The MMA/UFC Thread

[KiWiNiNjA]

Anyone watching the new season of TUF?

2 episodes in and already 10 times better than the whole of the last season.

Loving the whole Jones vs Sonnen angle. And by the looks of things, it will only get better.

[Johnners]

Big night for the UFC. Bit of a mixed card so far, Fabers & Robertsons submissions the standouts though.

[KiWiNiNjA]

Mark Hunt!

Bringing back the K1 memories.

**** yeah!

[KiWiNiNjA]

Silva and Hunt knocking everyone the **** out in Japan.

Is this 2003?


StefanStruve
Thanks for the support everybody, I wanted Herb to take the tooth out of my cheek and continue but then it turned out my jaw was broken..

[KiWiNiNjA]

Hunt to fight dos Santos at UFC 160!

[Goughy]

I'll be in England for 2 weeks in the summer and Ken Shamrock is fighting in Doncaster on the same day I'll be in the town. I don't for a second think the fight will actually go ahead but I'm strangely excited at the prospect of watching

[King Pietersen]

Forget Evans vs Henderson, that's gonna be a snooze-fest. There's one fight everyone needs to watch in the next few weeks, and it's happening in Poland. Mamed Khalidov vs Melvin Manhoef. It has the potential to be an absolute slug-fest. Manhoef is an absolute destroyer, and Khalidov has said he's going to stand with him and make it a fight. Khalidov is probably the best prospect currently fighting outside of the UFC, but he's going to have to be careful with Manhoef, the dude hits like a freight train. If you haven't seen his fight (hell, even if you have, go watch it again) with Evangelista Santos from Cage Rage, go watch it now. It's amazing. He's had so many epic fights, the fight with Santos, the insane fight with Robbie Lawler, he managed to KO Mark Hunt, and has blitzed Sakuraba and Misaki in Japan. He might not have the best win/loss record, but boy can he fight. He's one of those scary dudes that you just wouldn't want to stand across the cage from. There's no way I'd even consider taking one of those leg kicks. I'm so excited, maybe even more so than for Hunt vs JDS. I just hope Khalidov stands by his word and stands with Melvin.

[Uppercut]

Had a good long archive binge on Jack Slack's Sportswriter Profile | Bleacher Report a while back. Fascinating stuff.

[King Pietersen]

Holy ****! Josh Burkman choked Jon Fitch unconscious last night. Rocked him with punches, sunk in a guillotine, and choked him out cold inside 2 minutes. Burkman's a legit bad mother****er. His last 3 fights have been a dominant decision over Gerald Harris, a TKO over Aaron Simpson, and a brutal submission of Jon Fitch. The man is on a fantastic run. The UFC will be coming calling for Mr Burkman, and he'll make a much deserved return, can't really argue with an 8-1 record since leaving the UFC!

Also, the UFC provided us with one of the most meh announcements in the history of MMA, by announcing the next series of TUF. Canada vs Australia features Patrick Cote and Kyle Noke as coaches, and will probably go down as the least watched, least interesting series in the history of the programme, and could be the final nail in it's coffin.

In other ****ty news, Pettis is injured, and out of the Aldo fight. Excited to see KZ go to war with Aldo, but was really excited for Aldo-Pettis. Hopefully now that this fight is off, Pettis can go back to LW and get his re-match with Benson, if Bendo gets past TJ Grant.

[KiWiNiNjA]

Holy ****!

Mazaghati such a dumbass though.


Yeah, at least Pettis can go back up where he belongs. Was a dumb, impatient move to begin with.