UFC 108: Junior dos Santos vs Gabriel Gonzaga possible for Jan. 2

JDS by KO

Gonzoga is becoming the new gatekeeper for the UFC HW division a solid all around fighter with good size and abilities but he usually doesn’t look in good shape and has issues defending against the fighters he has faced. His last fight against Carwin he looked to be in good shape and ready to fight but he took a clean shot from Carwin that would end anyones night the question I’m unsure of was it a lucky strike or a bad defended strike and JDS will answer a lot of those questions as he is a better striker than Carwin not as powerfull but very accurate for HW standards with KO power. If Gonzoga doesn’t want the gatekeeper role he better be training on his striking defence against a dangerous looking Santos who has NOG in his corner so I would be pretty sure he has the ability to defend Gonzogas JJ if it happened to go to the ground.

JDS via “It’s clobberin’ time!!”

No way, in my opinion GG is one of the most underated fighters in the UFC. I am confident he will be wearing the belt some time in the next couple of years.

He was tooling Carwin prior to being caught by a drunk punch and take away his broken nose against Randy and that would have been a different fight.

He is good in all areas and hits hard. Think he will have too much for JDS.

Gabe has all of the physical tools to be a worldbeater but doesn’t have the right mind to make it, everytime he has faced adversity he’s crumbled. When Randy got the better of the grappling exchanges he gave up, the broken nose wouldn’t have helped his cardio but asking for a timeout is the sort of thing gutless fighters like Varner do when they are in trouble. He also quit in both defeats to Werdum and got smashed by Carwin. He’ll only ever be able to beat other mentally weak fighters like Cro Cop or no name bums and even then he has to kick them in the balls to do it.

JDS is the future of the HW division, anyone who trains in BJJ with Big Nog is going to have a good ground game and he has the best hands in the division. I’m amazed that people are bashing his performance against Cro Cop, he outclassed a K-1 quality striker in the stand-up and whilst he didn’t KO him he was able to break him mentally and made him quit. I don’t know what more you could have asked, he thought a fair fight unlike Kongo and Overroids who kept kneeing Cro Cop in the balls and just because he didn’t land a highlight reel KO like Gabe doesn’t make his win any less impressive. A lot of Cro Cop fans were picking him to win and that was a big scalp for JDS so it’s really dumb to suddenly criticise him for not winning the way you wanted him to.

If JDS lands some nice combinations like he did in all of his previous fights Gonzaga will give up and be easy pickings, his only hope at winning is to take JDS down early and submit him as he doesn’t have the technique to catch him standing or the heart and cardio required to beat JDS in a war. Gabe will never beat a top contender at HW again and will always be the guy that beats nobodies and loses to the top contenders.

I do agree that Captain Paycheck headbutted him and tried to pass it off as a legit win. But still, the man folds against most pressure.

Gonzaga is one my favorite fighters as well. He has some mental shortcoming since losing to Couture, but he has really done well overall. HE had Carwin beat and just got caught. Carwin has that kind of power, that could have been anyone. CArwin has a punchers chance against anyone. Werdum beat him in the ground game, not the standup. He hungin there with Couture. He broke hi arm, unfortunatly for him his nose got caved in and he was having difficulty breathing. I think Gonzaga would fair fair well with BRock style wise. A big strong BJJ guy with heavy kicks and hands. IT could be trouble for Lesnar.

GG is crap. He had one highlight reel win over Cro Cop and that’s it. Every time he fights someone decent he gets crushed. He probably wouldn’t even have beaten Lesnar’s training buddy if he wasn’t puking in the corner from a brutal sack attack. Dos Santos wins this handily to earn the right to be Lesnar’s next victim.

I will also take JDS by TKO.

I wonder, when Nog fights and beats Brock, and if Cigano beats Gonzo, he’s just going to beat all the No.3 and 4 contenders and not fight Nog for the belt? Going to be interesting to see how that plays out. Whether or not they do JDS vs Cain, Kongo/Mir, or Brock/Carwin loser. And with Nog guarentee’d a title shot, where will an impressive win put Kongo/Mir? Regardless of all the hate, Mir has an impressive recent record in the HW division. Wins over Nog and Brock, however controversial, means you should be at the upper end of the rankings.

Heavyweight division just became another clusterf*ck like the LHW division.

That’s a good thing though. It means there are plenty of viable contenders. When you have a stacked division like LHW or the HW division now, you don’t necessarily need a clear-cut No. 1 contender, as long as you can make a strong argument in their favor.

Syd — hehe, dig the Hulk reference.

Syd — Oops, meant the Thing reference. (I really do know my comics, I swear.)

gonzaga has all the potential in the world

he just needs to work on his will power (however you do that?) and carry on fighting instead of quitting

gonzaga is easily my fav fighter by far

Will power or heart is not something you can work on, you either have it or you don’t and Gabe doesn’t.

JDS is a FOCKING ANIMAL! He dissected cro cop. He was surgical with his boxing!

I dont see JDS losing for a while now or until he gets matched up with a dominant wrestler. if He beats Gonzaga, I want to see him beat the Fock out of Mir or Kongo…anyone would do!

JDS is a future champ. No doubt about it!

This is shaping into one of my favorite cards of all time!

IMO JDS is just a smaller version of Carwin and Carwin was getting schooled by Gonzo till he got caught. I see this fight playing out the same way, plus or minus the KO. JDS has the same chance Carwin had. I think it will be a great match. As for how JDS would do against Brock, we just have to see how Carwin does. I don’t see JDS bringing anything to that fight that Carwin doesn’t have and JDS is smaller and slightly less powerful. If Carwin can’t handle Brock, I don’t see how Junior could. This match will be way more exciting than seeing either of these guys get pummelled by Brock.

You are obviously a GG fan. That’s fine. GG has not been impressive at all (minus the CC fight).

OJR, I don’t understand the criticism of JDS’s performance against Cro Cop either, apparently outclassing a K-1 legend in the stand-up and forcing him to quit the fight and possibly fighting period is not impressive. I bet the same people will have an excuse when Gabe inevitably folds yet again in a big fight.