Arena Let's get it on!: The Mixed Martial Arts Discussion Thread

No I don't train. A former band mate of mine trains with Dan Henderson out of Team Quest in Temecula CA. I started watching MMA when Hendo and Bisping were the coaches for the Ultimate Fighter cuz he was always talking about it. I was curious to what all the fuss was about from my buddy. I pretty much got hooked from there. Its honestly the only sport I will watch.

 

I was aware of UFC via Ken Shamrock when he was in WWE (the announcers would occassionally like to play it up), but it wasn't until I caught the first TUF finale that I got hooked on it via Griffin/Bonner. I was just absolutely amazed and spellbound by those two; couldn't tear my eyes away from the screen.

 

Just as I clicked on this thread a Miller Lite commercial with Chuck Liddell came on.

 

I've been watching since UFC I although I fell out of it for a few years and got back into it with TUF.
I've done a few years of BJJ, off and on. It is so much fun but I've messed my shoulder up and shouldn't continue (but Inprobably will at some point).

Speaking of old school MMA, I saw Guy Mezger this weekend at the grocery store. He runs a gym here in North Dallas and is incredibly shredded.

 

The original Team Quest from the old school days consisted of some big names, Dan Henderson, Randy Couture, Matt Linland (all long time friends and wrestling standouts), and Evan Tanner. Im not sure when Chael joined but im fairly certain he was training during that era of Team Quest.

 

Same here. I watched the first few UFC events back when they were released on laserdisc, I lived in Japan at that time. When I came back to the states I didn't pay attention for a few years and then got back into.

 

I heard about Chael's promo. Silva's going to crush him.

Also apparently Jones' toe isn't fractured, just dislocated (Really? That thing looked nearly severed to me), and will 'only' need about six weeks healing and then rehab reportedly.

 

Chael is gonna put Silva on his back and he will also hurt him standing, Silvas chin isn't there anymore and Chael will win this fight.

 

Yeah, no. Wanderlei KO'd his last opponent and Sonnen's coming off a rough loss. I say Sonnen gets destroyed if that match happens.

 

Im excited for a Chael VS Wandy fight....IMAGINE the hype building up to the fight....oh boy.........

 

Silva knocked out Brian Stann who was also outclassed by Chael.. Id have to say Chael beat him up worse than Silva did because anyone can knock someone out, Chael took this guy down at will and outclassed him from bell to bell, well until he subbed him...

Chael is a much smarter fighter than Stann and much better, Siva is way out of his prime and taken to many beating. Chael wins this fight based on better grappling and having a tough chin.

 

I suppose that's the wonderful thing about UFC. You can never truly know who's going to win and all it takes is a fighter having one off night.

 

Yeah like I said Silva is way past his prime and been knocked out way to much... Chael IMO will dictate this fight and out grapple him for 3 rounds...

 

Wandys take down defense is still pretty good, his career average is about 63%, which is pretty damn good. However, Chael has some of the best MMA wrestling in the game. It will be interesting to see how he does against that.

It makes for a great fight........

 

Chael has the advantage in that match up IMO.

 

Ya but in MMA its hard to judge a man in percentages from fights from 6 years ago when now hes clearly not in his prime longer...

 

I agree. Thats a correct assessment, but then again because its MMA, you just never know right!! Thats why i love the sport...........

 

True you don't ever know, but you can make a strong guess that Chael will put Wandy on his back and grind him out...

 

I do agree, assuming the 63% TDD is still accurate, that leaves a lot of room for Chael to still land a successful takedown. We know that Chael is a beast and has the strength to hold him down. Its just a matter of, inbetween all that, does Wandy have enough to KO/TKO Chael.....

 

Keep in mind they are also about the same age (36)

 

but statistics in MMA are useless like I said above.. What happened 5 years ago really has no bearing how a fighter is when theyre clearly out of their prime...

and for them being same age, Chael hasn't been knocked unconscious 900 times like Wandy either. Wandy is not the same fighter any more..