UFC 68: MARCH 3, 2007 IN COLUMBUS, OHIO (Nationwide Arena)
-Tim Sylvia (#5 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Randy Couture
-Matt Hughes (#2 Welterweight)* vs. Chris Lytle
-Rich Franklin (#5 Middleweight)* vs. Jason MacDonald
-Renato “Babalu” Sobral (#6 Light Heavyweight)* vs. Jason Lambert
-Jon Fitch (#7 Welterweight)* vs. Luigi Fioravanti
-Matt Hamill vs. Rex Holman
-Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries
-Jamie Varner vs. TBA
Kampmann-McFedries should be a war. Hopefully it makes the broadcast.
Hammill-Holman will be a 15 minutes of dry-humping. Hopefully it does NOT make the broadcast.[/quote]
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
No guys, Eddie Sanchez tried to push the action. He said so in the post fight interview. However, he says he couldn’t be as aggressive as he wanted to because the mat was slippery. He also says Mirko’s kicks don’t hurt.
Man, I hate excuses. That’s the beauty of fights, no teammates to blame stuff on, it’s all about you. Or in this case, just blame the mat.[/quote]
Cro Cop must’ve had stick 'em on his feet then, because he didn’t have much trouble being aggressive of that slippery mat. lol…
[quote]jjoseph_x wrote:
Sanchez wasn’t a good opponent though. Like Rogan said, he’s was just a sacrificial lamb for CroCop’s debut.
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Keep in mind that UFC’s HW division is too shallow. Any UFC HW would be a “sacrificial lamb”, with the exception of Tim Sylvia. And we all know that CroCop is going to fracture Sylvia’s left femur, worst than Yoshida.
Keep in mind that UFC’s HW division is too shallow. Any UFC HW would be a “sacrificial lamb”, with the exception of Tim Sylvia.
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I wouldn’t go THAT far.
I’d like to see Mirko fight Fedor & Big Nog again, but outside of those two & Josh Barnett (who is already 0-3 versus Mirko) there really isn’t much difference between the second tier Pride heavys (Hunt, Werdum, Aleks, Sergei) and the UFC’s top guys (Sylvia, Arlovski, Vera, Gonzaga).
[quote]ramses wrote:
jjoseph_x wrote:
Sanchez wasn’t a good opponent though. Like Rogan said, he’s was just a sacrificial lamb for CroCop’s debut.
Keep in mind that UFC’s HW division is too shallow. Any UFC HW would be a “sacrificial lamb”, with the exception of Tim Sylvia. And we all know that CroCop is going to fracture Sylvia’s left femur, worst than Yoshida.
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I dunno, what about that French kickboxer. The black dude who’s 6’4" and 240lbs… ripped.
I think that he fight in UFC 65 (or was that 64?).
He’s big and he’s fast and delivers some wicked knees. I’d like to see him fight Crocop or Sylvia.
Sanchez didn’t have a problem with the “slippery mat” when he was running backwards for the last 3 minutes of the fight.
I have to say, what the hell was Patrick Cote thinking? I mean the guy seems to get what he deserves, he had Smith completely rocked and on the edge of being completely knocked the fuck out, but instead of actually hitting him he makes funny faces at him and does a harmless “karate kid” kick.
Why didn’t he try to capitalize, in fact their fight seemed a bit contrived to me, a bit too “fake”, as if they were told ahead of time they would be rewarded if they were to make it a “exciting” (stupid) fight.
Anderson Silva seems to be one of the most respectful fighters out there along with guys like Fedor et cetera.
Big props to CroCop, Rampage, good of the UFC to bring in top talent.
Nevermind, obviously I should have taken into consideration that Cote was probably worried about Scott Smith throwing a last minute haymaker like he did against Pete Sell.
Sorry im late for the discussion but I would have to agree with all you guys. Crocop once again proves why he is my idol. I think it was sorta idiotic to say Mirkos kicks didnt hurt when eddie kept on back peddling. Mirko would have easily kicked his head into the fifth row had he had abit more time and closure to load up his leg. A grounda nd pound was nice but I felt the stopapge was a tad to early,it wasent like Crocops GnP was as deadly as Fedor,but as they say in the fighting world “Its better that a ref stop a fight 3 seconds to early than 3 seconds to late” Btw,did anybody find it absolutely hilarious that when Rogan stepped up to him and asked for a play by play Crocop said nothing? Lol,so cold yet so cool
[quote]mr_slick wrote:
Sorry im late for the discussion but I would have to agree with all you guys. Crocop once again proves why he is my idol.
I think it was sorta idiotic to say Mirkos kicks didnt hurt when eddie kept on back peddling. Mirko would have easily kicked his head into the fifth row had he had abit more time and closure to load up his leg. A grounda nd pound was nice but I felt the stopapge was a tad to early,it wasent like Crocops GnP was as deadly as Fedor,but as they say in the fighting world “Its better that a ref stop a fight 3 seconds to early than 3 seconds to late” Btw,did anybody find it absolutely hilarious that when Rogan stepped up to him and asked for a play by play Crocop said nothing? Lol,so cold yet so cool[/quote]he seems like a very humble guy
I dunno, what about that French kickboxer. The black dude who’s 6’4" and 240lbs… ripped.
I think that he fight in UFC 65 (or was that 64?).
He’s big and he’s fast and delivers some wicked knees. I’d like to see him fight Crocop or Sylvia.
That’s Cheick (sp?) Kongo. He might pose some problems for Cro Cop, but I doubt it.
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Yup that’s his name. I dunno, he’s a good fighter, fit as heck and pretty aggressive. If he isn’t afraid of CroCop, it could be a very good fight.
He also has a good reach, so he’d be a bit further out of the range of CroCop’s punches… thought that wouldn’t help much against that fearsome high kick.
[quote]jjoseph_x wrote:
That’s Cheick (sp?) Kongo. He might pose some problems for Cro Cop, but I doubt it.
Yup that’s his name. I dunno, he’s a good fighter, fit as heck and pretty aggressive. If he isn’t afraid of CroCop, it could be a very good fight.
He also has a good reach, so he’d be a bit further out of the range of CroCop’s punches… thought that wouldn’t help much against that fearsome high kick. [/quote]
True, but Cro Cop will pound away with leg kicks, taking away Cheick’s base and then the onslaught will commense.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
jjoseph_x wrote:
That’s Cheick (sp?) Kongo. He might pose some problems for Cro Cop, but I doubt it.
Yup that’s his name. I dunno, he’s a good fighter, fit as heck and pretty aggressive. If he isn’t afraid of CroCop, it could be a very good fight.
He also has a good reach, so he’d be a bit further out of the range of CroCop’s punches… thought that wouldn’t help much against that fearsome high kick.
True, but Cro Cop will pound away with leg kicks, taking away Cheick’s base and then the onslaught will commense.
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Not to mention Kongo looked like garbage in his fight a couple UFC’s back.
I dunno, what about that French kickboxer. The black dude who’s 6’4" and 240lbs… ripped.
I think that he fight in UFC 65 (or was that 64?).
He’s big and he’s fast and delivers some wicked knees. I’d like to see him fight Crocop or Sylvia.
That’s Cheick (sp?) Kongo. He might pose some problems for Cro Cop, but I doubt it.
Yup that’s his name. I dunno, he’s a good fighter, fit as heck and pretty aggressive. If he isn’t afraid of CroCop, it could be a very good fight.
He also has a good reach, so he’d be a bit further out of the range of CroCop’s punches… thought that wouldn’t help much against that fearsome high kick. [/quote]
Kongo has as much chance as Sanchez had. Which is no chance. Mirko has beaten world-class kickboxers like Jerome LeBanner, Bonjansky. Both who are as big as Congo. More explosive, hit harder and have world-class stand-up skills.
Not to mention Kongo looked like garbage in his fight a couple UFC’s back.[/quote]
That’s because Kongo has no ground game and couldn’t escape three rounds of dry humping by Carmelo Marrero. Cro Cop won’t be able to exploit that particular weakness.
[quote]otoko wrote:
Kongo has as much chance as Sanchez had. Which is no chance. Mirko has beaten world-class kickboxers like Jerome LeBanner, Bonjansky. Both who are as big as Congo. More explosive, hit harder and have world-class stand-up skills. [/quote]
It’s hard to say. Cro Cop fought those guys under K1 rules, where elbows, knees, and the thai clinch are not legal.
Kongo’s game is all about the Thai clinch and throwing knees/elbows. He could give Cro Cop fits if he can control him in the clinch. Cro Cop is pretty good at shrugging off the clinch, but he has never really fought a guy who uses it as his bread and butter. It’s hard to throw the LHK when your opponent has his hands wrapped around the back of your neck.
IMO, it would be very interesting to see how Mirko deals with an eight-point striker who prefers to fight in close rather than in the traditional four-point K1 kickboxing style.
Not to mention Kongo looked like garbage in his fight a couple UFC’s back.
That’s because Kongo has no ground game and couldn’t escape three rounds of dry humping by Carmelo Marrero. Cro Cop won’t be able to exploit that particular weakness.
otoko wrote:
Kongo has as much chance as Sanchez had. Which is no chance. Mirko has beaten world-class kickboxers like Jerome LeBanner, Bonjansky. Both who are as big as Congo. More explosive, hit harder and have world-class stand-up skills.
It’s hard to say. Cro Cop fought those guys under K1 rules, where elbows, knees, and the thai clinch are not legal.
Kongo’s game is all about the Thai clinch and throwing knees/elbows. He could give Cro Cop fits if he can control him in the clinch. Cro Cop is pretty good at shrugging off the clinch, but he has never really fought a guy who uses it as his bread and butter. It’s hard to throw the LHK when your opponent has his hands wrapped around the back of your neck.
IMO, it would be very interesting to see how Mirko deals with an eight-point striker who prefers to fight in close rather than in the traditional four-point K1 kickboxing style.[/quote]
Knees are still allowed in K-1. When Mirko fought in K-1 the clinch was allowed also. The clinch has been limited since last year because of Semmy Schilt’s utter dominance in the clinch(since he is nearly 7 feet tall and has good skills).
Considering he has fought Aerts, Hoost, Bonjansky(LeBanner) who are the cream of the crop of HW Muay Thai. They are not only the best in K-1 but also considered the best in their weight class period under any set of stand-up kickboxing rules, full Muay Thai included. Though not many people know this.
Chiek Congo might be a Muay Thai practitioner that doesn’t mean he is really good at it though.