2013 Off Topic Thread

[SPX]

Stronger than the HW division

Dude, the heavyweight division is like the weakest, most hilarious division in all of MMA. The fact of the matter is that other than the guys at the very top, they are just not all that skilled.

Did this somehow escape your attention or something?

[Luke]

Most of those guys ran from 145 because they couldnt cut it there.......including Faber.

[Luke]

It's for damn sure a stronger division than heavyweight, which has like 5 good fighters total.

And here you go: Cruz, Barao, Faber, Menjivar, Mizugaki, McDonald, Wineland, Assuncao, Jorgensen, Pickett. That's 10 and you should know who all those guys are.

Stronger than the HW division

[SPX]

I can't even name 5 people in the batamweight division so that's not much to brag about

It's for damn sure a stronger division than heavyweight, which has like 5 good fighters total.

And here you go: Cruz, Barao, Faber, Menjivar, Mizugaki, McDonald, Wineland, Assuncao, Jorgensen, Pickett. That's 10 and you should know who all those guys are.

[poopoo333]

I can't even name 5 people in the batamweight division so that's not much to brag about

Faber/McDonald is going to be very interesting. That's like for the #1 runner up to runner up spot

[Luke]

Faber

I can't even name 5 people in the batamweight division so that's not much to brag about

[SPX]

Go fuck yourself.

But for real, Faber is probably the BEST example of a veteran who has continued to stay relevant perpetually, never dropping out of the top 5 essentially for his entire career.

[poopoo333]

Midgets don't count.

[SPX]

All the "veterans" are not competitive at the top 3-5 guys in their weight classes anymore (except for Anderson..I think Weidman is his kryptonite to be honest).

Faber

[poopoo333]

I'll be Weidman but that's not the point...Luke is correct and I was JUST thinking about that. All the "veterans" are not competitive at the top 3-5 guys in their weight classes anymore (except for Anderson..I think Weidman is his kryptonite to be honest). GSP/Hendricks is pretty damn interesting but I lean GSP for sure.

[SPX]

I think the changing of the guard has happened everywhere in the UFC except for GSP. Silva lost, Penn is a bum , Rampage, Tito, and Wand can barely beat wet paper bags, Mir is getting thrown around like a 2 dollar hooker these days, Fitch is getting KTFO by guys that I cant even remember their names. The only guy left from a few years ago is GSP

I could be wrong, but I think Silva probably wins the rematch though.

[SPX]

Yeah, it was kind of disappointing that she couldn't beat a 1-3, 36-year-old boxer, especially after doing so well in the first round. I do think it speaks to the changing of the guard in WMMA that all 4 of the veterans got eliminated so quickly: LaRosa and Evinger losing in the prelims and Modafferi and Baszler getting taken out in the first two tournament fights.

That sucks. I'll have to get caught up on the show.

Truth is Modafferi hasn't won a fight since she won the fight that made me a fan--her rematch with Tara LaRosa at Moosin in 2010. She's 0-5 since then, not counting these TUF exhibition matches.

[edman5555]

Gsp has been champion for 1999 days. Amazing.

[edman5555]

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/UFC-Champions-By-The-Numbers-42419

[edman5555]

I think the changing of the guard has happened everywhere in the UFC except for GSP. Silva lost, Penn is a bum , Rampage, Tito, and Wand can barely beat wet paper bags, Mir is getting thrown around like a 2 dollar hooker these days, Fitch is getting KTFO by guys that I cant even remember their names. The only guy left from a few years ago is GSP

There are a lot of good fighters that have been around for a while. There are some guys that were considered the best that are getting beaten though. That's for sure.