[Pun]

JR has a good take on Lesnar and his antics:

"Lesnar's post match, unscripted remarks did not completely surprise me. Those that do not personally know Lesnar as do I need to understand that his level of intensity and fury is scary. Brock has said many things in private conversations that I have been a part of that would make one do a double take. He is an intimidating, emotional jock who has been known for speaking first and thinking later. I don't think Brock is an inherently evil person whatsoever but his level of competitiveness can be dangerous. It's like Brock "moonsaulting" at Wrestlemania 19 in Seattle against Kurt Angle when being advised not to prior to the bout. Lesnar was told that men his size don't do top rope Moonsaults which was the wrong thing to say to the former NCAA All American and National Champion. Lesnar came close to tragically ending his athletic career that night while defying logic and doing what others told him that he could not do.

Lesnar, as I pointed out a couple of days ago, loves to be jeered...the louder the better. Brock takes his game to another level when he knows that it's him against the world. Former OU and Dallas Cowboys Coach Barry Switzer went into the College Football Hall of Fame and won three National Titles and a Super Bowl with that coaching style, "it's us against the world and the world wants to see us lose."
When Lesnar, who detested the travel and emotional demands of WWE's schedule, was the most "hated villain" on the roster he was at his happiest in sports entertainment.

Plus, let's not forget that some people genuinely enjoy being a badass bully. Lesnar, in a ring, mat, or octagon, embraces that persona. Brock may say that he did not like school but the South Dakota farm boy is far from being a dumb jock. Lesnar has plenty of common sense and knows, as Eric Bischoff wrote, that controversy does in deed create cash.

The UFC knows that as well. All great promoters get that basic element of selling tickets and pay per views."

[Sparty]

[Byrntrigan]

HA~!

My word. I just love how he kept shooting his mouth off on the Ultimate Fighter and got his clock cleaned by Henderson.

Isn't Henderson considered on "the downward slide" of his career, or has he just been a guy that has been around for awhile.

I never heard of him until the show, but I just started casually watching MMA this Feb or so (when I started sparring) just to see what not to do, and what good strikers tend to do.

[Deleted]

That was a strange fight, to me. Well, strangest gameplanning, at least. Bisping is actually a very proficient Muay Thai striker and (in my opinion, at least) has the better overall ground game. He spent that entire fight trying to avoid the 2 things Henderson is known for (his Greco-Roman wrestling, and his right hand) rather than believing in his own offense.

I haven't been a huge fan of Bisping's since his controversial win over Matt Hamill, but I know he's a better fighter than the one we saw there against Hendo who, yes, is past the peak of his career. Maybe we can get the Bisping/Hamill rematch now, afterall. (For those not familiar with him, Matt "The Hammer" Hamill is completely deaf. For his match against Bisping in London, he came out to the octagon to "Born In The USA", to which Joe Rogan quipped "At least he can't hear the boos". Most MMA watchers felt Hamill got robbed when Bisping was awarded a unanimous decision after being mostly dominated. Here's the link. v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTAzMzYyMDk2.html )

[Sparty]

Bisping fights at 185 now. He's not going to fight Hamill again anytime soon.

[Deleted]

Well I know he fights there, now. Quite frankly, I thought he was better as a 205-pounder, though. And it seems many guys now are capable of moving between 2 weight classes for the "right" fight. It would give Bisping the opportunity to finally close the door on the Hamill situation, too.

[Pun]

Jul 13, 2009 10:35:48 GMT -5 @gatorbait said:

Found a pic of Mir:
www.sherdog.com/pictures/gallery/event/18484/88879

Here's a good one, too:

[nOOb]

I posted this over at the main site, but it's a bit more "official" now. Josh Barnett tested positive for roids and will not be allowed to fight Fedor next Saturday:
www.sherdog.com/news/news/update-barnett-out-of-fedor-fight-18667

This just made things a lot more interesting. Obviously, Fedor's going to fight someone. Question is will it be a 215 lbs Vitor Belfort, a rival-contracted Brett Rogers, or a hesitant Bobby Lashley. Out of the three, Vitor has a better chance of winning for sure, since Fedor'll only be 20 lbs heavier. Rogers is a long shot, since it would mean Strikeforce loaning him to Affliction, where he may very well lose his first fight and compromise his number one contender status (even if it is to Fedor, a loss is a loss). And right now, Lashley seems like he wants to wrestle for TNA more than he does to fight Fedor.

Regardless of who goes after him, they're looking at a potential $500k fight payment, plus whatever seemingly impossible win bonuses come with it.

[Pun]

Damien Demento says UFC is fake and he can take Brock Lesnar.

[Jack Quinn]

what does he think of pot heads again?

[Mikey]

Jul 23, 2009 11:04:26 GMT -5 Pun said:

Damien Demento says UFC is fake and he can take Brock Lesnar.

Who the fuck is Damien Demento?

[Jack Quinn]

You're slippin Mikey



He was in the WWF for like 5 minutes in the early-mid 90's

[Batman]

A supposed "libertarian" who wants everyone tested for pot. Laughable.

Never mind, I watched the second one: "incredible specimen!" "I added a little a music. For DRAMA!" He is clearly going for heel heat from those who don't get it and laughs from those who do.

[DevSop]

If Lashley fights Fedor, he'd get killed. Kinda like I hope Brock finds Demento now.

[Deleted]

Lashley and his camp don't want the fight this early in his MMA career.

But as The Million Dollar Man famously said: "Everybody's got a price."

[DevSop]

Is one payday now worth the possibility of no future pay-days? And as much as a fight with Fedor could be worth, a future fight with Lesnar is worth so much more especially if he looks like a threat. Fedor killing him eliminates that possibility.

[Deleted]

My thoughts exactly.

[nOOb]

Apparently it wasn't

This probably marks the end of Affliction and the beginning of a very lengthy holdout process as the idiots in charge hold the contracts of Fedor and Vitor Belfort hostage. If so (on the holdout), then I'm going to be wondering how coincidental this really is, since Dana White had made it no secret he wasn't going to get Fedor under contract after the fight and this will certainly keep Fedor out of the UFC for a while.

And as far as the details, what I gathered from reading was that Vitor Belfort had agreed to the fight and payment, as did Fedor, and all that was left was officially announcing it. So of course, the higher ups (the Trump in charge, the pay-per-view people, and specifically Showtime, who was co-promoting this as a one-show deal), felt Vitor just wasn't "marketable" enough and wanted someone like a Bobby Lashley, Jeff Monson, or Brett Rogers. Of course, when they found out all three of them were smart and hadn't had even a week to train for the fight so they wouldn't risk a blemish regardless of the money, they had no choice but to cancel. You know, cause Vitor couldn't possibly compete.

This is what happens when you involve idiot millionaires in decision making.

[Deleted]

I think that at this stage of things Vitor (and maybe Rogers) would have put on the most competitive match with Fedor.

I honestly don't think we'll ever see Fedor in a UFC cage. It's kinda like Sting and the WWF/E.

[Sparty]

Lights Out Radio will be LIVE! at 4:30 p.m. ET today to talk about the cancellation of Affliction: Trilogy. We'll be joined by Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports to get the scoop on the cancellation.

To listen live, visit www.lightsoutradio.com or www.mmaforreal.com.

[/cheap plug]

[Sparty]

Well, we got a helluva scoop alright. Iole broke the news on our show that Affliction is out of business!

www.mmaforreal.com/2009/7/24/961896/breaking-news-affliction

[nOOb]

Even if the fighter contracts get held up like what happened with EliteXC, Fedor now looks like the smartest man in the world for piggybacking M-1 with Affliction, cause now he'd be the only guy who could continue fighting for as long as he felt.

[Deleted]

Fedor signs with Strikeforce

[Sparty]

My take:

www.mmaforreal.com/2009/8/3/973883/emelianenkos-legacy-in-jeopardy

[Deleted]

Well put, G-Man. Very well put.

About the only thing I can figure is that Fedor is standing hard by his remaining 3-fight agreement with M-1 (even though, I know, he's a partial owner, too). Part of me is hoping he steamrolls the 3 Strikeforce guys then jumps to the UFC. The other part of me hopes he gets embarrassed by the likes of Werdum.