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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: clanggedin on October 26, 2007, 03:17:19 pm ---This is still a great fight since they both are coming off of back to back losses.
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I think it's a worse fight because they are both coming off two losses. Silva lost to Henderson, which is fine, but he also lost to Cro Cop who has been embarrasingly exposed in the UFC. You get a 37 year old striker who has looked terrible in both of his previous fights in Liddell... Liddell looks done.
--- Quote ---Lesner is going to be a force in the UFC... The guy he fought in Japan was a Olympic Judo champion and his punched have been said to be similar to Fedor's.
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The Korean guy Lesnar fought was a pushover that had no chance. Lesnar himself says as much. That guy was chosen to lose. Lesnar will be a major force but beating the Korean guy didn't prove much more than that Lesnar was serious about MMA.
CCM:
I'm definitely looking forward to Liddell vs. Silva. I think the fact that they are both coming off 2 losses will make them train and fight all the harder. You have to figure that whoever losses won't be anywhere near the title hunt for a long time.
In Lesnar's own words Min Soo Kim was a tuna can. Kim was a last minute replacement for Hong Man Choi, who is 7'2" and 400 pounds. I don't know anything about Choi, but it would have been a much more interesting fight just based on his size.
clanggedin:
I know that Lesner said he Min Soon Kim was a Tuna can, but he has ALOT of wrestling experience and had an awesome record when he was in the NCAA. Plus he's a BIG heavyweight.. I'm not a Lesner nuthugger, but I do believe he will bring some excitment to the boring heavyweight class now that Couture has left.
I don't think I have ever seen Silva in a boring fight. He's always fun to watch... Unfortunately I can name a few fights that Liddell has had that have been a borefest. Hopefully Silva will keep the fight moving.
They should have Forrest or Houstin, (if Houstin wins his next fight), fight the winner of this match, they are both ldoing very good right now.
CCM:
I agree about Lesnar. He is a phenomenal wrestler, and if he has descent stand-up and jiu-jitsu I think he can go far in the heavyweight division. The heavyweight division in the UFC is kinda weak right now, so I can see him dominating.
I was worried about his arrogance, from some of the interviews I've read with him he seems to think he deserves a title shot right away, but I listened to the conference call last Thursday and I was pleasantly surprised with his attitude. I'm definitely looking forward to his first fight.
I think Liddell-Silva will be a great fight, they both NEED the win, so hopefully that will drive the action.
I'd love to see Forrest fight the winner of Liddell-Silva, I think he's really improved since his loss to Jardine.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: CCM on October 29, 2007, 12:41:51 pm ---I was worried about his arrogance, from some of the interviews I've read with him he seems to think he deserves a title shot right away, but I listened to the conference call last Thursday and I was pleasantly surprised with his attitude. I'm definitely looking forward to his first fight.
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You have to remember he was also a pro wrestler... put a mic in front of him and half the time he cuts a wrestling promo out of habit. You don't get elite amateur wrestlers with poor work ethics. It simply doesn't happen, so in terms of how serious he is and how much training he will do, guaranteed if he has the right people working with him he'll be balls to the wall about it.
If you were Brock Lesnar, wouldn't you be a little arrogant? I sure would be. ;D
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