MMA Thread
 

so seems there a quite a few mma fans here

instead of using old topics maybe we can keep this one up to discuss anything mma, trade videos, event/dvd reviews whatever..

pretty funny story

Heath Herring (Pictures) will no longer have to add a disqualification loss to the indignity of being kissed on the lips by Yoshihiro Nakao (Pictures).

Japanese fight promotion HERO's announced on its Web site Monday that because both Herring and Nakao committed fouls — Nakao's kiss and Herring's subsequent knockout punch before the opening bell — the event's rule director, Hajime Isono, revised the official result from a Herring DQ to No Contest.

Prior to the start of their New Year's Eve bout, Nakao inexplicably kissed Herring on the lips as they received final instructions in the center of the ring. The 27-year-old American responded with the now-infamous right hook and clipped Nakao's jaw, dropping him on the spot.

Seeing Nakao fail to recover sufficient enough to fight, HERO's ruled Herring's actions warranted his disqualification. (credit sherdog.com)


i was wondering where herring was, i think the ufc needs to try and bring him in.

How can they? Guys in Japan have massive contracts and aside from Rampage, none of them are near coming up for renewal.

I've never seen PRIDE. Whats the difference between them and UFC?

PRIDE is basicaly the UFC of Japan. it is huge over their. some differences are pride uses a ring instead of the octagon, elbows are not allowed but stomping a down opp is. 1 10 min round 2 five opposed to three 5 in the ufc. many fighters have fought in both pride and ufc. pride also does tournament stlye events along with regular cards.

if your into the ufc i suggest picking up a few pride dvd's. ill post some good ones later on

And in comparison in terms of size, Pride is the WWF to UFC being between WCW in it's worse days and ECW in it's best.

Fedor Emelianenko> Everyone in the world.

Who could possibly dethrone that fucking monster? Any guesses?

The Hulk maybe. Nobody under 8ft tall and human though.

Pretty sure Fedor would ground and pound the Hulk and beat him via tko due to cut.

Hulk doesn't bleed does he?

Fedor will make him bleed, whether he bleeds or not.

Fedor Emelianenko is a fucking beast.

I just recently started watching pride, with the internet and so forth. But I've seen a ton of fights, particularly of Fedor's. Man I love watching him pound the fuck out of Noguiera in the first fight of theirs, simply because their was so much tension, and fucking Bas Rutten was like "Omfg if he stays on the ground he's gonna get caught in a submission because Minotauro has beaten everyone" and Fedor wouldlike let Nog put him in a submission, and breakit at will, and hit him in the face 3 times for good measure. Glorious fight :cool:

Could someone please tell me the name of his theme music :(

if your getting into PRIDE they have 2 sets out. one is pride 1-5 the other 6,7,8,9,11. they are only like 25 bucks each. alot of the fights suck but there are some real good one. also a 3rd set is coming march 21(?) i think, its 12,13,14,15,16. good price for the history aspect of it alone

UFC 58 - MARCH 4TH AT MANDALAY BAY, LAS VEGAS NEVADA

Rich Franklin vs. David Loiseau (Middleweight Title)

BJ Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre (Welterweights)

Diego Sanchez vs. John Alessio (Welterweights)

Yves Edwards vs. Mark Hominick (Lightweights)

Mike Swick vs. Steve Vigneault (Middleweights)

Kenny Florian vs. Sam Stout (Lightweights)

Nathan Marquardt vs. Joe Doerksen (Middleweights)

Jason Lambert vs. Rob MacDonald (Light Heavyweights)

Tom Murphy vs. Christophe Midoux (Heavyweig

thats the official card as per mmaweekly.com


Yves Edwards :D :D

Penn vs. St. Pierre is by far the most intriguing. It's really a tough call on who is going to win. Does Georges have what it takes? it's a tough call really, but since he's repping Canada I'm gonna say he'll win.

2 names you type in if you go to google video or youtube. Fedor Emelianenko, or Takanori Gomi.

2 best pound for pound fighters in the world. Well Fedor isn't even the best pound for pound, he is just the best everything fighter.

Is UFC making up a new lightweight division? Don't know if i like the idea of yet another belt being made up.

I think they should. What's the point in having the division without a championship belt?

Jens Pulver will definitely be the champ. Noone else in America can compete with him.

I jus think it kinda waters down the competition. They should keep it how it is.

Not really. The lightweights are incredible fighters, lightning quick, and powerful as well. Takanori Gomi fucking hits like he's 225, except he's 160

Can't wait for UFC 58. Both main event fights should be incredible. I just hope we get a solid fight out of Franklin/Louiseau that doesn't end really quick because of a cut (i.e. I hope Louiseau uses more skill than elbow).

if you've seen Gomi, Pulver, Yves ect. i bet you would think different

Man, I like Louiseaux and everything, he's a very skilled fighter, but he isn't that special. Franklin will probably win via dominating for 3 rounds.

sorry 5

Although I'll go with Franklin, I don't think Louiseau will be dominated at all.

Louiseaux is not as exciting as he's billed ot be though. I like him, he is explosive when he wants to be, but I've seen him mail it in before. I was watching this fight in TKO and he won the first 2 rounds with some half decent ground and pound, and in the third round literally danced for 5 minutes, it was fucking awful. And he also has lost to Jorge Rivera, who was not what I would call impressive against Chris Leben. Louiseaux is good, but he's not near the next level. I mean fuck look at who he's beat, there was the one jobber in his first fight that I didn't see, and there was Charles McCarthy...who the fuck is Charles McCarthy?

I'm not discrediting the guy, he is really acrobatic, and he can be devestating, but he is not an elite guy and I think Franklin will more than likely take him to school. If Franklin doesn't, I think Franklin should watch out for Leben or Cote, because fuck...those are 2 heavy hitters that could run the division given the chance.

Franklin very nearly lost to Rivera as well. He managed to pull off a submission in the final round, but it was close.

PRIDE is on best damn sports show all this week on fox sports

Yeah I know about that...it's kind of wierd to think how easily he was brushed off by Leben. I think Chris should fight the loser of this one to put him in line for a title fight, because he is hard as fuck.

i cant wait for 58. i see gsp over bj and ace stopping the crow. yves is the man but i dont know about his opp. so i cant realy say.

Nathan Marquardt vs. Joe Doerksen can be a great fight also, i think i like Doerksen here.

i realy looking foward to seeing swick, real good hands.

as much as i dont like him diego is good, real good. another w for him

I think Franklin wins it in the 1st round, late by KO. Yea Diego looks like the real deal..can't wait to see him against guys like GSP, Hughes, if it gets to that point.

I'm sold on Diego. He is definately the real deal when he can wrestle and throw super fast elbows on the ground.

Joe Rogan can kill you.

http://www.break.com/movies/roganfaint.html

david loiseau is a good fighter and that's not a fight I'd wanna put money on. I'd still bet on Franklin if I had to but I don't doubt loiseau can pull that one off. I don't know if GSP can win against Penn but it would definitely be a good match.

I prefer GSP but I'm betting on BJ Penn.

Diaz/Sherk rumored at ufc 59. Bad matchup for Diaz to break out of a losing streak , Sherk is similiar to Sanchez' game, Diaz will have to keep it standing up.

In case anyone was wondering, Fedor's badass entrance theme is Ennae Volare Mezzo by Era.