UFC 100

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Main Card

Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (HW Unification Title Fight)
Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (WW Title Fight)
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

Brock has improved somewhat, doesnt spaz out anymore like he did against Mir the first time, but we dont really know how good his sub defense is, he has fought Heath and Randy who rarely ever go for subs, so he is still unproven in that department

One thing that Mir does that most guys dont do is crank the subs hard, he is looking for a break, its sort of an unwritten rule in grappling and MMA that you dont crank subs and give a guy a chance to tap, Mir doesnt play like that, even that kneebar he had on Brock wasnt that tight, he just puts everything into it, Brock should have been able to get out, but he was scared of it, I think Mir subs Brock again

GSP will takedown Alves and grind him out, by the 3rd Alves will be a beaten man and GSP will get the ref stoppage, GSP is just too good for any 170er right now, unless a knee gets thru I dont see Alves KOing GSP, it could happen, but GSP will win

I got Bisping by decision, in a 3 round fight Bisping will out work Dan on the feet and Michael will avoid Dans right hand and keep it standing for the most part, everyone will call it boring which it probably will be, but Bisping gets the W and the UK fans rejoice

Fitch will take out Thiago, Fitch has good enough BJJ to not get subbed and will control the fight on his feet and on the ground, I say Fitch wins a decision, just to much overall game for Paulo

Let the Akiyama ban wagon begin, just to sexy and to good for Belcher, Akiyama will make the drunk rednecks want to be him and there drunk girls want him, Akiyama by anything he wants

[clovett]

Let the Akiyama ban wagon begin, just to sexy and to good for Belcher, Akiyama will make the drunk rednecks want to be him and there drunk girls want him, Akiyama by anything he wants

Akiyama by pure sexyness

[Warner2BruceTD]

I don't know who to root for in the Mir/Lesnar fight, but UFC wins either way.

Nobody in the world will be rooting harder for Lesnar than Dana White. He's the top draw in the sport, a loss would hurt business.

And shame on you (and Calgaryballer). You fruitcups ever hear of a DVR?

[Warner2BruceTD]

UFC "100"

It’s not even the 100th UFC event, although everyone is treating it as such. In actuality, it will be the 133rd UFC show. It is the 102nd PPV show, although only the 98th live PPV show, since two shows from Japan didn’t air live and another two U.S. shows were actually taped delayed by several weeks. Four “numbered” events were actually Spike specials and not on PPV. And one PPV, UFC 17, actually aired as two different shows, since the company had a contracted summer date on PPV they didn’t want to lose face on, but were in such bad shape financially they didn’t want to do a summer show, so split the show up into two airings. Even though it was 1998 and the Internet did exist, the feeling was you could do a taped show. In those days, MMA was almost dead, as the company only ran a few live events that entire year.

There are five PPV events that aren’t considered in the UFC 100, the two Ultimate Ultimate tournaments, an Ultimate Japan, an Ultimate Brazil and UFC 37.5, a 2002 show added at the last minute when Fox Sports Net agreed to air one match during “Best Damn Sports Show Period,” on a three-day tape delay so it could be edited if needed, wanting it to be a battle of two strikers because they didn’t want any hitting on the ground on television. UFC put on a show, which included a Chuck Liddell vs. Vitor Belfort match that was actually one of the better matches in company history up to that point, which then aired on a seven-week delay on PPV. Perhaps that story of the first UFC match ever on U.S. television–just seven years ago–is apropos for just how many strides the company has taken in a relatively short period of time.

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Nobody in the world will be rooting harder for Lesnar than Dana White. He's the top draw in the sport, a loss would hurt business.

And shame on you (and Calgaryballer). You fruitcups ever hear of a DVR?

exactly, if Mir wins that wouldnt be that great for the UFC, if Brock wins they could set up so many fights and even a Brock/Mir III and have then both coach TUF

Dana will have his Brock Lesner underoo's on Saturday night

[Kuzzy Powers]

exactly, if Mir wins that wouldnt be that great for the UFC, if Brock wins they could set up so many fights and even a Brock/Mir III and have then both coach TUF

Dana will have his Brock Lesner underoo's on Saturday night

Brock COACHING TUF? That wouldnt be fair to the guys on his team. Not to say it wont happen, just would be very lame.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Brock COACHING TUF? That wouldnt be fair to the guys on his team. Not to say it wont happen, just would be very lame.

A bunch of guys you've never heard of from Brock's gym would do the actual coaching.

You think Rampage was doing any teaching on that show?

[Kuzzy Powers]

A bunch of guys you've never heard of from Brock's gym would do the actual coaching.

You think Rampage was doing any teaching on that show?

Fair enough.. but atleast with Quinton he had many years of professional fighting under his belt before "coaching". I know its probably a mull point to casual fans, but having a guy whos fought only a handful is times really kills all legitimacy of having "coaches" at all.

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Rampage is a bad coach, he never taught in his life and lacks motivation, the whole 'coach' think on TUF is fake anyway for the most part

I broke it down on another thread, but there was only a couple fighters that that actaully are good coaches

Brock would probably be a better coach than Jackson anyway, years and years of wrestling and he could be a good motivator and has a strong work ethic

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From another thread about the 'coaches'

lol @ rampage being a good coach, oh man, the wonders of TV

rampage doesnt have coaching skills, he has always trained under someone and has problems being motaviated and training hard

the best coaches the show has had have been Randy, Hughes, Dan and Tito, these guys actually run gyms, train people or have fight camps

BJ is also a very good coach regarding technique, but his problem is living in Hawaii and enjoying the good life, but as far as knowledge, BJ is right up there with the best and he knows how to teach

Also, Ken was a really good coach in his time, he looked like a clown on the show but ken knows who to sell on TV, the game has pasted him and he never evolved, but when he was coaching the Lions Den they were 1 of the best teams in MMA with Frank, Guy Metzger, Jerry and Mikey Burnett, the Lions Dens tryouts were famous

Matt Serra has been running a gym for years and produced some quality guys, he of course focusing more on BJJ and the ground game, but coming from Renzo and teaching for all these years menas something

I dont think Rich has ever coached either and Chuck isnt a coach type of guy

Randy with xtreme couture, Hughes runs the hitsquad and has all the MFS background are probably the best, Dan does well with his team along side with Matt Linland even after they broke off from Randy

The best: Randy, Dan, Hughes and maybe Tito

In the middle: BJ and Ken, both have there faults

The worst: Rampage and Chuck, Rich also might be down there, he usually just jumps from camp to camp to just train, Im sure a guy like him would run a team in the future though

oh, also forgot about Jens, he is down with the MFS style and is a good coach and motivater

I also forgot Nog, him and his bro run a great gym

I cant remember all the coaches because I rarely watch the show

[Warner2BruceTD]

Fair enough.. but atleast with Quinton he had many years of professional fighting under his belt before "coaching". I know its probably a mull point to casual fans, but having a guy whos fought only a handful is times really kills all legitimacy of having "coaches" at all.

It's all about ratings, and building a fight for the end of the season.

TUF 11: Greg Jackson vs. Mark Dellagrate

[corbin]

Main Card
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (HW Unification Title Fight)
Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (WW Title Fight)
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher

Undercard
Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar
Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
Jon Jones vs. Jake O’Brien
Dong Hyun Kim vs. TJ Grant
C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

[calgaryballer]

Nobody in the world will be rooting harder for Lesnar than Dana White. He's the top draw in the sport, a loss would hurt business.

And shame on you (and Calgaryballer). You fruitcups ever hear of a DVR?

I will be downloading it immediately upon my return. I will see this event, just not live, and not like I had hoped

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Mir is in the best shape of his life, Frank Mir with abs is a very dangerous man

[Anthony]

He's fucking cut & solid. Not like this Mir.

He'll end up breaking one of Lesnar's limbs.