San Shou is a hell of a martial art. A true striking and sweeping art formidable in actual combat.

Hey by the way Mania, do I feel a change in your winds? The tide feels as if it might shift somewhat.

Honestly if others have never seen Cung Le before or a performance such as that, then find his old fights. Tonight was awesome but standard for Cung. If I had a hero it would be him. You should see his take downs. Mouth dropping

Hey by the way Mania, do I feel a change in your winds? The tide feels as if it might shift somewhat.

Not really … I enjoy all MMA, really.

But the guys over at EliteXC reached out to me in the wake of “Fitch-gate.” There are some really good people over there. And their promotion put on a hell of a show tonight.

Not to mention, zillionare BodogFight mogul Calvin Ayre took it upon himself to single out UFCmania in one of his recent blog posts.

Let’s call it a renaissance.

That’s what I thought I felt. Hey man, I don’t blame you a bit. Good luck on everything you do. I really never mean things personal to you I just say what I trully think without thought of whatever. You guys are the sh*t though. Thanks for never banning me.

Who cares about Shamrock/Baroni?

Cung Le is the future.

Answer one thing… why would a MMA fighter who is a brown belt in BJJ not even attempt in 15 minutes to take Cung lee down..

BECAUSE CUNG LEE PAYS HIS OPPONENTS TO STAY SANDING, NOT GO TO THE GROUND, AND I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED TO TAKE A DIVE.

Tonights fight was the most pathetic MMA fight I’ve every seen. A brown belt bjj expert never attempts to go to the ground. Even the 1 time he started to go in … he let go and backed up… (Must of been thinking…whooo… almost broke my contract…)…

BS fight and anybody that is a Cung lee fan doesn’t know MMA

Damn Baroni was running his mouth so much, what a f*ckin dork. I actually thought he would win. Maybe Frank is still the shit

Best night of MMA since Pride 33.

At least Tommy and I can agree on this, Cung LE ( not Lee ) is just continuing his domination of first San Shou, and now in MMA. Did you see the spinning crescent kick? Did you see him duck three of the Freak’s spinning back fists? Did you see those front body kicks? The dude was curled up on the floor his body was so battered. Incredible is all I can say.

Two fighters the UFC passed on, Edson Berto and Paul Daley made BIG statements tonight. Thank God the UFC has a reputable competitor on the rise.

Soko was announced but only in the background. I heard Forrest’s name, but could tell what the announcer was saying. I’m watching the replay, so I’ll be on the look out.

I didn’t see the fight yet, but did the illegal blows amount to any damage to Baroni? Is Frank Shamrcok resorting to taking the low road and softening his opponents up with obvious cheap shots to win?

I was guessing a Frank Shamrock victory (I like him a lot less than Baroni, but I do admit he has more talent and skill than Baroni) would result in some kind of takedown/submission, but all accounts say he outsturck Baroni. If thats the case, I don’t expect we need to see Shamrock/Baroni 2.

Why is the Shamrock/Baroni results on the UFCmania page?

I rented it aswell and thought it was very good.. Great fights , and while ive always loved watching Cung Le I think most ppl in the UFC would just grab his leg and take him down , maybe we will find out one day ..

Shamrock while he may be a arrogant asshole did hand Baroni his ass , taunting him and picking him apart in the first round at will.

Wish it was about 10 bucks cheaper but oh well…

Nah, this time is was the classic case of aguy smacking someone in the side of the head, and then his opponent turns his head. Nothing dirty, and no real damage to Baroni, Frank just outstruck him. Both guys had leg injuries, Shamrock the blown out knee, and Baroni torn his groin muscle within the first minute of the fight. Next up is Cung Le vs Frank Shamrock! Woohoo.

Nah, this time is was the classic case of aguy smacking someone in the side of the head, and then his opponent turns his head. Nothing dirty, and no real damage to Baroni, Frank just outstruck him. Both guys had leg injuries, Shamrock the blown out knee, and Baroni torn his groin muscle within the first minute of the fight. Next up is Cung Le vs Frank Shamrock! Woohoo.

Hey is there a way you can post the fights, I was gone all night and did not order it. I have already put up over 200$ in MMA fights, and due to recent Job standing need someone to post it.

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Cung Le is not the next big thing. Sorry. His opponent is notorious for poor game plans like he had tonight. Le has shown he can compete on the minor league level, but people are blowing his wins way out of proportion.

Have fun, but don’t get carried away next time he fights and place your life savings at Bodog on Le to win. That’s all I am saying.

WOW all round exciting card that Elite put on!

That was a much more entertaining card than the one the UFC put on last week and less expensive.

No fights went to the judges score cards!
The production was up to par with the UFC! All in all fantastic!

The Punk looked fast, Le actually did 2 spinning round houses that caught Frikland, Shamrock looked good, Rua and on and on!

Seriously if the UFC is going to keep the money grabbing up like not airing the Belfast event for free and Elite keeps putting together events like this, the UFC is going to start losing lots of money!

1 gripe though, Bill Goldberg. There thats all!

I will be ordering another Elite XC event for sure!

Nah, this time is was the classic case of aguy smacking someone in the side of the head, and then his opponent turns his head.

I gotta take this back. When I watched it on the replay, I dont think Frank meant to do it, but Baroni wasnt turning his head. It still didnt do any damage.
Legal Eagle, did you watch the fights? That was the greatest display of pure striking I have ever seen in MMA. Ever. I’ve watched MMA since Pancrase in Japan in the early 90’s and seen some great guys on their feet. No one in MMA even trains to defend half the stuff Cung Le does. He’s not the next big thing, he’s the now big thing.

Good article and an excellent event. Cung Le delivered what most guys who saw his other fights expected: amazing martial arts and stunning reflexes.

Bill Goldberg was the only downside of the event – why do they send him out to do interviews when they have the very experienced Mauro as a commentator? Glazer is a bit annoying, but has decent knowledge and good predictions – Bill Goldberg has no business in MMA. Get El Guapo as a co-commentator for Mauro.

Frank Shamrock with a fight like that has put EliteXC on his back and can actually make alot of fighters who’s deals will expire soon want to come over to EliteXC and take a shot. I would like to see a rematch of Frank and Dan Henderson now that Hendo has better stand up.

for anyone who didn’t see the fight

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S7ZRKBUY

Who cares about Shamrock/Baroni?

Cung Le is the future.

Shut up – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrMXhdEqHOw

Cung Le is a JOKE! He picks his fights and he’s such a small fish that you’ll never see him do anything more than what he has done previously which is fight bad fighters and be very unimpressive with the wins. ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…….

He has some skills. He has amazing leg catches, and very fast legs. Watch that video above and see him getting owned.

He has some skills. He has amazing leg catches, and very fast legs. Watch that video above and see him getting owned.

You apparently don’t know what you are talking about. The guy winning is the San Shou fighter, a Sando San Shou fighter to be precise and there is nowhere Cung Le in that video to be found. I practice Muay Thai myself, so I knew about that video and while you can’t make a general statement or comparison between Muay Thai and San Shou, somehow mostly San Shou fighters come out on top in the lightweight divisions – being a LHW myself I see advantages in Muay Thai.

Check your so called facts next time before you start creating rumors.

Oh – and if you wanna know the names of the guys: the Sando San Shou fighter is Bao Li Gao and the Muay Thai fighter was Liu Hai Long if I recall correctly. That was a China-vs-Thailand tournament a couple of years ago.

How are there 2 middleweight belts? Rua and Shamrock are Middleweight Champs? I don’t get it.

How are there 2 middleweight belts? Rua and Shamrock are Middleweight Champs? I don’t get it.

The event was co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC, who seperate MMA promotions who’re both part of the MMA alliance (K-1 HEROs, Strikeforce, EliteXC, etc…).

Frank Shamrock: Middleweight Champion of Strikeforce
Murilo Rua: Middleweight Champion of EliteXC

That’s how it works out.

is it wrong of me to laugh when i hear this cung le guys name because im picturing chong li the antagonist from bloodsport?

I’m very pleased that Baroni lost. I’ve never liked his attitude or performance(s). Shamrock has been a jerk in the past also, however I believe Shamrock to be a better human being and fighter than Baroni.

Who cares about Shamrock/Baroni?

Cung Le is the future.

If Cungt Le is the guy I’m thginking of- I’ve seen him fight in karate matchups before but never MMA. Yeah, why in the heck would anyonw stand with the guy?? He’s dynamite standing. Take him down and GNP. That would be your only chance.

wtf

Anyone who has respect 4 the guys who helped build this sport is who cares AH!

Answer one thing… why would a MMA fighter who is a brown belt in BJJ not even attempt in 15 minutes to take Cung lee down..

BECAUSE CUNG LEE PAYS HIS OPPONENTS TO STAY SANDING, NOT GO TO THE GROUND, AND I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED TO TAKE A DIVE.

Tonights fight was the most pathetic MMA fight I’ve every seen. A brown belt bjj expert never attempts to go to the ground. Even the 1 time he started to go in … he let go and backed up…

(Must of been thinking…whooo… almost broke my contract…)…

BS fight and anybody that is a Cung lee fan doesn’t know MMA

You’re the fool. This isn’t WWE jackass, it’s MMA. As for a BJJ guy not going for takedowns, it’s not a very rare occurrence. Maybe they are comfortable in their own stand-up. Sometimes it works (Serra vs. GSP), and sometimes it doesn’t (Andy Wang in TUF). Or they could also be wary of eating a knee on the way in.

I’m not suprised Shamrock took this win. They had Baoni the favorite, so I rushed and took that bet immediately. In my eyes thre was no way Shamrock was losing that fight. I just wish he would fight in the UFC. Cung Le is something else. I would love to see that guy in the UFC cage

So, what most of you agree on is that I should have spent the money on the PPV last night instead of re-watching UFN Live. Well, I had missed the Fitch fight so I got to see what all the talk is about. I guess I’ll have to catch the next one. You guys have me excited about this Le guy.

So, what most of you agree on is that I should have spent the money on the PPV last night instead of re-watching UFN Live. Well, I had missed the Fitch fight so I got to see what all the talk is about. I guess I’ll have to catch the next one. You guys have me excited about this Le guy.

Le will be in UFC before you know it. His ground game hasnt really been tested, but the article states that his next opponent will be Shamrock. Thats a better fight than Shamrock/Baroni by far. If the UFC gets there head out of their ass and starts paying these guys we will see the best fight. The best will beattracted to the show and the money bringing all of them into the organization

Why is the Shamrock/Baroni results on the UFCmania page?

What would you like, another few posts on Penn/Pulver? Baroni and Shamrock were both UFC fighters at one time. Let it ride my man…

Why is the Shamrock/Baroni results on the UFCmania page?

Rofl, because we are MMA fans? Horse Blinders please…
I was trying to catch the fight tonight, but the damn site was so lagged.

The Kimbo-Mercer fight gonna be interweb telecasted tonight?

Lol at deleting my post calling this guy an idiot. Too funny. Through deletion do you support his assertation?

Lol at deleting my post calling this guy an idiot. Too funny. Through deletion do you support his assertation?

No. I don’t support the use of the word idiot. There’s more mature ways to disagree with someone. I think you know that.

Rofl, because we are MMA fans? Horse Blinders please…
I was trying to catch the fight tonight, but the damn site was so lagged.

Well, if that’s the case maybe he should change the name of the site to MMA mania.

Somehow I think this has to do with the whole Fitch sponsoring thing. Although I suspected from the begining that these guys weren’t truly UFC fans.

Somehow I think this has to do with the whole Fitch sponsoring thing. Although I suspected from the begining that these guys weren’t truly UFC fans.

Rofl. that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. If you like football do you only watch NFL? If you like beer, you only drink Bud? What is a ‘true’ UFC fan? The fact that I never miss an UFC broadcast, be it spike…PPV, whatever. But I watch Bodog, old Pride, IFL, Strikeforce, EliteXC, WEC (even though they are owned by the UFC.. can we talk about the WEC here?)…

So if being a true MMA fan makes me not a UFC fan, then I guess Im not a UFC fan. And what the hell does Fitch have to do with this? Is this site getting bombarded by UFC personel..? Pull your head out of the stupid bucket and see things are a lil deeper. The UFC is great… most entertaining fights currently being presented… but to not enjoy other MMA.. kinda communistic if you ask me.

Somehow I think this has to do with the whole Fitch sponsoring thing. Although I suspected from the begining that these guys weren’t truly UFC fans.

Somehow calling yourself a “UFC fan” makes you look stupid. As the boxing allegory is popular among the journalists these days I will use it as well. Do you think there was ever an IBF/WBC/WBO fan? Probably not. Ali/Tyson/Lewis fans? Definetly! Why do people make it a UFC vs. PrideFC vs. bodogFight thing when in the end two fighters meet each other in the ring/octagon/hexagon and not some representatives of an organization?

Be a Chuck Liddell fan, be a Randy Couture fan or whatever rocks your boat, but please don’t use the “UFC fan” terminology as it makes you look like an ass. Thank you.

Back to the fight… entertaining fight!
Shamrock looked pretty sound on his feet. Baroni (if he continues fighting, which he prolly shouldnt) really needs to work on his ground game. Really poor posture when Shamrock had him in guard, multiple takedowns where he landed out of guard and fell right into guard. Hips down… not pressing the action. Then again, elbows/forearm shots on the ground are illegal in Strikeforce eh?

Both guys you could tell are pretty well aged to compete with high level 185fighters… Hendo, Spider, Ace… but yeah.

MTU, you were right by saying that the shots to the back of the head really did nothing. Arrogance is Shamrock’s biggest problem… dude could have been dominating that division in almost any organization since 2k if he would have parked his penis ego… but oh well.

Actually – althou I don’t like Baroni – you have to give that guy some respect for his performance. In the very first seconds of the first round he was blessed with a groin pull and thats a very painful experience if you have to press the action and be on the recieving end of some beating.

Actually – althou I don’t like Baroni – you have to give that guy some respect for his performance. In the very first seconds of the first round he was blessed with a groin pull and thats a very painful experience if you have to press the action and be on the recieving end of some beating.

Baroni was throwing hard at Shamrock right away… but yeah, after that injury, he was done. Baroni has a lot of fire too… sucks because the guy has hands, just needed too (I think its too late for him) refine a lot of his other skills (or lack there of.)
Take a hard striker, give him a ground game and some jujitsu and that 185lb division is OWNED. Look at how well Anderson does.. Granted he has the clinch… but for a pure striker, dude has great ground and jujitsu skills.

Phil Baroni is full ballony. Sharmrock is a beast…..from the west…. it was an awesome fight… both men gave it all!!!!

Please don’t try and embed HTML in the posts. That jerkoff “Confused” bolded some text and messed up the site.

As if his comments weren’t dumb enough, he went ahead and made more work for us here.

That’s grounds for termination.

I know most of you are real sad about that.

wat is wrong wit everyone.. u really didnt wanna no who won this fight.. im happy ufcmania told us. i couldnt find any results.. if u didnt wanna read the post, keep scrolling.. thats all..

I think there should be a link on the results of the events that aren’t UFC too in case some haven’t watched it yet and didn’t want to know the results. The title should be changed too so it doesn’t reveal the results.

Yeah looked a little like a scene from rocky at the end when they carried him out of the ring. On the other hand if it was a legitimate pull/tear the pain is almost unbearable. Props to Baroni for a good showing though.

The event was co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC, who seperate MMA promotions who’re both part of the MMA alliance (K-1 HEROs, Strikeforce, EliteXC, etc…).

Frank Shamrock: Middleweight Champion of Strikeforce
Murilo Rua: Middleweight Champion of EliteXC

That’s how it works out.

Yeah looked a little like a scene from rocky at the end when they carried him out of the ring. On the other hand if it was a legitimate pull/tear the pain is almost unbearable. Props to Baroni for a good showing though.

I hate giving props and even more 2 Baroni…sorry but i just can’t…please 4give me!

Yeah I hear ya he is a chump no doubt, but no ones says watching a chump get fed his lunch by shamrock isn’t entertaining!

I don’t mind having the results at UFCmania. In fact, I like to read about what happens and their opinions about it. I just think it would be better for everyone if it done how the results of UFC fights are shown in case some were planning to watch it later like me.

then go to sherdog, i think you might catcha glimpse on the openning page but u have 2 click to get the whole card

who won Kimbo-Mercer fight

Kimbo, by submission due to a guillotine in the first round. Who would have thought Kimbo does a Muay Thai clinch, shoots for a double leg takedown and subs an opponent. El Guapo makes it possible, good trainer.

Kimbo by sub.?, WOW, that is something new…was there a full moon last night…this SH*T is CRAZY!!!

Kimbo, by submission due to a guillotine in the first round. Who would have thought Kimbo does a Muay Thai clinch, shoots for a double leg takedown and subs an opponent. El Guapo makes it possible, good trainer.

Everything I have read said that Mercer looked like a boxer and not like he trained for an MMA fight. Ground defense was just horrible..

Shamrock is such a pussy. The last “real” fight the guy’s had was Ortiz back in ‘99. If he competed with the best in current MMA, he’d get owned…badly. Yeah, sure he can win against some washed up 10-8er, but what does that say?!? Props to Baroni for showing heart and perserverence.