[Grimmlokk]

I read Ricco's lost a lot of weight, he musta been around 300 on that episode of Human Weapon. And he definitely took it easy on that Duff guy.

Anyhoo, not saying he's a great fighter or anything, but he's big, and he's a grappler. They've mostly fed Silva guys who will try to stand with him(Cabbage), just to showcase the fact they have a legitimate 300lb striker with speed and some agility. I have *not* seen his latest fight where he RNC'd Jonathan Wiezorek, so I'm still keen to see what he can do in the clinch/on the ground.

Silva is crazy interesting to me. Out of all the "freakshow" fighters he's the one that has the best chance of being legit. He hits like a fucking truck, he apparently trains his ass off(he still train with the Nogs?), and he's absolutely monstrous. Without being fat or looking roided up. I'm not sure about his chin(anyone seen the Pele fight where he got KO'd?), and he hasn't fought any serious top end heavyweights yet. But he should be doing that soon, if EliteXC can find anyone.

Speaking of heavyweights! Gimme news on these guys:
Sergei Kharitonov: I know he fought for K1 in November, but is he under contract there?
Aleksander Emilianenko: Fought 4 times since his last Pride fight, all in different orgs. I'd assumed he'd be in M-1, but his last fight was for Hardcore Fighting Championships.
Josh Barnett: I know he just did that sub or shoot wrestling or whatever match, but still no word on him back in MMA that I've heard.
Ben Rothwell: I remember seeing hints from him that he'd be "in the cage" soon, which would usually mean UFC, but could be any of the other cage orgs I guess. Love watching him fight, he seems to really work on improving himself from one fight to the next, and he's just an entertaining guy in general. Would love to see him against some top-10 competition, and I know he wants to fight it too. Pretty sure hit IFL contract was up Jan 1st, but maybe it was the end of January, I forget now.