MMA Thread

Fedor_sl said:

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Hahahah. Thanks. How the fuck did I forget that!

I'm glad the brown pride bitch lost.

Blitz_sl said:

Dana is praying that Connor wins now that he loses another lead man.

Rough year for UFC.

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You think anyone gives a shit about Cain? UFC probably wants to market the shit out of Arlovski or JDS. Personally I would want Barnett Vs Werdum

Dont care for Werdum but it feels like the guy has been around forever, Congrats

Shit

Congrats again to Werdum, I have watched him for around a decade but not to many fights. 37 almost 38 and now the UFC Champ.

Great event last night! So happy Werdum got the win. He was smiling before Cain even tapped. It opens up the heavyweight landscape so much now, so the division definitely just got a lot more interesting. I'm really looking forward to see how it all pans out over the next couple of months.

The altitude was certainly a factor as it was obvious Can gassed. Werdum looked great though, and I am not trying to take anything away from him. His stand up looked at least on par with Cain and the (ex)champ didnt want to get on the ground with Werdum.

Interesting shake up in the HW division.

I didnt watch the fight, was Werdum using palm strikes?

Homsar_sl said:

I didnt watch the fight, was Werdum using palm strikes?

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Nah, but he was ragdolling Cain in the Muay Thai clinch. Cain kind of looked lost when simply bulldogging Werdum didn't work like it did with JDS. But JDS is known for having terrible, back straight up to the cage and get punched, as his defense. This really opens up the division which is great. JDS can actually fight for the title again, Stipe and Arlovski are waiting in the wings ready to go. Cain can now fight someone new, or gasp, fight more than once every 2 years! Rafael Cordeiro apparently works miracles, he took two BJJ first practitioners with terribad striking in RDA and Werdum, and turned them into incredibly competent strikers, who have deadly submission games to fall back on if the fight hits the ground.

Rest of the card except for Yair Rodriguez vs Charles Rosa was super mediocre, but you can blame that on having the fight at 7k feet elevation, which was a terrible idea, especially for a heavyweight title fight. Did no one remember Denver a few years back??

I had 100 bucks on Werdum via sub. Surprised how big of a dog he was for that fight.

At this point Werdum is clearly in the top 2 HW of all time along with Fedor. He absolutely dominated Cain in striking and might be the best striker in the division at this point. Those Knee's are brutal. Looking at the replay it's amazing Cain did not get KTFO by one that landed flush on his chin.

Can anyone think of another Athlete that improved so much during his mid-late 30s?

Cain's boxing coach needs to rethink his life. Standing right in front of a heavyweight and making no attempt to avoid or block a single strike is a terrible strategy.

I love Werdum.

Also the Alvarez/Melendez fight was pretty entertaining.


edit: BTW if Werdum had stayed with those inside kicks to Cain's lead leg he might have just won the fight that way. They were wrecking him.

P4P changes are pretty crazy. Cain dropped six spots to #10 and Werdum went up 8 spots to #6. Weidman also now over MM for #2.

Jesus fuck. They both look like they are about to OD from meth.

Good shit.Ken Shamrock Is The Worlds Most Dangerous Can