your in cali make it down to affliciton, you may never get the chance to see fedor fight live again.

I’m not even buying the event, never mind going to this one! I’ll stream the main event! I’m talking a group of educated guys! I get 5 weeks off, so it’s easy for me, I want to set a date maybe in the summer or fall that can accommodate everyone! I knew you’d be in Roy, right!

FYI Mania Hunt was ranked when they fought

I cant wait to see the progress of Fedor’s newest training partner Mousasi in the next couple of years.

Mousasi is DONE at middleweight! Right now he weighs 217 lbs and is only interested at fighting at 205 lbs. I just read an interview with him in which he states that he believes that he will fight the winner of Babalu vs. Sokoudjou at Afflictions 3rd show.

The reason for his increase in weight is that his growing body can no longer hold the middleweight frame. His goal is to bulk up to 235 lbs and move up to heavyweight in about 2 years.

There are great match ups for mousasi at 205:
Bablau
Sokoudjou
Tito
Nog
Matyshenko

alright guys, I’m off to bed, I’ll pose the question again when I’m on early (my wife was home from work today MLK).
John, I posted the odds for you below, betus has them!
if you guys are thinking we could all get together for a live event (vegas maybe) let me know!

John- While I think a move to LHW will further his career more than staying at 185, I’m disappointed to see him leave the division. I really think he could take it to Anderson Silva and beat him.

But as you pointed out, there are a ton of great matchups for him at LHW in Affliction. Hopefully once that goes under by the end of this year, he and Fedor will go to UFC. Highly doubtful though. But I think Mousasi takes it to all those guys. Hes very well rounded, and most of those guys, aside from Nog, are (in a VERY narrow minded look) one-dimensional. Babalu is a ground guy, Soko a stand up (judo background notwithstanding) and Tito a ground guy.

2009 will be Gegard’s breakout year!!

Afflictions third show. That’s funny. Sadly Afflictions 2nd and last show will be this weekend.

Synster: I dont disagree at all! Mousasi is also pissed that he cant find good match ups at 185 lbs. He was trying to get a fight with akiyama, but he said that Akiyama declined. I am a big fan of Mousasi, I think he will continue to improve and be a force at what ever weight class he choses to fight in.

Training with Fedor wont hurt either!

Thanks Kev!

I dont know man. If Josh and Overeem sign with the UFC I think Fedor should follow suit. Those are his to biggest non UFC fights for him right now.

josh.. as in barnett? i cant see him wanting to be in the UFC. overeem though.. maybe.

Other then Brock, there are no interesting fights for Fedor in the UFC.

However outside the uFC he has some top comp waiting for him:
Barnett
Arlovski
Werdum
Overeem
Bigfoot

overeem is UFC bound (obviously ) and bigfoot sucks. he’s fighting AA this weekend which leaves Barnett! Werdum doesn’t deserve a shot against Philqny, never mind fedor!
It’s amazing to me that he doesn’t train weights and is so dominant and strong! It’s like he’s giving his opponents an advantage!

overeem is hopefully going to the ufc(not there yet),werdum is a soldid hw regaurdless of getting caught and bigfoot may be good still has something to prove but far from sucks.

who would u want to see him fight then?
GOnzaga? Carwin? Dont say Frank MIr! Kongo?

I have been waiting half a decade to see Fedor vs. Barnett and affliction is promising it to us for their next show as long as Fedor beats Arlovski. Much love to Affliction for providing me with a chance to see Fedor beat up on former UFC champions!

Barnett definitely, then, weight train and go to LHW! I feel it makes sense!
GG is over rated, mir is a possibility, his jits is good, but I think he’d get ko’d, Kongo is a joke, down the line lesner (who fedor will murder!

BTW, I hear that Mir vs. Lesnar will go down at UFC 98

Also, Bobby lashly would like to fight brock! THat is a fight that I would be very interested in seeing.

YO Maniacs!!! Can anyone provide the odds to this weekends Affliction event?

AA +235 worth a small bet
Fedor -375 risk doesn’t equal with reward
.
Barnett-650 anyone who bets this is not a gambler or just dumb!
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Vitor +140 good bet
lindland -180

who wouldnt wanna fight brock if they were in lashley’s position? he’d get murdered hardcore the dude might be “big” but hes not brocks size nor strength and not the talented wrestler brock is..

fedor vs mir (the mir that fought nog) would be a killer fight

fedor vs couture would sell insane numbers

fedor vs overeem in an octagon would be pretty cool but they might need to make it bigger

fedor vs carwin wouldnt be to bad either

fedor vs brock would probably turn into brock dry humping him for 25 mins nonetheless would sell insane numbers

Odds are I’ll be spending cash on the BJ PENN/GSP fight instead.. but then again odds are I’ll buy a few beers and talk myself into it at the last minute.

Yo John, betus has the odds for:
Fedor at -375
AA at +235

Vitor at +140
Linland at -180

Josh Barnett at -650
Yvel at +375

And those are the only 3 fights betus has for betting.

Oh crap, I think Kevin’s post was moderated or something, or I just didn’t freakin see it.

Barnett in his recent interview made out that he has no problem being the UFC, business is business as far as he is concerned. Dana White has a problem with him being in the UFC. Barnett is at least number three in the world (I personally think he second only to Fedor) and Dana is letting his personal issues get in the way of fans not being able to see him fight. Very professional and in the next breath he talks about giving the fans what they want. Wanker.

THanks for the odds boys! Im not letting the Fedor odds scare me away. Im going to bet at least 2 stacks on Fedor!

I also want to bet on Kiril Sidelinkov!

where john? betus has a 500 dollar limit! better open an account in your girls name, and your brother and your dog! lol, that’s the problem with betus, the max mma bet!

I’m not touching any of that, its all suspect.

Kevin is right on one thing though, if there is a fight on this card worth betting on, its Vitor vs Lindland, but I still see Lindland dry humping Belfort to a UD so I can’t really bring myself to touch that one either.

I won’t touch any fights simply because the NFL has cost me just over 10k in the last month! This after being up a bundle in Nov. Damn gamnbling

Bet Kiril!

I know Kev about BetUs….On the occasions when I want to bet big, I transfer funds in a couple of my friends accounts. Its easier then having 3 or 4 accounts on BetUS under your name!

For starters, worthy opponents would be the guys that destroyed CC and Nog, something Fedor couldn’t do. Why do people keep assuming there is no competition for Fedor in the UFC. Those same people said the same thing about many other Pride fighters (including CC and Nog)and we now know that is NOT the case. Actually I knew that was never the case.

LMAO! I hope Mania follows up on the sales stats on that machine in a month or two!

That’s because Brock was smart and got on that designer stuff(HGH). It’s a better product and they can’t test for it yet! Smart on his part. Barnett was dumb like Sherk, Leben and others who used anabolic steroids. Harder on your body and you get busted. Lesnar has it figured out.

why cant we all just limit steroid accusations to the fighters who Test positive?

Diceman: you can make the hgh arguement for every single mma fighter alive. you can make that arguement for every pro-athelete, nobody tests for it. not the nfl, not mlb, not the nba, nobody. that makes it a moot point and a non-issue to me.

the test for HGH is your hormone level would be 10 times higher then a normal persons.. you CAN test for HGH its just much harder.. but go look at him in college and high school the dude was huge back then too just add a couple more years of weight training and you get a scientific monster.. look at overeem he gaines what 90 lbs since chuck knocked him out?

Ok, I’ll tell you what, I won’t make any more accusations of roid usage after this post because we can’t prove it. I can understand the frustration of people accusing someone you like of juicing when there’s no way to prove it. Hopefully that’s fair enough with everyone. Since I have my one post though, I wanna point a few things out….
If you don’t think it’s possible, or even likely, that Brock has juiced(or is juicing) I think you’re kidding yourself. I’m betting the same guys on here that say Brock hasn’t or doesn’t juice would call Barry Bonds out on it in a second. Yes, Brock was a monster back then, but he was definitely training just as hard in college as he was in the WWE and more than likely now even. You don’t get that big and that ripped naturally. Just like Bonds didn’t start magically hitting 70 home runs and adding 50 pounds of muscle drinking protein shakes. Have you ever seen Brock when he’s questioned about steroids? He acts the exact same way everyone who uses or has used steroids does. b.w.-you’re right, you could make the argument about any other athlete, and I would be willing to bet money on some of the people I think juice. The reason I mentioned Brock is because you brought him up. Whatever though, I don’t think I’m going to change anyone’s mind, the people that think he has and/or is will continue to think so, and those that don’t think so aren’t going to be changed by anything I say.

And if he was indeed arrested on suspicion of steroids, but released after they tested it and realized it was growth hormone as stated below…that would confirm everything I’ve said.

Diceman- the charges were dropped b/c it was found to be a legal supplment (check wiki if you don’t belive me), so it does not confirm anything you have said. do i think brock has used illegal performance enhancers in the past? most likely. but that is in the past. i live in the here and now. im not kidding myself about anything, i call’ em like i see’em. you seem pretty defensive yourself, did i hit a sore spot?

b.w.- Someone probably went on a roid rage and beat up diceman. That’s why he’s so sensitive.

I’ve been beat up a few times, but I don’t think they were ever roid ragin. I do have a body builder friend that juices all the time that’s why I’m interested in who’s taking what. b.w.-no sore spot, I’m just saying look at the facts. He was evidently caught with what they thought were steroids, but turned out to be growth hormone. Growth hormone(HGH-human growth hormone) is legal, and people can get prescriptions for it. Like I mentioned below, several entertainers have admitted to using them. Sports Illustrated did a large piece on this a while back. While they are legal they are still a performance enhancing drug, just like almost every other substance on the banned substance lists. They’re usually not illegal, just banned by the league, athletic commision, etc. So yes, Brock at least did used to use growth hormones, which would be a performance enhancing drug. And by all accounts they are just as powerful as pretty much any other steroid they just have less side effects.

AHHHHHH! Tyler, why are you on my nuts? I thought you were the “ADULT” that was to classy to respond to my posts? Oh and yea…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LMFAO! Psyqo78, it sure seems like it!

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Excellent point McFyer!

Absolutely, many people unfairly doubt AA’s ability. The guy’s a fantastic fighter, but compared to Fedor he has a lot to prove.

I guess he would be the #1 HW Roy. But I still say that a guy like Fedor should fight only top guys to keep that status!

who are the top guys he should fight in your mind, is aa and barnett good enough for now?

roy: No matter who he fights, his opponents will never be good enough for his haters.

thats true clayton, as soon as he beats them they make a new excuse.

Wow Gord, perfectly put!

First off, the first round in Pride is 10 minutes, so that is like 2 rounds in the UFC. Second,my point was simply that there is no evidence that Fedor would destroy Randy in one minute. I agree with you jim that they are both damn good, but maybe you didn’t notice, ila DOESN’T, hense my argument.

Duh, former champs and years after they lost their belt. That was my point. He can fight Ali next and be crowned hw boxing king.

The police had Lesnar and his stash in custody, so had they been any illegal substance he would have been charged instead of being apologized to.

PW-read my comment again…growth hormone is NOT illegal, it is however a performance enhancing drug. Do you guys never read Sports Illustrated or watch ESPN? How can you not know the difference between “designer” steroids(growth hormones, the stuff Bonds and others have used) and anabolic steroids? Growth hormones are NOT illegal so long as you have a prescription, but they are definitely performance enhancing drugs. As soon as they have a reliable and less invasive method of testing for them athletes that use them will be screwed. They are looked down upon in the entire sports community and are considered just as wrong as shooting any other steroid in your ass. Look at a list of banned substances in ANY sporting league and you’ll find plenty you can go into GNC and buy. The fact that they’re legal doesn’t have crap to do with it.