inmarine77 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Lets have some predictions. Griffin VS Evans--------- Evans Nogera VS Mir ----------- Nogera (I hate Frank Mir) Silva VS Rampage ------------ Rampage ( third time is a charm and silva is not the same fighter of old) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphaholic Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Forrest, Big Nog and Silva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertboxerboy Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I will actually have to go with Evans, Mir, and Silva I just dont think forrest will be able to handle rashads fighting style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander7991 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Forrest Griffin- Won't be beaten for a while. Nog- Submission Game will win. Jackson- Much better on the stand up, look for GnP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertboxerboy Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I dont know that jackson stand up is better. If you look at the past two fights they have had in PRIDE wandy pretty much destroyed jackosn on his feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB145 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Forrest by Decision .. if Rashard Wins itll be by LnP. Forrest has height and reach plus it takes a shovel (or Jardines fist) to knock him out. Rampage is a Mirror image of Evans with evans having better wrestling but Rampage being stronger and more experienced. I see Forrest having no more trouble with Evans as he did with Rampage. Mir by decision.. When you have to A level BJJ fighters they will neutralize each other. Nog might be better on the ground but not enough to sub someone like Mir. So it will go to other areas. I think Mir might have the edge in stand-up and strength. Jackson by decision... Pride rules allowed knees to grounded opponent which makes takedowns tougher. Seeing how its not allowed in UFC I think Rampage will take it to the ground. That being said, either one of them could win by K.O. Wandy has better stand up.. Rampage is just very explosive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherise219 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I also hate Frank Mir, Who has he ever beat Tim Sylvia Who just got wrecked by Fedor. So I'm going with Big Nog. If the fight between Rampage and Wandy is taken to the ground it will be a boring fight just like Arona vs Wandy but if it is a stand up war Wandy all the way. I'm going to go with Rashad, but I wouldn't put money on it.But it is funny how Tito is washed up but beat Forrest and should have beat Rashad if he didn't get dinged for a point(it ended in a draw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Forrest over Evans. Nog over Mir. Silva over Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awood2 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Evans, Mir, Rampage... I have a dollar bet on the couch for each one! That is as far as my confidence will let me commit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Forrest over Evans. Nog over Mir. Silva over Jackson. 0-for-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmarine77 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 I think Meatloaf said it baest " Two out of Three aint bad" but damn did Mir look good or what? I knew Rampage was not going to be denied, but silva still looked alot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matts Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I kind of like Forest, but lets not forget he committed the worst sin possible... He was a round-baller in high school and never really wrestled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Forrest vs Rashad -- I thought Forrest would win a 5-round decision against Rashad. I guess I underestimated Rashad. Mir vs Nog -- I really thought Nog would win this fight. I think time has finally taken is toll on Nog. Rampage vs Silva -- Based on pure fighting skills at this point, I would have picked Rampage. But I wasn't sure how he would respond to legal problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-train Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 i know that evans wrestled at mich. state. how did he do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 i know that evans wrestled at mich. state. how did he do? He was a couple time NCAA Qualifier, but was never an All-American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphaholic Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Aaaaah my predictions............never mind ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlHungus Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Will the Mir-Lesner bout now be the biggest ever for UFC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I still can't imagine Mir being to big of a draw in a title fight. Lesner may be able to pull in some numbers, but Mir being his opponent wont add to many more viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armdragking Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Will the Mir-Lesner bout now be the biggest ever for UFC? I think it could be, simply because I think people will want to see if Brock can revenge his last loss. But it will probably come down to who else is on the main card with them. I know I cant wait for it, cause even though I dont like Mir he has looked really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatSpeed Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I'm guessing after that performance Mir is about to pull ina whole new fan base... That was the most impressive I've ever seen a heavyweight fighter look, simply for the fact he dominated a living legend from the opening bell to the TKO. WAR MIR!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtv2112 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I'm guessing after that performance Mir is about to pull ina whole new fan base... That was the most impressive I've ever seen a heavyweight fighter look, simply for the fact he dominated a living legend from the opening bell to the TKO. WAR MIR!!!! I tend to agree. It seems that a lot of Nog's mystique is from Pride and the Pride guys don't seem to do as well in the cage with the UFC rules. Shogun, Mirko, and W. Silva haven't looked as good in the UFC as they did in Pride. I don't know if it is age, style, or competition. I just don't think it should have been considered much of an upset, although that is easy to say now. There wasn't really a part of the game that Nog was going to dominate Mir and obviously his stand-up and/or preparation needs a little work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Nogueira has just taken too much abuse. Normally, he weathers the storm early and then uses his superior conditioning to beat opponents later in the fight. The blows that dropped Nogueira would've been shrugged off in the past. The guy that lost to Mir is a shell of the fighter that dominated Pride before Fedor. Mir wrecked him, but Minotauro looked awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awood2 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Most interesting part for me was that Mir won on his feet. What was billed as two JJ fighters going for technical superiority ended with a crushing punch w/o a lot of time on the ground. What if Mir brought this game plan against Lesner? I can't see Lesner getting submitted so easily a second time. It would be worth the price to see how these two problem solve the other's strengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphaholic Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 "It seems that a lot of Nog's mystique is from Pride and the Pride guys don't seem to do as well in the cage with the UFC rules. Shogun, Mirko, and W. Silva haven't looked as good in the UFC as they did in Pride." It's called age and a lack of drug testing in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 "It seems that a lot of Nog's mystique is from Pride and the Pride guys don't seem to do as well in the cage with the UFC rules. Shogun, Mirko, and W. Silva haven't looked as good in the UFC as they did in Pride." It's called age and a lack of drug testing in Japan. Those are huge reasons, but the UFC also strongly favors wrestlers, in terms of delayed standups and using the cage for takedowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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