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Gold Chain · Post #81 » by **Gold Chain** » Tue Jun 5, 2012 3:04 pm

REDDzone wrote:Kind of sucks for Yang though, I thought he won his last fight iirc.

In the kindest of terms, Yang had no business being in there in the first place.

If I'm a kid in China right now, 14-15-16, and I have some serious natural talent, I would hit that gym like no tomorrow. The second Zuffa can find a Chinese national that is a serious fighter and can be led to a title shot, that kid will make a ton of cash.

Zuffa needs an Asian Bisping int he worst way.

Gold Chain · Post #82 » by **Gold Chain** » Tue Jun 5, 2012 7:17 pm

Also, the GSP Road To Recovery series blows me away.

Sure, he's got every tool around him to turn him back into the old beast,
but his work ethic, strength, attitude towards training and the fact that he clearly enjoys it is very inspiring.

In the new one he does this hand stand coming off a yoga ball and then holds the stand and dips at the end a few times.....I mean......holy.

How does a guy who never wrestled become one of the best MMA wrestlers of all time?
Work.

Post #83 » by **spykelee** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 3:17 am

Apparently BJ Penn has verbally agreed to fight Rory Macdonald... I know Rory had mentioned this fight a week or so ago, but I just can't understand BJ's motivation to take this fight. I guess he thinks if he wins he'll be close to a title fight, but I think he's not even going to sniff victory. He's coming out of retirement to get absolutely smashed.

REDDzone · Post #84 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 3:19 am

WTF is BJ thinking? He passes on Kos like a week ago to fight Rory?

Rory is a much lesser name who is hungry and probably better than Kos at this point. Kos is the type of guy he could beat and add a good name to his resume.

Anyway, BJ at WW, I'll watch, but wish it wasn't so.

K1NG · Post #85 » by **K1NG** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 4:33 am

He had a better chance to win against Gil.

Post #86 » by **CPT** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:02 pm

That's crazy.

He's basically serving up his name to put Rory over.

Maybe I'm getting caught up in the Rory MacDonald hype/underestimating a guy who is still a very tough out for anyone in Koscheck, but if those two were to fight, I'd have MacDonald as a pretty heavy favourite.

skflives · Post #87 » by **skflives** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:19 pm

K1NG wrote:He had a better chance to win against Gil.

He'd have a better chance at LW period.

REDDzone · Post #88 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:48 pm

Yea, even if you think Kos is better at this point, the risk/reward for Rory vs Kos just doesn't make any sense for BJ to have refused Kos like a week ago and decide to come back now.

If he loses this one, the ufc may not even give him a choice to come back next time. That'd be several beatings in a row, with a random win over half retired Matt Hughes thrown in the mix.

Gold Chain · Post #89 » by **Gold Chain** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 1:28 pm

I don't even care at this point.

I just want to see BJ fight one more time.

If it's here in TO, I'll be going.

That's a super tough fight for BJ, harder than Kos imo at this point.

Mike Dolce, please get with BJ and see if for once, we could see "Motivated BJ" at 170.

Gold Chain · Post #90 » by **Gold Chain** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 1:54 pm

Fedor might not be retiring, cue the hoopla again after the Rizzo fight. lol

"We'll see. It's not a fact that I will retire on June 21st. We'll see after the fight."

http://lowkick.blitzcorner.com/Other/Fe ... last-16087

SDM · Post #91 » by **SDM** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 2:04 pm

Fedor retired when he couldn't work out a deal Stateside like Dennis Rodman retired when he went to play pro ball in Sweden. What's he gonna do after Rizzo, go play pro ball in Madagascar?

REDDzone · Post #92 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 2:05 pm

Ideally that would mean they approached him about fighting either Barnett or Cormier, but I really really doubt it.

A combo of Fedor/Sylvia for those strikeforce heavies may be the best combo that could be hoped for outside of the zuffa banner.

REDDzone · Post #93 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 2:06 pm

SDM wrote:Fedor retired when he couldn't work out a deal Stateside like Dennis Rodman retired when he went to play pro ball in Sweden. What's he gonna do after Rizzo, go play pro ball in Madagascar?

Fight Dan Severn.

SDM · Post #94 » by **SDM** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 2:14 pm

Good idea for a step up in comp. IMO, Monson/Ishii/Rizzo/Severn/Fulton/Zane Frazier murderer's row equals title shot of his choice with co-promotion.

REDDzone · Post #95 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 2:19 pm

He's only going to fight if God wills it though. God may not want to mess with Dan Severn...if he knows what's good for him.

Gold Chain · Post #96 » by **Gold Chain** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 3:30 pm

Next up after the Rizzo super-fight, Fedor will fight Gene LeBell.

Gold Chain · Post #97 » by **Gold Chain** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 3:59 pm

Ginger Balls (FRB) reporting that someone from Brock's camp says he will be fighting this year,
and it will be against Werdum or Big Nog.

Take with grain of salt, this guy is a narcissist with a Twitter account.

Nemesis21 · Post #98 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 6:13 pm

Gustaffson the next victim of the injury bug,

http://espn.go.com/blog/MMA/post/_/id/1 ... in-a-month

SDM · Post #99 » by **SDM** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 6:31 pm

We need to have a MMA injury thread to keep track.

REDDzone · Post #100 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Jun 6, 2012 6:47 pm

SDM wrote:We need to have a MMA injury thread to keep track.

Speaking of: Brian Stann out of ufc on fox 4.

I generally like to post injuries/replacements for events in the events thread, but I don't think we have one for ufc on fox 4 yet.

edit: I was wrong, bumped that thread.