So we all excited about this event? The card should be pretty entertaining. We should see some great action. pics? 1. Forrest vs. Rashad - I actually think that Rashad has very underrated striking and since Forrest likes to push with his sloppy striking, I think that Rashad will catch him eventually. Rashad TKO 2 2. Nog vs. Mir - Nog will beat Mir quite easily. Nog is just better at everything. Better ground game, better stand up, better conditioning, and better chin. Nog, any way he wants. 3. Rampage vs. Silva - I think that Rampage will have a very tough time in this fight for psycological reasons. The 2 beatings he took from Wanderlei earlier as well as the fact that he knows hes probably going to prison afterwards. I doubt the motivation will be there. Wanderlei TKO 3. I also am looking forward to seeing that little bitch CB Dolloway getting his ass kicked again. Sould be a great after Christmas present though!
I think Forrest will beat Rashad. Maybe by decision. Noguiera will beat Mir. I'm thinking TKO when Mir gasses. 3rd round? and Rampage vs. Silva is the fight I want to see the most on this card. I want to see if Rampage can turn it around.
I think Rashad beats Griffin. Rashad has been on a roll, and has gotta be confident after KO'ing Liddell. Griffin is the classic overachiever, but lacks true KO power. I'll be rooting for Griffin, but I'm picking Evans by 2nd round TKO. Nog hasn't looked good as of late, but that's been the book on him forever. He gets beat up early, his opponant gasses or makes a mistake, he locks them in a sub and pulls out the victory. If Mir can't beat Nog in the first round, he's got little chance. I'm picking Nog by submission late in the 1st. All things being equal, right now, Rampage is a better fighter than Wandy. I know Silva beat Rampage convincingly two times back in Pride, but that was a long time ago, and he's not nearly the fighter he once was, impressive KO of Jardine not withstanding. But who knows what kind of mental state Rampage is in after starting his abortion clinic on wheels. Regardless, I'm gonna pick Rampage by decision. TFK
Rashad via ground and pound KO in the 3rd round. Very boring first and second rounds. Nog TKO strikes Mir in the 2nd Wanderlei blows out Rampage in the first.
1) Griffin managed to avoid the fight-ending shot from Rampage who is a more dangerous striker than Evans. My logic says Griffin can avoid the same shot from Rashad and push this fight late. In rounds 3-5 I can see Griffin out-working Evans to earn the decision. 2) I think Nog stops Mir with strikes with relative ease. Is it me or does Mir always seem goofy and uncomfortable on his feet? Nog is not a great striker but he is good enough to absolutely destroy Mir. 3) When you face a guy that can take your best shot and keep coming, it's disheartening. When that same guy takes your best shot and then beats you to a pulp, it scars you for life. Silva is on the downward slide, but he can still take the best Rampage has to offer. Silva via TKO in the 3rd.
Forrest by Decision Nog via TKO 2nd round Wandy by TKO 2nd round CB Dolloway's last fight in the UFC after getting dominated and stopped in the first round.:cheer:
Griffin-Evans doesn't really excite me. 2 guys who I feel are overrated and quite pedestrian. Probably slightly leaning toward Griffin but a Evans victory wouldn't shock me at all. Nog-Mir I feel is unecessary, Mir hasn't proven to be able to beat a well rounded fighter since his car crash and I expect him to get outworked after a good start in a boring fight and lose a wide UD. Rampage-Silva III is the fight I look forward the most, gotta go with Silva based on the 2 first fights even if Wanderlai's only a shadow of the guy who used to eat Quinton for lunch
Forrest UD. First off, if the fight hits the ground Forrest has better submissions, Rashad is only good at getting the fight to the ground. Standing I like Forrest, he's good at using his length to keep the fight at a distance, like he did with Rampage with jabs and leg kicks. I hate Mir, I hope Nog breaks his arm. Nog win easy, he's just better at everything. Wandy and Rampage is a pick'em. I'm not even going to make a pick here. Both guys are shot.
It won't. It will be a slugfest. If it does hit the ground, it will be because someone got hurt and they will be getting their face pounded on.
Hopefully you are right. If Rampage-Wanderlei goes to the ground and Nog-Mir is a stand up fight ill ask for a refund.
U Say U DON'T Engage N the Boxing vs. MMA Debate, yet U FREQUENTLY Make Posts like this 1.... REED:boohoo:
Yeah, but at least when I do do it, I do it in the MMA section, not the boxing section. But you can't deny the truth in my statement. TFK
It doesn't matter where you do it :: It's unwarranted in the boxing or MMA section. And there is not that much truth to your sentiment. What fights this year in MMA have surpassed vazquez - marquez or cunningham - adamek, or a performance like pacman over oscar? Shit, this year I haven't seen an MMA fight that's better than even Marge - Cotto. I like watching MMA, I like the excitement, the anything can happen factor, but more often than not MMA fights are better on paper than reality. I can't remember the last time I saw a really good, competitive, back and forth MMA war. One of the best semi-recent MMA fights I've seen is Cungle - Shamrock, and that says something, 1 washed up fighter against 1 fighter that is more of a movie star, and isn't really taken seriously. Actually, the only more recent fight that I liked was Alvez Vs Koscheck, I thought that was a pretty good fight actually. Alvez beat him up, but Koscheck was still somewhat competitive and made it interesting.
What I get from all of that is you clearly don't watch enough MMA. Eddie Alvarez's fights against Hansen and Kawajiri were better than any boxing matches I've seen this year. And that's just off the top of my head. And don't tell me that giving my opinion is 'unwarranted in the boxing and MMA section'. This is a message board, that's what we do here. If you don't like my opinion, oh well, that's life. Plenty of people come to the MMA section with the sole intent of bashing MMA, but a lot of you don't seem to have a problem with that. TFK
You don't understand, I didn't say your opinions were unwarranted, I meant the boxing/mma comparisons were unwarranted, whichever section they are in, it doesn't matter. You criticise others for comparing boxing to mma all the time, but you're guilty of it yourself. Lead by example TFK. Oh and Alvarez - Hansen was no way better than Vazquez - Marquez, it wasn't even as good as Casamayor - Katsidis.
Honestly, I have never seen you take up any of these issues when someone is praising boxing and bashing MMA. The only guys I see that keep it real and consistent are REED and Gatti. Guys from the boxing section constantly troll over here and take pop shots and you never say shit, but when TFK throws out a slam on boxing, you get your g-string all knotted up. I don't dig the bashing of either and am a fan for life of both. But you don't call it both ways.
