MMA Thread

Diaz didn't play his gameplan he tried to counter Anderson's gameplan. Unfortunately didn't do enough work to win any round though.

Fight was close every round, with Anderson winning every round.

Was it just me or did Silva sound like he is not going fight anymore after this? I'm sure a lot is being lost in translation and his English is still poor. However the vibe in his post fight, was one of a fighter that has fought he last fight.

Ryanz_sl said:

Saying Diaz didn't win any round is just as big an exaggeration as him saying he won every round. The fight was close in my books, with Silva edging it out very slightly.

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Diaz didn't win any round. How is stating a fact an exaggeration? He postured a bunch and landed a bunch of light punches and about 10 real hard ones while whiffing horribly on the majority of them. Even if it was a close fight, which it wasn't, that doesn't make saying Nick lost every round anywhere close to an exaggeration on par with him saying he won every one. Or at all, a fight can be close and still have one guy win every round.

It wasn't agoodfight, but Diaz did nothing. He lands lighter punches, if he can't add volume to that he's a joke. And he didn't have volume. Of course his normal gameplan had zero chance of working. He couldn't hope to crowd a bigger stronger fighter with Silva's striking and movement and force him to the cage, which is what he usually does before he unloads a million punches.

Diaz threw 226 total punches in 5 rounds. Against BJ Penn, a smaller fighter, he attempted 190 strikesin the second round. 436 in three rounds. Nicks gameplan tonight was the best he could do against Silva, but it went completely away from what Nick does well. It was a bad match up for him the second it was signed.

The biggest thing in the whole fight to me was Silva throwing hard low kicks with the left as the fight went on. Was watching for that the whole fight.

Lauzon lost, that sucked. Iwithwish he had better takedowns.

My newer Laptop has an HDMI out. That plus acestream is really nice.

Also Dana said Cowboy, 100% seriously, offered to fight Woodley on one days notice.

Grimmlokk_sl said:

Also Dana said Cowboy, 100% seriously, offered to fight Woodley on one days notice.

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If Dana isn't pulling that story out of his ass, Cerrone is just fucking nuts. Or retarded.

Or nutstardedly awesome!


edit: Also Bendo is moving up to 170 and stepping in to fight Thatch.

Just got a neg for my big post about the event, don't care about the neg point but can someone explain the comment?

"the same one as you."

I tried to find part of my post that made that fit and I got nothing. All I could think of was it must be tied to a neg given to someone else, but nothing I could find there. I'm so confused...and aroused.

It probably has something to do with a seizure brought on by your avatar while they were trying to type out the neg.

I do not see Bendo's move to 170 panning out very well against Thatch.

CalhoonJugganaut_sl said:

I do not see Bendo's move to 170 panning out very well against Thatch.

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He's moving to 170? What a dramatic overreaction to back to back losses. He's still very capable of challenging for the belt at 155.

I don't think it's too much of an overreaction. He needs to change something up to get the juices flowing. From things I've read he has issues and hates weight cutting. He won't have a chance for the title anytime soon, so why not try something new?
Coach: Ben Henderson moving to welterweight to avoid weight cut - MMAmania.com
Seems it's been the plan since Sept 2014.

That's according to Henderson's coach, John Crouch, who told UFC Tonight the current weight cut is "irritating" for the ex-champ. And now that Bendo has been eliminated from the 155-pound title chase -- thanks to a (somewhat) controversial knockout loss to Rafael dos Anjos last month in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- there is no point in sticking around

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Sounds dumb. Nobody likes cutting weight but he's looked very natural at 155. I'm betting he'll be an undersized welterweight and he'll never come within spitting distance of a title shot. He's still the #5 lightweight, so if he strung the right 2-3 wins together he'd be right back looking at a title shot.

He's just taking the fight on short notice, but Brandon Thatch is a bad ass. I just don't see it going well for Bendo.

Thinking about the fight the other night it was like Nick Diaz was the perfect return fight. Anderson go to test his leg out and everything else and Nick wasn't much of a challenge at all.

I still don't know why Diaz is fighting at middleweight when he is clearly a welterweight. Was it just so he could fight Anderson?

As to the fight, NOBODY thought Diaz was going to win, the fact that he made it five rounds and was competitive every round is basically shocking. GSP had beat him pretty clearly last time he fought in the UFC, basically just with to quote Grim, "Wrestlefucking".

at least nick gave Anderson the respect he deserved after the fight, I don't mind the mid fight antics but at the end shake the dudes hand and call it a day, glad he isn't a complete cunt.