Tim Sylvia to Face Ray Mercer in a Boxing Main Event

by Cannon Jacques on Feb 26, 2009 8:42 AM EST in News Comment 110 comments

While first pitched as an MMA contest, Sylvia (24-5 MMA, 0-0 Boxing) will instead turn in his open-fingered gloves for a pair of boxing mitts.

"I was doing Tim Sylvia against Ray Mercer as a headliner," Cox said. "First I was doing it in MMA. We changed and thought it would be a lot more interesting in boxing."

Mercer (36-7-1 Boxing) began boxing professionally in 1989. Now 47-years-old, Mercer last fought in a majority decision win over Richel Hersisia (30-2 boxing).

You won't be able to catch the May 30 Adrenaline MMA III event from Trump Taj Mahal on HDNet:

Despite having one event remaining on a broadcast contract with HDNet, Adrenaline's third event will not be shown on the network that carried the organization's first two outings.

"It won't be on HDNet," Cox said. "I still have a deal left. But (HDNet Fights CEO) Andrew Simon decided that he didn't want to do that show."

Instead, Cox will look to broadcast the event with an alternate partner.

"I've got another group that put together a deal with me where it would be available in 55 million homes and another one that's up to 70 million homes," Cox said. "I'll do one of those two."

Tim Sylvia has gone from being an unpopular, but largely successful, UFC heavyweight champion to the guy who got beat up by Fedor Emelianenko in short order (over and over again via the Affliction TV spot) to an MMA fighter set for a boxing scrap against a 47-year-old former champ in Mercer. Explain to me why HDNet wants no part of this MMA/Boxing hybrid event.

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Wow. Tim Sylvia is Ross Clifton. What a difference a year makes – from fighting Nog for the interim belt (and winning the first two rounds decisively) to this.

by subo on Feb 25, 2009 8:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

And even funnier… Mercer can probably beat him in a Boxing match.

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by Leland Roling on Feb 25, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mercer is OLD

"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"

by Kid Nate on Feb 25, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It doesn’t really matter, Mercer has actually been decent even in his old age, and it’s a boxing rules matchup. Holyfield easily won the Heavyweight title this year, but was robbed by a corrupt judging body. It was everywhere, and that just shows that even at his age, he’s still within the landscape of a crappy heavyweight boxing climate.

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by Leland Roling on Feb 25, 2009 9:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe I am saying this..

Mercer still has a very dangerous jab. Sylvia’s reach may help him avoid that jab but without the option of taking Mercer down he is kind of just waiting………What am I doing!?

"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"

by Warhand on Feb 25, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Monte Cox . . . let the hate begin. He makes t-shirt look like an uber-genius.

Sylvia vs Mercer went from a horrible MMA fight to a horrible boxing fight . . . except Cox has now setup his biggest client (Sylvia) for an utterly embarrassing failure. Worst manager of the year award right here.

Was this a plan to put on a bigger boxing match than Arlovski? Dude, get over it. You still tasted his pee pee.

When is the last time HDNet turned down anything MMA. They say yes before you can finish saying “Kimbo YouTube videos”. That’s just how awful this is.

by bignerd on Feb 25, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions 7 recs

This needs to be green

They say yes before you can finish saying "Kimbo YouTube videos". That’s just how awful this is.

"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy

by thetakeover on Feb 25, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I serioulsy hope yer not a fighter ...

… ’cause that kind of insult would get you dropped from your handshake in the blink of an eye.

by asa on Feb 26, 2009 2:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m all for more MMA on TV, but that first Adrenaline so was so awful that I don’t honestly know if HDNet aired the second one. I assume it did, based on the tone of the article, but I certainly never looked into it myself.

As far as freak show matches go, this is one of the least interesting options available. When HDNet turns you down, it really says something about the product being offered. It’s a shame, too, because Cox has a ton of talent to work with, it’s just that they are mostly training together, thus negating any chance of matching them up against each other.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Feb 25, 2009 8:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

New Adrenaline is airing this week on HDNet, I believe

"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy

by thetakeover on Feb 25, 2009 8:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Adrenaline 2 was aired LIVE late last year.

Thomas Denny vs Pat Miletich Main Event, Terry Martin was in the card, etc.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Feb 25, 2009 8:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I actually know what happened on the card, because they had an episode of Inside MMA that was filmed in the arena, featuring the likes of Miletich, Hughes, Lawler, Pulver, and Sylvia.

You know, now that I think of it, I’m pretty sure that was one of the most dull episodes of Inside MMA as well.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Feb 25, 2009 8:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Man, I must be a train wreck, because part of me wants to see this aberration.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 25, 2009 8:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Kimbo Slice submitted Ray Mercer in Kimbo’s MMA debut.

I mean, what else really need be said? I know it’s a boxing match, but if you get submitted by a debuting street fighter (you know, outside of Dhalsim or something) in an MMA contest, then seriously, just get out.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Feb 25, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

True. Tapout due to guillotine panic.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 25, 2009 8:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d say you’re more likely an aberration that wants to see a train wreck.

by Cannon Jacques on Feb 25, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

I’m reccing this at my own expense, lol.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 25, 2009 8:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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by Chris Nelson on Feb 25, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

If Big Tim can get through Mercer, Tommy Hearns is looking for a fight.

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by Chris Nelson on Feb 25, 2009 8:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Just do Mercer and Hearns v. Big Tim in a handicap match.

Special Enforcer: Mike Tyson.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Feb 25, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 25, 2009 8:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hassim Rahman is Coming To MMA As Well

There is a source out there somewhere, but this is true.
He wants to fight Kimbo.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Feb 25, 2009 8:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 25, 2009 8:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Not so much here or here…but right here.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 25, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

tommy boy?

by Reaser on Feb 25, 2009 8:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

absolutely.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 25, 2009 8:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

though so…

by Reaser on Feb 25, 2009 9:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nope, nothing.

Oh my god what happend to your face?!?

I KNEW IT!!

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Come to think of it, I’d rather see Mercer fight Kimbo in a boxing match.

by Cannon Jacques on Feb 25, 2009 8:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wardogs II unstreamed card worthy.

by plastict on Feb 25, 2009 8:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

YAMMA 2: PIT BOXING

A one night tournament to crown the king of PIT BOXING, featuring:

Tim Sylvia v. Ray Mercer
Kimbo Slice v. Hassim Rahman
Tommy Hearns v. Frank Shamrock
Andrei Arlovski v. Nikolai Valuev
Mike Tyson v. Butterbean
Francois Botha v. Hong Man Choi
Oleg Taktarov v. Art Jimmerson in a special one glove match
Evander “I’m Not Dead Yet!” Holyfield v. YAMMA 1 Champion Travis Wiuff

Plus a Special Masters Re-Match:
Manute Bol v. Ed “Refrigerator” Perry

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Feb 25, 2009 9:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I would order that. Looks incredible.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Feb 26, 2009 5:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

So...

I noticed you heard about this from the MMA Junkie BLOG…

by midwestbred on Feb 25, 2009 9:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

that is funny

"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"

by Warhand on Feb 25, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Even at 47

Mercer is going to knock the shit out of Sylvia.

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by JCS_FM on Feb 25, 2009 9:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

"(HDNet Fights CEO) Andrew Simon decided that he didn't want to do that show."

Jeez, I wonder why?

“First I was doing it in MMA. We changed and thought it would be a lot more interesting in boxing.”

No. Not really.

Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion

by The Kittitas Kid on Feb 25, 2009 9:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

great another sport I can dislike Tim Silvia in. I guess the MMA thing just isn’t working out for him.

by proflex on Feb 25, 2009 9:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I want to make a joke but I’m just too disgusted. How in the world can Monte Cox call himself an agent? Tim Sylvia’s career has gone from consensus top-10 HW to seemingly irredeemable joke in a little more than a year.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Feb 25, 2009 10:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

LAMEEE

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by Anton Tabuena on Feb 25, 2009 10:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

What this donkey show proves is...

Fedor doesn’t just finish fights, he finishes careers.

by boxingstudent on Feb 26, 2009 12:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Or he largely fights guys that are at the end of them.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 1:04 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Oh pleeaaaaase....

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Had he not left the UFC in search of a big payday and the chance of beating Fedor…he’d still be a top contender. So I really don’t see how anyone could say “he largely fights guys at the end of them [careers].”…total b.s.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well in Tim Sylvia’s case it seems that Fedor all but made it the end of Tim Sylvia’s career :D

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Large difference between “ending someone’s career” and “fighting somone at the end of their career” – one is a causative effect, the other is a large insult.

I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.

by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

There is no law that says that everyone has to like Fedor or make honestly truthful comments about him in a blog comment section, but I’m sure they are getting a kick out of the insulted over-reactions to them.

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Right, rationalize the trolling because people are calling out the troll. You make me laugh at your ridiculousness sometimes.

There certainly is no law against making blatantly biased and untrue comments because you’re some type of hater/nuthugger, but that doesn’t mean you’re not a biased hater/nuthugger.

I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.

by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sigh… Fedor’s the best HW in the world. He’s just fought a lot of cans (Zulu, HMC), lighter people (Randleman, Lindland) and people at the end of their roads (Coleman, Nog if you believe his haters which I don’t) instead of prime, top ten HW. Before Sylvia, it had been almost two years.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

rolls eyes

Still on this (largely untrue) gripe?….

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No he is right about that Fedor has fought a lot of cans and odd matches, Pride was famous for that stuff.

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sure he has...

But I don’t think there’s much of a list of the fighters he should have fought and hasn’t. And he’s made it pretty apparent he wasn’t ducking them out of fear or lack of want either.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't see anyone saying...

your dreamboat Brock Lesnar only beats scrubs or guys at the end of their careers. I guess I could say it, whether it’s an “honestly truthful comment” or not, but I’d hate to see the butt-hurt fanboy reactions to that one.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t get butt-hurt very often. I sure do seem to inspire it, though.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Still rolling eyes

Right…how dare anyone call out a blatant Sherdog-ian post!! One that apparently got rec’d by 3 other retards.

Let’s just all start making posts in these threads that say “FIRST”, “+1”, “GSP is gay”, “So and so is a [biased insult]” and then call out someone for telling them to shut up.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, overreact much?

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Feb 26, 2009 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thats some butthurtin right there.

by Michaelthebox on Feb 26, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry - my response should have been:

Fedorz the suKkZzzzz!!!

Junior Dos Santos, Stefan Struve, Neil Grove, Justin Hendriks, Neil Wain, “ThaInsane1” Justin McCully and Antoni Hardonk = tha futUR1 Git WuR itz @ FeDoR u P*$$Y…quit dUcKiN @LL tha gUyz who Rn’T cummin 2 tha ring wit waLKrz, reddi 2 retiaR n suk b-cuz tHey dn’t fIGHT in the UFC caGez NeMoRe.

WAAAAAAR wtvr SpIkE Tv sez!!

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude…get help.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Feb 26, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Now that is a Sherdog-ian post. Excellent showing good sir.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Feb 26, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

you forgot to tell some noob that he got pwned.

by Headkick on Feb 26, 2009 2:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m actually laughing… I said Fedor was the best HW in the world. This is tylerdurdenesque.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I wasn't responding to you with that one ;)

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bueno :D

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll say it, Brock Lesnar hasn’t beaten anyone under the age of 30 and that was just because Heath Herring was a late replacement for a 44 year old Mark Coleman. Of course Herring is probably in on the tail end of his career too for that matter. Lesnar has only fought 4 guys, a can, a guy everyone thought was washed up(who beat him), a journeyman with silly hair and a old guy coming off a very long layoff.

Does that make you feel any better?

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

Now we'll wait for the 3 recs...

And see how biased and trolling that is? Does anyone really believe it? Or does it sound equally ridiculous to you?

Those type of comments belong on Sherdog or FightOpinion, not here.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

By all means rec my post if that will soothe your damaged ego?

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No I'm not rec'ing it...

…that would defeat the whole purpose of my argument. My ego is far from damaged, I just think it was a stupid comment and totally ridiculous.

I’m just tired of reading the endless hate from the “if you’re not in the UFC you suck”, that set a bar and say “well if he beats, X and Y, he’s proven he’s Z.” And then as soon as he beats X and Y there’s some new argument that “X and Y were never that good and thus A must to done to prove Z.”

It’s obvious people have some stupid bias and they will never be satisfied, regardless of what wins he has in his career…it’s pretty pathetic, but there’s not much you can do.

I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.

by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

To be honest I didn’t agree with that post and I didn’t rec it either I was just picking at you for the over-reaction(I do agree with my post on Brock Lesnar because that’s actually the truth, Brock still has a lot to prove). I think maybe you got to the point of it finally when you said there’s not much you can do.

What always bugs me is that it does go both ways, some people will never be satisfied regardless of what Fedor does and some people will never accept that a large part of Fedor’s career has been wasted on worthless fights, heck the majority of his Pride fights were non-title fights and fighting a Middleweight and HMC were pretty worthless too.

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh he definitely has some questionable/freakshow fights on his resumer, but unfortunately that is what the nature of the business was/is, especially when Japan was the “Super Bowl of mma”.

Is it shite that he spent time fighting the HMCs, Ogawas and Zulu’s of the world instead of taking on the Barnett’s and Sergei’s? Hell yes it is.

Should it diminish the accomplishments of his great wins against guys when they were at the peak of their careers in Cro Cop, Nog, Herring, and then his former competition’s champions in Sylvia, AA? Absolutely not.

I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.

by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 2:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I like how you list Herring as a big win for Fedor.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Herring was the favorite at the time...

whether it turned out to be “that big” in hindsight is much different.

Funny then that beating Herring was a legitimate cause for Lesnar to get a title shot at 1-1 however….

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

2-1 – 1-1 in the UFC. And if you want to blame anyone for Brock getting offered that fight, blame Randy Couture.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Twas what I was referring to...

For the most part if you’re not a former PRIDE fighter…your record begins, for the UFC’s purposes, in the UFC.

I don’t think anyone is going to blame anyone for Brock getting offered the fight, it did absolute gangbusters, and he won. So hindsight being 20/20, they did it perfectly…however flimsy their initial justification.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the initial justification was that Randy wanted Brock for his comeback fight.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That’s definitely a huge factor.

Randy said no to Nog at least twice and decided to come back when Nog was tied up and a fight with Brock was on the table. That’s a lot of coincidence.

Randy knew Brock would be money and wanted that fight.

by Phildo on Feb 26, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I SAID FEDOR IS THE BEST HW IN THE WORLD

My head hurts.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Or we could go with ‘a can, the Interim HW Champion/former HW Champion in his second fight ever (also the first guy ever to finish Nog), a 28-13 veteran who held his own against Fedor, Nog (when he was invincible) and others, and the greatest HW champion in history. To start his career.’

All subjective, I guess.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The myth that Couture was the greatest HW champion in history

…still astounds me to this day.

Full and complete props to the Zuffa hype machine’s ability to perpetuate that myth.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Take a look at his resume as UFC HW champion and a HW overall...

much less stellar then people would like to make it out to be.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I strongly disagree.

His record is now 16-9, and the vast majority of those fights were title fights – either for or defending. He beat Chuck in his prime, he owned Tito, he held belts at two weight classes, and then came out of retirement in his forty’s and beat Sylvia (who was in the process of buying a toy for Arlovski) and Gonzaga (who had just kicked Cro Cop in the head and was picked by many to win decisively).

Lesnar beating Randy in his fourth fight ever is a b-i-g deal.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Chuck and Tito were not at HW…and the list of fighters he beat at HW are a list of fighters that have been highly criticized for either being on or being the equivalent of a certain other HW’s resume.

- Vitor Belfort @ HW, when he’s a 185er? = Lindland?
- Randleman = Randleman
- Rizzo = Cro Cop
- TK = TK
- Sylvia = Sylvia (and FAR less spectacularly)
- ~~Barnett~~ cheater
- Jeremy Horn?
- Crushed by Ricco
- ~~Illoukhine, Inoue losses~~ insert Fedor’s Rings wins with modded rules

Frankly I think Couture’s HW legacy is a big puffed up myth based two wins, albeit very legit ones, against Sylvia and Gonzaga.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Regardless...

Fedor and Randy are both HoF fighters in their own rights…but Fedor’s legacy > Randy’s and I think if they were going to fight it would be a massive beatdown – but if MMA has proved anything, it’s expect the unexpected.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree Fedor would beat Randy, but I’d also argue the level of Randy’s competition over the length of his career is deeper and better than Fedor’s.

Of course, I ain’t arguing shit right now because I’m hungry. I just think what Brock has done A YEAR AFTER STARTING is nothing short of amazing.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I will agree with you on the Brock thing.

Whether or not the size and rust played any factor against Randy, for a total n00b to come in and do that within 1-2 years of activity against an elite HW fighter, is nothing short of AH-mazing.

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously...

who did “rec” that comment?

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by The_Gaijin on Feb 26, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

who the ‘F’ are the three guys that rec’d this comment? I demand you reveal yourselves!

Fedor became my favorite fighter after he kicked my prior favorite fighters ass. (not choi) You must have had the opposite reaction.

In all seriosness, nothing is that certain in MMA. Fighters level of motivation comes and goes, Lucky punches can happen. But “fedor is the best ever” is the closest thing we have to indisputable fact in this sport. (or that UK judges cant see very well)

by Headkick on Feb 26, 2009 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jerry Millen, is that you?

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You’ve never seen me say he’s not the best HW in the world.

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Adrenaline MMA, Monte Cox, Timmy, the whole lot of them are crowded onto a surfboard and have just JUMPED THE SHARK!!

Monte Cox starts losing clients after this one. Seriously, couldn’t he just get Tim a gig in freakshow loving Japan?

by Reciprocity on Feb 26, 2009 12:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, like I said when Tim signed with Affliction this is either going to be the best thing for his career or the worst well you get what you deserve big boy.

by Raker on Feb 26, 2009 12:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

And big timmeh kept on whining that the UFC doesnt promote him well.. tsktsk..

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by Anton Tabuena on Feb 26, 2009 1:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

by pumaman on Feb 26, 2009 2:39 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Unbelievable how low Tim Sylvia’s career has sunk. Guess leaving the UFC for Affliction for a $800k payday hasn’t worked out like they thought it would. Hope he invested that money wisely.

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 4:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I am pretty sure he will fight for Affliction again, although for much less than 800K.
If that doesn’t pan out, he will head to Sengoku or Dream.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Feb 26, 2009 5:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

its looking like the UWC is more of a possibility

by #5mmafan on Feb 26, 2009 8:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The original Junkie post floated the idea that Buentello might be next for Sylvia. Cox stated that whether or not Sylvia’s on the next Affliction card depends on when the card actually takes place.

by Cannon Jacques on Feb 26, 2009 9:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

…that’s kind of the case with every fighter they have, isn’t it?

by subo on Feb 26, 2009 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

that’s technically true, but I think Cox was referring to the potential that an Affliction card may come about too close to this epic matchup with the 47-year-old phenom that is Ray Mercer. That’s just my interpretation. My guess is that the worry of an Affliction card happening too soon isn’t legit. They haven’t even announced a press conference and then canceled it. Not to mention the fact that they haven’t announced and subsequently canceled the entire fight card for Affliction 3. Much work still needs to be done.

by Cannon Jacques on Feb 26, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I think that we have a better shot at seeing Roy Nelson finally getting on an Affliction card than seeing Tim Sylvia booked again, he has pretty much priced himself out of the company at this point.

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’d rather see Roy Nelson. Sounds like a win, win.

by Cannon Jacques on Feb 26, 2009 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nelson vs Buentello would be interesting and cost 1/4th what it would to have Sylvia on the card.

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You Take that Back!!!!!!!

They have never, ever canceled a press conference!

by bignerd on Feb 26, 2009 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s part of the evolution of the company.

by Cannon Jacques on Feb 26, 2009 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

They planned to have a meeting to plan to cancel a press conference, but they canceled the meeting.

So Fedro could get some ice cream.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Feb 26, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m sure it would be a lot less than 800k but honestly even if they only paid half it’s still cheaper to just use Gilbert Yvel again. Tim just doesn’t draw a lot of eyeballs and the Fedor loss made things even worse.

As far as Dream or Sengoku then why hasn’t he in the last 8 months? Tim also said he wanted to go back to the UFC after Affliction too, I don’t see that happening. It’s got nothing to do with promotions it’s got to do with Tim Sylvia’s management drastically overplaying his hand.

by who me on Feb 26, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs