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[joshh]

OMG....is that really him?
The way he had to be picked up to get to his corner...that was just ....I'd never seen that before.

[Maluco]

Faber hit someone once that they just tapped out. I can't remember for the life of me who it was he was fighting but it was his 3rd or 4th defense of his title. So, awhile ago. Still, surprised the shit out of me when Faber landed a huge hit and the guy just put his hands up and tapped the mat.

Pearson? but he tapped Faber's arm, not the mat.

http://www.mma-core.com/videos/_Urijah_Faber_vs_Joe_Pearson_WEC_25_Las_Vegas?vid=10018462&tid=100

How many guys do you see hit the mat from a leg kick! Aldo has a seriously powerful leg kick. Aldo just picked him to pieces, that was awesome. Faber was psychologically out of that fight in the first round.

exactly.

[joshh]

How many guys do you see hit the mat from a leg kick! Aldo has a seriously powerful leg kick. Aldo just picked him to pieces, that was awesome. Faber was psychologically out of that fight in the first round.

[Ryan...]

I haven't seen Aldo fight... Hominick went to my hi school.. so... kinda rootin for him..

Watch his highlight video.. yes, highlight videos only show the cool shit he does, but honestly, there's a good reason he's mentioned in the top 3-4 lb for lb fighters in the world..

[Bigdutch]

You cant be serious.

I haven't seen Aldo fight... Hominick went to my hi school.. so... kinda rootin for him..

[ck_taft325is]

Faber hit someone once that they just tapped out. I can't remember for the life of me who it was he was fighting but it was his 3rd or 4th defense of his title. So, awhile ago. Still, surprised the shit out of me when Faber landed a huge hit and the guy just put his hands up and tapped the mat.

[Rau]

I've never liked Shields and think he is boring as hell. On that note, GSP doesn't do much for me either. This could turn out to be one of the gayest and most boring fights IMO. That being said, I was wanting Shields to win until he started training with POS Sonnen. Now I want Shields to get beaten.

The Machida x Couture fight should be a great fight for many reasons and I'm mad excited to see Aldo fight again. For those of you who are still not familiar with him, please do check out these highlights. Guy destroyed Faber and Mike Brown x 2. Insane flying knees, kicking, and a boxing game. The guy is a beast.



Faber's leading leg after his fight with Aldo; on crutches for days...

Faber took an epic ass whuppin. And the dude that tapped out to ground strikes? Holyshit

[Ryan...]

Hominick is gunna whoop aldo's ass..

You cant be serious.

[KenC]

Shields v GSP is going to suck. GSP hasn't finished a guy in years.

Prediction: GSP's grappling and BJJ completely nullifies Shield's one-dimensional submission skill-set. GSP will choose to stand and just put on a boxing clinic. Albeit some of it was the weight cut, but Jake looked like shit against Kampmann.


No idea about the Couture Machida fight. I could see Randy grinding out a win, but I can see Machida using his speed and catching Couture.

[Bigdutch]

Hominick is gunna whoop aldo's ass..

[Maluco]

I've never liked Shields and think he is boring as hell. On that note, GSP doesn't do much for me either. This could turn out to be one of the gayest and most boring fights IMO. That being said, I was wanting Shields to win until he started training with POS Sonnen. Now I want Shields to get beaten.

The Machida x Couture fight should be a great fight for many reasons and I'm mad excited to see Aldo fight again. For those of you who are still not familiar with him, please do check out these highlights. Guy destroyed Faber and Mike Brown x 2. Insane flying knees, kicking, and a boxing game. The guy is a beast.



Faber's leading leg after his fight with Aldo; on crutches for days...

[ck_taft325is]

Been a long time since I've seen a GSP fight.

[joshh]

The one thing I can say about the GSP Shields fight is these two are all about respecting one another so far. I love that when it happens. This should be a good fight. Both these guys are taking it seriously.

[Ryan...]

April 30th, sold out 30k seats in under 3 hours, then added 25k more seats and sold those out too :D

[ck_taft325is]

Anybody else pumped about the GSP v Shields fight?? This is as stacked of a card as you could really hope for:

GSP vs Shields
Jose Aldo vs Mark Hominick
Randy Couture vs Lyoto Machida
Benson Henderson vs Mark Bocek
Nate Diaz vs Rory MacDonald
Jake Ellenberger vs Sean Pierson


All of those fighters put on good fights, and are bound to be interesting. The only one I see as potentially being boring is the Couture fight. But the clash of styles alone should make it a good one to watch!

When is that on? I'm not up to date at all on my MMA schedules.