The Official MMA thread...

[jrhaile]

Did you see the end with his arms up on the fence? He looked like a beat fighter which made me sad.

[Ryan...]

Penn looked, dare I say old last night. However, Maynard I think will dominate Edgar on the ground because stylistic, it's a bad matchup for Edgar. Penn wants to fight on the feet so Edgar took advantage of his speed and precise punching.

Now that you point it out, he did. I've never been a fan of his, but his last two fights have got to be devastating for him. I'm looking forward to the Edgar v Maynard fight, should be another good one.

[jrhaile]

Penn looked, dare I say old last night. However, Maynard I think will dominate Edgar on the ground because stylistic, it's a bad matchup for Edgar. Penn wants to fight on the feet so Edgar took advantage of his speed and precise punching.

[Ryan...]

Being a Penn fan, Edgar made me an Edgar fan. He completely worked Penn and took him out of his game. Perfectly executed game plan.

+1 I'll be paying closer attention to his fights from now on!

[jrhaile]

Being a Penn fan, Edgar made me an Edgar fan. He completely worked Penn and took him out of his game. Perfectly executed game plan.

[cerdafied]

worse embarrassment in boxing history..... maybe a boxer should do a little more training before he steps into the octagon. and what the hell was up with BJ Penn?!!? its like he wasn't even trying!!!

[Ryan...]

I had to go to a bachelor party, thankfully I didn't skip that to buy the fight! The Toney fight was painfully predictable..

I do like watching Edgar fight Penn though, I cant stand Penn..

[KenC]

All of yesterday's fights can be found here:

http://www.mmator.com/

I watched them all on PPV last night. I would t even bother watching the replays.

Couture/Toney was the worst MMA fight of the last decade. Toney didn't even throw a punch. But hell, for $750,000 I'd let Randy choke me out too.

[Ryan...]

All of yesterday's fights can be found here:

http://www.mmator.com/

[Ryan...]

nice pics, but neither of those links showed me the fight, its bringing up blank spots where the videos should appear...?

[Maluco]

literally the first and second links of the search results foo...

http://www.bing.com/search?q=Jose+aldo+vs+faber+video&go=&form=QBRE&qs=n&sk=

[Ryan...]

can anyone find a link to the aldo v faber fight? I've never had trouble finding an mma video before but all of these seem to have been removed..

[Maluco]

two more belts for Brasilians! I don't know what Lawal was thinking, he should have applied the same game plan as he did against Mousasi although Rafael was defending the takedowns well.

http://mixedmartialartvideos.com/king-mo-lawal-vs-rafael-feijao-cavalcante-video-strikeforce-houston/

[Ryan...]

sarcasm? the gif I posted fully supports everyone's hatred of that fight, as well as mine...

I was just making sure, I got a lotta shit from some Fitch fans on another forum, they seem to think his takedowns make him a god among men

The UFC advertising promos claim that he has the "fastest hands in MMA" while showing a clip of him KTFOing Wanderlei in 1998!

Like I said above, anybody can get knocked out, but Vitor does still have some astonishingly quick hands. I wonder if his hands are good enough to win a striking battle with Silva? I think Sonnen rocked him a couple times because he was so worried about the impending takedowns. If it turns into a strictly standing battle I can't see Vitor winning this fight, 6 years ago I may have thought differently...

I can understand Anderson wanting to let Lyoto get the chance to avenge himself against Shogun though. Those guys are friends and respect each other's stomping grounds. It would take away from Lyoto if Anderson went up and beat Shogun and on the flip side, it would make Lyoto, Anderson, and all of Black House look bad if Anderson got beat, which I think he would get beat by Rua.

I'm not sure I think would win, possibly Rua, and I wonder how Silva would handle himself against an elite, full time 205'er?

[Maluco]

no question, and that shit just can't happen fast enough. Shogun said right after his fight with Lyoto that he had no problems with that fight. Anderson has been adamant about not moving up permanently. Dana just needs to make it worth his while. Not even a tough SOB like Sonnen controlling Anderson for 4.5 rounds can take him out and I'm not talking about grinding out a decision win either. Dana needs to make it worth Silva's while to go up again and fight.

I can understand Anderson wanting to let Lyoto get the chance to avenge himself against Shogun though. Those guys are friends and respect each other's stomping grounds. It would take away from Lyoto if Anderson went up and beat Shogun and on the flip side, it would make Lyoto, Anderson, and all of Black House look bad if Anderson got beat, which I think he would get beat by Rua.