Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) thread

[T1000]

Diaz 4th round sub armbar fight and sub of the night
Nelson 2nd round ko
Koscheck 1st round ko knockout of the night
Barao unanimous decision
Starks split decision

Not really familiar with the undercard fighters so not even going to attempt that

[canadad]

Originally Posted by GRANITECHIEF

Preliminary card (Facebook)
[edit] Main cardMiddleweight bout: Ed Herman vs. Clifford Starks[1]
Bantamweight bout: Renan Barão vs. Scott Jorgensen[1]
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce[1]
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Fabricio Werdum[1]
Interim Welterweight Championship bout: Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit[1]

I can agree with all these. The only one I am the fairly certain of is Kosheck, but who knows. Koschek will be fired up after being disrespected at the weigh-ins. He is bigger and he will crush Pierce.
Nelson looks fitter, but his endurance has been suspect.
Condit is by far the best opponent Diaz has seen in a long time. Last fight, he faced a different, less hungry, and smaller B.J. Penn. He was able to wear him down with his size advantage. Daley, Noons and Santos are all good but are not elite welterweights. I think Diaz will take it, but Condit has a good chance.

[Rickson]

Condit can definitely beat Diaz and Fat Roy Nelson will definitely lose to Fabricio Werdum.

[Hot Sauce]

Diaz, Werdum, Kos, Barao.

DIAZ VIA SUPERIOR BOXING TKO EZ WORK.

WAR 209!!!

[jedd]

Originally Posted by Rickson

Condit can definitely beat Diaz and Fat Roy Nelson will definitely lose to Fabricio Werdum.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Great head kick KO by the young up and comer Thompson. Bricked that pick, hahaha.

A few prelims live on Facebook now.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Rafa Natal almost finishes with an arm triangle, and he gets the unanimous decision.

[T1000]

Diaz won that fight no question. How can you win if you run away the entire time and only throw leg kicks that don't do anything? Natural born killer my *****

[Rickson]

No need for a look of shock, I was right. Condit and Werdum both won.

[GRANITECHIEF]

I had Condit ahead by a slight point margin, kinda like he won 3/5 tiebreaks. Diaz came closest to finishing the fight when he got backmount and worked for choke/arm bar in the 5th, but otherwise, he didn't let his combos go quite enough. Condit with great lateral movements and leg kicks squeaked it out.

[Rickson]

I usually call em right. I can guarantee you that Condit will lose to GSP when they merge the titles. GSP will win by decision as Carlos has a bad habit of running away from good fighters.

[The Wreck]

Diaz is such a punk. Threaten to quit after you get pounded on for 25 minutes. No way he carries through with that. And while it was a close fight, he very clearly lost, in my opinion. His face definitely lost anyway.

[West Coast Ace]

Originally Posted by The Wreck

Diaz is such a punk. Threaten to quit after you get pounded on for 25 minutes.

+1. Close fight but he should realize leg kicks count - it is called Mixed Martial Arts after all. His fault he couldn't come up with a Plan B.

[TennisLovaLova]

I think Fedor is the federer of mma. Vanderlei is Safin or Rafa and Shogun is Djoko.
Anderson Silva could be... Cant think of anyone actually

What's your opinion?

[T1000]

Originally Posted by The Wreck

Diaz is such a punk. Threaten to quit after you get pounded on for 25 minutes. No way he carries through with that. And while it was a close fight, he very clearly lost, in my opinion. His face definitely lost anyway.

No just no. Diaz clearly won rounds 1, 2, and 5. He hit Condit with more head and body shots not baby leg kicks. 5th he got the takedown, took his back, and should've subbed him but wasted time going for the rear naked instead of the arm. Condit won the 4th and the 3rd is a tossup

Originally Posted by West Coast Ace

+1. Close fight but he should realize leg kicks count - it is called Mixed Martial Arts after all. His fault he couldn't come up with a Plan B.

Tell that to Shogun in his first fight against Machida

[TennisLovaLova]

Didnt shogun Ko machida In the next fight?

[Hot Sauce]

I gave it 3 rounds to 2 for Condit. He robbed the fans of what should have been an exciting fight, though. He calls himself a warrior because of how he fights, then he comes in with a gameplan to win on points and never looking to finish the fight.

[GRANITECHIEF]

^^^ Exactly, very dissappointing, stick and move, stick and move and evade. Good strategy but not very fun to watch.

Nick should've made the adjustment to cut off the lateral movement better, turn it into more of a brawl, and more ground work. But he didn't, now he's either out or down the line.

[hollywood9826]

Condit said he would agree to a rematch

Cesar Gracie said nick will not.

[T1000]

Diaz tested positive for weed again, that's why the rematch is off. Gracie said there is an "issue" and the NSAC said someone from 143 tested positive for a banned substance, just put 2 and 2 together. Good job Nick, keep smoking joints to mess up your career.