[Sparty]

Want to learn more about mixed martial arts? Well, ask GimmickMan!

Submit questions here, or to [e-mail] and I'll answer them. It's easy. I may also use your questions on my show, which is a great show, I might add and can be listen to at www.lightsoutradio.com or by clicking on the huge link in my sig. They can be about anything about the sport. Any possible questions you might have, I can probably answer.

So, why am I doing this? Well, a) I want to increase knowledge about the sport and help people who may be moderately interested get into it big time because it is awesome and b) to generate some user-inspired discussion for my show.

So, please, ask away!

[salmonjunkie]

who could you beat you up faster? Randy Couture, Chuck Lidell, or Quentin Jackson?

[Byrntrigan]

Is Chuck Lidell really as tender a lover as he seems?

[The Jewish Cunthead]

does Kimbo slice in your mouth?

edit - thanks Pun

[Sparty]

Answers: Couture and mabey x2

[Andy]

Is there really a lot of mixing?

Really how martial is it?

Is it all that artistic?

Who's got a bigger unit: Mir or Cro Cop?

Bigger Douche: Tito Ortiz or a gigantic douche that weighs the same as he does?

How life-changingly tender and wonderful is it to make out with you?

Can I make out with you?

[Byrntrigan]

Who would win in a 3 round submission bout - Kimbo Slice or Aquaman.

This match would only have 1 round in water.

[Andy]

That stuff that came out of James Thompson's ear after Kimbo punched it off his head, what would that taste like if you did a shot of it?

[Habs]

I'll go with a serious question. On the ultimate fighter show, they say that the winner gets a 6 figure contract with the UFC. How does that work, is it a one year deal? a one fight deal? Do all the UFC fighters under contract and get a steady pay check? Or are they only paid when they fight?
Basically, how do these guys get paid? Like WWE superstars or like boxers?

[Andy]

You have yet to answer any of my questions.

Fail.

[Sparty]

Jun 18, 2008 10:02:44 GMT -5 Habs said:

I'll go with a serious question. On the ultimate fighter show, they say that the winner gets a 6 figure contract with the UFC. How does that work, is it a one year deal? a one fight deal? Do all the UFC fighters under contract and get a steady pay check? Or are they only paid when they fight?
Basically, how do these guys get paid? Like WWE superstars or like boxers?

They get paid by the fight. The "six figure contract" is over multiple fights. I believe the TUF winners get $16,000 to show and $16,000 to win. I'm not sure if the win bonus is part of that contract or not, though.

Also, I preview The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale at www.lightsoutradio.com!

[creepy]

Go Jesse Taylor, Go!

[bdoriginal]

Gimmick, do you think they'll do an immediate rematch between Rampage and Forrest or will they go with someone else like Wanderlei (beat Rampage twice); Liddell (beat Wanderlei); or Jardine (KOed Liddell and Forrest)?

[Sparty]

I think they should have an immediate rematch, personally. But the goal for them has to be Forrest-Liddell, which would just be a huge money fight for them.

So we'll see where the UFC's goals stand right now. I think they could have Forrest and Rampage fight in October and then, if Chuck wins in September, and Forrest wins, have them fight in February on the Super Saturday show.

If Rampage beats Forrest, Chuck is shut out again and then we have Lyoto Machida.

[bdoriginal]

The part of me that loves Rampage would like to see an immediate rematch, but I'd also like to see Forrest up against Silva or Liddell, which sets up a couple of good matches regardless of outcome. If Silva wins, then he and Liddell could go at it again with the title on the line. If Forrest wins, then as you said, that's the money match. Two of the most popular fighters in the company going at it. If Liddell is the one to fight Forrest first, he has Rampage and Silva to look forward to. Nothing against Machida, but I would want him to fight either Evans, Rampage, Liddell, Silva, or Vera before he gets a shot at the belt.

[DevSop]

The big rumor that I've been hearing is they want Forrest/Liddell for the NYE show. I'm not sure what Forrest has to do first to get there though. Liddell, of course, has to beat Evans but one would assume Forrest needs a fight before then as well and it won't be Jackson as Dana has already said he needs to win a fight first before getting a rematch. Silva seems too risky if they truly think Griffin/Liddell is the money fight for NYE. Machida would annoy the fuck out of me, Jardine just lost...so who knows where they go. Maybe an undercard title fight with Griffin/??? on the same card as a Jackson/Silva main event.

[Sparty]

Forrest won't fight a non-title match. He won't fight again until he fights Rampage again or Chuck.

But I'd be surprised if they put it on the NYE show because they have the Heavyweight title fight already on that show, presumably, with Nogueira facing Mir coming off TUF8.

[DevSop]

I said title fight, but against a lesser guy since everyone else seems booked up with things. And that heavyweight fight won't sell buys. Griffin/Liddell would.

[Sparty]

The thing is, there are no "lesser" guys in the UFC's 205 pound division right now. Every single fighter is dangerous.

[bdoriginal]

I was about to mention Bisping, but forgot he's a middleweight now and destined to get killed by Anderson Silva if not Rich Franklin.

I heard a rumor about WEC dropping it's 205 division. Think they might call up Brian Stann after he annihilates his opponent next month? The guy's 6-0 with 6 devestating knockouts and his entire career has lasted less than a championship fight so far.

[madiq]

I think that Brian Stann would best be served fighting near cans in the WEC, and inflating his record to 11-0 with highlight-reel knockouts before being brought over (Zuffa prefers that you not use "brought up" as it may imply that WEC is a minor league) to the UFC. Personally, however, I'd like to see a matchup between him and Houston Alexander; both are pretty popular, but would probably get smashed by anyone at the top of the division (notwithstanding what happened to Keith Jardine).

[The Canadian Content]

Did anyone watch the Lesnar fight? I saw that he won, but didn't see any highlights. Was it a legit fight, or did they feed him a guy (a jobber, if you will)?

[salmonjunkie]

Heath Herring is legit. He's been around a while, fought in Pride and UFC. I don't think he'll ever be heavyweight champion, but he can go. Not a feeder, not someone I'd consider "great" either as it's been a long time since he's beat someone who's considered a "top guy".

Lesnar dominated him from the first punch. Not one second of those 15 minutes did Herring ever have any kind of advantage.

[Sparty]

My general thoughts on my trip to Minneapolis for UFC 87:

UFC 87 was a great show to be at. I had a great experience the entire time. We got to Minneapolis on Thursday for the press conference at Mall of America then followed that up with the weigh-in on Friday at Target Center and the event Saturday. All there were great experiences and the UFC really does a great job of being fan-friendly. Dana White had to have been signing autographs, taking pictures and chatting with people for a good two hours after the press conference ended Thursday. Say what you want about the man, but he is certainly out there for his fans and really appreciates them for coming out.

I met and talked to Jacob "Stitch" Duran outside the UFC hotel after the weigh-in. Got a picture with him. Then I met Clay Guida at Gameworks before the show Saturday and got a picture with him. Real cool guy. Also not good at the Indy 500 game.

The event itself was probably the best of the three I've been to in person (68, 82, 87). None of it compares to seeing Randy Couture dismantle Tim Sylvia, but it was amazing. Only one of the fights was less than stellar (Jones-Gusmao), but even that one had its moments.

Of the prelims, I'd highly recommend finding Tamdem McCrory-Luke Cummo. It was a pretty cool, exciting fight.

The crowd was going batshit all night for anything Huerta, Lesnar and GSP. Unfortunately, by the time GSP's fight came along, the crowd was pretty burned out from Huerta and Lesnar and didn't really have much left for GSP.

Chech Kongo and Jason MacDonald also garnered very strong reactions and were the two most over guys on the card outside of the big three.

Also, Canadians continue to represent at UFC shows. There were an absolute ton of Canadian flags in the crowd.

Most everyone got a kick out of the Lesnar thing. It drew some laughs.

All in all, a great weekend and I feel like it was well worth the $600 or so I spent on the entire weekend.

Some pictures:

BROCK!:


RESPECT:


Me and UFC lightweight Clay Guida at GameWorks:


Me and UFC cutman Stitch:

[Habs]

Cool pictures Gimmick. My reaction after the Lesnar fight was that yes he dominated, and so much that I was disappointed he wasn't able to finish it before the end of the third round. Now I saw this fight at the bar, and by that time I was getting a little drunk (betting shots on the fights), so my perception of the fight might have been somewhat affected. Anybody else felt that way?