UFC 69/PRIDE 34 Thread

HustleCrowe · Post by **HustleCrowe** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:56 am

Which one are you guys going to order? They are pretty much on the same day because the Pride paperview premiers at like 3 am..... Which is kinda wack..... I'll probably end up getting UFC 69 at my boys crib....

Predictions?????

also just a quick note...... Ive kinda sorta consiered maybe possibly training for an amature Muay Thai fight.... I dunno yet though....

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:14 pm

busy month for combat sports,

Apr 5 UFC Fight Night 9
Joe Stevenson vs Melvin Guillard

On the same night, the premier of The Ultimate Fighter 5 for the lightweight division, which I'm a huge mark for.

Apr 7 UFC 69: Shootout
Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra
Diego Sanchez vs. Josh Koscheck (can't wait for this one)

Apr 8 PRIDE 34: Kamikaze
Ricardo Arona vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (Arona should run a bjj clinic on this guy)
-Shinya Aoki vs. Brian Lo-A-Njoe (See above, Aoki is a wiz kid)

Apr 21 UFC 70: Nations Collide
Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
David Heath Vs. Lyoto Machida (anxious to see Lyoto in action again)
Andrei Arlovski Vs. Fabricio Werdum
Assuerio Silva Vs. Cheick Kongo (always good to see Assuerio Silva fight, he may expose Kongo as being a hack)

Apr 28 K-1 Hawaii
Golden Boy Badr Hari is fighting for the K-1 Heavyweight Title

At the end of the day, neither UFC 69 nor PRIDE 34 are all that moving, but I'm geeked for Sanchez/ Koschek II and I wanna see what Aoki is going to pull out of his bag of tricks (if he doesn't get KO'd in the process). I think that St. Pierre/ Serra match is a bit of a waste of time but I understand why it has to happen.

zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:23 pm

GSP should ruin that fool

excited for 70

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:35 pm

I mean Serra is no slouch, but with Sanchez & Hughes waiting in the wings it seems like this match put the welterweight division on pause for a second.

GLUS · Post by **GLUS** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:00 pm

not exactly excited for this ppv

ill go to bar to watch for the pretty much for the sanchez/koscheck

i wouldnt order this one tho

kato · Post by **kato** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:47 pm

i wanna see serra got knocked out...all dood does is shoot and then lays and prays...

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:58 pm

i want to see crocop against a big dog already.

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:20 pm

^ Yeah, they might as well do the Cro Cop / Sylvia fight.

at least Cro Cop / Arlovski.

I imagine if Assuerio Silva or Kongo finish in a convincing manner they'll probably pit Cro Cop against the winner of that fight.

They really like to build up their product in the UFC before making big matches.

Which is why I don't understand why they're making the Liddell/ Jackson fight so soon. I wanted to see Jackson against Rashad Evans first.

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:11 am

Apparently there's a K-1 Max event going on today in Japan (the 4th):

http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/b07_0404.htm

Buakaw is fighting Andy Ologun

R.I.P. Andy. What lopsided match-making, K-1 must be bored (or sadistic).

Andy Souwer is facing Yoshihiro Sato and I hope Souwer lumps him up badly. I don't care for Sato or other ridiculously tall kickboxers that win against shorter but more skilled fighters due to their freakish genetics. I'm lookin at you Semmy Schilt.

Chuck Earns Cheese · Post by **Chuck Earns Cheese** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:34 am

gsp and diego all day...more hyped on the new season of tuf though BJ PENN!!

Johnny Cherry · Post by **Johnny Cherry** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:00 pm

UFC 69 looks a shitty card, a real shame the last proper Pride event isn't looking all that either.

If the Wanderlei Silva Igor Vovchanchyn fight had happened it would have been the way for DSE to go out, a real fucking kamikaze, lets hope the UFC don't fuck it up too much.

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:37 pm

i have 4 bets on this (ufc69) card...

1-0 with kendall grove's very impressive performance...

only reason i'm really posting here now is because of the big bet i have on GSP...

biggest bet i've ever made. my brother also (based solely on my advice, he knows nothing of ufc) made the biggest bet of his life...only thing close was tito ortiz/ken shamrock 3...and even that is dwarfed by this bet...

we both got st pierre at (-950) and it's even worse now (-1100)...

a true bridge-jump. i'm risking a ridiculous percentage of my bankroll for a small return...

anyway, if you have a heart, root for GSP...i was running my bets by my girlfriend earlier, and she gave me the go-ahead on how much i was betting on GSP, so long as if i lost, i 'would still be in a good enough mood to exchange easter baskets'...

lol...

go canada.

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:08 pm

1-1.

had a small bet on swick, he didn't look so good...

also just got a call from my brother. he said that he just got high, and now he's nervous as fuck.

his exact words were, 'well, i trust you...'

gulp. talk about pressure.

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:35 pm

I love the light weights,

I need to see Roger Huerta/ Franky Edgar, stat

(Tyson Griffin is going to run that whole division though)

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:19 am

L. Nelson wrote:I love the light weights,

I need to see Roger Huerta/ Franky Edgar, stat

indeed. diego fought like a hoe. koscheck deserves all the credit in the world, but diego fought a bitch fight...

c'mon canada!

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:26 am

I'll never understand why when two grapplers face each other they turn into boxers.

horrible fight.

maybe the most boo'd fight in UFC history??

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:37 am

YEESH, what a night...

*scratches head*

in other events

L. Nelson wrote:Andy Souwer is facing Yoshihiro Sato and I hope Souwer lumps him up badly.

Souwer, boomaye!

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:06 am

just had one of the most uncomfortable phone-calls in my life...

give serra his props, he came to fight...piece'd gsp up 8-10 times...

wow...

i'm really less concerned with my own loss right now though...

HustleCrowe · Post by **HustleCrowe** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:44 pm

yeaaaaah maaaaaaaaan

Serra took it to GSP landing numerous heavy handed blows.....

the Koscheck/Sanchez fight was a straight snorefest but Im glad Sanchez lost....

GLUS · Post by **GLUS** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:56 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wPpOJte7xh0

GSP Serra

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:17 pm

HustleCrowe wrote: Serra took it to GSP landing numerous heavy handed blows.....

the Koscheck/Sanchez fight was a straight snorefest but Im glad Sanchez lost....

as far as diego, i'm also glad he lost. i said previously he fought a bitch-fight, and that's exactly what it was...he never once tried a takedown, even as he was so obviously taking the worst of it on his feet.

it was almost like he was so afraid of koscheck's wrestling skills, that he was willing to take a losing decision on his feet than get dominated on the ground, because he looked TERRIBLE standing...

on the serra fight, he really impressed me. he took the extra few months (from gsp's injury) to work on his boxing, and he looked GOOD. the only real chance st pierre had was landing one of the missed high kicks.

obviously the line on the fight was waaaay off, but then, how could anyone really know how good serra had gotten on his feet? his last fight he hurt his opponent, but he certainly wasn't gsp...

on another note, my brother has been pretty good about all this...he lost 1/3rd of his gambling bankroll last night based ONLY on my advice, he didn't even watch the fight. i had to take 2 huge shots of redbull and vodka after the fight before i could even call him to tell him what happened...

he called me this morning, and told me not to worry about it, that it was ultimately his decision, that he'll bet 1/10 shots again, and that's he's a gambler...

though i kinda wonder what he thinks when he's NOT talking to me!!

back to grinding, i guess...just sucks to think an entire season (since january 1st) of sports betting profit flew out the window in about 3 1/2 minutes...i had recently even moved up to NL50 full-time, and now i'm moving back down to NL25, with a little NL10 thrown in...

sucks to think about, but shit, serra came out throwing...good for him.

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:48 pm

can't wait to see the post-fight press from the fighters today.

sherdog has interviews with Koscheck and GSP.

i need a statement from Sanchez, asap.

Russian · Post by **Russian** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:11 am

zygmontone wrote:GSP should ruin that fool

excited for 70

kato wrote:i wanna see serra got knocked out...all dood does is shoot and then lays and prays...

manwhore · Post by **manwhore** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:13 am

sanchez had this look on his face like koscheck had just double teamed his mother and sister.

straight murder on his face.

and then came out fighting like an absolute pussy.

manwhore · Post by **manwhore** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:14 am

L. Nelson wrote:I love the light weights,

I need to see Roger Huerta/ Franky Edgar, stat

best fight on the card.

Prophecy · Post by **Prophecy** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:15 am

Anyone got a link to the Serra GSP fight, the other one has been deaded by youtube.

zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:18 am

zygmontone wrote:GSP should ruin that fool

excited for 70

boy, do i look like a dick

Chuck Earns Cheese · Post by **Chuck Earns Cheese** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:16 am

sanchez/koscheck was exactly like arlovski/sylvia...even though diego was fighting like a bitch i don't like how koscheck tried to steal the first round by going for the takedown with less than a minute left.

those two mexican lightweights were fucking crazy

matt hughes looked happy as hell he never has to face gsp again

Chuck Earns Cheese · Post by **Chuck Earns Cheese** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:16 am

just found this. hopefully its real

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:27 am

headcrack!

though I think it might be fake.

I've been looking forward to the PRIDE LightWeight GP since it was announced last year.

Since the "merger" they said some UFC fighters may be participating in the GP but Hughes and Sanchez weren't exactly who I had in mind. I can't imagine either of them making 155 at this point in their career.

I was thinking more along the lines of Sean Sherk, Tyson Griffin, Melvin Guillard, Joe Stevenson, Kenny Florian, etc.

Imagine Melvin Guillard against Tatsuya Kawajiri or Kenny Florian vs Shinya Aoki, etc.

There's only 16 spots and an absolute abundance of talent that could fill them.