The MMA thread

[Darph]

Originally Posted by ziggyholiday

Thanks, I guess you're talking about Stephen Koepfer? That could help a lot in the decision, I'm really interested in what he has to say.

Yes, that's him.

"Well, I know they work very closely and train regularly with Vlad Koulikov. So, I would give them a green light. But, I have never met them myself. So your best bet is to take a class. But, if Vlad is willing to put his name there, I suspect all is good." -Steve

[ziggyholiday]

Nice, thanks a lot man.

[Grimmlokk]

Finally they are making Kimbo Slice fight a top 10 contemporary heavyweight.

Mark it on your calendars, October 4th. Kimbo vs. Ken Shamrock.




Anyone who bitches about Brock Lesnar being unfairly popular needs a face full of stfusauce as long as Kimbo is fighting.

[Kindnugs]

Originally Posted by Grimmlokk

Mark it on your calendars, October 4th. Kimbo vs. Ken Shamrock.

That hurts my brain.

[homsar]

I actually think severn would have a good chance against kimbo.

[Jooka]

Originally Posted by Grimmlokk

Finally they are making Kimbo Slice fight a top 10 contemporary heavyweight.

Mark it on your calendars, October 4th. Kimbo vs. Ken Shamrock.




Anyone who bitches about Brock Lesnar being unfairly popular needs a face full of stfusauce as long as Kimbo is fighting.

Ill go for Shamrock any day. Will out school him unless Kimbo gets a lucky strike.

[Sheaf]

Originally Posted by Jooka

Ill go for Shamrock any day. Will out school him unless Kimbo gets a lucky strike.

I think Kimbo is way overrated too, but you're crazy. Shamrock has lost his last five fights by first round KO/TKO. He's just doing this for a fat paycheck. EliteXC found another guy like Tank that is well-known and has a high probability of losing to their star attraction.

[Kindnugs]

Originally Posted by Jooka

Ill go for Shamrock any day. Will out school him unless Kimbo gets a lucky strike.

wow. Unless Shamrock is on roids, angel dust and coke there is no chance in hell he could beat anyone.

[homsar]

Originally Posted by Kindnugs

wow. Unless Shamrock is on roids, angel dust and coke there is no chance in hell he could beat anyone.

It's comming

[Spontaneous Cumbustion]

It'd be awesome of shamrock roided up and took out Kimbo.

[Ameraves Loyalheart]

I honestly think Shamrock may have a chance at this if he realizes his only chance is taking him to the ground for a sub. Although, fuck Kimbo dwarfs him. This will be such an awful fight regardless.

[Darph]

I think Kimbo will be handed the fight somehow.

[huh]

Even if Shamrock was all there mentally and serious about the fight I don't think his body can handle it anymore. Wasn't he KO'ed by a jab in his last fight and aren't his knees fucking wrecked?

Should pull huge ratings though. Kimbo is going to end up making a career of beating up over the hill UFC hall of famers. I can't wait for Royce/Kimbo!

[Jooka]

Originally Posted by Kindnugs

wow. Unless Shamrock is on roids, angel dust and coke there is no chance in hell he could beat anyone.

Im sorry but I was drunk when I posted and somehow thought Couture instead of Shamrock when I made my post. I would take Kimbo over Shamrock even tho Shamrock has it in him to win.

[homsar]

Roy neilson is an idiot. His top 10 before the affliction show.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

10. Aleksander Emelianenko (13-3-0)
Aleksander, at 6-6, 253 pounds, is six inches taller and 20 pounds heavier than Fedor, his brother. He has better hands than his brother and even hits harder. I love to watch him for the most part because he comes to fight. If you want to see a standup war he is your man but he lacks or has no ground skills.

9. Fabrico Werdum (11-3-1)
Werdum is a Brazilian fighter who has good jiu jitsu and has beaten some of the best “PR machines” heavyweights like in Brandon Vera and Gabriel Gonzaga.

8. Andrei Arlovski (12-5-0)
Arlovski was once the most feared man in the UFC. He has the Tito Ortiz or Mike Tyson persona until he lost it to Tim Sylvia. Now I believe he will be facing his toughest opponent yet in Ben Rothwell. After his fight with Rothwell it will either keep him in the top ten or move closer to me at the number 5 spot.

7. Tim Sylvia (24-4-0)
Tim is the first Goliath in MMA. Standing at 6-8, 265 pounds, the former UFC Champ has a longer reach than almost every fighter out there. He is a smart fighter that puts game plans together and executes them even if they are rather boring. In his last fight against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira he earned my respect by out-boxing the “wannabe” Cuban boxer. Tim has a shot against Fedor just off the pure size advantage and boxing prowess. (TIM, WATCH OUT FOR YOUR ARM!)

6. Ben Rothwell (29-5-0)
Ben is technically on a 13-fight win streak, but we know he is on three-fight — soon to be four. In Rothwell’s next fight, he is stepping up the competition in the MMA fans’ eyes with a former Arlovski. Ben and I know that Arlovski is tough fight but the problem is at the top level if you make the mistake the lights go out unless God blessed you with a CHIN. Ben has a CHIN — I personally tested it. Arlovski doesn’t have that gift, so I think Ben should win. If he goes out there, guns blazing, he should KO Arlovski and move up the rankings. If Ben fights like his training partner Tim it is going to be long and boring fight and he will lose. If he loses, my number 6 pick becomes Mirko Filipovic. (23-6-2)

5. Roy Nelson (13-2-0)
Roy Nelson — or also known as Big Country — is one the most underrated heavyweights in the world. He has one of the best work ethics when it comes to heavyweights. He has trained with some of the best fighters in the world. He is first a teacher, then a fighter, which gives him the advantage over his opponents. He is the only heavyweight besides Fedor who looks like he could be a construction worker, steel mill worker, garbage man, and anybody that can step off the assembly line. With one exception — he can fight, standing or off his back.

4. Randy Couture (16-8-0)
Couture is without question one of the greatest fighters to ever step foot into a cage or a ring; the man is a legend. He has victories over some the best fighters in the world when everything was stacked against him.

3. Josh Barnett (22-5-0)
Barnett became the youngest UFC Heavyweight champion ever at the age of 24 years old. He was one the first true MMA fighters, that tried to learn it all; boxing, wrestling, and jiu jitsu. He then went to Japan because of the politic in the states. In Japan he won the Pancrase Grand Prix title, and became a PRIDE Fighting star. He did go on to beat some of the best talent in the division, including Aleksander Emelianenko, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Mark Hunt.

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-4-1, 1 NC)
Nogueira is the only man that I have seen take a beating and be power bomb and survive. He is the guy that is just like newly crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Forest Griffin. He takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’. Nogueira has some the most text book jiu jitsu I have ever seen in MMA. (Side Note: watch Nogueira vs Barnett - jiu jitsu textbook) He has fought some of the best and survived only to turn the tables on his opponent and win.

1. Fedor Emelianeko (27-1-0, 1 NC)
Fedor is the MAN. He has beaten the best years ago. Times are changing and the Big Boys are coming to beat him. I respect Fedor as a fighter who has the whole package plus he can shrug off a Randleman suplex like it’s nothing, only to kimura him. He is one of the only fighters I know that is like Ivan Drago of Rocky IV with no emotion, just a pure unbreakable fighter.