I was going to whip-up a clever little intro but after the fight I just saw I think it would be in everyone’s best interest if I just get over myself and dive right into the action:
Jason “The Punisher” Lambert vs Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Round one finds a striking Babalu all over Lambert. Sobral gets him to the ground and works for the choke. Lambert defending well under pressure and escapes to his feet. They clinch and Lambert sneaks in an uppercut. Babalu backs off and eats a HUGE right, dropping to the canvas. Lambert pounces but can’t finish before the bell.
Sobral comes out to the second looking punch-drunk. Lambert scores a takedown of his own and follows up with some GnP. A little too long on the floor and they get stood up. Babalu tries for a flying knee but Lambert clowns him with a left, knocking the Brazilian out cold.
Winner by KO: Jason “The Punisher” Lambert.
This is a devastating loss for Babalu. There is no question that he is a gifted fighter but this loss will undoubtedly send him tumbling down the rankings. I’m not sure if he ever got over the loss to Chuck and this certainly hasn’t helped matters. Babalu is still young enough where he can afford to get out of the UFC for a while. He needs to be someplace else where he can fight with a clear head and get his confidence back.
Lambert on the other hand has quickly erased the loss to Rashad Evans with perhaps the biggest win of his career. I wouldn’t spend a whole lot of time celebrating however since the LHW division can be a merciless place to call home. With Rampage, Tito and Chuck running around at 205, this victory could be short-lived. I would like to see Lambert/Bisping but Joe Silva doesn’t seem to care about what I like.
Matt Hughes vs Chris “Lights Out” Lytle
Round one and Hughes gets tagged with a left. Hughes shoots and takes Lytle down. Lytle working a guillotine to no avail. Hughes moves to side-control and works the elbows. Hughes sinks an armbar but runs out of time.
More of the same in round two as Hughes gets Lytle to the mat and punishes him with elbows. Lytle is cut. Showing a ton of heart, Lytle sweeps and gets top position. Hughes tries for a kimura and Lytle goes for the armbar. Neither is successful.
Round three and what a shock – Hughes takes Lytle down. Hughes working from different positions but Lytle refuses to quit. A restless crowd is ALL OVER Hughes with relentless booing. Matt tries an unsuccessful armbar as the bell sounds.
Winner by unanimous decision: Matt Hughes
I think GSP said it best: “I was not impressed by your performance”. The UFC guys and Eddie Bravo were hamming it up for the camera and trying to convince us that the old Matt is back, but this was a very rigid and underwhelming performance by the former champ.
Hughes was expected to dismantle Lytle and while he controlled the entire fight, he looked far from dominant. From what I saw tonight I do not believe he is ready for a GSP rematch. Lytle showed a lot of heart and has nothing to be ashamed of. Expect Lytle to continue fighting in the UFC against TUF alumni or perhaps on a future undercard.
Rich “Ace” Franklin vs Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald
Ace looks jittery in the opening round but still finds his mark. MacDonald looks for the takedown and gets denied. Franklin turns up the heat and starts peppering MacDonald in short bursts. MacDonald gets tossed to the canvas and eats a flurry but manages to escape to his feet. He eventually gets Franklin to the ground but it gets him nowhere.
Round two picks up right where round one left off. MacDonald scores the takedown but Franklin rolls into side position. Franklin, looking confident, starts teeing off on the grounded Canadian. The clock is winding down and MacDonald is in a world of trouble, taking shot after shot. MacDonald is saved by the bell but upon return to his corner throws in the towel.
Winner by TKO: Rich “Ace” Franklin
Franklin was visibly nervous being in is hometown and coming off the loss but by the second round he was the old Rich again. MacDonald I thought fought a little too conservatively and ended up taking a lot of punishment. Even when he had Franklin on the ground Ace was too strong and too skilled to gift-wrap anything. We haven’t seen the last of MacDonald by any means but how long before we see Franklin/Silva II?
Franklin calls out Silva during the post-fight interview and Silva was game enough to come to the ring and accept. Things got a little too chummy for my tastes as they kept embracing and calling each other “champ”. You’re both nice and classy chaps, we get it. But don’t kill my buzz – this is a PPV!
Andrew McFedries vs Martin Kampmann
Round one see Kampmann eat some heavy bombs from McFedries. Kampmann’s eye swells up like a water balloon. Kampmann’s had enough and takes McFedries down. Kampman stays busy and makes a beautiful transition to an arm-triangle choke.
Winner by submission: Martin Kampmann
Kampmann tries to get cute early on and McFedries made him pay with some devastating shots. It’s unfortunate that McFedries doesn’t have a ground game to match his striking because once he was grounded he was outclassed and submitted with ease. Look for Kampmann (now 3-0 in the octagon and winner of his last eight) to move up in the rankings. Look for McFedries to drop off the radar.
Randy “The Natural Couture” vs Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia
In the opening seconds Couture tosses in a low kick and then lunges with an overhand right AND SYLVIA IS DOWN! HE’S ROCKED! Sorry about the caps but it happened so fast and was so shocking I leapt from my couch and started screaming. Randy sinks in the hooks and looks for the guillotine but Sylvia keeps him at bay. Round one is all Couture.
Sylvia looks to have recovered at the start of round two and tries his jab but eats a right for his efforts. Randy is bobbing and weaving like Rocky Balboa. They lock up and Sylvia gets tripped and taken to the ground. Couture puts the heat all over the grounded champ. Sylvia starts bleeding from the nose. Like round one, round two is all Couture.
Round three starts and Randy is sucking wind. I start to get that sinking feeling. Sylvia tries everything he can to make contact but Couture is just picking him apart. Astonishingly, Randy is out-striking Sylvia, even with his hands at his side from fatigue.
Round four and Couture takes Sylvia down with ease. Randy grinds him up with elbows and smothers him with the body. McCarthy stands them up and Sylvia eats a few more punches. ANOTHER takedown by Randy who rains down elbows. The crowd is on its feet. Sylvia finds his way to his feet and gets punished with strikes.
One round away from history and Couture muscles Sylvia to the floor. Couture stays busy with knees. The champ has no answer. Randy works to mount and drops some bombs. Sylvia escapes but Randy throws him back down like a rag doll. Sylvia’s left eye looks like a rotting plum. The seconds tick away and history is made.
Winner and new heavyweight champ: Randy “The Natural” Couture! (Unanimous Decision)
Wow. From the moment Sylvia was dropped in the first he had absolutely no answer for Couture. He said it best himself: “He would strike when I thought he would shoot and shoot when I thought he would strike – he kept me guessing all night”.
There was no way I thought Randy was going to win this but ladies and gentlemen I just finished a nice hot serving of my own words. In fact, it’s very difficult to type standing up. Unfortunately I can’t sit down because my tail is between my legs.
Randy didn’t just win, he dominated. He outstruck Tim from the opening round and took him down at will. It was very reminiscent of Randy/Chuck 1. What an amazing performance by an amazing athlete. I’m stunned. Congratulations Randy. You were right all along.
Well folks, there you have it. I apologize if it’s a little choppy but it’s almost 3am and I am out of coffee. Overall this was a mediocre PPV that was quickly elevated into a must-see PPV based on the unbelievable main event that still has me tingly. I can’t say enough about Randy’s performance and if you want to see a match that embodies everything that is exciting about MMA than look no further than Couture/Sylvia.
Randy Couture is the man.
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Randy!!!!!! Man I love it!!!!! I was soooooooo happy to see my boy back in the ring, and then to beat Tim who I really dislike….wow! I will have a great week now!!!!
AWESOME job, man. I just paid for the Pride set last weekend, so I was waiting for your report. Excellent job of taking us to ring-side. Hard to believe Randy did this to big TIM, but he deserves the title. Matt and Rich seem to have recovered.
I thought this was a REALLY weak card — especially after seeing the amazing PRIDE action. I love the UFC, but PRIDE is making them look second-rate. In fact, I’m worried for Chuck against Dan Henderson. … and Fedor looks unbeatable.
Thanks again.
Great fight, I thought I was watching pro’s v.s joe’s for just a second.
Randy dominated every second of every round in that fight, he completely out boxed, out wrestled and out classed Sylvia.
Hey MoreThanUfc, if that guy you were trash talking to should have logged off and called 911 for medical attention for predicting Couture would out box Sylvia. What should you do for thinking Sylvia would walk through Couture…I know…don’t trash talk fans because they have an opinion that differ’s from yours.
Proves what I always believed. You can teach a fighter anything but wrestling if he doesnt know it. Dominant wrestler wins every time if he can learn to strike.
Wow! i was pretty loaded by the time Randy and Tim came out, and by 10 seconds in i was sober. I still cannot find the words to describe what exactly i witnessed. Randy owned Tim, in all aspects of that fight, and what blew me away was his striking. That fight just proved that in MMA anything can happen. It was good to see Rich come out strong but Mcdonald could have had a better showing. For everybody on this site who believes that Matt Hughes is still in contention…his performance proved otherwise. We didn’t see anything special from him, sure he controled the fight but i didn’t see the same Matt Hughes of old. Weak takedowns, mostly leg trips, nothing explosive or dominant…Hats off to lytle, he was unfortunately caught up in Matt’s game but held his own, survived most of the fight in side control and was mounted a few times, Matt being unable to finish or generate anything dominant only foreshadows future outcomes of the former champ of the thickest division in the UFC that also contains the most well rounded fighters.
Great night for me….Randy is a true champion I couldn’t be happier about his win.He did exactly what he said he was going to do……not alot of that going on.
Babalu needs to keep his hands up…..
Jason Mac did a good job but its obvious hes not in the top tier after quitting ..
Hughes needs to retire to the farm…hes done
i guess that proves that modern trainingcan keep u fresh. weres the fountain of youth randy.
I hate it when people come on here and talk about pride. The UFC is the only fighting championship to watch. All pride is is a bunch of UFC washouts like nick diaz and frank trigg. Honestly who the hell wants to see trigg fight anymore. Give me a break. Fedor and only a couple more people are keeping that second rate production alive. It’s only time until it is all UFC owned! and on one other topic, Randy Couture is the shit.
I throughly enjoy last night’s fight. For a simple $10 I got see Rich Franklin back to his winning ways, and although I also so Matt Hughes win, it was definitely all worthy because I got see Tim Sylvia’s ass being kick up and down the cage.
When a very coked-up Joe Rogan proceed to due the ritual post-fight interview, I was a little disturbed that Randy had to go the “Praise-Jesus, Flag waving” route. Don’t get my wrong, I love this country and I believe in Deity. I just think that a fighter’s opinion on Religion and Politics should play anymore of a role then opinions about MMA should play in the Church or Capitol Hill. Being that it’s Randy Couture, however, I can learn to let it go.
This was not, however, the main complain I had. The major problem I had was when Joe Rogan when to ask Timmy “The bleeding Rag” Sylvia. Is it just serendipity that every time he looses he’s terribly injured. Last night at UFC 68 he came undone and instead of taking it like a man, he just made excuses.
Either way, all in all, as Timmy said when being asked about Randy’s comments about his pulse-less fight against Monson, aside all the moaning he made about being “injured”, Randy has the belt. Long live Captain America.
UFC washouts?
Hmmm, Herring, Rampage, A Silva, and Crocop ( yes, Crocop who lost to all three other Pride top HWS ) are considered spent fighters by Pride standards.
Diaz lost bs decisions with US BOXING judges at ringside that dont understand the ground game and Trigg is not a Pride fighter, he’s the Amercian TV color guy who was put on TV to get his ass kicked by Mizaki, it just didnt work out that way ( hehehe, the Japanese I dont always understand ).
Frequent posters know I’m an MMA fan first, and really dont like the Pride vs UFC shit much, but dont start what you cant back up.
BTW- If you didnt know, Pride refused to offer CC a contract extension because they felt there was nowhere for him to go, and his marketability in Japan had fallen off the map even with the OWGP title. I dont agree with that assessment, they aint always the sharpest tools, but it is what it is.
Oh yeah, wanted to post this as fast as I can.
The UFC have there blogging army out in full force today. Havent seen too much here yet, but a lot of other sites are being inundated with:
“That was soooo worth the money, ya know, doesnt everyone agree?”
“That was the best MMA card of all time!!! Glad I spent the $40.”
“The UFC puts on the best promotions of any organization in the world! Id pay twice that to see it again!”
Etc, etc, etc. Use your own heads, as most of the guys and gals on this site do. Manlove to UFCMANIA and the frequent posters here. You guys really are the best, whether we agree or not.
But, the UFC is feeling the heat from Pride 33 according to the insiders over on fightsport and MMAweekly. PPV presales werent as high as expected is what Im hearing. So, beware the hype.
Pride is starting to look like the UFC from several years ago, a very weak stack, while the UFC is stacking up. The only problem I have is with Joe Silva making fights that over-protect fighters until they get them hyped up. I hope this changes once he learns how to incorporate all of the new talent and loses his fear of having one of the top pay-roll guys lose.
There was only one fight worth watching which was timmy getting the shit beat out of him, and welll i like the upset Lambert Babalu figght that was good to. I still think Matt will never be champ again and neither will Franklin I was really hoping Macdonald would pull it off but he just looked over powered. I cant wait until the The Spyder goes to Ohio to whop Franklins ass again in is home town.
AND George
Pride is bad ass there match ups are way better then what the UFC puts together. I love the UFC but Pride does not suck PRIDE 33 was way better thet ufc 68 and it will be better than UFC 69 I dont know what card is worse 68 or 69
I actually agree with you ajadoniz. The problem I have with Joe Silva and Dana White’s matchups is that they arent designed for quality, they’re designed for entertainment value. I’m happy as hell Randy won, but ah, he just came out of retirement, lost his last fight, had shown and had said he couldnt handle the big boys anymore, and the results notwithstanding, didnt deserve a title shot.
When US MMA fans get a little more educated and stop bandwagonning every fighter with one or two wins and stop claiming guys are finished after one fight, maybe we will see some better quality. The one thing Pride has over the UFC that is indisputable is the knowledge base of their average fan. Babalu lost last night, ok, fuck, but its just one loss vs a body of work. The Babalu is done shit is being posted all over the internet. You think Japanese and Pride fans in general are saying Lil Nog is done because he got KOed in similar fashion to a TOTAL unknown? No.
Well, Babalu isn’t a “B” fighter after all, more of a D- and that’s being generous. He has got to get out of the camp he is in and learn how to box. It’s one thing to lose 2 fights in a row and its another to keep making your opponents highlight reels. I think he’s done and will never again be a contender. Hope I’m wrong though.
I love it when I call a fight right. Let’s move on.
MoreThanUfc make’s a great point. These two company’s will never reach an agreement that will benifit both company’s fairly. So we have 2 great company’s that give a different product. Both MMA but the majority of fans in Japan want something different than the majority of fans from the State’s.
I love both products, Pride has some really exciting fighter’s, maybe not Trigg or a few others but Henderson, Emelianenko, Gomi, Akiyama ect. are very exciting and talented fighter’s. I just like that there is more than one MMA product I can enjoy even though I’m a hardcore UFC fan.
No, Babalu has to do what Randy just did and go back to HW. Just kidding. I aint getting in a pissing match over Babalu’s career. It speaks for itself.
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=274
FEAR RULES THE FIGHT GAME:
HUGHES STILL HAS FEAR OF BEING BEAT.
FRANKLIN IS A STEP AWAY FROM HIS FEAR, BUT HE STILL HAS IT.
SILVIA HAS ALWAYS HAD THE FEAR AND ALWAYS WILL.
BABALOO DIDN’T KEEP HIS HANDS UP AND MOVE HIS HEAD AROUND, RANDY STYLE.
RANDY HAD NO FEAR. HE DIDN’T FEAR TO FIGHT. HE DIDN’T FEAR TO LOOSE THE FIGHT. RANDY WINS.
RANDY IS THE FIGHT GOD. AN AMAZING MAN!
I was most impressed by Randy’s boxing. The guy was bobbing and weaving very effectively, making Sylvia miss almost all of this punches. It looked like some sort of slow-motion bullet-dodging out of the Matrix, really. Quite impressive.
Too bad he has to be destroyed by CroCop. I would have rather seen CroCop murder Sylvia.
rich franklin looked like a completely different fighter last night than he did against silva, he looked ready to fight and he was impressive i thought against a pretty good fighter, he’ll be much more prepared for silva the second time and we’ll see a much better fight…i don’t know why everyone is saying hughes has lost it when he dominated lytle last night, he won every round convincingly, maybe not exciting, but he knows now he can’t stand with any decent strikers, he executed nicely last night and lytle ain’t no pussy…babalu came out nicely and then for some reason kept comming in with those knees and not protecting his face, lambert was drilling him, i thought babalu was smarter than that…this was a good ass pay per view, i’m not sure the next one is gonna be this tight, the card looks even weaker, one thing i still don’t understand is why we couldn’t see a couple more fights, i’m really interested in matt hamil and jon fitch, i want to see those guys fights and watch them progress, if the ufc is just gonna bury those fights to the pay per view buyers they should just put them on the fight night cards instead, beef up the fight nights and weaken the pay per view pre lims
who is the ying yang who said pride fighters are all ufc washouts. feder cro cop henderson sho gun and others would all kick the crap out of all the ufc crap fighters
I agree spida. Glad to see the smart spida today. I really do think you are two different ppl, lol.:)
I really wanna see more of Fitch, also.
I din’t like Tim, but before and after this fight. he showed so
much respect for randy, everybody knows what I mean ……..he will be back, after all he deserve it, he did it for and old friend.
efrain, are you like 8 yrs old?
Hey whats with all the jesus freaks?? Its almost like they were told to do that because they were in the midwest….The first thing timmy said after giving respect to randy was”I was injured coming into the fight” I hate that,if your too hurt to fight cancel it, GSP does it all the time. The UFC matchmaker needs to get the hint and stop doing so much protecting. Does anyone know if the UFC has a complaint department? Other then the protecting I have few complaints and gladly give them 40$ a month.
Randy, you broke me man……
Not a good night for the Millitich Camp.
I can not believe a lost can bring a man’s confidence down that much, well to most of them anyway. Matt H, Ace, Babalu, still have their last losses in their mind. As for T Silvia, I didn’t think your weak ass knees would last with Cro Cop anyway. What a “phenomenon striker” he was last night….
This card sucks but it was saved by the unexpected Coutour/Silvia crazy matchup. But I’d still pay $5 to watch it.
matt “snorefest” hughs, that fight was so fucking boring but the shocking srticking skills of Coutour, wow what a fight that made up for everything last night Sylvia didnt loose, he was completly dominated! Nick diez should come back and fight Matt hughs, then well see whos washed up.
Babalu completely underestimated Lamberts striking, Keep your hands up buddy, Babalu had lambrt rocked in the first then in poor decision he took him down. he had every chance to finish lambert at one point when they were on their feet. we still love you and still want Babalu vs Tito
“Tonight’s event brought to you by Jesus Christ”
-Yeah, really. Like Jesus Christ even watches or approves of fighting ( if he exists).
-Thank you Randy Couture, I hope Sylvia never gets another title shot again, he’s had enough of them.
-What’s with UFC vs Pride everywhere? It’s all MMA, if it’s good, enjoy it. If not, don’t watch. I prefer UFC, so does that mean I have to hate Pride? Why? If Pride puts together a good card, I might order it. There’s no reason to love one and bash the other (unless you own one of them). I watch for the fighters and the competition. Period.
Morethenufc didn’t you say ‘Randy was washed up when he was retired?’ Not bad huh
He beat Tim Sylvia. He didnt beat Mirko, Werdum, Fedor, Hunt, Vera, Nog, etc. Mad respect to the man and fellow soldier, but Sylvia is a B lvl talent at best who has fed off of the UFC HW division for the last 5 yrs. Poopies record is what it is, but I aint putting this one into the history books for anything other than the UFC finally gets rid of a HUGE black eye on their org. Flip off the fans, call out Fedor than refuse the fight, shit himself, drive a scooter, make an ass of himself on Blind Date, and then do the most classless thing and claim injury as your opponent is receiving his new belt. That is who Randy just beat. Couture “is my hero” to quote Blowgums, but dont make more out of it than it is.
Why Randy, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…. You crazy SOB I knew you’re gonna pool something like this… Da fuck man! Do you know who d fuck Cro Cop IS? He’s not Tim man, he is not even Ricco or Josh… He’s the one you don’t wanna meet… the most devastating striking machine that exists. He will, It hurts me to say, he’ll wreck you Randy, badly. Go to retirement now, you’ll be famous and in one peace at least! Oh Randy, oh…
You just gotta love Randy – he is such a great guy in interviews and handing Sylvia his ass make him even more likable. Still, it will be a sad sight when we see Randy entering the octagon with Mirko. Do the smart thing and retire Randy. Let Arlovski get the beating and then Cro Cop and Werdum share the HW title for a little under a decade to come.
If you read as much as I know you do, I don’t. However people can always say, ‘well but’. Fact is people would only buy Silvia vs Cro Cop to see Tim lose. People will flock the world to see Couture vs Cro Cop. (much bigger draw=$$$) So Couture will once again be the under dawg. He’s not to bad at that position huh. Just give a little credit where its due is all I’m saying.
Well – then again fact is, that he just came out of retirement and got a title shot immediately. Where else than in the UFC HW division is that possible? Its just something that shows how weak the UFC HW division is/was – Randy was good, but not in the same class as Cro Cop, Vera, Fedor, Hunt and other HW’s around the world.
Well, really too many comments to read so if I repeat what others say than forgive me…
I thought it was hilarious….I knew Couture was going to win…ok maybe 80% sure but still pretty sure….This is what I have been waiting for…Sylvia has never fought anyone like Randy and it showed..
The way Randy fought made me think that the Cro Cop fight is going to be more interesting then I first though..If Randy can get him down(which I have no doubt in my mind he can take him down) then the fight could go his way…
This was just really great to see especially when Sylvia blammed his loss on an injury! Please. How friggin disrespectful can you be to the man that just beat your ass? Ya he was hurt all right..His Pride. Randy made him for a fool…It was too good! Anywho, Sylvia won’t have the belt for awhile with Randy, Cro Cop and hopefully Arlovski comes back and then maybe Fedor? I hope.
O, and YouTapped, the way Randy fought last night he would take Vera out quicker….I can’t believe you put friggin Brandon Vera in the same class as Cro Cop and Fedor….
And who cares if people praise Jesus Christ? That’s their right.
Get used to it there are a lot of Christians in the UFC…They don’t all go around and live the “RockStar” lifestyle…
WOULDN’T IT BE COOL:
If Dana fed Silvia to Mirko before Randy fought Mirko?
Maybe we can call an intervention and talk Randy in to not fighting Mirko…we love you Randy! Don’t do it!
To: MorethanUFC
What happened to Babalu? LOL!! Remember this conversation? LOL!!!!! You crack me up dude!!!!!!!
Fort Murtha, you missed three key points in your analysis of Ortiz and Babalu
Babalu has fought and won and least twice on the same night 4 times!!!!!!!!!!
side note: Babalu has a win over Jose Landi-Jons who usually went by the name of “Pele”. Granted he was toward the end of his career, but to the more recent fans to MMA, Pele was thee shit, the most feared fighter in his disciplines for years and years. His MMA record is a bit deceiving considering he has probably fought 100-150 times in his life in real Vale Tudo and Muay Thai.
Jason “The Punisher” Lambert vs Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Round one finds a striking Babalu all over Lambert. Sobral gets him to the ground and works for the choke. Lambert defending well under pressure and escapes to his feet. They clinch and Lambert sneaks in an uppercut. Babalu backs off and eats a HUGE right, dropping to the canvas. Lambert pounces but can’t finish before the bell.
Sobral comes out to the second looking punch-drunk. Lambert scores a takedown of his own and follows up with some GnP. A little too long on the floor and they get stood up. Babalu tries for a flying knee but Lambert clowns him with a left, knocking the Brazilian out cold.
Winner by KO: Jason “The Punisher” Lambert.
Go ahead and hang em’ up Babalu! You are way overrated!!!
I agree Sylvia and Couture made for a wicked furiggin night… Whats next for the natural!!!!! Cro Cop? AA? ??? man this guy is still amazing at 43. As for Babalu gotta feel for this guy I thought he would have his way with Lambert a guy who lost to rahsad evens. I think his next match is slated for April isnt it? after seeing that outing I give Rento one more fight in the UFC if he loses i think hes gone. I like the guy hes got some btich’en tattoos and his entrence music got me jacked-up but man what the hell was that all about he was supposed to be ranked #10 in mma rankings.
Couture is that MAN! 43 years old and still whooped Tim who’s still in his prime. I think Tim was thinking about Cro Cop and it made it easier for him to lose this fight becasue it means he doesnt have to fight Cro Cop and get slayed by the hands and high kicks of Mirko! way to go COUTURE!
Yup Ft Murda I remember. I’m still stickin to my man Babalu. Is Lil Nog done? How bout Crocop after Randleman? How bout Couture after Liddell 2-3? How bout Franklin after Silva? You have an eye for the game. I hope you keep learning it.
UFCmania?
is there any chance we can start a petition to the UFC so they can start showing us all the fights? Im sure we coulld get a few thousand signitures
Babalu got knocked the F@%K OUT!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJRnZ_JU1RE
I’ll sign.
Babalu got knocked the F%&K OUT!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJRnZ_JU1RE
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO=) Your an idiot, lol. Find me anyone who said Lambert was gonna win anywhere. Youre too funny dude.
WOOOOOOOOOOO =) Looks like I hit a nerve there kid.
Naw, I’m just messin’ with you MorethanUFC .. Anything can happen in MMA
Gasoline made the same point about 20 of us made about Couture/Sylvia; Matrix bullet-dodging scenes. Randy’s stand-up looked f-ing awesome!! Sylvia looked like he couldn’t have dodged a punch with 5 hours notice. He really had a piss-poor showing, and has for his last 3 or 4 fights frankly. Is it me or are the Miletich fighters starting to look tired? Sylvia, Hughes, Pulver, Fisher, Horn….I dare you to argue that point.
Mark my words, Sylvia will NEVER win that belt back. He had his reign, but it’s over. Especially with the caliber of fighter they’re bringing in now. Couture/Cro Cop….tell me you wouldn’t watch that!! I would be very afraid for the well being of Couture but, Randy has just proved that no one really knows what will happen. That’s why I love it!!
I know dude. I said it somewhere else, I think you have a good eye for the game. Btw, the WOOOOOOOOOOO=) is from Danny Abaddi’s thread. I thought that would give away my tone in my post. If it didnt, I didnt really mean your an idiot at all. Did you check out the Machida fights I posted?
Didn’t randelman knock out cro cop in the first round in there first encounter, and didn’t couture tko randleman? I think randy has his work cut out with fighting cro cop but I wouldn’t say he has no chance. He suprised everyone I think with the silvia fight, standing and on the ground, I think he could out wrestle cro cop and doubt he will just stand in front of him to get nailed by his brutal kicks. Like dana said ” I’m done counting couture out” anything can happen in mma so please enough with the randy will get destroyed by cro cop. I’ll still be suprised if he beats cro cop but I was suprised as hell that he dominated silvia all 5 rounds last night, hes no joke and seems to be better than ever.
Hughes on the other had was unimpressive and I doubt he has what it takes to get his belt back. Franklin on the other hand I feel has a pretty good chance, Silva has holes in his game and think franklin will do much better the second time around. Even though I’m a fan of hughes his last 3 fights haven’t been very impressive I’m not looking forward to the inevitable gsp/hughes rematch. Gsp unlike silva doesn’t have any holes in his game…. is excellent standing and on the ground and is very strong to boot. Hughes will need a miracle for that fight and may need a legion of angel’s this time. Silvia is a turd for bringing up the back problems after he lost, what a suck………didn’t he get owned in the stand up? which I don’t think is back related, a true goof to the end. Randy is a stud and I hope he holds on to the belt for his next 3 fights of his contract.
Yea, I tripped out when I read that!
No, I haven’t checked them out yet. I having difficulties finding the Chuck’s pics kid …
MorethanUFC, where are the Machida fights that you posted?
I know this is gonna sound like sour grapes to some ( Ft. Murda, yeah you ), but I just watched the Babalu Lambert fight again.
Lately there has been a lot of criticism directed Big John’s way that he has a habit of calling fights that favor one fighter over the other. He trains with Couture for crissakes than calls the guys fight for example. Not saying it mattered, just putting that out there.
Well, I didnt notice it last night, but tonite I saw 2 concrete fouls and two maybe fouls by Lambert. The definites were abrading the gloves over Babalu’s cut, and the other was a deliberate throat strike with the elbow. The maybes were a cut gouge at the end of rd 1, and the other was against the fence, it looked like Lambert headbutted him.
I’m looking for some objective viewpoints here. What do you guys thinks?
Hey MorethanUFC, why do you have to direct that towards me? =) I said that I was just messing with you! =)
what do you think about my last post, Ft Murda? Watch it again if you have to. Its up on DM and YT.
I have to agree with you ..
Sounds alot like Tim…excuses
No, not excuses. Just like MorethanUFC said, “fouls”. It could’ve went either way. Just basically pointing out fouls. If you take a look at the other fights on the card, there were a lot of hits to the back of the head throughout the night.
Thanks for the objective comment Tommy. I’m not making any excuses for my boy, but cheating has no place in any sport, and I’m wondering where Big John’s vaunted officiating was. None of it mattered, it was Lamberts hands that finished it, and really started it all with the uppercuts, but where was the officiating? Knock Herb Dean if you must, but I’ve have always said he is better then BJ.
OK HERE WE GO AGAIN…
couture just beat tim for the belt, and every one on this sight said that it couldnt be done (besides me)…now people are saying he cant beat cro cop…WTF! has anybody learned anything from last night. if randy says he’s was gunna build a time machine and go back in time and fight bruce lee and win YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT SHIT!!!
randy is an MMA gangsta!!!
THIS IS ALL TIM “THE LAME-IAC” SYLVIA IS GOOD FOR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C9YeZ-nLOE
Randy does what ever Randy wants, and that’s all there is to it.
Good one Savior! LOL!
Man, I am probably one of Babalu’s biggest fans but he just plain got KTFO!!! He has zero standup and it didn’t matter who the ref was. The best thing he has going for him is some bad ass tattoos. Like I said earlier, unless he changes camps and gets a stand up game he is finished. Even then, he has alot to prove. I will be anxious to see what he does but my guess is he will disappear again…maybe for good.
Don’t feel bad A.A.
I was on my soapbox for weeks calling Randy “Deadman Walking”
I never thought I would have anything in common with Tim Sylvia but it looks like Randy clowned two idiots that night.
Randy vs Cro Cop – the beauty and beast…
That on the other hand, is not a good match up.
Get it up you Timmy. I was been saying this for a long time Timmy is shite, even his own camp says he has no talent. Randy saw that and made him pay, made him pay with style. Timmy has always been a paperweight champ, he never went out there to win the fight but not to lose. I still want to see Timmy fight with Cro Cop and see how he fairs against other world class fighters. Oh and another thing i hope Timmy washed the back of the belt because he’s been wearing that for a long time and its got to stink.
i think that it is bullshit that he got the shot in the first place hes 43 years old while brandon “The truth” Vera who is 7-0 in thufc does not even get a title shot.Also fighters like Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson whoes only have one fight in the ufc is most likely going to get title shot next
By the way vera is 8-0, but you need to calm yourself down a little. Brandon has only been in the ufc for a year, so he’ll get his title shot eventually. Mirko and quinton have already acheived their mark, so they deserve it.
Actually he probably won’t get a title shot because his contact is almost over.
CONTRACT*
im just sayin its not fair that new fighters that have just cum in the ufc won one fight and the get a title shot
What’s with the POOPER and POOPY PANTS references to Timmy?
black english, check my name MoreThanUFC. Do you really think Crocop has to “prove” himself anymore by crushing the old UFC HW division? I’m glad you agree with me that Couture never should have gotten a shot, other than for PPV sales.
mrb46, man this is old news. Tim Sylvia crapped himself during a live PPV about, what, 2 yrs ago. Nice brown stain on his undies for all to see. I mean it’s not uncommon for fighters to wear a sort of Depends into the ring, especially when facing a tough BJJ guy who may choke you out, and poop you out, but Timmy just plain shit himself.
I watched, and it was alright… Worth the money? Not so sure, but I guess the UFC is gotta eat.
I think about 80% of the matchups don’t make sense, but some of them end up being memorable. I would be interested to see someone crunch the numbers to see how many good fights come outta bad matchups. I’m guessing Dana White has someone on that, and that’s why we get what we get.
So, the individual matches.
Hughes vs Lytle – pretty boring match, I think Matt commanded the action, but took a pretty conservative approach. Every time he took at risk, he had like 7 seconds left in the round. Let’s see what he can do against someone with a record and championship aspirations. How about Diego? Don’t thank Jesus for that Matt, someone else might be backin Diego.
Franklin vs McDonald – nice match, Rich dominated standup and the ground games and Jason quit before he got demolished. I think Rich will get one more match (How about Evans or Jardine?), and with another win a shot at the championship, which Silva may still be sitting on.
Silvia vs Couture – WOW. I was hoping for a good match, Randy is amazing but I really was stunned. That was a clinic, Dana must have sighed with relief after that. He’s gonna look like a genius now… How about CroCop? I’m backing Couture.
If I’m going to continue to watch these events there has got to be more matches. I don’t even care if it’s unknowns, maybe these guys can make a few clams extra. UFC fighters gotta eat!
Been reading for a while, finally felt like posting something.
The images from the Couture vs Silvia are going to be burned in my mind forever. I am still in shock from seeing Silvia hit the floor in round one!
i just thought of a question.
which fight do you guys think was the biggest 5-round a@@ whooping:
Rich Franklin vs David Loiseau
or
Tim Sylvia vs Randy Couture
or Tito Otriz vs Randy Couture?
Randy dominated vitor belfort twice, tito ortiz(humiliated him), chuck lidell once, and now tim sylvia. now thats a track record
I have no idea if this was mentioned above but Franklin calling out Silva is funny because Silva stills needs to get past Nathan Marquart which who I honestly believe to be the best Middleweight in the UFC…Franklin will fight Silva again but it won’t be for the title because Marquart will have the belt tight around his waist….
COUTURE VS CRO COP that will be the best fight in history since UFC 40 ken vs tito = old vs young. Good luck RANDY crush him CRO COP. CRO COP FAN.