Strikeforce Challengers V: Woodley vs. Bears Weigh-ins:
Main Card:
Tyron Woodley (5-0) 171 vs. Rudy Bears (10-3) 170
Kim Couture (1-1) 136 vs. Kerry Vera (1-0) 135
Bobby Voelker (20-7) 170 vs. Erik Apple (10-1) 170.5
Rafael Cavalcante (7-2) 205 vs. Aaron Rosa (12-2) 206
Kevin Casey (2-1) 185 vs. Chad Vance (5-3) 185
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Hopefully the Vera fight doesn't go to a decision also. ;)
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If it does...
I guarantee it will be more exciting.
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by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 19, 2009 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh
I doubt anyone short of Vera himself could get up for that fight like his against Couture.
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by Blackout612 on Nov 19, 2009 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
Is it me, or is couture using a weigh-in to debut an underwear line?
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that's actually the only thing she has that's better than Kerry..
haha. :P
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 19, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
OMG Kim Couture is soo freakin HOT! WTF was Randy thinking divorcing that woman? Thats the most sexy underwear I have ever seen!
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I'm gonna disagree with you on that one.
Disclaimer: By no means am I saying that I wouldn’t tag it if I had the chance. She’s just not “HOT” in my honest opinion.
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No...
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by Leland Roling on Nov 20, 2009 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
She nice looking looking..dont’t tell me you wouldn’t tap that (will saying this get me banned?)
by The Bronzeville Bully on Nov 20, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
The dude on the right in the Couture picture looks like David Spade with a different haircut.
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by Rundownloser on Nov 20, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
just once….just ONCE I would love to see a women’s MMA bout where people dont discuss how attractive/unattractive the involved fighters are. It’s like…if every MMA fight between guys is boiled down to “which guy looks like he belongs in prison more?” by the mainstream media we get all pissy. But “which one would you do?” is the regular response for MMA fans.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 20, 2009 9:22 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Pretty much the worse excuse ever.
by Chris Nelson on Nov 20, 2009 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Not really. It’s the consensus excuse, and it’s actually right. Most fans are guys, and guys think with their dicks, for the most part. And its obviously proven here.
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by Leland Roling on Nov 20, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
THat’s not true most of us thinks with our mind…dirty mind…you know what they say, a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste
by The Bronzeville Bully on Nov 20, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
My girlfriend always talks about which fighters are cute. I think the issue is we just look at the gender we are attracted to sexually in those terms first. The imbalance comes from what you said: Most fans tend to be hetero males, so a woman in the cage gets the unusual reactions here.
It doesn’t help that the media sexualizes these women too. Gina gets butt-nekkid, Couture’s up there in lingerie, even Cyborg got a magazine cover talking about her beauty (although she turned almost 180 degrees away from the camera for the shot).
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering BROCKLESNAR; to the last I grapple with thee.
It'll never happen as long as men are watching MMA.
I wrote a fanpost about the same issue, and I’m usually one of the guys saying the same thing that you are. But this time around it’s obvious that Kim Couture did that on purpose.
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Vera is going to put a beating on her by the way.
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I keep thinking Brandon when I hear Vera, and my mind keeps inventing the visual for Brandon Vera beating up Kim.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering BROCKLESNAR; to the last I grapple with thee.
And that’s what promotions bank on anyways.
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by Leland Roling on Nov 20, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
I think she sending a message to Randy, letting him know to take one last look…Anybody agree
by The Bronzeville Bully on Nov 20, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
What do you expect when Kim Couture wears underwear like that! Sexiest underwear I have ever seen.
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I take it that you're 12 years old or Kim Couture
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Not going to happen as long as women use their sex appeal to market themselves. Was it necessary for Kim to wear that? Come on, it was done with the intention of making herself more marketable. Im ok with that, use what you’ve got to get you as far as you can.
What comedian was it that commented about cleavage and low rise jeans, etc. Saying how dudes should go around showing a little shaft, etc to do the same thing? Maybe Dane Cook, cant remember for sure.
It’s a chicken v. egg type thing. What came first, women using sexuality in combat sports or men expressing significantly more interest in those that do?
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by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 20, 2009 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
I hate how Brandon Vera always uses his sex appeal to market himself.
by Chris Nelson on Nov 20, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
what the fuck chris.
hahahhahahahahahah
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 20, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
Chris, you could of kept that to yourself
by The Bronzeville Bully on Nov 20, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
probably had it bookmarked for a situation like this.
hahaha.
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 20, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
Dude...
we don’t want to see your special Brandon Vera multimedia folder. ;)
by Cannon Jacques on Nov 20, 2009 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
I agree wholheartedly.
And you’ll almost never hear me make any excuses for why it’s acceptable. This is the one exception. Couture’s clothing in no way says “respect me as an athlete.”
I hate the mentality that it’s ok or forgivable but in this case, Couture has invited it. Most likely to distract us from her underwhelming prior fights. She has tits, a famous name, and little to no talent. This is her only way of remaining relevant.
Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.
what's with the muay thai skirt?
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by Anton Tabuena on Nov 20, 2009 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Jordan Breen was ranting about this card and pretty much in how Strikeforce is developing prospects. Besides Woodley, Cavalcante, and Kerry Vera to an extent, Breen has a problem that Strikeforce is putting fighters on this card that will more than likely end up being tune up fights for legit prospects. Pretty much, for all the prospects that Strikeforce has signed or is able to sign, they are not developing them correctly, and giving fights to some fighters that just won’t go very far (Erik Apple was Breen’s example). They should use the Challengers Series for the Tim Kennedy’s, Luke Rockhold’s, Tyrone Woodley’s, Sarah Kaufman’s, who are legit prospects that have the potential to really get up the ranks and not these other fighters who most likely won’t.
I think that what Breen expects is to have the legit prospects on the main cards (I don’t know about the undercard, but he wants to see only legit prospects on the main card). His thing is that since Strikeforce is the number 2 MMA promotion in North America, they shouldn’t have to get these regional talents to fill the card all the time anymore. Strikeforce does in fact have a pretty big roster with a good amount of legit prospects, so I can see Breen’s argument here.
by chrisbboy82 on Nov 20, 2009 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
That's odd...
Woodley is a legit prospect and Bears seems like a reasonable step up for him.
Apple seems like he’s being handled correctly.
Feijao is facing a legitimate threat in Rosa…especially considering he is coming off a loss.
They have to build up the prospects a bit and you don’t do that in prospect v. prospect bouts where one of them gets knocked out.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 20, 2009 11:31 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly...
What i was thinking. First, you have to build prospects, which is what they are doing. If that wasn’t the case, Woodley wouldn’t be headlining this event over Couture vs Vera.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 20, 2009 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sorry that my explanation was incomplete
I don’t think that Breen wanted prospect vs prospect, and he even mentioned that Woodley vs Bears is a step up for Woodley, but I think that he wants MORE fights like Woodley vs Bears where there is authentic prospect building. I believe that he wants less fights on the main card of an event like this that aren’t building prospects at all. To paraphrase his words: “Strikeforce builds up the CHUM to eventually be fed to the SHARKS too many times.” Just listen to his show and he’ll explain his stance (which I tend to agree with) MUCH better than I can.
There is something to be said for filling their big cards, but wouldn’t this have been a better opportunity to televise the Coenen fight? She is getting the next title shot and basically nobody knows her?
I’d say TV doesn’t work that way. Just because it’s Strikeforce fights, doesn’t mean they can tell Showtime or CBS what to air. Or for that matter, air CBS stuff on Showtime, even though it’s the same production company.
Sure it’d be nice to see the Coenen fight, but I think everyone blames Strikeforce for a lot of the stuff that’s up to the network.
by allelbows on Nov 20, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
well then strikeforce, cbs, and showtime should be used interchangeably. One or all of them is responsible for the Coenen fight not being on TV, and that’s just a bad decision, no matter who made it.
If she’s going to be fighting Cyborg next, and they have any hope or prayer of carrying some of the gina effect over to Cyborg, they need to give people the opportunity to see her opponents.
I’m willing to accept that you’re all completely unable to not only not immediately think of women in the terms of “would I do them?” but we’re not going to have debates over who is doable and who is not on this site.
Just to be clear
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by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 20, 2009 11:26 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Front page post time?
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Let me re-type that without walking away in the middle...
I get that most of you are unable to look at women in MMA without thinking “would I do her?” but I would think that you wouldn’t have to run to the keyboard to tell everyone else your decision.
THat being said, we’re not going to have debates over it on this site.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Nov 20, 2009 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
This should answer all questions:
http://www.kottke.org/07/03/men-look-at-crotches#
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering BROCKLESNAR; to the last I grapple with thee.
fixed, lol
I get that most of you are unable to look at women in MMA anywhere without thinking "would I do her?"
I love these challenger cards. Usually some great fights.
by BJJDenver on Nov 20, 2009 11:35 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
= p
A). If you don’t think female fans discuss fighter’s attractiveness with the fighters abilities you don’t know WTF your talking about about. You don’t have to have a sausage and meatballs to think about sex.
B). Maybe no one noticed ,but Randy had a blonde on his arm that was hot and looked at the least 10 years Kimmy’s junior. So, i’m pretty sure old man Couture can let em go and pick em up as he wishes. He’s kinda wealthy… = p
Probably not as wealthy any more. Three ex-wives cost a lot of money.
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by Brett Jones on Nov 20, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
You like em scrappy with whiskey voices, huh?
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering BROCKLESNAR; to the last I grapple with thee.
She was on that fightgirls show yeah?
Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.
This will be brutal..
Not that I condone facism or any ism for that matter. Isms are in my opinion, not good. A person shouldn't believe in an ism, he should believe in himself.
I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me". Good point there, after all he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. Wouldn't change the fact I have to bum rides off of people.
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