WHAT A NIGHT!

that was a sick night of some great fights!

not even one decision, that’s what I wanna see!

all a can say is WOW what a night of great figths and upsets!!!

Great fights, even though the outcomes weren’t ideal (or maybe just not what i was hoping for) for me personally. Cant wait for the next year. Anyone think it’s possible for UFC 100 to have 4 title bouts?

There are a lot of haters out there but Rashad is going to have that belt for a while, suckas. And how about Mir taking out Nog I wouldn’t have predicted that in a million years. And what the hell was with them not showing the Okami-Lister fight there was like 25 minutes left in the broadcoast when they signed off?!?!?!?

called all the winners except the nog-mir fight, damn mirs striking looked crisp. as for nog and wanderlei those two are legends and all there wars are taking a toll. wandy has lost by 3 brutal ko’s in his last five bouts. and nog threw about 5 punches the whole fight with only one solid one landing. i think nogs time in the octagon is runnin out but overall sick night of fights. i knew barry would win with the kicks :D

Great fights! The only fight I got right was the Kongo fight. I love Wandi, but he isn’t half of what he was in pride, and I hate to say that. Nog didn’t look good either, very slow and stiff. My hat is off for Rashad, I thought Forrest would find a way to out work him, but again I was wrong!

Who does Rashad fight next? He just has a very different style than most other LHW’s and it’s giving everyone problems. Maybe Rua or Thiago Silva or even Machida? The fight I would love to see would be Rashad against Anderson Silva. That would be a great fight I think but we will never see.

Mir looked awesome, that right upper cut landed at least 7 or 8 times. It will be interesting to see how Brock prepares for that next fight, he’s gonna have his hands full!

Great card with great fights! Bravo to Dana and the UFC for finishing of a great year with a Bang! Again, all the fighters show real class, which makes this so different than boxing or most other sports. The respect the guys have for one another in winning and losing is great to see!

Ridiculous night of fights. Was pulling for Rashad before the fight. Wasn’t a big fan of the d!ck kiss and I know people are going to be all over him for that but people do some stupid sh!t when they are fired up. He should get one more chance but has to clean up his act if he wants to be a real champ. Rampage is back!

Although Rogers Cable fu*ked us here in Toronto with its PPV crashing, it was an awesome night. Each of the 3 main fights had very dramatic endings. WOW!!!

Great card! In the top 2 cards of the year with the Penn/Sherk card a few months back as the best of the year!! Still would have liked to see the Okami fight with the extra 20 min left on PPV that I paid for!!

fair play to mir, anyone that says nog wasnt himself really need to admit that mir out classed him! evans always improving, but for some reason i dont see the belt staying on him long, if anybody, the lhw division is crazy! rampage looked amazing, perhaps the 3 punches on the ground were excessive tho! cb looked good, sounded gay but showed good composure after getting rocked! kongo looked class

Excelent Night

now… Minotauro vs. Randy at UFC 99
Rampage vs. Evans at UFC 100
Mir vs. Lesnar UFC 100…
And in any other event please put Antoni Hardonk against Pat Barry!!!

What next for Griffin and Wandy? Faces each other, I don’t think so. I think one of them is going to face Thiago/Machida Loser and, maybe, Coleman/Shogun Winner??? (Shogun rematch with FOrrest)

Nice write up. An absolutely fantastic event.

Just one note…Wolfslair is in Manchester, not London. Theres a bit of a north south divide over here guys, not hostility, just friendly rivalry… hehehe ;-) (And well done to Wolfslair…Kongo and Rampage looked AWESOME, so something IS working over their).

Did anyone else notice CB tap and then keep fighting…again?!?

I’d like to see Anderson Silva vs Rashad at some point. If Silva really plans to retire in the next couple years, given him a LHW contender and then a title shot and let’s see if he can hold both titles. This is, of course, assuming Machida doesn’t become champ before that.

i would like to see someone chop rashad cocky head off..i believe the winner of the silva-machida fight would kick his black a**..i was rooting for griffin but i guess his really a more B+ fighter with alot of heart,decent stand up, great cardio, average jits, mediocre wrestling and a glass chin; minotauro clock seems ticking, he look slow and sluggish his couple of fights, he’ll be heading to retirement about 2-3 fights away from now, how about a face of with the natural?kudos to mir for finding his 2nd win..my money is on mir on the rematch against brock, pure jits will win over pure wrestling 8 out of 10 times; poor wandy, his brawling days are numbered..a move to middle weight should be the wisest choice right now and hook up with silva in a mega fight; musta nga pala sa mga taga eac and plm clerks…

On Rashad… he is super dangerous.

But I also think that Lyoto or Silva would tear him apart. Hopefully the winner doesn’t fight him.

I would like to see Rashad knock out another striker before that happens. Rashad is actually pretty good, I called him to win this one.

Rashad – Speed + Power = dangerous

Forrest – Heart + Technique = always win unless knocked out

Mir will actually prob beat Lesnar again, before tonight I would of said no, but he looked hella sharp.

Im so glad Frank won and in an impressive fashion.Just hope he can do Lesnar again. I liked the way he looked for Lesnar after the fight!!

Would Rampage be next in line for the title? Cant stand Evans.

Anyone notice the new ring girl? A little skinny for my taste, but cute.

WHOOO!. AWESOME NIGHT OF FIGHTS!. even though 2 of my faves went down (wand and forrest) i dont feel disappointed at all. props to rampage, it seemed like his move to wolfslair really did make the difference. that ko was brutal, wandi’s leg was quivering. i don’t think wandi’s through yet, i just think he needs to move down to 185, like ive thought for a long while. his arms are just too short and he’s too small for today’s lhw. damn! i hated to see forrest lose, but rashad is a stud. forrest was dominating until sugar caught him. if forrest had any kind of ko power and didn’t have such a suspect chin, he’d be unstoppable, but he does’nt. i think because of those weaknesses, forrest is really going to have an up and down career in the ufc, but he will always be entertaining. i say lets see the shogun/forrest rematch and get that cleared away and hope shogun is healthy (cough, cough,) HOLLA OUT TO MY BOY JV. you called mir as the winner the whole time, and never wavered. tonight proved that the old frank mir is back and that the old frank mir could hang with anyone pride or the ufc. as a matter of fact, i think he is the new and and improved frank mir. cant wait to see him brock get it on. im leaning slightly towards brockzilla in that one, but mir is gonna be tough. now would be a good time to have the long awaited randy/nog fight. im not sure who i think should get the next crack at rashad, lyoto,if he wins or rampage. i kinda think rampage deserves it a little more. i can see the lhw belt changing hands qutie a few times unless machida wins it. if lyoto wins the lhw title, i can see him making a long run as the champ. hell who knows, maybe rashad will make a long run. the lhw division is so deep. mir stopped nog! unbelievable. once again, awesome night of fights

what a card!! Mir looked great. glad to see he may live up to his potential. i did not see rashad rub his nipples and i thought he was in trouble until he got the takedown in the 3rd. good to see rampage get his revenge ive been waiting to see silva get KTFO.
 Off topic: did any one think joe rogan sounded despondant and out of it at times? i think that bong may be slowing his a$$ down!
  Looks like we may get to see Rampage Griffen pt.2
 Thats it im out. im going to knock off a piece of tail and go to bed

I wanna’ see the retarded “WandWagon” (I’m a huge Wanderlei fan by the way, so it’s nothing against him) of this site come and make excuses for Silva’s crushing lost. It was so funny reading people saying BS like Jackson would not have ropes to fall on in the Octogone, making blind predictions based upon fights that happened FOUR years ago, while both Jackson and silva weren’t the same fighters.

Congratulations Rampage, Evans is next on the list.

wooooooooooooowwwww mir impressed me, i hope he brings his submission game though when he faces lesnar, that is going to be a huge fight.

Rashad impresses me more and more every time he fights and i think his first title defense will come against rampage who shut up all doubters tonight with that vicious ko

I was wrong on every fight I picked congrats to Rampage for proving me wrong I underestimated you to be honest Wandy is still one of my faverets though I would have hoped for one last title run but that may be no more Mir you blew me away last thing I expected out of tonight congrats to all the winners and good luck to all the losers especily Wandy and Nog

I don’t think they will line up Griffin with Rampage right away. That is a tough match up, I think Dana will warm him back up before top tier competition.

Expect the unexpected I guess. Was that Nog, or a wax dummy? The extra 15 pds. of fat was not a good sign, and a fit, focused Frank Mir capitalized. Mir looked great for sure, but it was also a limp showing by Nog.

Rashad just continues to win, doubters (including myself) be damned. Looking ahead, Rampage makes the most sense to face Rashad, but the winner of Machida/TSilva should be guarenteed a shot after Rashad’s 1st defense. As for Forrest, there will be plenty of interesting opponents for his next fight.

Oh yeah , predicted Mir and rampage to win, not rashad, but he earned it, so many good guys, great night, since Mir already beat lesnar I will call him the undisputed champ. If Fedor and anyone in the world t hinks hes the best then he needs to fight the UFc best then well talk, Rashad still unbeaten awesome, liddell shouldn’t feel so bad, sucks about wanderlai, to many KO like Rogan said, could be the end?? Hopefully not, and Mir holy what a performance and he didn’t even use his ground, so many people jump on the band wagon and and cheer for their fav fighter even if there is no chance they will win, in the octagon anything can happen , Lesnar is done next fight, Mir will win , I don’t care what anyone says, Mir already fought him, knows what hes like, and will be prepared for him but I could be wrong like I was in the Forrest and Rashad fight

Great night of fights.

“But Evans was the better man tonight and continues the revolving door of champions in the 205-pound division.”
- the straight truth.

Will Evans be able to defend his belt? We will see. I am still shocked he put Liddell to sleep.

Wanderlei??
I would definitely watch Rampage-Axe Murderer IV. Although I’m guessing that Wanderlei will have to really beat some tough guys to get that fight.

holy shit i didnt even notice rashad didnt do the nipple rub haha oh well he still won

Rashad is STILL undefeated.

That says a lot man. Being undefeated in MMA is a huge deal, that means he has always dodged bullets or has been on his A game all the time.

everyone thought i was crazy picking rampage over wandy ..so infront 50 or so people rampage knocks wandy out..cant get any better than that. the fights were awesome frank mirs stand up has improved and it was just a good night of fights!!

I missed on every fight I picked congrats to Rampage for proving me wrong I underestimated you I would have love Wandy go on one last title run but that may be gone now I am still in shock over Mir last thing anybody expected congrats to all of the winners and good luck to the losers especily Wand and Nog

Rashad and Forrest are both bums. Rashad is going to lose his belt next fight because he sucks too. Forrest and Rashsad both lost to Tito and Shogun was injured in his fight with Forrest. That’s the reality of this division.

I hate to say I told you so but I F*CKING TOLD YOU GUYS SO!!

Damn did Mir, Rampage and Evans look good tonight or WHAT, boys?!!!

I called all three fights plus the others, made some bank tonight, god it feels good!!!

I just love what Mir put on display tonight. He worked the sh*t out of Nog who looked half of what he’s been but still, to get worked like that was freaking impressive, you can’t deny that. First stoppage of his career. That speaks volumes to how dangerous Mir is. Watch out for my boy Frank Mir, that’s all I can say. If he beats Lesnar again which I am putting money on right now, he in my opinion, is No. 2 HW in the world depending on what happens the 24th over in Affliction.

And then Quinton, what can you say? Again, just I told you so. Rampage is the best LHW in the World. Has the best striking, the most power, great conditioning and overwhelming strength/wrestling. Can’t wait to see him beat the crap out of Rashad and put the first blemish on his record.

What a great ‘08, can’t wait for ’09 and GSP to OWN Penn!

that was definitely the best card of the year… still can’t believe Mir knocked out Nogueira!!

Holly $hit I’m so happy today.
I cant wait to see what John and other doubters are gonna say now that Nogueira and Wanderlei lost. Maybe they will keep their mouth shut.
HAHAHAHAHA! >o<

Ha ha Page won.

To all the doubters.

Ha ha Rashad won.

BUT

in respect, Silva and Griffin are super classy. Forrest is super classy man, I love that guy. Respect.

was liddell expecting to fight rampage if he lost, was that why he was upset??

bomb ass card all of them were tko or ko…..now k1dynamite….who gives a fuck about who wants to complain about their fighter that lost……they lost.

those were some crazy fights, mir’s always been a great fighter, but his improvement was insane(in my opinion).
and while i despise evan’s and wish forrest had ripped his head off, ya gotta respect him as a fighter_not a person).
as for rampage vs. wand III, it really went the way i thought it would, page’s boxing has gotten too tight for wand’s windmill striking

i hope mir snaps lesnar’s big arm in the rematch.

Wow- Mir won me over. Never been a big fan, but how can you not be moved by his speech? That was awesome, I’m so happy for him. I’d love for him to take the belt from Lesnar.

Sidenote- Kongo/Al-Turk stoppage- ref should have stopped it WAY sooner. Anyone else think so?

2nd side note- Who’s next for Evans? Evans vs Rampage?

no Liddell was mad because if Wandy beat Rampage and Liddell beat Wandy then that puts Lideel ahead of both Rampage and Wandy, but now Liddell is behind both Rampage and Wandy and Chuck is no where near a title shot- he’s done!

I know something that would end Rashad’s cockyness put Anderson Silva in there to tear him apart!

The fights were surprising tonight. I had Rampage and Rashad winning, just not in the manner they won. Congrats to Rashad and Frank on winning the titles. Forrest was gracious in the postfight interview, I laughed when he said it was just Rashad’s punches that had his body in motion. I think it’s going to be very hard for anyone to take that title from Evans.

I wasn’t a fan of Frank’s before tonight, but it was great seeing him show emotion—and tell Brock he had his belt. That rematch should be great and I’m looking forward to seeing it.

Yeah, I just love the outcome of tonight. All you Rashad haters go and cry somewhere like little girls. Whether you like it or not he is gonna keep that belt for a while unless Rampage reclaims it, other wise I do not see any other opponent to take the belt from Rashad. Forrest is just sucks, hope Chuck gets to whip that ass some day. And Wandy better got take a hike, glad Rampage put a stop to his ugly face, good to see his leg quiver after He got KTFO. I would say that Rampage should have murdered his ass, but I would not wish death on nobody.

nogiera vs couture will be on tap in 2009 bank on it with the winner getting another crack at the hw title

I am soo surprised by the Frank Mir that entered the cage tonight, I thought for sure Nog would out-box him and possibly even TKO/KO Mir, but Jesus!! Who would have thought that Mir would be the person to stop Nog before the bell?? That said, Nog didn’t look all that great, but still, it was Nog. Rampage looked great tonight, Wanderlei has been on a bit of a slide, but my gut was saying he was going to win (his entrance to Sandstorm almost assured it IMO).

Tell Rashad to polish that belt real good 4 rampage!

Tell Rashad to polish that belt real good 4 rampage!

oh and i forgot to mention they both have one or two fights left in them (not thier contracts but thier bodies) so its fitting two legends of the sport battle each other before calling it quits

Nog gets finished the first time by mir LOL. Its funny how they can’t seem to find a dominate light heavy weight like mma mania said its like a revolving door, no anderson silva in that division. So happy rampage KTFO silva ha ha classy pushing him at the weight ins, “I know he remembers my knees” well I’m pretty sure he won’t remember rampages huge left hook :)

im hoping shogun can come back better than ever and broing some interest back to the light haevywieght division…people dont talk dream matches when then the think of griffin or rashad only whos gonna beat them and with that type of attitude its hard to get behind them and cheer they do not have the charisma to sustain a good fan base such as the ones tito,couture,liddell,silva,gsp,rampage,anderson,b.j,hughes,fitch,fedor,crocop,franklin and nogiuara have plain and simple

i just wanted to add that Steve Mazzagatti sucks.im glad Rashad won but Forrest took about 5 unnecessary shots.thanks for the late Christmas gift Rampage and Frank.Fedor is next!!!!

It might be time for me to hang it up as an MMA fan. Obviously thats not going to happen, but this was the most depressing for me of any payperview I’ve seen. It disturbs me to see Wandy get knocked out so badly. I’m not terribly surprised, just upset. The thing that has me reeling, is that Nog looked absolutely outclassed by Frank Mir. I’m still not sold on his cardio, but Mir put on an amazing performance. So thats two of this old Pride fans favorite fighters looking absolutely, ridiculously horrible.

As far as Rashad/Griffin goes, I had no preference on the outcome of that fight. That is, until the 2nd round when Rashad reminded me why I used to detest him so much as a fighter. Dropping your hands and grabbing your balls in the middle of a fight that you’re not winning is one of the most classless and immature things you can do. That kind of showboating is exactly what is wrong with professional sports today. Rashad is no better than Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds, or Manny Ramirez. I hope he gets KTFO’d in his next fight.

Awesome night of fights!! What a way to end the New Year!!

1rst off…Rampage proves to all the people that he has improved and he is a different fighter than he was 4 years ago. if he comes in 100% and trains hard he is unstoppable. I hope he continues to work with that nutritionist. Keep it up Page. HOWWLLLL!!!!!! Wandy is a warrior but after being KO’d 3 of his last 4 fights could be a time to surrender the 205 division and drop down to 185.

MIR was incredible. I was going for NOG all the way but when I saw his bulging gut I was concerned. When he dropped twice in the 1rst round I got worried but then, hey It’s NOG he will prevail but it didn’t seem to happen from the Former Pride and UFC champ. I felt so bad for him when they showed his face after the fight. He was so disappointed and his eyes began to tear up. He will be back because he is Minatauro. Mir looked great on his feet and his boxing looked real swift and crisp. He deserved the win and was classy after the fight.

Rashad is a beast. He moves in and out so quick that it tends to throw people off. In my opinion he is a force to be reckon with. If he can work submissions he will unstoppable. Forrest did a good job in the beginning but once Evans applied the ground and pound it reminded me of when Jardine KO’d Forrest. Since they trained together maybe JArdine gave him some tips. Forrest is will be back in always a stud in and outside the ring but he needs to get some Knockout power.

I think Lyoto and Silva should only get the next shot for the title if they win decisively like a KO or submission. Right now I say Rampage should get it since he just KO’d Silva in 2 minutes. If Lyoto dances for the 3 rounds and beats Thiago then imagine him and Rashad. It will be like a square dance around the octagon. I want to see either Thiago Silva or Rampage get the next shot and Lyoto only if he KO’s somebody. He is a good fighter but he doesn’t get my blood pumping.

Sick night…like i said in the comment on the wandy rampage scuffle…Rampage was gonna drop him early..Wandy beat a glass jaw in jardine and couldnt even beat a washed up chuck liddell…WARRRRRAMPAGE… If silva bets machida..Rampage vs evans at 96..but if machida wins..hes gettin the next shot prob at 97 98… id like to see rampage rashad..and than like mexicutioner said…4 title fights at 100..

and may i add that frank mir is one of the most underrated fighters in the ufc

Mir won but he cant shake that cockyness .. I hope Brock beats him down .. would love 2 see Silva clean up Rashad’s cocky ass 2 .

Kongo looked awesome 2nite

I bet there are a lot of chins still dragging on the floor with a stunned look on their face. Something Fedor couldn’t do, Mir did with easy. Mir took his own advice and threw punches in 3’s and it worked perfectly. He connected with at least 2 of them every time. Now I have to listen to the same guys say Nog will kill Randy. That’s not going to happen either. Randy will pick Nog apart on the feet. I just hope there isn’t a bunch of excuses, because Mir dominated from bell to KTFO. Mir stepped his game up,WAY up.

YEAH! Both my favs won! But the bad news is they’ll prob fight now…All I want is Penn to win next!!!!

WAR RAMPAGE!!! WAR EVANS!!!

all i got to say is that i loved the rashad crotch kiss taunt, that is my new signature move!!! and i cant believe that mir won what a rip off.

yah yah, great night of fights i guess. i am alittle bitter that not only wandy lost, but griffin lost as well. from a dramatic standpoint, it was absolutely amazing and even a little inspiring. to see all the storybook endings culminate in the final card of 08 was a night to behold. but at times i felt underwhelmed as a hyped fight such as wandi/rampage ended abruptly and than on to an undercard. dont get me wrong, a night without any submissions is a surefire sign of a good card. i opersonally was looking forward to an all out war with wandi\rampage and griffin\evans. i fully understand that even the most evenly matched fights can end in a flash, i guess ijust wasnt expecting it to happen tonight.
     i dont like evans plai and simple. he seems to be a talented athlete who handles himself very unprofessionally and insecurely. i cant remeber the last lhwc to display the unentertaining and low class antics rashad pulls off in the octogan. hopefully in the future he can separate himself from champs like lesnar who showboat for no good reason.
       poor liddell, he was on the verge of becoming at least acutely involved in the lhw picture again when rampage took it away with one punch which certainly reminded liddell of an indentical punch that proved to end chucks glory days in the ufc. why is anyone surprised he looked crushed folling the turn of events. although im an absolutely huge fan of chuck it proves to be simply another nail in the coffin on an illustrious career. i predict a couple money fights are left than maybe commentating once rogan smokes himself retarded??
    cb dolloway?? like how a woman has an orgasm…….who really cares?
      mir? friggin amazing!! im just glad i dont bet on this stuff after watching that fight!!! WOW. i think the timing of the fight will impact the unification bout immensely. mir cannuetralize brocks ground game and than some, butif lesnar is given time to refine his sub defense and ground game, it could turn against mir.the reason i mention this is the impending summer blocbuster ufc 100. what better way to stack it than with this fight?? however, if the ufc decides thats far too long to wait for that date than we might see this fight sooner rather than later,especially considering both mir and lesnar emerged unscathed from their respective recent battles. if this fight is hurried along i definetly give mir an edge.
     as for wandy, i believe hes best suited for mw. his reach is becoming an issue aas he has to attack first and woory about counterpunching after the fact. tonight was a perfect example. he dominated in pride, but the fallout of the new world of mma has left wandi behind. as with chuck, hes still a bankable fighter for now, but his best days are way far behind him. hes perfect for mw since hes an instant draw for spider assuming spider isnt busy with the other ten superfights he has on the backburner while defending the mw belt. that being said, wandy cant really even count on a match with anderson . instead he has to grab a number and get in line. kind of sad to see the axe murderer in this position really.
       and finally forrest. hes going to have to lose a few fights consecutively to fall from the grace of dana white. and given his never say die attitude which was slightly absent tonight, i dont expect forest to disappear anytime soon. actions speak louder than words, and although im sure it hurt forrest huge tonight, im sure hes ready to learn and evolve an d work his way bak up to contention, although i have serious doubts as to whether hell be champ again.
     nonetheless, i can say it wasnt the greatest card ever, but it clearly has me talikng!!!

good fights none of the fights they showed went to decision which was awesome…oh and i think who ever wins between silva machida will beat evans…the only thing is machida rarely finishes and is not exciting to say the least.

I know I’m speaking ahead but machida or t. silva are most deserving of a title shot
If machida pulls through he will defeat rashad
I’m 99 percent sure

Rampage should fight jardine or winner of franklin/henderson

How bout hamill he looked good soon he will bounce up

Anderson should wait for machida to be champ and challenge him

What was with Rampage’s corner guy with cut off sleeves doing “Spirit Fingers” just before the match started?

Rashad is a beast! He is not given the credit he rightfully deserves. He may have not dominated the first two rounds but he wasn’t ever really dominated. Rampage is back!! Rashad vs Rampage…come Dana make it happen!!! Nogueira match was a disappointment. Mir did dominate that match but I think Herb Dean stopped it too early. You gotta look at his record and the wars he has been in. You gotta give Nogueira a little more credit. IMO Herb Dean sucks as a ref. He has prematurely stopped a lot of fights. Bring back Big John!!! or at least let Magazatti ref the big fights….

I couldn’t believe how terrible Nog’s stand up game was last night. Where the hell was Stankie? Mir kept on throwing the same punch combos every time and Nog’s dumb-ass never caught on. Mir threw a Left Jab-Right Upper-Cut which landed right on the button at least for times and he also threw a Left Jab-Straight Right-Left Jab-Straight Right. Stankie should beat Nog like an unwanted stepchild after that performance. I was hoping Nog would finally catch on to Mir’s repetitive combos, especially that Left Jab-Right Uppercut. If he would have stepped left when Mir threw that left jab, he could have a left hook to counter Mir’s right uppercut and KTFO’d him. Hopefully Nog gets back into the cage in a couple of months and can redeem that loss.

Mirs heavy hands ? lol… Nog was knocked down 2 times by simple straight punches….The man took Fedors best shots, hundreds of them, he was also blasted straight in the head by one of the worlds hardest kickers, and you call it Mirs heavy hands. Nog needs to retire, his wars have caught up to him. His last fight in Pride should of been his last, he can no longer take a shots like before and that effect is irreversable. Nog has fought wars in the ring, he is the ali of the sport the rrocky balboa of mma. Theres a cost to those beating hes weathered and the cost his him looking to retire at a young age. Look at it this way, watch the fedor nog fights, watch the nog crocop fight, even watch the first 2 fights nog had with herring, then look at nogs performance since day 1 of being in the ufc, he nearly lost to herring somone he dominated before, he took shots that both sylva and mir in their lifetime will never be able to throw and then you say nog couldnt handle mirs bombs ?? lol Thats close to matching up Holyfield with ali and saying the same thing, when fact is i could probrobly daze nog nowadays. Nog should retire now , he should of a few fights ago he is nowhere near the fighter he used to be. And if the future UFC champion ( mir or lesnar ) ever meet Fedor youll see for yourself what Nog went through because they wont even see round 3 with Fedor and thats in 5 min rounds, not the classic 15 min pride rounds.

I didn’t care much originally for the Kongo/Al Turk fight but I actually loved it, really.

http://www.myvideofight.com/video/ufc/ufc-92-cheick-kongo-vs-mustapha-al-turk/index.html

Great stuff.

The problem with Silva is that he hasent changed a damn thing when it comes to his fighting style.

Quionton on the other hand, He has changed alot, his strikings is so much better than before, And his strikings are one a kind.

Take Chuck for example, He has the same style everytime he fights. Sooner or later your style is gonna be visible to the apponent and that means your going down.

Back to Silva – Rampage

Rampage knew how Silva would come after him, And he planned that pounch with his trainers before knocking out Silva.

I lost some money on all 3 matches, But thats how life is, Sometimes you win, Sometimes you lose.

I can’t stand watching Evans. He spends the majority of every fight moving backwards. I’d hate to see him vs Machida. First punch thrown in round 3.
Runshad

It’s unbelievable how nobody expected these results. The Evans/Forrest fight was pretty close anyway, predictions-wise, but I think everybody had their money riding on Mir and Silva. And by knockouts, as well! Just look at this poll that the guys at myvideofight posted – this night was upset night. Hell, I voted three times and was wrong three times.

http://www.myvideofight.com/video/ufc/ufc-92-polls/index.html

Rashad has been on the longest lucky streak I’ve ever seen.

It’s not that he’s a bad fighter, far from it – but he’s just not THAT GOOD. This is the guy who won split decisions over Brad Imes and Sam Hoger, barely got a draw vs. Tito Ortiz, and got a split decision win over Bisping that he IMO didn’t really deserve. (guess that was karma, Bisping had it coming after his “win” over Hamill)

That’s 4 fights out of his 9 in the UFC where he only barely squeaked by.

He’s definitely gotten much better since his TUF days, but that doesn’t change the fact that he’s nowhere near as good as the raw numbers – 8-0-1 in the UFC – make him look.

Wow, looks like my picks were correct. And all this time all of the “regs” on this site were telling me I was an “idiot” and a “noob” when I commented on them.

It must suck to spend as much time posting about something as you guys do and not really know that much about it. The idiot was right.

Where are the 10 million Wandy ass-lickers who said he was gonna kill rampage, AGAIN. You must be asleep along with your hero. wake up, its time for you to post EXCUSES. I respect all fighters for just stepping in the cage, and i hate to make fun of people, but after the years of shit wanderlei and his ass-lickers talked about rampage. HoooooooWWWWWlllll. those “extra” punches were not extra. It is NOT a fighters job to end a fight, it is a referee’s job. Yves stepped in, rampage stopped (he shouldnt have). Peace. All praise to the most high. (…howls like a were-wolf).

By the way, RAMPAGE MORE THAT EARNED an IMMEDIATE title shot. He earned it with 1 (5 actually lol) punch.

Forrest slipped up bad. He by far is the better fighter just not the luckiest. I agree when people say machida would destroy rashad. But Rashad would beat thiago and Rampage.
I see Liddell vs Forrest…

Rampage looked stooked, and Wandy looked……… Scared, timid.
Rampage vs Jardine???
Wandy vs Vera….

Cb pulled that one out of his butt.
I think he is not destined for anything close to looking at a title, his striking was non-existant.

Mir was fantastic and relaxed, Lesnar should be fearful.
Until last night I thought Mir just got lucky vs Brock… It might have been the case but not now….
Nog looked exhausted and looked almost unwilling to throw more than one punch at a time. Nog vs Randy then retire… He has his money, his gym. Hes a legend and should quit while hes ahead.

Kongo looked like a very polished and deliberate fighter. But he would stand no chance vs MIR or Lesnar. I would throw him another match the Japaneese judo guy maybe…

Nogueira should never be allowed to fight again! all the hw’s fighting on the card would have won over Nogueira that was the worst and most shocking performance ever.. It’s over! he must have had a concussion going into the fight b/c he just stood right infront of him and ate Mir’s punches

how gay did cb dollaway sound he sounded like that guy from family guy lol

What a great card! I was wrong on almost all of them and still finished 127th out of over 23,000 on UFC.com’s fantasy. Out of the three main fights, the only one I got right was Rashad, and only about 30% picked him to win. Before the fight, I couldn’t see how Mir would beat Nog. I thought Nog had better boxing and at least as good jits. Nog said himself that he was faster and stronger. Man, was he wrong. Mir said he was the better athlete, I don’t know about that, but he was certainly a better boxer and much quicker. If Mir fights like that, he’s got a good shot of beating Brock for the second time. If his boxing diminishes then he better hope he can catch Brock in something before Brock TKO’s him. Rampage looked like the same Rampage that beat Lidell. If both Rampage and Rashad are ready to go, they should fight soon. If one of them isn’t, then I’d like to see Rampage fight Shogun after Coleman does, and I’d like to see Rashad fight the winner of Lyoto vs. Thiago. If Thiago wins, I think it would be fun to see him fight Anderson Silva. 2009 is shaping up to probably be the best year of fights, yet. With Nog and Couture being put out to pasture, the UFC is proving that it’s reloading with younger, better fighters than the old school Tim Sylvias and Andre Arlovskis. I hope AA proves me wrong, but I think Fedor is going to expose him and prove that he is no longer the fighter he used to be before big Timmy beat him twice. 2009 would be the perfect year, in my opinion, for the UFC to start a 225 lb. Middle Heavyweight Division. They could have Kongo vs. Vera for the title. There’s plenty of guys who have trouble cutting to LHW, but have no business getting in the octagon with the likes of Brock, Shane and Cain… the new breed of HWs.

Hey dumb fuck.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language

Jesus Christ man.. every paragraph is painful to read. Wolf’s Lair.. Wolf’s Lair. How hard is it to spell it right?

rampage vs anderson silva
forrest vs jardine
machida vs rashad
wand or chuck vs vera

Machida vs rashad is my guess
Or rampage vs machida
They keep making machida wait

But who can expect anything from machida
I think both men could shock the world lol
Imo machida wins

I prediced all fights right but I had them won by decision, tho I wanted silva and forest win
No fight was wow last night

Best fight was prob the wessel hardonk fight

It’s a very sad day for MMA fans from Brazil. Wand and Minotauro are probably the two biggest names of brazilian MMA and they both lost in devastating fashion, especially Big Nog. He looked fat, slow, with no head movement. Every combinaton thrown by Mir connected. Minotauro’s chin is not the same, he was knocked down six times in three fights in the UFC. Something has to change immediatelly, because I would hate to see Minotauro becomng another Cro Cop or Chuck Liddell. Winning or losing he’s not the same anymore. It just takes one punch to get him down, what’s up with that. He maybe needs to change his training camp because obviously hes lacking in boxing, strenght and conditionig and especially in wrestling. He’s a freakin’ great ground fighter and he, for some reason, doesn’t use it anymore. Mir gassed after the first round, and Minotauro still didn’t try to push the pace. That’s the worst day for me as a MMA fan

I can’t believe nog is only 32 I’m 37 and he looks at least 10 years older than me, does anyone else notice that? Good fights, strange that there was no submissions though.

Rashasd has had an easy road to the title, its a fucken joke. He beat drawed tito aging has been, decision’d Bisbing unproven middleweight, koed liddell aging has been, tko’ed forrest no power not that good. With how stacked that divison is it’s amazing how he keeps avoiding the tough competiton. Give him Hendo, Rampage, Machida, A.Silva, T.Silva, W.Silva, Franklin or any submission guy, has he ever fought a submission expert I can’t think of 1. UFC stop protecting this bum!

Rashad’s gameplan is so simple to disect….move around alot, move backwards, make some stupid gestures to piss off your opponents, swing crazily with full power in an attempt to get a KO. Why is it that no one can figure this out?!?!?

Someone needs to stall against Rashad and force Rashad to take the center of the Octagon and let him be the one that the spotlight is on so it will force him to engage under pressure when he doesn’t want to. That or osmeone like Rampage or Henderson with a chin and real KO power can rush him and knock his block off in the exchange.

Has Evans finally shucked the label as a showboater and earned the reputation as a finisher?

Both? I mean, the whole kissing your hand and then grabbing your junk constitutes as showboating right? ;)