UFC 104: 'Machida vs Rua' announced for Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 24

If you boys have heard a damn thing about 108 and 109 apart from the dates and the fact that they’re happening in Vegas, I’d love to hear it.

;-)

as if you dont know what is going on in ufc 109 yet jj. brock lesnar will be fighting joe daddy stevenson for the title cheik congo vs kenny florian the list is endless its going to be a sick card

UFC 108 is going to be Lyoto Machida vs Tito Ortiz 2 and Anderson Silva vs Nate Marquardt

UFC 109 is going to be GSP vs Kampmann and Brock vs Couture 2.

i think dirty is dana white lol

Mauricio is gonna take it to the clinch and brutalize this japs!…..

I love both fighters but I swear I wont be surprised if Shogun wins. I still think that Rashad is a fraud so this will truly be Machida’s first real fight. what the fock has RaSHAD REALLY ACCOMPLISHED? He beat Forrest who I feel is all size, and hype! He couldnt even beat Tito who I dont even consider a real fighter. I swear to this day that Bisping beat him..,.I appreciate Rashad’s skill set, but his resume doesnt impress me the least bit..I think he gets more credit then what he has actually accomplished.

Same unbiased people that praise Rashad for taking Chucks head off, diminish Shogun’s win over Chuck. Chuck hasnt gotten any worse from when he fought shad to when he fought shogun so chill with that biased bullsh*t. Shads entire rise up the rankionhgs waS BASED on him taking chucks head off, so if you are gonna praise shad, then be fair, and dontr diminish Shogun’s Ko over chuck@

WOW! You’re the biased one. You talk up all your favs and $hit on the rest. Just because you don’t like someone that doesn’t mean their not “real fighters.” Tito isn’t a real fighter, Ok tough guy! And the more you get KO the easier it is the next time, so yea it was asier for Shogun to do it to old Chucky. Not to mention Chuck wasn’t any younger in that fight. With that said WAR: Shogun!!! Never liked Machida and never will. So I hope Shogun can take out Machida in his “first real fight!” LOL

Oh come on now john…you know just as well as I do that Rashad is more than legit and it’s ok to admit you’re scared for Rampage…it doesn’t make you any less of a man. You sit there and say that a resume like Rashad’s doesn’t impress you you but you hang off Bisping’s nutz like he’s the next big thing. His biggest win to date is Leben cause we all know he didn’t beat Hamil. Wolfslair as a whole is a joke of a camp. Rashad’s rise up the rankings was cause HE NEVER LOST until Machida. Bisping’s rise up the rankings was cause the UFC pushed him up there with overhyping him to get the brits to buy into him as a possible champ. You are quick to praise a guy like Bisping who has lost against any decent competition he’s faced and mouths off like he’s beaten Fedor three times in his career but bash Rashad who has beaten way better competition than Bisping and has held the belt.

I’m with you on the Shogun war wagon though. I think he deserves a title shot since Page pussed out…he was definitely the next most deserving fighter and I think he has the tools to take the fight…he will need to excute a flawless game plan though and be willing to go into deep waters with Machida.

So when Rashad knocks out Rampage, will the haters finally show some respect? I doubt it. I’ve seen a lot of you come up with the impressive excuses for your boys. Machida is going to own Shogun and Rashad is going to own Rampage and the rematch will be a bit more competitive than the first time around. But, in the end, Machida will retain his title longer than even Tito was able to.

I’ll give you John’s excuse for Rampage getting KTFO in advance: Rampage slipped and fell into Rashad’s fist. Rashad was doing NOTHING! He is so focking overrated. Mir sucks.

its funny, but anderson and machida are on another level with their striking, machida could toy with forrest , just like anderson did, does anyone think shogun could toy with forrest, and dominate him. wait forrest allready destroyed shogun, and forrest is nothing compare to machida or anderson

That doesn’t count! That doesn’t count! I’m going to hold my breath until you admit it doesn’t COOOOOUUUUUUNNNNNTTTT.

PW – Mir does suck. You’ll see when Kongo smashes him out.

mir does suck, which makes lesnar losing to him embarrasing, and also taking two rounds to finish him is embarrasing, in fact, lesnar is an embarrasment

Yes if Rashad kO’s Rampage, I will be very impressed. I actually like Rashad for the most part, and always look forward to watching his fights…I actually find myself rooting for him often..just so happens that he gets matched up against fighters I like more.

Rooted for Rashad when he fought:
Forrest
Tito

Rooted against him when he fought:
Machida
Bisping

didnt really care who won when he fought chuck, and will root against him when he fights Quinton.

I think the world of Rashad’s skills, and he deserves a ton of credit for improving his game in the past year and a half going from one of the most boring dry humpers in the game, to the exciting fighter that he is now.

I just feel that I dont really know exactly what level he is on right now because Im not really impressed with his resume. My only beef withh Shad is that he has the ranking of a top LHW, but not the resume to back it up. But if you were to ask me if I think skill-wise, Rashad is a top 5 LHW? I would say YES! My only thing Is that I dont know that with certainty yet because I havent really seen how he matches up with the upper echelon of fighters yet.

-He got embarrassed when he fought the biggest fight of his life against the best fighter he has faced to date, Machida. Embarrassing Yes, but not the end of the word since Machida is a focking Phenom.

-I LOVE him to death for what he did to Forrest, and although he did have a nice little come from behind win against Forrest, Y the hell was Forrest whooping on him for the majority of the fight? YES, I know Rashad is typically a slow starter, but can a top fighter fighting in the Nastiest division in the game really afford to be a slow starter? Forrest is a GAMER, who’s strengths are Size, Heart, implementing gameplan’s,but he severely lacks finishing ability and skill, so not overly impressed by thhe fact that shad came from behind to win in that fight, but I am happy he did. HOwever I am more concerned in why he was getting dominated in that fight and why he had to come from behind.

chuck vs. Shad was an awesome fight, and I think both Shad and Shogun’s win over chuck have value. I got nothing bad to say about that fight. It was Shads real coming out party and it showed the world that he can hit like a mac truck and that he can also take a punch.GREAT FIGHT! But if you held a gun to my head and made me say something bad about that fight, I would have to say that once again his sow start was alarming, but more understandable in this fight since he was fighting a legend.

I think Bisping beat Rashad! Sorry but I do. It was a very close fight and I could easily see how it was rued in Rashad’s favor, but I think Bisping is much better than most of you admit, so I dont really hold it against Rashad that much.

I DONT THINK TITO IS VERY GOOD. Average! I will say that if shad had another 30 seconds, he would have probably finished Tito, but If Shad is the top fighter that most of us think he is, he should be able to put Tito away in a rematch. I would actually like to see that match up again in the future.

I think my analysis of those fights have been fair, and I would really like to here some serious feedback on this post from you BUster, since me and you go back and fourth on Rashad for ages now.

I definitely think that Rashad is a top 10 Lightheavyweight, but based on his resume I am not yet sure if he is top 5. I really look forward to seeing him fight guys like Rampage,Anderson, Rogerio Nog, an in shape shogun (if the real shogun will please ever stand up lol), and Machida in the future…Fights like that will tell exactly how good Rashad really is. I would however be lying if I said that in my eyes he will be the favorite going into these fights…but hey, show me what you got SUGA…Win or lose, I know it wil be exciting, so props to the new version of suga or that!

Buster Bluth, hit me with some feed back brother!

Check your fact better than this Brendon(like in the A night at the museum 2 movie… it’s Brandon, lol) Mir is a farther “embarrassment” than Brock.

As much as people hate on john G…

At least he puts some THOUGHT into his posts.

You may not agree with his opinion but he is always willing to engage in non-trolling debates.

We all have our fanboy preferences so I don’t understand the hate for john g.

john you bash Rashad fairly frequently and then back off of it cause I always chime in and defend my favorite fighter. I don’t get how anyone cannot be impressed with a resume that is littered with wins…albeit maybe not impressive ones all the time or against top notch competition all the time. The guys finds a way to win, that’s all there is to it. I’ve rewatched season 2 of TUF a few times and Rashad is leaps and bounds above the fighter he was and his striking game has come a long way. Rashad has won against every opponent the UFC has put in front of him minus Machida and has never ducked anyone nor has he ever been intimidated by anyone.

I think the Chuck fight was good and bad for Rashad. The win showed that Rashad was a major threat with his hand speed and power and his counter punches were great. The game plan for that fight was perfect and Rashad executed it to perfection. The bad part about that was that Rashad then fell in love with being a power counter puncher…which isn’t a terrible thing but I think that’s what caused him to stall in the Forrest fight.

The win over Forrest was the same thing…it was good and bad for Rashad. He came into that fight with the same game plan as the Chuck fight but Forrest’s reach forced him to have to adjust. The good was that Rashad took a fair amount of hits from Forrest and it didn’t bother him in the least and he eventually was able to go back and implement his counter striking style and smash Forrest. The bad was that Rashad started to think he had an invinsible chin to boot. The only time I have ever seen Rashad rocked was when he fought Jardine on TUF. Rashad should have just charged Forrest with some combos and put him on his back a lot earlier.

In my opinion…Rashad came into the fight with Machida thinking he was a power counter puncher with a granite chin. I think he may have created and bought into a little too much hype around himself and he himself admits that being the champ got to his head. It happens to a lot of guys. Rashad once again came into the fight with the same game plan and he wanted to taste what Machida offered and give himself time to get a close up view as to what he had to offer on his feet. Machida is not someone to toy with and Rashad didn’t give him enough credit coming into that fight. Rashad admitted to having a terrible camp and felt deflated before even getting in the cage. I give mad props to Machida…he came in and took care of business with an exclamation point. The only good thing to take away if you are Rashad is that he can take some major punishment…but that’s not something you want to known for.

Despite that…I think it was a good experience for him and will force him to look for new ways to win fights. He knows he can win with his striking and footwork and he knows he can with his wrestling and GnP. I think it’s time to put those together and learn how to be a little more diversified in his game and train a little more with GSP to learn how to combine those strengths.

Also…he definitely won the Bisping fight…he took him down a dozen times in that fight and although he got up…ou don’t get points for getting off your back and Rashad landed more power punches as well.

I’m looking forward to the Rampage fight cause I know it’s going to be epic. This is probably the biggest fight of Rashad’s career coming off that ugly loss and I think the embarassing loss is going to be what fuels Rashad to train in a way he never has before. The undefeated monkey is off his back and he can start to focus more on fighting to win instead of not to lose. Rampage and Rashad have a lot in common in terms of their fighting styles and this fight is going to come down to who makes the less mistakes.

OJ,

John’s always have been a d!ck, but lately it’s getting worst to be honest. I used to read his posts all the time b/c they always bring a little fire in me but I skip them most of the time now. Only b/c he got in a mood that his opinion is better than all of us and he only respect a few regulars now(who I have no idea who they are beside Busta and NNR, don’t go thinking that you’re one of them ;) )… and if you try to talk to him, he answered back(if he answer) by insulting you. So I just let him be from now on and I skip his precious posts (like this one^^) I got to say that 50% of the time I agree with him though and sometimes he’s a cool guy (but in rare occasions).

Alpha, that why Ive been bashing him! Just cause he didnt agree with what I said about Maia he calls me semi-retarded. Then when I say something back he tells me to keep his name out my mouth. Those drugs are frying his brain!

Alpha,

I can see your point. I figured since my bloodbath days of OJR v. O Damn, I should just settle down and not get irritated anymore by posts.

Even the posts that troll me, I just try to get witty and not take it personal.

After all, we are all irrelevant voices in a vacuum of cyber nothingness.

“I have no idea who they are beside Busta and NNR, don’t go thinking that you’re one of them )”

Now you have brought tiny tears to the corners of my eyes.

:(

Alpha you dumb FOck, you are honestly one of my favorite people on this site and one of the people I respect the most….sorry if you aint feelin the love, but I respect the shit out of what you say, but you are right…it got bad around here and I honestly dont want to talk to anyone who I dont respct..too many trolls…and I dont have as much time as I used to, Im out of school n workin now…so i really try to use my time on here constructively….I really hate wasting my time laying the smackdown on a troll like JV, but Im not perfect, got that Italian temper, and I cant help myself sometime…but no need to defend me…I honestly dont even read 90% of my hate mail around here…so soryy to the new guys that I might not know that well, who’s posts i skip over for the rest of the trolls!

Buster: Like watching Rashad fight, no for sure he is top 10, just dont know if he is top 5…cant hate on me for that Bro

yeah theyre right up there with the Flint Tropics

The Tropics were at least entertaining. The Clips just plain suck.