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Seriously, this is my haven for non-Redskins talk. Can we keep this thread limited to anything from fairy tales to zoology to MMA, no Redskins? :twitch: But I freakin' agree with you. This is the most empty feeling I've had since I started seriously watching the R-d-ins back in the mid 90's. Thank God I get to see somebody get their ass wooped in MMA soon. I'm watching TUF on Wednesday and having a few brewskies.

Gotta love when the mouthpiece goes flyin. :laugh:

Gotta love when the mouthpiece goes flyin. :laugh:

EliteXC had one of the worst shows, if not the worst show, of the year. When Sakuraba and Royce Gracie had a 15 minute match, and we saw the debut of Brock Lesnar in MMA. The introductions to the fighters were longer than the fights. The fights were all bad. Jonny Morton, former WR from the Chiefs got flatlined for about 3 minutes. It was scary. From that day forward, I've never had a passing thought about watching EliteXC.

EliteXC had one of the worst shows, if not the worst show, of the year. When Sakuraba and Royce Gracie had a 15 minute match, and we saw the debut of Brock Lesnar in MMA. The introductions to the fighters were longer than the fights. The fights were all bad. Jonny Morton, former WR from the Chiefs got flatlined for about 3 minutes. It was scary. From that day forward, I've never had a passing thought about watching EliteXC.

Just watched the video of the announcement on UFC.com. This is awesome! And it might be the only way left for Chuck to attract a pay per view crowd the way he used to. I'll be looking forward to this! Go Chuck!!! :applause:

Just watched the video of the announcement on UFC.com. This is awesome! And it might be the only way left for Chuck to attract a pay per view crowd the way he used to. I'll be looking forward to this! Go Chuck!!! :applause:

Yeah, that was exactly the point where I thought the same thing. Anderson made him say bye-bye twice in this fight. Once at the VERY end of round 1. Then after doing his dance, moving his nose to the right again, and beating him up - Anderson drops him with a knee. Note to self - if you ever fight Rich Franklin...run away, or throw knees! I wouldn't say technically his style isn't great. Hendo knows how to fight on his feet for sure. He knows how to stay out of the way and whip bombs from right to left, repeating and repeating. He keeps his big chin tucked and continues to have a hummin' toolbox of hooks and straights. I'd LOVE to see him fight Anderson. Why he wouldn't drop down to middleweight baffles me. He has, what you would call, a serious punchers chance. He'd sit at #2, if nothing else, and he would give Anderson more problems than anybody else in that weight class.

Difference is Rashad danced when nothing was being thrown at him. Anderson made Rich look like he was shadow boxing. Almost a choreographed dance.

Sloppy punches? That's funny. Hendo's hooks are elite. Simple as that.

Holy crap, Silva is unstoppable. He put Rich's nose right where it was after their first fight. I think Rogan's (as annoying as he was tonight) assessment of Silva = Jones Jr. might be fairly on target. That dodge/weave business with the hands down reminded me so much of Roy. Anderson has it all. It's awesomely amazing. Who can prepare for something like that?

Good for Bonner, I think that fight was good. I like Stephen, Rogan is right when he says his fight with Forrest is one of the best fights in UFC history.

Nevermind!!!!!!!!! It shot up on Sopcast! Woo!!!!!!!!

This is BULL****

Well, it says it's MMA-TV. That's where I watched them before. It NOW says on MMA-TV.com that you need a credit card to keep watching. DAMN!!!!!

Ok, can't get it up on sopcast. Blank screen.

Thanks...not familiar with it. Takes a long time to DL. Hopefully I don't miss anything. Appreciate it.

****...can anyone help me. The website I used to go to to watch the live feed isn't going to let me watch anymore. How do I get this Sopcast thing up? ASAP! Any way to watch it online (free), would be great!

Who isn't happy with UFC management right now? Hendo could easily mix it up in middleweight, but he'd probably take a freakin pay cut. Rich and Dana are tied at the balls...nobody but Silva and Franklin are going to be treated fairly in MW.

He's probably banking on Henderson to drop down to MW. He will especially want that if Silva dominates Franklin.

Is this why Arlovski hasn't faught in a while? The UFC is getting more and more volitile, seemingly every day. The henchmen better watch their step, or a more professional organization will start giving them problems. They don't want this to become WCW/WWF, I'd hope. What a hell of a thing to say about a fighter. Would even Roger Goodell come out and say something like, "well, we aren't going to show the Redskins game anywhere, except the metro area, because they are boring." No, he can keep it to himself if that's the case. Disgusting tactics by Joe Silva. Okami is a good fighter, he laid low against Franklin - Rich had a great gameplan. But Okami STILL almost ripped Rich's arm out of socket. That's horse****. A stacked card should be the only reason they aren't showing that fight. And that, it is not. Just another reason I do not forsee myself paying $40 to see the UFC in HD any time soon. Revving it on the computer tonight, once again.

I think he took the last guy lightly. Teasing with standing southpaw after having that kind of surgery doesn't impress me. Sure, he's a great champion, and I'm an Anderson Silva fan, but he was taken down in his last fight against, uh, whoever the heck that guy was. Taken down more than once. Yeah, right after the takedowns Anderson threatened about 5 triangles and punched from the bottom. But he also tried a karate kid kick that got caught. It was like he was trying to put on a show. THAT, is taking someone lightly. It was even said on here before that previous to Anderson gaining control and putting the fight away, he may have been losing. If he's focused and in the pocket, he's unstoppable. But we may not have seen Rich at his best yet. And he embarassed Rich by moving his nose to his temple last time. Rich will be out to prove to HIMSELF that he's better than what people saw. And c'mon, he just helped write "The Idiots Guide to MMA". He's gotta win! :laugh:

Here are my predictions for UFC 77: Coutureless Burkman vs. Petz: Burkman by UD. Both guys will beat each other up, I hope it's shown. MacDonald vs. Okami: Okami by rear naked choke in the 2nd. MacDonald will be ready for Okami, but Okami's skills will prevail. Belcher vs. Starnes: Belcher by armbar in 3rd. Belcher didn't handle Grove's height advantage well. But I see him pulling it out. Schafer vs. Bonnar: Bonnar by UD. Schafer hasn't faught in the UFC for 10 months. Bonnar is a gamer and can fend off Schafer's sub attempts. Sylvia vs. Vera: Vera by TKO in 2nd. I like Tim, but Randy threw him around and Vera has amazing technical skills. This fight is going to the ground most likely. Silva vs. Franklin: Franklin by ref stoppage in 3rd. Everything points to Anderson being an unstoppable force. I believe the hype has gotten to his head. Rich will pull out an upset.

That article is old. Written on July 27th. But wow. How stern and honest Fedor's manager is. I'll write out the parts of the interview that he talks about the UFC: Sherdog.com: As Fedor's manager, can you please fill us in on the current state of his contract negotiations. VF: At the moment we are in negotiations with a number of organizations who have put offers on the table. I'll be blunt in saying that the UFC offer is the most financially attractive one. However they are very harsh in their terms and are not very flexible in actually negotiating them. Fedor has now been the PRIDE heavyweight champion for four years and I think we have earned the right to negotiate a contract that suits both parties. Instead we are faced with a blunt "you are either in or you're out." This does not really suit us. If the negotiations continue in a similar manner, we'll prefer to fight for less money but with an organization which is more flexible. The problem is that Fedor is the face of Combat Sambo in Russia. His popularity is at a level where he is acquainted with president Putin himself, in part because he is so successful and well known for Combat Sambo here. Combat Sambo is a Russian sport that's not at a level of difficulty of MMA, but is hugely popular with our public. Fedor must represent Russia in Combat Sambo and at world championships, specifically the ones coming up in September. All we want him to do is compete something like once a year in Combat Sambo. But the UFC is not happy with that. Their proposal has all kinds of clauses, all kinds of fines etc. that do not suit us. The UFC is not really that eager to communicate and negotiate. The negotiations are still continuing, and we will try very hard to get our demands met, if not Fedor will simply not compete in the UFC, even though that will be unfortunate as they currently have one of the, if not the, strongest, heavyweight divisions in the world. Sherdog.com: What do you think of the way the UFC markets itself? I am asking specifically about an interview Dana White gave recently where he mentioned that the negotiations [for getting Fedor into the UFC] were continuing, but that he was dealing with "crazy Russians," and he wasn't sure what they were going to do next. VF: I think that first thing is that the UFC politics are that they probably want an American champion. I think it's safe to say that in America this is the case. But in theory, if the organization is honorable, take the Japanese for example, for them the sport and integrity of the success of the fighters was most important. Their philosophy was that once at a high level the fighters were going to be matched with only the top level of the competition, and we know that eventually if you only face the best, eventually you will lose. The UFC is slightly different. They have their own ways of doing things. For example, I suggested that they have a UFC event in Russia, which I would organize for them, including financial assistance. They said that didn't suit their current development plans. I requested the right to show UFC content during the television slot we have with the state broadcaster in Russia. They declined and said that they had their own people who would organize this here. And today those people came to me to ask me to place the UFC content into our slot. I was fine with this, it's going ahead. I'm not a spiteful person. What matters is the exposure of the sport in Russia, UFC, or other organizations, it doesn't matter. What's important to me is my fighters getting recognition and the sport gaining popularity here. Of course I prefer that they came to me for help in Russia, in organizing an event for them here in St. Petersburg, or in Moscow, no on else could do what I can. There is no one in Russia that can even get close to us with MMA promotion. Sherdog.com: As Fedor's manager, how long would you like to see his career progress for, and also who would you like to see him fight before he retires? VF: He's only 30, there is lot's of time left to fight still. The UFC is of course fighting in the cage, not in the ring. And we'd prefer that he would not fight the very strongest opponent straight away. Of course we want to fight strong fighters, but would like an opportunity to grow, get a little used to the new format. I have absolutely no doubt that right now Fedor is the strongest heavyweight in the world, and could beat anyone they throw at him, but we would nevertheless like an opportunity to develop a little, get used to the new surroundings. There are elbows now, etc. Of course we want to fight with them. Though there are other opportunities, other organizations. There is the offer from K-1, a good offer, though a little less in terms of finances, mostly as they do not have the kind of revenue streams that the UFC currently has today, due to PPV. But there are other factors. The UFC is only interested in Fedor; they are not considering other Red Devil fighters. K-1 is prepared to take our boys and provide other assistance as well, in developing the team. But we're not in a huge hurry. If Fedor is not signed for a while, I will organize a match here for him. We have the resources and audience and television rights to make a good go of it here. The first large overseas organization that properly enters into Russia will do very well. But the UFC is not interested. They are only interested in North America and a few European shows. I've tried to explain this to Dana White, I suggested working together as I believe there is a lot of potential in this part of the world for joint ventures to be hugely successful. Apart from Russia there are other former republics of the Soviet Union which will be good sources of revenue in the future also, as there is growing interest in the sport which will only increase over time.

Well, Sean Taylor got hurt in 2005 against the worst team in the league. Bad things happen when you least expect them to. He'd be incredible in the European League, it wouldn't be risking injury as much as playing in the NFL. But he's still risking it. The best argument against that is simply to look at Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. But baseball isn't as risky as Sambo. Sambo is basically fighting without really fighting. You twist, turn, wrassle around and one ankle tweek could put your training for the UFC on hold. Seriously, I wanted Fedor in the UFC but I'd be really pissed if he got a dislocation or whatnot in a Sambo tournament. If it wasn't about money, Dana should have put clauses in the contract about penalizing him if he gets injured. I'd really like to see the offer he made.