Probably the best fighter to come out of TUF. He has only lost to Machida and Jones so that speaks for itself. I think he beats Lil Nog and then gets the winner of Teixeira/Rampage or Machida/Hendo. As far as his skillset. He's got power in his hands (he KO'd Liddell for f's sake) and he can probably take down anyone at LHW with the exception of Jones.
Yes his resume is retardedly impressive lol. In terms of LHW he's def in my top 3.
The hate Rashad generally receives is ridiculously unjustified. The man is extremely good, well-spoken and generally handles himself well. The so called "cockiness" is really no different than that of most top level fighters.
That card is awesome.
Yeah to me, Rashad's "cockiness" has dissipated and yet fans still boo him. He's a great fighter and is easily the number 2 in the division IMO. Him and Machida are interchangeable in the division. But I think he still has the best shot at beating Jones. Although I think Glover Teixiera will give Jones MASSIVE problems if they fight.
My picks are pretty clean cut. For the 3 highlighted matches I got MacDonald finishing Penn in the second. People need to face facts that BJ is not really BJ at Welterweight. He is more disciplined at Lightweight and fights like an animal.
Glover is awesome, but the best aspect of his game is his ridiculous top game. Once he's on top, he's going to brutalize you and/or submit you. I don't see how he's ever getting top position on an infinitely better wrestler in Jones. Teixeira's striking is good, but he'll have a hard time getting past Jones' reach. And, despite what Joe Rogan tried to sell the audience during Glover's last fight, his cardio's actually pretty iffy. In a five round fight, he's in trouble against Jones.
With regards to Fabio, watch his fights before signing the UFC when he was competing in Brazil, his cardio's pretty iffy.
Belfort took Silva down? Lol last I remember he front kicked him in the face and knocked him out cold.
About a minute or so before the front kick happened, Anderson threw a high kick that Belfort caught and used it to plant him on his back. Silva got back to his feet immediately after.
Yeah man.. He was done from the first big punch that hit him.. Never really got his legs back. I'd figured Cain might end up getting him down, but I figured he'd still be able to make it back to his feet at the end of the round and fight back. Pretty wild
Yeah JDS was looking very good stuffing all the shots and when he did get taken down he popped right back up. However his hands-low stance which is good for stopping the takedowns did not work well in the end because he must have forgot that Cain is a big and fast dude and clocked him hard with that overhand right. JDS has really got to make some adjustments next time they fight. Some better head movement and keeping his hands up are necessary. Should also really start implementing knees into his game, even though they could get him taken down, they add another element to his striking game which could open up opportunities for his punches.Yeah man.. He was done from the first big punch that hit him.. Never really got his legs back. I'd figured Cain might end up getting him down, but I figured he'd still be able to make it back to his feet at the end of the round and fight back. Pretty wild
coolwhip which MMA site do you work for? That's pretty cool
Yeah I like Rampage but the past couple years his fights have been pretty mediocre or boring. Last time he really looked good was against Henderson. Glover is definitely one of the more exciting "new guys" (he's pretty old though and been fighting for a long time) and at first I wanted him to beat Rampage but now I'm changing my mind a bit, I want to see Rampage have 1 more good fight in the UFC.
