were you the one who said lindland would beat fedor?
I see...so Franklin would've definitely won had that not happened??
GOTCHA...but Franklin won't beat Hendo...
LOL...no...that was "cornbread"...
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63944
Lindland hasn't done enough at MW to stay at #1 IMO. I give him credit for fighting Rampage and Fedor though...
Year Of the Upset.
Even the YotU isn't enough to get Franklin by Hendo...
RYAN BENNETT RADIO TRIBUTE TONIGHT
Thursday, May 31, 2007 - MMAWeeklyRadio.com
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Ryan Bennett was the co-founder of MMAWeekly.com. On May 31, 2006, our good friend and mentor died in a tragic car accident that involved not only him, but also his wife and four young children.
To be sure, Tonya and the kids have struggled both physically and mentally throughout this past year, but with the strength and support of a strong family and a true allegiance of friends, they persevere for they were the heart of Ryan’s life. Not a day would pass that he wasn’t filled with stories about his family with a huge smile on his face.
The family is still struggling to cope financially as Tonya has had to endure several surgeries with another planned for later this year. The Ryan Bennett Memorial Fund was set up to help ease this burden and is still a wonderful way to honor Ryan.
Although it has been one year since Ryan’s passing, it is not a day for mourning. Today, May 31, 2007, is a day not to mark Ryan’s death, but a day to celebrate has life. For celebrating life is something that Ryan did each and every day that he was alive.
This one year of time has given us the opportunity to truly reflect on the man that Ryan was and the man that he is, living on through all of us who knew him. He was a husband, a father, a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend, a mentor, a jokester, a leader, an inspiration… Ryan was all these things and so much more. If the true measure of a man is how he is remembered when he is gone then Ryan Bennett was truly one of the greatest.
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I'm a paying member at MMAWeekly, but I can never get the live radio broadcasts to work for some reason. It's too bad Bennett never got to see the sport where it is today...
Paulo Filho to the WEC?? Unbelievable...I guess they're trying to build up the WEC some, but Filho is better than at least 90% of the guys in the UFC. Another indication that Pride is dead...and Dana is protecting Franklin...
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/05/31/repo...ning-with-wec/
It's a good thing we still have guys like Rory Singer and Chris Leben to bolster the UFC MW division...f'n bull ...
UFC 73: Stacked - card finalized
http://ufcjunkie.com/2007/05/31/ufc-...ard-announced/
I'll be in Michigan visiting family in July - we're going to miss it
Won't have access to a computer that night??I'll be in Michigan visiting family in July - we're going to miss it
Sure - middle-of-nowhere dial-up computer access!
Hmmm....I'm not sure how a stream would work on dial-up, but it's worth a try...
Why not pay for the fights there?
Yeah, those BTT guys have been on a tear lately.
Cro cop was better than 90% of the guys in the UFC also.
My folks are dinosaurs. No cable, no satellite. The nearest bar that might carry it is about 60 miles north.
So you think that Filho belongs in the WEC?
Should CC have gone to the WEC and worked his way up too?
LOL...
Where did I say that?So you think that Filho belongs in the WEC?
Should CC have gone to the WEC and worked his way up too?
You didn't...but your shot at "BTT guys" and Crocop makes it look like you're defending the decision to put Filho in the WEC. What was your point exactly? We all know that anybody can lose a fight...that does mean he shouldn't be in the UFC.
You don't have to agree with my opinion that Filho is better than 90% of UFC fighters, but he IS the #3 MW in the world and has no business in the UFC minor leagues. I just threw out 90% as a number...it's probably higher than that actually. I don't really see how you can argue otherwise...especially if you want to talk about his division only. He'd roll thru the division IMO...
(I realize he'd most likely never fight Anderson Silva too, BTW)
WTF???
You don't see how I could argue against your blind ing assumption that Filho would roll through the division?? Just like when you said Cro cop would roll through the UFC HW division to get the belt??
Rankings don't mean to me, but you obviously put alot of stock into them. What was Sokoudjou ranked when he embarrased Arona and Nogueira?? What was Diaz ranked when he beat Gomi? What was Gonzaga ranked when he knocked out Cro-cop? etc. etc. etc.
My comments had nothing to do with the WEC. I was just laughing at your certainty of what Filho would do in the UFC.
It's an OPINION, not an assumption. There are no guarantees. Bottom line: Filho in the WEC is a joke. He'll get VERY little exposure to US fans there. It's pointless and combined with the report that Franklin turned down a fight with him at UFC 72, it screams of Dana protecting Franklin. Meanwhile we get Leben vs Starnes on PPV cards...
Everybody and their dog (I wonder what YOU said when he signed??) ASSUMED that Crocop would roll thru the HW division as it existed at that time. Few picked Gonzaga to win that fight (you didn't either).
Actually, no...I don't put stock in rankings. I almost added a statement above about taking them for what they worth, but I didn't...it's a given.
Upsets happen...there is no certainty in the sport. It's my opinion that Filho would be a force in the UFC...
Nog vs Herring 3?
So you didn't see how I could argue against your opinion?
Did anyone make him sign with the WEC? Did he not do this by his own volition? If Dana was protecting Franklin, then why was he approached with Filho as an opponent in the first place? You could interpret it as Dana protecting Franklin, where I can interpret it as Zuffa trying to give the WEC some talent in their stock. I don't know either way, so I won't make a definative statement.
First, I never said Cro Cop would have rolled through the division. And if you remember my friend, I was one of the few on this and most other boards that picked Couture to beat Sylvia, and again picked Couture to beat Cro Cop and defend his belt, should they have faced each other in a le bout. So no, I did not think Cro Cop would be the UFC heavyweight champion.
(I think dallaskd was the one other guy picking Randy to beat Cro Cop)
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That statement was about the 90% number that I threw out...
Here's the UFC stable of MW's...
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=figh...Fighters&did=3
50 total...call it 40 since I'm sure there are some not under contract right now.
Filho wouldn't be in the top 4 (10%) of the division?? Silva, Franklin, Marquardt, Okami...??? He's right there with those guys at a minimum.
Filho going to the WEC after Franklin told Dana he wouldn't take a fight with him at UFC 72 = Dana protecting him, IMO. All the rumors prior to that were that Filho was coming to the UFC...
I'm all for stocking some talent in the WEC. But not top 5 fighters...POINTLESS.
When CC signed, Randy wasn't even a HW again. And he wasn't a HW that had just dominated Tim Sylvia especially...
You did pick Couture over CC after UFC 68...mostly for the sake of supporting him...
Crocop will be back...maybe they'll give him a couple warm-up fights in the WEC so he can work his way back to the big show. Maybe we'll get to see Randy vs CC yet...
This was the statement I took a shot at
I think if it was Dana's intention to protect Rich, he wouldn't have offered him as an opponent in the 1st place.
Not if Filho is a lock for the belt.
Did you ever find where I proclaimed Cro Cop would get the belt? I never thought it was a sure thing, like so many did. In fact, I was hoping he would face AA on his road to earn a possible le fight.
You may want to read the part in bold again.You did pick Couture over CC after UFC 68...mostly for the sake of supporting him...
Nope, can't go back that far.
I read that part...and it's why I said "mostly" and put aat the end...
I go home now
The point is, I never made such a statement.
Morton KO'd in MMA debut; suspended after refusing to provide urine sample
ESPN.com news services
Updated: June 3, 2007, 3:13 PM ET
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Johnnie Morton's transition from the NFL to Mixed Martial Arts didn't go as planned for the former wide receiver.
Morton
Morton, 35, was knocked out just 38 seconds into the first round of his match against Bernard Ackah on Saturday night and then was suspended by the California State Athletic Commission after refusing to supply a urine sample for drug testing.
Morton wasn't available to comment on the fight or the suspension, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Morton was fighting on a K-1/Elite XC Dynamite!! USA card at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. He was put in a neck splint and taken to California Hospital in Los Angeles for observation but was able to flash a victory sign to the crowd before leaving the ring on a stretcher.
"How many people who would do what he did, stepping into the NFL of MMA and putting it all on the line," Morton's trainer, Mike Guymon told the Times.
Morton only trained for two months for his MMA debut, but Guymon said Morton was ready for the fight.
"When you want to jump into something, you jump into something," Guymon told the Times. "I've been fighting for 10 years and I still don't feel like I'm prepared."
Ackah, however, doesn't think Morton's ready for the big time yet.
"He needs more experience," he told the Times.
Morton had four 1,000-yard receiving seasons in his 12-year career with the Lions, Chiefs and 49ers. He retired from the NFL after the 2005 season.
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