Thread: UFC 100 - the final results

I think Max pretty much summed up my feelings on the fights exactly in the first post. The one thing that I will add is that my friends and I were extremely happy that we bought this card on PPV. Lots of good fights. We had been pretty disappointed with some of our other buys, but this one did not disappoint.

I can (and have, on other sites) write a huge amount regarding the fights...but I won't
Great night of fights. My severe and sincere dislike of Lesnar is solidified. He is an amazing athlete, and will likely have a long run as champ (come on Carwin!! Or Fedor, of course), but he is simply NOT what the sport needs right now. People already think MMA is a bunch of meatheads who want to beat people up. Now the HW champ IS.

Smoke --

For the record I am not a Lesnar proponent. I am just amazed at everything he does for some reason. Probably because he is certifiably insane and a physical specimen. I, for one, am incredibly entertained when he is out there -- though I hate showboating, poor sportsmanship, etc.

He was the same way back when he was wrestling at Minnesota, too. Flexing and yelling when he won the matches. Not much has changed.

G

I agree that he is an amazing spectacle in the octagon. I enjoy watching him fight, and will do so every time he fights, I'm sure. I'll just always be hoping he gets beaten.

I mean, refusing to touch gloves when a guy has his hands out there? Turning you back on an ex-champ who offers that sign of sportsmanship, if not respect...not cool. getting in his face after you just beat him up? Come ON!

I with you guys on not liking Lesner, I think the guys in the negative department when it comes to class. The stunts he pulled were straight out of the WWE. The fact that you have guys like Anderson Silva, GSP, Machada (sp), heck even Penn has come back to earth a bit, that are just class through and through. As Max pointed out, Dana and the boys are in it to make money so I wonder how long the sponsors will stick around with Brock's "Coors Light" escapades?

Ogie, did you get to see him wrestle in college? I've heard the guys been a beast from the beginning. It's funny because it seemed like he gave Randy some respect but nothing to Mir, who himself is somewhat of a clown. I really do think that Fedor brings too much to the table for Brock to take apart, but, as Mike Tyson so famously put "everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the face!"

Did anyone catch Rena (aka Sable)? Hasn't she been around since I was in high school and I'm 36? Can anyone say "cougar"?

Joe

Joe, yeah my dad, brother, and I grew up wrestling, so we followed nationals each year. When he was winning there was the same kind of draw as there is now (this guy is a monster), only on a lesser scale because there isn't much of an audience for amateur/collegiate wrestling. You can see some of his matches on YouTube from when he was a Golden Ram.

I'm sorry to say it, but I used to be a Lesnar fan before Saturday night's fight. I lost any amount of respect I had for him. That night proved to me that his technical skill goes as far as sitting on a guy and using your massive weight to neutralize him. That's not skill, that's not sport. I heard someone say that Mir normally fights at 225, the normal weight for the HW class. He weighed in at 245, obviously trying to match Lesnar's size to some extent. But then, I don't know if Mir is normally 225. Also, Mir's ground game is one of the best in the UFC. You can't use Juijitsu when there's 265 pounds sitting on top of you.

Also, Fedor WANTS to fight Lesnar, and to be honest - Fedor would obliterate him. He is easily the best HW out there right now, and Lesnar doesn't stand a chance.

I wasn't a GSP fan before Saturday, but I most definitely am, now. That was 5 rounds of great fighting, right there.

Joe,

here's one for you to enjoy if you haven't seen it...

Pure Russian knock out power.

Fedor Emelianenko vs Josh Barnett - Affliction Trilogy Promo