-- Official Mixed Martial Arts Thread --

[Jaydizzl05]

At Serra Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (Matt Serra's Place)...

he even has a site.... serrajitsu.com

Wow, good stuff man. I'm currently training at Gracie Barra. Do you get to train with Matt Serra or are there other trainers?

[SGExotics]

Wow, good stuff man. I'm currently training at Gracie Barra. Do you get to train with Matt Serra or are there other trainers?

We get to train with matt... and some other trainers as well.. Its pretty cool seeing him on T.v. and on U.F.C. and then training with him...

[MattU]

And that's why they gave him a title shot so quick =P. But yeah of course an organization would want to make the money, but so far they're putting on great fights for us to see.
I can't wait until he fights Shane Carwin, someone who is about his size/weight, and also a wrestler with excellent hands.

I'm hoping carwin can take lesnar... He's done well and all I just really can't stand the guy. I'll be pulling for machida when he fights shogun. Anderson silva mentioned moving up a weight class a while back, have yall heard that? Silva vs machida would be one hell of a fight...

Fedor was my favorite fighter for a long time but I've lost a little faith in him since he turned down danas offer a while back

[Jaydizzl05]

We get to train with matt... and some other trainers as well.. Its pretty cool seeing him on T.v. and on U.F.C. and then training with him...

Yeah that is pretty awesome. Hopefully I'll be seeing some of my training partners up there someday.

I'm hoping carwin can take lesnar... He's done well and all I just really can't stand the guy. I'll be pulling for machida when he fights shogun. Anderson silva mentioned moving up a weight class a while back, have yall heard that? Silva vs machida would be one hell of a fight...

Fedor was my favorite fighter for a long time but I've lost a little faith in him since he turned down danas offer a while back

Unfortunately Silva stated he would never fight Machida, so if the opportunity came, he wouldn't sign the contract.
I still love Fedor, even though he didn't sign with the UFC, he still has some good fights in Strikeforce, Rogers, Werdum, and Overeem. Maybe a rematch with Arlovski if Arlovski can get back in to contention.

[mainbutter]

Anderson silva mentioned moving up a weight class a while back, have yall heard that? Silva vs machida would be one hell of a fight...

Machida would tear him apart. Not for the reasons you might think (younger, bigger), but because Silva's done. He's winding his career down and is ready to stop working so hard all the time. He's got many great fights in him still, but I don't think he has the drive to fight all the time for years to come.

Of course this is all speculation on reading things and limited information presented by the media.

[snakecharmer3638]

Never miss an event.

These are my picks for the night.

Lyoto Machida v. Mauricio Rua ---------- Lyoto Machida
Cain Velasquez v. Ben Rothwell ---------- Cain Velasquez
Gleison Tibau v. Josh Neer ---------- Josh Neer
Joe Stevenson v. Spencer Fisher ---------- Joe Stevenson
Anthony Johnson v. Yoshiyuki Yoshida ---------- Anthony Johnson
Ryan Bader v. Eric Schafer ---------- Ryan Bader
Antoni Hardonk v. Pat Barry ---------- Antoni Hardonk
Yushin Okami v. Chael Sonnen ---------- Yushin Okami
Jorge Rivera v. Rob Kimmons ---------- Jorge Rivera
Kyle Kingsbury v. Razak Al-Hassan ---------- Razak Al-Hassan
Stefan Struve v. Chase Gormley ---------- Stefan Struve

Let me know if you agree or disagree.

[MattU]

Yeah I think silva and machida train together don't they? But I can still wish ha. I think it would be a good fight, they're both incredible fighters. The way silva embarassed Forrest, man I don't think he's close to being done

who does diego sanchez fight next? I'd like to see him have a shot at the belt

[snakecharmer3638]

Machida would tear him apart. Not for the reasons you might think (younger, bigger), but because Silva's done. He's winding his career down and is ready to stop working so hard all the time. He's got many great fights in him still, but I don't think he has the drive to fight all the time for years to come.

Of course this is all speculation on reading things and limited information presented by the media.

I don't know if Anderson/Machida would be a very exciting fight. They are both defensive fighters. And we have already seen what happens when Anderson fights someone who does not attack. Not very interesting.

[snakecharmer3638]

Yeah I think silva and machida train together don't they? But I can still wish ha. I think it would be a good fight, they're both incredible fighters. The way silva embarassed Forrest, man I don't think he's close to being done

who does diego sanchez fight next? I'd like to see him have a shot at the belt

Diego will be fighting Penn on Dec. 12th

[Jaydizzl05]

Like what snakecharmer said, Diego will fight for the belt in December against Penn. Great fight IMO.
My picks for UFC 104 are:

Shogun (Yes I may be the only one but I stick with my favs)
Velasquez
Neer
Stevenson
Rumble

Right now I'm just picking for the main card.