No UFC 126 talk

I can't believe none of you all (except a trusty few) talk more MMA. Saturday is a very nice card imo.


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Anderson Silva (c) vs. Vitor Belfort
Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos

Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly
Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa

Paul Taylor vs. Gabe Ruediger
Kid Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson
Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero



Prelims on Spike and the KID/Johnson fight is on Facebook.

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the Andy/Vitor staredown was intense lol

and oddly enough, this is the best card since AS' last fight, the 117 card.

Should be some great fights, I hope Belfort beats Silva but I dont see it. Griffin is one of my favorite fighters and Jon Jones is always fun to watch. I saw a thread on Sherdog the other day that Jones had said somewhere he was going to go to HW at some point in his career...what do you all think about this? Ive heard he walks around at about 230, but they were debating on whether he could pack on size like Overeem did

Jones and his camp(s) have always said he will end up fighting at HW.
He cuts quite a bit, I think its from 230-240 like you said*, and once he gets older and fills out the cut will be impossible.

*but he is FAR from the only 205 guy that cuts from that high. Forrest cuts like that, Bader does, Rampage, King Mo, even Machida cuts about 20-25 pounds.

Very few big time LHWs dont cut a lot of weight, guys like Shogun, Rashad (who could fight at MW IMO), Mousasi, Rich Franklin, are part of the few that dont cut major weight.

Jones/Bader wont be that big of a discrepancy, maybe 10 pounds if that on fight night.
The biggest weight difference on the card will most likely b Franklin/Griffin, Rich will be outweighed by 30 pounds on fight night I estimate.

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Vitor didnt look scared at all.

Jones looked kinda nervous to me. I personally hope bader kicks his ass

Anderson Silva
Franklin
Jones

Jones vs shogun now since rashad blew out his knee. Wow I cant wait to see that.

Jon Jones!! I been tellin yall this kids for real, and he just RAN THRU Ryan Bader.

Jones v. Shogun, **** I CANT WAIT

I dunno, it might be too early for Jones, he only has 13 fights and now he has to deal with maybe the most brutal guy in MMA.

holy ****

No words to descirbe that other than holy ****

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NOW can we finally shut up about who is P4P best?? Its known now

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Anderson did well. My thoughts are we will see Shogun verses Jones next and I predict Jones to dominate that match and take the belt. Jones is a bad man, did you see how he dominated Bader, but he has done that to all his opponents.

I think its gonna be a very tough fight for Jones, short notice prep for such a dangerous and brutal striker. I hope he wins, I been on the bandwagon for a couple years now but its not gonna be easy.

Shogun doesnt have great TDD, and Jones will have an extreme reach advantage. Shogun will have to close distance fast and can lead to getting put on his back.

Jones' reach comes into play on the ground as well. With arms that long, he can sync up submissions from all sorts of angles and drop bombs with more force than anyone else.

I am hyped to ****, I cannot wait. 126 might give us Jones/Shogun AND GSP/Silva.......wow

gsp/silva is a year away at best....gsp has shields to take care of first

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that photos been making the rounds, and people seem to try and take it as some form of sign. I think thats stupid, Jones just won a huge fight and got a title shot of course he is gonna be pumped.

Like I said, Jones is a bad match up for him, but **** only a month to prepare is huge. Shogun has been fighting for years now and will come in with a smart gameplan and try to exploit the holes in JJs stand up.
The reach is a big deal, if Shogun has to rely strictly on leg kicks to create range he will leave himself open to counters and takedowns. Jones cannot just let Shogun chop at him tho, if Jones loses his explosiveness he is in deep ****.

People rave about Shoguns grappling and jiu jitsu, but he has never been a guy that uses submissions well. He relies on sweeps and scrambles, but Jones is such a strong, heavy guy that he will make Shogun, coming off knee surgery, carry his weight and hope to force an opening.

Do you guys remember the last time Shogun fought a big strong grappler after a knee surgery?

It ended with him tapping

He dont have long to prepar but he was helping Rashad prepar for him so I think his camp will be Allright.


I think I would rather see a Jones Jones/ Silva fight more than a Silva/GSP