UFC 134 Rio de Janeiro Aug 27th

[SPX]

Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami
Mauricio Rua vs.Forrest Griffin
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza**
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduardo
Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland

[sideloaded]

The way I see it is that there's a lot more to the MMA game than just betting. If you don't allow yourself to be a fan then you miss out on a lot of the fun.

he bets 10-20k a fight. Letting any personal feelings into it could be deadly.

[sbjj]

The way I see it is that there's a lot more to the MMA game than just betting. If you don't allow yourself to be a fan then you miss out on a lot of the fun.

You completely misunderstood my post...which is probably my fault. I am a fan of MMA Fighting, combat sports in general. I do not need to know that a guy is funny in his personal life to enjoy watching him fight.

I have become a fan of that Legends fighting championship based over in China I believe, and I do not know any of those guys, but still enjoy the fights themselves.

i just personally do not understand how fans get so wrapped up in a certain fighter. but then again, I have never been that way. I respect all these guys because they are exceptional athletes. Not because they look a certain way or act a certain way.

[SPX]

I think it's natural to want guys that you identify with, or that seem cool, to succeed.

Likewise, guys it's natural to want guys who are obviously dickheads to fail.

MMA (and sports in general, I think, especially sports when it's about one vs one instead of teams) really is like real-life pro-wrestling. There are storylines and characters, only in MMA the storylines and characters are (mostly) real.

[Ludo]

Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami
Mauricio Rua vs.Forrest Griffin
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub**
Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduardo
Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland

[sbjj]

And I of course have fun. I was very happy to see Tito get a win over Bader. Brought a smile to my face for sure.

[poopoo333]

Picks please, not based on odds, just who is going to win. ** is the guy you have most confidence in.

Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami- Anderson is Anderson, Okami has a path to victory of course, but it has been tried before.
Mauricio Rua vs. Forrest Griffin - I don't see why this is any different than the first fight.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub- Nogueira is 50.
Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza- striker/striker, one guy has kicks.
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov- Don't think Nedkov will get through his hands
Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares- Fisher has had trouble with top oriented grapplers, Tavares will bully him.
Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller- Palhares is better everywhere, except cardio. He has done 3 rounds though.
Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduardo- wild guess.
Paulo Thiago** vs. David Mitchell- Two different classes of fighter here, Thiago has him beat everywhere, he will stop him and with style.
Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes- Alcantara can finish this anywhere it goes. Looked impressive against higher level of comp. He will overwhelm Arantes early.
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos- just going with sbjj here, I didn't look hard at this one.
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland- grappler/striker, I am going with the grappler

Agreed with everyone except I am leaning Eduardo. My **pick is Schaub.

[sideloaded]

And I of course have fun. I was very happy to see Tito get a win over Bader. Brought a smile to my face for sure.

how do you cope with losing, say if tarec lost? I would go on full life tilt.

[MMA_scientist]

I can't get too interested in a fight unless I have some sort of rooting interest. Most of the time it is based on the style of the fighter, but sometimes it is just because I like the personality or dislike the personality of one of the fighters. I am not like a superfan or anything, I don't get too upset, but I just can't get too interested unless I have some rooting interest. I understand just being a fan of the sport, but for me, it is not nearly as fun unless I have some hope as to the outcome.

[sbjj]

I think it's natural to want guys that you identify with, or that seem cool, to succeed.

Likewise, guys it's natural to want guys who are obviously dickheads to fail.

MMA (and sports in general, I think, especially sports when it's about one vs one instead of teams) really is like real-life pro-wrestling. There are storylines and characters, only in MMA the storylines and characters are (mostly) real.

I understand you. The thing is, I just really do not believe a whole lot that I hear about these guys. Randy is Mr. America, yet i have heard from people who know him that he is actually not that great a guy.

Take Schaub, the guy gets a whole lot of hate, yet alot of people who know him personally say he is one of the nicest guys you will meet.

[MMA_scientist]

Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes

Explain please.

[sbjj]

how do you cope with losing, say if tarec lost? I would go on full life tilt.

That would have been a bad one.

I can only tell you what I have done in the past on a big loss. Mild depression for a day or two. Then I say Fuck it, and take my daughter somewhere nice and spend a little money.

What sucks with a big loss, is that you could pull in 40K in 3 months, then lose a 10K bet and it is as if you never won that 40K. the sting is still substantial.

[sideloaded]

That would have been a bad one.

I can only tell you what I have done in the past on a big loss. Mild depression for a day or two. Then I say Fuck it, and take my daughter somewhere nice and spend a little money.

What sucks with a big loss, is that you could pull in 40K in 3 months, then lose a 10K bet and it is as if you never won that 40K. the sting is still substantial.

so true I only remember my bad bets.

[MMA_scientist]

I understand you. The thing is, I just really do not believe a whole lot that I hear about these guys. Randy is Mr. America, yet i have heard from people who know him that he is actually not that great a guy.

Take Schaub, the guy gets a whole lot of hate, yet alot of people who know him personally say he is one of the nicest guys you will meet.

There is definitely a lot of that. I don't like Randy though, seems like a prick to me. I have first hand experience with a lot of these guys, and there is a definite difference between the persona and the actual person. For example, Maia seems like such a sweet and gentle man, but he is actually kind of a prick and not gentle at all. Hughes, on the other hand, is a super nice guy, but everyone hates him.

[SPX]

I understand you. The thing is, I just really do not believe a whole lot that I hear about these guys. Randy is Mr. America, yet i have heard from people who know him that he is actually not that great a guy.

Take Schaub, the guy gets a whole lot of hate, yet alot of people who know him personally say he is one of the nicest guys you will meet.

Well I think you have to take everything into account. It sounds like you have formed an opinion of some sort of Couture and Schaub based upon the info that you have available to you. That's probably all we can do, unless we get a chance to actually talk to these guys in person.

So take Schaub. . . Okay, he's apparently trying to help poor kids in the ghettos of Brazil. That's pretty cool. So that would make me more interested in seeing him succeed.