MMA Thread

[Bigpapa42]

Wanna see Akiyama fight

Silva must be shaking in his boots, now they have 2 asian fighters for him to lose 2, he will probably jump to 205 to fight Keith Jardine now

Do you think Anderson Silva has been training to defend flying heel hooks?

[Liquidrob]

Do you think Anderson Silva has been training to defend flying heel hooks?

probably against the normal flying heel hook, but not the japanese version

silva no can defend

[clovett]

The Japanese-based DREAM organization today revealed the match-ups for the second round of its recently commenced featherweight grand prix, which takes place in May at DREAM.9.

One of the eight qualifiers has been scratched; Daiki Hata has been pulled from the card due to an eye injury and replaced with Hideo Tokoro. Tokoro suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Hata in the first round of the tournament.

Tokoro takes on Abel Cullum in the second round. Other match-ups include Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Joe Warren, Bibiano Fernandes vs. Masakazu Imanari, and Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hiroyuki Takaya.

DREAM.9 takes place May 26 at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa, Japan.

One of the more intriguing match-ups from the lineup is Yamamoto (17-1) vs. one-fight veteran Warren (1-0). Warren, a decorated amateur wrestler, scored an impressive TKO victory over former WEC champion Chase Beebe in his opening-round bout (and professional MMA debut). However, he now faces a veteran opponent who owns a 14-fight win streak and received a bye into the second round.

The latest DREAM.9 card now includes:

NON-TOURNAMENT BOUTS

Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou*
Gesias “JZ” Cavalvante vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri*
Paulo Filho vs. TBA*
Ronaldo Jacare vs. TBA*
FEATHERWEIGHT GRAND PRIX SECOND ROUND
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Joe Warren
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Masakazu Imanari
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Abel Cullum vs. Hideo Tokoro
* - Not officially announced

[Liquidrob]

I love Anderson SILVA!!!!!!!!!!

Yeaaaa! woo woo!

[Liquidrob]

NON-TOURNAMENT BOUTS

Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou*
Gesias “JZ” Cavalvante vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri*
Paulo Filho vs. TBA*
Ronaldo Jacare vs. TBA*
FEATHERWEIGHT GRAND PRIX SECOND ROUND
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Joe Warren
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Masakazu Imanari
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Abel Cullum vs. Hideo Tokoro
* - Not officially announced

Mousasi is going to light up Soko
JZ vs Kawajiri will be great
Paulo back on the juice is a good thing
Hope they get Jacare a good fight, love watching him, like to see a rematch with Mousasi
Kid vs Imanari would be a nice final

[clovett]

cyborg missed weight today...has until 11pm est to make weight

[Liquidrob]

cyborg missed weight today...has until 11pm est to make weight

This did not look good for Akano...

[~Chance~]

Who thinks Rampage is going to get evans? I don't think so.. Not now at least, I think he should prove himself against Griffin, and let the winner of Sliva vs Machida get a shot. Machida might get Sliva though. But Evans is too fast for Machida. lol.

[EmpireWF]

Paulo Filho forced to return to Japan? I hope the dude isn't on drugs (or whatever the fuck he was on for that WEC show) anymore.

[CrimsonGhost56]

Yeaaaa! woo woo!

lol what do you have against silva?

[Liquidrob]

lol what do you have against silva?

I love watching Silva fight and he is a beast, I just like fucking around with people

You know me, woo woo

[Liquidrob]

Overeem said he is fighting on the June Strikeforce card, card is looking very solid

-Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields
-Heavyweight Title Fight: Alistair Overeem vs. TBA
-Light Heavyweight Title Fight: Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. vs. Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante
-Joe Riggs vs. Phil Baroni

-Bao Quach vs. J.C. Pennington
-Mike Aina vs. Billy Evangelista
-Torrance Taylor vs. Lyle Beerbohm
-Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos vs. TBA
-Joey Villasenor vs. TBA
-Jorge Gurgel vs. TBA

[EmpireWF]

Now the almighty question will be, can Overeem pass a U.S. Commission drug test?

[CrimsonGhost56]

id like to see Overeem fight Monson..... what heavies does strikeforce even have?

[Liquidrob]

Now the almighty question will be, can Overeem pass a U.S. Commission drug test?

he already has last year against paul