yeah, john mentioned that he heard the same thing, mania, did you have an article that nate had a spoke contract?

I wish I remember where I read it

you did read it though right john?
hey I’m hearing cun le/anderson silva summer 09. remember the video I put up a few months ago where cung le was here in fremont (10 min from san jose) saying strike force and UFC were in talks and dana was willing to take him on loan for a night. I got silva…who you guys got?

Silva of course. this Asian will be the first to get crushed by a Spider.

Guida

Griffin just lost. Nate is on a nice win streak. I would like to see him fight Tyson, but I would also like to see him fight someone that would catapult him higher up in the division.

However, I see Griffin or Huerta being the most likely candidates to be Nate’s next victim

I would love to see diaz fight huerta its a win win situation for the ufc, both have star power both have quality wins and both are at about the same point in their careers being real close but not yet quite at the top of the division. The winner would move up a step and if it is a close competitive fight neither one will really take a step back plus both have big fan bases.

I also would love to see diaz fight the winner of florian/stevenson. I think nate can hold his own with anybody and both this guys like to take the fight to the ground an i think nate has the best bjj in the lightweight division outside of penn, i also think he has better standup then both of these fighters, i think if he wins this fight he is a top contender and if he loses he stock really wouldnt drop at all.plus i would love to see him submit florian the guy became so cocky and arrogant after finishing second tier fighters

Facing the winner of Florian/Stevenson is a little too high up the ladder for Nate. Heck, even the loser of that fight may be a little too high for Nate right now…

i dont think so, nate is 5-0 in the ufc and has beaten better guys than both of them, who has kenny beat? din thomas a ufc fallout, alvin robinson, 1-2 in the ufc, mishima who never won a fight in the ufc, lauzon who was not ready to headline a card, and huerta who i like as a fighter but he had not beaten any top contenders. Who has stevenson beat, pelligrino and so has nate,melvin the coke head, yves edwards a ufc fallout, and joe lossed to josh neer a man nate just beat. So i dont know how you can say they are a step ahead of nate, I think nate could outstrike both and he could definitely hold his on the ground against any lightweight in the world, i think these fights would be extremely competitive and evenly matched. If u disagree please tell me why!

I think Nate would have a better chance against Stevenson than Florian. I disagree that his stand up is better than both, Florian has very solid muay thai and is a much more technical striker than Nate. But I would never count Nate out, because that was supposed to be the case when he fought Rob Emerson on TUF and he won a fight that was mostly stand up. I think Tyson Griffin and Roger Huerta would be better candidates at this point, especially since he would have to wait a while for either Stevenson or Florian.

I say to give Nate a rematch of his WEC fight with Hermes Franca

When I read about this story earlier it said that DIAZ would be on the undercard of this event. could that be true? Sure hope not!

Have him fight Gray Maynard good wrestling but now he will have to work because if he takes Nate too the mat he will be in danger with subs, both undefeated in the UFC.

Good call. Maynard would be a good battle.

I like johns idea to face him against Franca. If not Franca then put him against Huerta. Put him up against any real striker so he can be tested on his feet. Franca has a decent ground game and Huerta has some good wrestling skills and an unbelieable skill to spin out of bad situations. Both guys would be comfortable dealing with the smaller Nate on the ground but would try to force the stand up. A better test than to pin him against any GnP wrestlers who would playing into Nate’s submission game.

I’m not really interested in seeing a Maynard/Diaz rematch (Diaz submitted Maynard on TUF) right now. Diaz is deserving of an opponent a little higher up the ladder then Maynard.

Clay Guida

Huerta is not on his level- Fighting 6 guys making their debut doesn’t make anyone a challenger. Nick should fight Tyson. There is beef and they could headline a fight night.

let him whoop up on Mac Danzig!

I agree that my thoughts would have Huerta winning that fight either by TKO or decision. Although the reason I’m so interested in that fight is because I know Nate would be able to end the fight at anytime with a submission so its not entirely one sided.

yeah definitely. either guy could end it at any point… and fights like that most the time go to a decision. Seems weird, but remember how everyone was saying Liddell/Silva would end in a KO? (btw, i thought it woulda been a dec) The same with AA/Sylvia 3, and Faber/Pulver (not necessarily a KO, but a finish nonetheless). So I’m sticking to a decision for Huerta.

If this matchup is indeed going on 94 or even 93, then that will be one stacked card.

Like I said stop pushing your views onto others. Illegal because of a bunch of politicians. Alcohol is also illegal for minors but I’ll put plenty of money on the fact that you drank before you hit 21. Its a dull point to make and all you are doing is trying to cut on a fighter for doing something that should not have been a problem in the first place. Diaz beat Gomi and in the minds or real fans that is a fact. Nobody says Diaz had an unfair advantage because he smoked. Not to mention I do believe Diaz had a medical license to have it so it would not have been illegal.

Damn dude, maybe you should go toke up and relax.

Joe Rogan disagrees with that. in that radio interview he did, he said that he feel it is most definitely a performance enhancing drug.

Karo seems like he’s a little messed in the head lately…I think Nick beats him in a rematch.

…although Nate was getting whooped pretty good by Manny in their first fight, before the injury. Of course Manny just got KTFO in his last fight.

I’d have to go with Nick over Karo…..Manny over Nate

…for the split.