Putty Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Just choose opposite of me and you will do fine. Although I picked the Silva vs. Franklin correctly........hmmm on a roll? GSP Vera (this guy is great) Sadly Sylvia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmap Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Hughes (I hope) Vera (underrated) Sylvia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepickles Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 GSP Sylvia Mir I haven't seen Mir since his last fight, he had extra weight and wasn't in the best cardio. If he keeps training he'll recover from the motorcyle wreck and take the title. Otherwise, the excellent Vera will run over him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 GSP is a great fighter and competitor, but I think Hughes outmatches him in technique, work ethic, and strength. -Hughes Don't know much about either fighter...from what I've seen Mir is going to have his hands full. -Vera The fight between Sylvia and Monson I'm not excited for at all. I Honestly think both of them are subpar fighters. Monson has too much muscle to last in a sustained fight...and Sylvia is just an oaf who got 2 lucky shots in against Arlovski. -Sylvia...simply because he is huge and has an enormous reach advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 LOL, I have the exact same predictions as Sandoz, including the "sadly Sylvia". After seeing how BJ Penn tooled Matt for 2 rounds before his popped rib (and perhaps smaller gas tank) made him lose, I think GSP can finally take it. I just hope he learnt he can't get sloppy with Hughes. I am rooting for Monson. He seems like a way cooler guy than Sylvia (which isn't very hard ). And I will always root for the grappler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted November 19, 2006 Author Share Posted November 19, 2006 BAM! Three for three!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmap Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I wanted to see Hughes hang on but GSP was just too much. He did handle himself with class though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Well, the fights are said and done and the outcomes were ... interesting. Sylvia had obviously prepared well for Munson. Great sprawl, good defense on the ground. Kept his cool when Muson took him down. The last round was a bit of a coast, but I have noticed that Tim is not as aggressive as he was on his way to the top. Hughes looked very unprepared. Why would you abandon what got you to the dance and play someone else's game unless he underestimated GSP big time. GSP caught him at the end of the 1st, and when they came out for the second nailed him with a nice head kick. Mir... Mir was disappointing. He never really seemed to get going. Reports from camp were that he was lighter and well defined, but he came into the ring at 254 and carrying about the same belly he had last time. And Sakura? Not sure why he laid down. And Joe "Daddy" looked like he is going to be a force at 155. But the majority of the fights were finished in the first round. No controversial stoppages or judge scoring. All in all not a bad card at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberkid Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Hughes-St. Pierre~ In one of the earlier UFC DVDs, there is a behind the scenes segment where Hughes, St. Pierre, and a few others are watching the Lutter/Prangley fight on a tv in a dressing room. In that fight Prangley tags Lutter in the crotch twice in rapid succession. St. Pierre makes a big point of saying how he wouldnt ever want to win like that because he "would know it isnt real". I wonder if he still feels that way. Hughes looked a little timid from the start though and that surprised me a lot. Sylvia-Monson~ Is it just me or does Sylvia seem to be the king of the boring fight? I was surprised at his ground game, solid defense on the ground, even a few submission attempts, though I dont think any of them came real close. Like Spook, I always gotta go for the grappler, and anyone who calls Monson a subpar fighter has never seen him at Abu Dhabi or grapplers quest. Also, until you actually grapple with someone a foot taller than you, you wont understand how difficult it can be. Vera-Mir~ Very disappointing. I always liked Mir, and after last night I think it is fair to say he is pretty much done, least as far as fights in the UFC go. I also thought he looked a bit soft, and it pains me to watch him take his 3rd beating in a row. I dont like Vera much, but he looked solid last night and with Monson out of the way, I think he probably gets the next title shot. It will be interesting to see Sylvia take on a fighter with a really solid, technical stand up game. Good event, but I turned it off with a bad taste in my mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted November 19, 2006 Author Share Posted November 19, 2006 I thought it was great. Loved seeing Hughes get Pwned. Militich (sp?) fighters as of late are getting their arrogance handed back to them. Sylvia is next to fall....hopefully Vera, or bring in Fedor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Sylvia is next to fall....hopefully Vera, or bring in Fedor. The only reason I wanted Monson to lose is that it would maybe mean Sylvia would have to face Fedor sometime. I would pay sooo much $$$ to witness that ass whoopin'! @KimberKid, ditto on Monson. Awesome grappler. His Abu Dhabi performances were great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokshwn Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Spook To call what Fedor or even Alexander would do to Sylvia an ass whooping is the biggest understatement I have heard in a while. I will grant that Sylvia continues to win however there is no difficulty whatsoever in recognizing that he isn't even close to being in a league with Fedor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Hehe, so true I started training grappling about 4 months ago at Kops Gym in Amsterdam, and I've had the great luck that Aleksander has some matches in Holland and is training at my gym at the moment. The guy is an absolute animal when it comes to training but a very friendly guy on and off the mat. Aleksander told us Fedor would probably be training in the gym somewhere next month. I hope I can get some pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Whats funny is that people are still voting after the fight ended (at the 51 vote count) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver8M3 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 anyone know of a video of the GSP/MH fight somewhere on the net? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 It was on youtube yesterday, no sound. Hughes looked like an amatuer, not the "most dominant champion." GSP gave him a beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Zuffa made you tube take it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 You can still watch it on Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/...orges-st-pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver8M3 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 (edited) You can still watch it on Dailymotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/...orges-st-pierre ...not any more! eta: it's back on youtube now...the 2nd round anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duAaD6gjtXc Edited November 21, 2006 by driver8M3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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