Sadollah out with leg infection. Mcrory/Hazelett to the main card

Very good news. I can't wait to see this, and I think it will be good exposure to a lot of those new fans tuning in for the first time to see Brock.

I will bet it for you if you want to swap funds on a site (depending on how much you were looking for). I have an account at pinny

yep stars would be fine - i'll be home from work at 7pm and post it then

You guys hear the drama with Randy an Affliction? Randy's wife got a restraining against the boss at Affliction(sounds like a real shady dude with a long criminal record) who is accused of making threats against the Coutures since they demanded a detailed accounting of the sales of the Extreme Couture line of clothing. He has been barred from showing up at the fight and the weigh ins aswell. Just what a guy needs to have on his mind going into a huge fight.

Lesnar should win...Randy is 45 and hasn't fought in a year plus. I give him major props if he pulls it off, but he should get his tail kicked in. All the talk about Brock's cardio, nonsense. Guy was a decorated NCAA champ and is a workout freak. Hope it goes five rounds.

Sylvia should have won, Gonzaga should have won. But they didn't, that's the Randy factor.

Thinking about making a move on Stevenson and Robinson if lines improve...

Lesnar WILL win. Too much power and speed. He's a freak. Randy won't pick him up and slam him. He's not Tim Sylvia either...

Lesnar vs. Couture - Couture

A lot of people are putting a large emphasis on Brock's athleticism and wrestling pedigree. While I think Brock has potential, he hasn't had enough time to evolve into a complete mixed martial artist. He also doesn't have many professional fights and he tends to come out quickly and expend a lot of energy early in the fight. I suspect that Randy will outwork him in the later rounds.

I do think Brock has a very good shoot and at some point Brock will be able to get Randy down, but if you look at his top game in the Herring/Mir fights it seems under developed. It's unlikely he's going to finish Randy with hammer fists. We haven't seen Brock on his back yet, but I think at some point Randy will get him down, sweep or reverse him and wind up on top.

I suspect that if this happens Brock would have a very difficult time defending. Randy may end up submitting him from side control or at least attempting it to gain the mount.

If they clinch against the cage it's possible Brock will be able muscle Randy down, but Randy is going to make it difficult for him with takedown defense and dirty boxing.

On the feet Randy has the advantage. His striking is far more developed than Lesnar's and although Lesnar clearly has heavy hands he's most likely going to have a difficult time against couture.

My conclusion: I can see 3 ways that Randy can win this fight, but I can only see one way that Brock can. (Maybe 1 and a half).

The rest of my picks for the main card are just general inclinations: KenFlo, Sadollah, Gonzaga, Maia

I see Performify stayed away from picking a winner but picked over in o/u of 1min 25 sec of the third round.

Outside of the public plays, I'm obviously on Lesnar heavy at positive numbers with no plans to arb out. Gonzaga def a no play at current odds.

-P

If I read correctly on 2p2 in the thread, he actually said he has Brock fairly heavily on an early +money line and is not arbing it. That's a pretty strong statement to me.

found it http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost...p;postcount=215

DId you see the weigh in? Brock 265, Randy 220.....He'll end up with a 50lb advantage come fight time...Randy is impressive, but that's a big mountain to climb

I beleive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_m1qTfJsFI

DId you see the weigh in? Brock 265, Randy 220.....He'll end up with a 50lb advantage come fight time...Randy is impressive, but that's a big mountain to climb

Its pretty much 50lbs already....but neither Brock or Randy cut water to get down to their respective weights for this fight. Brock trained down for this fight focusing less on muscle and weight and more on stamina. My guess is that Brock wants to be able to go 5 rounds doing the same thing he did in the Heath Herring fight. Reports I read seemed to indicate that Brock looked much more apprehensive and perhaps even a bit concerned about the fight. Maybe concerned about an injury??

The ESPN guys that did the live weigh ins had Stephan Bonnar on who said Brock's camp claimed he cut 7 pounds of water weight.


lol at Randy's FTP patch and Bruce Buffer's little girl on Christmas smile.

looks like I'll be on Brock, Maia, and the over 2:30 of round 3 in the main event.

I don't think anyone can discount how good Randy is at setting a smart game plan

lol at Randy's FTP patch and Bruce Buffer's little girl on Christmas smile.

I love that UFC chick that wears the black outfit. The one in the red has a longer face with bigger, faker boobs. Don't get me wrong, still hittable, but the one in this pic, wowzer.

Airianny. She is engaged to Josh Burkman!!!

Damn i wish i was a fighter.

Ok, I lied, lol.

Here are my picks.

Florian
Maia
Robinson
Brown
Hazelett
Stephens
Lesnar

Florian
Maia
Lesnar

Ok, I lied, lol.

Here are my picks.

Florian...BINK
Maia....BINK
Robinson
Brown....BINK
Hazelett....BINK
Stephens....BINK
Lesnar....BINK

Ok, I lied, lol.

Here are my picks.

Florian
Maia
Robinson
Brown
Hazelett
Stephens
Lesnar

Lesnar scared me. I thought a few times that I might have the wrong side of that one. I feared that Lesnar was going to gas, had put on too much weight, etc. I'm certainly happy with the win. Nogeira and Gonzaga "might" give him problems. Time will tell.

I think Randy's plan was to gas Lesnar and it might have worked if he didnt get caught with one of Brocks sledghammers. I was very impressed how Randy was able to get back on his feet with having that load on him. Somebody teach Brock some elbows from the top please.

That certainly looked to be the plan, and it also looked to be working. Brock was going to be in for a tough one as Randy is probably one of the most in shape guys in the game. We're talking about a guy who has done eco-challenges, so brock had to finish him in the first 12-15 minutes or so, or else he would've been in big trouble. Let's also remember that this has been brock's longest fight, and one has to go through that to know what its like. He's wrestled matches in teh WWE that have been 25-30+ minutes(and had done 60 one time too), but there is a pacing aspect to it that you obviously can't do in MMA

Anyone else shaking their head at the fact they wanted the McRory/Hazelett fight on the undercard?

According to Jeremy Botter of Inside Fights, the arrangement of the fight is almost complete.

"Our sources tell us that the UFC are in the process of finalizing the main event for UFC 95 in London, and it’ll be Chuck Liddell taking on Anderson Silva in a light heavyweight bout. I’m not sure what the status of the contract negotiations are, but I’m under the impression that it’s either a done deal or is very nearly a done deal, and it could be announced tomorrow."

Thing is this is something they keep doing. Even on 92 they are hiding Okami vs. Lister on the undercard for Al-Turk Kongo and Dalloway and Massenzio or something, which baffles me.


When was the last time Chuck was an underdog?