Chachie

I love the guy, but- IMHO, Rich Franklin will never be the same after the Silva beatings. His nose is mush now and he won't have the killer instinct.

Even while winning the first round, Karo did not look like himself. He came in looking out of shape, he dropped a ton of weight for the fight, and was not as aggressive or dynamic as he has shown his standard to be. He got caught and went down like a bag of hammers. I'd have stopped it, but seeing the replay made me think he should have gotten 2 more seconds to show something. He's Karo, not a rook.

I had Karo winning. :doh:

I went 9-2 on picks. Didn't do so great on outcomes. (I didn't pick the Aurelio-Roberts fight.)

Florian got too good a position and won it on futility.

Karo deserved another 2 seconds to lock it up. Both shots on the ground missed the head. Like I say though, my knee-jerk reaction as a viewer was to call it over.

It was iffy but I would have jumped in, I must admit.

Note to all: Do not go to ground with Hams. btw, Stroke- Don't you think Hamill fights almost drunk with confidence?

Landooooo. Pullin' the late shift.

You know it's on Spike, right?

Lando- You get my reply on the bet for Serra-GSP?

Wow. Houston got JACKED UP! Here comes Nate Diaz and Kurt Pellegrino.

I forgot that Boetsch was the freak who tossed some guy on his face a while back before pummeling the guy into what should be his retirement. I can't change my prediction and I hope Hamill brings his A-game but wow, I wish I'd remembered Boetsch when I made the call.

This just ensures that we will have a LOT of fun in this thread for some time to come.

Main Card Bouts: -Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon- Florian by sub. -Karo Parisyan vs. Thiago Alves- Karo, but it won't be easy. -Matt Hamill vs. Tim Boetsch- Hamill by sub. -Kurt Pellegrino vs. Nate Diaz- Diaz, baby! Sub. -Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard- Maynard, decision. -Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin- Alexander by KO. Preliminary Bouts: -Marcus Aurelio vs. Ryan Roberts- Who? -Din Thomas vs. Josh Neer- Neer by dec. -Manny Gamburyan vs. Jeff Cox- Manny by dec. -Clay Guida vs. Samy Schiavo- Guida and he better do it with authority. Too many close bouts. KO. -George Sotiropoulos vs. Roman Mitichyan- George by dec. -Tommy Speer vs. Anthony Johnson- Johnson. He's a beast. KTFO. There you have it. My predictions on the spot with no research whatsoever. see you guys tomorrow night!!

Wow. Every fight is a must-see. Where does Guida get off fighting a Schiavo? Hasn't that family been through enough? (Okay, that was in poor taste but FUNNY.)

Gotta admit it. It makes me watch him every time he fights. He brings a magic.

Me too. I suppose his ego was his undoing. He beat Baroni at Baroni's game and wanted to do the same with Cung Le. I'm just glad he got brutally beat and had to quit so there was zero excuses.

I suppose he'd have to try his hand in the UFC before we find out. I know Frank has seen better days but he throttled Baroni and showed last night that he's still got heavy hands and resourcefulness. Cung is said to have been very effective vs. Frank as a sparring partner too when Shamrock was better. BTW- It was a night of KOs and subs all around. Props to Strikeforce for a good show.

Although I thought for sure Shamrock would win, I didn't make any bets because I can't stand the guy. A bet won on him isn't a prize I'd want to collect. I should say though, that I was impressed with the way he hung in until his arm was broken. He was successful at pulling Le into his mind games and for about 45 secs in the 3rd round he made it work and almost KOed Le. The more I think about last night's fight, the higher I want to rank Le in the top 10. Frank is a jerk, but he's a badazz. Cung Le dismantled a legend last night and survived a pretty good final stand by Shamrock before breaking his arm and pummeling him on the cage at the end of the round and subsequently the end of the fight.

In fairness, 99- He broke a bone. I'd call him a top 10 MW but I don't wanna get into a list. It's saturday night.

I heard an official tell Cung that Frank's arm is broken. Cung replied, "I know."

Holy moly what a round 3. Frank almost found that miracle and dazed Cung repeatedly before Cung finally came back and ended the round with great kicks and shots. Cung might have edged out the round but Frank took a piece out of him. What!?!? They just stopped it between rounds. Cung wins. Wow.

Cung is currently humiliating Frank. I hope Frank doesn't find another miracle because I'm living this.

Cung took the 2nd easily. He cracked Frank with a right that could have ended it if Cung decided to close it out. He may have been wise no to try though. Frank shook it off pretty quick despite being visibly shaken by the shot.