Any MMA Fans?

[Horatio McCallister]

Do any of you follow Mixed Martial Arts? If there's enough of us, we need to put together a UFC 100 pick em contest or something like that.

UFC 100 Card

Heavyweight Championship
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir

Welterweight Championship
Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves

Undercard
Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
Jim Miller vs. Mac Danzig
Dong Hyun Kim vs. T.J. Grant
Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
CB Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

[tom502]

I don't follow it but I like Brock Lesnar, liked him from wrestling too. I do sorta watch pro wrestling, and Strongest Man contests.

[RobsanX]

I'm a pretty big fan, though I'm not as into it as I used to be. I used to buy every UFC no questions asked, posted on forums, etc. but now I'll only buy the PPV's with my favorite fighters.

UFC 100 is definitely a stacked card. I will be buying that one, and watching with my wife who is also a fan!

[Horatio McCallister]

I'm still in that hard core mode when it comes to following it. I just don't post on the forums. There's just too many retards.

I haven't missed an event since UFC 40 and I've been actively training for a couple years now. I've never fought, but the it's something I'd like to try.

As for UFC 100, yeah, it's loaded, but I'm looking forward to 102 a little more. I'm also looking forward to the next Affliction event. Fedor vs. Barnett should be an awesome fight.

[CM]

Yeah I follow MMA, all different martial arts. But UFC, what to say about it, it seems OK, but god damn that egoing before the fight allways "I'm gonna smash his head yeah yeahyeah, im gonna f*ck him up", THAT I don't really like.

[HK11]

Huge fan here. The 100 card is pretty sweet.

I catch a lot of flack for it on other forums, but I actually like Lesnar. Granted he came from WWE or whatever but he is big and fast and seems eager to learn. Plus you know he is getting top notch training so I would never count him out.

[Qor]

I am a huge follower of this sport, have been for a long time. I remember watching the first UFC's ever with Gracie, Kimo, Steve Jennum, etc.

I don't care what others say, I am a huge Lesnar fan and have been since I first saw him in the WWE. I don't watch WWE anymore, but that guy has a stacked collegiate record. He won't make the same mistake he did in his first bout with Mir, and his cardio will outlast Mir's by a mile. But, anything can happen in these fights. I am rooting for Lesnar and GSP to win theirs!

-Qor

[captncaveman]

my wife and i are huge fans, here are my predictions:

Heavyweight Championship
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir = Frank Mir due to submission. Frank caught him once frank will do it again.

Welterweight Championship
Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves = GSP by TKO.

Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping = Bisping. Henderson is too lazy to compete with a person at Bispings level. But there was a time.

Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago = Filtch TKO/fight stoppage. Fitch will just grind and work alot harder than Paulo

Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman = Colman tko. I am a huge Bonnar fan but Coleman my just be the better man.

Jim Miller vs. Mac Danzig = Danzig, well not a Danzig fan but he is at a different level than Jim Miller, better standup, better conditioning he could easily win.

[Cy]

I use to follow it but not so much anymore. The amount of posers in my area wearing tapout and acting hardcore has been ruining it for me. The last fight I wanted to see was Lyoto Machida vs Rashad Evans. I was so glad Evans got his cocky butt handed to him.

Anywho for some predicitions I think....

Lesnar will win by tko from ground and pound. Id like to see Mir win but I think the last fight Lesnar got cocky and didnt watch himself. Dont think he'll make that mistake again.

Bisping vs Henderson: Bisping

GSP Vs Alves: GSP

[HK11]

ufc 100 was pretty good. All my picks won. I wont spoil it for anyone, but it was a really good show.


Did anyone check out 98?? My boy Machida won!

[Roo]

I like kung fu. I'd like to see some Shaolin skills in the ring. Think some badass kung fu would stand a chance against some jiujitsu shit? I'd like to think so. Bruce Lee could've done it.

[CM]

Roo, go check from youtube this nice kung fu video, black belt karateguy against shaolin munk...You can guess the ending. ; )

Kung Fu Sanda would be nice to try out sometimes too.

[captncaveman]

Bruce lee was actually the founder of mixed martial arts. With his Jeet Kune Do. As for Kung Fu i don't see it going to far in the octagon. Machida made karate useful so kung fu training based on mma might work okay, but traditional kung fu i would say no.

[Roo]

I'm glad you pointed that out caveman. Jeet Kun Do is extremely practical for street situations, as far as using classical kung fu training within a wider framework of other traditions for the purpose of self defense. I agree that traditional kung fu and modern MMA would be an ungraceful match, at best. I'd still like to see it tho. The kung fu man would have to stay on his feet. I wonder about other grapling arts, like aikido and even Mantis Style. Would be fun as hell to watch.

[CM]

I would love to see Kali/Escrima fighter sometimes on UFC or some place like that, some different locks and stuff, allways that BJJ. : (