eddieh4444 wrote:

I don't think that Cain Velasquez poses a serious threat to either Shane Carwin or Brock Lesnar. I kind of see him as a smaller, weaker, slower Shane Carwin with far less power in his hands. Junior Dos Santos, if he works on his ground game and puts on some weight, I think could pose a threat to any heavyweight though. I'd really like to see JDS vs. Velasquez next; I'm sure Dos Santos would love to avenge Big Nog's loss to Cain.

I agree that Cain should fight JDS next. This champion in waiting business is a bunch of BS. For starters, he was named champion in wating before Carwin was even named #1 contender. If he has to wait 5/6 months after the Lesnar/Carwin fight, he will have a 10/11 month layoff between fights. Dana already said he doesn't need a fight in between. But what if the winner of Carwin/Lesnar gets an injury during training and needs longer than 5/6 months. It could end up being a year from now. That is too long for Cain to go without a fight.

You could also argue that JDS is a better #1 contender. Sure, the win over Big Nog is a bigger win than anyone JDS has fought. But, Gonzaga, Struve, Cro Cop, Werdum, and Yvel, in my opinion are more impressive than wins over Nogueira, Kongo, Rothwell, Stojnic, O'Brien, and Morris, at least in my opinion.

Also, a lot of people seem to think Mir is done now. But I really think he has a legit chance at beating both Cain and JDS, neither of which I think can beat Lesnar or Carwin. If he fights JDS, as long as he is smart and takes it to the ground, he should make short work of him. I think the opposite is true with Cain. I think Cain makes it tough on the ground. I think this is the perfect place to use his newly found striking skills. I'm not saying he would win or it would be easy, but he has a shot as far as I can tell.

eddieh4444 wrote:

scamrock wrote: Also, a lot of people seem to think Mir is done now. But I really think he has a legit chance at beating both Cain and JDS, neither of which I think can beat Lesnar or Carwin. If he fights JDS, as long as he is smart and takes it to the ground, he should make short work of him. I think the opposite is true with Cain. I think Cain makes it tough on the ground. I think this is the perfect place to use his newly found striking skills. I'm not saying he would win or it would be easy, but he has a shot as far as I can tell. I agree, I think Mir is still a huge threat to anyone in the division and has a really good chance of beating JDS and Cain if he fights one of them. I'd like to see Roy Nelson vs. Mir though, and I'm sure Mir would jump at the chance to avenge his loss to Roy (it was a grappling match, but still).

That is what I would have done. I would have put JDS against Cain and Mir against Nelson. But since it looks like Cain won't be fighting for a while, I guess you put Mir against JDS, unless Dana thinks Mir needs to work his way back up a little. But if Roy doesn't get Mir, I would like to see him get a rematch with Rothwell.

WOW. Frankie Edgar.

eddieh4444 wrote:

scamrock wrote: WOW. Frankie Edgar. Yea, he fought smart and pulled off a huge upset. I still don't feel that he's better than BJ though. I think BJ beats Frankie in a rematch, even if they have Kenny fight Frankie, I'd pick Kenflo. What about Anderson? What a prick, he absolutely refused to attack Maia and then mocked Demian for not engaging on the feet.... completely classless. I really hope that someone knocks Anderson down a peg or two.

I hope the old rumored fight between Spider and Frank Mir becomes a reality. As good as Spider is, I don't think he could beat the better HWs. It could give him a reality check, and give Mir a boost in confidence. Even better, for his next "dabble" at LHW, give him Jon Jones.

He is bored. There is nothing left for him at 185. There definitely nobody at 170 that could move up to challenge him (Spider would destroy GSP). He needs to move up to 205 for good.