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MMA Quick Quote: Young Lion vs Old Lion to headline Strikeforce April 11

"Shamrock-Diaz is an incredible fight. It’s like a young lion versus an old lion. Frank’s getting older. He’s had injuries. Diaz is hungry and hot and as good on the ground as Frank is on his feet. Nick is tall, long and has some power. It will be a major challenge for Frank, but we are talking about Frank Shamrock; A legend and master strategist who’ll push Nick like he’s never been pushed before. He’s so smart, I expect Shamrock to physically take away some of Diaz’s advantages. Frank is nasty in the cage. He’s kind of a mad scientist when it comes to this beautiful sport. He’s going to try and punish Nick and prove that the old lion still runs the pack. With this fight in San Jose, the neighboring town for Nick and the hometown of Frank, it is going to be an electric atmosphere."

-- Over-the-top Strikeforce play-by-play announcer, Gus Johnson, shares his thoughts on the upcoming showdown between Frank Shamrock and Nick Diaz in the Strikeforce main event this Saturday, April 11, from the HP Pavillion in San Jose, Calif., comparing the two rivals -- who are 11 years a part -- to a pair of lions. Johnson -- who was recently involved in an altercation after a bad dining experience at Blues City Cafe in Memphis, Tenn., while in town to call the NCAA tournament -- will be joined in the booth alongside Mauro Ranallo and Pat Miletich. Hopefully, he keeps the hyperbole (and shrieks) in check on fight night.

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So,which one is the lioness?

by Bons on Apr 8, 2009 7:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

your mother? jk. this Gus guy sounds annoying already. why do you need anyone else besides Mauro and a maybe a straight tech guy (like Pat i guess, dont think ive heard him before)

by josh on Apr 8, 2009 7:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nick!

by JV on Apr 8, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nick is going to crush Shamrock! Who the hell has shamrock beaten of any merit recently?…..Baroni? Give me a break…He found a way out of the Renzo and Cung Le fights without actually losing…THats what Frank does! He is too much of a Bitch to take a loss like a man…Instead he finds ways to get out of fights with built-in-excuses attached. I cant stand this freaking guy!

u know I hate fighters like Forrest and Mir but my hate for Frank exceeds EVERYTHING!!

War Diaz!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 7:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lets hope Frank doesn’t disgrace the family name… ’cause, you know, they are so well respected and stuff, you know.

by DJ on Apr 8, 2009 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

frank is the most over rated fighter in the sport! Sure he is very skilled, but he is scared of competition, so his skills mean NOTHING to me! YOU can have all the skills in the world, but if you arent willing to prove it against other top dogs…..IT MEANS NOTHING!!!!!

Look at who he has fought in the past 9 years:

3/29/08 Loss to Cung Le
6/22/07 Win over Baroni
2/10/07 Loss to Renzo
3/10/06 win over Ceaser gracie
3/27/03 Win over Bryan Pardoe
12/10/00 win over Elvin Sinosic!

This resume is Crap! He hasnt been relevant in a DECADE, yet he runs around claiming to be the greatest. Keep living in the past dude! That Tito fight as in 1999… and he hasnt accomplished ANYTHING since then….He doesnt even try testing himself against Other quality opponents… Frank is just a classless piece of trash that lives in the past and is good at promoting fights!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow you that must be some mega hate coming from you. You may not have watched the Baroni fight because of your hate for him, but that fight had some serious action in it, and I know it was only Baroni, but Frank did look impressive in it, he completly destroyed Baroni in the stand up. I really do not see how anybody could not be entertained by that fight.You also get a measure of how tough Baroni is. Please do not comment if you haven’t seen it. That aside I hope Nick gives him a serious beatdown, but seeing him in that Baroni match tells me it is going to be a dificult task.

by Ade on Apr 8, 2009 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure that was a very exciting fight, but like you said….Ts Baroni!!!! If you want to go around claiming to be the best fighter in the world like Frank does, you are going to have to fight/beat some tougher kats then Phil Baroni!

In the past 9 years he has only fought:
Cung
Baroni
renzo
Ceaser
Elvis Sonisc
and some other dude I have never heard of.

He went 4-2 during the past DECADE against Inferior competition, yet I am suppsed to listen to him running his mouth about how he is the greatest ting to have ever happened to the sport? I got NO lOVE or Respect for a Klown like that!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

John, I can’t agree with you more on this. I want to see Diaz beat him everywhere the fight goes and then sink in a nice, slow RNC and watch realization flash in Shamrock’s eyes as he stares at the ceiling before the lights go out…

by PJJ on Apr 8, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My mAN!!!!!!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Frank was really the best, and was actually willing to prove it….he would be fighting Robbie Lawler (an actual Middleweight) instead of Diaz who is a career-long lightweight!

U think its just a coincidence that Frank hasnt fought Robbie yet? Hell no! U think its a coincidance that in the past Decade, Frank hasnt fought:

Robbie Lawler
Matt LIndland
Vitor Belfort
Babalu
Mayhem

or anyone worth a damn? Those fighters havent been in the UFC for ages…Frank could have easily fought half of them by now…but he hasnt! Instead he picks on Phil Baroni (who doesnt even have a winning record for crying out loud)…Renzo (who I love, but hasnt been relevant to mma for years now)…Ceaser (see Renzo)!

The guy is a joke…. THe self proclaimed greatest fighter in the world…wants to fight Ken Shamrock? R u kidding me?

YOu know what kind of fighters want to fight Ken Shamrock?
Kimbo
Tank abbot
Tim Sylvia
add Frank to the list because he is just as useless to mma as the above fighters I just mentioned!

What a Joke! It Pains me to know that this classless Douche actually still has Fans!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I watched the Diaz/Lawler fight on unleashed last night…an awesome win for Diaz and if he can beat a guy like Lawler on the feet…then an old fart like Shamrock should be a walk in the park. I’m not a huge Diaz fan but I’m with john on this…nice research on his resume by the way…that resume is hilarious for someone who claims to be the best in the business. Frank is good at hyping a fight and mouthing off…that’s all he’s good for nowadays…he’s still living off accomplishments from a decade ago. Granted he can still be a very entertaining fighter but he hasn’t been dominant…other than against baloni…in years.

by Buster Bluth on Apr 8, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks man! I knew his resume was crap…but I had no idea it was that bad….6 fights in a Decade, and none of the fights were against anyone ranked close to the top 10……If thats all it takes to be the greatest in mma, then SIGN ME UP!!!! lol

by john on Apr 8, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want Nick to win as well but Buster wouldn’t make a comment like if Diaz can beat Lawler on his feet(who is a hell of a lot better than he used to be)he should be able to beat an old fart like Shamrock if he actually sat down and watched the Shamrock Baroni fight. And again I know its Baroni, but he is one of the hardest strikers in that division extremely tough and came in the best shape I have seen him in a while, and Shamrock took him apart. All I am saying Buster, do not assume that because Diaz beat Lawler on his feet many moons ago that he is able to do it against Shamrock without also watching Shamrocks stand up in the Baroni match to measure it against.

by Ade on Apr 8, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shammy beats up Diaz here. I don’t know how you guys can’t see it. Diaz can’t wrestle to save his life. And his performances have consistently done downhill in his past fights.

by NameNotRequired on Apr 8, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not sure if you’re referring to the one on the right as the ‘lioness’—that’s actually a young male lion (you can tell by the early mane starting to spurt from around his shoulders). however, if you’re referring to the lioness camouflaged in the background smoking a blunt, yeah, like JV says, that ones nick.

by joeyvitaminb12 on Apr 8, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was up all night getting BLazed n watching Animal Planet….coolest thing ever was watching a pack of lionesses hunting/attacking elephants that were running away from them. THe Lionesses would chase the Elephants down and Jump on the elephants back while its still running away…Lioness then bites Elephant on the back of its neck and brings it to the ground…. Some really cool stuff!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

dude, did you see the episode on the disovery channel where the lions started chowing down on a baby elephant WHILE IT WAS STILL ALIVE?! it took 2 hours for the elephant to finally die. 2 hours of being someone’s breakfast. made me sick watchin the wee elephant just lying there rolling his eyes and makin whimpering sounds. the narrator said the elephant was probably so traumatized he didn’t know wtf was goin on. i hope so. i still feel sick thinkin bout it…but couldn’t stop watching…

by joeyvitaminb12 on Apr 8, 2009 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, I saw that! I love all that animal hunting other animals crap! My favorites are probably watching African Wild dogs hunting Gazzell’s and great white Shark flipping a seal in the air and then jumping in the air, spinning, doing a 360 while it snatches the airborn seal in its mouth! Great stuff!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I watched one where a pack of heyenas did it to a wilderbeast. Not nice. The narrator said the heyenas may not have the speed of the cats, but what they do have is stamina. They basically keep up a steady pace and just wear their prey down until it collapses.

by Ade on Apr 8, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey John, try watching planet earth next time. That might just be the greatest thing in the world to watch blitzed out of your mind.

by DB on Apr 8, 2009 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for the heads up…I will give it a try for sure!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ever see Prehistoric Park?? Smoke a bowl and watch that! Guarenteed entertainment!

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

On You Tube, search “Battle at Kruger”…THE MOST AMAZING FOOTAGE OF LIONS AND CROCS ATTACKING WILDEBEAST AND VICE VERSA!!!! TRUST ME!!!!!

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

John,Db,joeyvitaminb12, and Ade…search “Battle at Kruger” on You Tube. Lions, Crocs, Wildebeast in probably the coolest vid I’ve ever seen of animals attacking each other!!! Its almost unbelievable!!!!

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

DB, agreed. Planet Earth is amazing. Was watching it in HD on my friend’s 60+" the other night. Whoa! I just kept watching for hrs.

It’s kind of an old video but on the animal hunting animal subject, have you seen the vid on Youtube on the lions hunting the buff? It falls into the water and a croc attacks it and the lions and croc are having a tug o’ war with the buff’. That may be the coolest video of all time. If you haven’t seen it, DO IT! Especially for the surprise ending.

by PJJ on Apr 8, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

its called Battle at Kruger and I’ve been trying to post the same thing for 1/2 an hour!!! DAM MODERATION!!! PJJ is right!!! COOLEST VID OF ALL TIME!!!!! Again, its called “Battle at Kruger”

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sorry for the repetition!

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOW McArthur! What a Video! I had tro spark a fat one to watch that! Thanks a lot man, I love that Animal Sh*t!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

steve irwin pwns all these animals

by brendan on Apr 8, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

someone’s got to tell me what pwns or pwned means

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey mcarthur, that ‘battle at kruger’ was kick@$$!! its cool the baby buffalo managed to make a run for it in the end. and finally, the buffaloes figure out they’re more than just pussies…they have horns too! thanks for the heads-up on the vid. for your own reference: ‘pwn’ = "is a leetspeak slang term, derived from the verb “own”,12 as meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership." (cut n pasted that straight out of wikipedia)

by joeyvitaminb12 on Apr 8, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Planet Earth on Blu Ray on a large screen with surround sound + a huge blunt is quite possibly one of the best ways to spend a weekday night. The shit they show on that series is unreal.

by Brand0 on Apr 8, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

glad ya liked it joey!

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

McArthur, thanks. While we were held up in moderation I was hoping someone would remember the name “Battle at Kruger”. Excellent. The thought of Planet Earth on Blu-Ray blew my mind.

by PJJ on Apr 8, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice one McArthur, I just checked it out. Good stuff.

by Ade on Apr 9, 2009 4:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The sickest thing I came across was lion vs bear (google it). It caught my eye because I thoght how on earth could a lion possibly be fighting a bear. It was actually staged by japaneese or chinese not sure which language it is, but they have basically locked these two creatures in a cage to see what happens. It is sick and it really does show the regard they have for animals over there. The liones is basically trying to defend itself and looking to get out of the cage, and the bear is just attacking because the lioness has invaded it’s space. They really both do not have a clue what is gong on, but all they can do is visciously attack maul and scratch each other. They stop through sheer exhaustion and the injuries they have sustained. I have only ever watched this once a few years ago. I wouldn’t watch it again. Sick people.

by Ade on Apr 9, 2009 4:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sick photo.

by nick on Apr 8, 2009 7:23 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Its Clay Guida on the left isn’t it?

by Nick J on Apr 8, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cool costumes…looks real!!!

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 7:54 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mir takes Verbal Jabs at brock’s punching power and the UFC heavyweight crown:

“Most of my partners who are 190 to 210 lbs. actually hit harder (then Brock),” Mir said, (It’s) kind of like having your baby sister on your back and all over you, and you’re just saying, ‘Get off me.’"

All joking aside, Mir will be looking for his second UFC heavyweight title when he squares off against Lesnar this summer, though he doesn’t believe that the best heavyweight in the world will be crowned after the match up. Giving that distinction to WAMMA champion Fedor Emelianenko.

“Fedor’s a great competitor,” Mir said. “He’s the best heavyweight.”

by john on Apr 8, 2009 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well at least he’s not 100% delusional. I really hope he isn’t taking Lesnars punching power to lightly. lol I hate when guys get caught up in the hype that they’ve become a good striker, you should stick to what you know best unless the guy your facing is equally as good as you are in that department. I’m still going with Mir on the win, regardless of it appearing that Mir may be under training. And why is he training with guys who are 190 to 210, he should be training against guys who are 350 and can bench a bus!

by Cogito Ergo Sum on Apr 8, 2009 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great points, although I do not agree with your prediction!

by john on Apr 8, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

In regards to MMA, I take nothing that Gus Johnson says seriously. The guy really has nothing insightful or thoughtful to say on the sport unless it is written on a teleprompter for him, and even then it’s not really that great.

by El Mexicutioner, formerly The Mexicutioner on Apr 8, 2009 8:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that photo is pretty bad ass

by rxdrug on Apr 8, 2009 9:05 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Just saw MMAweekly.com’s updated ranking. Glad to see they finally gave M. Kampman his due.

by Nate on Apr 8, 2009 9:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

their MW ranks are bogus!! Lawler at #2 in the world!! He’s not even #1 in Strikeforce!!

by McArthur on Apr 8, 2009 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great… now Ranallo gets to ruin the Strikeforce broadcasts too. FOCK, his fake announcer voice is beyond awful.

by GG on Apr 8, 2009 9:41 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gus Johnson, aint no joke

by markie on Apr 8, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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