Comments on: Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral vs Anthony Ruiz Strikeforce at Playboy Mansion

By: Wrestler

Wrestler — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:52:11 +0000

Ruiz is an animal. The man knows more about heart and toughness than anyone out there. He is my hero. He fights bigger guys with bigger names in a heartbeat. Look up his sherdog. Hes got some tough fights against tough names. I give him the heart advantage. He wins by ko or decision.

By: brendan

brendan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:41:09 +0000

lol… where did u get that quote from kev? i trained with war machine here in san diego for a while… might join their gym again since theyre opening another location closer to my house…

By: ViolentMike

ViolentMike — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:26:42 +0000

GREAT POST KEVIN!!!!!!!!!

By: McArthur

McArthur — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:03:54 +0000

true…thats why chuck gets rashad

By: RoB

RoB — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:48:49 +0000

Tito’s rank didn’t matter because Chuck had him mentally beat before the actual fights and the right style for him.. the thing with Chuck, Tito, and many others that are/were in the top 10 is that they got wins over opponents that they had perfect styles for and very little chance of losing to.. A good example of this is when the UFC wanted to get rid of Tito and put together the Tito vs Machida fight.. so most of it comes down to the matchmaking and Chuck just happens to be the UFC presidents best friend and Tito’s not lol! I’d like to see some worse stylistic matchups for Chuck against T.Silva and Machida personally i think Antonio Mendes would be tough for Chuck too with his striking since Chuck always get to fight not good enough wrestlers with average striking!

By: DirtyML

DirtyML — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:50:35 +0000

Ruiz by superman punch

By: kevin doesn't know shit

kevin doesn't know shit — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:27:12 +0000

heres the exact quote mania:SO why the fuck am I up at 10AM? Well I was actually up by 7:30 ugh….I never get up before 11 but anyway..
SO in case you didn’t notice in my last fight the UFC did NOT use my nickname when I fought. Turns out some gay ass wrestling federation threatened to sue them because they recently named one of their wrestlers The War Machine Rhino and trademarked the name.

Too fuckin’ bad that I have been using this name for 6 years, have it tatted on my body and it is what my fans yell out when I’m fighting.

If you know my personality then you know damn well I am not gonna let some ***got ass, FAKE wrestler steal MY name..
SO 6 weeks ago I filed a change of name request and today I had court to make my name officially WAR MACHINE.

lol
Fuckin’ funny right? Didn’t really wanna have to do it but I am sure as hell not lose MY nickname.

Time for a nap.
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By: john

john — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:07:09 +0000

Kimura: GOod post.

The only thing is Fedor would have probably finished Cro Cop if he hadn’t broken his hand during the fight. Fedor said that he lost all his grip which is why he never attempted any submissions against Cro Cop and it makes sense. Why would a submission wizard liuek Fedor not attempt any submissions against a Fighter like Cro Cop who has ZERO submission defense?

AS for the Babalu fight. I wasnt really surprised with the outcome. Babalu has an excellent ground game and in rings you cant punch people on the ground so no loosening up your opponents with punches before submitting them. Still going to a decision with Fedor is impressive.

none the less, Babalu is 1 hell of a fighter and is often times under rated because of the Liddell fights.
IMO he is always floating around the top 10. He was the only man to ever defeat a 2-legged Shogun! THats DAMN impressive to me! Babalu’s jits is too good for Ruiz to defend against.

Babalu via Choke!

By: All American

All American — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:59:06 +0000

Not an MMA fight but a grapling/submission match.

By: Kimura by Fedor

Kimura by Fedor — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:33:43 +0000

If anyone knows Babalu by soley Liddell highlights, you’d probably not think much of him. The fact is, Babalu is a very well rounded experienced fighter with a strong accent on Jits. He’s not an incredibly exciting fighter, but majority of the time he takes home a very technical win. What really enforces everything I stated above was his performance against Fedor. He was one of few lucky fighters that was able to take Fedor to a decision. I don’t care what calibur fighter you are, but if you can take Fedor to decision, I respect you as a fighter. I still tip the hat to Crocop for his decision performance with Fedor as well(… Sh*t…. What the hell happened Crocop???).

Babalu should have never lost composure to Heath, he would still be with the best of em at the UFC. But, doubt he regrets the move, he was pissed about some prior dialogue between the two of em.