Christophe Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Bader-Teixera is a very strange one for me, that's definitely a step down from Rampage for Glover. Not sure i agee with that...YET. I think it's a bad fight for Bader and Teixeira should beat him and move upwards and onwards, but as it stands it's a fair fight to make and i don't see much difference between them status wise currently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Teixeira is number 4 in the LHW rankings right now ahead of both Evans and Shogun......baffling. Yeah that is crazy. Evans, Shogun, Little Nog and Bader should all be arguably above him currently. Hell, i'd even be tempted to put Thiago Silva above him if he wasn't such a fucking idiot. Like i said previously i do expect him to pick up wins over some of these guys and move up, but you can only rank on what he's done and no way should he be near 4. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) How anyone can have a ranking system where Hendo, Machida, Gustafsson, Little Nog, Evans and Shogun don't make up the top 6 is just weird. Shogun down as the 7th ranked challenger is ridiculous. Edited February 20, 2013 by Shuggie_Murray7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Frankie Edgar has stated he wants to fight Cub Swanson at some point. Would be a good fight, but I can't see past Edgar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I was thinking that the LHW division is VERY good. I got to thinking that "Glover must be good for a top five spot" and then I got to thinking "but over who?" and it dawned on me that it's a cracking division. Cerrone vs. Noons = godly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Jon Fitch, Wagner Prado, Mike Russow, Jacob Volkmann, Vladimir Matyushenko, Che Mills, Jay Hieron, Terry Etim, Paul Sass, Jorge Santiago, Mike Stumpf, Simeon Thoresen, C.J. Keith, Motonobu Tezuka, Josh Grispi and Ulysses Gomez. The released fighters from UFC this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Seen Jacob Volkmann had been cut, the guy has a 6-2 record in his last eight. Don't get this one. Edited February 20, 2013 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 His political views got the FBI at his door and apparently he wasn't easy to deal with. He says that Joe Silva made the decision though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkboy Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Volkmann & Fitch stand out from that list as cuts which are difficult to like. I'd be tempted to add Sass to that list. Especially while an absolutely shit fighter like Leonard Garcia remains under contract despite being 0-4 in his last 4. In fact he's not deserved to win any of his last 7 (both Chan Sung Jung & Nam Phan being robbed by the standard terrible judging). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yeah scratching my head at Fitch too, the likes of WSOF should be throwing money at a guy like him if they want to get serious. Demian Maia is going to be fighting for titles at this weight soon, so that loss shouldn't have buried him. And his last fight before that was a FOTN bonus win against Erick Silva. Bizarre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 They've been waiting for the Fitch one for a while. He's now marked as a boring fighter, so when the time came, it was always gonna be the cut for him. Shame. He's a top five fighter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkboy Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Probably top 10 at this point. But his loses are all to legit top 10 guys in the UFC. And it's a shame that he's been cast as boring for so long because I've enjoyed all 4 of Fitches last 4 fights. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Thing with Fitch at the moment is, his last 4 fights have all been awesome in their own ways. BJ Penn was a war, Hendricks blasting him was exciting, Fitch-Silva is one of the best fights of the last 12 months, and Fitch-Maia was as good a grappling heavy MMA fight as you'll see in the heavier weightclasses. That's before you even look at his record. It makes no sense at all to me. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Dana has apparently made comments to the effect that Fitch was cut because you don't see a guy taking someone down and holding them there in a bar fight. If true theb that is sone of the most stupid shit ever said. Edited February 21, 2013 by Shuggie_Murray7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Dana has apparently made comments to the effect that Fitch was cut because you don't see a guy taking someone down and holding them there in a bar fight. If true theb that is sone of the most stupid shit ever said. Absolutely ridiculous if true, I watch it as a sport. Gray Maynard and TJ Grant is booked for UFC 160 as well. Love that fight, big step up for Grant but he deserves it. I would actually be tempted to throw the winner of this one in with Bendo/Melendez. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Why the f**k would the guy who has spent the last 10 years trying to legitimise the sport now draw an analogy to bar room brawling? I really hope he hasn't said that. I mean how many spinning back fists, front kicks or triangle chokes have you ever seen in a bar fight? The point makes no sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkboy Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 If the Fertitta brothers gave Dana White the boot I for one would not be sad. Long past bored of all his silly shenanigans, thing he will only damage MMA & the UFC in the future. It won't happen though, we'll not be rid of Dana until he decided to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Negotiations open for Anderson Silva-Weidman for Independence day weekend card apparently, Weidman had already talked this up, looks like a goer. Edited February 21, 2013 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Negotiations open for Anderson Silva-Weidman for Independence day weekend card apparently, Weidman had already talked this up, looks like a goer. Shit like this pisses me off. There was no need to put Bisping in with Vitor. He would have been a credible challenger to Silva before that fight. Now a guy like Wiedman who, with a due respect has only fought 5 times for the UFC, 9 in his entire career, gets the shot ahead of Bisping. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I'd rather see someone like Weidman get a shot who has a chance, rather than Bisping who is a total no hoper at the top level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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