UFC 79: “Nemesis” is set to go off LIVE tonight (December 29) from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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This New Year’s Eve weekend event is loaded with 10 bouts, including an interim welterweight title match and the historic showdown between two of the most recognizable champions in the history of the sport.
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Without further delay, see below for the latest UFC 79 results. WARNING: These are potential spoilers! (Note — This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest results!)
UFC 79 QUICK RESULTS:
Georges St. Pierre defeats Matt Hughes via submission (armbar) in round two
Chuck Liddell defeats Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision
Eddie Sanchez defeats Soa Palalei via TKO (Strikes) Round 3
Lyoto Machida defeats Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via Arm Triangle Choke Round 2
Rich Clementi defeats Melvin Guillard via Rear Naked Choke Round 1
James Irvin defeats Luis Cane via disqualification (illegal knee)
Manny Gamburyan defeats Nate Mohr via submission (heal hook) in round one
Dean Lister defeats Jordan Radev via unanimous decision
Roan Carneiro defeated Tony DeSouza via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Mark Bocek defeats Doug Evans via unanimous decision
UFC 79 BLOW-BY-BLOW LIVE MAIN CARD COMMENTARY:
Wassup people DrubySunshine here for one of the most anticipated cards of the year. No need to talk lets just get to the action folks tonight should be an instant classic. Enjoy Maniacs.
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre for UFC interim welterweight championship (170-pound limit)
Round one: HUghes shoots but misses. GSP with a high kick. Leg kick by GSP. Hughes again misses a take down. GSP with another leg kick. Hughes reaching with his jab. Nice kick from GSP. Hughes shoots but GSP sprawls and avoids the take down. GSP now gets the take down of his own!! GSP in Hughes full guard and hes raining elbows. GSP posturing up and raining down punches. GSP now in Hughes half guard. GSP landing some solid rights. ELbow from GSP. GSP dominating on the ground. ST Pierre slaming Hughes head on the mat! St Pierre with some SICK rights!! Now he has Hughes back but thats the bell! GSP dominated that round and won it easily 10-9.
Round two: High kick from GSP. They clinched and St Pierre gets another great take down!! GSP in Hughes half guard. Hughes now with full guard. GSP now moves to half guard. Hughes with some nice elbows from the bottom. Nice elbow from GSP. Another solid elbow right to the ear from GSP. GSP passes to half guard. GSP raining some punches from side control. ST PIerre with the mount!!!! NOw he has his back with DEEP hooks in!! Hughes scrambles and GSP lets go of his hooks. Hughes reverses!! Hughes with a single leg. Both fighters exchange knees. St Pierre with a SICK judo throw!!! Now hes on top! St Pierre locks in an arm bar!! Thats it its all over. WOW! Complete domination by GSP.
Final result: Georges St. Pierre defeats Matt Hughes via submission (armbar) in round two
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Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva (205-pound limit)
Round one: Its finally here folks. Lidell with a leg kick. SIlva with a right. Silva lands a left hook. Leg kick by Silva. Chuck with a HUGE left and combo. Silva with a GREAT counter!! Chuck with a high kick. HUGE right by chuck. Leg kick from SIlva. Silva with a left hook. LIdell with a solid right. Stining one two combo from chuck. Chuck with a HUGE right and both fighters exchange monstrous blows!! Chuck lands two solid rights. Silva with a left. Thats the bell. Id give that round to Chuck 10-9 he landed more shots and they had more power.
Round two: Silva lands a great combo. Silva with another right. SIlva lands a HUGE right. It snapped chuicks head back. Silva lands another combo. Lidell with leg kick. Body kick from SIlva. Straight right from Lidell. Chuck slips and Silva lands a solid left. Another good body kick by Silva and a great left!! HUGE right knocks down chuck!!! But Silva doesnt capitalize. Great jab by Chuck and Silva counters with a great left. Lidell with a huge left and Silva is cut bad!!! Elbow by Lidell. Silva throwing wild bombs!!! Silva with a great right. Nows chucks bleeding. SIlva with a fantadstic combo. Chuck with ahuge right!! Silva counters and chuck gets the take down!!! Thats the round. Id give it to Silva 10-9 but it could go either way.
Round three: WOW! Chuck with the take down!!! Silva back to his feet. Silva with a left. High kick from Silva. Silva with a combo. Chuck with an over the top right. Silva charges and lands a left. Jab by Lidell. SPinning backfist!!! Then a combo!!! Silva is hurt! Chuck is raining bombs!!!! Jab by Lidell. Silva with a solid left. Lidell with some huge rights!!! Silva with a great right. Silva with a good left. Lidell with a take down!!! Thats the fight and it should a WIN for Lidell.
Final result: Chuck Liddell defeats Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision
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Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palalei (265-pound limit)
Round one: Sanchez charges and throws a combo while Sao clinches up against the cage. Both fighters are clinched. Both fighters exchange knees to the gut. Sao with a trip and a take down. Sao with a nice combo and Sanchez now back to the feet. Sanchez with a low blow and theres a ref stoppage. Both fighters miss with haymakers. Sanchez with a nice knee and some dirty boxing from the clinch up against the fence. Sao with a nice knee to the mid section. Sanchez misses with a wild right. Now their clinched again up against the fence. Sao with a solid mui thai knee. Sao misses with a HUGE right. Knee by Sanchez. Jab by Sao. Sanchez with a leg kick. Sanchez with a pucnh from the clinch. HUGE uppercut from Sanchez!! Thats the bell. Gotta give it to Sanchez 10-9 with both fighters looking for the one punch KO.
Round two: Sanchez with a solid combo. Both fighters clinched again. The pace slows. Sao with a knee. Nice left hook by Soa. Sanchez with a solid overhand right. Soa with a GREAT overhand Right. Soa barely catches Sanchez with a wild looping right. Now both fighters once again are clinched up against the fence. Good elbow from Soa. Sanchez with the take down. Soa back to his feet. Soa with a jab. Another looping wild right. Again both fighters are clinched. Sanchez with a solid right and a stinging uppercut!! Again their clinched. Soa is bleeding from the nose now. Sanchez with a great one two combo. Thats the round. Sanchez is dominating and is up two rounds to one.
Round three: Both fighters clinch again. The pace is down to a crawl. Sanchez lands two BOMBS!! Soa looks hurt. Sanchez with another uppercut. Sanchez lands two more uppercuts. Sanchez with another combo. Sanchez with a knee. Both fighters clinched again. Sanchez with a body shot. Two more uppercuts by Sanchez. Two more uppercuts by Sanchez and thats it thats the fight the ref stops it. Sanchez wins.
Final result: Eddie Sanchez defeats Soa Palelei via TKO (Strikes) Round 3
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Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Lyoto Machida (205-pound limit)
Round one: Machida with a straight left and backs out. Soku with a high kick and then a BIG right hand. Soku with the take down and then Machida reverses! Machida on top in the half guard. Machida looking for a Kimura. Machida still cranking it but Soku looks calm. Machida lets it go. Machida goes for some elbows. Soku with some body control not letting Machida posture up. Machida with some elbows to the thigh. Now the ref stands them up. Machida with a straight left. Now a high kick. Leg kick by Machida. Soku with a sweep and a take down. They clinch up and thats the round. I give that one 10-9 to Machida.
Round two: Stinging high kick by Machida! Leg kick by Machida. Soku with a right. Soku with another right. Machida looks difficult to size up. Leg kick by Soku. Front kick by Machida. High kick by Machida. Machida catches Soku with a HUGE left. Hes dropping HUGE elbows!!! Now Machida on top in half guard. Soku holding on to regain his composure. Machida in full mount. Machida looking for some elbows. Soku escapes for now but Machida keeps side control. Huge elbow from Machida that lands flush! Another elbow from Machida! Machida with the triangle!!! Thats it Soku taps its all over!!! WOW! Pure domination!
Final result: Lyoto Machida defeats Remeau Thierry Sokoudjou via Arm Triangle Round 2
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Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard (155-pound limit)
Round one: Both fighters feeling each other out. Guillard misses with a right. Clementi with a nice inside leg kick. Guillard misses and uppercut. Guillard with a HUGE left and right cross!!CLementi with a nice body kick. Guillard lunges foward with a left hook. Another nice inside leg kick by Clementi. Guillard misses with a wild punch and Clementi locks him up and slams him down. Clementi has a full nelson and Guillard scrambles and now ends up on top. Guillard lands a HUGE right hook and a left!! Clementi is stunned but Melvin slips while going for a kick. Clmenti goes for an oma plata. Clementi on top now. Clementi is locking in the choke and he has a body triangle!! Thats it its over Clementi wins by submission!
Final result: Rich Clementi defeats Melvin Guillard via rear naked choke Round 1
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222 Comments »
Nemesis here we come…
pretty pumped about GSP and Wandy. The only other fight that interest me is Lister. Is that Manny from the show?
Eddie Sanchez on the main card??
Rich and Melvin should also not be on the main card. The only reason you’d drop 40 ducks is to see Hughes get his ass kicked by GSP AGAIN!
[quote comment=”232180″]pretty pumped about GSP and Wandy. The only other fight that interest me is Lister. Is that Manny from the show?[/quote]
You are more interested in Dean Lister than Sokoudjou vs. Machida??? One question….why???
I really wish they’d replace that 5th fight to maybe Evans vs. Bocek or maybe even the Lister fight. Hopefully it turns out ot be a decent matchup but it has little to no implication on the division…neither does the Guillard/Clementi fight. This card really only has 3 significant fights to their respected divisions…the rest are just decent fillers at best. GSP is going to come out so pumped for this fight and really take it to Hughes even harder than he did the lsat time they fought. If Hughes has any sense at all he won’t try and trade with GSP again or he’s going to be seeing stars again. GSP TKO early in Round 3….book it. Then hopefully we’ll get to see GSP/Serra in Canada.
Where is the love for the HDNet FiGHTS this saturday?
[quote comment=”232196″]Eddie Sanchez on the main card??[/quote]
Agreed… I would rather see the Bocek/Evans fight.
I still remember the way Sanchez ran from Crocop at 67.
When GSP is an old man I want him to run for Prime Minister!!
[quote post=”4193″]Agreed… I would rather see the Bocek/Evans fight.
I still remember the way Sanchez ran from Crocop at 67. [/quote]
He ran like a Biatch
yeah i would go with evans bocek over the sanchez fight, but i definately want to see the Irvin/Cane fight…its probably on the main card over these fights just because its the only heavyweight fight of the night
GodDamnMike that is a good idea lol.
Come old Chuck bring back the fire..watch out cause wandy is bringing the water..but I really want Chuck to take this. GSP is going to maul hughes..should be awesome tho!
[quote comment=”232180″]pretty pumped about GSP and Wandy. The only other fight that interest me is Lister. Is that Manny from the show?[/quote]
Yes, that is Manny “British Prostitute” Gamburyan from TUF 5. And are you related to Lister somehow? That’s the only way could seriously be interested in watching him fight.
Sokoudjou vs Machida is the one im most excited about, and chuck and wandy
[quote comment=”232204″][quote comment=”232180″]pretty pumped about GSP and Wandy. The only other fight that interest me is Lister. Is that Manny from the show?[/quote]
You are more interested in Dean Lister than Sokoudjou vs. Machida??? One question….why???[/quote]
Lister has some of the slickest subs off his back. I dont know much about sokoudjou. Do you?
[quote comment=”232269″][quote comment=”232180″]pretty pumped about GSP and Wandy. The only other fight that interest me is Lister. Is that Manny from the show?[/quote]
Yes, that is Manny “British Prostitute” Gamburyan from TUF 5. And are you related to Lister somehow? That’s the only way could seriously be interested in watching him fight.[/quote]
How did you know that? Do I know you?
My thoughts on the outcomes.
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre = GSP win by KO in R2.
Main card (televised):
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva = Wanderlei win by KO in R1.
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Lyoto Machida = Sokoudjou win by KO in R2.
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard = Melvin win by KO in R3.
Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palalei = Soa win by TKO in R1.
Under card (may not be broadcast):
James Irvin vs. Luis Cane = Luis win by TKO in R1.
Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr = Manny win by Sub in R2.
Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev = Dean win by Sub in R1.
Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza = Tony win by UD… a real snooze fest!
Doug Evans vs. Mark Bocek = Mark win by Sub in R1.
Yeah that’s pretty much it!
[quote comment=”232269″][quote comment=”232180″]pretty pumped about GSP and Wandy. The only other fight that interest me is Lister. Is that Manny from the show?[/quote]
Yes, that is Manny “British Prostitute” Gamburyan from TUF 5. And are you related to Lister somehow? That’s the only way could seriously be interested in watching him fight.[/quote]
british? Karo’s cousin manny?
[quote comment=”232234″]When GSP is an old man I want him to run for Prime Minister!![/quote]
What’s a Prime Minister?
It’s really not right that they are calling this the interim UFC Welterweight Championship. The match up of Hughes versus St. Pierre is big enough, they dont need to make up a title for the fight to be exciting. It’s wrong that they calling this any type of title fight. Matt Serra is the champion. We all know that the winner of the Hughes/st. pierre fight is gonna beat serra for the title, but dec 29th really isnt any sort of title fight!
[quote comment=”232311″]It’s really not right that they are calling this the interim UFC Welterweight Championship. The match up of Hughes versus St. Pierre is big enough, they dont need to make up a title for the fight to be exciting. It’s wrong that they calling this any type of title fight. Matt Serra is the champion. We all know that the winner of the Hughes/st. pierre fight is gonna beat serra for the title, but dec 29th really isnt any sort of title fight![/quote]
We need to call it that so we get five rounds to watch hughes take his beating
[quote comment=”232314″][quote comment=”232311″]It’s really not right that they are calling this the interim UFC Welterweight Championship. The match up of Hughes versus St. Pierre is big enough, they dont need to make up a title for the fight to be exciting. It’s wrong that they calling this any type of title fight. Matt Serra is the champion. We all know that the winner of the Hughes/st. pierre fight is gonna beat serra for the title, but dec 29th really isnt any sort of title fight![/quote]
We need to call it that so we get five rounds to watch hughes take his beating[/quote]
GSP fight wont last longer then 3 anyway. And I would much rather see the Liddell/Silva fight be 5 rounds. They should call that fight the former interim UFC/PRIDE championship title fight! Although this fight wont last long either
[quote comment=”232314″][quote comment=”232311″]It’s really not right that they are calling this the interim UFC Welterweight Championship. The match up of Hughes versus St. Pierre is big enough, they dont need to make up a title for the fight to be exciting. It’s wrong that they calling this any type of title fight. Matt Serra is the champion. We all know that the winner of the Hughes/st. pierre fight is gonna beat serra for the title, but dec 29th really isnt any sort of title fight![/quote]
We need to call it that so we get five rounds to watch hughes take his beating[/quote]
True. Plus, there’s no guarantee that Serra will be healthy soon. He will probably be fine to fight in the early spring, but why not give us the potential for a 5 round fight on this month’s card and a belt holder (interim) that could be declared the champ if Serra has a serious setback.
predictions
hughes wins by ko high kick in the first
chuck wins by rear naked choke in the second
lyoto wins by ko punch in the first
[quote comment=”232322″][quote comment=”232314″][quote comment=”232311″]It’s really not right that they are calling this the interim UFC Welterweight Championship. The match up of Hughes versus St. Pierre is big enough, they dont need to make up a title for the fight to be exciting. It’s wrong that they calling this any type of title fight. Matt Serra is the champion. We all know that the winner of the Hughes/st. pierre fight is gonna beat serra for the title, but dec 29th really isnt any sort of title fight![/quote]
We need to call it that so we get five rounds to watch hughes take his beating[/quote]
True. Plus, there’s no guarantee that Serra will be healthy soon. He will probably be fine to fight in the early spring, but why not give us the potential for a 5 round fight on this month’s card and a belt holder (interim) that could be declared the champ if Serra has a serious setback.[/quote]
Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand why they are doing this. But i feel like they are changing the rules of the sport. When Sean Sherk got injured after the Kenny Florian fight, why didnt the make the Spencer Fisher/Hermes Franca and interim title fight??? u see what i’m saying. Although the UFC is entertainment, it is more of a sport and The UFC treats every situation differently which isn’t fair. Not just in regards to this so-called “interim” fight, but how they handle certain situations
[quote comment=”232305″][quote comment=”232234″]When GSP is an old man I want him to run for Prime Minister!![/quote]
What’s a Prime Minister?[/quote]
LMAO…
Whats a president?
[quote comment=”232305″][quote comment=”232234″]When GSP is an old man I want him to run for Prime Minister!![/quote]
What’s a Prime Minister?[/quote]
A Prime Minister in Canada is the equivelent to what the President is is the USA. He would do a better job than goof-ball Harper. I say GSP’s new nick-name is Mr. Canada!
[quote comment=”232325″]predictions
hughes wins by ko high kick in the first
chuck wins by rear naked choke in the second
lyoto wins by ko punch in the first[/quote]
this is funny. And Tim Sylvia will do a back flip after his next victory!
[quote post=”4193″]this is funny. And Tim Sylvia will do a back flip after his next victory! [/quote]
o my god i cant stop laughing
[quote comment=”232330″][quote comment=”232322″][quote comment=”232314″][quote comment=”232311″]It’s really not right that they are calling this the interim UFC Welterweight Championship. The match up of Hughes versus St. Pierre is big enough, they dont need to make up a title for the fight to be exciting. It’s wrong that they calling this any type of title fight. Matt Serra is the champion. We all know that the winner of the Hughes/st. pierre fight is gonna beat serra for the title, but dec 29th really isnt any sort of title fight![/quote]
We need to call it that so we get five rounds to watch hughes take his beating[/quote]
True. Plus, there’s no guarantee that Serra will be healthy soon. He will probably be fine to fight in the early spring, but why not give us the potential for a 5 round fight on this month’s card and a belt holder (interim) that could be declared the champ if Serra has a serious setback.[/quote]
Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand why they are doing this. But i feel like they are changing the rules of the sport. When Sean Sherk got injured after the Kenny Florian fight, why didnt the make the Spencer Fisher/Hermes Franca and interim title fight??? u see what i’m saying. Although the UFC is entertainment, it is more of a sport and The UFC treats every situation differently which isn’t fair. Not just in regards to this so-called “interim” fight, but how they handle certain situations[/quote]
I agree with you that situations do not seem to be handled by any type of established guidelines. In this case, I think the fans benefit by potentially seeing 2 extra rounds, but i see your point about consistency.
I got:
GSP by TKO 2nd
Silva by TKO 3rd
Lyoto by TKO 1st
Guillard by KO 1st
GSP wins becaus he is too good. Silva wins it in the 3rd because his conditioning and pace will give him a huge advantage in that round. Lyoto will TKO Remy because thats what happened to Remy last time he was in a cage. Also, because Remy can’t sneak up on him; people know he has power. Guillard will win becaue he is better and has to be hungary after his recent layoff due to “blow.”
PREDICTIONS:
GSP wins by TKO in 3rd Round
Liddell wins by KO in 1st rd which wakes the crowd up after sleeping through the Machida fight.
Lyoto Machida wins by decision
Melvin Guillard wins by KO in 1st rd
Palalei wins by Eddie Sanchez knocking himself out in rd 1. Sanchez goes to sleep by running into the octagon fence while running away from his opponent like he did against cro cop
[quote comment=”232325″]predictions
hughes wins by ko high kick in the first
chuck wins by rear naked choke in the second
lyoto wins by ko punch in the first[/quote]
HAHAHAHAHAHA, that must be the absolute worst predictions I’ve ever seen…
Wanderlei submitted… I haven’t seen that and if your sensei Chuck manage to finish him by any submission what so ever I’ll commit suicide, to be honest I can’t remember Chuck winning via Submission either.
[quote comment=”232369″][quote comment=”232325″]predictions
hughes wins by ko high kick in the first
chuck wins by rear naked choke in the second
lyoto wins by ko punch in the first[/quote]
HAHAHAHAHAHA, that must be the absolute worst predictions I’ve ever seen…
Wanderlei submitted… I haven’t seen that and if your sensei Chuck manage to finish him by any submission what so ever I’ll commit suicide, to be honest I can’t remember Chuck winning via Submission either.[/quote]
It was meant to be sarcastic, kind of the opposite of what I imagine happening, but how funny would it be if my predictions came true. And who would have predicted serra tko gsp in the first and gonzaga ko cro cop with a high kick also in the first? Answer nobody.
K back to seriousness here, not that that shit wasn’t funny…
Did anybody else who has watched the preview video think it sorta shocking to hear White say basically that the loser of Wanderlei-Liddell, is finished? LMAO, I mean he said “their life is on the line.” He just signed Silva! What if he loses?! Shit, there’s no coming back from that.
[quote comment=”232343″][quote comment=”232325″]predictions
hughes wins by ko high kick in the first
chuck wins by rear naked choke in the second
lyoto wins by ko punch in the first[/quote]
this is funny. And Tim Sylvia will do a back flip after his next victory![/quote]
except for the lyoto fight you said the exact opposite of whats going to happen
[quote comment=”232386″][quote comment=”232369″][quote comment=”232325″]predictions
hughes wins by ko high kick in the first
chuck wins by rear naked choke in the second
lyoto wins by ko punch in the first[/quote]
HAHAHAHAHAHA, that must be the absolute worst predictions I’ve ever seen…
Wanderlei submitted… I haven’t seen that and if your sensei Chuck manage to finish him by any submission what so ever I’ll commit suicide, to be honest I can’t remember Chuck winning via Submission either.[/quote]
It was meant to be sarcastic, kind of the opposite of what I imagine happening, but how funny would it be if my predictions came true. And who would have predicted serra tko gsp in the first and gonzaga ko cro cop with a high kick also in the first? Answer nobody.[/quote]
I hope it was sarcastic and glad it was so.
The opposite seems quite on spot what could happen but as you say about Gonzaga and GSP… one can only imagine how it would end… believe me CC vs. Gonzaga was a chock for me being a CC fan since his early days of K-1 and it was like throwing a mice to a cat that haven’t seen food in ages.
I often bet on fights, not only fights that is “easy” bets, but I lost about 500 dollars and that’s my biggest money lost ever on any fight, my biggest wasn’t that big but it was Dan Henderson vs. Wanderlei Silva 2, think it was around the same days the CC was, so it was a win/lose weekend really
I went plus though… but not with much LOL!
Hughes has said numerous times that he hoped to catch st pierre at a bad time as he likes to structure his workouts with extra time and what not. So basically he’s saying that he’s taking this fight because he has a better chance catching st pierre on short notice. Shouldn’t you want to fight a fighter that’s absolutely in top condition?
[quote comment=”232428″]Hughes has said numerous times that he hoped to catch st pierre at a bad time as he likes to structure his workouts with extra time and what not. So basically he’s saying that he’s taking this fight because he has a better chance catching st pierre on short notice. Shouldn’t you want to fight a fighter that’s absolutely in top condition?[/quote]
NO, not if he kicked your ass the last time! These guys want any edge they can get.
I’m going to enjoy this card!
After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.
[quote comment=”232428″]Hughes has said numerous times that he hoped to catch st pierre at a bad time as he likes to structure his workouts with extra time and what not. So basically he’s saying that he’s taking this fight because he has a better chance catching st pierre on short notice. Shouldn’t you want to fight a fighter that’s absolutely in top condition?[/quote]
The funny thing is st.pierre is in top shape already, hughes is mistaken if he thinks gsp isn’t going to be ready. Gsp would never take a fight now unless he’s 100 percent, he learned his lesson from his serra fight when he wasn’t 100 percent and paid for it severely.
[quote comment=”232450″]After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.[/quote]
Anderson Silva vs. GSP would be an awesome fight. If GSP won that, he would certainly be the #1 contender at 185. I don’t know if he would be able to take the MW belt from Dan Henderson (who will have the belt after smashing Silva) though. As much as I would love to see them spice up the MW division, I would hate to see the WW division lose one of it’s most exciting fighters. Especially with a potential GSP/Fitch fight on the horizon.
[quote comment=”232450″]After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.[/quote]
Wow and I thought I had a lot of confidence in gsp, gsp is good but fighting a silva? I honestly don’t think he’s ready for him yet, he needs to sharpen his boxing skills and get his black belt in bjj. He also needs to dominate his division first before he considers moving up, holding the belt once doesn’t qualify to me. If he takes out hughes then serra, beats fitch and karo again then maybe he should consider moving up, but I really don’t think he’s a good enough striker right now to complete with the spider. Gsp is my favorite fighter, so I’m not biased against him but silva is a monster and in my opinion the best striker in mma by far.
[quote comment=”232450″]After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.[/quote]
Yes I can see that happening, then moving up to take the belt from Rampage, then after that taking the HEAVYWIEGHT BELT !!!
[quote comment=”232468″][quote comment=”232450″]After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.[/quote]
Yes I can see that happening, then moving up to take the belt from Rampage, then after that taking the HEAVYWIEGHT BELT !!![/quote]
You really think gsp will fly through the air like superman..and catch Silva..Yeah Sure.
I hope this isn’t real talk..GsP will only be champ at his weight..Silva, Rampage would beat the canadian crap out of him.
[quote comment=”232474″][quote comment=”232468″][quote comment=”232450″]After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.[/quote]
Yes I can see that happening, then moving up to take the belt from Rampage, then after that taking the HEAVYWIEGHT BELT !!![/quote]
You really think gsp will fly through the air like superman..and catch Silva..Yeah Sure.
I hope this isn’t real talk..GsP will only be champ at his weight..Silva, Rampage would beat the canadian crap out of him.[/quote]
But Canadian crap is only about 68% of the crap he would beat out of an American.
[quote comment=”232474″][quote comment=”232468″][quote comment=”232450″]After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.[/quote]
Yes I can see that happening, then moving up to take the belt from Rampage, then after that taking the HEAVYWIEGHT BELT !!![/quote]
You really think gsp will fly through the air like superman..and catch Silva..Yeah Sure.
I hope this isn’t real talk..GsP will only be champ at his weight..Silva, Rampage would beat the canadian crap out of him.[/quote]
So damn true, GSP is a superb fighter but he will need 3 pair of arms to do so…
[quote comment=”232514″][quote comment=”232474″][quote comment=”232468″][quote comment=”232450″]After GSP dominates 170 (as if he hasn’t already) he should take out anderson silva for the mw title. He’s the only guy I can think of who can stand up to such a precision striker. A couple superman punches and its lights out for the spider.[/quote]
Yes I can see that happening, then moving up to take the belt from Rampage, then after that taking the HEAVYWIEGHT BELT !!![/quote]
You really think gsp will fly through the air like superman..and catch Silva..Yeah Sure.
I hope this isn’t real talk..GsP will only be champ at his weight..Silva, Rampage would beat the canadian crap out of him.[/quote]
[quote post=”4193″]I hope this isn’t real talk..GsP will only be champ at his weight..Silva, Rampage would beat the canadian crap out of him. [/quote]
So damn true, GSP is a superb fighter but he will need 3 pair of arms to do so…[/quote]
[quote post=”4193″]But Canadian crap is only about 68% of the crap he would beat out of an American[/quote]
i hope you dont think hughes could beat him (Anderson).. come on if anybody had a chance, it would be gsp.. just my opinion..or a HW moving down a classe
[quote post=”4193″]I honestly don’t think he’s ready for him yet, he needs to sharpen his boxing skills and get his black belt in bjj. [/quote]
Does anybody know if you can get a BJJ black belt w/o training gi techniques? I know there are a lot of advanced gi techniques, but obviously they’re not applicable to MMA. I think GSP needs to work on Muay Thai. I don’t remember him using clinches and knees. I think it would really add to his stand-up.
war gsp
[quote comment=”232216″]Where is the love for the HDNet FiGHTS this saturday?[/quote]
forget this saturday’s HDnet fights, where is the love for the new years eve Yeronaka event, free on HDnet feautring the best Lightweight fighters in the world, Fedor, Arona and the rest of the greatest PRIDE stars who aren’t in the UFC.
To be honest this is probably a better OVERALL event than UFC Nemesis. Just keeping it REAL!
[quote comment=”232452″][quote comment=”232428″]Hughes has said numerous times that he hoped to catch st pierre at a bad time as he likes to structure his workouts with extra time and what not. So basically he’s saying that he’s taking this fight because he has a better chance catching st pierre on short notice. Shouldn’t you want to fight a fighter that’s absolutely in top condition?[/quote]
The funny thing is st.pierre is in top shape already,
hughes is mistaken if he thinks gsp isn’t going to be ready. Gsp would never take a fight now unless he’s 100 percent, he learned his lesson from his serra fight when he wasn’t 100 percent and paid for it severely.[/quote]
I agree, a real champion should want to fight another fighter at his best. Lets be honest Hughes knows he only has a 25% Cchance of winning and thats a generous number. Hughes cant get lucky with a punch because he throws arm punches that dont do anything, and I really dont think Hughes will be able to take GSP down, not even once. Hughes is the best WW champuion of all time, but I am gonna call a spade a spade, Hughes will NOT beat GSP, as a matter of fact Hughes wont make it past round 3.
The best WW title fight possible is GSP (champion vs. Fitch) 5 rds. of war, that is the equivalent to the middleweight fight of Silva vs. Hendo. I hope Hendo signs a contract extension with the UFC. They better show him the money because he has to fight in the UFC!
is it just me? i think all fights should be 5 rounds.
what i think is funny is most of you are talking like gsp has already won.i wouldnt be surpise if he loses again.so sick of this gsp bandwagon is f–cking ridiculous he only had one impressive victory and that was 2nd fight with Matt.who has he beat really?i know he won the fight with BJ (technically)but BJ whipped his ass just look at their faces.he couldnt finish Jason Mayhem.Jason f–cking Mayhem!oh yeah and he koed Jay Heron…whoop-de f–cking-doo.Sherk another smaller fighter and Trigg (wow) Frank Trigg! gsp is a talented fighter be imo way way way o-v-e-r-r-a-t-e-d.Then a guy smaller,prolly not as strong and not known to be a striker knocked him to never never land.GSP is talented but he get phyced out to easy,you have to be mentally strong to do what they do for a career which he’s NOT.so dont be surprised if Matt taps him out again.oh and another thing for all you Chuck doubters.ICEMAN ko in the first or second.bet on it
got gsp 2nd knockout
lidell knocking silva out in second
machida by decision again
guillard knockout of clementi in 1st
sanchez knockout 1st
Yes UFC 79 looks to be the most promising card since the UFC’s “Stacked” and has high implications on the years mma awards(including most dissappointing fighter-Liddel or Crocop) but I’m afraid Dana White has made an error in judgement in that the card has a huge potential for high risk/high reward. I am dissapointed as any in seeing Hollywood - I mean Chuck Liddel’s fall from grace this year, but watching him so greatly underperform the way he did in his last two fights leads me to believe we are once again being set up to be let down. Maybe he should have spent more time in the gym and less time making Nickleback videos. And like the other two former fights between GSP and Hughes - both ending in stoppage - history seems destined to repeat itself. Neither fights show signs going the distance. White should have backed up the card with some more solid names and bumped up the Manny(Should of been TUF 5’s winner)Gamburyan fight to the main card. Expect big things from the little “anvil” in my sleeper pick fight of the night.
[quote comment=”232558″][quote comment=”232216″]Where is the love for the HDNet FiGHTS this saturday?[/quote]
forget this saturday’s HDnet fights, where is the love for the new years eve Yeronaka event, free on HDnet feautring the best Lightweight fighters in the world, Fedor, Arona and the rest of the greatest PRIDE stars who aren’t in the UFC.
To be honest this is probably a better OVERALL event than UFC Nemesis. Just keeping it REAL![/quote]
I live in new york city and i can’t even get hdnet can i or i know i can’t get the fight network
[quote comment=”232621″]is it just me? i think all fights should be 5 rounds.[/quote]
No, you and dana white! so we’ll only see 3 fights per up to 55 dollars silly idea
GSP would crush little 170 fitch. No questions asked. Fitch has a lot of growing to do before he can legitimatly compete with Rush. He knows what I’m talking about.
[quote comment=”232704″][quote comment=”232621″]is it just me? i think all fights should be 5 rounds.[/quote]
No, you and dana white! so we’ll only see 3 fights per up to 55 dollars silly idea[/quote]
5 rounds sucks… it’s so boring when it ends after a full time snooze fest with the result “split” *Zzzzzznore*
GSP vs. Hendo in 08 @ MW.
[quote comment=”232706″]GSP would crush little 170 fitch. No questions asked. Fitch has a lot of growing to do before he can legitimatly compete with Rush. He knows what I’m talking about.[/quote]
Ya remember fitch’s “time out”, with jeff joslin? LOL that was nuts eh, doubt he could get gsp down and gsp would pick him apart of there feet.
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Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand why they are doing this. But i feel like they are changing the rules of the sport. When Sean Sherk got injured after the Kenny Florian fight, why didnt the make the Spencer Fisher/Hermes Franca and interim title fight??? u see what i’m saying. Although the UFC is entertainment, it is more of a sport and The UFC treats every situation differently which isn’t fair. Not just in regards to this so-called “interim” fight, but how they handle certain situations[/quote]
Because injured and cheater are not morally equivalent
[quote comment=”232665″]what i think is funny is most of you are talking like gsp has already won.i wouldnt be surpise if he loses again.so sick of this gsp bandwagon is f–cking ridiculous he only had one impressive victory and that was 2nd fight with Matt.who has he beat really?i know he won the fight with BJ (technically)but BJ whipped his ass just look at their faces.he couldnt finish Jason Mayhem.Jason f–cking Mayhem!oh yeah and he koed Jay Heron…whoop-de f–cking-doo.Sherk another smaller fighter and Trigg (wow) Frank Trigg! gsp is a talented fighter be imo way way way o-v-e-r-r-a-t-e-d.Then a guy smaller,prolly not as strong and not known to be a striker knocked him to never never land.GSP is talented but he get phyced out to easy,you have to be mentally strong to do what they do for a career which he’s NOT.so dont be surprised if Matt taps him out again.oh and another thing for all you Chuck doubters.ICEMAN ko in the first or second.bet on it[/quote]
GSP overrated… ok.
now give me 1 name who can beat GSP at his best… Just one… !?
He’s at another level! Just like Silva. The fight with Serra f*k up everything…
[quote comment=”232452″][quote comment=”232428″]Hughes has said numerous times that he hoped to catch st pierre at a bad time as he likes to structure his workouts with extra time and what not. So basically he’s saying that he’s taking this fight because he has a better chance catching st pierre on short notice. Shouldn’t you want to fight a fighter that’s absolutely in top condition?[/quote]
The funny thing is st.pierre is in top shape already,
hughes is mistaken if he thinks gsp isn’t going to be ready. Gsp would never take a fight now unless he’s 100 percent, he learned his lesson from his serra fight when he wasn’t 100 percent and paid for it severely.[/quote]
agreed. hughes i think is taking the easy way out or at least trying to.. he’s gonna get his butt handed to him by GSP anyway, but the only reason this fight is even an interim title fight is cause hughes and dana are buddies. it makes sense for hughes because when he gets beat by gsp he won’t have to fight serra, because he’s afraid of a “lesser” opponent beating him. Serra would dominate hughes too.
GSP by TKO that’s all that needs to be said
i wish it was ken flo vs. bj!