UFC 148...Silva vs Sonnen 2...
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Couldn't agree more. This one's got the best table stakes of any match I've seen for a while. Due for a good war. Let's see if Silva comes back with Killa, or if Sonnen really has Got'em. No predictions needed, just delicious drama.
I agree ...147 was beyond weak!! Couldn't be bothered to go watch it in a bar....although, Silva vs Sonnen 2 is going to be epic! Sonnen will look like a fool if he gets his ass kicked...
None worst than the Guida and Maynard fight. I was watching with a few very casual UFC fans and that fight may have turned them off UFC forever. I think it's about time the UFC introduce a yellow card system like they had in Pride and Dream. That fight was a disgrace to the poor sods who actually paid to watch it live. The ref gave Guida a warning in the last round but it was three rounds too late...
To the Silva Sonnen fight, I expect to see a very different Anderson Silva. One that has over a year to prepare for fighting wrestlers, he is going to be much harder to take down this time. Sonnen had better come with a much better striking game because he was not very impressive the last time out against Bisping.
I'm not much for watching anymore (can't get ppv here, and the bar that shows it is sketchy at best), what stunt did Guida pull? Or was it a basic "lay n pray", can't believe that still goes on.
Dana White on Clay Guida strategy vs. Maynard at UFC on FX 4: 'The fight sucked'
by Matt Erickson on Jun 23, 2012 at 2:30 am ET
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The fans at Revel Atlantic City didn't seem to be happy with Friday's main event, and UFC president Dana White wasn't, either.
Gray Maynard won a five-round split decision against Clay Guida, but it was Guida's game plan that had Maynard, the fans – and White – riled up.
"The fight sucked. I don't know how to expand on it anymore," White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) at the post-fight news conference. "… I don't think that was a split decision at all. I think Gray Maynard won that fight easily. Nobody can win or lose a fight when the guy is running around in circles. He was literally running. I had some guys who are fans on Twitter saying, 'Great footwork.' This isn't (expletive) 'Dancing With the Stars.' You can't win a fight by running around in circles – that's not how fights are won."
UFC on FX 4 took place at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey. The event's main card aired on FX, and the prelims aired on FUEL TV and streamed on Facebook.
Guida (29-13 MMA, 9-7 UFC) on Wednesday said his game plan was to make sure he wasn't there when Maynard (11-1-1 MMA, 9-1-1 UFC) threw his biggest power punches. And to make sure he wasn't, he employed a strategy of near constant movement that Maynard and White deemed to be running.
"It took me two rounds just to know, 'I think this guy's going to do this the whole fight,'" Maynard said. "… It's not even moving, it's moving to the other end of the cage. A couple steps, I understand that – you're still in the pocket, you're still there able to hit me. But it's a fight and you can't just go to the end of the cage and back to the other end the whole time. You've got to give me a chance, too."
White compared Guida's strategy to arguably the most infamous case of running in the sport's history – that of Kalib Starnes' loss to Nate Quarry at UFC 83. But was it that bad?
"Because this was the main event, I think it was worse," White said. "I'm sure I will (talk to Guida). I'm not his trainer. I'm not his coach. These guys come up with game plans, whatever it is, but to make a guy like Clay Guida go out and fight like that – that was the game plan?"
Guida said it was merely a matter of employing his camp's strategy for the fight, and thought he may have landed more strikes.
"I think a little more movement and if I would've landed a few more strikes, I would've gotten the nod," Guida told MMAjunkie.com. "We stuck to the game plan. We were unpredictable. He's a big, heavy puncher. The guy hits hard. The guy punches holes in walls for practice, I'm sure, and I didn't want my head to be one of those. I thought we stuck to the game plan, we kept him guessing, we ran him out. He was swinging for the fences, and we weren't there. … I felt good about my performance."
White said because Guida has become known for his aggressive performances – he's a regular winner of "Fight of the Night" bonuses – it was all the more disheartening to watch Friday's fight play out.
"I think Clay Guida's a warrior," White said. "The guy has fought for us a zillion times. He's put on some of the best fights ever in UFC history. Tonight, I don't know if he had a premonition that he should go out and fight like this or he got some bad advice. But again, who am I? I'm not his trainer, I'm not his coach. Maybe that's the way he wants to fight for the rest of his career. I don't know. I wouldn't advise it."
For more on UFC on FX 4, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.
The Guida/Maynard fight was the fight I expected.
Guida has below average standup, tons of energy, and if he can take you down, can keep it there.
Against guys with good standup and poor wrestling, it makes for a good fight. Can he get the takedown? Can he avoid the hands?
Against Maynard, you know he wont be able to take him down. Plus can't hit as hard.
This fight was a mismatch. Sometimes that can lead to a stunning first round KO, or a boring fight.
You get guys like Rogen thinking in the late rounds he will have more energy left....not when you aren't fighting in the early rounds.
Was Maynard getting tired?? I think he was probably more tired after round 1, in his 2 title fights.
Guida has below average standup, tons of energy, and if he can take you down, can keep it there.
Against guys with good standup and poor wrestling, it makes for a good fight. Can he get the takedown? Can he avoid the hands?
Against Maynard, you know he wont be able to take him down. Plus can't hit as hard.
This fight was a mismatch. Sometimes that can lead to a stunning first round KO, or a boring fight.
You get guys like Rogen thinking in the late rounds he will have more energy left....not when you aren't fighting in the early rounds.
Was Maynard getting tired?? I think he was probably more tired after round 1, in his 2 title fights.
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It's not Genki's dancing I enjoy, it's watching that human monkey grab someone's back, switch seamlessly to an armbar, then right into a triangle to a tap... also doing cartwheel kicks doesn't hurt lol.
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