i would like to see that fight mcart!~ but i don’t think it would be good for thiago to take a low profile fighter..

i like the sounds of swick vs alves.. that would be a great fight, buster.

ellenburger/davis would be good.. marcus likes fighting new guys anyways, so it would work out..

i like this ellenburger kid.

me too…and I could see Davis losing…cheers stink ;)

Swick-Alves and Ellenberger-Davis both make sense to me. Gives Swick a chance to truly earn a WW title fight and to be fair if he beats Alves then a fight with GSP would be interesting, albeit still a mismatch.

Hopefully Thiago can master the weight cut and the mental game as he looked drained mentally and physically before the GSP fight and lost it before it even began in my opinion.

Ellenberger would destroy the Plastic Paddy, he was unlucky not to get a draw in the Condit fight (I gave him a 10-8 in R1) and to be honest Carlos was given a long time to recover and he got away with not being stopped, though he did well to continue both times.

Big fan of Carlos but I remember thinking it was going to be stopped TWICE…the second time Condit turtled and went down, I thought it was over for sure

I’d also like to see Daley against Alves…that would be some solid fireworks.

McArthur….It’s funny you say that about Condit and turtleing. I thought the EXACT same thing. He got rocked, fell to the ground and turtled. And he didn’t just stay there for a fraction of a second either, he took some abuse while he was down. I remember thinking they were going to stop it and didn’t. I hardly find this an acceptable form of defense until you recover.

how the judges score the fights in the UFC is more often than not wrong!.. I think it’s unacceptable to have such lousy judges, Cecil Peoples has to be the worst!

I’d love to see him fight Swick, but I bet Swick will get Daley… he would dominate Paulo Thiago. I’d like to see a rematch with Fitch.

Fight I would like to see the most would be:
Alves vs. Semtex, but those are 2 of my favorites and I would hate to see either lose.

Fight that makes the most sense for Alves working his way to another title shot:
Alves vs. Swick

Honorable mention: alves vs. Condit

I wouldnt mind giving Koscheck a rematch and watching Alves Batter him again!

alves WILL BE WW champion one day!

Swick/Alves sounds like a winner to me.

Alves vs Thiago does nothing for Alves, lose-lose situation, a win moves him nowhere in the ranking and a loss crushes his chances of another title shot any time soon, he better fight someone with a name

yeah but sometimes a losing streak gets you a title shot more then the quality of fighters that you beat. I am going to give you 2 examples:

1) Swick! The man has basically shot himself into contender status by default. He has never beaten a top 5 WW or Middleweight but he has a little winning streak, and GSP whiped the division clean, so he is basically becoming a contender by default.

2) Kenny Florian! Do you realize that other then Joe Daddy, Kenny got a title shot without beating any top fighters? The man went on a big winning streak agaiinst C-evel taent that arent in the UFC anymore, and beating 2 young promising prospects in HUerta, Lauzon who were outmatched from the get go. But he had a long list of names that he beat and he got a 2nd title shot.

Not saying I like it this way, I actually HATE IT! I am justs pointing out the way the UFC does business. i I had it my way, you would NEVER get a title shot without at least beating a top 10 fighter and then a top 5 contender in back to back fights….AT THE VERY LEAST! If the UFC was a real sport, thats the way title shots would be awarded, but SADLY ITS NOT!

C`mon john G the only fighter Kflo never fought to see if he was deserving was Sherk. Huerta & Stevenson are both top ten fighters in the uFC and Joe Daddy in a lot of fans minds was a top five fighter by your statement most fans would believe he deserved the shot. Swick is an exciting fighter but wont get a shot until he beats one of the other top contenders either. The UFC puts fights on by mostly what the fans want to see combined with their talent level. The only fighter that got a chance to fight for the belt way to early was Brock but Brock came in a opportune time when the HW division was thin in talent.

Size doesn’t matter?!?!?!? Tell that to B.J.Penn! Tell that to Randy Couture! You think he’d have lost to a 220 lb Lesnar?

If you’re talking about GSP moving up 15 lbs to fight second-level Middleweights, then no, the size wouldn’t be too much for his skills to overcome. But youre talking about him moving up to fight a the top guy in the world who walks around 45 lbs heavier than GSP (and considerably taller too). That’s not a fair fight.

turn your caps lock off

Alves vs Swick

Alves will win he will totally over power Swick. I don’t think it will even be close IMO

LJ, totally agree. Kos was DOMINATING him before he got sloppy.

i was so disappointed with the gsp fight..

Like Hughes schooled GSP there first fight? I know GSp controlled Alves the lst fight but Alves showed some great strength and cardio wich is needed to compete against GSP but clearly his game was not at the level of GSP nor was he fully prepared for what GSP had in store for him I do expect a much better Alves the next time they fight and trust me he will be fighting GSP by his third or fourth fight with the destructuion he is going to put on his next two or three opponents. I’m not going to say he is going to win as GSP is the man and I’m a huge fan of GSP but I do like Alves and see he has the skill, strength and endurance needed to compete against the greatest WW in the world and in my opinion Alves is a clear #2.

I agree Puckhead. I really like Alves & sometimes wish he was in another division because w/GSP there, Alves will always be #2.

hughes didnt school GSP at all in their first fight!! GSP was winning the round until that armbar..

also gsp did take down alves 10 times, but what was amazing was that he was basically fighting alves on one leg after his injury in the second, and still managed to toy with alves.

Seriously? I like Hardy but he wouldn’t have a hope at beating Alves, he has some decent hands but wouldn’t be able to cope with Thiago’s brutal leg kicks and knees, whilst on the ground he doesn’t have anything that could trouble Thiago. I don’t see how Dan could possibly win.

Rashad already said no, doubt that he’ll change his mind even though there’s no longer a chance that he’ll face Rampage. It would be a much better fight though and a cracking main event.

yeah, I just read another Rashad interview saying he wants no part of Couture. He was talking about Randy’s age and coming off two losses, which we all know is BS cause Randy’s age hasn’t been a factor yet adn his two losses are to two of the top 3 HEAVYWEIGHTS in the world…AS IF “Sugar” could even hang with Lesnar or Nog! PUHLEASE!!! In other words, “Sugar” is afraid that an old man is gonna open up a can on him!

I don’t think anyone at 205 is afraid of Randy.

good call Muff…and as I stated above that new guy Ellenburger who gave Condit fits would be a tough challenge for Thiago…a hard swinging wrestler with power

Id like to see Ellenburger back on the winning side. I want to say put him against Hendricks, both outstanding wrestlers so lets see what else they got. I dont think either one will be able to hold the other down for 15 minutes.

there seems to be an abundance of fighters on the cusp of challenging GSP but none that are realistically close

there truly is only one way to settle it, but will never happen. Silva and Dana need to sit down and pick the top 8 WW outside of GSP and do a grand prix, not over one night but a few events. while all that is going on and the ww belt is still in play rather than just sittin out due to TUF or any other factor they could have GSP try his hand at middleweight so he can get the weight gain going and everything for a what i think a must happen fight with anderson.

Love your first idea, Muff. A Grand Prix for top contender would be a great way to bring new life to WW.

Middleweight could use a little of that same medicine once the dust settles from the Silva/Hendo/Vitor stuff.

Lightweight too! So many great guys in that division, but nobody ready to handle B.J.

Better yet, lets duplicate PRIDE’s greatest masterpiece, the OPEN WEIGHT GRAND PRIX! (or in UFC’s case, divide it into Over/Under 200lbs). These dominant champs who want to expand their legacy but don’t have any serious challengers could throw their hat in the ring. It would be rockin! Dang I miss Pride!

I like the tournament ideas, maybe that could be the next step for TUF, where they have a house full of top contenders and give the winner of the tournament a title shot, that way dominant champions like Andy, GSP and BJ could have a legitimate contender and no matter who the opponent is it’ll be easy for the UFC to promote and the buyrate for the eventual PPV would be huge. They’ve already done it once with TUF 4, maybe they could use that idea again only instead of has beens give top contenders the opportunity.

Another idea would be to copy off boxing and put on a similar tournament to the Super 6, where the top fighters in a weight class all compete against each other over several events and the eventual winner becomes the undisputed contender, giving the champion a more worthwile opponent.

No way top contenders are gonna shore themselves up in a house for 8 or 10 weeks for a reality TV show! Forget MMA, name ANYBODY at the peak of their career who did a reality TV show. Reality TV is for has-beens and wannabes.

I also like Daley/Davis…Davis needs to go

Daley-Davis would be awesome, the Plactic Paddy would get smashed. Marcus is already fighting though, remarkably in the US.

man, i love the ufc’s ww divison!~

just thinking of possible great matchups could take all day~

daley/davis
daley/rumble
rumble/swick
swick/thiago
thiago/hardy
hardy/kampman
kampman/kos
kos/condit
condit/fitch

and so on, and so on~

Gsp vs shields is what I wanna see
Or
gsp vs diaz

Shields would get destroyed. Diaz would probably lose a decision cuz he is tough as nails, but he would get dominated as well.

I dunno if they both would get destroyed but shields has pulled some great matches, and being a champ id like to see him try. Diaz got good, or at least much better than before, id like to see his reach work with gsps striking and how his ground game will play to gsps dominant wrestling
No doubt gsp would win
But who else left besides swick, the two guys with best wrestling got defeated already in ww.

I agree 100% Phenomenal, Shields and Diaz (Nick) pose more interesting fights for GSP than anybody the UFC has left. Bring em on!

Dubs, your a bad influence on me ;)

Come over to the dark side, and your journey will be complete.

Is Dubs your nickname or what? My last name is Dubs…rare to see it spelled without 2 b’s…

My handle, depending on who is referring to me, is PW or P-Dubs or just Dubs. It has nothing to do with my actual name.