Frank Mir says: “I used to just fight the best guys and not worry because I could strike with any of them but I could also get them to the ground and if it went to the ground, I owned them,” said Mir. "But I realized in that last fight (with Lesnar) that I need to be much bigger. And from GSP, I realized I must be much more scientific in my preparation.

He also says that he HATES lifting weights, cardio training and dieting!

LMAO, awesome!

Good old Mir. I’m a fan but he needs to clean up his striking. It looked messy in the fight against Brock.
Maybe cause he was scared of those big lunchboxes.

Btw, didn’t Mir preach about humans don’t have to be big and strong like lions cause we are smart and can overcome strength? Well, I bet he feels a little dumb for saying that now. :P

I’m sure he will rise to the top again. I feel bad for Kongo cause he may never get a title shot if he losses his next fight.

Btw, I don’t know why you hate Mir so much. That guy almost lost a leg as an adult and overcame that pretty well.

“I used to just fight the best guys and not worry because I could strike with any of them”

- LMAO, yeah alright Frank, you couldn’t outstrike Cage Rage midget Ian Freeman. Remind us what happened when you stood with Brandon Vera too.

And Marcio ‘PedePano’ Cruz.

Franklin will put up a great fight don’t be shocked if he wins the only fighter that has made him look bad is Silva and I think we all know Silva has made great fighters look like they should be in Stikefarce LOL I had to put that in there.

LOL I still have my money on Belfort buddy I like the Strikefarce comment though. No more betting for me though until after the next UFC between the eight of us we have have over 50 different bets going on.

@Natas I agree, not sure why ppl dislike Mir, I see through his facade and see him as a genuine human being. He likes to act like a ‘pretty boy’ as my wife would say but he has some good skills. His mistake in the last fight was not making any effort to get up, he was relying on that submission from his back.

total Douche with horrible perfomances

I REALLY LIIKE THE WAY UFC 105 is SHAPING UP:

UFc 105:
Bj Penn vs. Diego Sanchez for the lightweight title
Bisping vs. Dennis Kang
Dan Hardy vs. Stun Gun
Wilks vs. Matt brown

YOu brits better stop complaining. This is shaping into an awesome fight card!

F@ck me john, you’re easily pleased! The same eight european cans we get every time but in a different order, plus some ultimate fighter cast offs. It’ll take more than BJ to save this dire card.

wooow sum people just cant be satisfied

Im not British, so I dont attend these fights live. As a fan, who will watch them on TV, I cant really complain. Every fight I listed above will be very entertaining and competitive….thats more then enough to keep me happy!

I do understand your fustrations but I doubt it will change. Facts are that Bisping will probably fight on 90% of the fight cards that take place in the UK.

I would love to see Phillipe Nover vs. Ross (recent tUf winner)

i would also like to see Lauzon vs. Kelly

Which one of the Lauzons?

John, Kelly’s facing the “awesome striker” (honestly someone actually said that) Dennis Siver so he’s not going to face either Lauzon.

To me 105 is relying heavily on BJ-Diego, that is a huge fight and worthy of main eventing any card but the rest of the fights aren’t that great. Stun Gun has been a huge disappointment and I doubt that Hardy will has the grappling to deal with his judo so this could be a boring decision for Kim while Bisping-Kang would be an undercard fight on any PPV outside of the UK so it’s pathetic that we are lumped with that as a co-main event. To be fair Wilks-Brown is a good fight and I wouldn’t mind seeing Pearson or Andre as both have a lot more potential than the usual suspects (Hardy aside) who appear on UK cards, but that DaMarques fight is a joke of a match and I’ll be fuming if an undercard spot is wasted on it.

With BJ-Diego, I’ll be going because that is the biggest LW fight in years but this could end up being a poor show. I just wish that the UFC wouldn’t put on the same lousy fighters onto these cards because they’re British (or Oirish) as we would rather see good fights than mediocre brawlers and the majority of British MMA fans don’t care about lousy British fighters, look at how poorly attended the local shows are.

If you’d been to the last 6 UK shows like I have john and saw the exact same fighters every time in meaningless bouts, you’d soon be complaining.

All I ask is if you’re putting on a numbered UFC show in the UK, dont fill it up with the same European cans over and over again who will never achieve anything, and make it of equal quality to a North American show. Otherwise just call them UFC British Fight Nights so we know we’ll be getting inferior shows and slash the ticket prices accordingly to reflect the poor quality of the fighters.

Excellent post Dave, you get it.

A persons opinion is their own, so they are not wrong if they are looking forward to 105, however being in the UK, and wanting to attend the live events, it is very tiresome having the same UK fighters on every card, like attakdog says, they seem to be pulling straws to see who fights who in meaningless bouts on this particular card… and alot of us were not in the beginning and are still not fans of these same Uk fighters.

If we never have Bizzzping on another UK card it will be too soon, same goes for the rest of the UK guys that have been on the majority of UK cards since 70.

Bisping shouldn’t even be co-main event, the only thing that would attract me to that fight is the hope that Kang will beat him off the top tiers of the uk cards, he’s been forced on uk ufc fans, alot of us were fans of the US shows before they came over to UK (not counting the early show at Albert Hall in London) So why then do ufc think we will suddenly rather see a lower level fighter taking up bout spaces against no-names.

Bizzzping acted without any respect after the Hamill fight, which looked like he lost from the arena seat I was sitting in, but the nail in the coffin for me was being forced the Non-main event that was Bisping v Leben at 89… pitter patter punches running backwards … I hoped the Hendo KO was the final wake up call that Ufc couldnt or wouldnt force him in a co or main event on the next uk card… how wrong I was, and how ballsy the ufc are being…. well they are not getting my money this time

BJ v Diego is a worthy main event, but it doesn’t make up for the rest of the rumoured fights which are less than a US fight night in my opinion..

Not seen enough of Dan Hardy yet but I thought it was terrible that he was forced into the co-main event position of the last London show (95) and he fought a no-name then

If you guys get Penn/Sanchez as a main event and still whine about this card you are out of your damn minds. Of course you’re going to get local fighters on your cards, at least they’re in competitve fights against good opposition.

At least the UFC visits your neck ’o the woods on a regular basis, which is a helluva lot more than most fans in North America, and particularly Western Canada, can say. You guys also pay a fraction of the price that we pay to watch PPV cards.

Quit your bitching.

That sucks double J that you live in a giant country like Canada, you may never get a UFC near you, but that doesn’t mean that we in Britain dont have a right to complain or “bitch” when the UFC essentially gives us scraps and the same recycled show over and over again.

Remember we’re still being charged premium prices for these inferior quality shows. The cheapest tickets for 105 will likely be £55/£60 which is somewhere like $80/$85 and we’ll just be seeing the same old “local fighters” we always get who nobody cares about. I dispute the fact they’re in competitive fights, with the exception of Bizzzzbing and Hardy, none of them are.

Just coz we’re getting Penn/Sanchez, that doesn’t make the whole card suddenly amazing, that’s just papering over the cracks. The fact is all the other fights would be on the undercard of any North American show. If you guys were given this standard of card you’d be screaming from the rooftops how awful it is.

As for what we pay for PPV’s that is completely irrelevant. How can we be charged the same as you guys when the shows dont start here till 3 in the morning?? No North American would pay $50 for that priveledge, hell you guys wont even pay for our PPV’s when they go out in the afternoon your end.

Listen, these are EXCELLENT match ups….the only people that have a legit reaosn to complain are the Brits that pan on attending this show LIVE! Everyone else needs to STFU and enjoy what will be a very exciting night of competitive fights.Bj Penn, Diego Sanchez, Bisping, Dennis Kang,Dan Hardy,Stun Gun,Matt brown are all good enough fighters that could appear on ANY USA based UFC ppv, but I do understand the frustartions of British fans that attend the UFC events ive, and have to watch the same fighters every time they attend a live show in the UK. I gotta keep iit real: As good as I think these match ups would be, I also wouldnt want to pay money to go to a live event and see the same fighters every singe time…

Basically what I am trying to say is that UFC 105 will be a very entertaining night of competitive fights, and that the only people who should be complaining are the Brits that planned on attending the event live!

Fair enough yeah we’re bitching but with reason as it has happened time and again… attackdog says it all, and we’re not just bitching, we’re acting by not buying a ticket to 105.

Also guys like me and attackdog are prepared to save up to buy plane tickets and book trips over to the US to attend a good enough event
Out of interest how much would an internal plane ticket/hotel/spending money cost etc for you to attend a show elsewhere in US or Canada?
It still costs alot for us UK guys to travel and attend the UK shows, esp if its the likes of 95 that was in London the capital of England, where everything is very expensive, and thats after we’ve bought a very expensive ticket to the show, so it becomes very frustrating when the ufc then load up the card with fighters we’re not fans of in fights with no meaning that were also on the last few shows we bought tickets for.

Also here is an analogy for what is causing our frustration at the uk shows….

Say you are a fan of the ufc events you watch on tv, and you have become fans of many high level fighters competing in the ufc…
so then you are really excited when the ufc says they are coming to an area near you, so you buy a ticket on the power and trust of the ufc banner, but you dont get to see live those fighters you have become big fans of and really enjoys watching….
Instead ufc went round and bought up the local fighters that were fighting in small fight promotions (that you could of gone to see live at a fraction of the price) and they then loaded the fight card up with these local fighters and charged you a premium price for the ticket.

And in the beginning we accepted that and gave the fighters a chance, however it was clear to see that they were no where near the level of the fighters we are fans of watching the US events… and our frustrations were continually amplified when the ufc did this time and again, putting the same bunch of local fighters on each uk card…. Plus always using a lower level fighter alot of us dont like, Bisping, and pushing him on us as part of a marketing campaign

So in a way the ufc that you know and love on tv isnt coming to our neck of the woods… and yes BJ Diego is a main event, but im not buying a ticket and all the extra cost involved to see one proper fight live when the rest of the card is full of fighters we’ve not wanted to see many times over, and in this situation we have had both of the main eventers before, BJ title fight at 80 and Diego at 95

John G you’re right.. and i will gladly watch this event at home, and I will enjoy it for what it is a UK fight night with a rumoured (at this stage) main event.

This is about attending the live uk events and the premium we are being charged

You’re right there Jack, the UFC that comes to “our neck of the woods” bares little or no resemblance to the UFC of North America. They’re now almost two entirely seperate promotions. Till that situation is resolved I wont be buying another ticket for a live show.

im cool with that!

“That’s a fight I wouldn’t like to do, for sure. I like him a lot, no matter what he says.”

You’re are both misunderstanding in this quote.

I think a lot of people forget that Anderson only has three fights left on his deal and he WILL retire from MMA after those fights to fight Roy and call it a career.

That means after Anderson/Hendo 2 he will probably only defend his MW title ONE more time, because one of his last two fights will be against a big-name LHW.

So the question is, if it is the last time we see Silva defend his title, who do we want to see him take on? The winner of Marquardt/Maia, or Belfort?

Anyways, Belfort doesn’t seems to want the fight!

I would have to say double J Belfort. Purely because I dont want to risk seeing a repeat of the Leites fight.

I think that’s what the UFC wants too, K-Dog. Even if Vitor loses to Franklin they will match him up with a top MW next, and if he wins that fight he will get Anderson.

There is a conspicuous lack of hype surrounding the Maia/Marquardt fight this weekend. They obviously don’t feel like either of those guys are a big enough name to sell a big title fight.

On a side note, if Franklin does beat Belfort he is probably only one big win at 205 from a LHW title shot.

I would rather Andy-Hendo II get scrapped altogether and depending on results, have Andy-Belfort if Vitor beats Rich and Nate beats Maia, then have Nate-Hendo to earn the next shot, have Andy-Maia if Rich wins and Maia wins, then give Hendo the next shot, have Andy fight a LHW or HW before facing the Hendo-Nate winner if both Vitor and Maia lose and have Andy-Maia and Vitor-Hendo if both win, as Demian would have done more to earn a shot and Vitor-Hendo would be a marketable rematch and would prove that the winner genuinely deserved another title fight. In the mean time, Andy has 1 or 2 fights outside of MW before retiring, so we get to see more competetive and exciting MW title fights as well as Andy fighting outside of his weight class before retiring, so all parties win.

Yes I agree with all that. The way Machida’s likely to destroy all in his path the UFC will need plenty of fresh faces to throw at him and a Franklin/Machida fight would likely do good numbers?

jj, i think there is a ‘lack of hype’ around the maia/nate fight as well~

im thinking the ufc doesn’t want to gaurantee a #1 contenders match cause they don’t want to chance “promising” anything incase nate wins..

not too many peeps[including andy] want to waste a mw title fight on a repeat challenger.. especially one that got dummied~

but if maia wins, i think he will get a title shot.. and if marquart wins, they could have him fight vitor? that would be a good fight!

K-dog-

Yeah, they could sell Franklin/Machida. Franklin is a bona fide headliner and most UFC fans haven’t seen the beatdown Lyoto put on Rich back in the day.

Stinky-

Excellent post. Those scenarios all make a lot of sense.

I forgot they’d fought before, was it a severe beatdown, I’ve never seen it.

Yeah, Franklin got destroyed. Youtube it.

Will do, cheers double J

yeah, machida put a beatdown on franklin..

thats how i knew machida was no joke when he first arrived in the ufc~

jj, personally i would have put franklin against tito at 205..

i then would have put belfort against hendo at 185 in a #1 contender fight..

that way all these fighters can stay at the weight they all want to fight at~

ooooooo yeah, nahsty!

I was about to suggest that the UFC make Franklin/Belfort a 5-round non-title fight, since the NSAC has recently changed its rules to allow that.

Then I remembered that this fight isn’t in Vegas. It will be cool to see them start doing that, anyway.

True, it will be great and I would love to see a 5rnd rematch of Franklin/Wand!

Hey???

I agree with JG about earning it but we all know thats not how it usually happens

I really wanted vitor to face silva immediately at 185 not because i think he deserved it by any means but because I dont see him getting past any top contenders causing the vitor/silva title fight to not happen the one fighter who has the hands to put A silva out is vitor belfort.

but when you talk about one dimensional fighters one name that i never see brought up but which should be at the top of the list is belfort. once he gets put on his back a couple times and controlled he just gives up and i see frankling doing just that to him, which sucks because for nothing more than just pure curiosity i wanted to see a stand up war between a silva and vitor which will probably never happen now…… joe silva and CO. dropped the ball on this one for sure

he’s not one dimensional he just lacks heart, and fight iq. like come on watch some of his fights, hes excellent at takedowns, he was an adcc finalist and he has some of the nastiest striking in the game. call me crazy but vitor is very well rounded, he just gives up in fights after things dont go his way. but we havent seen any signs of that in his latest fights so i have no problem calling vitor by first round ko!!!

You ain’t crazy Jared. Vitor is[was] nasty! I just hope the 20-yr old Vitor would show up…

Yea john, Shogun getting one is a perfect example right? What a douche you are!

Booooooya!

Whatever that means. :P

JV, not sure where you are going with the Shogun comment. There was NO ONE else to fight Machida that would make sense after Rampage took TUF.

John, I think the champions at every weight class are just so dominant it doesnt even really matter who they fight – the UFC just needs to put on the best fights possible. I dont see ANY current belt holder losing their title in 2010 (minus Silva or GSP giving it up to move up in weight).

Neo-WWE!

to imply that shogun was the clear #1 contender after a lackluster victor over mark and a first rd finish over lidell is nonsense.

That news was suprising to everyone including shogun himself.

majority of this site and the betting lines were picking lindland, didnt mean to direct it at you but just proving a point