Gracie Dominance: Three Cesar Gracie-trained kings wear the Strikeforce crown (article)
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What's Strikeforce?
How come they’re not UFC champions?
by MauiPimpin on Mar 10, 2010 8:22 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Soon to be the 4th champion…
Jose Canseco!
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by Tim Burke on Mar 10, 2010 8:24 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Just for a reference point someone should put up pictures of BJ Penn, GSP and Anderson, the real LW, WW and MW champs.
Thats a pimp ass picture. The ufc belts have always looked cheesy to me with the giant ufc in the front though. They should switch belts to have the better fighters and better belts sans Lesnar. Because Fedor > Lesnar of course. ;)
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 10, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
Oh I get it
because people still argue that he won.
It’s ok, I still argue that Penn beat GSP the first time. It doesn’t mean as much since he beat Penn’s ass the second time though. That’s what you have to look forward to when Machida beats Shogun’s ass in the second fight. ;)
lmao
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 10, 2010 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
Man
Strikeforce went from being a well respected second rate division with some good fighters to some sort of internet joke overnight huh? UFC or bust for you guys? I still like them, and they’re pretty good fighters.
The man known simply as "Christmas Cheesesteak"
by Neil Manich on Mar 10, 2010 8:30 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Just poking a little fun. I don’t think there are many people referring to the Strikeforce champs as “kings” of the sport.
by Worldisart on Mar 10, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sure all 3 are solid fighters but if all 3 were to go to the UFC tommrow shields is the one with the most potential out of the 3. But I still don’t see Shields beating the top fighters in the UFC’s WW devision like Fitch,Kos,Alves,etc,He would fit in the top 5 around 4 or 5. If they matched him up right like they did with Hardy I can see him getting enuff wins to get a shot at GSP. Gil on the other hand I can’t ever see being a contender in to the UFC’s LW devision. He would be solid but I see him being like a Tyson Griffen, Sean Sherk, etc I don’t see Gil beating any of the LW’s at the top of the devision in the UFC. If Diaz goes back to the UFC it will be the same old story as before his take down Def still sucks and a good wrestler with sud def will just maintian top control and ride out a decision against him every time. I still would like to See Shields and Gil especially in the UFC one day.
Seems like thats exactly whats happened, hlebtasic.
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 10, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
It didn't turn into a joke overnight
it was much more of a gradual process.
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by Fake Emcee on Mar 10, 2010 10:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Am I crazy or is this quote wrong?
Shields quickly submitted the power puncher via armbar in just two minutes.
Seems like a weird mistake to make.
all of 3 wouldn’t be champs in UFC. I dont think it is running strikeforce down stating the truth. Penn>Melendez GSP>shields Silva>Diaz
"Frank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass. I told him a year ago. I pulled it out of him and I beat him over the head with it." Brock Lesnar
im a much bigger fan of Diaz than Silva but i think Silva would take the fight with ease.
"Frank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass. I told him a year ago. I pulled it out of him and I beat him over the head with it." Brock Lesnar
Yeah, it wouldn’t be close. Silva isn’t the volume puncher that Diaz is, but he doesn’t have to be because his power is ridiculous. He’s fast and accurate, longer than Diaz, and Nick’s style leaves his chin wide open for someone with those attributes. It would be a short fight.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
Diaz would get handled by most WW’s in the UFC, at MW a guy like Nate would smash him into little pieces.
Nah
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 11, 2010 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Cesar Gracie academy is the shit
Hopefully one day Dana isn’t scared to let his champs defend against the SF champs and not against the Dan Hardy’s,Patrick Cote’s or Diego Sanchez’s.
This is the funniest
comment ever on BE. EVER.
It will be a sad day for Cesar Gracie and his fighters after Shields losses to Hendo, Melendez losses to Aoki, and Diaz eventually losses to Jay Heiron
Hmmm, I’m normally the first to argue that fighters outside of the UFC get overrated but I think all three of these guys could acquit themselves very well in the UFC. Melendez is like a well-rounded, uber-version of Clay Guida, I’d love to see him fight Florian or Edgar. Anyone expecting Henderson to knock Shields out straight away is going to be let down too, I’m leaning towards Hendo to take the fight but it won’t be a pushover.
I’m more of a nuthugger for Diaz than the other two Cesar fighters but he’s the toughest to rank of the three. He’s on a roll but he’s been in fights that are very favourable for him stylistically. I’m not sure how he’d fare against somebody like Koscheck or Alves but it’d be great to see.
I too am a fellow Diaz nuthugger but
wrestlers kill my Diaz twins.
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