And Cain Velasquez....dont forget Cain Velasquez. I have a man crush on that SOB!
Man makes a good point here
"According to White there are guys better than Tim Sylvia. Well, who are they? Looking at the world rankings one can conclude it is Fedor himself, Couture whose situation I discussed above, then it’s Nogueira, Josh Barnett and Andrei Arlovski. To face off with Josh or Andrei there is no need for Fedor to come to UFC. He’ll fight them at Affliction"
This is why White needs to Zip it when it comes to the Fedor bashing. He will beat Andrei in Jan probably just as bad as he did Tim.
And Cain Velasquez....dont forget Cain Velasquez. I have a man crush on that SOB!
I'm beginning to think you are that guys agent
I am a huge UFC but I honestly could not care less if Fedor comes to the UFC.
Fights like Choi, Lindland and that amateur in June bother me.
Arlovski and Sylvia do not. There is enough interesting fights, as is, to keep Fedor fighting real fights outsode of the UFC for about a year and a half. Josh, Arlovski, Cro Cop (meh), Alistair Overeem , Kharitonov (meh.) Some really good fights but ones that do nothing and I mean nothing for PPV sales. Mere die hard appeasement but what do I care?
However...I am not sure there will be a forum to show those fights soon. Economy may kill off what the UFC hasn't been able to do yet.
There is a very real and very likely chance we will never see Fedor in the UFC and I don't care anymore. As long as we see those fights above without seeing BS cans in between who can complain?
Id do it for free hahaI'm beginning to think you are that guys agent
Robbie Lawler news
Former EliteXC Middleweight Champion Robbie Lawler recently released a statement on his website regarding his thoughts on EliteXC shutting down, as well as the rumors of him possibly returning to the UFC:
As everyone knows Elite XC is no longer around. I enjoyed my time working for them and I was treated really well. Thank you to everyone at Proelite for the opportunity to fight in front of millions of fans.
Last week I spent at the UFC with Matt Hughes. The atmosphere was awesome as usual. I spent time talking to Monte Cox about what my options are. I also had a brief conversation with the very busy prez of the UFC. All that said I think I will be just fine. I will blog when i sign with an organization. Until then I will keep my self in good shape.
The status of the EliteXC fighters' contracts is still up in the air.
Credit: MMAJunkie.com
Would the UFC not want him back? He's a good fighter they can promote fights with him.. Did he leave on bad terms at all??
I have seen him corner a few times so I don't think so. He's even been on TUF as a trainer.
Again Fedor fights a can….look how old that dude is.
*shakes head*
He is old but what a power that guy have!
If anyone is interested...Randy's books is very very good. The best MMA bio I have read so far.
If you want to skip to MMA start at page 95. I'm soaking up a lot of MMA ory here.
evan - something that surprised you in that book the most?
Give me a couple more days to finish and I'll answer this.
But here is this...every single MMA biography mentions 1 person…no fighters seem to like o and its obvious o ducks fights.
I don't think they should all hate o, he is one of the original super-stars of the sport that got paid pretty well for it. He did knock down some doors. Back when he fought Shamrock the first time everyone was getting paid chicken feed. And while he may have not been thrilled to fight certain guys, i think it is strong to say he ducks fights. He has fought the best of his era, has he not??
I dunno
The people that were there from the get go seem to think he caused more problems than good.
Sounds like a little bit of jealousy to me. He became a big star and he got paid. Who was getting paid and a big star in MMA before he came along? really nobody right..
You should read some of these books. You would enjoy them.
Start with Matts or Chucks's if you want to give them the time.
These guys don't seem to hold grudges with anyone but o and its not about money.
I got this from 411 mania...not much, but its good to know.
"Dana White has confirmed that he's interested in signing Robbie Lawler, Jake Shields, and Nick Diaz."
^awesome
Shields-Swick has always fascinated me since Mike dropped down. Make it happen. Jake vs Karo would be sweet too.
Lawler could make some noise at 185 but i don't see him being with the likes of Hendo and Rich. Lawler-Bisping would be nice.
Nick could do alot better 155, but with his brother there I can't see him going there. Good gatekeeper for both divisions. Can't beat BJ at either though.
New GSP interview he says he "Has a new deal with the UFC but strangely hasn't signed the Penn fight yet" Then he talks about the fight like it will happen for sure. weird...
Evan did you hear about a new deal for GSP, i know you were worried about that??
http://mmamania.com/2008/10/29/georg...ainst-bj-penn/
Interesting tidbits from Randy's book so far.
His entire left side of his body is wrecked from injuries, but not his right.
Matt Lindland screwed over a lot of people with busienss deals
o Ortiz wanted to join team quest but they denied him because he is such a bad influince on young fighters.
He says Dana White has iron clad will and insane ambition (has hasn't used this book to trash Dana, yet)
eTV wouldn't air televised fights so TUF was the alternative.
Dana wanted head gear for TUF 1, Randy told Dana "head gear is for p*ssy's"
grrrrrrrrrrr blocked at work.
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