Robbie Lawler vs Jake Shields Strikeforce fight possible for St. Louis on June 6

I guess it just is what it is. (Don’t you just hate that expression? Ever since Brian MacNamee said it a million times during the Clemmons trial, that phrase has become hotter than {insert corny phrase here})

But I’ll take a stab at finding logic behind it.

Back in the day, a UFC Champion was crowned once they won a tournament – making them the best fighter that night, and at that weight, but there were no weight divisions back then. If you won the tournament twice, you were a 2 time champion, and that made sense.

I suppose when champion fights the number one contender, it is to decide who the best fighter at that weight at the current point in time is…… You know what, I thought it made more sense in my head at first, but it isnt translating to words. What they should say is 2 time champ and 7 time defender (or whatever it is). But that is just too much to say, so they just say 9 time champ because a 9 time defender would mean he was champ at least 10 times.

thing is, 5 time champ (or 9 time) sounds better than 2 time. by what you are saying a guy with 7 defences is called a champion… but a guy who wins the belt.. loses it next fight and then wins it again.. is a 2 time champ. i say if you defend it 5 times or more, you can say whatever the hell you want!. (ps not a big hughes fan, but i respect how long he ruled the roost.)

I like Serra. He is great for the sport. This isnt Church, fighters are allowed to curse and take verbal shots at each other. serra is an amazing teacher/coach and he will help groom many young fighters for years to come. Serra is fully capable of punching a hole through that “smug Chipmunks” face! Serra has a pretty good guard…he should fine tune it with Renzo for this fight, because you really dont want Hughes on top of you in side mount!

Hughes has gotten worse in the past couple of years, Serra has improved especially in the stand up. Dude hits like a mac truck at 170 lbs.

I like SErra’s chances and will be rooting for him for sure! Hughes is easy to gameplan for. If Hughes gets cocky and tries to stand, he is going to get FLATTENED!

Its not fair either because at one point in time, Matt Hughes was on top of the MMA world and widely considered one of the greatest fighters on the planet.

However, he was just too stubborn and reluctant to evolve with the sport. Him and Tito can just wrestle each other into forgottenness.

Just saying that I am a Matt Hughes fan really goes to show how long I’ve been watching… lol Ever since TUF 2, all he has gotten was HATE when he had never really seen that before – and that was because the majority of fans didn’t quite now how extreme his personality is. A few sound bites and you can make anybody sound any way you like.

U probably r right…but I satill love to hate him! Anyone he beats up there father, just for kicks and tortures animals is just a piece of crap that I can not root for. I have always been on of the taller/stronger/more athletic kids in high school…Ihave been the size I am now since high school..hahah, and I never once acted like a bully…That is something I cant condone!

So FOCK that Chipmunk Biatch! after I am done on this site, I was actually planning on going upstairs n popping in my UFC 85 tape and watch Hughes eat thqat Flying knee from Alve3s over and Over again….Plus I wanted to breakdown the film on THales vs. Marquardt

I hate Matt Serra. He will definetely lose. Hughes has lost to the top 2 in his division. No shame. Serra doesn’t belong in the Octagon with any elite. I thought Lytle beat him in that decision, and I think Lytle would beat him again. Hughes will dominate this fight. Serra is tough to finish, I’ll give him that, but he isn’t exciting, and isn’t good at anything. He has power, but thats it. Hughes pwns him on the ground, which is takedowns, wrestling/positioning, jit jitsu sweeps, and submissions. the Ground is Matt Hughes’ world. Serra better take advantage of Hughes when the fight starts. Remember the first Trigg fight? I know it was a while ago, but Matt won that fight without throwing 1 punch.

I know that lOOK, and i love seeing it! its like when the high school bully gets a taste of his own medicine…I dont like forrest and Mir because I feel they are over rated, but I genuinely dont like Hughes cause he sucks at being a Human! He may be my favorite fighter to watch catch a beating!

Speaking of bullies, did you all catch Bully Beatdown?

Picking on your older brother (any brother for that matter) like that is just shameless. I can just never get the Bonello/Rua fight out of my mind since that is the only time I seen him fight on a live card.

I really enjoyed Mayhem as a host…He was better than Ashton kutcher who I enjoyed on punk. Just Knocking your brother out cold, is just shameless. Did you see that dudes house? Silver-spoon-ass Biatch pickingt on his brother that he outweighed by a ton.

I am the oldest brother in my family, my little brother has always been close to my size, and only 2 years younger. He has really pissed me off for years and I have that bad ass Italian temper, and not ONCE did I ever strike him in the face. When he ever made me furious I would blast him with a body blow, or let him feel my power on his arm, so I could let out my frustration and hit him as hard as I could….Im happy Bonello Kicked that dudes’ ribs in.

I too cant get passed trhe Bonello/Rua fight. Bonello got in Rua’s fight during the stare down and just started cursing him out. Bell rang, Rua took him down and fed him about 30 elbows to his mouth….I will never forget that fight!

That was funny as hell that they got a scrub like bonello to be the “MMA badass.” I kept thinking this kid has a shot at winning this.

True, true.

hahahaha nice one gankaho !