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December 31st, 2008     71 Comments

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Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 11:00:12

hope mania doesn’t pay you for this one jesse, he posted it a half hour ago in the proper thread!! lol!
stick to the funny lines and anecdotes, leave the hard stuff to mania!
just busting balls buddy,
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Comment by 1-0 via Arm Triangle
2008-12-31 12:05:08

First of all, Manhoef is a BEAST, I would love to see this guy in the UFC. Secondly, WAMMA is ridiculous! And for that matter, so is any ranking system that doesn’t have BJ Penn as the #1 LW in the world. Its a no brainer! BJ would KILL Aoki, no doubt about it. Aoki cant strike at all and he isnt taking BJ down, so game over! Lastly, HMC blows and so do K1 rules.

Comment by DDT
2008-12-31 12:06:09

I have a feeling that if the UFC didn’t protect him by giving him strikers he could go the way of Houston Alexander.

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Comment by the heat
2008-12-31 12:21:10

yes exactly you see what happend manheof any time he did fight a grappler! he got subbed easily.
he is too one dimensional to be in the ufc and have a chance at winning

 
Comment by Bauh4us
2008-12-31 12:23:01

Sean Sherk is a striker?

 
Comment by john
2008-12-31 12:34:46

I wish Pride were around! They would have booked ManHOeef vs. Wanderlei K-1 rules! NOw thats a fight!

 
Comment by RoB
2008-12-31 21:06:01

my money would be on Manhoef for sure!

 
Comment by Robert
2008-12-31 21:10:21

MMA Mania has THE MOST UNEDUCATED fans in the world. They’re the same idiots who won’t admit Shinya Aoki is the BEST lightweight fighter in the world!

 
Comment by belfort_fan
2009-01-01 13:37:25

Haha Shinya is my Favorite LW but him and BJ would be a scrap.

 
 
Comment by Machine
2008-12-31 12:23:58

I said this in another thread in response to Kevin but I’ll re-state it here as well. BJ is that dude and he has a distinct advantage in the stand-up against a guy like Aoki but…..Aoki is aggressive and almost always finds a way to get it to the ground. You should really try and check out at least 3-4 of Aoki’s fights and you’ll see his ground game is one to be feared. I haven’t seen them all but I’ve seen enough of his fights to be a believer. BJ Penn as great as he is should win this fantasy match but nothing about it will be easy. The ground transitions would be like none we’ve ever seen.

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Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 12:29:35

ANYONES ground game is < BJ’s!

 
Comment by Machine
2008-12-31 13:38:14

BJ’s Career Submissions (38% wins by Sub):
4 Rear Naked Choke’s
1 Arm Triangle Choke

Aoki’s Career Submissions (61% wins by Sub):
1 Heel Hook
1 Neck Crank
1 Mounted Gogoplata
4 Armbar’s
1 Gogoplata
1 Flying Triangle Choke
1 Triangle Choke
1 Standing Armlock

Now who’s ground game is more impressive?

 
Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 13:52:52

BJ’s, not his fault he’s an all around fighter and has ko’s…should he just sit on the ground and wait too!?

 
Comment by brendan
2008-12-31 13:58:24

seriously, BJ is overrated

 
Comment by 1-0 via Arm Triangle
2008-12-31 15:00:20

Aokis ground game is great and one to be feared like you said, unless you are BJ, then you dont fear anyone’s ground game!

 
Comment by Bill Maher
2008-12-31 15:01:34

If BJ Penn were any more overrated, his name would be Brock Lesnar. He is nowhere near as good as Anderson Silva but somehow people like to say he is the p4p king. This is the guy that got stopped by Matt Hughes not that long ago.

 
Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 15:29:41

LOL and the guy who beat matt hughes when no one could beat matt hughes…in the 1st! good argument though!

 
Comment by NameNotRequired
2008-12-31 16:17:54

Respect brendan, people around here think that BJ is an MMA god who is unstoppable because “he’s taking it serious now.” Seriously GSP is gonna have his most ridiculously impressive performance yet, and show that BJ can’t hang with him anymore.

 
Comment by brendan
2008-12-31 16:30:06

agreed

 
Comment by Machine
2008-12-31 17:35:20

Kevin-

You make a good point about Aoki. I’m not gonna jump outta the window and say BJ’s overrated but his offensive BJJ might be a tad under-used. I think he should step it up a notch and use more transitions if his 1st attempt goes sour. He’s done it before but not regularly. It needs to be a constant IMO.

 
Comment by AzCombat
2008-12-31 19:03:46

bill, everybody knows about the rib injury in that fight i hate when people bring up penn-hughes 2 and try to use it against bj. he schooled hughes the whole fight up till that point.

 
Comment by R-Dizzle
2008-12-31 19:29:14

Anyone who says BJ is overrated knows nothing about MMA.

Honestly, comparing BJ to Brock Lesnar? Pathetic.. Do some research other than looking at BJ’s Fight Finder page on Sherdog.

 
Comment by belfort_fan
2009-01-01 13:40:20

I hope gsp beats his ass

 
 
 
 
Comment by TapedUpPair
2008-12-31 11:02:37

hard to watch fights with big gloves. ao reminds me a little of thiago silva. aggressive, a little sloppy, but he overwhelms.

 
Comment by Mad A
2008-12-31 11:05:27

Wow, I did not expect that! Too bad this event didn’t air in the US

Comment by DDT
2008-12-31 12:05:10

Wow Overeem is looking good lately. I wonder if they will still have an MMA match later this year like they planned.

 
 
Comment by introvert
2008-12-31 11:12:10

Overeem looks awesome lately.

Side note…that Dana interview when the interviewer says “if and when you sign Fedor, I want $100 every time you refer to Fedor as the ‘best HW in the world’ “, right after Dana bashed Fedor for 5 minutes …Dana was speechless lol….funny stuff.

Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 11:22:20

that was the best interview in a long time introvert, but what dana said was “I’ll say considered by many to be the best.” Dana stood pretty firm!

 
Comment by hughes
2008-12-31 11:30:22

i listned to that interview aswell, seems to me that he’s tried hard to sign fedor, he even said he’d pay him good money, better than anyone else can, i don’t think it bothers him alot that he hasn’t been able to sign him but i do think he wants to

Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 11:36:27

be careful guys, John is on his way to let us know why Fedor hasn’t signed (like he knows the specifics)! Dana tried, Fedor has some crazy ass demands, like bums he trains with getting guaranteed deals! All that said, he’s the #1 HW in the world right now, but I can’t give him #1 P4P status, sorry!

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Comment by roy
2008-12-31 14:04:01

i see you know all the specifics as well

 
 
 
Comment by Ground-Game
2008-12-31 17:12:10

where is that?

 
 
Comment by Jared
2008-12-31 11:26:21

yee i watched that interview that line was priceless, dana knew he was right. but damn overeem is looking deadly lately and i thought alvarez would kill aoki. ahh well deadly night of fights.

 
Comment by Grembone
2008-12-31 11:42:40

I feel sorry for the people that actually paid to see this event. What a joke.

Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 11:44:38

considering it wasn’t aired anywhere but Japan, and the fact that they love these sort of shows, I guess everyone was happy. Add to that the amount of interest expressed here today!

Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 12:00:57

now my sentence makes no sense mania. I didn’t cuss and the word was moron. I’ve seen a lot worse! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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Comment by Grembone
2008-12-31 12:24:28

Ya, it is a matter of taste. Personally I was board. I found my self scrubbing the video to see who won and to see if I might have missed any action. I would have liked to see Mark Hunt. I have always liked watching him fight, but his performance was pretty weak. Then the Manga Masked man with the spandex suit…? Wow! I was happy that Bob at least knocked him out. Seemed almost like a pro wrestling event.

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Comment by Grembone
2008-12-31 12:26:30

Sorry, “bored” for all the grammar haters.

 
Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 12:30:52

the masked guy was an anime character (not that I even know what that means), but wasn’t supposed to be a great fight!

 
 
 
Comment by DDT
2008-12-31 12:04:22

Really? Looked pretty sweet to me.

 
Comment by enzo-enormous
2008-12-31 12:31:04

I would have loved to see it live. Looks like everyone there were loving it too…

At least you know that you never have to have another discussion about it tho, because now there is no reason for you to ever watch it again. It was a joke to you…

 
 
Comment by RoB
2008-12-31 12:57:50

Too bad Badr didn’t win.. but the size disadvantage and the fact that Badr just fought 3 fights at one night caught up to him!

 
Comment by RoB
2008-12-31 13:02:01

It would be nice to have a steroid test on Overeem.. that’s one thing to not like about Japan! they need to have tests on the fighters

 
Comment by hank
2008-12-31 13:20:13

Overeem is on a Sweet winning Streak. Say what you want about the CC nut kick but he was giving it to CC before the accident.

 
Comment by introvert
2008-12-31 13:20:33

Grembone, get off Dana’s nuts dude. Sweet action in most fights…lots of KO’s…great event.

 
Comment by Jeff R
2008-12-31 13:40:07

AO = Mass Amounts of HGH and Steroids!

 
Comment by raiden
2008-12-31 13:57:45

I find heel hooks such a cheap way to win.

 
Comment by Big E
2008-12-31 14:03:19

Everyone I wanted to win did so! Too bad Hansen didn’t get his chance to dismantle JZ..I’m glad all the Overeem haters have no excuse anymore. Hari looked like dog crap. WAR AOKI!!

 
Comment by JG
2008-12-31 14:17:21

aoki is a pussy and his ground game isnt even that good from watching his fight eddie was was stayin away from the ground and when the dude finnally got him down alverez went right to full mount……if it was bj he woullda been killed lmao

 
Comment by JG
2008-12-31 14:18:47

and he coulda even sink in the heel hook for awhile if he was as good as you say he is it woulda been done as soon as he got the ankle

 
Comment by JG
2008-12-31 14:22:00

like come on BJ is fighting guys like GSP, matt hughes, sean sherk and joe stevenson there is no contest for competition faced. whos the best guy aoki’s fought?

Comment by Big E
2008-12-31 16:51:32

Joachim Hansen, Eddie Alvarez, JZ Calvan..those alone show that he’s fought more highly-talented lights than BJ ever has. Aoki’s BJJ is better than Penn’s (who’s BJJ is the MOST overrated) and he’s not much of a pussy at all. Watch more of his fights, then complain.

Comment by Big E
2008-12-31 16:52:13

Oh, those guys I mentioned..all in one year. Keep that in mind.

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Comment by AzCombat
2008-12-31 19:09:57

say whatever you want about their bjj but YOU KNOW who would win if they fought.

 
Comment by Machine
2008-12-31 19:24:03

Big E-

Thanks for schooling this JG guy. I don’t understand why people try to trash fighters they have no real knowledge about. It really makes no sense.

JG and some others who posted know nothing about Aoki beyond this fight and have no knowledge of Alvarez either. Otherwise it wouldn’t be a surprise that Alvarez was able to mount and they’d also understand why that’s not a bad spot for a guy like Aoki…obviously.

 
 
 
 
Comment by Daddy Lupo
2008-12-31 14:28:17

Bob Sapp is back ! hahahahahahahahaha

Comment by TapedUpPair
2008-12-31 14:57:45

Is he suppose to be Ultra-Man? For those who are younger here is something I grew up with when we only had 4 channels – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPEkjcwTBgM

Comment by Psyqo78®™
2008-12-31 16:46:55

I use to love that show!

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Comment by kol
2008-12-31 15:46:21

Overeem needs to go the UFC, he would be really good especially against big guys on the ground

 
Comment by Khaos_Warrior
2008-12-31 16:48:23

Aoki would sub Penn all you haters need to get off Dana whites dick! If Penn wants to be ranked #1 he needs to leave the UFC fighting cans does not make you #1.

DAMN OVEREEM IS THE MAN!!!!

Comment by kevin
2008-12-31 18:20:08

then how is fedor still #1 (pre AA fight)?

 
 
Comment by Khaos_Warrior
2008-12-31 16:48:42

O yeah and Manhoef fucken rediculous!

 
Comment by COR
2008-12-31 18:42:23

id like to c alistair in the ufc

 
Comment by Natas
2008-12-31 20:31:07

Aoki is no match for BJ but he is pretty good.
I like watching him fight. I hope he comes to UFC where he can be tested. ;)

 
Comment by Lester the Pimp
2008-12-31 20:59:56

Overeem is def taking roids

Comment by Robert
2008-12-31 21:59:26

Yeah and you’re a hater! Keep your ridiculous claims to yourself with absolutely no proof. Overeem has found a home at heavyweight. Give the guy credit for maturing as a fighter he’s still a young guy with the experience he’s got and a frame to get even bigger with his skill he’s going to be a force for a long time!

Comment by V
2009-01-01 11:14:52

No, he’s juicing his balls off. Don’t be so damn naive, kid.

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Comment by RoB
2008-12-31 21:11:27

agreed, Overeem is a roider i don’t know how much he weighs but he’s solid as a rock! would be nice to see more of him in K1..

Comment by Robert
2008-12-31 21:59:51

Another IDIOT!

 
 
Comment by QT
2009-01-01 04:59:25

Who’s the white slut with Overeem?

 
Comment by Egads
2009-01-02 03:03:55

aoki looked like my dog rubbing his ass on the carpet. how can he look at himself in the mirror?

 
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