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UFC 158 Aftermath

  Let’s start with the obvious, GSP had another decisive win. Wow, for real? Did anyone find that surprising? Because if you did you have the analyst skills of a six year old. Even the.

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Let’s start with the obvious, GSP had another decisive win. Wow, for real? Did anyone find that surprising? Because if you did you have the analyst skills of a six year old. Even the people who were picking Diaz for the upset weren’t shocked at the fact that Diaz didn’t amount much offense the entire fight.

It’s good to know the Johny Hendricks is getting the next crack at GSP. I still think it’s ridiculous the Nick Diaz got the chance first, but I’ve ranted enough about that in the past. I was surprised to see that so many people had picked Carlos Condit to win, because the fight played out exactly as I predicted with Hendricks taking a decision. He threw his left hand with bad intent, and when Condit was focused on evading the haymakers, Hendricks would shoot in for a takedown. Condit did have moments of success, but Bigg Rigg did what he does best, and won me $100 with his win. Damn glad my money was on Hendricks.

Now just because Hendricks in getting the next title shot, doesn’t mean that Jake Ellenberger isn’t far behind. He’s beaten Mike Pyle, Sean Pierson, Jake Shields, Diego Sanchez, Jay Hieron, and he just added Nate Marquardt to that list with a devastating knockout. One more solid win over a top opponent and he should get the next title shot, possibly Josh Koscheck, Tarec Saffiedine, or a rematch with Martin Kampmann.

I’ll admit that Patrick Cote performed better in his welterweight debut than I expected, but Bobby Voelker won that fight. The only ones that didn’t seem to agree were the bias sons of bitches that judged the fight. And of course they all three judges just so happened to score it for the Canadian fighter. Know why no one complained about the decision? Oh I don’t know, probably because they were in Montreal. I scored it 30-27 for Voelker, but I can see Cote taking the second round, but with equally as many combinations as Cote, with more takedowns and ground control? No way. I’m just glad that the judges didn’t fuck up any other fights that night.

Jordan Mein had one of the best UFC debut’s a fighter can have, and against a UFC veteran. Not only did he show excellent striking and KO Dan Miller, but he also demonstrated proficient submission defense. I’m not saying that he’ll be fighting for the belt anytime soon, but we could be looking at a future top ten contender.

The judges may have only screwed up one fight, but another was all the doing of ref Yves Lavigne that screws Antonio Carvalho. Darren Elkins landed a hard punch that clearly wobbled Carvalho, he covered up the best he could, but one follow up punch dropped him to a knee. That’s it. Not flat on his back, didn’t even fall on his ass; just dropped to a knee and stood back up. But Yves Lavigne said no. All you need to do is take a knee and Yves Lavigne will step in and spoil a good fight. But then again, we all knew he was more than capable of screwing up a few fights.

 

 

– Ryan “Fight Freek” Poli

@FightFreek

Is Diaz Losing His Touch?

Where you at Nick? No not Nick The Bitch Diaz, I’m talking the Stockton Bad Boy that I hate. What is this shit? I like this new Nick Diaz! Dana White said that the old.

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Where you at Nick? No not Nick The Bitch Diaz, I’m talking the Stockton Bad Boy that I hate. What is this shit? I like this new Nick Diaz! Dana White said that the old Nick Diaz is supposed to be coming back, apparently he was on his best behavior recently.

We’re a week away from UFC 158, and we have yet to hear Nick curse out GSP. This is making me think that GSP might be in Nick’s head. Is Diaz already defeated? Here’s another theory, maybe Diaz has just been stoned out of his mind through this entire process. I guess we’ll find out after this fight. Regardless, we all know the outcome of this fight, GSP is going to win; most likely by decision.

I was just hoping that this fight would get hyped a little bit more. It’s kind of sad when Johnny Hendricks, who isn’t even fighting GSP, is taking more shots at the champ than his opponent. Regardless, this is going to be a stacked card and the UFC is going to make bank on it. GSP is the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view draw, and regardless of whether Diaz sells this fight or not the Bell Centre will be sold out and the card will pull huge numbers.

– Josh Canada Leduc

Anderson Silva is a Priss

So if you guys watch the mmafix.com podcasts, you guys know that I like to rant. I’m not going to toot my own horn; some of my rants are fucking awesome. This is going to.

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So if you guys watch the mmafix.com podcasts, you guys know that I like to rant. I’m not going to toot my own horn; some of my rants are fucking awesome. This is going to be another one.

Anderson Mother Fucking Silva. You don’t get to pick the fights, Joe Silva does! Dana White has been telling us for weeks now that it’s a process to get Anderson interested in a fight. Finally, that process is done. Chris Weidman is finally scheduled to face Anderson Silva on July 6th. I get that Anderson is 38, and he’s probably on the tail end of his career; but when you’re the champion you fight all comers.

Weidman is fucking 9-0 and 5-0 in the UFC; he’s coming off a vicious knock out of Mark Munoz. In a division like the Middleweights I think that is more than justifying for a title shot. Apparently Anderson Silva doesn’t think so. The UFC has been throwing, and I mean throwing handfuls of money at Silva just to get him to take this fight. I’m not saying Silva is scared, he’s probably going to win this fight; but you can’t hold up the entire division because you don’t like the fight they offered.

I hope Chris Weidman beats Silva, I really do. That would mean he can either go up to 205 and fight Jones, or retire. Weidman has the skills, he’s stronger than Sonnen, his boxing probably isn’t as good, and his BJJ is solid. Not to mention that Weidman is a fucking massive 185lber. I’m not saying Weidman can’t hold Anderson down for five rounds; he has the power to finish the champ. I just don’t think it will happen.

Let’s face it, Anderson is going to finish Weidman in spectacular fashion, I kind of think it’ll be a knee when Weidman takes a shot. Silva won’t learn his lesson, he’s going to continue to fight once a year, and he’s going to continue to be a priss. Anderson Silva, you are a fantastic fighter, but I hate your attitude, and I fucking hate Ed Soares.

That is all, class dismissed.

– Josh Canada Leduc

What’s Next for Mark Hunt?

Did I call it, or did I call it? Hunt knocks out Skyscraper in the third round, and best of all he didn’t look half bad doing it. Sure they both looked a little sloppy,.

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Did I call it, or did I call it? Hunt knocks out Skyscraper in the third round, and best of all he didn’t look half bad doing it. Sure they both looked a little sloppy, but Hunt is coming off almost a year layoff. What was surprising, was that throw he had on Struve, not to mention the fact that he passed the Skyscrapers guard on multiple occasions. So with this win, we’re left with the question, what’s next for the Super Samoan Mark Hunt? These are some of my ideas.

The winner of JDS vs Overeem:  This fight is interesting as it is; whoever wins should be a great test for Mark Hunt. Unfortunately I think JDS is going to win, not that JDS vs Hunt won’t be a great fight, but I think a rematch between two K1 Champions would be amazing. If Overeem somehow wins, then this would be a rematch of an old Pride bout, not to mention there is a little bad blood between the two fighters.

Loser of Velasquez vs Silva:  This is a little bit of a longshot seeing that Mark Hunt and Big Foot are training together at ATT. If Silva wins, a match between Cain and Hunt could be interesting; it will really show us if Hunt has worked his defensive wrestling, and it could show us how good Cain’s striking really is. Not to mention the fact that Hunt will probably be ranked around number eight after his win, I don’t think they will give him someone who just fought for the title.

Big Nog:  I know, I know, he’s fighting Werdum. If Mark Hunt is okay with waiting a little bit I think this would be a phenomenal fight. This is a fight that should have happened back in Pride, who knows maybe they could do the fight at the Saitama Super Arena too. I think having Hunt ready as an injury replacement for either Nog or Werdum would be a smart plan, seeing how Hunt dismantled Struve who has a good BJJ game, it would be interesting to see him against a high level black belt; which both these men possess.

Shane Carwin:  I’m not exactly sure the time frame for Carwin’s return, but this would be sure to be an exciting bout. Both men have granite chins; see Carwin vs JDS or any of Hunt’s K1 fights. I think Shane would probably stand and trade with Hunt, but I’m not sure if that would smart for him. Both men are known to gas a little, so I wouldn’t expect this to go past the second round, especially if this is a five round main event. Win or lose this would be an entertaining fight for the fans.

Let me know what you guys think in the comment section!

– Josh Canada Leduc