UFC 73

imo rashad will knock out tito. tito hasnt beatin anyone but an old shamrock lately. imo forest griffin beat tito, yea titos face looked like it took less damage. just watch the fight and youll see tito couldnt take forest to the ground till the end of the fight.

titos punches werent a crisp as griffins. sorry griffin won the fight. the judges based it on griffins face. tito needs to stop dating old pornstars and start winning fights against real contenders.

if he loses we might not hear from tito again since he only has two more fights on his contract. anderson silva will lose to nate marquardt who is a badass fighter. i think sean sherk will beat hermes franca.

i love MMA its the best sport in the world in imo and it definently has the most heart. let me know what you people think of the fight card.

 

yea i agree, forest won that fight.. the crowd was even booing tito when they announced decision. rashad evans will pwn

franca is pretty tough, so idk who to root for in that match

 

i love watching nate fight. hes the only 7 time king of pancrase. the guys a killer. team jacksons is pretty damn good.

 

Man, if I was not going to California for the BJJ Mundials in August, I might of flown to see this event! Big nog making his debut (so what that he already beat down Herring in PRIDE...still great to see great bjj!), Rashad is gunna just smash Tito. I just don't see Tito being able to hold Rashad down nor do I think he is as strong...but Tito is very game, we shall see. Nate is gunna win his match - round 2 submission. Pancrase has some of the tougher fighters in the world.

 

countdown to UFC 73 on spike tv. this is going to be the best fight card the UFC has had in a while dont miss it.

 

my picks are

silva over marquart
franca over sherk
rashad over tito

 

im not trying being a dick but do you know who nate marquardt is? 7 time pancrase champion. nuff said. if you know anything about mma pancrase is no joke.

hes going to beat silva. sherk is going to beat franca and rashad is going to knock out tito. i love watching nate fight hes one of the best in the world. its cool alot of people dont know about nate marquardt but they will soon when hes the champion.

 

Sherk is NOT going to beat franca...I'd put money on that...lets not discount Anderson Silva, he is a world muay thai champ, cage rage champ, Pride Bushido champion, has his blackbelt from Antonio Nogeuira...he is NO joke.

 

hey i might be wrong but those are my picks for the fight. cant wait to see the NOG submit crazy horse. i feel confident with my fight picks. i seen crazy shit happen though. aka george st pierre vs matt serra.

i thought serra would lose that fight but all it takes is one punch or submission and the fights over. i love mma its an exciting sport indeed. have you seen sherks training regimen. damn.

just like you said dont discount andrerson silva well dont discount sean sherk either.

 

I hope you're all right about Sherk, think the way he nullifies opponents is more boring than Sylvia tbh.

 

yes I know all about pancrase. I've been watching it along with k-1 since the early 90s. I know who nate is too but I think this is a bad matchup for him.

 

if travis lutter almost beat silva then nate marquardt is going to kill him in my opinion. lutter could have beat silva if he wouldve cut weight more properly. lutter lost the fight cause of his conditioning.

nate trains where im from colorado and new mexico where theres high elevation. olympic athletes train in colorado and new mexico that should tell you something. team jacksons trains hard. how is it a bad matchup for nate? if silva gets taken down and mounted which he will its over.

i hope these fights live up the the hype. this is going to be one of the best UFC fight cards. like dana white said when did you last see a boxing card this stacked? never. i do hope however MMA fighters start getting paid more.

i dont care what anyone says these guys are real athletes. in fact most of these guys know more than 2 forms of martial arts. that in my opinion makes them two sport athletes. anyone that says MMA fighters arent real athletes doesnt know how hard these guys train.

if those same people trained and learned martial arts at a fight camp theyd respect MMA fighters for the athletes they are. i dont think you can judge a sport until you know something about it.

its easy to say the fights are brutal but if youve seen a referee let a guy stand up over and over like boxing thats brutal. what causes big time damage is when a guy is knocked out and they let him continue to fight.

dont get me wrong i love boxing and i use to box but if a guy gets knocked out and keeps getting back up thats very dangerous. so train with a camp just to keep in shape and youll see that these guys are real athletes.

theres so many ways a MMA fight can end. thats what makes it so exciting to watch.

 

Lets not forget that Anderson had knee surgery about 4 weeks before...thats no joke...usually thats 2-3 MONTHS off.

 

yes i do hope anderson silva is alright. before anything comes the fighters health. i dont like excuses either like well he was hurt thats why he lost. alot of fighters fight hurt but knee surgery is pretty serious

if hes not alright i hope he pulls out of the fight. hes a good fighter and doesnt need to hurt himself to the point where he can never fight the same. i wouldnt blame him if he didnt take the fight.

i also hope if he loses it doesnt take away from nates win. i hate when people make excuses for the outcomes of fights. if you know your that hurt then dont take the fight. some of these guys have this tough guy mentality.

you dont have to prove your a tough guy if your already a MMA fighter. i think silva knows though if he can fight or not. at least i hope so.

 

Keep an eye out for this guy. I just hope he doesn't stop fighting to cross over into movies. Cung Le:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r55mxK2xKc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr-jwFcfgyI

 

The injury may play a negative part then against Silva,let's hope it's still competitive.
Seen the guy fight live in the U.k he always has good fights, hope it's another one.

Cung Lee fought a few weeks ago on the same card as Frank Shamrock vs Baroni (great fight /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif ) let's hope he knows how to fight on the ground too.

 

ive watched cung le fight for a few years now. he has great stand up but like you said i hope he can fight on the ground. i dont think you can be great in MMA unless your good on the ground and standing up.

oh yea by the way tony stop sending me personal messages. your a pyscho. its called gulf war syndrome get some help. dude let it go. i mean how long can you be mad at someone over what theyve posted.

its pretty petty of you tony. lets try to get along and not start a flame war. we got off on the wrong foot alright. so we dont need to be friends. just dont attack everyone of my posts and stop sending me personal messages.

 

my picks:

sherk over franca
reasoning: sherk was the #2 ranked fighter at 170 for a very long time. franca has not been all that impressive in his wins, beating spencer fisher with wild haymakers, and against jamie varner i believe it was, he lost the first 2 rounds. sherk has never been submitted, and i don't see this fight being an exception. jiujitsu is undoubtedly his weakness, but he will rain down elbows from franca's guard for 5 rounds or however long it takes to knock him out.

silva over marquardt
reasoning: Going into franklin vs silva, i was so confident that franklin would win, more confident than probably any fight ever. to see silva completely destroy rich has just given me such a respect for him. to be honest, i think rich would beat marquardt, which is why i have a difficult time picking nate over silva. definitely could go either way, but it's going to be silva by mt clinch knees in round 2.

rashad over tito
reasoning: The simple fact is that tito ortiz has not had an impressive win since he beat matyushenko nearly 6 years ago. rashad has looked very impressive in his last 3 fights, and is on the way up, whereas ortiz is on the way down. could go either way, but i think it'll be rashad by UD.

other picks
nog over herring: nog is my favourite fighter, nothing short of another fight with fedor will cause me to bet against him.

florian over fisher: florian is good, better than franca imo. another reason why i think sherk won't have a problem.

undercard:

bonnar, lytle, and gurgel shoudl all pick up decision/submission wins, but the real treat is going to be bocek vs edgar. edgar is coming off the fight of the year with tyson griffin, and bocek is no joke. bocek trains in mississauga (a different place from where i train, although my instructor is good friends with him), and i predict bocek to upset edgar round 1 rnc.

 

Wow.

I don't like that you've made a personal discussion public. Please respect people's privacy.

 

i only did it because he sent me a message and blocked other users from messaging him. theres no other way i could let him know to stop sending me messages. thats the only reason i did it.

its not really a personal discussion when someones just harrassing you with personal messages. besides i only seem to have problems from the same old people go figure. anyway i cant wait for UFC 73 its going to be the best fight card ive seen in a while.