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Amazing new and fresh MMA thread.

Walls loves Faber or something like that.

MMA needs more roundhouses.
 
#930 ·
Nah, Franklin just isn't that good anymore. Bit of an upset but nothing major.

Melendez will get exposed. Quite frankly, overrated as fuck. Never fought any high level caliber opponents in his career. Fought to a split decision against Clay Guida a couple years back. Enough said. He'll most likely end up like Lombard did in his first fight. And if I'm wrong, I'll be the first to admit.
:kobe Aoki and Kawajiri are both way way better than a great deal of the UFC LW's. He won't light the UFC on fire but he can handle the majority of the division. High level gatekeeper.
 
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Yesterday's show was pretty good. Le fucking killed Franklin, that was scary. Legit shocked me. I figured Rich would take Le into the 3rd round and then pick him apart because Le's cardio is terrible but he got sloppy and paid the price.Tuck/Tiequan was fucking awesome, my personal FOTN.

I really like Thiago Silva, that dude is fucking scary. And I don't mean skills wise, he isn't terrible but he isn't anything special either, I just mean looks wise, that dude is fucking terrifying. I like how he fights though, he constantly looks pissed off and aggressive and I love how he just bitch slaps people when he gets frustrated. He dove on that Arm Triangle though, it was very impressive how he muscled Nedkov to the other side to lock it in better. That was just strength and aggression.
 
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breaks his arm and flips him off :lol Don't get why Hirota didn't just tap out. He wasn't doing anything to defend it and that pretty much finished his career. He's had like 3 fights since 09.


also regarding the Melendez thing, i'm not rating him as highly as 3rd in the LW division but he's not a scrub.
 
#943 ·
That's what I'm talking about. Fuck that noise. He'll break your shit and laugh about it. As soon as he got me to the ground, before he even locked anything on me or shit, even attempted anything, I'd just tap out. I'd like to keep all my limbs. Him and Rousimar Palhares are two guys where if they got me to the ground, fuck it, I quit.
 
#945 ·
I doubt he'll become even a high level gate keeper. He'll be in the same position that Dave Herman and Hector Lombard are right now in their respective divisions.

Also, speaking of Palhares, I recently rewatched his fight against Belcher this past year. Man, Alan Belcher is a fucking badass. Not only did he beat Pallhares, he beat him at his own game. You wanna go to the ground bitch? Fine, I'll whoop your ass there. While you have a hold of my leg and can rip it apart if I'm slightly out of position.

Such a great fight.
 
#947 ·
I've eaten my words before, and have no shame in doing so. Mock me all you want as long as it's with reason. Lombard? He came from the outside with a huge chip on his shoulder and barely scraped through against Tim Boetsch, who is average at best, but the only reason he's on top right now is because that division is thin as fuck.

That's what I think'll happen to Melendez when he comes into the UFC. He'll come in against a guy like Pettis or Cerrone. Lose. And then get stuck in between the Top 20- Top 10 range in the Lightweight division. It's what happened to Jake Shields, it's what happened to Herman and Barboza, and it's whats going to happen to Melendez.

Don't mind me. I just love when hype trains are derailed and peoples hearts are broken. That has a risk as they actually have a chance to be successful, like my own boy Jon Jones before he absolutely obliterated Shogun, but I'm confident that Melendez will be a nobody in the UFC.
 
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Pettis/Cerrone are like 1 fight away from a title shot. they're both hovering around the top 5 depending on who's rankings you go by. Its hard to come into the UFC and compete at the top straight away. You mention Jones/Shogun, he had 7 fights in the UFC before that fight. He started off against scrubs, and slowly worked his way up the card. He was successful before the Shogun fight, irrespective of whether he had won the title there.

Its different for guys who are established in other promotions and have some hype about them. Lombard hasn't had to be tested in the cage for awhile, he should've had a gimme fight first up to get the nerves, adrenaline of the first UFC fight out of the way before moving up the card. Also Herman and Barboza? cmon son, neither had a HUGE hype train behind them.

Jake Shields in the UFC has gone alright. He lost to GSP (no shame in that) and he got knocked out early against Ellenberger who is a legit top 10 guy. Thats it, he got a bit of a dodgy decision vs Kampmann who is also legit, and he beat Akiyama and Herman (which got overturned later). A lot of his hype was generated off the back of dominating Henderson in Strikeforce, which is deserving of getting hype.

I'm not saying Melendez will come into the UFC and win the belt. I'm not saying he's going to be amazing and beat everyone. I'm saying he will be a top fighter, around the ilk of Pettis, Cerrone, and Maynard. Winning and losing around the top guys.
 
#948 ·
On the subject of Lombard, I feel for that dude going in against Palhares on the December FX show, the UFC certainly aren't trying to slowly bring him into the UFC's MW division. I think the Melendez situation is interesting, surely he's going to get an immediate title shot should he kept the belt on the last Strikeforce show. But then there's a very big chance that Nate takes home the UFC LW title when he fights Bendo, what happens then? Wonder if Nate and Gil would agree to fight against each other.
 
#949 ·
Gil/Diaz is never going to happen. If Nate were to beat Henderson (which I highly doubt) there are many talented LW fighters that have a decent chance at taking the title from Diaz. The LW division is so stacked that they wouldn't need to fight each other.

Besides Pettis, I don't think anyone beats Henderson in the next year, and Pettis is still a toss up imo.
 
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Pretty crazy video of 2 kids having a kick boxing fight and one of them knocks the other clean out. I think it's insane that kids that young are dealing out head blows like that. Your brain obviously isn't fully developed by that point and getting knocked out at such a young age, not to mention the regular shots they are no doubt taking in training, are devastating for your development. Still...it was amusing to watch. Little savages, the one clearly wanted it more than the other one.
 
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