UFC 77

[Rhyme]

There are going to be a few good fights on this card. I really believe Silva will keep his title. And im thinking Brandon Vera is going to take Sylvia but we all know anything can happen. Here is the fight card and also the rankings of the fighters in the main cards. The Okami fight should be good but the Japanese fighters have been struggling here in the UFC lately so hopefully he will turn that around.

Sometimes I wonder if the Pride guys struggle with the different settings they have in the UFC compared to Pride." Fan base , Locations, Cage vs Ring, Different rules" Seems like right now the only one really comfortable is Rampage. Mirko suffered his KO and hasn't been the same person since. " That goes for Chuck IMO also but I think he will pull out of that." So with all that said it will be an ok card probably not a buyer for me personally but. Ill hook yall up with the Play by Play the night of ;)


-Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Rich Franklin (#4 Middleweight in the World)*
-Tim Sylvia (#6 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Brandon Vera
-Yushin Okami (#10 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Jason MacDonald
-Josh Burkman vs. Forrest Petz
-Jason Black vs. Matt Grice
-Alan Belcher vs. Kalib Starnes
-Jorge Gurgel vs. Alvin Robinson
-Eric Schafer vs. Stephan Bonnar
-Demian Maia vs. Ryan Jensen

"O yeah I talked to my buddy in the UFC this weekend and a little insider info he gave me was that the feared and #1 Ranked heavy weight fighter in all of MMA will be coming to the UFC after he competes in a Sambo competition the asked him not to be in LOL. But he is coming. This guy is a freaking beast he has been the reigning Heavy weight Champion since 2003 he plans for his first fight to be a Unification title fight against Randy Coutour"

[Lady Akula]

What's the date for UFC 77? I hope we order it. There are a couple of fights that I haven't seen now, and I miss it!!!! And I miss the fun we have when the guys come over to watch it. Anyway, I want to see Silva, Franklin, and Sylvia fight.

[Sirharper]

Cincinnati Ohio. Less than a mile away.

The owner of the #1 UFC (later renamed MMA due to legal battles) fansite and blog sits behind me at work. http://www.mmajunkie.com

I have free tickets to the event and VIP pre-party.

I've met Rich Franklin a few times and he lives just up the road.

...yet I hate MMA and will not be attending. I disapprove of how it's ruined Boxing and real Martial Arts.

[Rhyme]

Cincinnati Ohio. Less than a mile away.

The owner of the #1 UFC (later renamed MMA due to legal battles) fansite and blog sits behind me at work. http://www.mmajunkie.com

I have free tickets to the event and VIP pre-party.

I've met Rich Franklin a few times and he lives just up the road.

...yet I hate MMA and will not be attending. I disapprove of how it's ruined Boxing and real Martial Arts.

LOL Boxing ruined itself with thugs, Rapist, losers and money hungry arrogant people.There wouldn't be an uproar about MMA but poor little Jim Lampley cant stand the fact that more people watch MMA than boxing. And the fact that HBO is planning on signing the UFC for future events. How did it ruin Martial Arts? They are all very respectful to there disciplines and show great honor to there schools. I would probably say that Sherdog or MMA Weekly is a bigger site. Or at least thats where the real fighters go. Ill have to check the site your talking about.

Lady Akula the fight is on the 20th ;)

[Sirharper]

Boxing has been ruined at various times in it's history with fight fixes, ref tampering, Don King, etc...but the history and lineage always remained. Thats why I respect it, it's not some Johnny-come-lately passing fad. It's champions are household names. Ali, Lewis, Marciano, Leonard, De La Hoya...

As somebody that was big on Karate tournaments in the late 80's and early 90's I have more respect for structured single discipline competitions.

The whole idea of putting somebody in a hold and keeping them until the round expires doesn't appeal to me.

[Rhyme]

Boxing has been ruined at various times in it's history with fight fixes, ref tampering, Don King, etc...but the history and lineage always remained. Thats why I respect it, it's not some Johnny-come-lately passing fad. It's champions are household names. Ali, Lewis, Marciano, Leonard, De La Hoya...

As somebody that was big on Karate tournaments in the late 80's and early 90's I have more respect for structured single discipline competitions.

The whole idea of putting somebody in a hold and keeping them until the round expires doesn't appeal to me.

LOL MMA is no passing fad it is has been going on since the early 90's its also the fasting growing sport and the House hold names you give are so old there only memories..As far as History...I think all of these Martial Arts were formed long before English Pugilist came to be. Which there are boxers in MMA also.The only problem I have is you pay 50 dollars for one fight on boxing that will have maybe one good fight or hugging match being the Main card and some random no namers on the undercard. Now you pay 39 dollars for a UFC fight and get about 8 or 9 fights and over half are going to be nothing short of great.
I understand what your talking about as far as your Karate Tournaments. I grew up with the same thing but this sport takes all the styles and puts them together. As far as putting someone in a hold and waiting for the round to end LOL that could be either American or Greco Wrestling or BJJ all of which are joint Manipulative styles so they are going to be on the ground. Its all about your preference and obviously you dont like it so I respect that. There are a lot of people who do ;)

[Rhyme]

So much for Household names.......LMAO Lets look at this house hold name Oscar De La Hoya.....
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e243/incubus57/oscarhowdy.jpg

[Sirharper]

That was proven fake on Access Hollywood and Extra.

[Rhyme]

Both those shows have been brought up on false claims any ways LOL. I think the host of one was the one who was calling hookers while snorting coke but either way its funny LOL.

And Besides here is the link to all the pics there is no way there fake LOL either way again its funny as hell....Link (http://x17online.com/celebrities/oscar_de_la_hoya/x17_xclusive_the_real_girl_behind_the_photos.php)

[Lady Akula]

Sirharper, if you don't like MMA, fine. That's your own personal decision. By your arguments, it is obvious that you don't know enough about it to understand the sport, what it entails, or where it came from. And if you don't like MMA, there is no reason at all for you to come onto this thread, try to make yourself look important because you think you have contacts, and then insult the sport that we enjoy. We can respect your choice to not like MMA. Now please, respect our choice and leave us alone so we can discuss MAA in peace.

Rhyme, nice pic.

[Rhyme]

Sirharper, if you don't like MMA, fine. That's your own personal decision. By your arguments, it is obvious that you don't know enough about it to understand the sport, what it entails, or where it came from. And if you don't like MMA, there is no reason at all for you to come onto this thread, try to make yourself look important because you think you have contacts, and then insult the sport that we enjoy. We can respect your choice to not like MMA. Now please, respect our choice and leave us alone so we can discuss MAA in peace.

Rhyme, nice pic.

LOL thanks I cant take credit for it though Thats all on sweet little Oscar LMAO!!

[Lady Akula]

It's hysterical!! I love it when celebrities embarrass themselves for all the world to see!!

[Rhyme]

Yeah really there trying to claim its a fake but it looks pretty damn real to me o well. It was fun. How do you feel about the whole Randy Coutour situation? I can respect him saying he wants more money thats reasonable.

[Lady Akula]

I really like Randy. He is a good fighter and a good man. It was nice having back, but I respect his decision to retire again. It takes real honesty, class, and self-awareness to know when it is time to leave. He is always going to be a well known name in the sport - which is further solidified by his choice to leave while he is on top. He showed the world that age is just a number.

I don't know what he was making compared to other fighters, but he deserves to get paid top dollar.

I'm going to miss him. I hope he will continue announcing!!

[Rhyme]

He left UFC completely so no announcing either :/

[Rhyme]

Im about to get out of here and head home so ill talk to ya later. Look for me tonight so we can get that match going..

[Lady Akula]

He left UFC completely so no announcing either :/



NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :yikes::eek:

[Sirharper]

Sirharper, if you don't like MMA, fine. That's your own personal decision. By your arguments, it is obvious that you don't know enough about it to understand the sport, what it entails, or where it came from. And if you don't like MMA, there is no reason at all for you to come onto this thread, try to make yourself look important because you think you have contacts, and then insult the sport that we enjoy. We can respect your choice to not like MMA. Now please, respect our choice and leave us alone so we can discuss MAA in peace.

Rhyme, nice pic.

You're trying to play the classic "You just don't like it because you don't know what you're talking about" and "If you don't agree you should leave" cards? That's pretty weak. Try coming at me with some facts or evidence next time.

If MMA is so great why fear a constructive dialogue about it? I stated why I felt MMA was a passing fad, why I prefered boxing, and why I though single-discipline martial arts were better. Now you can try to tell me why I am wrong if you'd like but don't pull some insults and stunts to try to justify your position.

[Sirharper]

He left UFC completely so no announcing either :/

Get used to that happening with top names jumping ship. They might (I said might) self-implode in the coming couple of years.

[Lady Akula]

Sirharper, I don’t fear a constructive dialogue about MMA. I actually have had many of those conversations. However, I have seen your insulting "debates" on other topics and have no desire to sink to that level. There is no point in debating with someone who won't listen with an open mind. You even say in your response that I am welcome to tell you that you are wrong. It’s not about being right or wrong. It’s not right or wrong to enjoy a sport. It’s about your opinion differing from ours. You don’t seem to understand that. Therefore, there is no way to have a constructive dialogue. The point of my post was to ask you to leave us alone. We don’t mind a difference in opinion. We don’t always agree on everything in these threads, but we don’t insult each other when discussing our difference in opinion. We don’t need you insulting MMA (or us) while trying to pick fights on these threads like you do everywhere else. If you don’t like MMA then why read our threads anyway? If you choose to continue in this behavior, I will be more than happy to ignore all of your posts.

By the way, nothing in my earlier post to you was an insult. I was stating facts. The comment that you made “The whole idea of putting somebody in a hold and keeping them until the round expires doesn't appeal to me.” shows that you don’t understand MMA. The sport is much more than that.

[Rhyme]

LOL Akula its really pointless to even reply. This comes from someone who thinks MMAJunkie is the Number one MMA site LMAO. If its such a dying fad how come I have never heard The announcers in any MMA fight saying O this could be the Fight that saves Us poor little boxing counted on The Oscar De La Cross Dresser's fight to do it and well it looks like MMA is still by far the bigger sport. Just do us a favor and don't reply because this is a forum you will not be able to argue in.

As far as Coutour leaving and more following LOL thats one fighter who maybe has one fight left in his career. There are people dying to make it to the UFC.

She doesn't fear anything you say about MMA that has nothing to do with it. Its the fact that every thread that is posted you come in and have some negative thought about it...And besides that you never stated one fact on why you think its a passing fad. So again I say dont come into these threads and start stuff. Because im the Biggest MMA Fanboi you have ever seen.

[Sirharper]

No use arguing about who is right now. We'll see where the UFC is in 10 years. Top names jumping ship already sure does not bode well for their future.

Don't condemn what you percieve as insults with other insults. Makes you look pretty silly.

[Rhyme]

LOL one person left on the end of his career I see that far from "Top Names" jumping ship. And I haven't insulted you yet......

[Lady Akula]

It's like talking to a wall, Rhyme.

[Sirharper]

Just in time for UFC 77, look what my friends at Mickey's sent over...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/slagpatrol/10-15-07_0927.jpg

That stack was originally 3x that size before we tore into it today. All were special UFC 77 packaging.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/slagpatrol/10-15-07_0924.jpg

Then I got 7 cases of merch to pass out as well, still have 3 left. I should give some away to a deserving U360 fan. I got trucker hats, t shirts, hoodies, polos, bottle koozies, skull caps, humorous 40oz bags...good stuff.

[Rhyme]

Cool man , maybe UFC will get picked up by more company's like that. I'm really surprised they haven't been picked up by Budwiser or Miller.

[Sirharper]

It already has, I'm under NDA not to talk about it yet though.

[Rhyme]

I know of some too but I mean before now thats something they could have been banking on..

[Sirharper]

More stuff...they didn't even tell me they were sending it...

Special Mickey's UFC NEON SIGNS!!!

3 of them. One huge one and 2 smaller ones.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/slagpatrol/10-17-07_1343.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/slagpatrol/10-17-07_1342.jpg

My office is packed with Mickey's/UFC stuff now.

[Rhyme]

LOL nice sounds cool. You need to post a pic of the sign if you open one up..

[Sirharper]

They haven't told me a thing about what they expected me to do with them yet. I suspect they want me to keep one for the office and take the other two to the official pre-fight party venue. After that I don't know, these things are pretty valuable.

[Rhyme]

Yeah I could imagine they would be..

[Sirharper]

If you wern't such a Jabrone I might have dropped some floor seats on ya.

...seems I have a fist-full of them today.

[Rhyme]

If you wern't such a Jabrone I might have dropped some floor seats on ya.

...seems I have a fist-full of them today.
LOL if I needed Floor Seats thats always handled including Accommodations so I appreciate the offer ;)

[DeaconBlade]

man i have a bad feeling about Franklin vs Silva.

[Sirharper]

Yeah I know what you mean. I'm hopeful though.

(contrary to what the less-informed may think)

[Sirharper]

LOL if I needed Floor Seats thats always handled including Accommodations so I appreciate the offer ;)

Oh, of course.

[Rhyme]

Oh, of course.

:) yep

[Sirharper]

I'll tell you what I do know. Downtown Cincinnati is douchebag central right now. Massive amounts of posers walking around with "tapout" shirts on trying to act hard.

It's really quite pathetic actually.

[Rhyme]

LOL it makes you a poser wearing a Tapout Shirt? I would say a fan maybe.

[Sirharper]

You would.

Most of these guys are posers though. I only found a couple that looked like they could handle themselves.

[Rhyme]

Im just saying....I have Tapout shirts and UFC shirts but that doesn't make me a poser LOL.

[Sirharper]

I dunno, I'd have to see you IRL first.

[Rhyme]

LMAO o OK
Well here I am http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e243/incubus57/l_df7d2494dd701fc83c44f1f05f45ca36.jpg

[Sirharper]

LOL! Everybody is hard in their picts on the internet.

[Rhyme]

LOL im not trying to be hard you ass hat im at a concert with my sister n law.

[Sirharper]

Saluting the camera = wannabe hard.

[Rhyme]

LOL thats the guy sitting beside me unless I have stretch armstrong arms and can turn my hand and shoot myself a bird genius ;)

[Rhyme]

I would say this is about as wannabe hard as you can get little fella ;)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e243/incubus57/301391031_l.jpg

[Sirharper]

Well if you say so, you were the one that was there. Thats not the impression the photo gives though.

Personally, I found that pose pretty easy to duplicate. Maybe you need to limber up a little.

[Sirharper]

LOL...yessir. That is defination of poser! That was a staged photoshoot. The professional photography and props should have been the first clue.

[Rhyme]

Is it easy to do when your holding the camera with the hand that is shooting the bird please try again :) That my friend is a Right hand which you can see on me is extended out holding the camera. You pull that off and Ill call Ripley's and get you your own booth :)

[Rhyme]

How about this anytime you see something I have posted do me a favor and the rest of the board and do not even open it. Ill do the same for you because this back and forth goes on continually. So let this be it...

[Sirharper]

You'd have to study that hard to notice thats a right hand.

[Sirharper]

How about this anytime you see something I have posted do me a favor and the rest of the board and do not even open it. Ill do the same for you because this back and forth goes on continually. So let this be it...

I thought you were going to wuss out and block me. Seemed like a good idea to you at the time SuM suggested it. Don't pretend to speak for the board though.

I'll post where I need to. If I see BS, I call it out. Thats what I do. It takes two to go round like that though cowboy.

[Rhyme]

No Ill save that option for later. I don't wuss out.I dont have to speak for the board thats something we talk amongst ourselves about.

[Sirharper]

I dont have to speak for the board thats something we talk amongst ourselves about.

LOL...ditto. You're being two-faced then.

[Camera Vixen]

Oh Jesus Christ.

[Sirharper]

Just got back from Tim Sylvia's press conference.

[Pimp_Method]

:offtopic: Note to seff when Rhyme puts on the stone cold face and throws up the bird don't **** him off

On the UFC fighters. For some high skill dudes they can get K/O easy on the frist round. Come on step yo game up!!

[Rhyme]

:offtopic: Note to seff when Rhyme puts on the stone cold face and throws up the bird don't **** him off

On the UFC fighters. For some high skill dudes they can get K/O easy on the frist round. Come on step yo game up!!

LOL im all nice man no worries ;)
As far as the fighters go you gotta take into account those are only 4oz gloves so there is a lot better chance the punch will land harder than it would with your typical 10 or 12 oz Boxing glove. There all tough guys.

[Lady Akula]

It's a simple matter of pressure points. Hit the right spot with the right force, the biggest & strongest guy in the world will fall. Boxer's gloves are thicker and cushion the blow more than an MMA glove.