Adrenaline MMA III: Ray Mercer vs. Tim Sylvia Video
by Eugene Schelfaut on Jun 14, 2009 3:47 AM EDT
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The greatest MMA event of all time. Wonder if poor Tim Sylvia will still have a career left after this?
no
"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"
This sets up a kimbo vs tim sylvia ufc fight..
He could make kimbo look legit hahaha.. And maybe this is why Brock was asking for big tim for all these years. And wayyy before he got in the ufc. Hahahaha..
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 14, 2009 6:18 AM EDT up reply actions
wow
Big Tim did a full Matua.
"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"
lol i played that on loop about 40 times
“They agreed to not do that”
“Uh-huh”
BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 14, 2009 4:02 AM EDT reply actions
Fedor's TOP competition?
So I think Fedor’s last two wins against Arklovski and Sylvia should be questioned.
It’s like somebody beating up the toughest retards. Sign with the UFC Fedor! 3 fights in the UFC: Cain Velasquez, Couture, Lesnar… I think that’s 3 losses. It’ll ruin Fedor’s reputation. Now I see why he won’t sign a multi deal contract.
Okay Fedor fan boys… let’s hear your cries.
This does have an effect on Fedor considering the last 2 guys he’s beat have now been KTFO by no one where near the top 20 of these sham MMA rankings. When Fedor beats Barnett he might have to contemplate the reality of the situation and sign a deal with Zuffa. I realize his status and the who’s who of talent he’s beaten, but this sport and country is all about what have you done for me lately. Fedor doesn’t care though and I respect him for not laying on his back like a payed whore and taking the terms offered by the UFC.
No...
You could say Sylvia ruined Arlovski’s soul and that Randy/Nog ruined Tim’s soul..
Fedor is still the best fighter on the planet.. But after Barnett there isn’t much interesting fighters left outside the UFC.
Alistair Overeem
"the spirit of your average dumbass with more overblown rhetoric" OR "the self-appointed savior of MMA"
It doesn’t take hard to predict. Rankings always take into account opponents win/loss and performance. Fedor’s dominance has to be questioned. You can’t deny that his opponent’s performance has been detrimental to his perceived dominance. There is no one outside the UFC that he needs to fight. Barnett’s ranking is an illusion.
There is no chance Fedor would last longer than this vs mercer.
Et al
There is no chance I ahve been drinkingh
I dislike Matt Hughes.
Kimbo lasted longer then Tim Sylvia. So I don’t understand your logic here. Fedor would beat Mercer, as would most of the UFC Heavyweights.
by AlwaysRelaxing on Jun 14, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
God Daimn...
I feel sorry for Tim , I know everyone likes to hate on him but this is too much , a 10 seconds KO ? That’s worse than what happened to Andrei!
Yep , also unfortunate for Fedor though I doubt he gives a damn…he got his paychecks already
And might have just ended too.
"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 Jun 14, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I kind of wished that Mercer wouldn’t have taken him down.. I wanted to see how long Tim would stand there in dream land.
Maybe that fight against Ken Shamrock wasn't a bad idea after all...
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 14, 2009 7:36 AM EDT reply actions
Was this an exhibition fight?
I’m not seeing any records updating on Sherdog or anywhere, & if UFC 99 is up, this should be, too, if it counted, yes?
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 14, 2009 8:46 AM EDT reply actions
it was unsanctioned
so maybe thats why
http://www.mma-collective.com/
by schizosmurf on Jun 14, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Remember how bad Mercer did against Kimbo?
I think this should tell us all how bad Sylvia is at this point in his career.
To be fair, Sylvia and Mercer probably had an agreement to keep the fight standing. Kimbo bullrushed Mercer and submitted him on the ground. I’m not Sylvia fan, but I’m pretty sure Sylvia would beat Kimbo.
Unless it was in writing, that means nothing.
Mercer was beaten up by a complete MMA novice.
by AlwaysRelaxing on Jun 14, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
When has Sylvia done anything on the ground that would lead you to believe that he’s capable of doing that? I would put Mercer’s ground game as even with Tim.
Yea just because a fighter doesn’t use it doesn’t mean he doesn’t have one. Wanderlei Silva has a BJJ black belt, but he prefers to stand and bang, Chuck has a amateur wrestling background but he only used it to stay standing in the majority of his fights. Tim Sylvia trains on the ground(hell in MMA you have to) and it wouldn’t of taken much skill to put Mercer on his back.
What makes it worse is he lost to a guy notorious for this K-1 loss. I laugh my ass off every time I see it.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 14, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions
This Poor Guy
I know that Tim has done a lot of stuff that has been laughable and that he makes it pretty easy to poke fun at him, but I can’t laugh at this. This is just sad. Sylvia loses to a guy who got choked out by Kimbo Slice of all people, and who also, as our friend above here points out, quit after getting kicked in the head one time. And Sylvia was all the time running off at the mouth about how he could beat Jerome Le Banner’s ass. It’s just sad. It was fun hating on Sylvia at one time, but now I just feel sorry for the guy. I hope that he can find some way to have a halfway decent career after this.
by Cliff Speed on Jun 14, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
That event is so bootleg. The cameraman is on a ladder? That’s funny!
by AlwaysRelaxing on Jun 14, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
The Camara man had the perfect vantage point to catch that. I can’t wait to see that shot!
by Dropkick434 on Jun 14, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha
"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 Jun 14, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I think an Andrei Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia IV needs to happen. End of story. I think this needs to be a “Loser retires match” straight out of wwe.
I had to wipe the tears from my eyes
I was laughing so hard, then watched it again, that just made my week.
BREAKING NEWS!
YAMMA Pit Fighting has confirmed a two new matches for their second card:
Tim Sylvia vs. Sean Gannon
Ray Mercer vs. Fedor
by mountaineers101 on Jun 14, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions
See….this is why they don’t let Anderson Silva fight Roy Jones. The Silva myth would get exposed.
by P4P is a stupid concept on Jun 14, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions
Somehow I don’t think Anderson would get KO’ed with a run-of-the-mill hook in the first 10 seconds. Not saying Silva wins, but it would be a much different fight.
A wise man told me don't argue with fools
Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who
by thetakeover on Jun 14, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
It might, but this just illustrates an important fact. Boxers punch a lot harder than MMA fighters.
If you take a top flight boxer (even one past his prime) and put him against an mma fighter in an mma match, it’s either going to look like this or look like kimbo mercer, its just a matter of what happens first, the punch or the clinch/takedown.
If you put those fighters in a wink wink nod nod mma fight with no knees, elbows,takedown, ground, etc, the mma guy is going to go to sleep a very high percentage of the time.
It is
very fitting that Timmehs career ended in a dirt floored pole barn with uncle Jed on his new ladder with is cell phone in hand.
But in all fairness 99% of the people on this planet get hit with that punch they are out. Even Fedor or Lesnar would be out, thats why people take smart fights.
I don’t know how a reputable MMA promoter will ever be able to use Tim again. He has pissed away his winnings from Affliction and with no fighters union he will become the new Gary Goodridge. Guess he could be a Lobsteh fisherman with some of his family.
Gotta love the anti-Fedor marks...
…coming out of the woodwork to act as if a fat-assed Sylvia, who wasn’t serious/didn’t train for an unlicensed boxing/stand-up fight – devalues his previous win in an actual mma fight.
Most of them are the same people who turn their head the other way after seeing a Cain Velasquez who showed some big holes in his game at this point and call him an elite HW and someone that Emelianenko just needs to get in there with right away.
I am the bastard love child of Junie Browning and Diamond Dave Kaplan.
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