Comments on: Sunday quick notes (11/18)

By: D.Capitated

D.Capitated — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:03:24 +0000

Rashad would have a hard time with Shogun because Rashad is not particularly aggressive and his power is lacking in the standup department. I think Shogun could win that battle, but Rashad has a tendency to make fights last.

Shogun is sloppy standing, like most everyone from Chute Boxe. Additionally, Rashad has fantastic handspeed and great wrestling ability. Add in Shogun not having knee strikes and stomps and a horrible performance against Forrest Griffin and you have to call into question just how dominant he’d be.

By: Jim Allcorn

Jim Allcorn — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:38:01 +0000

I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one with serious issues regarding Joe Silva’s matchmaking abilities. Actually, I’ve long thought that he’s mediocre at best & another clear example of Dana White’s close friends being in a top position in the UFC rather than the most qualified individual.

IMO for every good fight that Silva books, he makes two meaningless, mis-matched or plain old “meh” fights ( as they say these days ). More often than not he doesn’t seem to build toward anything & rarely displays any imagination. Which is a damn shame considering the talent roster that he has at his disposal.

By: Leland Roling

Leland Roling — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:14:36 +0000

By: D.Capitated

D.Capitated — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:46:14 +0000

I think we all heard the “Shogun will tear everyone apart in UFC” thing once against a guy who really isn’t better than Rashad at any particular thing. Rashad would probably ground Shogun and beat him up against the cage. The only upside for Shogun is he won’t have as lousy a disadvantage in size.

By: David

David — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:47:15 +0000

klown – Yes, Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua would tear apart Rashad ‘Sleepwalkrr’ Evans

By: klown

klown — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:55:04 +0000

I’m trying to picture future LHW match-ups. To help make sense of it, here are my rankings. My logic is linear but gives extra weight to more recent accomplishments. I also ignore losses to fighters outside the weight class:

1. Q Jackson
2. W Silva
3. K Jardine
4. F Griffin
5. M Rua
6. C Liddell
7. R Sokoudjou
8. R Nogueira
9. R Arona
10. T Silva
11. L Machida
12. R Evans
13. T Ortiz
14. M Bisping
15. H Alexander

The known upcoming matches are:

W Silva (#2) vs C Liddell (#6)
R Sokoudjou (#7) vs L Machida (#11)

Mr Matchmaker, I propose:

Q Jackson (#1) vs K Jardine (#3)
F Griffin (#4) vs T Silva (#10)
M Rua (#5) vs R Evans (#12)
T Ortiz (#13) vs M Bisping (#14)
H Alexander (#15) vs someone not ranked

What say you?

By: robnashville

robnashville — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:14:41 +0000

The Alvarez alludes to Rampage being unhappy with his pay. I know that Meltzer awhile back said that Jackson was questioning his $$$ from the chuck fight, the one that Dana kept crowing did a million buys but that Rampage got paid for based on 625k buys. Maybe Rampage is doing that audit thingy that was discussed when Randy’s contract particulars came out….. another case of Dana’s little White lies coming back to bite him in the ass…..

By: klown

klown — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:11:23 +0000

Huge typo on UFC.com main page!

It says “Thiago Alves knocked out Houston Alexander”

By: The Gaijin

The Gaijin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:06:24 +0000

“Bisping won.”

Everyone who saw that fight LOST (15 minutes of their life). That fight sucked unrelentingly.

By: Rollo the Cat

Rollo the Cat — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:44:05 +0000

IceMuncher, if Huerta wins he has one win against good competition. If Huetta beats Guida, I could justify a fight with Tavares, Pellegrino, Grice, Etim, Fisher, Lauzon, Maynard, Cole Miller or maybe Griffin. Not Edgar. Frank has done too much against good opponents to be insulted with a Huerta match up.