UFC 100 “Lesnar vs. Mir 2″
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UFC 100: “Lesnar vs. Mir 2″ |
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July 11, 2009 |
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Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada |
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Pay-Per-View (10pm ET) |
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MAIN CARD
Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves [T]
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir [T]
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
PRELIMINARY CARD
Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
Jon Jones vs. Jake O’Brien
TJ Grant vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty
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UFC 100 Video: Thiago Alves Talks GSP, Wrestling and Strategy
UFC And Maxim To Crown New Octagon Girl At Fan Expo
MMA Live: UFC 100 Lesnar vs Mir 2 Preview Video
Fight Game: Breaking Down GSP vs Thiago Alves
UFC 100 Video: Dan Henderson On Michael Bisping
UFC 100 Lesnar vs Mir 2 Results LIVE
UFC 100 Video: Frank Mir Looking At Speed To Overcome Lesnar’s Size
UFC 100 Video: Greg Jackson Preparing GSP For Thiago Alves
Jon Jones “I Want To Be The Jose Aldo Of The UFC”
UFC 100 Video: Frank Mir & Brock Lesnar Rubbing Elbows At Photo Shoot
UFC 100 Video: Michael Bisping, Dan Henderson Magazine Photoshoot
UFC 100 Video: Stephan Bonnar On Mark Coleman, Forrest Griffin and Frank Mir
UFC 100 Video: Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir 2 Trailer
UFC 100 Video: Georges St. Pierre vs Thiago Alves Trailer
UFC 100 Video: Dana White Talks Brock Lesnar
UFC 100 Video: Mark Coleman On The Old Days, Bonnar and MMA
Video: Frank Mir Talks About Fighting Fedor Emelianenko
UFC 100 “Lesnar vs. Mir 2″ Poster
UFC 100 Video: Fighter’s Talk About Historic Event
UFC 100 Video: Thiago Alves Training For GSP With Team Wand
UFC 100 Video: Frank Mir Talks Brock Lesnar, Calls Out Fedor
UFC 100 “Lesnar vs. Mir 2″ SOLD OUT In Record Time
UFC Match-ups: Bonnar vs. Coleman at UFC 100, Almeida vs. Grove at UFC 101
Three Headliner Fights Officially Announced For UFC 100
MMA Rumors: Leben Returns, Sadollah vs Hendricks, McCrory, Damm Replaces Thomson
Dana White: Nobody Gives A Shit About Affliction MMA
UFC Annouces First Ever UFC Fan Expo For UFC 100
MMA Rumors: O’Brien vs. Jones, Goulet vs. Kim, Aoki vs. Sakurai
UFC 100: Stephan Bonnar vs Mark Coleman
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February 1st, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I hope they have the lightweight, welterweight, and light heavyweight titles on the card as well as a super fight.
February 5th, 2009 at 9:22 am
For ufc 100 it should be GSP vs. thiago, Bj vs. Florian, and Rashad evans vs. lyoto…. or Forrest vs. wanderli
February 6th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
i like the thought of evens vs lyoto but in order for that to happen rampage hhas to lose to jardine and ufc 96 and the forrest vs wanderli would be good to but forrest has a broken hand and wont be ready to late in the year
February 7th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
guida vs huerta 2
gonzaga vs nog
cote vs maia
bj vs florian
gsp vs alves
February 8th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
gonzaga vs valasquez
lyoto vs rashad
gsp vs alves
nate diaz vs lauzon
florian vs penn
overeem vs crocop/congo/nog
guida vs neer
stann vs hamil
rampage vs franklin
cote vs maia
davis vs lytle 2
jon jones vs wanderlei
anthony johnson vs fitch
February 8th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
ya jess im sure they will put on a 7 hour long fight card lol
February 8th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
ha 24 hour fight fest
February 8th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
what they should do for ufc 100 is have a title night starting of with:
penn vs florian
gsp vs alves
and since there really isent anybody left in the middle wight divison besides maybe bisping that anderson silva hasent already destroyed they should just go ahead and have silva vs liddel
evens vs lyoto
and finally lesnar vs mir
February 11th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I heard Liddell vs. Anderson Silva but that can’t be true ………..Franklin will definetly be on this card prob vs wvanderli silva
February 11th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
GSP – Alves
Evans – Machida
Penn – Florian
Nog – Gonzaga
Wandy – Franklin
Cote – Maia
Fitch – Koscheck
Davis – Kampmann
Sanchez – Huerta
… would be wicked!
February 11th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I would like to see Wandi vs. Spider. I heard that Wand is dropping down which would be great for that division at least put somone else in there we know can knock people out. The hard part of predicting all these fights is that some of these guys are going to have to fight between now and then which could really mess this whole thing up.
February 11th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
They should really stack this fight card due to its 100 label, the UFC will come up with some pretty sick fights for this one, the winner of Lesnar and Mir should fight on this card as well.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Rumor has it that it will be Rampage vs Forest Griffin just like in the UFC Undisputed Video Game trailer
February 17th, 2009 at 10:48 am
wow great card..
Bj vs Ken flow please..
Jackson vs Evans?? if jackson lose it will be forrest..
February 17th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Anothy Johnson vs Mike swick would be badass…
KO vs Fitch would never happend
February 17th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Dan vs micheal would be pretty good.. But i still think rich won that fight
February 17th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I like cleve’s suggestion of Forrest v Wandi(don’t know how griffin’s chin would stand up)…but I mos def agree that rich won that fight…I like Dan,too, but eyepoke notwithstanding…Franklin puts him down and out in that last round…oh! and the accidental headbutt. But I think dan will frustrate bisping…I like it. And Can NOT WAIT for Q vs Evans and poss Carwin/Velasquez winner vs Mir/Lesnar winner…..then…GSP vs Spider?!…anyone…Beuller?..Beuller?…anyone?
February 17th, 2009 at 11:21 am
I really dont care to see Hendo vs Bisping for the winner getting Anderson. I dont think either can beat him. I do however think Hendo clearly won 2 of the 3 rounds giving him the decision. Jackson vs Rashad. I hope that happens. Machida can wait for the winner for a title fight. If Anderson fought Wanderlei it would be over real quick. I think Anderson would do the same thing he did to Leben. Let Wand throw wild looping punches and just throw some straights right down the pipe and front kicks and put Wand away via KO. I wouldnt mind seeing it but I would rather see the winner of chuck vs Shogun fight Anderson Silva.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Yeah, he got the decision…that’s why I point out the eye poke and headbutt…those two things kept rich at bay long enough for Dan to escape…you have to admit that if it doesn’t stop for the gouging, Rich finishes pounding Dan down AND out…would watch Iceman vs shogun…not so sure about the 3 minutes chuck vs Spider would go for. Agree with you , though about silva vs silva…wandi vs franklin would be interesting
February 17th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I’m totally with steve on this one. mw74 what fight were u watching nobody has to admitt that if there was no eye poke rich would have pounded out dan. thats just stupid dan has never in his entire career been “pounded out” by anyone. there was like 30 seconds left rich would have won the round like he did all ready but it wasnt likely he would finish dan. i predicted rich would win but rich got totally dominated the first round and the second round he ket gettin taken down and didnt land hardly anything either. he won the third round with better striking but not enough to win the fight. if it was a 5 rounder i think rich would have won but who’s to say dan wouldnt have trained for a five rounder. he lasted with rampage for 5 rounds. how anyone can think that fight was won by dan is byond me. either way i think bisping would get smoked by rich or dan.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
and for all you people who think dan won u should look up how many more strikes dan landed in round 1 and 2 than rich. the numbers dont lie.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
UFC 100 Should be an Allstar line up….. All Titles up for grabs with no dark fights, everthing should be aired on PPV!!!!! 6 Full hours of fights.
I think as UFC consumers we’ve earned it.
Anyone with me on this …….. DANA?
February 17th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
UFC 100 = PENN VS. SHERK, PIERRE VS. ALVES, EVANS VS. MACHIDA, FEDOR VS. LESNAR FREE ON SPIKE TV!
February 17th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
i would love to see fedor demolish lesnar and that dick sword on his chest.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
its been announced that gsp vs alves will headline the card. if jackson wins he gets rashad on this card, bj penn and kenflo fight will most likley be either ufc 99 or ufc 101. mir and lesnar are all set for ufc 98 so the winner of that fight will not be ready to fight for ufc 100. it would be a dream to put all the titles on the line but then no champ would be ready to fight for like 3 to 5 months afterwards then dana white has no major pay per views after that.
and to everyone that is doubting bisping remember he has one loss in his career and that is to the current light heavyweight champ, with the exception of matt hamill and chris leben he has demolished everyone he has fought so dont expect him to get walked on by hendo(who is a great fighter) i think its a close fight but bisping is younger, quicker and a more accurate striker. i say bisping by decision
February 20th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Dana what needs to happen is Anderson Silva and The Greatest which is Rashad Evans fight at 205. Bring Fedor over and fight either Brock Lesnar or Frank Mir. Rampage needs too fight Chuck Liddell. And bring Matt Hughes and Hoyce Gracie back to fight.
Thank You
February 20th, 2009 at 8:30 am
ha i would match rather see GSP fight silva at 185, we all know GSP can go up weight classs and still be fine..
February 20th, 2009 at 8:34 am
NVS i like your point on Micheal Bisping..I dont think Dan will walk throw micheal..i think micheal is going to use his speed and Foot work but idk if he cant def the takedown game over but i think he will do fine and it will be a badass fight
February 20th, 2009 at 10:05 am
rampage vs chuck?
hughes vs gracie?
Dana plz dont do that.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:44 am
cody,cody,cody…rampage vs chuck is only a good match if you don’t like chuck..i do and don’t wish to see that AGAIN …rampage will take rashad in three or four…if rashad still holds the belt by the time they meet…and as much as i like lesnar and mir…fedor will decapitate either of those two at least right now. I think tom’s idea of gsp vs spider (which i have been calling for) is an awesome match up and i believe dan will grind out a victory over bisping…similar to the franklin fight. franklin vs wandi at catch wt?…way cool!
February 20th, 2009 at 10:46 am
ps…unless it’s audience participation night…don’t bring back chuck,hughes or anyone else who the sport is actively passing by…please! I want to remember these guys like they were in their prime…it’s jerry rice in a raiders jersey all over again…ouch!
February 20th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
randy ortan vs chuck liddell
and john cena vs fedor that will sell milions!!!! hah
February 24th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
GSP vs Alves
Rashad vs Lyoto
Mir vs Kongo / Fedor (if he comes over)
BJ vs Florian
Rampage vs Shogun / Thiago Silva
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:51 am
Most likely Rampage will get to fight Wanderlei pt. 4… This will conclude their history as it is still 2-1 Wand. They are both a bit past their primes but what more to fight in the 100th UFC as a tribute to future MMA HoF.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 am
they wont do ramage vs wanderlei again i dnt fink and i disagree that rampage is past his prime, rampage will knock jardine out..then knock evans out…Machida would test rampage to his limit maybe even knocking him out
March 9th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I’m a huge GSP fan but I think he would definitely be the underdog against any of the top 5 185’s, just as I think Spider Silva would be underdog against the top 5 205’s although his body dimensions translate better to moving up in weight class than GSP’s. I think GSP has enough on his plate with Alves who I think will give him a very hard time and could knock out GSP early with his power if GSP isn’t able to get the takedown in round one or stay elusive, after round one I give the advantage to GSP with his odds increasing further with each subsequent round as the riddum takes hold.
Also, with Mir’s recent surgery, we just may get 3 belts on the same night, but I think Rashad Evans vs Rampage will end up taking place at UFC 101.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:08 am
yeah wud like to see rampage vs evans at 101 but evans gotta go thru machida yet..which i cant see him doing
March 11th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
MAchida wins at UFC 98 and faces Rampage at UFC 100 or 101. I knew Brock would end up on the UFC 100 card, come to think of it…Myabe Mir just pussed out and got afraid and needed more time to train against Brock Naw nobody would do that or would they? i am sure he needed surgery or whatever they said. Anyways too bad i might have to catch this one at a bar or something in Virginia as i will be in Military training over there for a few weeks around that time.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:50 am
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March 13th, 2009 at 11:05 am
gsp v. alves
mir v. lesnar
rampage v. winner of machida v. evans
penn v. florian
sanchez v. sherk
liddell v. griffin
wand v. franklin
fitch v. a. johnson
March 13th, 2009 at 11:34 am
i hope dan hardy kicks the shit out of marcus davies irish wannabe prick!!!
March 14th, 2009 at 9:22 am
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March 15th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
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March 16th, 2009 at 9:59 am
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March 16th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Alves by tko
Brock by tko
Bisping by decision
March 18th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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March 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
bisping is not in the same league as hendo and it will be shown this night.
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 am
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March 27th, 2009 at 11:37 am
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March 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Sports illustrated Featuring Brock Lesnar…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jon_wertheim/03/24/rattling.the.cage/index.html
Rattling The Cage Story Highlights
Brock Lesnar is the antithesis of the UFC’s Vegas-style extravagance
He lives and trains in northern Minnesota, and is a self-described redneck
After college wrestling, the WWE and football, Lesnar is the top UFC heavyweight With his agility, aggressiveness and upper-body strength, Brock Lesnar took quickly to combat in MMA.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has penetrated the defenses of the mainstream with an assault that relies heavily on flash and glitz. UFC fights are flush with pulsating lights and market-tested music and celebrities du jour: Mandy Moore, 50 Cent, Paris Hilton. In between the 20 or so cards held each year, UFC fans troll forums and other online destinations — that is, when they’re not watching the reality show The Ultimate Fighter.
And in the opposite corner is … the UFC’s brightest and most polarizing star, heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar. A self-described Northern redneck, the 31-year-old Lesnar is a wood-splitting, truck-driving, real-life hunter-gatherer who owns more guns (dozens) than e-mail accounts (none). “The people I care about,” he says, “they know where to find me if they need me.”
The hottest fighter in this hot sport lives in frigid Alexandria, Minn. (pop. 11,187), a town approximately halfway between Fargo, N.D., and Minneapolis and a million cultural miles from the UFC’s base in Las Vegas. Alexandria is the kind of place where Carhartts outnumber Nikes and pickups outnumber cars, where six inches of snow is considered a light dusting, and a restaurant marquee on the main drag triumphantly announces, we now serve pepsi!
On July 11 Lesnar will enter the Octagon, the UFC’s steel cage, for a rematch against former heavyweight champ Frank Mir. As the main bout of UFC 100 in Las Vegas, Lesnar-Mir could well be the most profitable fight in mixed-martial-arts history, generating more than a million pay-per-view buys. True to himself, however, Lesnar is preparing for the event at his Alexandria training gym, a converted warehouse with no official name, much less a sign out front. The interior is occupied mostly by free weights, treadmills and a wrestling room. Sparring partners drive back and forth from Fargo, about 90 miles away, and the Twin Cities, about 110 miles distant. When the weather is bad, which is often, Lesnar provides them accommodations near the home he shares with his wife, Rena.
UFC image-making types have gently floated the idea that Lesnar relocate to somewhere a bit more accessible, but in this, as in his fights, the 6′ 3″, 265-pound Lesnar can’t be pushed around. “Up here people let you lead your life,” he says. “Even if you’re the Britney Spears of Alexandria, it means you might have to sign one autograph on your way to go ice fishing.”
Lesnar grew up two hours away in Webster, S.D., on a struggling family dairy farm. He was put to work early; he proudly notes that by age five he’d suffered two hernias lifting bales of hay. With his spiky blond hair and penchant for mischief, he reminded some people of Bart Simpson, but with a more active pituitary gland: When he graduated from high school in 1996 he could deadlift 600 pounds. That’s a lot of hay.
Lesnar’s college wrestling helped hone his body and competitive edge for the UFC.
Wendell Vanderslius
Blessed with an alloy of strength, quickness and agility, Lesnar wrestled at Minnesota and won the 2000 NCAA heavyweight title in his senior year. (As a junior he lost in the final to Stephen Neal, now a New England Patriots lineman.) He was on only a partial scholarship, though, and he says that by the time he left, he owed $40,000 in student loans — no small sum for the son of farmers living under constant threat of foreclosure. When World Wrestling Entertainment offered him a six-figure guarantee in a multiyear promotional contract, the decision was no decision at all. “I didn’t have this in my pocket,” he says, opening an empty hand. “I got into the business for business reasons. Make your money and get out.”
With a rippling physique, obvious athleticism and a willingness to play the heel, Lesnar (a.k.a. the Next Big Thing) quickly ascended the WWE organizational chart. And like many who, barely out of adolescence, come into wealth overnight, he lived like a rock star. His Calvinist Upper Midwest ethic vanished: As he made more and more money, he bought houses, planes, gadgets and more vehicles than he could keep track of. “It definitely wasn’t the same down-to-earth Brock I knew,” says Marty Morgan, a friend who, as a wrestling assistant at Minnesota in the ’90s, had recruited Lesnar. “He went from being an athlete to being in show business.”
Within a few years Lesnar was beefing with The Rock and busting The Undertaker’s hand with a propane tank. (For good measure he began dating Rena Mero, better known by her nom de ring, Sable.) In a memorable match in Wrestlemania XIX, Lesnar faced off against another former NCAA wrestling champion, Kurt Angle. After climbing the turnbuckle, Lesnar botched a “shooting star press” move and landed on his head. Thanks to some deft improv work by Angle, the concussed Lesnar still won.
For someone with Lesnar’s taste for honest competition, the prearranged outcomes in the WWE were frustrating. “I’d put on the best damn show I could, and that’s where the competition came from,” he says. “If I couldn’t beat you, I wanted to outperform you. But that gets old.” So too did the 250 nights a year on the road. “It’s a traveling f—— circus,” Lesnar says with an ursine growl. “At first I enjoyed it, but I wasn’t born to be a pro wrestler. You spread yourself so thin, you end up bitter.”
In 2004 Lesnar left the WWE midway through a contract reportedly worth $45 million over seven years. With a great deal of fanfare he tried out for the Minnesota Vikings as a defensive tackle. He hadn’t played a down of football since high school, but through sheer physical freakishness he held his own. At the time he was bench-pressing 475 pounds and squatting 700 pounds, and despite having injured his groin and pelvis in a motorcycle accident two months before the tryout, he clocked 4.75 seconds in the 40-yard dash. (For the record, Lesnar has never failed a test for performance-enhancing drugs.) He made it to the last round of cuts before being asked to surrender his playbook. By sundown on the day of his release Lesnar was on his stand bow-hunting whitetail deer, and he hasn’t played football since.
After settling a bitter lawsuit that challenged the noncompete clause in his WWE contract, Lesnar moved on to MMA. Like many former college wrestlers, he found that the new sport fed something inside him. He hired Morgan to help coordinate his training and Twin Cities MMA guru Greg Nelson to help him with striking and jujitsu skills.
Known as “The Next Big Thing,” Lesnar gave up his midwest lifestyle for a hefty salary in the WWE.
Lesnar took well to instruction. “He’s stubborn, but he listens,” says Morgan. He was singularly well-suited for MMA, Nelson adds. “He has tons of upper-body strength but also has strong hips, which help with takedowns and positioning, and footwork that [enables] him to sprawl and scramble.” But Lesnar reckons that his real MMA asset is what he calls “a fighter’s instinct.” Pressed for a definition, he strokes his chin. “I guess it means not being afraid of competing. I think you either have that or you don’t. I knew I could be a champion.”
Lesnar’s first pro MMA fight was in the summer of 2007, for an organization called K-1. He required less than a round to pummel his opponent, Min Soo Kim, into submission. MMA purists — yes, they exist — were wary of Lesnar’s past in pro wrestling. But on that same card, Johnnie Morton, the former NFL receiver, made his own MMA debut. Morton lasted 38 seconds before getting starched by his opponent. He left the canvas on a stretcher. So much for the notion that anyone could be an MMA star.
Lesnar made his UFC debut, the equivalent of a call-up to the big leagues, in February 2008 against Mir. For most of the fight Mir looked like an assault victim, as Lesnar took him down at will and landed concussive punches. But Mir, an experienced fighter known for his jujitsu skills, stealthily caught Lesnar in a knee bar. A few seconds away from having his femur snapped like a carrot, Lesnar “tapped,” MMA-speak for surrendered. The fight helped extinguish the notion that an MMA bout is simply a sanctioned street brawl, devoid of tactics.
Lesnar performed well enough — and generated enough pay-per-view buys — to get two more UFC fights in 2008, both of which he won. In November he fought for the heavyweight title against Randy Couture, perhaps the most popular fighter in the UFC’s brief history. If Lesnar had to play the heel again, so be it. He ground down Couture in the manner of a man crushing a cigarette butt in an ashtray. Mercifully the ref stepped in and declared a TKO in the second round.
Promotion of the rematch with Mir has followed the WWE playbook, pitting one caricature against another: Mir, 29, is the honorable veteran; Lesnar is the arriviste from the WWE. Mir boldly predicts that he will “expose just how raw this guy is”; Lesnar counters, “Frank Mir is in for a rude awakening.”
Growing animated, Lesnar begins to explain why this fight will be different from the last one. Then he stops himself. “You know what I like about this sport?” he says finally. “We can talk all we want, but then the fight comes, and this s— is for real.”
March 27th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
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April 20th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
everything is off topic here. were suppose to talk about GSP VS ALVEZ. I think that alvez poses some legitmate problmes for gsp. He is bigger than him. he walks around like 205 i heard. He is stronger than him. He has one of the baddest leg kicks in the business. His take down is awesome even matt hughes couldnt take him down. And remember what happened when gsp got punched by matt serra. Dont blink in this fight
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:41 am
Re: Jay’s last comment.
I’m not sure I agree that he is stronger. Alves is muscular but that doesn’t mean that he is more “MMA” fit than GSP. All who train or have fought GSP say he is a monster. I am a big fan of both fighters, but is Thiago ready? He reminds me a lot of GSP before the first Serra fight; throwing caution to the wind. He didn’t even make weight for Matt Hughes which speaks volumes about his dedication (again a lot like GSP not being in tip top shape for Serra).
Also, and this goes for any fighter going up against GSP, is that it is very difficult to create a game plan against a guy who adapts every fight to his opponent. Maybe it was obvious to others, but the way he calculated the fatigue in BJ’s shoulders was unexpected and genius. I don’t see how any fighter could have planned for that strategy against them. Is American Top Team that much better than BJ’s camp that they will be successful in putting together an effective strategy and counter-strategy? So far all he has demonstrated, albeit very very well, is that he can punch and kick like hell. If all of their eggs are in that basket, and they aren’t preparing a top notch game plan, I don’t think Alves can win. GSP defends his title like a true warrior; unlike Cherrypicker Silva (I’m still pissed off about that). Thiago is not going into the ring with the typical punchbags of his past few fights.
On the flipside, GSP is not God. He will lose eventually. Thiago can react quickly and if he sees an opening, connects at the right moment and follows up in a way that cannot be defended, he could take it with the kind of power he brings. I don’t see anyone besides Alves in the weight class today capable of ending GSP’s win streak.
Opinions?
April 23rd, 2009 at 11:58 am
i agree for the most part, alves i think is the biggest threat in the ww devision hughes was not able to take him down but karo did get him down, i think gsp has better take downs than just wrestling take downs i don’t know if he has the judo ones that karo has though, i see gsp winning but it hink it will be a tough one and yes don’t forget about serra knocking him out if alves lands it will be trouble but i see gsp trying to avoid that at all cost, if gsp is able to take him down it will be a boring grind out controll type of fight i just don’t see avles being able to stop the take downs for the whole fight.
April 26th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I think alves is going to have butterflies when he fights for the first time in a big Co main event. you guys are right St pierre is at the peak of his game mentally and physically i think alves might be weak mentally and the pressure will be on him. Man this card is loaded Jon fitch is fighting that night too!!!!
April 26th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Jay… Alves was the main event against Hughes
April 26th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
this is a reply to rory who said alves by tko brock by tko and bisping
YOUR FUCKING RETARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all your predictions will be so wrong and you shouldnt even post shit when ur as dumb as you
April 28th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
yo dane Alves will fight st pierre in the co main event at ufc 100 thats what i meant brother
April 28th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
i know but seeing as he has allready been in the mainevent i dont think nerves will play into him losing. i think if he can keep it on the feet he will win but i dont know anyone who can stop gsps takedowns in the ww division.
May 15th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
i think bisping will win i think he will be to quick for hendo. hendo will try and attack bisping and bisping will do what he did against leban which was circle and counter bisping by decision probs split!
May 15th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
lol hendo is no leben. he has a better chin, better striking and their wrestling isnt even comparable. hendos gunna knock bispings big head off of his pencil neck.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
hendo tko in the 2 or it will go all 3 winner by easy dan
May 18th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
i don’t think it will be as easy as you think it is for henderson
May 18th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
bispings faced two dominant wrestlers rashad and hamill. he should have lost to both. Henderson is an olympic wrestler with a chin thats never let him get knocked out especially by someone with bispings power. hendos getting older but he still have enough juice left to show how over rated bisping is.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
I cant stand that british bitch named Bisping but at the same time I can see him pulling of a decision win over Dan. It all depends on if Hendo can clear the distance and take him down. If he can execute take downs at will he will win by Dec. but if he decides to keep it standing I think Bisping has the advantage. Bisping in my eyes beat Rashad. I thought he landed more punches and did more damage. I personally dont think you should get pionts for laying on a guy. Doing damage and almost finishing people by sub or something should get you points. No way in heck the ufc should let somebody lay on there opponent for more than a minute. Literally. 1 minute is enough. If you cant improve your position or do damage then it should be stood up. The american in me wants Dan to win but the mma fan in me wants Bisping to KO him.
May 18th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I see Hendo working a lot on takedowns because I don’t think he is going to try to prove something. He needs to win or he will be in Dana White’s crosshairs. I think he will do what he needs to win this fight and thats it.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
taking someone down and controlling them may not be the most exciting part of mma but it is a big part of it. i hate when they stand fighters up unless its truely boring. if ur too weak to defend the takedown or standup u should pay for it. strikers all ready have the advantage when the fight starts because the fight starts standing and having someone on top of you wearing you out while they are using minimal energy effects you a lot more than a failed submission attempt. I dont get why people think FAILED sumbissions should give you so much points. I mean the word FAILED is right in there. i think they should be given points but not as much as the person controling on top. the only time i would make the person on bottom get more points if they are always going for subs and throwing strikes from their back while the other guy on top is just pullin a guida. i mean if u have someone in the guillotine for 30 seconds and they get out of it the person trying to do the sub is the one who is worse for wear afterwards. I think failed armbars and leglocks should be given more points tho because afterwards u could really be hurt and it could definetly effect ur game.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
The ground game is a big part of mma. This isnt college wrestling. To win a fight you should have to do damage. Every UFC there is a guy that just wants to lay on the guy to get a decision win. The fans dont want to see that. THis is what im saying. You should tyry and finish a fight. Not just surivive.
May 18th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
right i understand what ur saying and i agree with you i just think that it should also be factored in that the person in dominant position isnt using as much energy as the guy on bottom trying to get up and wearing out your opponent is a big part of it. And i think guys who just score a takedown and lay there shouldnt be given much more then a point for taking someone down but the same can be said for people who on bottom just hold the guy on tops arms so he cant strike. seems like a lot of wrestlers get all the heat when they score a takedown and a bjj guy cant work any subs because of the wrestlers strong base so they just hold on and try to tie up the top person. i think the person on bottom is just as much at fault in a lot of cases.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Ya but no matter whos fault im just saying stand them up. You know what I mean.Ya if a guy can only hold on then ur right it is both there faults but ppl like Jake O’Brien dont need to be on a televised event ever. He is sooo boring.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:38 am
What do you guys think about Mir? Is that not the greatest comeback story of all? Unfortunately there isn’t enough to go on to predict a winner for this bout, in my opinion. Brock is a novice, albeit a giant athletic one. Mir is a talented fighter with good strategy.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
i agree steve but i dont think he’s gunna be able to hold on to bones i think bones could make an exciting fight if he was fighting a broomstick.
and moose ya mir was a great comeback but i dont think its as good as when randy beat sylvia.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Point taken. Randy cleaned house that night.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
UFC 100 fight card (from their site):
Lesnar – Mir
St Pierre – Alves
Fitch – Thiago
Henderson – Bisping
Akiyama – Belcher
Coleman – Bonnar
Danzig – Miller
Jones – O’Brien
Hyun Kim – Goulet
Dollaway – Gugerty
My predicted winners:
Lesnar
St Pierre
Fitch
Henderson
Akiyama
Bonnar
Danzig
Jones
Dong Hyun Kim
Dollaway
Gugerty
I’ve never heard of Gugerty and his opponent, so whatever happens to go down is fine with me either way. I think all the fights are going to be awesome, including the no-names. No-names typically try to go above and beyond to impress Dana, so I anticipate the whole fight card to be pretty explosive.
*under my breath* but i really really hate Bisping. I hope a rabid russian black squirrel claws his toe nail and Bisping has to endure rabies shots.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I think I’m kind of disappointed with this card. This is the card that was supposed to wow us and I don’t it’s doing that. I think HW and WW titles on the line and TUF coaches fighting is great…but I could have used some star studded fights to go along with it, plus I just don’t understand some of the undercard fights. I understand some fighters are unavailable because of previous fights and injuries and all that jazz, but I wanted this card to blow me away…I mean i shouldn’t be more excited for the fights before and after 100 then I should for 100 IMO
I will be rooting heavily for Mir and Henderson though. I want to see Thiago win and make GSP seem human, because I haven’t seen him human in a while. I hope they put that bonnar/coleman fight on tv too.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Card’s good, but it could’ve been waaay better for ufc100.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:55 am
My two cents…
I would have put GSP/Alves as the main event. They’ve earned it more than the Lesnar and Mir. But that is just symantics. Otherwise I would exchange the Belcher/Akiyama fight for the Jon Jones/Jake O’brien fight. Jake o’brien is a waste, but Jon Jones is clearly the future of LHW. The other guys I would have liked to see fight here are Anthony Johnson or Dustin Hazelett.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am
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June 29th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Gsp and alves should be a great fight is gsp don’t get knocked out. I like both fighter always look in shape and aways entertaining
June 30th, 2009 at 6:32 am
dose anyone know were i can watch ufc 100 in the uk now that setanta has gone bust
June 30th, 2009 at 6:37 am
ahh you’re stuck really like me… atm the only way i know is downloading it after the fact.
June 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
i thort virgin might of got the contract for ufc but its not looking good maybe espn will get it aaaaarrrrrrrr
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:39 am
virgin are airing ufc 100 live
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:56 am
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