I noticed that there are a few MMA fans here so I was wondering, who are you guys picking for UFC 100?
-Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
-Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
-Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
-Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
-Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher


--My picks are Mir, GSP, Henderson, Fitch, and Akiyama.

****edited to become an MMA Discussion thread so we don't have to make a new one for every event, feel free to discuss big boxing cards as well****

Ghandi wrote:

UFC seriously needs to take on the Pro Wrestling way of naming events... UFC # is just boring.

I don't know about Pro Wrestling style names but the number system certainly seems a bit worn out. You have to remember though that MMA (such as the UFC) is not professional wrestling. It is a legitimate combat sport more in the ilk of pro boxing or kickboxing.


For you guys saying that you hope Brock is 'permanently disabled', do you mean seriously injured? Although I am by no means a Lesnar fan, I certainly do not wish an injury upon him and I think you should reconsider what you said seeing as he will be participating in a contest that could actually end in a very serious injury (God forbid).


As for myself, I am really looking forward to UFC 100 and I think that this could potentially be one of the best PPVs that MMA has had in a while.

Chile Guy wrote:

Pro Wrestling even names are usually more fancy and clever-ish, like "TNA Hard Justice", or "PWU Cold Day In Hell", just saying. Anyways, how many times has Brock defended the World Heavyweight title before? I haven't saw him defending it since he won the title from Randy Couture.

This would be his first defense.

SpraCoalee wrote:

The other PPV's haven't been so good? As for Brock Lesnar, I wanna see him get knocked the F out, because he just annoys me, as for seriously injured...maybe getting a couple teeth knocked out. -Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir : Frank Mir -Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves : Alves -Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping : Undecided -Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago : Fitch -Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher: Belcher

No, the other PPVs have been fine just that this one has enough big fights to potentially be a very good card.

username wrote:

Fuck lesnar

I feel the same way. It's really hard to like someone who is the bigger fighter and has a 35+ lb weight advantage. It's even harder to like him when the guy acts like a psychopathic asswipe after the fight.

Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I'm disappointed that Lesnar won, as I can't stand him. There's no denying that he's a legit threat to anyone, though. I hate to admit it, but I think even Fedor will have his hands full. Brock could quite possibly get the takedown and ride him to a decision, or worse yet, win by a cut stoppage. Having said all that, we still haven't seen Brock get punched in the face. Here's to hoping he's a lot like Gabriel Gonzaga......a physical beast, but turns into a bloody vagina when hit. On a positive note, Hendo's KO of Bisping might be my favorite KO of all time, when you factor in the brutality and how much I hate Bis-bitch

I was actually discussing the same thing with some friends today about Brock being a legitimate threat to anyone. I could see him giving lots of people some serious trouble, having said that I would still pick the following heavyweights over him: Fedor Emelianenko, Aleksander Emelianenko, Alistair Overeem, and possibly Shane Carwin (depending on whether or not he beats Valasquez as I expect him to) / Josh Barnett (depending on how he looks against Fedor) .

I response to the question about his chin, it's still largely untested but he did appear to be buzzed against Couture and by that flying knee of Mir's.

I agree about Bisping, I never liked how much trash he talked and thought that he lost to Matt Hamill. I was glad to see Henderson beat him,but I hope that he is not seriously or permanently hurt.

SpraCoalee wrote:

Kimbo F'N Slice. I didn't know he was coming to UFC (Face it the guys a freakin monster as well 2-1 record, both guys got KO'd in Under a minute.) I can't wait for the heavyweight Ultimate Fighter . All i know is, if Lesnar & Slice steped into that octagon and it was PPV, AND for the title dear god that PPV would have buys near the 500k mark maybe more. Mixed Martial Arts is taking over.

Rumor has it that Kimbo got ko'd in his first fight on TUF and stormed off the set. I'm not saying that this is true but it was supposedly leaked by someone who was either part of the crew or one of the cast members (some say that it was Wes Simms, a TUF cast member and former UFC fighter).

Also, in my opinion, Kimbo would get KTFO by just about any semi-legitimate UFC heavyweight. His 3 wins were over very poor competition (Tank Abbott , James Thompson, and Bo Cantrell) and he was ko'd by a 1 footed jab from a former (B-level) UFC light heavyweight (he was 0-2 in the UFC against light heavyweights). I don't believe that Kimbo will do well on TUF and I do not believe that he will ever earn a UFC title shot.

Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I agree that Lesnar's chin is untested, and possibly suspect. He's also looked quite exhausted in most of his fights, which leads me to wonder how he'd do if a fight went beyond the second round. I think if someone like the Emelianenko's, Barnett, Overreem, Carwin or Crocop could avoid his gorilla bull-charge takedown and land a few shots on him, we'll see what he's really made of. (Even Gonzaga, possibly....if he could avoid getting hit first.)

Good call on Cro Cop, although I think he might be past his prime, if he can sharpen back up, gain some weight, and improve his (already pretty good) defensive wrestling, I could see him catching Brock.