UFC 128 Newark, NJ March 19 Rua vs Jones

[edman5555]

BTW I watched a video on Cro Cop, his video blog. One of his training partners claimed it was the most fired up he has ever seen Mirko. It could be bullshit. He looked to be in good shape. If he looks real good at the weighs I will bet another Unit on him.

[Luke]

Yeah you could be right. Your all making me nervous.

No reason to listen to me ........I suck

[edman5555]

I'll probably throw a lot more on Marquardt if the line improves. I really think he is better than Dan Miller in all areas. Better BJJ, much more powerful striking and he is a good wrestler. I say that because he actually did ok grappling with Okami for a while. He should be bigger as well. Dan doesn't really have much power in his punches.

[SPX]

I'll probably throw a lot more on Marquardt if the line improves. I really think he is better than Dan Miller in all areas. Better BJJ, much more powerful striking and he is a good wrestler. I say that because he actually did ok grappling with Okami for a while. He should be bigger as well. Dan doesn't really have much power in his punches.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly, though I do think that Miller might have better subs. So that's my fear: Miller catches Marquardt in a sub. But other than that, I think Marquardt wins, and fairly easily, too.

[SPX]

BTW I watched a video on Cro Cop, his video blog. One of his training partners claimed it was the most fired up he has ever seen Mirko. It could be bullshit. He looked to be in good shape. If he looks real good at the weighs I will bet another Unit on him.

LOL. Mirko "more fired up than ever" to face Brendan Schaub.

[edman5555]

I don't see why Miller has better subs. He is a BB and has only been subbed once since 1999 and it was Almeida.

[SPX]

I don't see why Miller has better subs. He is a BB and has only been subbed once since 1999 and it was Almeida.

Miller may or may not have better subs, but in terms of percentages, far more of Miller's wins have come by sub. If Dan Miller has won a fight, then it's highly likely that he choked a motherfucker out. That's not the case with Marquardt. He has far more (T)KO wins in the UFC than he has sub wins.

[poopoo333]

I think Cro Cop is old, doesn't really want to fight, and is just fighting for the money. He basically said he is going to retire if he loses and I have a feeling he wants to retire deep down.

[Ludo]

Marquardt is an above average grappler overall, it's his wrestling that isn't quite elite. I don't see Miller posing a huge wrestling threat to him though. If anything it will likely be Marquardt getting on top of Miller and beating the holy hell out of him from top position. Could he get caught in a sub? It's possible I suppose but I just don't see it as very likely. I don't remember Miller having great subs off his back and to be honest his go to technique is the guillotine anyway. I just don't see Marquardt falling into a guillotine with Jackson in his corner. I don't think Marquardt will be going for any takedowns since he'll own the striking advantage.

[SPX]

Ludo, I hope everything you just said is correct.

[poopoo333]

I think Miller's path to victory is to come out aggressive and get the takedown immediately like he did against Horwich and Doerksen.

[Thewisemann]

Miller isnt much of a threat off his back...If he was he would have subbed Sonnen.

[Thewisemann]

Wineland was taken down repeatedly by Chase Beebe

[SPX]

Wineland was taken down repeatedly by Chase Beebe

Anything involving Chase Beebe and MMA relevance was a long fucking time ago. Wineland has had plenty of time to improve since then.

[Thewisemann]

Im sure your right, just saying, oh, by the way, I bet Wineland even though I think he is getting choked out.