Comments on: Saturday surprise: K-1 interested in Asashoryu?

By: white ninja

white ninja — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:34:52 +0000

Saeki is a poor excuse of a promoter and will take DEEP nowhere

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:21:10 +0000

And to further point out the Fedor Situation….

1. He has ducked 4 fighters now. Antonio Silva, Tim Sylvia, Bob Sapp, & reportedly Jeff Monson.

2. He has not fought a top contender since August 2005, against Mirko Filipovic.

3. He wants to basically hand pick his opponents from now on, and this is one of the major sticking points with the UFC.

As talented as he is…. And let me say, he is ultra talented…. He is starting to turn into a fraud. He would rather dominate these BS Sambo competitions. He would rather fight Mark Coleman a second time.

After this information is getting out…. He shouldn’t be #1 on anybodies Pound 4 Pound list. How can he be when he is constantly ducking Heavyweights? How can he be considered #1 even at Heavyweight when he continues to duck opponents.

This to me is the biggest news story going right now. Not the “steroid scandal”. Not “Dana White’s Big Mouth” (Which he does have)…. It is this supposed #1 Fighter In The World who has a history of avoiding tough fights that he doesn’t think he can win.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:33:07 +0000

I think a bigger myth then the “Zuffa Myth”…. Is the “Fedor is the greatest ever myth”… From The Wrestling Observer:

“According to those who have spoken with Emelianenko and his management, as shocking as this sounds and no doubt will be heavily denied once it’s printers, the guy they wanted to avoid was Tim Syvlia, who Fedor himself said presented a bad style match-up. When Emelianenko was Pride champion in 2003, he turned down a title defense against Bob Sapp, even though most feel he’d have handled him easily.”

Keep in mind that Bodog was also trying to get him to fight Antonio Silva and he turned that fight down as well. He is most certaintly not a Matt Hughes (who fights anybody he if offered).

By: grafdog

grafdog — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:03:04 +0000

A new myth seems to be developing with this description…
“Dana White, the league’s muscular, articulate 38-year-old president,”

I’d phrase it like this…

Dana White, the ufc’s paunchy and bald, prone to profanity 38-year-old snake oil salesman and frequent buffet patron,

By: JThue

JThue — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:46:17 +0000

nick: Diaz was in Nevada.

By: nicklovesmma

nicklovesmma — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:31:40 +0000

I am confused. I think I remember Nick Diaz getting a long suspension for smoking weed but these guys are only getting punished from August to November. What gives?

By: Kev

Kev — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:34:22 +0000

If I knew Sen. Reid was in attendance and I was in charge of the UFC, not only would I’d fire Babalu, I’d ban him from the UFC for life.

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:38:35 +0000

Check out today’s New York Times article – front page nytimes.com

How’s things going in New York for you?

By: typewriter

typewriter — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:01:09 +0000

Check out today’s New York Times article – front page nytimes.com

By: groda

groda — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:40:51 +0000

If only your government would stop ballerblocking MMA.

Actually, MMA has been approved for a one-year probationary period (from May). Basically unified rules without elbows. So it’s looking pretty good. The effort to ban MMA seems to have totally backfired on the fascists and has led to regulation rather than than a ban.

The report from the committee read almost like it had been written by the MMA supporters themselves.

On a side note. If you had told me a week ago that TV4 was going to show UFC 75 I would have smacked you in the face.