[quote]analog_kid wrote:
Doug Adams wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
Shit, Aleksander is fighting too?! Damn…
I’m not holding my breath on that one due to his criminal history. He has a “not signed” asterisk next to his name too.
I have my doubts as well. But you never know…
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I’m not sure how they arranged it, but he fought in Canada earlier this year. There are exceptions for sports/entertainment in Canada, something similar may be possible in the US.
gotta feel bad for silvia, coming off the loss to nog, he’s in for the beating of his life. could be a career-ender.
No fucking way Aleksander gets a visa.
I see Fedor dominating Sylvia. I tried to talk myself into the whole “Well Sylvia is big, hits hard, and is pretty hard to take down” argument, but no. I had kinda forgotten how great Fedor was until I rewatched Fedor v. Nog. Nog would try to clinch and Fedor would throw him off with one arm. Effortless. He would dance around and snap his head back with a jab at will. I see his power being too much for Tim. I think Fedor throws 1-2, clinch, takedown, ground and pound (insert pain here), then submission. Round 1.
[quote]danew wrote:
I see Fedor dominating Sylvia. I tried to talk myself into the whole “Well Sylvia is big, hits hard, and is pretty hard to take down” argument, but no. I had kinda forgotten how great Fedor was until I rewatched Fedor v. Nog. Nog would try to clinch and Fedor would throw him off with one arm. Effortless.
He would dance around and snap his head back with a jab at will. I see his power being too much for Tim. I think Fedor throws 1-2, clinch, takedown, ground and pound (insert pain here), then submission. Round 1.[/quote]
That’s pretty much how I see it going down.
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As much as I love the Affliction designs, it feels way to “Nascar” to me.
Wait, that’s Fedor next to a dead body?!
whole press conference
Cool. Thanks for that.
[quote]OMC wrote:
whole press conference[/quote]
By the way, this really IS a sick card! Probably better than 99% of all UFC cards
At the press conference they announced that it is official: Aleks is fighting Buentello. 
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
No fucking way Aleksander gets a visa.[/quote]
Hah hah in my messages center this thread came up as “Fedor vs Tim Sylvia OFF”. I almost shat myself 
[quote]Damici wrote:
At the press conference they announced that it is official: Aleks is fighting Buentello.
Donut62 wrote:
No fucking way Aleksander gets a visa.
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They can announce whatever the hell they want, I won’t believe it until I see it. I will be surprised as hell if they can get a convicted member of organized crime with armed felonies on his record onto US soil without getting tasered and being on the wrong end of the butt stock of an MP5. Mark Hunt couldn’t get a visa for some misdemeanors.
Ok, so he’ll have to endure a little tasering and smacking around via rifle butt in the airport security side room. Big deal! Then he’s here and free to fight!
On a serious note, I have to think the promoters looked into the visa issue long and hard before they officially signed the fight. I hope so, anyway.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
Damici wrote:
At the press conference they announced that it is official: Aleks is fighting Buentello.
Donut62 wrote:
No fucking way Aleksander gets a visa.
They can announce whatever the hell they want, I won’t believe it until I see it. I will be surprised as hell if they can get a convicted member of organized crime with armed felonies on his record onto US soil without getting tasered and being on the wrong end of the butt stock of an MP5. Mark Hunt couldn’t get a visa for some misdemeanors.[/quote]
Me too, I’d love to see Aleks fight here.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
Me too, I’d love to see Aleks fight here.[/quote]
They could always have the event at Niagara Falls and Aleks could fight on the Canadian side…or have ring over the middle of the Falls (if FOX ever airs MMA live, they may just try it!)
[quote]Ruggerlife wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
Me too, I’d love to see Aleks fight here.
They could always have the event at Niagara Falls and Aleks could fight on the Canadian side…or have ring over the middle of the Falls (if FOX ever airs MMA live, they may just try it!)[/quote]
Great then if one of his opponents gets rocked he can just run over to the US side to pull himself together lol.
OMC
So now “The Donald” is helping to back this card, interesting!
I wonder if Tito will be signing on? I assume he was referring to a future card, would Tito be able to fight by mid-july?
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
…Ben Rothwell floating out there…[/quote]
(WAY off topic!)
I’ve been out of the loop for a long time, but I used to train a bit with Tim and Ben. Does Ben not fight on the Silverbacks IFL team anymore? I don’t even know if the IFL is still running