According to MMA Fanhouse, Strikeforce is looking to book a middleweight match-up between Robbie...

So what’s the good news?

by Rob J Nathan on Aug 26, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that lawler will get tapped?

by "Mr. NC-17" on Aug 26, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good call, let’s hope he goes in head down, CB Dollaway style ;-)

by Rob J Nathan on Aug 26, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

say what you want

but this is a match between two top 15 middleweights. Lawler is a hard hitting veteran and Souza is one of the top jiu jitsu artists in the world. what’s not to like?

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by Kid Nate on Aug 26, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously that sounds like a really interesting fight.

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by Day Man on Aug 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shields all over again?

by judonerd on Aug 27, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Maybe, maybe Jacare gets his head knocked off. Thats what makes it interesting.

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by Day Man on Aug 27, 2009 2:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

by Patrick79x on Aug 27, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

^

^ Repeat of the Shields fight

by Patrick79x on Aug 27, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shit i took too long and was 15 mins late..

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by Anton Tabuena on Aug 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now you will know for next time! How dare you leave the Bloody Elbow Community to live a normal life!!!

by Rob J Nathan on Aug 26, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually i was just sleeping.. haha.

because of the time difference, i get to spend lots of time in BE and post while most of the staff are asleep, a couple of hours when they’re awake, and a couple of hours before they sleep..
(thats the time where most unmoderated flamewars/trolling happens.. it kinda gets interesting at times, but usually when it happens, it just gets annoying cause no one deletes super dumb comments haha)

By the time i sleep, it’s about lunch time there, and all the staff are awake so they’ve got most news covered anyway… most important news at anytime gets covered, so it’s a win-win situation IMO.. haha.

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by Anton Tabuena on Aug 26, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, now you have totally confused me! Where are you in the world, are you on GMT?

by Rob J Nathan on Aug 27, 2009 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're at ET right?

turn am into pm… +8 gmt..

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by Anton Tabuena on Aug 27, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, I’m from London, GMT :-)

by Rob J Nathan on Aug 27, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thank you strikeforce

finally a matchup i like. get to see the great jacare against some legit competition instead of that putz mayhem miller.

oh yeah. jacare by whatever he wants.

by kamachi on Aug 26, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Uhhh

if by ‘whatever he wants’ means a submission, then yeah. You’re batshit crazy if you think he can beat Lawler standing though And it’s very likely that he’ll get clipped a few times before then.

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by ElliotMatheny on Aug 26, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well yea

whatever he wants = submission. jacare throws submissions like they were punches. jacare’s advantage on the ground is far greater than lawler’s advantage on the feet. i imagine rob lawler will be on his back pretty quickly and submitted in the first round.

by kamachi on Aug 27, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That putz Mayhem Miller tapped Lawler. So legit competition is a guy who was beaten by the putz?

by Akatalinich on Aug 27, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting. Lawler vs. Jacare is a great fight, but I wonder what that means for Matt Lindland — I was beginning to talk myself into Lindland-Lawler. Maybe Lindland vs. Villasenor?

by madiq on Aug 26, 2009 11:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How is Lindland recovering from that K.O.?

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by Day Man on Aug 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure he's fine

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by Kid Nate on Aug 26, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it took a year off my life just watching it

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by Day Man on Aug 26, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lindland/Cyborg??

by CSKit on Aug 27, 2009 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can Lindland make the cut to 145?

;)

by Steve4192 on Aug 27, 2009 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'd much rather see

lawler vs manhoef or miller
jacare vs shields

figured that was a no brainer for coker. guess not.

by kamachi on Aug 27, 2009 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Winner could probably get a shot at the interim belt if mayhem/shields are ready for another fight before Cung Le is ready. Pretty cool fight.

by Phildo on Aug 26, 2009 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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by Anton Tabuena on Aug 26, 2009 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is a very compelling matchup

Lawler’s wrestling is very good, but then again- so is Jacare’s. I tend to think Jacare by submission in the 1’st or 2’nd, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Robbie dusted him

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by ElliotMatheny on Aug 26, 2009 11:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jacare by submission. No way Lawler keeps this off the ground.

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by FlyByKnight on Aug 27, 2009 12:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Another great card starting to get formed

by Meshuggeth on Aug 27, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

PLus get Diaz/Sakura in there

by Meshuggeth on Aug 27, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oldie but goodie - Jacare BJJ highlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHD067Gx7hw

You can see the influence of his school — bjj fundamentals with plenty of standup skills left over from the early masters. You will never see Jacare pull guard.

by judonerd on Aug 27, 2009 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

correction—he pulls guard against marcelo garcia, but im going to pretend that didnt happen.

Also, dont miss him getting his arm broken by Roger Gracie and still winning the match on points — about 3 mins into the video

by judonerd on Aug 27, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jacare via gator roll.

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by a tommy point on Aug 27, 2009 12:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jacare really does fight like some kind of blood-hungry reptilian.

for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.

by Bandaka on Aug 27, 2009 2:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rumored October/November Bouts So Far:

Fedor vs Rogers
Shields vs Mayhem Miller
Jacare vs Lawler
Matt Lindland vs TBA

by MMASuPreMaCy on Aug 27, 2009 1:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

though mayhem will probably be in a separate card..

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by Anton Tabuena on Aug 27, 2009 3:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

MW is the only weight

where Strikeforce have a decent roster.

This is where I thought Affliction and Strikeforce should have focused.

When Affliction first started out – they should have captured mainly Heavyweights and built cards around having heavyweights. This would have been a much better recipe for success.

Although MW is less compelling than HW Strikeforce have a decent MW division and there are some decent MW fighters they can get that are still out there. Add Diaz and Shields to the mix and you have some very interesting match ups.

Not that it’s really going to do them any good in the long run.

by rainmaker6 on Aug 27, 2009 5:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs