I Wear Pants;701598 wrote:Met Rampage Jackson in my hotel the other day.

cool. hopefully it was as cool as my experience with a UFC fighter.

there was a USAMMA event here in lafayette, and my buddy was fighting in the undercard (ken shamrock was the main event) i went to the bathroom and pissed in the urinal right next to forrest griffin. after we both washed up we chit chatted on the way back to our seats (he was on the other side of the octogon from me) and he said my buddy looked good in his fight.

pretty cool cat, but from watching him in the ultimate fighter house, i got that vibe from him all the time.

I didn't really talk to him much as I don't really like bugging dudes when they're not at events to get bugged (If he was at the Arnold or something I would have talked more but I don't like swamping dudes at their hotel or something). Just said "hi" and asked how he was doing. I had stuff to do and it looked like he did too.

One of the coolest experiences I've had was meeting Bas Rutten though. By far my favorite fighter of all time and a really nice and cool dude.

Starting with UFC 129, PPVs will run from 9p-12a:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/22753/ufc-129-st-pierre-vs-shields-future-pay-per-views-to-start-one-hour-earlier.mma

^^^Big fan of that.

Fedor/Hendo has been rumored for this summer.

9-12 makes me a happy camper

I know Hendo would love a shot at Fedor I know that was one of the reasons he went to strikeforce was for that fight. I dont know if Fedor will drop down to 205 for that fight or Hendo will agree to go up but im sure fedor will eb happy to finally fight someone smaller after the bigfoot fight

I would love to see Fedor drop to 205.

Fedor would demolish at 205 IMO. It would be awesome.

I Wear Pants;705535 wrote:Fedor would demolish at 205 IMO. It would be awesome.

I concur.

What are the fights that you guys are really looking forward to here in the next few months?

UFC 129 - April 30th on PPV from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(c) Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields for Welterweight Title
(c) Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick for Featherweight Title
Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida
Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek

This one.

robj55;705557 wrote:What are the fights that you guys are really looking forward to here in the next few months?

The next 4 UFC ppv's.

-128 b/c I'll be glad to see Shogun KO Jones
-129 is great all around
-130 is stacked
-131 b/c of Brock and Cigano

205 is imo the best division in mma im not so sure fedor would dominate it. Now i think the only person who can challange Fedor in strikeforce at 205 is but if he was in the UFC i would give the top 3-4 guys in the ufc a good chance at beating him. Fedor really wouldnt be a huge 205lber probably more on the average/big side I know guys like Griffin walk around at around 230 most of the year. I would love to see a fedor vs Randy Couture fight. I still have to argue that Fedor hasnt won a big fight since 2006 I dont think he is the force everyone thinks he still is. SInce 2006 he has beat Mark hunt, Lindland, Hong man choi, Sylvia, Arlovski, and Brett Rodgers not exactly a good fighter in there. Alot of ok fighters but no guys who are really great. I know Arlovski and Sylvia were champions in the UFC but thats when the HW division was really bad.

IMO Bones will take out Shogun!

I don't think Fedor would walk through everyone at 205 but he would be a beast. Just my opinion.

I'm not sure about Bones and Shogun. Should be interesting.

Fab1b;705782 wrote:IMO Bones will take out Shogun!

With Shogun being a +165, I'll be putting money on him lol.

If Shogun is healthy I'll take him.

UFC purchases Strikeforce; organizations to operate independently:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/22807/ufc-purchases-strikeforce.mma

Upcoming cards with big fights listed:

UFC 128 - March 19th on PPV from Newark, New Jersey
Shogun Rua (c) vs. Jon Jones for Light Heavyweight Title
Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
Dan Miller vs. Nate Marquardt
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Brendan Schaub

UFC Fight Night 24 - March 26th on Spike TV from Seattle, Washington
Phil Davis vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson
Amir Sadollah vs. James Wilks
Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan II

Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley - April 9th on Showtime from San Diego, California
(c) Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley for Welterweight Title
(c) Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri for Lightweight Title
Gegard Mousasi vs. Mike Kyle
Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm

UFC 129 - April 30th on PPV from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(c) Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields for Welterweight Title
(c) Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick for Featherweight Title
Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida
Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek

UFC 130 - May 28th on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard III for Lightweight Title
Rampage Jackson vs. Matt Hamill
Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
Stefan Struve vs. Travis Brown
Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago
Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
Miguel Torres vs. Brad Pickett

The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale - June 4th on Spike TV from Las Vegas, Nevada
Finalist #1 vs. Finalist #2
Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis
Josh Grispi vs. George Roop
Scott Jorgensen vs. Ken Stone
Jeremy Stephens vs. Jonathan Brookins

UFC 131 - June 11th on PPV from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Brock Lesnar vs. Junior dos Santos
Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz
Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes

Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum - June 18th on Showtime from Dallas, Texas
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum II in Grand Prix quarterfinal
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers in Grand Prix quarterfinal

UFC 132 - July 2nd on PPV from Las Vegas, Nevada
TBA

UFC 133 - August 6th on PPV from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TBA

Leonardo;709131 wrote:UFC purchases Strikeforce; organizations to operate independently:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/22807/ufc-purchases-strikeforce.mma

Wow that's huge!!

This came out of left field.

Dana White is such a boss

Now there is no excuse to not have some of the fights we've been wanting to see.

This could suck if it means EA Sports MMA is no more. That game was better than the UFC game.

http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/paul-daley-threatening-to-pull

Hope this doesn't happen, Daley has been ducking Diaz for a while now, and this could be fight of the year!

Leonardo;709131 wrote:UFC purchases Strikeforce; organizations to operate independently:
http://mmajunkie.com/news/22807/ufc-purchases-strikeforce.mma

Yeah how did that work out in the long run for Pride and the WEC? Eventually strikeforce will cease to exist as well. Which sucks because I like their shows on showtime.

i bet daley is cut