I hope he does win, but Lindland is a great fight who can put Vitor on his back and keep him there like Couture did.

Right here… Vitor is giong to keep it on the feet and knock lindland out.

it was as good as it can be when spending the day in stockton. we actually had a really good time with my wife’s dads family. he died when she was 4, and it was my first time meeting them, very nice actually. Not what I expected, but very pleasantly surprised!

Sry, I mean comparing him to Lindland.. thats just wrong..

Sherk has been exciting recently. I wasnt comparing the two, I was trying to say that everyone Bashes Sherk for being a human blanket, but non of his decision wins are close to as boring as LIndlands!

ahh, gotcha

If Vitor can walk through Lindland with some authority, I’d say the old Vitor is back. The sister thing really sucks, but a fight is a fight, and it’s not up to PPV buyers to understand or respect his grieving process….he needs a convincing win over a legit opponent. Lindland is a legit opponent, so let’s see this shit.

yeah a win over lindland will move him up in the mw devision

If we were to see the old Vitor against Lindland. He would get whooped. Lets hope to see a new Vitor.

I guess you are fairly new to the sport, because the “old” Vitor I remember would throw about 45 punches in 15 seconds and knock Lindland’s head head.

oh. i always assumed PPV buyers were also human beings. my bad. but i guess it’s pretty easy for you to say “a fight is a fight” when you’re neither a fighter nor a victim of such a crime. being insensitive doesn’t make you tough. tough is going out and competing on a professional level in a sport with the highest physical and mental demands when you know your sister is out there somewhere in need of help. as far as i know, they never recovered her body.

I didn’t say I don’t give a shit about it…and yes I can relate to certain aspects of what he is/was going through form personal experiences. Not exactly like his scenario, but similarities nevertheless. All I’m saying is that if someone were to buy a PPV for the first time, saw a lacklustre Vitor fight…do you think they would buy another one?…even if they knew his story?…I think not. We are MMA fans and know his story, and as sad and disheartening as it may be…..if he wants someone to buy the PPV, so he can make a another payday…he needs to perform. In a world where people will trample a Walmart employee to death, so they can save $2.99 on some toilet paper, do I really need to explain this to you?

you don’t have to explain yourself introvert. If something is affecting you, don’t fight/compete/work. I’m not a compassionate or empathetic person, I guess it could be considered one of my down falls, but it’s life! we all have problems!

of course a first time PPV buyer isn’t going to know anything about the fighters… how is that same thing as you saying he needs to suck it up and fight, which is in so many words, what you said? as for kevin, what would you want him to do? just give up? what if it was your wife?

I’d grieve, and get back to work (after collecting the life insurance). Life goes on man!

i’m pretty sure that makes you a sociopath.

I’d say you’re right!

When did I say “suck it up”?

WTF is wrong with you people?

I didn’t say suck it up…I didn’t trample a guy at Walmart…I feel for Vitor.

My point is that the general population (not us avid fans) don’t know his sitch, or care about his sitch enough to pay him money to watch him fight in lacklustre fights….it’s just how it is.

He needs to win.

as boring as he is he wins so he is a top 10 guy and has beaten alot of good fighters almeida,miletich,horn,newton,baroni,lutter,doerksen,van arsdale. and when he was in the ufc he constantly called out the champs and out of the ufc he has looked for the best fighters to fight.

Yeah, if fedor is #1 then Lindland can be top 10. neither of them fight often. WAR VITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t see too many fighters outside of the UFC that are gonna give Lindland a good beating. Maybe if Sobral would move down to MW or Lindland moved up to LHW so they could fight. Not really a fan of either but at least Babalu tries to put on a good show. I’ll be pulling for Belfort, I like Vitor and been hoping he puts it all together and climbs the ladder again. Either way, at 38 yrs old, we can only hope Lindland retires soon.

thats what i was thinking he must only have a couple years left

it’s a joke mania, last time there was a kos thread, we all bashed the hell out of him, that afternoon there was a kos interview. It was funny! why so defensive??? is the linland interview coming up this afternoon?
it happened with leban too. I thought it was funny, my bad!

heavy moderation on posts that contain no foul language or anything risque, now thats “pointless and makes zero sense!” But hey, we all do pointless things right!

Don’t say dumb shit and comments won’t get trapped in moderation. More than 75 percent of your comments end pointlessly with some jab at the site, a fighter, another reader or a wildly off topic subject, which in turn causes them to be flagged. The last thing we want to see 25 times a day is “comments mania!” It gets old for us, too, Kevin. It’s your own doing, but can be fixed if done right consistently.

GO MANIA, GO MANIA, ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY

sry sry, i’ll stay out of this..

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Wasn’t designed to call out Kevin. I appreciate his participation to the site, as well as everyone else. But we hear a lot of complaints about moderation and Kevin is the unofficial ring leader. Moderation is the worst possible aspect of this entire operation. The worst — not the long hours, little compensation or next to zero time off. It’s moderation. And the only thing worse than moderation is hearing people complain about it. It’s a necessary evil and we apologize to those who often gt irritated with the process. But I guarantee it irritates us more. Long story short: Keep it clean, respectful and relatively on topic and it should minimize the amount of comments we have to moderate.

if you say so! I see that I’m not the only one that says things about the moderation, and I’m curious, how can something non vulgar be flagged? Your computer can tell if I’m talking off topic with someone else? I need that program so I don’t get spam! Anyways, I’m very conscious not to swear, I realize that gets me flagged, but I call B.S. on the off topic stuff getting flagged, I just haven’t heard of a computer program that does that! As far as taking jabs at other maniacs, I haven’t done that in a long time (unless first provoked). Sorry if some of us have developed relationships, and use this forum to communicate. As far as jabs on your site, I believe I’ve said hundreds of times that this is my favorite site, and what a great job you do, my only complaint is the moderation for no reason…and even with that, I’ve endlessly defended you when other guys complain about it. You are still harboring a grudge of the old Kevin, I’ve been behaving very good and respectful for 6 months now, and consciously doing so! I love the site mania, enjoy 90% of the guys on here and feel like I add a nice mix to your conversations! thanks for having such a wonderful place to come and talk mma!

agreed mania, but the “unofficial; ringleader” has been defending your moderation for the last couple weeks! it happens at the same times, and I assume it’s “family time” for you. I accept the apology, but it was unnecessary, I bring it upon myself sometimes! I do appreciate it though, I enjoy the site as much or more than you enjoy my/our participation!
can we all hug it out now!!?? lol!

oh and..screw you roy!! lol!

mania, I accept your apology, but it wasn’t necessary! sometimes my comments are uncalled for, but usually I’m provoked! It’s your site, and you can run it any way you see fit! I appreciate the fact that you like my participation on YOUR site!
keep it up!

“unofficial ring leader”….congrats Kevin

i couldn’t help it kev. lol

actually….as a long time MMAJunkie poster converted to MMAMANIA…the moderation on this site doesn’t compare to the nazi’s at Junkie. Also…the personal attacks on posters, fighters, etc was way out of hand over there causing me to switch but here its not bad at all…the little jabs at one another actually make it more entertaining and make the MMA discussions more enjoyable:)

I agree, we all like to have fun with one another. that ozzy guy ripped my wife the other day, mania let it on and then bitches at me, even though I didn’t even say anything bad in my response! I think mania is sick of all of us constantly bitching about the moderation, thats all. I just think that we’re all adults, most have grown to like and respect one another, and the negative comments still make it up, so why bother moderating? either way, I get it, and only complain when comments (like my comment in the bj penn thread above this one) are well thought out, have no vulgarity, and still are held in moderation for an hour!

I know roy, me and you love to joke around! how far are you from san diego?
we decided to fly down there for christmas this year instead of going to my wife’s families place!

not to far i am in palm springs, if your ever in the area look me up.i might even go to the affliction event in jan. i am pretty sure my wife is buying me tickects for christmas.

U might as well Ban me from this site because if you cant tell by now…..I will NEVER stay on TOPIC in any thread! if there is news out there that hasnt been posted, I will post it! I am an mma addict and damn proud and I like to hear people’s feedback on certain rumors or match ups that are Heard!

I can not change that! Dont like it, let me know and I wont post any longer….Moderating is cool, I understand it, but I will be DAMNED if I let someone Censor me or tell me what I can or cant discuss. As long as I am being respectful towards others, I dont think its anyone’s place to tell me what news I can or can not share!

“How u doin” -Rasputia in NOrbit! lol

Kevin, you’ve done it again man! I mean, you know, gettin’ on MMAMania’s nerves, hehe!

john: don’t you think it’s kind of ridiculous to tell someone what they can and can’t do on their own website? if you don’t want to be censored, start your own site. having said that, i like your news updates but i think you should be banned just on principle for quoting norbit.

hahahah

U r like the only person that knows where that quote came from. Whats that say about you? lol

lol, no, I tapped! mania controls whether I’m able to post or not, so I tapped! lol you guys all crack me up! you all bitch and moan all the time (especially chef) but then when mania demolishes me, you laugh and mock!

I stood tall!

nah, I think Vitor’s true weight class is 205. Unfortunately, he’ll get demolished by a lot of guys in that division.

No, i would have to say that your wrong. Vitor isnt very big for a 205 pounder. He is a good sized 185er.

thats what I thought you meant…I agree

Dang right!