked himself into fighting in the UFC, they didn't go looking for him.

Aside from that I've actually forgotten everything else about 118 apart from the fact that Edgar smashed BJ Penn again. Donatello really needs to get out of his camp at go train somewhere that'll force him to work properly, otherwise he's going to end up wasting all of his talent for good. But yeah 118 was the worst PPV we've had in a good while imho. 119 is next week but I'm not convinced it's going to be all that great either, could be wrong though. Dreading Mir vs Cro Cop, if Mir wins I will be a broken man.

[Raistlin]

So I watched UFC 119 while procrastinating on actual work. For 4/5 going to decision, some of the fights were pretty decent, though I don't understand some of the judges. I can't argue about Guillard winning, but the judge who apparently scored the last round for Guillard is a moron; that is the only round that wasn't very close, and Stephens clearly won it. I also disagree with the 29-28 Sherk decision; Sherk won round 1, Dunham clearly won round 3, and I think Dunham did the most damage in round 2.

But then of course what little enjoyment I had in UFC 119 was dashed when Frank Mir won.

[DK]

My friend came down earlier this week to visit for my birthday and we've been hanging out, so I completely forgot that the UFC event was on. pretty stoked about it though, as after reading the report it sounded like a total dross event. Cro Cop

120 is going to be hilarious I think. Hope Dan Hardy wins, and hope Sexyama breaks every bone in Bispings body.

[Raistlin]

Just watched 120, and it kind of bored me. Hardy-Condit was interesting, but unfortunately Hardy got KO'd. Awesome Rocky moment punch, though, with Hardy and Condit simultaneously connecting on opposing hooks. Condit staggered, Hardy crumbled.

Regarding Bisping-Akiyama, disappointed Bisping won. But what was up with the ref moving in but then deciding not to stop the fight after a groin-hit on Akiyama? Home field advantage for Bisping?

[DK]

Was an awful night for me, nothing went as I hoped it would. The only highlight was the post-fight interview with Dan Hardy, "What went wrong tonight?" "I got punched in the face." Man is a legend and I hope he comes back strong next year. Sick KO from Condit though, have to give him his props.

Also yeah that ref was a bit crazy all night, he did not like having any breaks in the action at all. Bisping is a diabolical human being as well, of all people to do it to he gives Sexyama the worst nut shot of all time? How dare he Hope they give him Marquardt or Okami because they will both smash him to pieces.

God, please let 121 be the epic event it should be. Diego Sanchez vs Paulo Thiago should be an absolute war, gonna be tough choosing who to support because they are both heroes, but think I'll be happier if Diego wins because he needs to get a win back desperately.

[Raistlin]

I watched UFC 121 a few days ago and forgot to comment. Anyway, it was pretty exciting for 4/5 fights going to decision. Of course, the one that didn't was epic with Velasquez absolutely destroying Lesnar. Lesnar won his last title defense, but it also included getting his ass kicked for the entire first round, so I would be really concerned about him ever getting that title back if he doesn't change something dramatically.

Sanchez vs Thiago was another great fight, with Sanchez dominating the latter two rounds. I have to question the judge who scored it 30-26 Sanchez, though, because Thiago won the first round.

Also, since when has John McCarthy been back?