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Today’s chalkboard (4/28/08)
By Zach Arnold | April 28, 2008
- The Canadian Press: Matt Hughes to meet Thiago Alves at UFC 85 in London
- Ice News: A holistic approach to violence in Sweden
- The Ottawa Citizen: Ultimate fighters are, in fact, trained athletes
- The Winnipeg Sun: Great (Jason) Day, great night
- The Orange County Register: Rick Bassman tells about his fight in MMA
- The Liverpool Echo (UK): Caged and fighting – a new sport for women
- The Ottawa Citizen: 5 charged for prize fight held on Ontario reserve
- Press release: UFC joins forces with StubHub and RazorGator in secondary ticket market
- Bloody Elbow: Coming soon – Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson
- The Sun (UK): Michael Bisping says Travis Lutter was unprofessional
- Setanta Sports: Michael Bisping says he could have beaten anyone
- DC Sports Box: UWC ‘invasion’ storms the D.C. Area at the Patriot Center
- 411 Mania: Interview with IFL CEO Jay Larkin
- Dann Stupp: Dayton, Ohio is the perfect city to host a UFC event
- The New York Daily News: David Mamet’s film inspirations for ‘Redbelt’
- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: MMA gear punching up sporting good sales
- Ground and Pound: Interview with BodogFight veteran Aleksander Shlemenko
- MMA Predictions: Understanding MMA after 66 events on MMAPredictions.com
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henderson vs franklin is the next logical fight in the MW division. definitely would be Main Card material, not sure what would happen to Hendo if he did lose. he hasn’t had any “Lutters” to build up on.
no mention of the K-1 event in Amsterdam? Bonjasky vs Manhoef makes Le vs Shamrock look like the sparring match it was
I listened to the majority of the recent radio show with Shayna and Barnett but I don’t understand exactly the problem Josh has with Eddie Bravo. I am guessing it’s bout Bravo being a “mark” taking credit for rubber guard?
help?
Barnett and Bravo had a spat on the UG about the merits of catch wrestling IIRC. Perhaps it could have arisen from that?
Henderson will probably beat Franklin, but a loss shouldn’t be held against him. He’s like Wanderlei Silva. Sure, he’s lost 3 in a row, but look at his opposition: Henderson, CroCop, Liddell. That’s why I keep Silva high in my rankings, despite his losing streak.
Losing to Rampage, Anderon Silva and (possibly) Franklin is better than winning against most fighters.
It almost seems unfair to keep putting Henderson up against such tough opponents though. I’m sure he wants to fight the best available guys, but this isn’t doing his record any favors, and could shorten his career.
I think that Franklin is still a dominant guy in middleweight, even though he can’t seem to get past Silva. Silva’s really in his head too, you could almost smell the fear through the television before their last fight.
About half of Henderson’s losses are by submission, about half of Franklin’s wins are by submission. If Franklin brings the fight to the ground…I would give him the edge 7 out of 10 fights.
it’s easy to forget henderson is 37, a true veteran of the sport, who knows how much longer he’ll stay?
in terms of his submission losses, one was to Rogerio, one to Rodrigo who was much bigger, and the recent one to Anderson Silva trained by the above. i wouldn’t count those submissions losses against him at all
Well, you’ve got to count someone’s losses. MMA fights rarely end in a draw.