ufc/pride

Dream 11 was terrible.

- Bob Sapp is terrible. The guy throws some of the most powerful leg kicks during practice, but when it comes to fight night, he has nothing. Sokoudjou added a pointless W on his record.

- Hansen > Aoki. There was 16 seconds left, and it went on for 20+ seconds and Aoki got the armbar. Complete bullshit by the DREAM. Hansen was going to win that fight, and they all knew it. Disappointing.

- Kawajari looked sharp as always.

- Sakuraba's entrance was great, but he needs to stop fighting.

- Bibiano is a *****. Regardless of Warren tapping, Bibiano needs to learn respect.

- Minowman vs Hong Man Choi = why MMA is not respected as a real sport.

Dream 12 will apparently have a pentagon shaped cage.

edit: Warren did tap after rewatching.

Its official that Rampage is the worst coach ever on the show.

I laughed when Tiki said "Explode on his face"

Rampage made a good point though, these guyz are still green. Teaching them things that the experts know won't benefit them at this stage. Rashad even said, start with the basics and move up from there.

Co-sign. How the hell as a coach u gonna leave right before a fight to get something to eat. Come in like 5 minutes before the fight and then be mad at the fighter when he loses. At this point I dont expect any of his guys to win.

Originally posted by Dr. Leg Kick

Rampage made a good point though, these guyz are still green. Teaching them things that the experts know won't benefit them at this stage. Rashad even said, start with the basics and move up from there.

true but is not like he's trying his hardest to really train those guys.

Honestly ive lost a lot of respect for rampage after seeing his terrible coaching and lack of care for his fighters. when he returns to the ufc Dana should give him a fight with Anderson as a punishment.lol

Dream really needs to step their game up. the Aoki fight pissed me off. As Dr leg kick said it did seem to go on past the time limit.

Its seems like UFC 108 is silva vs belfort, who r u guys taking?

Which Silva?

Anderson Silva will be fighting Vitor. I want to see Vitor win because even though Anderson is one of my top 5 fav fighters I just want to see him lose lose in the UFC. I read an article on sherdog saying that Wanderlei thinks Vitor will be destroyed by Silva and he hopes to have a rematch with Belfort.

I want A.Silva to keep on winning. He's my all-time favorite fighter.

Silva vs Belfort is on hold. Anderson is getting knee surgery

BUT

I think this is an excuse for now. If Lyoto loses to Shogun, Anderon can definitley step in as LHW contender. He did beat former LHW champ Forrest, so it would all make sense. Plus it's big $$$ from a business point of view.

and Wanderlei will most likely face Sexiyama.

I thought it was his elbow. I think its an excuse also since Silva's camp dont believe the Vitor deserve a shot.

I want Silva to lose so it can shut up his ego, then I will like him again. Wanderlei will lose to Anderson and prob badly too.

Actually while he will have elbow surgery and silvas camp do have some reservations on the vitor weight issue they hae said it is ultimately a doctors decision and that theyve accepted the fight. If the doctor thinks anderson can fight in january after the surgery then the fight will go down.

Also im not sure why u think anderson has an ego. He is a pretty humble and respectful in interviews. One of the classiest guys in the ufc. Ed soares his manager however is a different story but Andersons character shouldnt be based of statements made by his manager

Soares keeps Anderson in check though. You guyz do know that when Anderson speaks in Portuguese, Soares leaves certain things out. He makes sure nothing hurts his image. Can't give details though, but this is what Portuguese speakers have said.

As for Belfort, not sure what weight issue there is. The scale in his room prior to the Franklin fight was off a bit, so can't blame him for that.

Can't wait for Wandy vs Akiyama, and it's rumored that Kimbo will be facing Houston Alexander.

I think it's a false rumor though. Doesn't make sense at all.

Its true that Soares does at times leave some things out when Anderson talks. Such as his "apology" to the fans after the Leites fight. Anderson didnt really apologize as much as Soares tried to make it sound apparently. Still in a scenario like that where it was mostly ignorant brawl hungry fans who complained i can hardly blame Anderson as these are people who probably just started watching MMA recently (probably when UFC became popular) and have no true appreciation of the technical aspect of the sport. I mean alot of people didnt even know who machida was before he beat evans and alot of others that didnt like him because he was "boring" (brilliant technical fighter with good all round game and smart strategy for winning fights yet had quite a low fanbase).

However in other instances such as all this talk about Vitors weight and such (which is a pretty flimsy excuse considering vitor recently made 185 twice prior to the Franklin fight) im pretty sure Soares is coming up with this stuff on his own. When Anderson was asked about he said no comment.

Co-sign^

Junior Dos Santos vs Gabriel Gonzaga is set. I'll be cheering for Dos Santos. He has the best hands in the HW division IMO.

by the way, Big L for life

After this epiosde of TUF I think I know why Rampage retired.

Sorry for double post but with Mark Coleman withdrawing from his match with Tito at UFC106 Forrest Griffin will get a rematch with Ortiz thoughts, I know some people who think Forrest should have won the first time so this should be an interesting fight.

Originally posted by Naija boy
Also im not sure why u think anderson has an ego. He is a pretty humble and respectful in interviews.

Lawlz.

Rampages streak continues