aight Black9-I think we were watching the same fight-n i only saw Matt fight once, so how again did he get his azz beat twice?? last time he met GSP in the cage, Matt was the one with his hand raised....
I give credit where its due tho-GSP took MH outta his element early on when he fought off all Hughes' attempts to go the ground...I knew after the second time he sprawled n made Matt stand back up, that the fight was all his-GSP is just too fast standing up, Matt was eating fists every time he tried to punch/kick...his only chance at victory lay in taking GSP down n submitting him...I still feel MH has a better ground game, but obviously GSP has great defense against takedowns; which makes sense-he must have known his stand-up was better than MH, so his strategy was just like Silvias-keep the fight on his feet and it'd be all his.
Speakin of the Big Dawg-I think he has a great strategy for winning fights...it just makes for the most BORING fights Ive ever seen! I wish he'd really push for the KO in anything but the last 30 seconds of the LAST F**KING ROUND....if he does that s**t again, I hope they strip him of the title just for being a wuss...just because he can hold off his competitors doesnt make him a champ, IMO. Unless you can show you are BETTER than your opponent, you shouldnt be given the privilege of holding that title...at least MH went out there n brought the fight TO GSP, instead of dancing around until he got yelled at by the ref-that earns more respect from me.
I have to say tho-this was THE best UFC I've seen in the last 4, maybe even 5 months...so many good fights this time, n plenty of action (well, every other match BESIDES big Tim's) to keep my blood pumpin.
I cant wait for Tim to square off with Vera-i dont think Brandon will be such an easy match for Tim. Vera is a very good, versatile striker and he is also extremely dangerous on the ground-even from his back. That is going to be very good fight-Monson did his best, but with such a height disadvantage it was all Tim's fight. Will Vera BEAT Silvia??? thats a question I have no answer to.
As for GSP of Vera moving into Liddell's weight class n beating him-keep dreamin fellas, Chuck is just as fast n accurate as GSP, and he hits alot harder-how many true KOs does GSP have to his name?
plus, that extra weight would slow GSP down...
n Vera-never gonna happen. He is a natural heavyweight, n he is doing so well at that size, it would make no sense to drop weight just to challenge for a belt-he'd be losing mass, losing strength-he'd have to change his whole strategy-why bother when he's knocking guys out in his own weightclass?
I give credit where its due tho-GSP took MH outta his element early on when he fought off all Hughes' attempts to go the ground...I knew after the second time he sprawled n made Matt stand back up, that the fight was all his-GSP is just too fast standing up, Matt was eating fists every time he tried to punch/kick...his only chance at victory lay in taking GSP down n submitting him...I still feel MH has a better ground game, but obviously GSP has great defense against takedowns; which makes sense-he must have known his stand-up was better than MH, so his strategy was just like Silvias-keep the fight on his feet and it'd be all his.
Speakin of the Big Dawg-I think he has a great strategy for winning fights...it just makes for the most BORING fights Ive ever seen! I wish he'd really push for the KO in anything but the last 30 seconds of the LAST F**KING ROUND....if he does that s**t again, I hope they strip him of the title just for being a wuss...just because he can hold off his competitors doesnt make him a champ, IMO. Unless you can show you are BETTER than your opponent, you shouldnt be given the privilege of holding that title...at least MH went out there n brought the fight TO GSP, instead of dancing around until he got yelled at by the ref-that earns more respect from me.
I have to say tho-this was THE best UFC I've seen in the last 4, maybe even 5 months...so many good fights this time, n plenty of action (well, every other match BESIDES big Tim's) to keep my blood pumpin.
I cant wait for Tim to square off with Vera-i dont think Brandon will be such an easy match for Tim. Vera is a very good, versatile striker and he is also extremely dangerous on the ground-even from his back. That is going to be very good fight-Monson did his best, but with such a height disadvantage it was all Tim's fight. Will Vera BEAT Silvia??? thats a question I have no answer to.
As for GSP of Vera moving into Liddell's weight class n beating him-keep dreamin fellas, Chuck is just as fast n accurate as GSP, and he hits alot harder-how many true KOs does GSP have to his name?
plus, that extra weight would slow GSP down...n Vera-never gonna happen. He is a natural heavyweight, n he is doing so well at that size, it would make no sense to drop weight just to challenge for a belt-he'd be losing mass, losing strength-he'd have to change his whole strategy-why bother when he's knocking guys out in his own weightclass?
