MMA Card of the Year - Pride Shockwave on NYE!!

[LEONARD]

New Year's Eve is going to be great...check the list of fighters...

Fedor vs Mark Hunt for HW title is the only announced matchup so far.

but more participating fighters are listed on Pride's site...

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o170/hankdMMA/EarlyCard_11-21-06.png

So using MMAWeekly's rankings, the card will feature:

The #1, #2, #3, #4 and #9 heavyweights in the world.
The #2, #3, #4 and #10 light heavyweights in the world.
The #4, #6 and #7 middleweights in the world.
And the #1, #2, #3, #4, #7 and #10 lightweights in the world.

18 top 10 fighters!!! :dizzy :dizzy :dizzy

I'm sure a few of these will end up dropping off due to injury, etc...hell, even if half dropped off that's 9 top 10 fighters...

I'm expecting to see Fedor vs Barnett at the next Pride Vegas show (Feb 24th) based on this. I'll be buying my tickets in the next week or so...

UFC 66 is the night before this event (Dec 30th) and it features just 3 top 10 fighters... (Chuck, Tito, Arlovski)

With that said, I'll still be watching both events... :fro

If you've never ordered a Pride PPV, this is the one to get...stay tuned for matchups...

Rumored so far is:
Silva vs Arona (rubber match)

[IX_Equilibrium]

Good group of fighters. We'll have to wait and see what the matchups are. All Fedor has to do is take Hunt to the ground, and he should be able to submit him easily.

[LEONARD]

Or might he choose to out-strike him to prove a point? Have to tune in to find out :ihit

If that list doesn't change much, there aren't too many scrubs to make mis-matches with... ;)

[IX_Equilibrium]

Or might he choose to out-strike him to prove a point? Have to tune in to find out :ihit


That would not be the smartest gameplan for Fedor, but it would be a helluva lot of fun to watch.

[LEONARD]

That would not be the smartest gameplan for Fedor, but it would be a helluva lot of fun to watch.

It definitely wouldn't be smart, and I don't really expect him to do that because he's such a great game planner, but you never know. He might try to show off his striking a bit...

He toyed with Coleman, but Hunt is much more dangerous...

[cornbread]

Fedor/Hunt should be a great match but I'm a little disappointed that it will not be the Fedor/Crocop rematch. Maybe I was expecting it to happen too soon after the OWGP.

Who do guys think Crocop will fight? Perhaps Nog? I doubt we'll see another JB/Crocop match. I'd say they would feed Crocop a can but there's not really any cans listed.

[LEONARD]

Fedor/Hunt should be a great match but I'm a little disappointed that it will not be the Fedor/Crocop rematch. Maybe I was expecting it to happen too soon after the OWGP.

Who do guys think Crocop will fight? Perhaps Nog? I doubt we'll see another JB/Crocop match. I'd say they would feed Crocop a can but there's not really any cans listed.

Crocop just had foot surgery...they're not going to put a less than 100% anybody up against Fedor. That wouldn't be fair to the fans or Crocop Barnett is worn down (look at the list of people he's fought this year!). I wouldn't be surprised to see him fight Fedor in Vegas...

It'll probably be Nog for Crocop, although that's not an easy task either! There's risk that he could lose...

Barnett vs Fujita?

We'll just have to wait and see I guess... :fro

[LEONARD]

Looks like Crocop gets a tune-up fight after his surgery...vs this guy...
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=11894

Gomi vs Ishida is another solid rumor right now...


and big changes for Pride...
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3005

One of the most common complaints about Pride is non-title fights with belt holders, so it looks like that will become less common or go away completely. Also too many tournaments...1 a year is good, so each weight class has a tourny every 4 yrs. I like mixing the lower weight classes that would've usually been on a Bushido card with the rest of the weights too. I think "Bushidos" were confusing to the casual Pride fan. If all this is true, Pride just got even better in my opinion...

[cornbread]

This looks like good news. If Pride can get their champions in more title defense matches then it will be great for us fans and more fair to the contenders. Did we even see Wanderlei defend his title once in 2006? I loved watching him fight in the OWGP but we gotta see some title defenses.

[LEONARD]

This looks like good news. If Pride can get their champions in more title defense matches then it will be great for us fans and more fair to the contenders. Did we even see Wanderlei defend his title once in 2006? I loved watching him fight in the OWGP but we gotta see some title defenses.

No, and he won't be on NYE eve either. (not fighting Arona or Little Nog)

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=6189

vs Minowa on NYE is a rumor...

It's not like he did nothing in 2006 though...he fought 2 HW's in the OWGP tourny. Can't fault him for that. He's shown he'll fight anybody...

I'll be at Pride 33 in Vegas to see him defend his belt, so I'm happy :fro

[cornbread]

^^^Yeah, I don't fault Wandy at all. His 2006 kept me thoroughly entertained. The Fujita fight was incredibly exciting. The fact that he was so outsized and still managed to deliver the KO to Ironhead was amazing. The Crocop fight was also impressive. I felt like Silva was outmatched and he probably knew it. He still stepped up and fought until he could not fight anymore. That's the heart of a champ.

I'm a huge Wanderlei fan but I guess I would just like to see more title shots.

This is such a "have your cake and eat it too" issue. Many fans wish that UFC would have Grand Prix style tournaments but of course this doesn't happen due to the athletic commission policies. Now here I am complaining about too many GP's in Pride. Some people are just never satisfied. :lol

[LEONARD]

^^^Yeah, I don't fault Wandy at all. His 2006 kept me thoroughly entertained. The Fujita fight was incredibly exciting. The fact that he was so outsized and still managed to deliver the KO to Ironhead was amazing. The Crocop fight was also impressive. I felt like Silva was outmatched and he probably knew it. He still stepped up and fought until he could not fight anymore. That's the heart of a champ.

I'm a huge Wanderlei fan but I guess I would just like to see more title shots.

This is such a "have your cake and eat it too" issue. Many fans wish that UFC would have Grand Prix style tournaments but of course this doesn't happen due to the athletic commission policies. Now here I am complaining about too many GP's in Pride. Some people are just never satisfied. :lol

hahaha...true...you can't ever please EVERYBODY...

Silva kept fighting in the Crocop fight despite barely being able to see out of his right eye (or not at all maybe?). He had to know that getting a left kick to the skull was a high possibility. In my eyes, he's the man for getting his ass kicked like that...

A 205 lb tourny in 2007 would be great. Dana would never send Chuck over if he's still the champ, but I could see Tito, Babalu, Couture?, etc being invited. If Chuck keeps winning I doubt we'll ever see Silva - Liddell. I'm rooting for Tito because of that. Maybe it'll happen if he's not the champ. Hell, give me Shogun - Liddell...I'd be happy with that! :fro

[IX_Equilibrium]

Looks like Crocop gets a tune-up fight after his surgery...vs this guy...
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=11894





A guy with ZERO mma experience and 2 K-1 fights fighting Crocop? Talk about a fucked up mismatch.

[LEONARD]

Yea, I don't know much about the guy...he's popular in Japan for some reason. He's an actor / comedian based on what I've read...

He does have some MMA experience though. He lost to Royce Gracie...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1557838487234292595

Read more about him here...
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=467004

I hope that rumor isn't true...I'd rather Crocop rest up for Feb in Vegas if that's the matchup...

[IX_Equilibrium]

He's an actor / comedian based on what I've read...




He should do a whole stand-up act on how stupid this match is.

Oh, good find on the Gracie match. It wasn't in fight finder. Very strange interview afterwards.

[cornbread]

I had never seen or heard of that Royce fight. That made my day!

I'm predicting that Cropcop gives us a 1st Round KO via LHK.

[LEONARD]

I had never seen or heard of that Royce fight. That made my day!

I'm predicting that Cropcop gives us a 1st Round KO via LHK.

Nah, he'll rest the left foot after cracking it on Silva's head...

His right kicks are nothing to sneeze at...KO via RHK... :fro

[LEONARD]

Gilbert Melendez (#10 LW) vs Tatsuya Kawajiri (#3 LW)...

Source: Gilbert's myspace page...

Hell of a LW matchup there!

[DarkReign]

I am not trying to be "provincial" here, but why do only a few asian fighters take matches outside their ethnicity?

Or is it a total coincidence?

[LEONARD]

I am not trying to be "provincial" here, but why do only a few asian fighters take matches outside their ethnicity?

Or is it a total coincidence?

Do they??

Here are some random events from the past couple years...

Shockwave 2004

Ikuhisa Minowa vs Stefan Leko
Mu Bae Choi vs Paulo Cesar Silva
Ryan Gracie vs Yoji Anjo
Ryo Chonan vs Anderson Silva
Makoto Takimoto vs Henry Miller
Rulon Gardner vs Hidehiko Yoshida
Mirko Filipovic vs Kevin Randleman
Dan Henderson vs Yuki Kondo
Takanori Gomi vs Jens Pulver
Mark Hunt vs Wanderlei Silva
Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

8 Asians...all fought non-Asians.

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Total Elimination, 2005

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Kevin Randleman
Ricardo Arona vs Dean Lister
Igor Vovchanchyn vs Yuki Kondo
Alistair Overeem vs Vitor Belfort
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs Dan Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba vs Dong Sik Yoon
Mauricio Rua vs Quinton Jackson
Wanderlei Silva vs Hidehiko Yoshida

5 Asians, 2 matched up

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Critical Countdown 2005

Sergei Kharitonov vs Pedro Rizzo
Mauricio Rua vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Alistair Overeem vs Igor Vovchanchyn
Mirko Filipovic vs Ibragim Magomedov
Kiyoshi Tamura vs Makoto Takimoto
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Pawel Nastula
Ricardo Arona vs Kazushi Sakuraba
Wanderlei Silva vs Kazuhiro Nakamura

4 Asians, 2 matched up

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Final Conflict 2005

Kazuhiro Nakamura Igor Vovchanchyn
Ricardo Arona Wanderlei Silva
Mauricio Rua Alistair Overeem
Fabricio Werdum Roman Zentsov
Hidehiko Yoshida David Abbott
Fedor Emelianenko Mirko Filipovic
Mauricio Rua Ricardo Arona

2 Asians, not matched up

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Total Elimination Absolute 2006

Roman Zentsov Gilbert Yvel
Fabricio Werdum Alistair Overeem
Mark Hunt Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
Josh Barnett Aleksander Emelianenko
Kazuyuki Fujita James Thompson
Mirko Filipovic Ikuhisa Minowa
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Wagner da Conceicao Martins
Hidehiko Yoshida Yosuke Nishijima

5, 2 matched up

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Critical Countdown Absolute 2006

Pawel Nastula Edson Drago
Yoshihiro Nakao Eun Su Lee
Vitor Belfort Yoshiki Takahashi
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Alistair Overeem
Kazuhiro Nakamura Evangelista Santos
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Fabricio Werdum
Wanderlei Silva Kazuyuki Fujita
Josh Barnett Mark Hunt
Mirko Filipovic Hidehiko Yoshida

6, 2 matched up

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Final Conflict Absolute 2006

Evangelista Santos Yosuke Nishijima
Mirko Filipovic Wanderlei Silva
Josh Barnett Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Aleksander Emelianenko Sergei Kharitonov
Ricardo Morais Lee Tae-Hyun
Kazuhiro Nakamura Yoshihiro Nakao
Mauricio Rua Cyrille Diabate
Ricardo Arona Alistair Overeem
Mirko Filipovic Josh Barnett

4, 2 matched up

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Bushido 13 2006

Gegard Mousasi Hector Lombard
Paulo Filho Kazuo Misaki
Denis Kang Akihiro Gono
Murilo Bustamante Dong Sik Yoon
Luiz Firmino Nobuhiro Obiya
Joe Pearson Yoshiro Maeda
Sanae Kikuta Jean Francois Lenogue
Ikuhisa Minowa Mike Plotcheck
Mitsuhiro Ishida David Bielkheden
Shinya Aoki Clay French
Takanori Gomi Marcus Aurelio
Kazuo Misaki Denis Kang

11, none matched up...

45 Asians...only 5 Asian-Asian matchups...

I know that's pretty informal and incomplete, so take it for what it's worth...

[DarkReign]

I seriously didnt intend for it to come across like I was implying something else. It was honestly just a question (judging by the card in your first post).

Like I said, it seems it was a total coincidence based on previous matchups.

Question answered.

[LEONARD]

Another LW matchup is set...

Joachim Hansen (#4 Lightweight)* vs. Shinya Aoki

Awesome :fro


judging by the card in your first post

Ahhh...you probably made the mistake that many have. The picture I posted only shows one matchup (Fedor vs Hunt)...the rest are just fighters that could be on the card. There just happens to be a lot of Japanese fights next to other Japanese fighters...

[DarkReign]

LOL. 'nuff said.

[cornbread]

I'm pretty happy for Trigg in his victory and his return to mma. Didn't it seem premature when he retired from fighting? He had some tough losses over the last couple of years but I always thought with some good training that he could still be top level guy or atleast a good gatekeeper. Plus there's no shame in losing to GSP and Hughes. It's good to see him back.

[cornbread]

^^^My bad. I meant to post this in the Bodog thread.

[LEONARD]

Shogun vs Nakamura is another that's all but confirmed....
http://fightsport.com/fsport/jsp/index.jsp

and Pride for sale???
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3051

[LEONARD]

Here are the confirmed Shockwave fights so far:

Fedor Emelianenko (#1 HW) vs. Mark Hunt (#9 HW) - Heavyweight Title Match

Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen (#4 LW)

Tatsuya Kawajiri (#3 LW) vs. Gilbert Melendez (#10 LW)

Mauricio Shogun Rua (#2 LHW) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (#10 LHW)

Takanori Gomi (#1 LW) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (#7 LW) - Non-Title Match

My only complaint is that Gomi's fight isn't a title fight, but it's still a great matchup...

9 of 10 fighters in the top 10 in the world in their division?? :dizzy

Looking like a hell of a card so far... :fro

[LEONARD]

Fedor Emelianenko (#1 HW) vs. Mark Hunt (#9 HW) - Heavyweight Title Match

there is question about this fight now...Fedor broke his toe??
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=475074

Uggh...

[LEONARD]

Crocop off the card...

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3091

[LEONARD]

Big Nog vs Barnett added...

Great matchup...their fight in the OWGP was awesome... :fro

[LEONARD]

Latest card...

PRIDE NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOW: DECEMBER 31 IN JAPAN (Saitama Super Arena)

-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Mark Hunt (#9 Heavyweight)*

-Takanori Gomi (#1 Lightweight)* vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (#7 Lightweight)* in a non-title fight

-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (#2 Light Heavyweight)* vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (#10 Light Heavyweight)*

-Josh Barnett (#3 Heavyweight)* vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (#4 Heavyweight)*

-Tatsuya Kawajiri (#3 Lightweight)* vs. Gilbert Melendez (#10 Lightweight)*

-Joachim Hansen (#4 Lightweight)* vs. Shinya Aoki

-Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Kondo

-Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Kiyoshi Tamura

-Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Eldar Kurtanidze (Olympic Bronze Medalist in wrestling)

-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. TBA


Fedor has a broken toe but is still on the card...here's the latest...
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=480768

No Wand Silva due to injury...will have a title fight in Feb in Vegas (Little Nog or Arona?)

Can't wait for this one...hopefully Fedor is able to fight...

[LEONARD]

Finalized card...

Welterweight Bout: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
Welterweight Bout: Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Kondo
Lightweight Bout: Joachim Hansen vs. Shinya Aoki
Lightweight Bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez
Heavyweight Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Eldar Kurtanidze
Heavyweight Bout: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. James Thompson
Light Heavyweight Bout: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Lightweight Bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett
Pride Heavyweight Championship Bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Hunt

(Fedor fighting despite his broken toe: http://fedor.bel.ru/?id=135 )

http://fedor.bel.ru/pics/news/EIbFBg

11 of 20 fighters in MMAWeekly's top 10 rankings :fro

Can't wait for this weekend...UFC 66 Sat night and Shockwave Sunday night!! :elephant

[cornbread]

Can't wait for this weekend...UFC 66 Sat night and Shockwave Sunday night!! :elephant

Hell freakin yeah!!!

[LEONARD]

Odds from Pinnaclesports.com...

Fedor -701
Hunt +631

Tatsuya Kawajiri -141
Gilbert Melendez +131

Shinya Aoki +101
Joachim Hansen -111

Mauricio Shogun -451
Kazuhiro Nakamura +411

Takanori Gomi -206
Mitsuhiro Ishida +186

Ikuhisa Minowa -106
Kiyoshi Tamura -104

Josh Barnett +111
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -121

Akihiro Gono +106
Yuki Kondo -116

Kazuyuki Fujita -331
Eldari Kurtanidze +301

Hidehiko Yoshida -621
James Thompson +561

5 of 10 with REALLY tight odds... :fro

My picks:
Fedor, Melendez, Hansen, Shogun, Ishida, Minowa, Big Nog, Gono, Fujita, Thompson (longshot pick)

[desflood]

Pretty good event!! Gomi was fantastic as usual, Barnett and Nog was great, and Mark Hunt did pretty well for himself in defeat.

[LEONARD]

My picks:
Fedor, Melendez, Hansen, Shogun, Ishida, Minowa, Big Nog, Gono, Fujita, Thompson (longshot pick)

Why did I pick against Gomi. :lol Gomi returned to his old form…I think he might’ve exploded Ishida’s ear with hammerfists…seriously.

7/10 on my picks...not bad...

Aoki finished Hansen with a GOGOPLATA???!!! Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME!!?? That just doesn’t happen…not at the top level. Definitely a candidate for submission of the year in MMA.

Melendez vs Kawajiri was probably the fight of the night, and one of the best of the year IMO. Probably the best fight of the weekend…this fight had it all. Melendez is a cardio machine...

Shogun looked like crap, but still handled Nak fairly easily. Nak showed some serious guts though. Like I said, people didn’t give him any chance but he showed that he’s a tough guy to finish.

Thompson pulled off a HUGE upset over Yoshida. Crushing loss for the Japanese fans...

Fujita’s last minute opponent was a joke…I felt bad for that dude. There wasn’t 1 single way he could’ve won that fight…

Nog vs Barnett, much like their fight a few months ago, is another candidate for fight of the year. Neither of them deserved to lose either fight, but Nog definitely took this one. What a war…I wish it could've gone a couple more rounds.

And so much for Fedor subbing Hunt in quick fashion like everybody said would happen. Hunt showed a much improved ground game…him submitting Fedor would’ve been the biggest upset in the history of sports…lol Fedor wasn’t himself, most likely from a lack of training and the broken toe. But not only is he a gamer and came to fight, he even allowed 4 pt strikes on the ground despite the weight difference. You gotta love that. While far from his best performance, this just further shows why he’s the best in the world. He finished Hunt at 11:55 (I was a little behind) so it was a good New Year :fro

All in all, one of the best cards of the year...I can't wait for 2007... :fro

[Mr Dio]

All in all, one of the best cards of the year...I can't wait for 2007...

Yeah genius, nothing like a bunch of steroid monkeys to brighten up 2007!!!! :rolleyes


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[LEONARD]

So you're waiting for Crocop to fail a roid test after his fight in Feb?? What about Anderson Silva?? Should he be failing one too?? How'd he pass after his title fight with Rich?? Mishima?? Who else??

I'm sure there are plenty of UFC guys that are on something...it's not hard to cycle off at the right time when you know the only chance of being tested is right after a fight (and even that is random unless it's a title fight).

Barnett, Sylvia, Marquardt, Bonnar, etc...it's not like UFC guys haven't failed...

[Mr Dio]

So you're waiting for Crocop to fail a roid test after his fight in Feb?? What about Anderson Silva?? Should he be failing one too?? How'd he pass after his title fight with Rich?? Mishima?? Who else??

I'm sure there are plenty of UFC guys that are on something...it's not hard to cycle off at the right time when you know the only chance of being tested is right after a fight (and even that is random unless it's a title fight).



WTF happened to the IMG posts???
I'm disappointed Leo,R U still a quitter?!?!! :lol
Anyhoo, now that CroCop & Rampage are in a respectable org that tests for roids I doubt, I HOPE, they're not stupid enough to do'em.
Point is, the easy point that went over your head, AGAIN, is that the UFC TESTS for them. Does pride in Nippon?

[LEONARD]

WTF happened to the IMG posts???
I'm disappointed Leo!
Anyhoo, now that CroCop & Rampage are in a respectable org that tests for roids I doubt, I HOPE, they're not stupid enough to do'em.
Point is, the easy point that went over your head, AGAIN, is that the UFC TESTS for them. Does pride in Nippon?


You mean stupid enough to get CAUGHT because I assure you there are UFC fighters on steroids, HGH (Tito), etc...

and no, Pride does not test. But that doesn't mean that they all do it...

[desflood]

Shut up, both of you. Annoying as hell, you are...

PRIDE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - by Al Yu - MMAWeekly.com

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DSE have announced plans to introduce a super heavyweight division. Inspired by James Thompson’s recent upset over Hidehiko Yoshida, DSE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara mentioned that the company may hold a “Monster Grand Prix” consisting of the best super heavyweight fighters from around the world. Sakakibara further noted that he’s not “looking for low caliber fighters like Akebono, but super heavyweight fighters with real skill.”

[Mr Dio]

:lol

Ahhh, Le Femme Dessie!

[LEONARD]

Dio should be banned from the "other sports" forum...seriously...


Shut up, both of you. Annoying as hell, you are...

PRIDE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - by Al Yu - MMAWeekly.com

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DSE have announced plans to introduce a super heavyweight division. Inspired by James Thompson’s recent upset over Hidehiko Yoshida, DSE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara mentioned that the company may hold a “Monster Grand Prix” consisting of the best super heavyweight fighters from around the world. Sakakibara further noted that he’s not “looking for low caliber fighters like Akebono, but super heavyweight fighters with real skill.”

I heard about that...the UFC need a 265+ also...

[Mr Dio]

Dio should be banned from the "other sports" forum...seriously...


Leo should be banned from all forums....seriously.....
Ohhh, Leo started calling me names yesterday & now I should be banned???

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1076/1495/131961.jpg

I guess SHE doesn't like it when people with common sense question her Know It All attitude. :lol
Leo, u r indeed a baby whiner, or a dumbass who whines when SHE doesn't get her way.
Grow up bitch, or go away. SherPuppy awaits u & your pride groupie ass. :lol

[LEONARD]

Fedor post fight interview...talks about Crocop and Hunt
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1037

Crocop fighting at LHW and HW in the UFC would be the $hit!! :fro

[LEONARD]

Yeah genius, nothing like a bunch of steroid monkeys to brighten up 2007!!!!

*Ref: the Josh Barnett thread...lol

[Mr Dio]

*Ref: the Josh Barnett thread...lol


:lol

Moderator huh? :lmao

[Mr Dio]

Why did I pick against Gomi. :lol Gomi returned to his old form…

Yeah, he sure did on Sat, back to being a PAPER Chump, err, champ. :lol

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Aoki finished Hansen with a GOGOPLATA???!!! Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME!!?? That just doesn’t happen…not at the top level.

Oops! :lol You're right again, cuz Gomi ain't the best. :smokin
jap fans crying their all knowing hearts out this weekend! :lol


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Crushing loss for the Japanese fans...

Wow, you got something right! :lol

[Mr Dio]

............Gomi was fantastic as usual...................


Oops!! :lol
Hope you're in the kitchen and not wearing shoes because you're obviously as outmatched here as Gomisan was on Sat nite! :lol