BAMMA 5 poster for 'Daley vs Shirai' on Feb. 26 in Manchester
by Jesse Holland on Jan 26, 2011 10:10 AM EST
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Out to be a interesting match because Shirai is going to want to immediately get this fight to the ground.
Also Ricco vs McSweeney could end up being fun too
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 26, 2011 10:20 AM EST reply actions
Didn't know Ricco was fighting McSweeney
That would be good to watch
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If it hits the mat McSweeney will be submitted fast. If it stays standing I believe McSweeney can pull the upset
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 26, 2011 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
It's just been put up on the front page
Is it gonna be lhw or hw? I saw (wiki) that that Ricco’s last fight was a catch weight at 215 and I know McSweeney has gone down to 205
I got Ricco in this. Agreed with you about if it goes to the floor it’s over for James but I’m still taking Ricco in the stand up
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no shit eh?? Cant believe everyone is Sleeping on Shirai, he can be a handful for anyone, and the majority of his losses are by way of Dec. Can totally see him getting Daley down an tapping him out or GnPing him. Time will tell I guess. Wonder if Shirai does win if SF will give him a couple fights?
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If he had the belt, and lost, he would still have the belt
The only way I could conceive of this having any kind of impact would be if he were completely humiliated SF may not give him to Diaz straight away, or if he pulled the kind of stuff he did against Kos. Otherwise, not really at all.
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Actually man SF said if he loses he loses his shot. If he wins he gets Diaz/Cyborg winner
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 26, 2011 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Ah
I see, so he is taking a risk…..although I don’t know much about his opponent.
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Oddly enough, he is a submission grappler
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 26, 2011 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
It makes me respect him more, that he is taking the risk.
With that being said, I hope he get submitted.
Fedor.
I really don't understand the decision making process over there at SF
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Me neither. They should have saved him to fight Woodley if they wanted to test his weaknesses.
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 26, 2011 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
If he loses then he loses his spot as top contender
They dont want someone coming off a loss in another promotion challenging for a title, that only happens if you lose in SF.
"The British fans are very knowledgeable and passionate about MMA. I would love to fight there once more"
Anderson Silva and you have no idea how happy I am to see this, come on Bisping don't let me down, earn a title shot so I can see my idol fight in person.
by David W-S on Jan 26, 2011 11:04 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Behind the rest of the world in my opinion
"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."
by AintNoSunshine on Jan 26, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
pretty bad
we tend to focus alot more on striking than wrestling etc. But thats just where im from, maybe its different down the country.
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Non-existent
Amateur wrestling is not a sport we learn in school so that puts us at a disadvantage right away. We do have independent schools available and the MMA training centres do bring in top wrestlers from all over the world to teach the MMAsts but we still don’t produce international standard wrestlers and the sport doesn’t get anywhere near the funding or coverage of our national sports like football, rugby, cricket and tennis or even other combat sports like boxing, kickboxing and judo.
Like jam said, the British focus on combat sports is on striking rather than grappling which is why we are able to produce world class boxers, kickboxers and thaiboxers (and even these guys mainly train abroad) but no top grapplers. Amateur wrestling has never been popular in this country, the only wrestling that gets any coverage on TV or even in the tabloids is pro wrestling. Even when an olympic prospect was interviewed on the radio to talk about his wrestling career he was asked about WWE.
Hopefully we’ll see more money put into amateur wrestling as a result of hosting the 2012 olympics but it’ll be a long time before we see top wrestlers coming out of the UK who can compete with the Americans nevermind the Eastern Europeans and Iranians who currently dominate the sport. Until we start taking wrestling seriously, we’re not going to be producing any world class MMAsts anytime soon unless they learn their skills abroad.
"The British fans are very knowledgeable and passionate about MMA. I would love to fight there once more"
Anderson Silva and you have no idea how happy I am to see this, come on Bisping don't let me down, earn a title shot so I can see my idol fight in person.
Thats one of the ugliest posters ive ever seen
by Lester The Pimp on Jan 26, 2011 1:12 PM EST reply actions
Hmmmmm
I wonder what about this poster bothers Lester
and god said to abraham "you must get melvin manhoef to deal with these bitches"
by theoregonduck on Jan 26, 2011 3:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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