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[puppetmaster]

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He hit Luke exactly how he practiced it. Geez.


Vitor is starting to catch some flack about how he was acting at the post fight presser




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[The Infamous]

Helwani just tweeted:

Just confirmed w/ UFC: @markhunt1974 got his visa & is "likely" flying out this evening. Crisis averted. We have ourselves a co-main event.

 

[Screwface Exchange]

how are so many people getting caught with this lol. Didnt Uriah Hall blam the hell out of somebody just last month too?

It takes more motions and milliseconds before impact, you'd think they'd be able to get out of the way, I could see if it were punctuation to a combo, that way someone is flinching at other motions, but a straight spin kick and they lookin at the kick like :damnlol:

Its because the caliper of these guys stand up game is extremely lacking these days. As the steady money in mma is gettin better and better, the fighters are concentrating on jus winning the match more and more and less about tryin 2 get flashy finishes and stoppages. More concentration on wrestling and grappling to control the ring and defend, and less training on muay thai and kick boxing and jus real boxing.

every1 saw Vitor's last fight win wit a leg kick, that tape should've been studied and no matter what if you lose, it better not b by a kick. Same thing wit dat last Roy nelson fight, u know bout Roy's loopin 1 shot power, how u let that 1 exact punch land n get u? Wha were you possible training for, a double leg takedown defense?

 

[jackswstd]

I'msorry but ViTRTor has a damn good chance of beating Andy

Let's not get ahead of ourselves now. He may have pulled a few kicks out his ass to get KO's, but Spider wrote the book on knocking cats out with unconventional moves.

 

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On the post-fight show, Sonnen and Cormier were throwing around fight ideas:


Vitor/Anderson II

Vitor/Jacare(Jacare basically called him out after he beat camozzi anyway....Chael said Vitor is scared to death of Anderson b/c he didn't flat out say he wanted a rematch)

Jacare/Okami

Rockhold/Bisping(Bisping claimed he beat Rockhold in sparring on "MMA Uncensored" so...the fight pretty much makes itself)


Cormier said they both need to be fighting on the Boston card to kick off Fox Sport 1's debut.



Vitor/Spider II....for the title.....in Brazil.....in that stadium

 

[The Infamous]

I'msorry but ViTRTor has a damn good chance of beating Andy

No, he doesn't. Anderson is better everywhere. Belfort only has a puncher's chance, a small one at that when you consider Anderson's excellent defence, chin and head movement.

 

[The ADD]

No, he doesn't. Anderson is better everywhere. Belfort only has a puncher's chance, a small one at that when you consider Anderson's excellent defence, chin and head movement.

Those 1st two rounds would be anybody's in my book after that Spider has the edge. I'm not saying ViTRTor would definitely beat him but he isn't the same fighter (we know why) as the last time they fought.

 

[Strapped]

Vitor needs to see Jacare

 

[puppetmaster]

Yea I hope it's Jacare v Vitor or even Mousassi v Vitor who has said he's interested in 185 again. Anderson is unlikely to entertain Vitor a second time and I do not want to watch Okami lay on top of Vitor for 3 rounds. It's too bad Sonnen went back to 205, he's made quite a few snide remarks about Belfort, that'd have been a fun buildup



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[pez]

Talking about Anderson Silva fighting Vitor means we're overlooking Weidman. Vitor is looking beast now that he added kicks to his arsenal (and TRT LOL).

Weidman can definitely upset Andy. Andy getting to that age. Fedor was completely unbeatable looking and then he loses 3 in a row. I see that coming for Andy. He's getting up there. When he loses that half a step, he's going to lose a few. It happens.

 

[pez]

Pure entertainment and interest-wise, I wanna see Vitor vs Anderson Silva over any other match up except Silva vs Jones.

 

[The ADD]

Yea I hope it's Jacare v Vitor or even Mousassi v Vitor who has said he's interested in 185 again. Anderson is unlikely to entertain Vitor a second time and I do not want to watch Okami lay on top of Vitor for 3 rounds. It's too bad Sonnen went back to 205, he's made quite a few snide remarks about Belfort, that'd have been a fun buildup



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[yo moms]

i pray that vitor fights anderson again. i want anderson to punish that steroid abusing bytch. silva will show him what real skills are.

 

[Roman Brady]

I am in 2 minds about the spot vitor is in, on one had KO'n bisbing (who was on the cusp of a title fight) and rockhold (who was sf mw champ) should demand a rematch with silva.However the fashion in which he loss the first fight was pretty conclusive.Why exactly does this fight need to happen again? how is vitor any different from the last time they fought.And why should anderson even accept

 

[Change]

Talking about Anderson Silva fighting Vitor means we're overlooking Weidman. Vitor is looking beast now that he added kicks to his arsenal (and TRT LOL).

Weidman can definitely upset Andy. Andy getting to that age. Fedor was completely unbeatable looking and then he loses 3 in a row. I see that coming for Andy. He's getting up there. When he loses that half a step, he's going to lose a few. It happens.

Yeah good point. Weidman VS Belfort was trying to be made by Silva but Weidman turned it down (ducked to the top). I really wanted that fight. I was bummed that Weidman avoided it. I'd love to see it and actually think it would be better now. I hope Weidman loses to Silva and we still get to see this fight somehow.

Mousasi and Vitor have a tiny history as well. They had a fight proposed in Affliction after Vitor challenged Fedor when his opponent was hurt. Mousasi tried to fight Vitor at catchweight but Vitor turned it down. (I think that's all right. I"m going by memory but it's been a few years.)

I also think people are forgetting about Munoz. Imo you'll be SHOCKED how fast the UFC moves him up the ladder if he beats Boetsch. He's still ranked highly even after all this time and a loss.