Rampage and Machida as TUF coaches is the LAST thing I want to hear. When is Rampage completely healed from his surgery? It has to be soon. Machida, well, he doens’t get touched in his fights, so he is always ready to go.

There is zero need for a stupid reality show to put the title fight in the UFC best division on hold for, what another 10 months? The UFC REALLY needs to learn its lesson and not have its belts tied up on the show. The only exception I can think of, but its risky, would be to have a title fight and a #1 contender fight on the same PPV, and then no later than 2 weeks later, they begin taping the season of TUF.

Completelely unfair to the fans and the fighters of the UFC.

Interview with Cro Cop – “I will KO him in the first”

We recently caught up with Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ (24-6) at a press conference. Cro Cop is set to return to the UFC after being unsuccessful in his previous venture when he was brutally KO’d by Gabriel Gonzaga and subsequently dominated by Cheick Kongo in 2007, Cro Cop is currently scheduled to face off against former ‘Cage Rage’ champion Mostapha Al-Turk, whom he had some choice words for:

“You know he is a very tough guy no doubt and he has some good ground skills but I don’t think he will present me with any major problems no matter where the fight goes. To be honest I think I will KO him in the first round most likely with a head kick, then I can focus on working towards a title shot and worrying about some of the higher level opponents”.

The Croation star was in talks of retirement in the past,Cro Cop discussed his future in MMA and how this marks a new beginning;

“To me its not about the money anymore.I don’t need to fight, but my goal is to have the UFC belt and to make it up for my fans who I let down.Before I had some injuries and went through surgery but now I am fully recovered and ready”.

This UFC fan has absolutely no interest in seeing Machida and Jackson coach The Ultimate Fighter (I don’t even watch the show anymore). I’m even LESS interested in seeing the title put on hold for the next 8-10 months. Dana, this idea has jumped the shark…

maybe dana will tell us that they are switching from their main sponsor from bud light fo miller lite! HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Only few peoples watch soccer in America RoB!
I’m not sure if a lots a guys here(exept of Europeans) know that’s the UEFA Champions League final!
It’s almost as popular,than watching Bowling here!
You,will have more chance when it’s time of the world cup!

or Brazilian table tennis

Get your own lines mcarthur lol

haha…it was a tribute to ya dog…sorry

It’s alright lad.

Those of us Americans who know what we are watching will enjoy the magnificense of Ronaldo and Messi.

no i know Alpha Dog, but that’s sad Americans should get their heads straight and start supporting the sport.. the US team are pretty good these days too, Jozy Altidore is the man!

What’s soccer?

Its a sport played by kids and women your side of the pond. Same our side really.

LOL @ Alpha Dog!

I will enjoy it though.2 dream teams in final!

kids and women? no dude, it’s a sport for men!

haha, but i do have to say that American girls own at soccer..

Think you’re confused with Rugby owd lad. The nancy boys who play premier league football look prety feminine to me, with their manicured hands, pretty boy haircuts and falling over at the slightest contact.

LMAO!

hahaha, no Rugby are for losers.. sorry.. where are you from? cause women’s soccer is almost considered a joke over here in Europe..

that’s what football is about, you have to understand the game attakdog.. looking good should be a standard for UFC fighters too, it’s their job as public figures

Over here in europe?? Where’d you think I’m from timbucktoo?? How old are you, lecturing me about understanding the game, cheeky b@rstard. I was brought up in the 70’s when real men played the game, Graeme Souness, Norman Hunter, Billy Bremner etc, not these over paid, pampered nancy’s who play it now.

from somewhere else since you should know that football is the best sport in the world by far!.. punching someone in the face for a living doesn’t make you more of a man or athlete… Graeme Souness is a complete moron that’s ruined more Premier league clubs than any manager :/ he may have been good as a player but the sport and players of today are real men and it’s never been better!..

LOL!Man you are crazy!
And don’t call me son if you was brought in the 70’s b/c we are probably around the same age!

they are not over paid if you look at how big the sport is… the game tonight is gonna be viewed by billions of people..

Alpha WTF are you on about??? Son???? Rob you must be the only person in britain who doesn’t think footballers are overpaid.

In the other thread son!(Coleman)

I’ll never forgive Graeme Souness for ruining my team, he’s part of the reason that Newcastle got relegated. He was a talented player but an awful manager.

I have mixed feelings on tough players, to me there is a difference between being a hard man and a thug. Players like Lee Cattermole who constantly injure other players show what is wrong with the sport but at the same time you can’t fault players like John Terry for their toughness and work ethic. He may be awful at penalties and a bit of a whinge but no footballer is tougher than him and he isn’t a dirty player either. Keane and Viera were real hard men and talented footballers but too ill disciplined for my liking.

Right now my heart’s not in football after this awful season but Man U-Barca should be a cracking game, pity all of the Man U fans I know throw their success in my face otherwise I’d be able to appreciate their skills more.

Rugby League is a cracking sport that football could learn a thing or to from i.e. showing respect to the referee, playing on when hurt instead of lying on the floor, however it’s only supported in Australia and in the North of England. Union’s better supported but I find the game boring, there’s too much kicking and scrums for my liking, I find it all stop-start.

Graeme Souness is to blame for Newcastle getting relegated???? Ummmm, how????? Good points about Rugby league though.

Newcastle has been my favorite team in the premier league forever! Graeme Souness sold all the good players and just ruined everything Sir Bobby Robson had done.. And that fat piece of sh*t Mike Ashley is the one to blame for this season if Sam Allardyce would have been given a chance to get the club back together this would never have happened!
attakdog, some may be overpaid but that’s nothing to be bitter about, the NBA players are getting paid more for playing B-Ball.. I’m not from Britain either but i am a huge football fan and follow all big leagues around Europe

lets be real Craig Bellamy wasn’t given enough cred when he was in Newcastle, Graeme sold him when he was their best striker even better than Alan Shearer.. How Jonás Gutierrez was on the bench in the last game is also mystery to me! Nicky Butt should go to Derby or something he’s been horrible 2 seasons in a row now and he plays every single game just cause he’s a “name”..

Were your from RoB?

Where are you from then RoB? Souness aint to blame, there’s been like 5 managers since him, and you’re right about Big Sam. The football might not have been pretty but he’d have kept them up, no doubt about that.

Alpha, I said “sun” as in short for sunshine. There’s a clue in the spelling!

O sh!t son! He called you SUNshine! Thats even worse…

Is rugby league that nonsense where you only get six phases then have to kick it away? I prefer the traditional style rugby. And just to clarify, I’ve lived in Texas all my life, played soccer up through college and am entering my 10th season as a rugger.

Sweden.. no i know attakdog Big Sam is good and should have been respected and got more time, and at some point you have to realize and accept that your team just isn’t good enough to finish at a top position.. the people that run Newcastle wanted to stress the club to a top spot and now instead of that they play in the Championship next season!

When you have a guy like Dennis Wise in your organization that’s when you know something’s wrong..

Attackdog
Well it’s very hard to know coming from someone of England in particular!With your funny accent and weird way to misspelled names and words…

Lol, Dennis Wise and the Cockney Mafia.

Souness was the beginning of the end, he took a top 5 team and ruined them just like Dalglish ruined Keegan’s entertainers. Both men were awful managers for us as they sold our best players and replaced them with dross. If either had any competence and Shephard knew how to run a football club we’d still be a top 10 team. Instead, we ruined two great squads and never built on our success. Souness needs to take his share of the blame for wasting money on talentless bums like Boumsong, Faye and Babayaro and taking us from 5th to 14th. He should never have been manager in the first place and Robson should have been treated better. He should have either left in the summer so we could rebuild or have been backed by the chairman and the fans. Poor going on all accounts.

Ashley is an awful owner, he didn’t know what he was buying because the incompetent prat didn’t do due diligence before buying so he had no clue that we were in debt, which was caused by Shephard wasting money on champagne players, high wages and his own obscene salary. Ashley cost us by sacking Big Sam, bringing in Keegan (blatantly to appease fans) and undermining him by having his Cockney mates Wise, Jiminez and Vetere control transfers as well as not backing either manager with money and outright lying to both about their budgets. No way should Allardyce have been sacked in Jan, sure he made some poor signings (Barton, Cacapa, Rozenhal) but he is a proven manager and didn’t get a far shot or the time to do anything. Keegan was a publicity stunt and he walked at an awful time. I still can’t believe that he didn’t replace Keegan immediately and instead made a half arsed attempt to sell then brought in Kinnear to paper over the cracks and amazingly didn’t look for a proper replacement until weeks after he got sick, by which time it was too late and Shearer (imo another manager just brought in to appease fans) didn’t have the time or skill to keep us up. Ashley should have invested into the team after we nearly went down last year, then made a quick decision after Keegan left but instead let the club rot until it was too late.

Rubbish management, signings and managers have cost us our PL status and the fact that the 3rd best supported team in England with the 5th highest wage bill have gone down sickens me.

Good riddance I say, just coz you’re well supported doesn’t give you a god given right to trophies. I’m a Notts Forest fan sun, the championship aint that bad, you’ll have fun next season.

You hit the nail on the head with Ashley, it is ALL his fault, you cant blame souness who’s been gone for three years, thats plenty of time to put things right.

Wow. Just, wow.

It’s you lot who talk funny Alpha lol, we invented the language! Havent we had this discussion before?

Hate to break it to ya Attakdog, but the American English is closer to the original than the British.

From around 1600, the English colonization of North America resulted in the creation of a distinct American variety of English. Some English pronunciations and words “froze” when they reached America. In some ways, American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English is. Some expressions that the British call “Americanisms” are in fact original British expressions that were preserved in the colonies while lost for a time in Britain (for example trash for rubbish, loan as a verb instead of lend, and fall for autumn; another example, frame-up, was re-imported into Britain through Hollywood gangster movies).

can’t remember the site I got that from, but props to them whoever they are

never understood why Bobby Robson left and why in the middle of the season, Newcastle started poorly every season and then went on to win most of the remaining games to finish in the top 7, that was a known thing and then they bring in Souness… Jenas, Robert, Bellamy and all of those guys even Aaron Hughes and Andy O’Brien was good at that time and he sold all of them!.. Blackburn is one of my favorite clubs and Souness did the same thing to them!
Peter Reid and Graeme Souness must be the two biggest jokes as Premier League managers..

I like the idea. I wonder if they would keep the theme of country vs country and have USA vs Brazil. Shogun doesn’t exactly have the best English, so communication may be an issue.

even better VM…his english is getting better but you have a good point

I like it, but maybe with Wandy or Nog who have better English.

US v Brazil would be the only way that this series would work if Machida and Rampage are the coaches. Personally I think that it’s a waste of time as neither of these guys need extra promotion for their upcoming title fight as that would sell PPVs and tickets on it’s own without the reality show.

It doesn’t make sense for Rampage to be a coach again as that was a weak series, he wasn’t a great coach and he already has name value. After Machida’s last few performances he doesn’t need as much mainstream recognition as he previously did. KO’g RAshad did more for him than TUF ever will.

I like the country v country set-up and it would be great to see a Brazilian TUF team but not at the expense of delaying this fight.