The OFFICIAL UFC Thread

[PLANT]

damn, I thougth Cro Cop was DEAD for a minute there, suprised he was able to walk away from that.....

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

I'm speechless.. like holy fuck.. what is with all these upsets as of late

Sokoudjou over Lil Nog
Diaz over Gomi
Hendo over Wandy

Lamber over Babalu (IMO was an upset)
Randy over Tim

Koscheck over Diego (most thought of it as one)
Serra over St. Pierre

Sokoudjou over Arona

now GG over CC!!

Shit.. I'm just totally shocked and speechless..

But still fuck that Arlovski-Werdum fight it was horrible.

[ReDeMik]

That KO was fucking brutal... Im still in shock.

[Intriago33]

Dissapointingly I only caught highlights via YouTube yesterday, and I didnt even peep Arlovski's fight due to heavily negative reports.
Glad to see Bipsing victorious, although it seemed tougher than I anticipated..

Kudos to Gonzaga, that was one helluva high-kick, and like you guys said, was worried for Cro Cop's health for a minute.

BTW, did you guys see that UFC72 is scheduled for Northern Ireland, and what do you guys make of all this branching out to Europe? There's even talk for a UK Ultimate Fighter..

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

Its a smart business move.. why stop in the U.S. when you can get even bigger and expand world wide.

Bisping just totally overpowered Sinosic imo.. that was the most one sided fight of the night.

Arlovski fight I'm still stickin by it as the worst fight of the night. I was disappointed in him and Werdum.

[Intriago33]

Rumours are GSP could fight Koscheck next, and that Matt Serra and Matt Hughes could be the coaches for TUF6.

Also, Mike Swick is dropping to WW.

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

Rumours are GSP could fight Koscheck next, and that Matt Serra and Matt Hughes could be the coaches for TUF6.

Also, Mike Swick is dropping to WW.

Confirmed on UFC site

I could see the GSP n Koscheck fight happenin....complete domination no upset with that fight happening lol

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

 Ultimate challenge for Mayweather?

Floyd Mayweather stands almost 5-foot-9, weighs 154 pounds, has a 72-inch reach and can drop most mortals with a single swing of either hand.

He's fast, athletic and dodges punches as well as anyone, maybe ever. In 13 world title fights, he won all 13. His next one is May 5 in Las Vegas, this time as a junior middleweight, against Oscar de la Hoya, as big a fight as boxing has seen in years.

His nickname may be "Pretty Boy," but he is one bad, bad man.

On Cinco de Mayo we'll find out if the heavily-favored Mayweather can beat de la Hoya – but could he beat a snarling, menacing, multi-skilled champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship?

How about lightweight (155 pound) champ Sean Sherk, who may stand just 5-foot-6, may suffer from a distinct reach disadvantage, but as a mixed martial arts master is schooled in "interdisciplinary forms of fighting that include jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling."

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Could the best pound-for-pound fighter in the old combat sport (boxing) handle a champion in the new combat sport (UFC)?

"UFC's champions can't handle boxing. That's why they are in UFC." Mayweather said Tuesday from Las Vegas during a break in training. "Put one of our guys in UFC and he'd be the champion. Any good fighter, he'd straight knock them out."

Dana White, a one-time boxer and boxing instructor and current UFC president, laughs at that.

"Boxers couldn't become mixed martial artists. That's why they're boxers," White countered Wednesday from England where UFC has an event Saturday. "They are one trick ponies. Our guys can do everything. They can box, they can kick box, they can wrestle and do jiu-jitsu. They are much better athletes than boxers."

Mayweather may be right, but he'd have to be. Any boxer stepping into the UFC octagon would have to knock his opponent out before the mixed martial artist got a hold of him, because once the fight fell to the mat, where things get nasty, the boxer is all but finished.

But, as Mayweather points out, the often (by boxing standards) clumsy and lead-with-their-face UFC guys would have to walk through a hail of vicious jabs, crosses and hooks to get there.

"Take Chuck Liddell," Mayweather said of the UFC's biggest star and light heavyweight champion (about 205 pounds). "Put him in the ring with a (boxer) who is just 10-0 and Chuck Liddell would get punished."

So you'd punish a UFC champion, too?

"Come on, man. What'd you think? Am I just 10-0?"

Mayweather is 37-0.

Liddell, with six inches and 50 pounds on Mayweather, isn't possible, but someone like Sherk, someone his size? With that insane reach, unreal punching power and by UFC rules aided by small, light 4-ounce gloves would Mayweather carve up Sherk instantly? Or would Sherk fight throughout the barrage and get Mayweather in a clutch no ref will save him from?

"They wouldn't have a chance to grapple (us) because we'd knock them out," Mayweather said in general. "(The fighter) would be knocked out before he even touched us."

Of course, perhaps no punch is strong enough to stop a charging opponent.

No one really knows what would happen at such an elite level.

"I used to talk like Floyd Mayweather when I was involved in boxing," White said. "I talked just like him, until I educated myself about this sport. These guys are amazing athletes, Floyd Mayweather is one of the best boxers ever, (and) Sean Sherk will whoop his ass in under two minutes."

"Any day that Mayweather wants to put his money and his ass where his mouth is, I'm ready," White continued. "If he wants to step up, let's do it."

First off, Mayweather was talking mostly in general about his disdain for UFC – "Boxing is an art, UFC is a fad." But Mayweather has spent almost as much time this spring ripping UFC as de la Hoya, who he seems to consider as little more than a matinee idol useful for only increasing the purse.

"I never knew popularity to win any fight," Mayweather said. "I'll beat him and come home and watch basketball."

The UFC, though, is clearly on his mind. He brought it up on his own Tuesday. Earlier this month he cracked that "anyone can put a tattoo on their head and get in a street fight."

Mayweather may be a talker – loquacious doesn't begin to describe the 30-year-old – but he isn't dumb. So maybe he is setting up another big pay day in the event he dusts de la Hoya and boxing has little to offer. Or maybe he just wants to promote a fight involving others.

Of course, the economics of UFC would have to change to get Mayweather to participate. UFC fighters make a fraction of top boxers. As part of the family business, Mayweather, his dad and his uncle handle all aspects of his career. For the de la Hoya fight he'll earn millions.

"Why would I go into a sport paying hundreds of thousands when I'm in a sport paying $20 million?" Mayweather said.

Mayweather knows full well, though, that the pay per view money is there for the taking on something like this, a battle that would be intriguing at nearly every level. White would just about kill for this to go down, preferably with Mayweather involved as a fighter.

"I'm willing to put together a fight for Sean Sherk and Floyd Mayweather with numbers that would make sense for Floyd," White said. "And I guarantee you he would not accept it. Floyd Mayweather would never fight in the UFC because he would get his head ripped off."

Yes, he would. But only if Sherk didn't get his head ripped off first.

[eS El Duque]

You train Mayweather on how not to get taken down...and give him a few pointers on what to do when he is down and how to survive...give him a year...and he'll probably dominate anyone in his weight division

[ReDeMik]

LOL @ a year and he'll be champion.  He not only needs to worry about the ground game, he would have to worry about the standup aswell because he would get low & high kicked to death. Bottom line Mayweather would get killed in MMA.

["THE" MoSav]

LOL @ a year and he'll be champion.  He not only needs to worry about the ground game, he would have to worry about the standup aswell because he would get low & high kicked to death. Bottom line Mayweather would get killed in MMA.

you dont know that. Anything can happen in MMA. Look at CC\GSP. Who saw those coming?

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

Dana White doesn't have much class.

[eS El Duque]

LOL @ a year and he'll be champion.  He not only needs to worry about the ground game, he would have to worry about the standup aswell because he would get low & high kicked to death. Bottom line Mayweather would get killed in MMA.

how the fuck you know? im just predicting as much as you...anything can happen mutha fucka.

most guys i know who are into MMA (and actually fight in MMA events around where I live)...would love to see Mayweather in a MMA fight.


everyone has a punchers chance...and Mayweather could do what Serra did easily

but...those are all "maybes"...love to see him in MMA

["THE" MoSav]

LOL @ a year and he'll be champion.  He not only needs to worry about the ground game, he would have to worry about the standup aswell because he would get low & high kicked to death. Bottom line Mayweather would get killed in MMA.

how the fuck you know? im just predicting as much as you...anything can happen mutha fucka.

most guys i know who are into MMA (and actually fight in MMA events around where I live)...would love to see Mayweather in a MMA fight.


everyone has a punchers chance...and Mayweather could do what Serra did easily

but...those are all "maybes"...love to see him in MMA

Matt Serra is an MMA vet, he did what he did because hes been a really good fighter for a long time, shit he took Hughes the distance before and only other loss was a lucky Shonie Carter backfist

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

He never fought Hughes. He's not a very good fighter either he beat Georges by a puncher's chance lol. He's lost to Shonie Carter and Din Thomas.. Din Thomas lol. I don't think he's very good his only big win imo is GSP and 9/10 Georges wins that one. Oh well. Mayweather would be interesting to see in MMA though.