Comments on: Post Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin eyes Travis Lutter UFC 83 fight (Video)

By: emanuel0523

emanuel0523 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:58:33 +0000

I wish him the best of luck. he is one of the coolest guys in MMA, shows nothing but class and respect. Hope after 4 fights he gets another shot at anderson, win or loose hes a champ in my book.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:22:29 +0000

I know Anthony Johnson needs some work in the submission department, but it would be interesting to see him and silva fight at 170.

By: john

john — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:15:06 +0000

I am going…It was just unexpected. I wasn’t even trying to win them…I was talking Eagles and Sixers with Howard Eskins on the radio and at the end of our convo he just gave me 2 tickets.

How much mma is really going to be involved? I am actually excited about the tournament and seeing who can win 3 times in 1 night, but the superfights are pretty SuperLame!

I guess what I am really mad about is that my brother really wants to go, but I would rather go with a hot chick! Cant leave my lil bro hanging though so its whatever…

I Will let you guys know what I thought about the experience on monday!

By: ViolentMike

ViolentMike — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:35:50 +0000

Why would you not go John? Free tickets? Just go to AC for the night and have a good time. I mean seriously, if you don’t want to go, you can mail them to me (I’ll pay for shipping of course). I got nothing going on this weekend.

By: twizted203

twizted203 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:34:57 +0000

That would seem very unlikely. i would not like to see a 3 round catch weight bout that does not involve a title unification at all of the two weight classes. it makes more sense for silva to drop down than for gsp to go up weight…i dont think gsp has ever fought at middleweight(correct me if im wrong on that) but the frist half of silva’s career is at welterweight. i would rather see the figth happen at 170 for the welterweight championship and then see them both fight for the middleweight. not too many great fights in mw for gsp then there is for silva at welterweight. mw match ups(gsp vs marquardt, gsp vs. bisping, gsp vs. franklin, gsp vs hendo, and gsp vs okami, gsp vs. tanner, gsp vs. almeida). or ww match ups (silva vs. hughes, silva vs. john fitch, silva vs koscheck, silva vs. sanchez, silva vs. alves, silva vs. parysian) see you get alot more from silva dropping down even though hsp going up has sum really good one though.

By: NoDecoy

NoDecoy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:15:50 +0000

If you’re not excited over any mma event, you’re not a true fan, but a fan of ’spectacles’. Obviously some events might look more exciting than others but how many times have you watched a fight that wasn’t necessarily a headliner or ’supposed’ to be exciting yet it was? That’s the beauty of mma so your comment about not being excited about this event really shows your lack of knowledge and true love of this sport.
As far as that new Yamma stuff, why don’t you have an open mind about the event, you might be surprised. Or it might turn out to be garbage. But if you enter with a pre-formed opinion, how can you judge objectively? I mean we don’t know crap about it and yet you’re already calling it fake. Wow you sure sound like a very open-minded individual

By: THORAZINE

THORAZINE — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:38:03 +0000

I’ve been commenting on the exact same thing about Gurgel since Rich’s 1st loss to Silva. Dump Gurgel, go train with Couture and work on wrestling/clinches/takedowns. Not that Rich could beat Silva, but this is the area where he needs the most work. Franklin doesn’t have the strongest chin, there’s no way to work on that part. But he’s a classy guy and great representative of MMA

By: john

john — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:31:14 +0000

I think you may be right PW. I am a huge fan of Don Frye, more his personality than his fighting ability, but whatever….my brother wants to go so I guess, i will be at that fake ass mma event!

Who the hell am I going to bet on? Its all a bunch of has-beens, I dont know who is more washed up then the other…Betting on this event will be tough….What the hell if I get bored, I will just head down to the CRAPS table!

I did however get my hands on some Shrooms! Maybe I go to the fight tripping…all shroomed up. lol… we’ll see!

By: PW

PW — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:17:41 +0000

Go there, have fun and place a few bets to cover your gas.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:04:15 +0000

Rich is a great MMA ambassador, but he’ll probably never be a champ again. Not that there’s anything wrong with 2nd place though. I think he’s at the point of his career where he should be going after “money fights” against fighters that are more popular with casual fans, even if it’s at LHW.