The winner will be the coach. They have taped the first two episodes of the show with both the coaches on hand.

Rich sounds real cold to the idea. he came out last week and said he didnt have any intrest in it but would do it if the UFC insisted. He complained about the pay for the show and having to be in Vegas for the duration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjTmIFvJBzY...feature=channel
Dana saying, with Franklin at his side, that the winner will coach.

I have such a fear of Coleman winning. It would just be awful.

Yea I think a Shogun/Lidell fight would be good. Then maybe a rematch with Rampage. He could be gone from the UFC if he loses and Dana reopens his contract.

Seriously? I would find a hard time putting him in the top 10. Not the top 10 best MMA fighers..top 10 conditioned athletes.

any thoughts on Fedor's next fight 01/24? Opening line vs Andrei Arlovski was:

Fedor -400
Arlovski +300

Recently my book went to Fedor -325, so I bet it even though I HATE laying juice -- I just think its a perfect storm & Arlovski has little chance, especially with his glass chin. I want so badly for Fedor to fight in the UFC, but doubt it will ever happen...

huh? You dont think GSP is in the top 10 conditioned athletes in the sport?

That right there is downright silly. Are you high?

BigLebowski had to have misread and thought he said BJ not GSP

Freddy Roach has been praising the hell out of AA. Although Arlovski has said that he is done with MMA and switching to boxing after this fight, so you can take that for what it's worth... I'll take it as he may not be 100% ready to deal with Fedor.

LOL yea BJ is not exactly the top conditioned guy in the game. Although have been hearing he is extremely focussed in his training for this fight.

BJ and GSP both look to be so on top of it right now, this fight is just timed so f'ing perfectly. Will not bet it, just gonna enjoy it and hope to see something historical.

I think that -325 is pretty good price for sure.

Sidenote- In the youtube video with Dana White.........weird to see Franklin and Henderson flying on the private plane together and taking shuttle ride sitting next to each other.

Ok, top 10 might have been pushing it, but I never said he wasn't well conditioned as it is pretty obvious he is. My point was there are a shit ton of others guys who are as well.

Forrest
Clay Guida
Florian
Sherk
Torres
Yamamoto
Faber
Edgar
Griffin
Sonnen
Fitch (yes, i know GSP beat him)
Sanchez
Aoki
Fabiano

That would be an awesome fight.

Interesting. I usually love what you add to the forum, but I think you are pretty off on this one.

I think GSP is easily as conditioned as those guys, more so than some.

It would be a good fight but I think Noons got very lucky against Diaz and deffinatly is not one of the best free agents out there. I doubt he can beat anyone in the UFC's lw top 5. I would love to see Lawlor sign. Or a Cung Le Anderson Silva superfight if Le ever fights again.

I'm not so high on Le. He's beaten some small names and I don't think high of Frank Shamrock in a stand up war, although he as well as Lawler could present a lot of fun fights in the UFC.

I'd like to see Jake Shields in the UFC. His BJJ is strong


Also, Spike is airing a three part series leading up to the GSP vs BJ Penn fight and the first ep airs 10pm on Wednesday. Its a takeoff of HBO's 24/7. SHould be good. I'm tivoing. Weeeee

Hey, it finally happened. I killed a thread.

The preview show was solid. I like BJ, but all the shit he's talking has put me squarely in the GSP camp. I root for GSP whenever he fights, but have always rooted for BJ as well. Now, this will make me think about rooting for Florian in BJ loses and defends at 155 or Alves if he wins and defends at 170.

Who knows, maybe he's just selling tickets, but it was some demeaning stuff, personal stuff, calling GSP a quitter, etc. He abused Sherk before their fight as well. Seems like he's long on talent, short on class, at times.

Agreed. I love BJ and I think he means well, but seems to take the wrong rode in prefight interviews.

Yea remeber before the Sherk fight he was getting pretty nasty even bringing up the steroids a few times but after the fight he said it was all to sell the fight. I dont know what he can draw upon to call GSP a quitter? I like BJ but I am firmly behind GSP in this one and think he is gonna dominate this time.

He's just trying to sell the fight. He's always done this before his fights and it creates some extra drama for the fight. I don't think this match-up needs much buildup, but it never hurts. Anybody that has ever met BJ has always had nothing but good things to say about him.

It's probably from his fight with Hughes where he tapped to an armbar with 1 second left in the round and the other is from when he tapped to strikes against Serra. I do have to question someone's heart a bit when they tapout from strikes.

Not much in MMA shocks me, but I would be absolutely shocked if GSP dominated BJ. It will be interesting to see how rusty they are.

I am thinking of a small bet on Barros. Kampman cutting weight to ww and overshooting to 168 is a little concernig. I am staying away from the ME and might also put something small on Coleman.

Might not be a bad idea. Shogun's interviews drive me crazy, but I threw a small bet on him when the line came out. Also on Davis and Henderson.

If anyone comes across a link to tonight's event, will you please post it? Thanks in advance.

FYP


3pm EST

http://wrwrestling.com/

http://pages.tvunetworks.com/channels/#

channel is 61886

This one is way better
http://mma-tv.net/

Thank you, sir!

Great first fight. Davis and Lyttle are always gamers. congrats Davis.

Lets go Kang!!!

OMG this is pathetic. Coleman is done and Shogun looks horrible aswell

The end of the second was pretty sad

Shitty ref. Shogun sux

That fight reminde me of Kimbo/Thompson

Pretty disappointed with Shogun's performance. The dude was gassing early in the second. 10 minutes of watching two guys throw sloppy punches sucks ass.

Agreed. Really bad showing for shogun.

LOL hard at a third Coleman/Shogun fight

As far as the fights, not a solid card.

I thought Franklin won, but it certainly could've gone either way. I just thought Henderson did nothing but takedowns, and no damage while on top. Franklin was the aggressor the whole fights

Palhares needs a better gas tank. I can't believe he almost got submitted.

The Coleman/Rua fight was an embarrassment. Both of those guys were gassed halfway through the 1st round. Act like a professional, train cardio for christ's sake. I thought it was a good stoppage. Coleman was all but out and not defending himself.

Lytle/Davis - meh, Davis deserved the win.

I can't even remember the 5th fight and it was less than an hour ago. Weak.

Oh yeah, Kang. I thought Kang was looking solid, but to get caught in an arm in guillotine and tap that quick. Wow.

spoiler tags are gay at this point. Don't come in to this thread if you don't want the results, but I'll play nice.

I thought Henderson clearly had the first round. I would've given him the second because of the take downs but obviously Rich took the third. Having the person lose the fight that clearly won the last round often skews things in the mind of the audience.


I liked the card. Clearly not as good as the last few but it takes a lot to disappoint me when it comes to fights.

Glad I didnt pay for this card. UFC got $400+ out of me last year and will probally get more this year If I go to one in the fall/winter which I am hoping to do. They will deffinatly get ther $50 out of me for 94.

I've purchased a few fights to watch at home, but mostly, I'll go over a friends house, throw him a $20 and bring whatever I want to drink, making an evening out of it.

I've gone to a sports bar to watch two different events, including todays, and I think I'll be back at today's sports bar on January 31st. They have a shit ton of flat screens all on HD. So, no charge, and cute girls bringing me reasonably priced beers all night, and food if I want it. Hopefully, the atmosphere at midnight will be good.

The other one, Forrest v Rampage, the bar got a little ghetto.

So I take It you will be staying home for Rampage/Rashad?

haha, I was going to write that the bar "got a little dark" but yeah, I won't go to that particular bar.

the one I went to today might be alright. Whiter neighborhood. :looksaroundtoseeifanyblackpeoplearereading:

although, didn't I just see that Rampage is fighting Jardine next? Seems like an odd pairing. I woulda waited to see if Machida won then had Rampage fight Machida for a title eliminator.

I had no action on this card.

The fights sucked. And it was funny and weird at the same time.

agree 100%
The card in 2 weeks should make up for it.

Lidell/Shogun loser goes home imo.

Crappy card overall. It wasn't worth the money if you paid for it, that's for sure.

Only fight I was even interested in was Denis Kang's debut and I'm just shocked that he lost. I don't know what it is with him and having mental lapses that cost him the fight. He has the potential to be one of the top fighters at 185. He has all the tools and something just happens in his fights where he makes the most basic mistake and he loses. I'm still a fan of his, but it sucks watching him lose that way. He was completely dominating Belcher standing and on the ground, the only thing Belcher did well was defend on the ground, but he had zero offense. I'm still trying to figure out how Kang lost, he basically gave the fight away. He's a legit Black Belt in BJJ but managed to get caught by a purple belt, just makes no sense really.