Bout Time!! Now Dana needs to stop hardballing and get Fedor over here and then the merger will be complete.

Now he can F*ck Chuck. Proper F*ck.

What great news to start off my day. Now drag tito’s bitch ass to the octagon n let wanderlei smash his face in (december). I really dont wanna c wanderlei fight chuck in his UFC debut. He is signed, there is no rush. Id like to c him destroy tito 1st.

We have to get wnderlei vs henderson part III
The serious is split at 1 win a piece, a third fight is inevitable. WOW!!!! Excited

WOW! What great news to wake up to. about Time! I just hope dana doesnt rush the fight between him n Liddell. Wanderlei is signed no reason to throw him in the cage wit chuck right off the bat. In wanderlei’s return to the octagon, his 1st fight should be him avenging his loss to Tito….. I really wanna c silva smash tito’s face in. I doubt Tito will ever come up wit the guts to get in a cage wit wanderlei,rampage, or shogun, but hopefully Dana drags tito to the cage n throws him in wit silva. Results: Tito get mauled in the 1st rd.

Dream match opponents for Silva:
Tito

Liddell

Verra

Hendo 3 wit the series split at 1 win each a 3rd fight between the two is inevitable

Rampage 3 (curious to c if Rampage learned to stop the tai clinch)

Forget Shogun, they would NEVER fight each other

Seeing wanderlei destroy Rashad would be entertaining.

If Houston Alexander beats Sakara in a dominating fashion,
I wouldnt mind houston being wanderlei’s warm up fight(they would both put there chins down n swing for the fences) in no way do I think that houston has a shot at winning. But it would be entertaining (if Houston continues to fight like he did against Jardine that is)

I would have added Forrest to that list, but I suspect that forrest will be out of action for a while after what shogun’s got in store for him. After that fight it will be a long time b4 forrest gets into the ring wit a chute box fighter again.

Welcome Axe Murderer!

Wanderlei and Shogun are training partners as are Koschek and Fitch. I’m sure there are plenty of other sets. Those guys will never fight each other. That might seem like BS at first- that fighters should be prepared to fight whomever the UFC says. But those guys are so good BECAUSE they train with the best. So certain additional considerations have to be made when they’re trying to put together a PPV event.

[quote comment=”128980″]Welcome Axe Murderer!

Wanderlei and Shogun are training partners as are Koschek and Fitch. I’m sure there are plenty of other sets. Those guys will never fight each other. That might seem like BS at first- that fighters should be prepared to fight whomever the UFC says. But those guys are so good BECAUSE they train with the best. So certain additional considerations have to be made when they’re trying to put together a PPV event.[/quote]

Plus shogun n wanderlei r more like family then training partners. wanderlei is older then shogun n they been around each other forever, so shogun prolly grew up lookin up to wanderlei. Point being, they r family n we will never c them fight each other. Lets respect that, cuz I dont know about you but there’s no way Im fighting my brother in the octagon.

If u r just training partners I say fight!
If u r family, or consider each other family then I have no problem wit them saying they wont fight each other.

Shogun sacrificed a lot because how tight he is wit wanderlei, He has never had a title shot only because of how close him n wanderlei r. If he stepped away from title contention, then obviously these two r close to the point were they shouldnt fight each other.

Doesn’t mean we cant watch n enjoy them destroy everyone else

LET THE PRIDE DOMINATION BEGIN - always had a stronger LHW division ( & HW for that matter ) - can anyone see a future LHW champ who didn’t come from Pride ?

I wanna see yoshida (I think thats his name)
The judo guy from pride who choked gracie and armbared frye.
He is wicked!!!

I keep saying it but Chuck is a bad fight for Wandy and he will KO him quickly,for everyone else they better watch their f**k*ng backs coz Wandy is a killer,they dont call him the axe murderer for nothing,he comes out to fight like a pshyco and is a truely entertaining fighter,I would love to see him fight Machida and give him a beating for being boring,I would love to see him fight Bisping aswell,now that would be one hell of a fight whoever won it,like Bisping or not no-one can argue that that wouldnt be probably the most exciting fight ever in the history of the sport.

Now where the hell is FEDOR!

Do you think Wandy is going to let Mauricio have his time now…Or will Wandy have the first run at the title and retire in a couple of years thereby leaving Mauricio to destroy all in his path.

Any opinions on it guys?

Who cares about Wanderlei signing at this point? Its been done weeks ago and the actual signing was just pro forma. More interesting, in a recent interview Sokodjou revealed what the deal-breaker with the UFC really was. It was NOT the money, he said he offered even to fight for less money, if they would give him some names. But - as he stated - the UFC is too protective about their fighters.

After asking to fight for example Michael Bisping a UFC representative replied with: “Are you on crack?”. He did not wanted to reveal any names of those who have been offered to him as opponents, but he said that they’ve been offering nobodys/nonames.

[quote comment=”129013″]I wanna see yoshida (I think thats his name)
The judo guy from pride who choked gracie and armbared frye.
He is wicked!!![/quote]

I love Yoshida… his Judo is nasty. Hes got an olympiv gold medal for crying out load. I do not know how he would fight without the Gi. Hpwever I heard rumors that he would be fighting in the UFC at LHW before the year is over.

Fightbuddah…. Im afraid that u r right, LHW champ will be a pride guy for a long time

[quote comment=”129025″]Do you think Wandy is going to let Mauricio have his time now…Or will Wandy have the first run at the title and retire in a couple of years thereby leaving Mauricio to destroy all in his path.

Any opinions on it guys?

RobH: I have seen a couple different interviews (wanderlei) saying that now its Shoguns time to shine, and that shogun is the Chute Box question.

So to answer your question. Shogun will definetly get 1st crack at the title. If Shogun doesn’t win the title(which I really doubt) then wanderlei will go after the title. But IM Positive that Chute Box plans on having Shogun as the UFC champ.

[quote post=”3062″]LET THE PRIDE DOMINATION BEGIN - always had a stronger LHW division ( & HW for that matter ) - can anyone see a future LHW champ who didn’t come from Pride ? [/quote]

Many guys from the UFC have a good shot at being LHW champ: Liddell, Couture and Vera could be within the next year or two… In the more distant future I could see the champ being Forrest, Rashad, or Bisping. If I didn’t these answers I would have said Henderson or Wanderlei since they both started out in the UFC, but they should be considered Pride fighters anyway because thats where they made themselves known.

correction: and that shogun is the Chute Box champion

I have herd this both from Wanderlei, as well as the Chute Box grand master Rudimar

1212121212: u r right Couture, Liddell and Verra can compete with them imedietly.

Forrest, Jardine, Rashad, and Bisping are gonna have to get in the back of the line. I dont c them really shinning for at least another year or 2

YouTapped: I didnt hear about that. If thats true then Im pissed. Dana gave up on a 23 year old top 10 LHW fighter because he wanted to fight big named fighters. Soukodjou should be rewarded for showing that kind of warrior spirit instead he wont be in the UFC. Dana, for all the good things he did for the UFC, he sure makes it hard for us to like him when he does boneheaded shit like that.

The Liddell vs. Silva fight is a given, but the other opponenets that Silva may potentially fight are awesome, as well. I agree John that seeing Silva fighting guys like Evans, Jardine and Griffin won’t be the most appealing, but fans would still pay money to see those fights, I know I would. What I would love to see is Silva rematch with Ortiz and fight Vera, when he decides to down to Light Heavyweight.

They’re going to put Wanderlei against Chuck; at least, they should. Anything else would not only be a disappointment, but also a betrayal. Because of that, Shogun is going to get the first shot at a title (if/when he beats Forrest Griffin, he’s next in line to go at Rampage or Hendo).

Ideally, we’ll see a Shogun vs. Wandy fight. It was impossible before, but now that Silva isn’t associated with Chute Boxe, there’s nothing keeping them apart.

everytime there is an interview with dana white he always has to mention Chuck Liddel.

Im salivating at the potential of seeing wandy destroy Tito. However, I dont think tito has the balls to take that fight. Dana would have to drag him in the octagon to fight wandy. Tito Ducks every tough fighter, and I suspect that he will do the same when talks of wandy vs. Tito start. He will use his unsettled beef wit rashad as an excuse, then he will come up wit another excuse, and another. Tito belongs in the WWE

Would pay anything to c Tito get mauled by Wandy

[quote comment=”128976″]WOW! What great news to wake up to. hopefully Dana drags tito to the cage n throws him in wit silva. Results: Tito get mauled in the 1st rd.

Dream match opponents for Silva:
Tito

Liddell

Verra

Hendo 3 wit the series split at 1 win each a 3rd fight between the two is inevitable

Rampage 3 (curious to c if Rampage learned to stop the tai clinch)

Forget Shogun, they would NEVER fight each other

Seeing wanderlei destroy Rashad would be entertaining.

I wouldnt mind houston being wanderlei’s warm up fight(they would both put there chins down n swing for the fences) in no way do I think that houston has a shot at winning. But it would be entertaining (if Houston continues to fight like he did against Jardine that is)[/quote]

Hey John, I think any of these fights would be fun to watch. Even though they are a weight class up, You might as well add Silvia, AA, and Monson to the list. Man look at the possibilities. This is going to be awesome.

I wonder if Wand will like cage rules better than Pride. You know how he likes those kicks and knees when his opponent down.

MANIA-I love the look on Dana’s face in the picture.

I just hope Dana smartens up and gets rid of his huge EGO. Wasn’t he bad mouthing W. Silva a little while back? And now he is as happy as a 5 yr old kid that got his 1st bike on his birthday…..I just think Dana is bad for the UFC.
I don’t think we will see Pride ever again. They are just working on making the UFC the only MMA Brand that everyone will know. I think the only person that can ruin that is DANA because he sometimes speaks before he thinks and takes shit to be personal. Be a business man Dana, but don’t become a Vince Mcmahon. His Dana White SPIKE show was the closest he has been to creating a WWE show.

*does the cock stroke motion*
Without soccer kicks to the face, he isnt holding a belt anytime soon unless they put him right up against Rampage.

[quote comment=”129079″]MANIA-I love the look on Dana’s face in the picture.

I just hope Dana smartens up and gets rid of his huge EGO. Wasn’t he bad mouthing W. Silva a little while back? And now he is as happy as a 5 yr old kid that got his 1st bike on his birthday…..I just think Dana is bad for the UFC.
I don’t think we will see Pride ever again. They are just working on making the UFC the only MMA Brand that everyone will know. I think the only person that can ruin that is DANA because he sometimes speaks before he thinks and takes shit to be personal. Be a business man Dana, but don’t become a Vince Mcmahon. His Dana White SPIKE show was the closest he has been to creating a WWE show.[/quote]

I hear that…his face looks pathetic. Greedy bastard. Continue to give 3 k to the scrubs for risking their lives while you roll in the millions and shake hands in offices.

dana and them make it seem like this was some kind of cliffhanger that was always in doubt, to me it was inevitable, it was only a matter of time… chuck vs. wandy in december, barring a keith jardine upset at 76…

[quote comment=”129099″]dana and them make it seem like this was some kind of cliffhanger that was always in doubt, to me it was inevitable, it was only a matter of time… chuck vs. wandy in december, barring a keith jardine upset at 76…[/quote]
I think even with Jardine winning, you’d still see Liddell - Silva

[quote comment=”129041″]YouTapped: I didnt hear about that. If thats true then Im pissed.[/quote]

Well, read UFCmania’s latest post.

[quote comment=”129126″][quote comment=”129041″]YouTapped: I didnt hear about that. If thats true then Im pissed.[/quote]

Well, read UFCmania’s latest post. :P[/quote]

Yep, last two days I’ve been slammed. Would have got it up sooner.

i don’t know i think silva shouldn’t fight chuck on his first fight i honestly would like ortiz to fight him and i think he would if he doesn’t fight evans again in his next fight. throw him babulu if he wins next week, i still would love to see lidell vs silva, but he needs a warm up match a decent one all these pride stars got one besides henderson boy did he get a raw deal.

[quote comment=”129032″][quote comment=”129025″]Do you think Wandy is going to let Mauricio have his time now…Or will Wandy have the first run at the title and retire in a couple of years thereby leaving Mauricio to destroy all in his path.

Any opinions on it guys?

RobH: I have seen a couple different interviews (wanderlei) saying that now its Shoguns time to shine, and that shogun is the Chute Box question.

So to answer your question. Shogun will definetly get 1st crack at the title. If Shogun doesn’t win the title(which I really doubt) then wanderlei will go after the title. But IM Positive that Chute Box plans on having Shogun as the UFC champ.[/quote]

Cheers John that’s good to hear. It’s what I want to see. I’d love to see Wandy fight Tito, Liddell and Belfort (yes bring him back so Wandy can settle the score).

ok let the lhw games begin.its going to be a killer ending to 07

This has already been said and yet I will repeat it in hopes of this topic gaining attention/momentum…

In December, Wandy vs. Tito WHO WANTS TO SEE THIS ON PPV?

This fight is interesting because it has so many layers to peel off. Tito has his Victory of the pairs first fight and Silva has to want that opportunity back at some point, Tito needs to bring his reputation back with a dramatic victory over a NAME fighter at least as well known as “Tito Ortiz”.
Wanderlei Silva provides an impressive name. Because two doses of Shamrock and two *barely holding on for a decision* victory/tie over the UFC TUF young guns and another beating from Lidell are not keeping Tito in the same light he once enjoyed. I think he’s got the tools ,he just needs to wow people again.

This fight would definetly have a Winners Winner and a losers loser. It’s all on the line. They both have a past, present and future in the UFC. And if either of them does win dramtically, think of where that cements both of their own individualy legacies in MMA. And if it’s a an Absolute WAR, then a loss might be better then beating a nobody anyway in the eyes of the fans. Two types of fans will be watching.
Those that want to see Tito Get Pummeled by anyone and those who want to see Wandy kick the crap out of anyone.
And that’s why Tito needs to take this fight…

Reminds me of my younger days watching WCW…in like 93′
Ric Flair- “To be the man, You gotta Beat the Man”

BZ

p.s. almost forgot the “WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH”
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Support Silva V. Ortiz for December !!!

What happens if Griffin beats Shogun? And Wandi vs Tito would be a good warm up fight for Wandi and a chance to avenge a loss. Wandi would KO Rashad in Rd1. Griffin and Wandi would be a bloodbath though we will prob never see it. Page has got to be sweating it knowing all the guys who beat him are now signing to the UFC. Even if Page defeats Hendo i dont see him making it past a second title defense.

[quote comment=”129134″][quote comment=”129126″][quote comment=”129041″]YouTapped: I didnt hear about that. If thats true then Im pissed.[/quote]

Well, read UFCmania’s latest post. :P[/quote]

Yep, last two days I’ve been slammed. Would have got it up sooner.[/quote]

The remark was toward the “I didn’t hear about that.”, not meant as a pissing contest. I think we’re past this by now, eh?
Also, I’d suggest you highlight in your article that Soku thinks Fedors stand-up sucks as its quite an interesting statement to say the least.

[quote comment=”129033″][quote post=”3062″]LET THE PRIDE DOMINATION BEGIN - always had a stronger LHW division ( & HW for that matter ) - can anyone see a future LHW champ who didn’t come from Pride ? [/quote]

Many guys from the UFC have a good shot at being LHW champ: Liddell, Couture and Vera could be within the next year or two… In the more distant future I could see the champ being Forrest, Rashad, or Bisping. If I didn’t these answers I would have said Henderson or Wanderlei since they both started out in the UFC, but they should be considered Pride fighters anyway because thats where they made themselves known.[/quote]

Hey,
With all due respect Chuck and Randy were/are great but the UFC have had too many threesomes…Randy,Tito & Chuck, Tito, Chuck & Randy etc etc…meaning those guys weren’t improving by fighting each other so often (no other competition I guess), Pride guys were fighting more “top” guys cause it’s a stronger division…..look who is champ, is going to be champ & who will be champ(Shogun).
I really like Griffin & Bisping but Griffin will never be champ(love his fights and is a great guy), Bisping possibly but will need to improve tenfold asap.
Vera…top guy….spent alot of time with him socialising and having a chat…he wants HW first for sure(though Fedor may be a slight obstacle) and then and only then will drop to LHW. He’s the (old)UFC’s saviour….imo

I’m also concerned about the UFC being “the one and only” MMA organisation. Competition is good….Pride V’s UFC is good…Dana’s Guy V’s Dana’s Guy…bad.
PS..Franklin/Okami…Liddell/Jardine…c’mon…poor main events

[quote comment=”129037″]1212121212: u r right Couture, Liddell and Verra can compete with them imedietly.

Forrest, Jardine, Rashad, and Bisping are gonna have to get in the back of the line. I dont c them really shinning for at least another year or 2[/quote]

“compete”….I could do that but I’d lose also.

[quote comment=”129079″]MANIA-I love the look on Dana’s face in the picture.

I just hope Dana smartens up and gets rid of his huge EGO. Wasn’t he bad mouthing W. Silva a little while back? And now he is as happy as a 5 yr old kid that got his 1st bike on his birthday…..I just think Dana is bad for the UFC.
I don’t think we will see Pride ever again. They are just working on making the UFC the only MMA Brand that everyone will know. I think the only person that can ruin that is DANA because he sometimes speaks before he thinks and takes shit to be personal. Be a business man Dana, but don’t become a Vince Mcmahon. His Dana White SPIKE show was the closest he has been to creating a WWE show.[/quote]

Here Here…though Dana has been great for MMA but may become a monster

Big Zino: u got my vote for wanderelei vs. Tito 2, but I really cannot c tito agreeing to that fight. He has a history off ducking top fighters and wandy is the nastiest of them all(he may not be #1, but he is the most brutal). Tito is all talk, i really dont think tito will ever man up so we can c that fight happen.

Its a shame Tito’s scared. and for anyone to tell me tito isnt is crazy

Big Zino: You got my vote as well! I would love to see that fight. I do not think tito would get smashed as fast as every one seems to think, tito seems to have a way of hanging around in fights and is a tough guy to finish off. Tito would have a chance against wandi…….. all i hope for is the chance to see this fight

Silva, next LHW champ.

Great. Before seeing this clip, I was positive that if anyone looked like Homer Simpson, it was Wanderlei Silva. But seeing him next to Dana White, I ain’t so sure.

[quote comment=”129343″]Silva, next LHW champ.[/quote]

Ur dreamin.

3 WORDS …THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

I wish I was a new fan and i didnt know about wanderlei silva, seeing him for the 1st time ever would be so awesome. Too bad I seen at least 30 of his fights.

If anyone doesnt know who wandy is(which I doubt), enjoy man, the dude is nasty n Brutal. I dont think there is a more brutal fighter in the world then wanderlei Silva

Dream Match:
Anderson Silva(bulked up at 205) vs. Shogun That would be an instant classic

doubt we will ever c that though( silva is to dominate at 185 to move up to 205) its still nice to think about it!

Where is FEDOR ??? Hurry up Dana!!!!!

[quote comment=”129535″]Where is FEDOR ??? Hurry up Dana!!!!![/quote]

I know eh.. SIGN FEDOR NOW.

and yeah wanderlei is a maniac.. lets hope he can keep himself for Kicking and stomping on somebodys head win they are on the ground.

Chute Box fighters trained with UFC rules before this as well, if you saw Shogun whipping ass at the US Pride events you know he can fight without kicking the head and I wager that Wanderlei is the same.

All i have to say is…….TITO VS SILVA!!!!!

Watching Silva Kill anyone is a fun fight.

If his opponent isn’t up to it they get smashed, and if they are, they normally get smashed for a bit longer b4 the fight is stopped.

Too many fighters in the UFC worried about their looks. Silva will change that!!!

That guy will happily lose an eye to take out an opponent. A PROPER GEEZA!!!

[quote comment=”129023″]I keep saying it but Chuck is a bad fight for Wandy and he will KO him quickly,for everyone else they better watch their f**k*ng backs coz Wandy is a killer,they dont call him the axe murderer for nothing,he comes out to fight like a pshyco and is a truely entertaining fighter,I would love to see him fight Machida and give him a beating for being boring,I would love to see him fight Bisping aswell,now that would be one hell of a fight whoever won it,like Bisping or not no-one can argue that that wouldnt be probably the most exciting fight ever in the history of the sport.

Now where the hell is FEDOR![/quote]

I don’t know man…. I think Chuck is Wicked!! (got to love someone who can knock mo fo’s out so effortlessly) But i think that Silva is a bit too much for him, he needs people he can pick apart then kill in a single blow, I can’t Silva giving him the chance.

On that note though… I’m looking forward to seeing Chuck POST Champion to see if he becomes a bit more of aa aggressor in the ring….Octagon…whatever

Whatever the case… I think we are in for some real good match ups in the LHW division

Axe Murderer back in the octagon, now the fun really begins. Give Wanderlai one of the TUF guys as a warm up to reacclimate himself with the cage. Then put him in with Tito Ortiz and see if he cuts through the HBB. The following fight, you guessed it…Chuck Liddell, the fight we should have saw in November of 06, that’s a pick em fight. Chuck could KO him like Henderson did, he’s got that kind of power. Wanderlei could give him problems with that thai clich he used to desimate Rampage.

I think Rampage could beat Wanderlei, you don’t go through 2 loses with out learning what to watch for. Rampage has TKO power as well and demonstrated it against chuck. Henderson can beat him again and would give him another TKO. We don’t how these fights would turn out until we see them happen

yes!wanderlei silva finally.i’ve seen all of his fights in pride and it’s always exciting!he’s the most intense fighter i’ve ever seen.my only worry is that he gets dq’ed for those soccer kicks he loves to throw, which were aloud in pride. anyway i can’t wait to see him fight in the ufc. i don’t care who he fights , i’m ready for the kind of intensity he brings to the big show. he’s been by far my favorite fighter ever. bring on ortiz, lidell, rampage,hendo. win or lose the fights will be very exciting and aggressive.can’t wait! to see what he can do to destroy an opponent look at the open weight tournament when he fought and destroyed fujita. it was great. fujita weighed in at 265 lbs. wanderlei made a mess of him. just can’t wait to see him in the octagon! good work to dana white he is truly getting the best fighters in the world. soon he’ll have fedor, don’t worry about it.

IT IS LUDACRIS THAT THIS MORTAL (ICEMAN) EVEN ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE REALM OF WANDERLEI SILVA.