MMA Discussion Thread XIV

DrPhil

Franklin as usual the company man who'll do anything he is asked.

In fairness their first fight was good, and a close decision that some felt Silva should have got.

Crimson Monkee

I'm a fan of Franklin, but the reality is that his best days are behind him.

I think both fighters are pretty irrelevant in the current climate, but maybe that might make for a more interesting fight, fingers crossed.

repoman

Oh god... 147 looks awful.

djcla

There are some poor cards coming up

djcla

Anyone else seen Cole Konrad fight before he is the Bellator HW champ.  He is a massive guy probably around 285lbs and has a very good wrestling background .   I wonder if he could challenge in the UFC ?

DrPhil

I know he trained with Brock a lot. Never seen him fight though.

djcla

Bellator 70 highlight should be on YouTube he was on that

IL Cattivo

Thought UFC 146 was a great event. Couple of very quick stoppages from the Sky Scraper and Big Country, whom i'm really warming too of late after having watched a couple of his fights now.

JDS is a bit of a stand up animal isn't he...

Must say I do like these Heavyweight events, as very rarely do any of them go the distance.

What a mess BigFoot was at the end of his fight. Thought the guy couldn't get any uglier

djcla

Someone on here mentioned a long while ago least i think they did, that if you were a complete master of one martial art then you should not need any others .  I was thinking that is JDS a prime example of this as he seems to be a master boxer and is so quick on his feet that he does not need any other skillsets like BJJ etc.

BigStu1972

I remember having a conversation with someone as they said that MMA fighters were jack of all trades and master of none and I countered that with examples of fighters, like GSP, who held multiple black belts.

As for JDS, he does have good boxing skills but he is also a Brown belt in BJJ and clearly has good takedown defense to keep all his fights standing which means he must have trained wrestling, at least defensively.

If he was only a boxer, Mir would have taken him down and then taken his arm home with him