ATTN: Mystic_Gohan - Page 10

Empathy · 04-07-2008

I'm glad Karo lost, but I still think he beats Alves seven-out-of-ten times. In other news, Florian won, but he won in the absolute lamest way possible. I'm getting sick of Ken-Flo throwing illegal elbows and pounding out a boring stoppage. Those punches weren't hurting Lauzon, but I can see why the ref stopped it because Lauzon wasn't getting out. I'm not blaming Herb Dean...I'm blaming Florian for winning that way. Huerta will beat him if they fight. Roger has better hands.

Also, they should've shown the Marcus Areulio fight. That armbar was awesome. I'll try to find the gif.

Madness · 04-07-2008

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Originally Posted by Empathy

Marcus Areulio fight.

Marcus Areulio? Did he have his revenge in this life? Or the next?

Oh wait, that was Marcus Aurellius. My bad

Crazy Canuck · 04-08-2008

Can't argue with the stoppage. Joe had ample time to get out of that position and he couldn't do it. As for the elbows, I don't mind them if they are thrown with the intention of doing damage. Florian throws them to merely cut his opponents. The difference really is that a "damaging" elbow is thrown with tremendous arc and downward momentum. Florian throws short elbows with the "slicing" like arc designed to cut his opponents.

Watch David "The Crow" Louisau (butchered his last name I'm sure) throw elbows in his prime. Now that is the way to throw an elbow...they knocked Tanner completely senseless in their fight.

Also, I agree with Huerta beating Florian. I think Huerta can keep it standing and blast out a win. Florian is pretty good in top position so hopefully Huerta doesn't end up on his back. Although, Crane had much better pure grappling credentials than Kenny and Huerta managed to grapple with him okay.

And yeah, that was a sweet armbar. I downloaded all the fights unaired on the internet. In my opinion, the best two parts of the entire broadcast weren't shown: the fantastic armbar by Marcus shown above, and the absolute decimation of Tommy Speer. He was huddled unconcious against the fence for a good while.

Now I suppose we gotta wait for UFC 83 in Montreal. All I can say is that if anyone wants to bet on Serra I'm down for an AV and sig bet as long as I get GSP

Empathy · 04-09-2008

No one is willing to risk anything on an injured, 9-4 Matt Serra.

But M_G, I watched the K-1 fights. I honestly felt like Buakaw should've lost. But I can't say the same for "Iron" Mike who got head kicked.

Mystic_Gohan · 04-09-2008

To be honest, I wasn't impressed by Buakaw's performance, and I'm sure he wasn't either. He went back to his old style, predominantly using kicks, I expected him to use more punches and I'm not sure why he didn't, perhaps he injured his hand in training? It was a very very close fight but Buakaw just threw more shots and landed them cleanly enough. I thought Buakaw won all 3 rounds, but just barely. The extra round Kraus won, I'd say. K-1 judges are always known to be flip-floppy... they've even gone against Buakaw in the past, but this time they were on his side. Nevertheless, I'm still supporting Buakaw till the end.

Andy Souwer vs Mike Zambidis was a good match. Many people expected Zamby to KO Souwer, but it was vice versa. Souwer was doing good with the leg kicks, just by looking at their target, you could tell they were effective. Zamby just gave it his all, in the 3rd round, and was gassed in the end. He was less aggressive, and Souwer took it to his advantage, found an opening, and caught him with a left high kick on the temple. Masato also won his match against Kalakoda. He came out really strong in the first round, showing he's the more complete K-1 fighter, with a good mixture of punches and kicks. Kalakoda said in the pre-fight interviews that Masato would be crazy to try and outbox him and he wasn't worried about Masato's boxing ability. Masato is good against orthodox boxers, and this time was no exception, with a nice KO, and an impressive start in the tournament. Right now, I can see either Souwer or Masato taking it all, but I still have hope that Buakaw will pull through.

Other than UFC 83, some other fights I'm really anticipating are: Mark Hunt vs. Semmy Schilt in K-1, and Fedor vs. Tim Sylvia (Which was confirmed as 100%).

Mystic_Gohan · 04-13-2008

Damn it... Mark Hunt got KOed. He can't be KOed by head shots but teh LIVER SHOT will work on almost anyone. And if you've ever taken a hard shot to the liver before, you'd know how painful it is. It doesn't happen instantly after taking the shot, but the pain just spreads and your body goes into a state of shock. Your arms and legs, they just start to crumble, and your body starts shutting down. Now while this is happening, your head is fine, so it's not like a head shot KO where you don't know what's going on. So you're trying to move your legs and get up but their just not responding and you're thinking to yourself "WTF is happening?" It's very unpleasant, it's comparable with getting stabbed with a sword, and than the sword gradually penetrating through your back. Here's a good example, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins, prior to this, Oscar had never really gotten seriously hurt in a fight and Hopkins isn't really known as a power puncher either...

YouTube - Boxing - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins 2004 - 09 - 19

Anyways, this is turning out like 2007 all over again. Fights aren't going the way I predict them.

Crazy Canuck · 04-13-2008

Naw, I knew Schilt was going to be way too much for Hunt. The stoppage was unexpected but Hunt didn't have the boxing skills needed to compete with a man of Schilt's physical stature. This is why my interest in K-1 has faded, specifically because of Schilt. His dominance in K-1 isn't a true reflection of his skill.

Empathy · 04-13-2008

I watched this fight. I don't know a whole lot about K-1, but I assumed Schilt would win this one. Now I'm looking forward to next Saturday for two reasons, A) more importantly, UFC 83, where St. Pierre and Danzig will both be victorious, and B) on HDNet there is going to be a small event with a X-Games/BMX pro making his MMA debut. Should be funny, at the least.

Mystic_Gohan · 04-14-2008

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Naw, I knew Schilt was going to be way too much for Hunt. The stoppage was unexpected but Hunt didn't have the boxing skills needed to compete with a man of Schilt's physical stature. This is why my interest in K-1 has faded, specifically because of Schilt. His dominance in K-1 isn't a true reflection of his skill.

I had a feeling Schilt would win, I just had high hopes Hunt would pull the upset. Schilt using his size and reach to his advantage, keeping his distance, was predicted. It was the stoppage that caught me off guard. Stopping Mark Hunt is no easy task, and in one round no less, unexpected and unfortunate.

And finally UFC 83 is only a few days away, I've been anticipating this event for months. I would've actually bought tickets for it, if it didn't get sold out in 1 minute. Doesn't matter though, my friend's getting the PPV and we'll all watch it there. If GSP loses again... then oh shit. But that just can't happen, right now in my mind, GSP losing to Serra is an impossibility and I see it not getting past the 2nd round, GSP said himself that he would go straight for the finish. But fighting in his home crowd, that's a lot of pressure, and GSP isn't as strong mentally as he is physically, lets just hope it doesn't go to his head.

Crazy Canuck · 04-15-2008

GSP will avenge this loss, he will not mentally crumble again. He's too pissed off to mentally crumble again I think.

Besides, he's been training with Denis Kang for a few months to sharpen up his boxing

Empathy · 04-20-2008

The main card was great, with one exception: Quarry versus Starnes. But even that terrible fight can't stain the perfect main-event. St.-Pierre rules and will be the champion for a long time to come. At least Serra was decent afterwards, though.

Can't want to see the Demian Maia fight when it goes up tomorrow. Also, Mac Danzig's fight was cool. I like the guy.

Mystic_Gohan · 04-21-2008

St. Pierre man-handled Serra as expected. Those knees to the body were vicious. Now I'm anticipating GSP vs. Fitch, if he's able to perform as he has in his recent fights, there will be no one left in his division that can stop him.

The Quarry vs. Starnes fight was like watching someone run a marathon, I couldn't wait till it was over. Starnes was just too afraid to engage, and I'm sure he lost a lot of fans after that horrible performance, I wouldn't be surprised if they booted him out of the UFC.

Empathy · 04-21-2008

I don't think Jon Fitch stands a chance. I've always been a fan of his but his only strong point is wrestling and GSP's wrestling now is just as good. GSP beats him on the feet.

On another note,

Mystic_Gohan · 04-21-2008

Apparently he ran as a way of protest, against the UFC for underpaid fighters and them not paying for his medical bills during TUF. Still a cowardly move, you disappoint the fans who went to the event, in his own country no less... at the end of the day, you just look like a douche. If he wanted to get back at the UFC, he should've just gave it his all and go out with a bang, instead he does the exact opposite.

And I agree with you about Fitch. "I am not impressed with his wrestling" *in French accent*.

GSP is a far superior wrestler than Fitch. The funny thing is that he is a Karate practitioner at heart, but after watching him out wrestling wrestlers, and his excellent ground game, it kinda overshadows it. Honestly, I consider Hughes and Koscheck, both of which GSP has beaten, having better wrestling than Fitch.

Crazy Canuck · 04-22-2008

GSP is the worst match-up possible for anyone with a strong wrestling/grappling pedigree. I see Fitch succumbing to the same fate as Sherk, Hughes, Koscheck, Serra, Heiron, Karo...etc.

If the Starnes "protest" was true I think he should apologize to all the fans who had to watch that incessant bullshit. Props for Nate for at least attempting to make it exciting and I hope to see him against more game opponents in the future. What a disgrace Starnes, you embarrassed Canada in Montreal as well as yourself.

Anyways, I'm friggin pumped for 84. There's so many good fights on that card and Penn always has entertaining fights (minus the Renzo fight).

Oh and a note on the second gif. Stanes predicted a second round arm-triangle for the win and that's Nate mocking him for it... pretty funny stuff.

04-07-2008	#136 (permalink)
Empathy (22) Super Saiyan 3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Parts, Unknown Posts: 2,016 Rep Power: 25	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan I'm glad Karo lost, but I still think he beats Alves seven-out-of-ten times. In other news, Florian won, but he won in the absolute lamest way possible. I'm getting sick of Ken-Flo throwing illegal elbows and pounding out a boring stoppage. Those punches weren't hurting Lauzon, but I can see why the ref stopped it because Lauzon wasn't getting out. I'm not blaming Herb Dean...I'm blaming Florian for winning that way. Huerta will beat him if they fight. Roger has better hands. Also, they should've shown the Marcus Areulio fight. That armbar was awesome. I'll try to find the gif. __________________

04-08-2008	#138 (permalink)
Crazy Canuck (9) Namekian Warrior Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Rep Power: 1	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan Can't argue with the stoppage. Joe had ample time to get out of that position and he couldn't do it. As for the elbows, I don't mind them if they are thrown with the intention of doing damage. Florian throws them to merely cut his opponents. The difference really is that a "damaging" elbow is thrown with tremendous arc and downward momentum. Florian throws short elbows with the "slicing" like arc designed to cut his opponents. Watch David "The Crow" Louisau (butchered his last name I'm sure) throw elbows in his prime. Now that is the way to throw an elbow...they knocked Tanner completely senseless in their fight. Also, I agree with Huerta beating Florian. I think Huerta can keep it standing and blast out a win. Florian is pretty good in top position so hopefully Huerta doesn't end up on his back. Although, Crane had much better pure grappling credentials than Kenny and Huerta managed to grapple with him okay. And yeah, that was a sweet armbar. I downloaded all the fights unaired on the internet. In my opinion, the best two parts of the entire broadcast weren't shown: the fantastic armbar by Marcus shown above, and the absolute decimation of Tommy Speer. He was huddled unconcious against the fence for a good while. Now I suppose we gotta wait for UFC 83 in Montreal. All I can say is that if anyone wants to bet on Serra I'm down for an AV and sig bet as long as I get GSP

04-09-2008	#139 (permalink)
Empathy (22) Super Saiyan 3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Parts, Unknown Posts: 2,016 Rep Power: 25	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan No one is willing to risk anything on an injured, 9-4 Matt Serra. But M_G, I watched the K-1 fights. I honestly felt like Buakaw should've lost. But I can't say the same for "Iron" Mike who got head kicked. __________________

04-09-2008	#140 (permalink)
Mystic_Gohan (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,474 Rep Power: 3	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan To be honest, I wasn't impressed by Buakaw's performance, and I'm sure he wasn't either. He went back to his old style, predominantly using kicks, I expected him to use more punches and I'm not sure why he didn't, perhaps he injured his hand in training? It was a very very close fight but Buakaw just threw more shots and landed them cleanly enough. I thought Buakaw won all 3 rounds, but just barely. The extra round Kraus won, I'd say. K-1 judges are always known to be flip-floppy... they've even gone against Buakaw in the past, but this time they were on his side. Nevertheless, I'm still supporting Buakaw till the end. Andy Souwer vs Mike Zambidis was a good match. Many people expected Zamby to KO Souwer, but it was vice versa. Souwer was doing good with the leg kicks, just by looking at their target, you could tell they were effective. Zamby just gave it his all, in the 3rd round, and was gassed in the end. He was less aggressive, and Souwer took it to his advantage, found an opening, and caught him with a left high kick on the temple. Masato also won his match against Kalakoda. He came out really strong in the first round, showing he's the more complete K-1 fighter, with a good mixture of punches and kicks. Kalakoda said in the pre-fight interviews that Masato would be crazy to try and outbox him and he wasn't worried about Masato's boxing ability. Masato is good against orthodox boxers, and this time was no exception, with a nice KO, and an impressive start in the tournament. Right now, I can see either Souwer or Masato taking it all, but I still have hope that Buakaw will pull through. Other than UFC 83, some other fights I'm really anticipating are: Mark Hunt vs. Semmy Schilt in K-1, and Fedor vs. Tim Sylvia (Which was confirmed as 100%).

04-13-2008	#141 (permalink)
Mystic_Gohan (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,474 Rep Power: 3	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan Damn it... Mark Hunt got KOed. He can't be KOed by head shots but teh LIVER SHOT will work on almost anyone. And if you've ever taken a hard shot to the liver before, you'd know how painful it is. It doesn't happen instantly after taking the shot, but the pain just spreads and your body goes into a state of shock. Your arms and legs, they just start to crumble, and your body starts shutting down. Now while this is happening, your head is fine, so it's not like a head shot KO where you don't know what's going on. So you're trying to move your legs and get up but their just not responding and you're thinking to yourself "WTF is happening?" It's very unpleasant, it's comparable with getting stabbed with a sword, and than the sword gradually penetrating through your back. Here's a good example, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins, prior to this, Oscar had never really gotten seriously hurt in a fight and Hopkins isn't really known as a power puncher either... YouTube - Boxing - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins 2004 - 09 - 19 Anyways, this is turning out like 2007 all over again. Fights aren't going the way I predict them.

04-13-2008	#142 (permalink)
Crazy Canuck (9) Namekian Warrior Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Rep Power: 1	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan Naw, I knew Schilt was going to be way too much for Hunt. The stoppage was unexpected but Hunt didn't have the boxing skills needed to compete with a man of Schilt's physical stature. This is why my interest in K-1 has faded, specifically because of Schilt. His dominance in K-1 isn't a true reflection of his skill.

04-13-2008	#143 (permalink)
Empathy (22) Super Saiyan 3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Parts, Unknown Posts: 2,016 Rep Power: 25	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan I watched this fight. I don't know a whole lot about K-1, but I assumed Schilt would win this one. Now I'm looking forward to next Saturday for two reasons, A) more importantly, UFC 83, where St. Pierre and Danzig will both be victorious, and B) on HDNet there is going to be a small event with a X-Games/BMX pro making his MMA debut. Should be funny, at the least. __________________

04-15-2008	#145 (permalink)
Crazy Canuck (9) Namekian Warrior Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Rep Power: 1	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan GSP will avenge this loss, he will not mentally crumble again. He's too pissed off to mentally crumble again I think. Besides, he's been training with Denis Kang for a few months to sharpen up his boxing

04-20-2008	#146 (permalink)
Empathy (22) Super Saiyan 3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Parts, Unknown Posts: 2,016 Rep Power: 25	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan The main card was great, with one exception: Quarry versus Starnes. But even that terrible fight can't stain the perfect main-event. St.-Pierre rules and will be the champion for a long time to come. At least Serra was decent afterwards, though. Can't want to see the Demian Maia fight when it goes up tomorrow. Also, Mac Danzig's fight was cool. I like the guy. __________________

04-21-2008	#147 (permalink)
Mystic_Gohan (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,474 Rep Power: 3	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan St. Pierre man-handled Serra as expected. Those knees to the body were vicious. Now I'm anticipating GSP vs. Fitch, if he's able to perform as he has in his recent fights, there will be no one left in his division that can stop him. The Quarry vs. Starnes fight was like watching someone run a marathon, I couldn't wait till it was over. Starnes was just too afraid to engage, and I'm sure he lost a lot of fans after that horrible performance, I wouldn't be surprised if they booted him out of the UFC.

04-21-2008	#148 (permalink)
Empathy (22) Super Saiyan 3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Parts, Unknown Posts: 2,016 Rep Power: 25	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan I don't think Jon Fitch stands a chance. I've always been a fan of his but his only strong point is wrestling and GSP's wrestling now is just as good. GSP beats him on the feet. On another note, __________________

04-21-2008	#149 (permalink)
Mystic_Gohan (20) Super Saiyan 2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,474 Rep Power: 3	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan Apparently he ran as a way of protest, against the UFC for underpaid fighters and them not paying for his medical bills during TUF. Still a cowardly move, you disappoint the fans who went to the event, in his own country no less... at the end of the day, you just look like a douche. If he wanted to get back at the UFC, he should've just gave it his all and go out with a bang, instead he does the exact opposite. And I agree with you about Fitch. "I am not impressed with his wrestling" in French accent. GSP is a far superior wrestler than Fitch. The funny thing is that he is a Karate practitioner at heart, but after watching him out wrestling wrestlers, and his excellent ground game, it kinda overshadows it. Honestly, I consider Hughes and Koscheck, both of which GSP has beaten, having better wrestling than Fitch.

04-22-2008	#150 (permalink)
Crazy Canuck (9) Namekian Warrior Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 105 Rep Power: 1	Re: ATTN: Mystic_Gohan GSP is the worst match-up possible for anyone with a strong wrestling/grappling pedigree. I see Fitch succumbing to the same fate as Sherk, Hughes, Koscheck, Serra, Heiron, Karo...etc. If the Starnes "protest" was true I think he should apologize to all the fans who had to watch that incessant bullshit. Props for Nate for at least attempting to make it exciting and I hope to see him against more game opponents in the future. What a disgrace Starnes, you embarrassed Canada in Montreal as well as yourself. Anyways, I'm friggin pumped for 84. There's so many good fights on that card and Penn always has entertaining fights (minus the Renzo fight). Oh and a note on the second gif. Stanes predicted a second round arm-triangle for the win and that's Nate mocking him for it... pretty funny stuff.