Anything MMA, except thumb wrestling

[Malapropismic Depository]

He gets Jonny Boy in the weight class above Anderson (205).

Sounds like you give Chael no chance at all, of winning in April

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Sounds like you give Chael no chance at all, of winning in April

Would rival Serra beating GSP.

[StillUnknown]

He gets Jonny Boy in the weight class above Anderson (205).

Hendo is my favorite fighter, I'm picking him by KO in the 1st. Every fight I'm worried that Hendo will finally get TKOd, but lately he's just been walloping everyone. He gets cracked so much, but still stays in the game. This isn't Bader or Cotoure's chin, I think Machida's going to have to hit Hendo a few dozen times to get rid of him. Knock on wood!

Dan probably needs to win in impressive fashion to guarantee the title shot. He has the unfortunate luck of fighting before the Gustafsson/Mousasi match. If Hendo wins ugly and the winner of Goose/Moose wins impressively, Dana has been known to change his mine once or a dozen times.

[Malapropismic Depository]

Dan probably needs to win in impressive fashion to guarantee the title shot.

How so, since he was scheduled to fight Jones only a few months ago, and only a last minute injury kept him from that title shot ? and of course, hasn't lost any fights since that last scheduled title fight ?

Does the recent injury itself lower him as a contender ?

[StillUnknown]

How so, since he was scheduled to fight Jones only a few months ago, and only a last minute injury kept him from that title shot ? and of course, hasn't lost any fights since that last scheduled title fight ?

Does the recent injury itself lower him as a contender ?

Recent MMA title shots seem to be more about "what have you done lately". Any form of victory over Machida would be enough in my eyes to guarantee Hendo a title shot, but recent trends suggest otherwise.

[Dr. Do Itch Big]

Dan Henderson deserves a title shot. How close is Cub Swanson to a title shot? Will he ever get one considering how the match up between him and Jose went the first time.

[StillUnknown]

Dan Henderson deserves a title shot. How close is Cub Swanson to a title shot? Will he ever get one considering how the match up between him and Jose went the first time.

He has to be in the mix with Lamas & the Korean Zombie. His fight with Aldo was almost 4 years ago, Cub has obviously improved a lot since then. If Bigfoot can get a rematch against Cain, Swanson should be able to get one against Aldo.

[#98QBKiller]

That Te Huna entrance was classic. If you come out like that you'd better win your fight.


Love seeing Gunnar Nelson win too. Now that Demian Maia is at 170, I'd pay good money to see them fight each other.

[lovetoaster]

He gets Jonny Boy in the weight class above Anderson (205).

Hendo is my favorite fighter, I'm picking him by KO in the 1st. Every fight I'm worried that Hendo will finally get TKOd, but lately he's just been walloping everyone. He gets cracked so much, but still stays in the game. This isn't Bader or Cotoure's chin, I think Machida's going to have to hit Hendo a few dozen times to get rid of him. Knock on wood!

No kidding, man. I am in the same boat. I love Hendo and am a little nervous every time he fights, but I feel pretty confident about this one for soem reason.

[#98QBKiller]

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/2/18...ondit-mma-news

Rory MacDonald out of UFC 158, no replacement yet

Rory MacDonald has been forced out of his UFC 158 rematch with Carlos Condit due to an injury, according to a report.


According to sources close to the fight, MacDonald suffered an undisclosed injury in training, which has forced him to withdraw from his fight against Condit at UFC 158.

No opponent has been signed to replace MacDonald against Condit next month. As of now, he is still expected to compete on the card.

MacDonald (14-1) was looking to avenge the only loss of his career in a rematch with Condit (28-6). It remains to be seen if the UFC will decide to break up the third big welterweight fight on the card, Jake Ellenberger vs. Johny Hendricks, and promote one of them into the fight with Condit or if they will bring in someone who wasn't originally scheduled for the card. UFC president Dana White stated that the card was welterweight-heavy in case something like this happened, but we'll have to wait and see.

The card will be main-evented by a UFC welterweight title fight between champion Georges St. Pierre and former Strikeforce champ Nick Diaz.

[lovetoaster]

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/2/18...ondit-mma-news

Yeah, I saw that. That sucks. I was looking forward to that card and welterweight madness. I thought Dana offering the fight to Saffedine and him turning it down was interesting. I wonder who fights Ellenberger now? Woodley? Maia?

[styx491]

Condit/Hendricks is pretty exciting, and Hendricks will be all but due a shot at GSP if he wins. Sucks that the event lost a great fight though, although Rory will probably fight Carlos eventually anyways. 158 needs another good main event matchup now.

[#98QBKiller]

I wonder if Erick Silva is available for the Ellenberger fight?

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Johny Hendricks is one of my favorite fighters. Practically a mirror image of Dan Henderson. H-Bomb 2.0. The Condit fight just got upgraded a little in my book. Condit is a hardnosed mother****er, I'm leaning towards him winning a decision. If Hendricks knocks him out, **** will have just gotten real.

[lovetoaster]

Nate Marquardt steps in to meet Jake Ellenberger at UFC 158 in Montreal

Former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nate Marquardt (32-11-2 MMA, 10-4 UFC) will meet Jake Ellenberger (28-6 MMA, 7-2 UFC) at UFC 158, a source close to the event told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on Monday evening.

Marquardt fills a spot left vacant by Johny Hendricks, who was tapped to meet onetime UFC title challenger Carlos Condit when Rory MacDonald was forced to withdraw from the event due to injury.

Marquardt vs. Ellenberger still serves on the March 16 event's pay-per-view main card, which follows prelims on FX and Facebook.

UFC 158 takes place at Montreal's Bell Centre.

Marquardt hopes to rebound after losing his Strikeforce welterweight belt in the promotion's final event, which took place this past month in Oklahoma City. Tarec Saffiedine battered the onetime UFC middleweight title challenger with leg kicks en route to a unanimous-decision win.

Did not expect that one. I was expecting Woodley or Maia, but Nate did destroy both of them. But he is coming off of a loss in which his leg was absolutely battered. I am surprised that he is ready, but I suppose they would not send him in there if he wasn't. And who knows whether those other guys even wanted the fight on short notice.