MMA General News and Discussion

[AndyPipkin]

So it looks like Gina Carano has her next movie lined up.

Fight again soon please Gina!!!

[DeathFromAbove]

Originally Posted by m9

Strange, but I'm fine with it I guess. Any reason given for this, other than it being an especially deep card?

The Pride cards in Japan were always really long..that's my guess.

[m9]

Fair enough. Are they going to have Wanderlei and Fedor beat up random fat Japanese guys during the prelims to really capture the feel?

[cnshockey]

Originally Posted by m9

Fair enough. Are they going to have Wanderlei and Fedor beat up random fat Japanese guys during the prelims to really capture the feel?

This made me lol in class. I'd enjoy it.

[Fanpuck33]

Wow, I picked a good event to be my first purchase, rather than watching in a restaurant. I'll definitely have to take a nap that afternoon, though. I can't be sleep when Ben Henderson wins the belt!

[The Big Swede]

What time(eastern) is 144 going to be at?

[Live in the Now]

10 pm.

[The Big Swede]

Originally Posted by Live in the Now

10 pm.

Thanks

[End of Line]

144 might got to 2am here on the east coast.

I'm not complaining though, 4 hours of MMA!

[DeathFromAbove]

Originally Posted by m9

Fair enough. Are they going to have Wanderlei and Fedor beat up random fat Japanese guys during the prelims to really capture the feel?

Dana just announced on Twitter Big Nog/Bob Sapp 2.

[colonel_korn]

Well apparently they are having the traditional pop music interlude, at least according to Nightmare of Battle which is usually pretty reliable.

Hopefully that's before the televised portion of the card...

I also find it funny that even after expanding the main card to 7 fights, Kid and Gomi are still on the prelim card
Additionally, Leonard Garcia was originally supposed to fight Tiequan Zhang but got injured, so now Zhang is fighting a random Japanese guy. I wonder how surly the crowd will be if the card opens with a Chinese dude beating up a Japanese guy, haha.

[Avs_19]

He said he wants to fight Kongo.

[kurt]

Originally Posted by Avs_19

He said he wants to fight Kongo.

The biggest push he's making is against his beltbuckle.

[Spawn]

Sylvia blew his chance when he weighed in at 300+ against Wagner and got KO'd.

[End of Line]

Very interesting conversation between Jones/Rashad

http://bjpenn.com/mmanews/2012/02/18...deo-14746.html

[cnshockey]

Just makes me hate Jones more. The arrogance....

[I am the Liquor]

Originally Posted by Mantis Toboggan MD

Very interesting conversation between Jones/Rashad

http://bjpenn.com/mmanews/2012/02/18...deo-14746.html

I used to really like Jones. What's not to like?

Well now I know what's not to like, and I dont like it.

You have to be a world class heel to make me want to pull for Rashad Evans.

Nuff said.

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Originally Posted by Mantis Toboggan MD

Very interesting conversation between Jones/Rashad

http://bjpenn.com/mmanews/2012/02/18...deo-14746.html

Yea...I didn't like Jones before, definitely like him even less now.

[cnshockey]

I wonder if he actually is blind enough to not realize that the majority of people who were behind him before now hate him? I'm by no means an Evans fan but man I hope he DESTROYS Jones.

[colonel_korn]

Rashad was ragging on him pretty hard in the press conference. He gives him crap over the chair-spinning thing at 13:00 and then does a pretty hilarious impression around 28:00

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Originally Posted by colonel_korn

Rashad was ragging on him pretty hard in the press conference. He gives him crap over the chair-spinning thing at 13:00 and then does a pretty hilarious impression around 28:00

Haha, the Jones impression was pretty spot on.

[DeathFromAbove]

Originally Posted by Mantis Toboggan MD

Very interesting conversation between Jones/Rashad

http://bjpenn.com/mmanews/2012/02/18...deo-14746.html

This is the first fight where I'm cheering for Rashad. I didn't think there would ever be a guy who's so cocky it makes Rashad look humble.

[The Big Swede]

Too bad for you guys that Rashad is going to get destroyed

Nothing bad about being cocky in the fighting game IMO

[DeathFromAbove]

Originally Posted by The Big Swede

Nothing bad about being cocky in the fighting game IMO

The thing that's annoying about Jon is that he pretends he's humble. If you're going to be cocky, then at least be real about it. Putting on the fake pro athlete persona is what makes people dislike him.

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Originally Posted by DeathFromAbove

The thing that's annoying about Jon is that he pretends he's humble. If you're going to be cocky, then at least be real about it. Putting on the fake pro athlete persona is what makes people dislike him.

I agree. I actually really like cocky fighters, they make fights more exciting. However, Jon Jones tries to make it seem like he is a humble fighter, but still makes the cocky comments, he comes across as very, very fake. He honestly sounds like someone wrote up a script for him to read for the humble parts, but can't help but be cocky.