Kevin Randleman officially signs with Strikeforce:
He is set to return as a light heavyweight. "If someone is gonna beat me, they better beat me while I'm still getting back in shape,"...
HT: Fighthype.com
-- photo via MMAWeekly.com
8 months ago
Nick Thomas
44 comments
0 recs |
Email
PrintComments
Randleman Returns
A guilty pleasure, but this is great news.
"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard
by Brett Jones on Mar 12, 2009 9:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Time for the inevitable...
Randleman looking impressive and beating someone you don’t expect him to…followed by Randleman losing to people he shouldn’t.
YAY!
(but seriously…yay! I like Kev)
Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 12, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well put Brett Well put
:Insert Joker clapping gif here: (I would but it will crush my photobucket bandwidth
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Mar 12, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“If someone is gonna beat me, they better beat me while I’m still getting back in shape,”…
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
by Bigperm on Mar 12, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Strikeforce just got a little sweeter! And blonder! :)
4 more weeks!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Mar 12, 2009 9:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hmm...
I wonder if he has learnt any of that zoo zitsu stuff that people keep talking about?
Be water, my friend.
http://martialfarts.fightlinker.com
by Martial Farts on Mar 12, 2009 9:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is that...
when you have big muscles and jump really high? Because if so I think he has it
Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 12, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
Zoo-zitsu is the art of tripping and knocking yourself unconscious before a big fight.
by Scott Haber on Mar 12, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shamrock is a blue belt in that.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Mar 12, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll say yes because the Hammer House is constantly evolving and trying new things.
Yeah, who got the final Death Blow? 'Cause I thought that Hawaiian guy had it comin' to him. - C. K.
by monkeyfightclub! on Mar 12, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hellz yeah.
GSP should clearly do his entire camp with Hammer House before the Alves fight.
by Scott Haber on Mar 12, 2009 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember when..
they totally stepped up their cardio program? I don’t think I’ve seen a Hammer House associated fighter gas for at least 5 years
Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 12, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
New steroid cocktails?
Seriously glad he’s back, but hope they don’t put him up against anybody good.
by natyong on Mar 12, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The las three comments are priceless. But seriously this guy is an athletic freak, he just doesn’t have enough tools in the toolbag
by WARMMA on Mar 12, 2009 10:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Imagine all the people ...
..who would line up to see you if you announced that you were finding an actual MMA camp to train with.
You can say I’m a dreamer …
by asa on Mar 12, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Randleman
You know, I really want to see Randleman fight Houston Alexander.
"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard
by Brett Jones on Mar 12, 2009 11:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Only
if Rampage is a guest commentator, so we can hear endless references to black-on-black crime.
by Scott Haber on Mar 12, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I remember one time watching this video of Rampage saying that if Kevin Randleman got with a really good camp that he could be a champion again.
"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007
by lovingmma25 on Mar 12, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that’s when they asked him who punched harder and disappointed them by not saying wanderlei but randleman.
by spectaa on Mar 12, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The year of the Randleplex is upon us.
"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 Mar 12, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
when is the last time randleman fought in the states??
by dbcb on Mar 12, 2009 12:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In October 2006
At Pride 32, when Shogun leglocked the shit out of him.
by Scott Haber on Mar 12, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Followed by Randleman using fake urine in his piss test.
by ilostmydog on Mar 12, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah what ever happened with that? that is why I brought it up because I didn’t know if he had come back since then…
by dbcb on Mar 12, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
His fighter’s license got revoked. I think he said he submitted fake urine because he was on antibiotics and painkillers from a surgery he had. Can’t remember exactly. I assume he’d have to apply for a fighter’s license in Cali to fight and he’d have to piss clean before they gave him one.
by ilostmydog on Mar 12, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He came close to major organ failure too. He went into the hospital for dialysis a while back and had some sort of infection. Not sure of the details.
by bubbafat on Mar 12, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
didn’t he have some serious staph infection too??
by dbcb on Mar 12, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
correct
His side looked like a humvee post IED. He had disgusting, gaping holes all over the place.
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Mar 12, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strikeforce LHWs?
Babalu
Feijao
The Monster
Blueberry Muffin
Southworth
Ruiz
And possibly:
The Snake
Suganuma
Henman
Shane DLS
Not a bad start…
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 12, 2009 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think Mo has any reason to come to the States, not for a while.
He can stay in Japan, wear wrestling shoes and blast chumps to a 20-0 record and fat UFC contract.
Contributor Emeritus - BloodyElbow.com
by Chris Nelson on Mar 12, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know in the UFC
You can tape your feet muay thai style and put grippy stuff on the bottom of the tape. Works just like wrestling shoes. I think people don’t know its not against the rules thats why you don’t see it more often. I saw that on a random facts thing once. Only like 1 guy has done it.
by ItBurnzWhenIP on Mar 12, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stikeforce Light Heavyweights
Babalu and Randleman add a measure of credability, to extent to which Randleman can be taken seriously in 2009. The rest, however, read like a list of alternates from TUF 8.
Perhaps Feijao will do well for himself in the future. It will be difficult to prove himself with Babalu representing the only legitimate contender amongst Strikeforce’s ranks.
Is “Shane DLS” Shane Del Rosario?
"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard
by Brett Jones on Mar 12, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
is randleman even really adding anything though… especially somewhere where they test???
by dbcb on Mar 12, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Feijao an alternate in TUF?
Wow! Really?
I would pick Feijao to beat Wandy, Forrest, and Rashad right now.
:)
Yup, meant Shane Del Rosario.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 12, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s just crazy. Feijao is a badass, but he’s a prospect and nowhere near Forrest or Rashad’s level.
"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 Mar 12, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha, trianed by Silva, Machida, and Nogs, he is very underestimated by many.
We will see soon my friends! :)
Forrest, Rashad, and Wandy matchup really good for Feijao.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 12, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
P.S.
When did Forrest elevate to this high level you guys speak of?
When he lost to Jardine, or when he beat a terrible looking Shogun, or when he squeaked by Rampage, or when he got destroyed by Rashad ?
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 12, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Bloody Elbow
Related FanShots on Bloody Elbow
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
MMA Rankings
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
