Strikeforce---Saturday June 6th

How can anyone not be excited about this event:

• Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields
• Andrei Arlovski vs. Brett Rogers
• Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith
• Phil Baroni vs. Joe Riggs
• Kevin Randleman vs. Mike Whitehead

Thats 2 good matchups; 2 very good matchups; 1 exceptional matchup.

And on Showtime? Please.

 

One of the best cards of the year so far, at least on paper. And with a stacked WEC show the next night, it's a great weekend to be an MMA fan.

TFK

 

How & WHY Does Phil Baroni Keep Getting Work???...Everytime REED has Watched Baroni, He's Gotten the Living Shit Beaten Out of Him...Which Makes it Funnier that he Has the "Cool", "N.Y. Badass" Schtick....


REED::

 

agREED that it's an EXCELLENT Card...From Top to Bottom, it's 1 of THE Best REED has Seen N his Days of Watching MMA...


REED:cheer:

 

I see 2 good fights, Lawler-Shields and Diaz-Smith and 3 other fights that are not very good.

Mike Whiteheads fat overated ass should be retired by now.

 

Arlovski-Rogers is a VERY Interesting Fight...Rogers is a Damn Good Striker & we ALL Know the Quality of Arlovski's Chin...Arlovski SHOULD Win, Especially if he Gets the Fight to the Ground...But CAN He Get Rogers to the Ground???...

Interesting Fight...


REED:hammert:

 

Arlovski is a better striker than Rogers.

 

Arlovski and Rogers is a fun matchup. We know both fighters can bang pretty good. We know Arlovski doesn't have a chin. We have no idea what kind of chin Rogers has, as we've never really seen it tested. We don't know what kind of ground skills, if any, Rogers has.

After getting caught by Fedor, will Arlovski play it safe? He got careless against Fedor and got KO'd. If he gets careless against Rogers, the same thing can happen.

This should be a great fight, but if Arlovski gets scared and goes into his shell, it's gonna be up to Rogers to press the pace.

Diaz\Smith...well there's just no way that's not gonna be a great fight. Neither fighter is elite, or probably even top 10, but styles make fights, and this is gonna be good.

Sheilds\Lawler is a matchup of two of StrikeForce's best fighters. Sheilds has been on a tear, but I think Lawler might be too much for him. Should be a very good fight.

The other two fights are what they are, familiar names facing each other, but none of the four are very good or relavent for that matter.

TFK

 

Good post. I agree with everything.

 

I cant wait for this card.

Lawler/Shields will be fun to watch. Good banger vs. good ground guy.

Diaz vs. Smith. This will be fun as hell. Both will go for broke you know that.

Arlovski vs. Rogers. Dont blink! Someone is going to sleep.

I also love Randleman and always like to see him fight.

Then WEC Sunday! Great weekend!

 

Great great card.

Better than a lot of the card that are on ppv

 

Compared to the last card that you said was "exceptional" ( : :: ) - this one is a lot better.

 

Has Diaz been busted for something yet? ::

 

Smith took a beating from Diaz.

Arlovski vs Rogers is next!!

This one can go either way *nervous*


Fedor got a huge pop from the Vegas crowd.The US is starting to catch on to this guy.

 

Diaz threw 3000 punches in that fight, and he hit Scott Smith with every single one of them.

Diaz's punches are just ugly. They're pathetic. But he throws so many of them that they're effective. His body shots were good, but man, most of his head shots, they were just awful. Had Smith maybe tried something crazy, like move his head even a little bit to try and avoid getting hit, he might've done better.

But instead we got Diaz throwing punches like my 7 year old nephew playing Wii boxing, and Smith just standing there eating every single one of them.

TFK

 

Well, that was quick.

TFK

 

Well one dog hit I´m happy. :bears:

 

i like Rogers but that was a very bad stoppage

 

It's gotta be Rogers vs Overeem in August.

TFK

 

Brett Rogers just destroyed Andre Arlovski with 3 or 4 straight punches to the dome. I didn't know Rogers was THAT!! explosive...WOW!

 

Watch the replays, Arlovski is out when he's going down. He recovered quick, but Big John had already called it.

It was a good stoppage.

TFK

 

Agreed,those was brutal shots by Rogers and it wouldn't have gotten any better for the pitbull

 

Holy Crap! Fedor broke a smile!


I don't think I've ever seen him show any kind of emotion before.

TFK

 

Sylvia,Arolvski and Barrnett in three consecutive fights...That's whats up

 

I wonder if Rogers took the long way around the cage to get back to the dressing room so he didn't have to cross paths with Fedor.

I think Overeem is garbage, so Rogers should beat him. Fedor will obviously beat Barnett, so we could see Rogers\Fedor at the end of the year.

TFK

 

How can you call overeem garbage when he's arguably the best kickboxer in the world (well I know it sound pathetic but it's true). He's far better at HW than he was at LHW due to roids and he seem to gass a lot less cause he doesn't have to do weight

 

Jake Shields choked out Lawler..... that is that!!

 

Wow, I'm shocked. Not that Shields won, but that he won so easily.

TFK

 

Yep ,he caught Lawler slippin...It happens.