He walked away from WWE long before he ever heard of MMA, so that isn’t really an issue. And I would bet that WWE is far more dangerous than MMA because there are a lot more stunts involved, and they do these several hundred times a year, as opposed to 3 or 4 times a year in MMA. Fact is Lesnar just got tired of WWE, went to play football, failed at that, then started training to fight.

UFC messed that up! THey really should have signed this kid!

Affliction 2:

Roy Neilson vs.Xtreme Couture trainer Jay White (2-5)

I wouldn’t believe this… that would be really stupid by the UFC.. that would be like them just giving Affliction a huge draw for their 3rd show… they have them right where they want them losing money why would they give them a main event

what r u talking about? Its a done deal!

A couple weeks ago, Aleks did an interview where he stated that Josh Barnett was afraid to fight him. obviously fighters read these sites because Barnett was pissed off after reading the interview so he confronted Aleks backstage at affliction to set the record straight. it was all caught on video along with Aleks passing his Physical exam.

Head over to mmascraps and it will be te 1st video posted at the top of the page!

John I hit reply to your post that the UFC might give up on their legal battle with couture.. not sure why it is posted there

the ufc buys the ifl and than loses its 2 biggest stars, what was the point of buying the ifl if you let 2 of there champs get away.

JOHN, i saw that vid last week and though it was a little tasteless on barnetts part. he quoted $hitdog as his source. (those guys will print any thing true or not and are probably not above embellishing things) and who knows, aleks could have went off and decked barnett. that could have affected his fight with rizzo. i respect aleks for taking the high road and just shrugging it off. he kinda acted like he didnt even know what josh was talking about.

yeah, I thought Aleks would get nutts. HIs translator could have defused the situation by toning down the interpretation that he gave Aleks….who knows?

I can’t believe people are still spewing this mentally weak crap. For argument sake ,lets say he is. When has that stopped him from Winning.? He’s beaten every guy that he’s faced. So what if he lost 2 fights out of 18 (he owned them in the rematches). EVERYONE has a bad night and loses. No one in the UFC has a record as good as GSP. They must all be extreemly metally weak. GSP’s opponents are the ones that have to worry about being broken mentally. Kos for example was congradulating GSP for winning, with over a minute left in the fight. Now that is mentally weak, giving up before the fight is even over.

Come on BUster, not all the favorites are going to win! u gotta throw a couple upsets in there somewhere!

I don’t have to if I don’t want to…hahaha! A lot of these fights are going to be close though so upsets are definitely a possibility but not a certainty.

Every UFC card has upsets. U have too factor that in your predictions. i usually expect and pick 3 upsets on any given card

Florian has only won 1 official fight by elbows, 2 if you count the fight vs Leben in TUF. Why do people always rag on him for finishing fights in a cheap way?

GSP, Florian, Maia are almost sure bets for me.

Because to me, it looks like sometimes that is part of his strategy and I dont feel that causing cuts is a way of showing that you are better than your opponent. I dont hate on Kenny, I am a huge Ken-flow fan!

I think he is probably one of the smartest fighters in the UFC today and he takes the advantages he is given very well. Don’t like his elbows from the bottom? Don’t take him down!

I do understand what you are saying though John, you have some of the more intellectual posts on this site.

Bob, where did/do you play rugby? I’m approaching my 9th year, and I’m finding I’m having to rely more on cunning and experience than athletic ability anymore.

if you do take kenny down, dont lay your head on his chest ala joe lauzon.

PW: Played for a small college in Virginia as an undergrad and U of Texas for grad school. Only play sporadically now.

“Age and treachery will defeat youth and vigor every time” –or so I tell myself when I play against younger guys who are going to run circles around me.

WB is right, don’t sit in Kenny’s guard is the mantra.

PW: Played at a small college in Virginia and then U of Texas for grad school.

“Age and treachery will defeat youth and vigor every time”–or so I’d tell myself when playing younger guys who could run circles around me.

WB, you are correct that the fight strategy for Huerta has to include not getting in Kenny’s guard, and if you do, tuck your head enough that he can only hit the back of your head.

THanks WB, and I agree that it allowed so Kenny may as well take advantage of it, but I just dont want to see him use them to win, if it happens in the process then fine, a win is a win, but against Sherk, it looked to be his whole strategy.

You played for the UT Grads??? We played you several times over the last few years. I’m with the Mavericks!

Good thing a couple of you anti elbow guys aren’t in Kenny’s corner. OK Kenny, I don’t want you to use your elbows. I know they are one of your greatest weapons and they are perfectly leagal and your opponent might use his on you, but I just think they are cheap and cheesy. Elbows are every bit as much a legitimate strike to kick your opponents ass with, as are Punches ,knees and kicks. They ALL cause cuts and they ALL do damage, HELLO, isn’t doing damage to your opponent the NAME OF THE GAME. You guys make it sound like guys that are good with their elbows, are cheating. The beauty of MMA is it’s a mixture of all fighting techniques and styles. Why would you want to take a SKILL away from a certain type of fighter? I think favoring one style over another would be cheesy. Maybe some fighters just have to learn not to eat so many elbows. Where would David Loiseau be without his elbows? OK bad example LOL.