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weird how just about everyone pushed the max division numbers....must be the scale?
-Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. B.J. Penn (168)
-Lyoto Machida (206) vs. Thiago Silva (206)
-Karo Parisyan (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (171)
-Nathan Diaz (156) vs. Clay Guida (156)
-Stephan Bonnar (206) vs. Jon Jones (206)
UFC 94 Preliminary Card Bouts:
-Jon Fitch (171) vs. Akihiro Gono (171)
-Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Thiago Tavares (155)
-Chris Wilson (170) vs. John Howard (171)
-Jake O'Brien (205) vs. Christian Wellisch (206)
-Matt Arroyo (171) vs. Dan Cramer (171)
weird how just about everyone pushed the max division numbers....must be the scale?
There are many words that have been used to describe Lyoto Machida over the course of the thirty year old Brazilians mixed martial arts career. Words like elusive, evasive, unorthodox, slippery and I have even heard him being described as an artist of sorts. A master technician, a professor in the cage. He just may be all of those things.
On the flip side of that coin there are others that would be quick to describe Machida as overly defensive, boring, excessively conservative and downright hard to watch. Quite frankly there are many that would compare watching Machida fight to watching paint dry. I will freely admit that I stand firmly on this side of the coin for now.
Machida is the kind of fighter that just forces you to love or hate the guy. His countering style of fighting has worked wonders for him up until this point in his career, enabling him to compile an extremely impressive record of 13-0 against some very tough opposition. I guess that’s my main problem with Machida. His opposition. His elusive, awkward style has given everyone that has stepped up to Machida absolute fits but as the saying goes and has gone, styles make fights. I anticipate that Silva’s style will make this fight and finally force the crafty karate master to really, truly dig down and fight.
I was blown away by the critical acclaim that Machida received upon his decision victory over a long unimpressive o Ortiz. Does beating o Ortiz prove that you are among the top dogs in the UFC’s light heavyweight division? I should hope not. Of course the win over Ortiz wasn’t Machida’s first barbecue, he had beaten big names before, but how relevant were those wins? Lets take a really quick look at some of the key wins over the course of the career of the man they call “The Dragon” through the eyes of a skeptic.
Let’s start from the bottom and work our way up.......................................
(for the rest)
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/...rced-to-fight/
Lets go Silva!!!!!!!...
(This chart shows the) number of takedowns landed divided by the number attempted. This is a simple ratio of an opponents' takedown success rate. For comparison, we will again first look at the current UFC champions' numbers:
Georges St. Pierre: 15%
BJ Penn: 36%
Rashad Evans: 38%
Anderson Silva: 41%
Frank Mir: 80%*
The first four champions are above-average in their takedown defense, with GSP standing head-and-shoulders above the rest.
So where does Machida come in? Opponents have landed just 8 of 41 career takedown attempts against Machida, a success rate of just 19.5%. That is not much worse than St. Pierre, whose takedown defense is perhaps the best in MMA history. And it's actually better than Fedor's number, which stands at 22%.
[*Note that almost no one tries to take down Frank Mir, so that stat doesn't really mean anything.]*via BEThe 10-point must system produces nine measurements for each fight that goes to a decision (three rounds each for three judges). So in five decisions, there have been 45 measured rounds upon which judges have given their verdict.
Machida's record on that scale is 44-1. In all of his UFC fights (and assuming a win in the first round against Sokoudjou), Machida has not lost a single round on a single judge's scorecard. He has only won by scores of 30-27. You have to go back more than two years to find a round in which a judge said he lost. In his WFA fight against Vernon White, one of the judges called the bout 29-28. The other two still called it 30-27.
Gotta love Gono! He's gonna get smoked though...
Is Jon Jones going to make a statement tonight?
Diaz is a punk, but I like him for some reason
Stun Gun...can he be the Japanese star in the US? Huge test for him...can't wait for this one!
Will Karo give Kim his first loss? I don't think so.
Gonna be a great fight...
BJ at 168 lbs
GSP at 170
Can't wait!!
Seriously fascinating match-ups.
Leo...Holla if your plans fall through and come to my place tonight. Send me a text by 2'ish?
I'm car shopping again today......
*inserts cup*
lol...will do! Good luck and don't get too beat down...
Thank ya.
My stepmom has a aunt who works at the Toyota corporate office in California so I am waiting on some official do ent to appear in my email that gives me a "toyota workers and family discount"...freaking checking email every 5 minutes. Dealership opens in 5 minutes and I ready to get to work.
Leonard!!!! Yes Jon Jones will make a statement tonight!!!
I'd like to see more brothers get into MMA. I want this sport to be as versatile as possible. There is way too many white over tattooed California flat brimmed hat wearing bags.
What if these brothers are white over tattooed California flat brimmed hat wearing bags. Would you take it, or are you picky?
Penn
Machida
Karo
Bonnar
Diaz
Penn is going down tonight.
A rare IX_E appearance!!
Man what a great card, esp looking forward to the Silva and Diaz fights.
How is Buffalo Wild Wings for a watching venue? Any other places to watch locally are much appreciated.
Check this GSP utube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtcYUfgz8j8
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I've never watched in public...don't know if I could stomach the idiocy. But for this, I would get there REALLY early if you want a table...
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UFC announced this will be dedicated to Helio Gracie, and rightfully so!
Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. B.J. Penn (168)
B.J in 3 T.K.O
-Lyoto Machida (206) vs. Thiago Silva (206)
Machida K.O 2nd Round
-Karo Parisyan (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (171)
Dong Hyun Kim K.0 1st Round
-Nathan Diaz (156) vs. Clay Guida (156)
My fav fight of the night these 2 are going to war I just can't pick against Diaz as much as I love Guida and his up tempo Diaz will submit him.
-Stephan Bonnar (206) vs. Jon Jones (206)
Man Bonnar can take a beating but I dont think he is ready for what this Kid is fixing to do to em Jon Jones 2nd round K.O
UFC 94 Preliminary Card Bouts:
-Jon Fitch (171) vs. Akihiro Gono (171)Fitch in 2
-Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Thiago Tavares (155) Gamby 1st
-Chris Wilson (170) vs. John Howard (171) Wilson K.O 1st
-Jake O'Brien (205) vs. Christian Wellisch (206) Jake 2nd
-Matt Arroyo (171) vs. Dan Cramer (171) I'm just not interested in this fight at all anyone else?
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I just tinkled myself.
Let's go guida!
Full Nelson FTW.
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