My writeups having just turned it off:

What a great night. Frank Mir connected with that left jab uppercut lead combo every time he threw it and then switched it up near the end i believe for a left jab right hook that initially put Nog down, what a great performance and one that will certainly make people re-evaluate Mir and sadly Nogueira.

Rampages boxing talents have definitely improved, his philly shell defence he displayed against Wanderlei in the final stanza that he managed to go from a defensive block on the left, block on the right, into a powerful left, goes to show he is one of the best boxers in MMA today. That kind of boxing was a perfect strategy for Wanderlei and his tendency for the wild hooks.

Rashad vs Rampage is going to be a great fight, that will test both of their wills, it will be hard to see how either one has a real advantage. I give Rashad a slight mobility advantage and Rampage a slight strength advantage, but that is going to be one hell of a card.

Rampage aint fighting for the title until his legal situation is settled.

Nog vs Couture is prophetic…

Lidell now has 2 options…

Quinton and Jardine.

Wand will not be fighting for a long while and when he returns he will probably be at 185.

Mir vs Lesnar will be good for business.

And even if Mir wins he is very marketable… assuming he remains dominant.

i like compound words to….googilygoo

“Mir is a huge underdog in this fight, and I don’t believe it will even be competitive”

Just goes to show you that anyone can run an MMA blog…i find it hilarious that everyone was counting out Mir vs a washed-up Nog…Thank you Frank for proving everyone wrong…THANK YOU!!!!

A few weeks ago the bandwagon fans and ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTORS of this site were already calling for a Nog/Lesnar titlefight…BEFORE MIR EVEN HAD HIS OPPORTUNITY!!!

Mir dominated the big man from start-to-finish and sent the old guy out to pasture…

i finnally got the balls to register at bet us.com and i mad a about $200 on rampage and rashad.i don’t see rampage getting a title shot at evans until he takes car his legal troubles.the winner of thiago silva and machida will get that call.but once page takes care of that he is only his on road block in getting that title back. look for mir to sub brock again in their rematch.he won’t be scared of brock this time as he will have the better boxing.any time u get a wrestler on top of a bjj black belt like mir look for a sub victory by the great bjj practicioner.the ufc has no choice but to give us nog and couture now,no excuses.wand has no choice but to drop down to 185.great fighter i pride with that style but the ufc don’t have any small light heavyweights to feed him. rashad is the product of a hard worker,a great camp,and great athletic ability.congrats to him as he will have a great time in defending the belt to a bunch of wolves waiting in the woods. the only guy i see beating him is rampage. greg jackson can figure out a great game plan for machida “the running dragon”and silva(thiago). thanks to bet us.com i will take my girl to a great steak house tuesday night. happy new year every body.thank you for making my saturday night ufc,rampage,and rashad.

A lot of people should apologize to him big time, especially on this blog. I was hoping he’d win just to prove a lot of people wrong, and that’s what he did :) He stopped Nogueira. No wait… he FLOORED Nogueira! Sure, Nog is a little older now, but Mir did what even Fedor couldn’t do and I think the HW belt should be his alone right now. It’s kinda weird that he has to fight another title match to obtain the real HW belt against a guy that he just beat (regardless how) in his previous match.

For the record, I don’t hate Lesnar, I love him, but I just feel bad for Frank Mir now.

I’m tired of all the media and websites talking about if Rampage is mentally OK!! He is!! I’m getting sick of it.

if you really look at it he is the real champ. he never lost the belt to anyone but a moving car lol lol.mir will sub lesnar if lesnar tries to get on the ground with him.like i said before lesnar needs better bjj defense or he will get tricked again. its not your size but your sub that matters.

page will be ok.2 year probation, some community service. he will be fine

 page, forrest and rashad each got $60,000.page got k.o of the night(yall remember silva saying “dana give me the check for k.o of the night because i will knock out this guy” lol)forrest and rashad for fight of the night.

 anyone else think cb tapped a few quick times, or did my eyes decieve me? cb is good at that you know. i would love to see the replay.

questions…
after the rampage knock out, the camras when to chuck liddell and chuck didnt
look soo happy, why do you guys think that is ?

Also, who hits harder then Rampage in the UFC ? Chuck and Wandy have some awesome chins.

And is Evans and Rampage next ? or do they finally let Lyoto Machida get a shot ?

Regarding Mir’s striking, I find it very interesting that the basic assumption was that Nog was going to outbox Mir.

Does anybody have any inside reports from Mir’s trainers about his striking? Because, prior to this fight, Mir had spent about 25 seconds on his feet in the past two years. Awfully hard to judge standup based on 25 seconds.

Rampage got a little payback against Wandy and some redemption at the same time…Looks like the door is shutting rapidly on a title run for Liddell; i’ve never seen him look so down…. Forrest was looking pretty good against Rashad. If he could have gotten back to his feet or survived that round on his back, he might have won on points. Anyway, glad for Rashad, and hope to see him fight Rampage soon. That’s going to be a hell of a fight. I’m going to try to watch Mir vs Nog on my next break. Watching MMA on the job…Priceless.

Everyone is jockin’ Mir for his win, but Noguiera looked overweight, slow, etc. It was seriously the worst Noguiera ever. Forget the lack of punching alone: There wasn’t footwork either. He looked all sorts of bad. Mir won and deserves a spot in the top 5 for now but I can’t see him being there long. I see Lesnar probably not leaving himself so wide open next time and pounding Mir standing. In that case, what a rise to the almost top of the mountain: A journeyman heavyweight, a 45 year old man, and a BJJ black belt/strip club bouncer with a beer belly.

UFC is playing hot potato with the light heavyweight title. I like Rashad against pretty much everyone right now except everyone’s favorite karate striker. No successful title defenses since 2006, btw. Speaking of light heavyweights, Wanderlei and Rampage were very tenative; quite a surprise given the last two. Rampage fell into a counter punching mode and took a bunch of leg kicks. When Wanderlei jumped in, his wildness got him banged out.,

Most interesting development for me: Kongo learned how to defend a takedown.

So i saw the fights last night but now im left wondering, is Rashad is #1 LHW in the world?

But he is also very slow. No way is Brock going to let him get set up to use his boxing. Brock’s going to take him down and work him, just like he started to in their first fight. Only this time I don’t see him getting overzealous and being stood up, or caught in a submission.

Its sad all these nuthuggers are proclaiming Mirs greatness, he fought a tired worn out Noguiera, the guy is a shell of who he once was. an it seems that he will be the sports first example of Muhammad Ali syndrome. Once a great fighter who took to much punishment .Supposedly he has glaucoma an he will most likely wind up with Parkinsons. He has deteriorated rapidly since entering the UFC, just look at his fights against Sylvia an Herring. Sad he should retire an teach.