UFC 110: Nate Marquardt vs Chael Sonnen in the works for Feb. 21

I was curious to how Dana was going to react, I was really hoping he would go the route of saying that they were good fights but they still do not have the top tier fighters, you know something of that nature. Rogers probably would get beat by those guys but Rogers could also knock any of those guys out. If Rogers landed that jab on the exact same spot on any of those guys there nose would be bleeding and cut open too. Also, Fedor knocked him out so what is he bitching about. Dana Strikes(force) again lol.

Dana should be banned from talking about other organisations, he just comes across as an arrogant tosser and never has anything nice to say no matter how good the card is.

Ban him from freedom of speech? yeah..ok

DANG, I was really hoping Akiyama would bow out and we’d get to see

NATE vs WANDY

That would be a perfect fight for both of them. If Nate beats Chael people will still say, “So, who’s he fought”. If Wandy beats Akiyama, people will still say, “So what, can he still hang with the young lions???” Nate vs Wandy would be a chance for both of them to really prove something.

wandy/Akiyama is a perfect match up! No need to mess with that fighht!

Nate/Chael iis solid, but makes little sense

Nate would murder the Murderer

That fight would be:

someone in their prime versus someone not so much

Wandi, Nate and Rothwell will win. Wandi’s far too big for Sexyama, Nate’s too well rounded for Chael and Cro Cop is finished mentally, I’m amazed he’s still fighting.

Dude, be realistic. Nate has exactly ZERO chance of beating Silva. He could barely handle Goveia until G gassed out. Nate is the top of the mid-range fighters, but has done nothing to prove he’s in the elite class. Comparing his win over Maia to Hendo/Bisping is silly, since both Maia and Bisping did something rediculously stupid, which is no credit to Dan or Nate except that they both had the KO power to take full advantage of their opponents’ stupidity. The fact that Maia went down quicker just means he got stupid earlier than Bisping, not that Nate did anything special.

Belfort has less than a 10% chance of beating Silva. Hendo has the best tools (his wrestling) but I still give him less than 30% chance. Nate has absolutely nothing that’s a threat to the Spider. He’s slower than Belfort and vastly inferior grappler to Hendo. I seriously doubt he would survive Wanderlei Silva, much less Anderson. I think Wandy is the best test for him at the level he’s at now to see if he can hang with even a past-his-prime elite fighter. If he beats Wandy, he’ll be ready for Hendo or Belfort.

Yea well if we’re going to use AS as the standard of comparison then one win always qualifies you for a title shot. AS was made the number one contender bc he was pretty much the only contender at that point. Now, the ufc has nate and turned down henderson’s shot to give vitor the title shot. I think they would make Belfort fight again but they know he’ll just lose to any of the top middleweights.

On a side note I just realized I had stooped to arguing with shonuff so I won’t post any more on this thread.

IOW, you just realized you were arguing with someone logical and armed with facts, and you brought water baloons to a gun fight! Buh-bye!

I have to agree with frosnt because I was going to say the same thing until I read his post. You logic fails because at the time Silva got his shot, there wasn’t a guy named Nate Marquardt on a tear and more deserving. I don’t know if I agree that Belfort would lose to any top MW though. He seems to finally have his head on straight and has recently beaten 2 top MW in quick fashion. With his hand speed and killer instinct, he is a threat to any MW, including Silva.

Watch the whole fight, not the highlight reel. Goveia was beating Nate standing for the first 2 rounds till he gassed out. It was a boring fight and Nate did not look good at all until the last minute or two.

Jay, where is “here” for you?

Canadia

Ontario, Canada. The last SF show that had Gina and Cyborg fight was Showtime and it was a PPV for me.

jay if thats the case about fedor then i think henderson is a definite signing for strikeforce.theyve got to get a big name in and ive also heard sf are about to sign 2 top name hws.i expect them to be arlovski and lashley.if its lashley thats more wrestling fams that are gonna be bought over.i texpect sf to do just fine for the immediate future.

Well there you have it! You guys get free healthcare and we get free StrikeForce! At first glance it might seem that we’re getting the short end of the stick. But if you put a little spin on it, would you rather have chemotherapy, or an evening with Gina??? God bless America, Baby! Heheheh.

shonuff, showtime is free cable to Americans? Health care isn’t free either, that is just a cute spin politicians put on it to make other countries envy us. The extra taxes I pay for ‘free’ health care are brutal (seeing as how I’m never sick).
scott, Dan is a good name to get but he isn’t going to affect their numbers. People like him but they don’t go out of their way to make sure they see every one of his fights. Lashley isn’t talented like Lesnar and probably won’t be around long, but as a short term fix he might do.

Babalu was cut because he wouldn’t let go of a choke.

down with socialism!

Wrong promotion, when he wouldn’t let go of the choke that was after he had left the UFC wasn’t it? I thought that was his first Affliction fight? Maybe I’m wrong, than let him back in the UFC, where do you think he would be fighting and where would he be ranked? That is why he was cut. Even if he did do the choke in the UFC do you think that is why? BJ would have been cut a long time ago if that were the case.

jay, frostynuts is right, Babalu got cut from the UFC because of that choke at UFC 74. Heath had a cut on his forhead and for like 20 or 30 seconds after he went to sleep and the ref called the fight, Babalu just kept squeezing, making blood shoot up out of Heath’s head like a freakin water fountain! The guy could’ve gone into a coma or something. If I was White, I wouldn’t have fired the Babalu, I’d have had Brock, Chuck, and Rampage waiting for him in the parking garage. IMO that was the MMA equivalent of the Tyson earbite, but more dangerous.

Oh, and I was being facetious about your healthcare being free. It’s “free” in the same way our cable is, you pay for it up front whether you use it or not.

Is that video on youtube? I haven’t seen that one either, sounds crazy. I’d heard about it but figured it was old or done somewhere else. The health care we have here is awesome, even if we do pay without using it. The peace of mind you get out of knowing you won’t have to worry about grabbing your check book to go to the hospital can’t be replaced with a couple dollars a day they take. I heard the US just past a bill about health care, what is that about? Are you guys finally catching on to our example?

Jay, one minute you say the extra taxes you pay for heathcare are brutal, the next you say it’s great and well worth the measly couple of bucks. I am very divided on this healthcare issue and the radically polarized and contradictory reports we get from Canadians is a big part of the ammunition used by both sides. I work for a non-profit and am uninsured and work with a lot of poor immigrants from other cities. If it weren’t for a state government program that provides free insurance to these folks, some of my friends/clients might be dead. Health care costs here are astronomical. I spent one night in the hospital for bleeding ulcers/dehydration and it cost me $8000 USD at the cheap 3rd rate inner-city hospital. Took me years to pay for it. Problem is, the drug companies have deep enough pockets to buy the congress. I don’t see how Obama can fight them unless he could somehow get rid of the Congressional health care benefits and make the Congress pay what the citizens pay for healthcare.