Quote of the Day: Brendan Schaub: "I'm Ready for Cro Cop or Gilbert Yvel"
by Kid Nate on Jul 10, 2010 9:27 PM EDT
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"I think I took a step ahead of the rest of those [up-and-comers] beating a guy like Tuchscherer," Schaub said. "If you look at the other up-and-comers, ... they're fighting guys (that are) not as experienced.
"I think I'd definitely be ready for a (Mirko) 'Cro Cop' (Filipovic) or a Gilbert Yvel. I won't call anyone out, but if Joe Silva calls me, I'm ready for whatever he wants to throw my way."
Brendan Schaub talking to MMA Junkie
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Russow vs Schaub.
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by vivero on Jul 10, 2010 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Seems like a sideways step.
I would like it to make sure he is for real though. I’d love to see him wrestle. A fight with Gilbert Yvel would be very exciting.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
Sadly enough
winning isn’t always the most important thing in MMA.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
I’m not sure how you can argue that Russow is a “sideways step” and then argue he should fight Gilbert Yvel.
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by Mike Fagan on Jul 10, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I didn't argue that he should fight him.
Just said that I think it would be exciting.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
I guess. It’s not unreasonable to deduce that when those sentence are back-to-back.
That said, my point is that if Russow is a sideways step, Yvel is a clear step down.
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Makes sense.
Maybe sideways step is a bad way of putting it. I’m just not sure how much a win over Russow would do for Schaubs career. That said, I agree that a fight with Yvel, that would be exciting, would do equally as little.
This is why I’m not a matchmaker. I don’t know what the hell to do with the guy.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
by Geno Mrosko on Jul 10, 2010 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yvel a clear step down?
I don’t know about that. He may not have the best ground skills, but Yvel can take out all but the best strikers. If Schaub stood with Yvel, he’d get battered.
And i’m not even going to discuss Crocop; Schaub needs to slowwwwww down.
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by ElliotMatheny on Jul 11, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
i wouldnt discuss it either....
is i was mirkos management, its not a good matchup for the croatian at all. we’ve seen the old vet vs the young up and comer matchup many many times and the young fighters wind up violently beating the old guy more times than not
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
C'mon bro
Mirko just outlasted and outstruck Pat Barry, do you really think Schaub would do better than HD?? Crocop showed some fucking LASER precision with his hands, some lightning fast kicks, and generally just showed that he still has some left in the tank.
Brandon is a solid prospect still, sure, but at this point there’s no way he can lay a systematic beating on Mirko like Dos Santos or Kongo did, and his ground skills aren’t enough to really threaten him.
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by ElliotMatheny on Jul 12, 2010 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t oversell Cro Cop. He was getting his ass kicked in the first round. Barry breaks his hand in the first and then his foot in the second and suddenly Cro Cop pulls it out in the second and then decisive third round. This is not a coincidence.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
I'm not overselling him
Mirko is by no means even a shadow of his former self. ’06 Crocop would bend his current self over a sink.
That said, Schaub got slept by fucking Roy Nelson. Don’t get me wrong, Big Country is a hoss, but Crocop’s striking is leaps and bounds more focused, and Brendan is no HD Barry.
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by ElliotMatheny on Jul 12, 2010 3:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Schaub needs to slowwwwww down
Mother Nature tried to tell him that but he kicked her in the face with his energy legs.
(Anyone?)
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what the fuck
is going on?
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by RolloTomasi on Jul 11, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk&feature=related
Watch these and be educated. Puerile and stupid and for some unknown reason they have been making me laugh like an idiot for years.
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by ElliotMatheny on Jul 12, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
disagree with that
russow isnt really a name at all, yvels been around a long time and beaten some tough guys to make a win over him seem more significant than a win over russow
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Russow’s hammerfist on the other hand, was one of the most important things in MMA to me this year. He tried so hard to pull back and not hit TODDDUFFEE but instead gave him taco flavored kisses.
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by Earl Montclair on Jul 10, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Russow is NOT a sideways step
Russow is not a side step, he is a massive step down. He gets pummeled for three rounds offering absolutely nothing except a concrete skull to smash fists against and then lands this amazing punch, and somehow that equates to what Brendan Schaub has done in the UFC, namely destroy Chase Gormley and Christian Tuchscherer in under 2 minutes total, in brutal fashion. I think not. Schaub deserves a much better opponent than Russow. I guess it would be nice if he could go knock out Russow in about a minute as well, but who knows with that chin of his.
I can see why he is asking for Cro Cop, as that is the smallest step up possible. Yvel can’t be considered a step up, but the fight would be far more entertaining than a Russow fight.
They should give him Stefan Struve if Struve wins his next fight or Ben Rothwell.
by IWillPartyHard on Jul 10, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Russow is 2-0 in the UFC
Schaub’s last two opponents have a combined 1-4 record in the UFC
Russow is definitely a step up
In my opinion Russow is in no way a step down for a fighter like Schaub at this point of his career. Its a very solid match and test for a young up and coming prospect like Schaub in my opinion .Today so many MMA fans journalist, and reporters are so quick to call for propects to be thrust right into the deep end of a division after only a few W’s. Especially even more so if they have a easy time beating that competition and look good doing so. It seems to happpen all the time anymore in MMA especially to young Zuffa fighters.A young fighter like Schaub should still be learning skills in mma and getting cage experience and time and be matched up wit the proper opponents and not be rushed into fights that might be to much to fast at this point of his career.
Rushing a fighter to test himself against competition he is not yet ready to fight can really hurt,set back or even kill a young fighters career ! But this is not all bad if you ask me ? It just shows how much new young talent is really coming into the sport of MMA today. To me this is just another example of how MMA is just like all other major sports in North America. Fans,Reporters and journalist wanting and calling for a young athlete to bloom and flower before they hardly even have any roots at all happens all the time in all other sports and its nothing new in MMA eather as we have witnessed the last few years with all the new young talent coming into the sport, Its just shows how much new talent is really coming into MMA today.
Getting back to Schaub a fighter like Brendan Schaub should be getting cage time and experience at this point of his career and advancing up the ranks of the HW devision very very slowly and only fighting hand picked oppomnets . Sure there are those rare exceptions in sports like a Stephen Strasburg, LeBron James, Sidney Crosby,etc in MMA like a GSP,Cain Velasquez, Brock Lesnaer etc but Schaub is just not at that level. I just think a good looking up and comer like Schaub should be fighting as much as possible agasint the lower to mid lower levels of the devision and getting his cage time, experience and most importantly to build his skills for the next level when the time is ready. Give the kid some time in the UFC to build himself and his skill set up before you start givng him bigger fights and names. This is such a problem in all sports with young talent and mma is no different I guess .
by Shocbomb on Jul 11, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
As a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs – a sports franchise among the absolute worst for destroying their own talented prospects – I totally agree. Schaub may have smashed Tuchscherer, but he also got annihilated by Roy Nelson. He’s young and inconsistent, and you have to allow a young prospect time to become more consistently good or you risk them becoming consistently bad, or worse, risk them breaking down physically and mentally.
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yeah
and like Matt Hughes he’s not looking to be used by the young lions to build their names. Yvel on the other hand will take anything he can get.
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like Matt Hughes he’s not looking to be used by the young lions to build their names.
Damn you Thiago Alves!
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by Earl Montclair on Jul 10, 2010 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Um
Matt Hughes is fighting Ricardo Almeida next in a fight I don’t think Silva expects Almeida to lose.
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by Derek Suboticki on Jul 10, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Why would you favor Almedia to beat Huges?Huges already beat Almedia in a straight grappling competition years ago.Hughes has slowed down over the years,but he’s still capable of holding top control on the mat and not getting subbed for three rounds.And Almedia isn’t going to KO him.
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I don't know dude.
I’m thinking Almeida is going to tool him. Hughes is a legend but his time is gone. Almeida is a big boy too.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
Hughes shouldn’t have too many problems laying on top of Almedia for three rounds and winning a decision.For God’s sake,Almedia had to go life and death with Kendall Grove on the mat a year ago.Give Hughes at least a little credit here.
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what are you talking about?
I was referring to Hughes’ declining to fight any of the AKA studs — Koscheck, Fitch or Swick — because he doesn’t want them using his name to get themselves over.
I think Hughes sees Almeida as someone more his peer.
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I’d agree that he’s ready for them. Russow vs. Schaub would be cool too. I think CroCop should retire.
Why?
He’s 34 and beat a tough Pat Barry?
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yea
and his contract is up with the UFC
he did mention that he would do certain fights or fight in Europe (like when Big Nog said he wanted to fight him, Cro Cop said it was a fight he could not refuse)
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Cro Cop released a statement that he only wanted big name fights and would like to have Big Nog, Randy Couture and a Gonzaga rematch for his last three fights. He also stated that he would prefer to fight in Europe instead of the US. If he does sign back with the UFC look for him to fight special event type fights to draw for European expansion (or perhaps on another Abu Dhabi card). He most definitely isn’t fighting Schaub.
How about Cro Cop fighting on NYE?
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by Barack Lesnar on Jul 10, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
In Japan with another well known HW just sayin
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by Barack Lesnar on Jul 10, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
been trying to convince myself that never happened in an MMA event
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by Barack Lesnar on Jul 10, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
NYE in Japan, anything can happen (and that even means Bob Sapp vs a cartoon character).
Last time Cro Cop fought a Dynamite!! NYE card in Japan it was against HMC.
True
Japan shits nuts
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by Barack Lesnar on Jul 11, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
He broke them durring the fight.
It’s not like he came in busted up.
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Ya and Pat dominated him in round one.
Broke his hand in the first and foot in the second. Oddly enough he lost the second round and got finished in the third. Weird.
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by Earl Montclair on Jul 10, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Your point
is Cro Cop took a massive beating and still won?
Yeah what a hack……
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that doesnt seem like his point to me.
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by Earl Montclair on Jul 10, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I think your point is that
Had Barry not broken his hand Cro Cop would have won. However that isnt what happened so your point means nothing.
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by Udalango on Jul 11, 2010 4:42 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lol my bad i was making a guess towards your point cause I guess im lost too
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Lesnar takes a massive beating,came back and won and is treated as some sort of unstoppable machine.
Cro Cop does the same thing,and he’s garbage.
Fans are fickle.
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Who called him garbage?
My point was perfectly made by MostDiabolicalHater.
Ya and Pat dominated him in round one.
Broke his hand in the first and foot in the second. Oddly enough he lost the second round and got finished in the third. Weird.
That’s really all there is to it. Not saying Cro Cop sucks but it’s a lot different then the Lesnar fight so don’t even use that.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
It kinda is though. Cro Cop is not Chuck Liddell. He seems to have a much different mindset and I would not be surprised one bit if he hangs it up. It’s not like he has nothing to fall back on.
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by Earl Montclair on Jul 10, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Cro Cop
is trying to get a fatter contract this time.
His “retirement” could be a ploy to generate more buzz for a “comeback”.
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I wouldn’t be surprised mate.
I thought it was funny when he told Dana not to be so stingy and give him submission of the night for his choke on Pat Barry, even if it was the messiest rear naked choke I can remember seeing in the UFC. Dana gave it to him too!
Crocop still has a big fan base, and Dana knows this, so I expect him to sign a new contract with the UFC maybe for even more money than he previous contract.
Who would have been worthy then?
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by Earl Montclair on Jul 10, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
dude
Kimbo
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by Barack Lesnar on Jul 10, 2010 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I could see
Schuab vs Yvel, I’d prefer Russow or even Duffee to be honest.
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That would be good
definitely a step up from who he’s fought with some what of a name.
Schaub needs to beat someone other than a one dimensional wrestler with no hands. He got owned by Roy Nelson, how would he fare against someone who has built their reputation on stand up. If he’s so eager to move out of prelim-ville, call out someone like Kongo because Mirko’s time is running out and he would rather fight someone with a name on PPV. I hope Joe Silva gives him Yvel, but if that were to happen we would see Schaub try to grind a decision once he tastes the shins or leather of a real heavyweight striker.
by BrothaDarkness on Jul 10, 2010 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
I'm sorry
“Im ready for Gilbert Yvel”- Brendan Schaub
???
Set the bar a little higher champ.
simple solution
let Josh Barnett take/pass a drug test and bring him in to face/beat down Schaub. I still believe Barnett could be the dark horse in the HW division if he could get his shhiittte together
Putting Josh Barnett on an American MMA card is anything but simple.
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by Derek Suboticki on Jul 10, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Barnett is old, let him fight his last few productive years in Japan or maybe Strikeforce. The UFC doesn’t need him, they have plenty of gatekeepers, and gatekeepers who cost a lot less and don’t fail drug tests or bad mouth the UFC. Not like Barnett is a draw at all in the US.
by IWillPartyHard on Jul 10, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
disagree
he could be in SF by the end of the year regardless of the bullsh*t going on w/the CSAC. and how can you call him old when he’s one year younger than Brock? makes no sense
He can be in Strikeforce if he can get CSAC to let him get a license again. Perhaps blowing off four appeal hearings in a row wasn’t the best way to convince them that he is serious about getting a US fight license again. There are a lot of issues with both sides in this situation but in the end it’s going to be CSAC that makes the final decision on whether Josh Barnett fights in the US again or not.
ok
question. if/when/if he gets cleared to fight, do you not give him a fighters chance to be a top contender in the HW division???? you have to! he’s legit, and proven, unlike Cain and JDS in my op
What more does Junior have to do?
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by Barack Lesnar on Jul 11, 2010 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
besides beat Brock. pre empting against any smartasses
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by Barack Lesnar on Jul 11, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
how about
show some of this “legendary” ground game he has? trust, i’m a JDS fan, but i’m not buyin the shit until i smoke it first and i haven’t seen it first hand yet, so i reserve my right to wait until i pass judgement
Yvel seems good
Gabe Gonzaga, Stefan Struve, Cheick Kongo or Pat Barry would also work. I don’t see Cro Cop so much – I don’t think he wants to fight too many of the young lions, as he called them. Since we’re playing fantasy matchmaker, how about him vs any of those those guys and the winner faces the loser of Mir/Nog
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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 11, 2010 12:41 AM EDT reply actions
Brendan Schaub:
I think you have lots of potential, but I think you should take one more learning fight before you take that step. You are still but a baby in this sport. You don’t need to call out someone who can KO you again. Too many of those early and you will never be right.
by truck on Jul 11, 2010 1:58 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Gilbert Yvel is obviously not a UFC level heavyweight and has lost to a bunch of cruddy fighters in his career. Calling out someone that Minowa beat years ago isn’t exactly reaching for the stars.
For a guy who only started fighting in 2008 and has only had 7 fights (not counting the TUF house) fighting a guy with 53 fights against some of the toughest guys in the sport isn’t really a step down. Schaub is a serious prospect in the sport but lets not get ahead of ourselves, he’s still very much just a prospect who’s best victory has been against a guy who fought in the Yamma pit. Trying to put Yvel out of the UFC would be a decent test for him at this point in his career.
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by who me on Jul 11, 2010 3:02 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
has cro cop signed a new contract yet?
i heard talk maybe he will retire and also that he would fight nog, which one is it anyone know
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Idk how long he’s out for but I’d like to see HD fight Schaub
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