Yeah he look like he was in roids.........impossible to fight like that @44, and if he is so ****ing amazing and dominating guys half his age why quit?

 

UFC bought out Pride and disbanded it, so all the Pride contracted fighters are looking for new homes. Most of the non-Japanese fighters from Pride have signed/are signing on to UFC (Crocop, A. Rodrigo Nogueira, etc.) , while most Japanese fighters are either going back to Shooto (most of the lighter Bushido guys like Kawajiri Tatsuya and Ishida Mitsuhiro) or signing with K-1 Hero's (Tamura Kiyoshi, Minowa Ikuhisa). The one exception is the Yoshida Dojo, who seem to want to join UFC (they've sent Nakamura Kazuhiro and that light weight guy over so far.... I wonder if Yoshida Hidehiko himself will be coming soon?)

A lot of people were hoping/expecting Fedor to sign with the UFC, but he signed with M-1 instead, a Russian domestic MMA league that intends to expand internationally. I personally think that the rise of M-1 is very exciting since the UFC has been quite ho-hum to me these past few years, poor Pride is dead, and the Japanese leagues are now a joke over the 185 lb. weight classes.

Hope that shed some light on the subject, friend.

 

Got anymore?????

Any that play contact sports? they are few and far between.

I love bonds but I don't see him rolling around for 5 minute rounds or taking body shots....let alone playing every day.

And I'm a bonds fan so don't go there.

 

As for Couture: although he's defeated a few opponents that were larger and younger than he is, I still don't consider him a top-class fighter. Don't get me wrong, he's a very solid and competent fighter, but he lacks that dominant viciousness that really makes a fighter awesome. I'm talking about spectacular KO's/TKO's or insanely well-done technical submissions. I think Couture does just enough to get by, instead of burying his opponents. Also, when you consider some of the fighters he's lost to in the the past, it really makes you realize that he's failed quite a few "baptisms by fire". But one thing I can give him credit for: he's getting better with time and age, a very rare thing in any sport. Look at Mirko Crocop and his fall from greatness, same with Gomi Takanori, Sakuraba Kazushi, Igor Vovchanchyn, Royce Gracie, Matt Hughes, Mark Coleman, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Lidell (yeah, I said it), and countless other greats of the sport.

 

because he is a class act and wants to be the best, and to be the best he must fight and beat the best...he cant and wont be able to fight fedor in UFC, so he doesnt want to be there anymore, that along with doing all he has for UFC and MMA in general, he feels disrespected, do you blame him?

 

how can you not consider him a top class fighter? all he's ever fought in his career is top class fighters..hell of his 24 bouts, 15 have been for championships! he may lack the "viciousness" depending on what your definition is, he makes up for in will and determination and wrestling skills... when he is able to impose his will on his opponents, he totally owns them, and that is dominance, and to be able to do it at his age furthermore proves his standing in the MMA world. its truelly a shame it had to come down to this with UFC, its come to a point in his career where he cant wait around and fight other guys, its not in his nature and he literally just doesnt have the time to waste to wait around at age 44, do you blame him?

 

2nd time. he is a great fighter and a stand up guy (no pun). Ill miss his fights.

 

Much mahalos, bruddah!

I guess I haven't really kept up w/ Pride since Zuffa bought 'em back in the spring. Last I knew Pride Worldwide was to continue as a separate entity as would the UFC. That's a shame it fell apart out there. Woulda been nuts to see these "superbouts"!!!

 

He won 6 title belts.

name any other MMA fighters that have done that?
and when you do, they are all top notch, just like Randy Coutoure is

 

Agreed!


He WANTS to fight fedor... how the **** does that make him a *****?

He's ****ing awesome, I love the fact that he walked away from UFC because he feels there aren't any other people he wants to fight. Damn man, i love that guy. He's a true MMA fighter. It's not about the belt, the fame, or the ****ing money. It's the about the fight and putting up his skills against another man.

I think this is great!

 

What are you smoking?!?!

He will definitely go down in a better way than Crocop or many others in the MMA arena.

-Gagan

 

LOL

Can't accept that Tim Sylvia sucks? Gonzaga isn't bad, but isn't experienced enough i felt.

-Gagan