MMA Thread

[CrimsonGhost56]

^ it would make sense. give kimbo someone who will stand and bang with him. whoever lands the clean shot first wins.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Sry dont have time to browse every thread at the moment....anyone have links to the WEC even this week ? DTV no longer has VS and I keep hearing I missed a good one.

 

[Epidemik]

More Rumor Stuff

Chuck Liddell talks to Sherdog about whether or not we'll see him back in the cage, when, and who he'd fight in a come back fight:

“I still love fighting. I don’t know what we’re going to come up with. I’m going to start spending a lot of time training guys or get back in there - one of the two. I needed some time off. “Dancing” actually gave me something to concentrate on and get in shape on. I just want to get back in shape and stay in shape and start training with people and see what I want to do. [And] why would anyone even want to see me fight Kimbo? I have no interest in that fight. Whatever. It is what it is. I guess I’d do it, if that’s who I had to fight to come back.”

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Sry dont have time to browse every thread at the moment....anyone have links to the WEC even this week ? DTV no longer has VS and I keep hearing I missed a good one.

I'm pretty sure that both the WEC & UFC websites have the Cerone/Henderson match available to watch.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

Duffee out of UFC 107; Struve, Russow Possible Opponents for Buentello

Todd Duffee has pulled out of his heavyweight bout against Paul Buentello at UFC 107 on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tenn., due to an injury.

“(Withdrawing) was one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make,” said Duffee, who would not disclose the nature of his injury.

Duffee, 23, burst onto the UFC scene with a record-setting seven-second knockout of Tim Hague at UFC 102 in August. The undefeated heavyweight, who recently relocated to Las Vegas to attend the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, hopes to be back in action by early 2010.

“It was a fight I was really looking forward to,” Buentello told Sherdog.com on Tuesday. “We really matched up well.”

Mike Russow and Stefan Struve have been presented as two potential replacements for Duffee, said Buentello.

Buentello will make his UFC return on Dec. 12 after nearly four years away from the Octagon. The 35-year-old heavyweight has rattled off an impressive 12-2 record over the past six years with his only defeats coming in title matches against Andrei Arlovski (in the UFC) and Alistair Overeem (in Strikeforce.)

Russow, 33, earned a unanimous decision victory over Justin McCully in his UFC debut in August. Russow, a Chicago police officer by day, has tallied 12 wins in 13 professional bouts.

The 21-year-old Struve has shown quite a bit of promise in his young MMA career. The towering 6-foot-11 Dutchman submitted Chase Gormley with a first-round triangle choke at UFC 104 on Oct. 24 to earn “Submission of the Night” honors by the promotion.

lame. i was looking forward to that fight.

 

[Steel Mamba]

James Toney seems pretty serious about getting in the UFC.. Toney vs Kimbo?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/ca...s-UFC-postfight-asking-to-figh?urn=mma,211481

 

[Liquidrob]

The MMA Thread is back!

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

James Toney seems pretty serious about getting in the UFC.. Toney vs Kimbo?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/ca...s-UFC-postfight-asking-to-figh?urn=mma,211481

does james toney really think any mma fan under the age of 25 knows who he is?

 

[Steel Mamba]

They should, Toney was still pretty well respected up until the back to back losses to Sam Peter. He's no longer one of the more relevant names in boxing, but I still think the pro boxer vs MMA fighter alone carries a lot of appeal.

 

[Liquidrob]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCXkC1L_Yyk&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- UFC 108 POSTFIGHT: TONEY CONFRONTS WHITE[/ame]

 

[EmpireWF]

Simply put, if White brings in Toney, he's a hypocrite.

He's talked shit about "freak show" stuff by bringing in guys with 0-0 MMA records. He said that about Herschel Walker and I'm sure he thought it about Canseco (don't remember if he ever commented publicly).

Bringing in Toney who has never fought in an MMA fight, a 40+ year old boxer...freak show.

 

[Steel Mamba]

It wouldn't be the first time hes done something hypocritical. But, bringing in Toney is no where near the equivalent of signing Walker or Canseco, it's pretty clear who has the better resume and who's better suited to make the transition into MMA. This is really no different from bringing in the best BJJ expert available and giving him a shot. Right now Toney seems like the only top level pro boxer who's honestly willing to make that transition, so why not, even if only for a couple fights. It's not like he's going to come in and contend for any titles.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

lol @ comparing toney to canseco and walker. toney is a legit hw champ, albeit 44 years old. walker apparently has trained whatever but still is a football player first, and canseco...well yeah. remember what mercer did to big timmy a few months back?

 

[EmpireWF]

As far as we know, Toney has no training beyond his boxing work. It's not far off from Walker who has trained his martial arts but only recently began MMA training.

 

[Liquidrob]

I doubt the UFC will do fights like these at this point, to much risk with little to no reward, James Toney doesnt make the UFC a bunch of money and some HW might try and stand with Toney and than its lights out and the UFC takes a major hit with a 44 year old boxer beating a MMA fighter

You do it with a guy like Mayweather, Pacman, etc...not a Toney, Strikeforce would do it because they need something to grab attention, the UFC doesnt at this point

 

[Epidemik]

Is it just me or is Don Frye in that AT&T commercial that runs during the NFL Playoff games. The one with the secret agents or whatever and two guys walk up stairs i swear thats Don Frye...

 

[EmpireWF]

Yep, that's Don.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Don's supposedly focusing on his acting career. He had 3 minutes of time in Public Enemies.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Don should definitely focus on acting, dude has a ton of personality.

Im a huge fan of the MMA freak fight so im all for Toney (I know im late on this). I dont really give a fuck how much of a hypocrite it makes Dana, I just like fun fights. Toney vs anyone would definitely be interesting, especially Kimbo.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Don should definitely focus on acting, dude has a ton of personality.

Im a huge fan of the MMA freak fight so im all for Toney (I know im late on this). I dont really give a fuck how much of a hypocrite it makes Dana, I just like fun fights. Toney vs anyone would definitely be interesting, especially Kimbo.

Agreed.