UFC Hall-of-Famer, Dan "The Beast" Severn picked up his 8th straight victory along with the Elite 1 MMA heavyweight championship, after choking out Scott Fraser this weekend. The 52-year-old legend improved his record to 97-16-7.
Other notables who competed this weekend:
- Efrain Escudero won his second straight bout since being released from the UFC by submitting Jeremy Larsen on RITC 148.
- UFC veterans Mark Holst and Kalib Starnes both picked up rear naked choke victories on Wreck MMA. Strikeforce veteran, Joe Riggs wasn't as fortunate though, as he got TKO'd by Jordan Mein on the same card.
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Your move, Randy Couture.
In all honesty though, this is awesome.
3 away
from the big 100
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by ElliotMatheny on Jan 31, 2011 5:07 AM EST up reply actions
He probably has to have a bunch of fights that were not recorded from the early days
So he does have 100+ already, but you have to account for worked matches (which still appear in his record) and wonder how many he actually won.
Even more awesome...
… is that Dan Severn appears to have a healthy head of hair at 52.
by M.Sphinx on Jan 31, 2011 5:06 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
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by Snatchl on Jan 31, 2011 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Lets have him rematch Royce at UFC Rio.
Food goes in here
by Pandanus on Jan 31, 2011 5:17 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Like that idea alot
I think Severn takes it easily though, Royce is a natural 170 lb’er.
Maybe in an openweight grappling match?
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by ElliotMatheny on Jan 31, 2011 5:30 AM EST up reply actions
97-16-7.... what a noob
That record is almost as impressive as that suggestion….
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by Captain Beyond on Jan 31, 2011 5:33 AM EST up reply actions
definitely my first reaction
Was he could be next for Herschel. They could bring in Mark Coleman and Don Frye (as they wanted) as well and they can all fight each other.
I wonder if a UFC return is even close to being a remote possibility at 52. I mean anybody else with 8 straight wins would be looked at long and hard for a contract offer, but he has to be just too old for the UFC. Would be pretty cool to are him fight Randy or Cro Cop or possibly even Big Nog (depending on how he looks when he returns)
i put dan in my picks for herschel next on my fan post
by The Evil Dr Pork Chop on Jan 31, 2011 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
Okay none of the guys he faced have a winning record
but still all of them were new to the sport with less than ten fights (i think 6 was the most). That still makes him a great opponent for the 2-0 Herschel Walker. Strikeforce should make the fight happen… it is a win-win for them. If Herschel Walker wins then he just beat a UFC Hall of Famer on an 8 fight winning streak that has won 97 other fights. If he loses then he was gutsy and heroic for stepping into the cage with a hall of famer who has almost 100 wins. In fact, going off of what I said above, they should setup a mini “Legends” tournament with Coleman, Frye or Ken Shamrock or a few other old guys willing to fight for a paycheck.. Guys with a name that would give the impression that Walker is getting a step up in competition, but it wouldn’t be crazy if he actually won.I admit that something like this would just seem stupid if the UFC were to do it, but would be something I would love watching in Strikeforce.
If they were to do something like this
hypothetically, who else would you like to see in a Strikeforce “Legends Tournament”
It’s funny how people bitch about Hershel fighting cans when Severn has been doing it for years.
Food goes in here
No one is building Dan Severn up for anything, the dude has nearly had 100 fights, what’s to build up.
Yes I know I was pointing out what a horrible comparison it was between the two on any level. Dan and Herschel are doing two completely separate things at two compeletely separate career levels.
by who me on Jan 31, 2011 8:16 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Truly horrible
Comparing Dan Severn and Herschel is absurd.
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by Charles Awad on Jan 31, 2011 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
You honestly think what Strikeforce is doing with Hershel is ‘building him up’? I think it’s plain old record padding, except for a new guy. Essentially, Hershel’s afraid to look bad, and Strikeforce is afraid he’ll look bad and make them look bad. And that’s all fine. My only complaint is why should I watch him fight cans when I could be watching a legit MMA guys fight instead? If he’s going to fight guys specially selected to make him look good, what’s the point? That’s a waste of everyone’s time.
ROFL
This line of thought is comical to me. So Herschel should start out fighting the best fighters in the world as a 48 year old with little MMA experience? Even the young guys don’t do that. The only guy I can think of that did that is Brock Lesnar but he is young, and a freak of nature with a great wrestling background.
Herschel has been a great ambassador for the sport and being well known as a great athlete has given MMA more legitimacy in many casual fan’s eyes. Not only that but his last fight was pretty entertaining I thought. Strikeforce isnt portending that Walker is anything more than what he is…. a “young” fighter with an older age. It takes balls to get in the cage and fight, let alone a 48 year old with a great athletic reputation at stake. He is fighting for love of the sport. I applaud him.
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by crizzy on Jan 31, 2011 9:43 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
For the last time… a can shouldn’t be featured in a main card slot, no matter who he’s fighting. It’s a waste of everyone’s time. If Strikeforce/Walker don’t want him matched to a decent fighter, then he should go on the prelims. That’s what I’m saying.
Let it go.
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by RolloTomasi on Jan 31, 2011 3:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Walker is fighting freak show fights to draw attention to the sport, yes it’s not terribly legit but there is nothing wrong with Strikeforce doing this. You don’t have to watch Walker fight cans on Showtime events, heck you aren’t the target audience for his fights anyway so I doubt they would care if you tuned out. Freak shows like this serve a purpose for drawing new fans in, Walker isn’t fighting to impress us internet folk anyway.
The big sell for Walker fights is that he looks so good for being so old and can beat guys much younger than he is, having him fight someone who is 4 years older than him sort of blows that all to hell, particularly if the 52 year old wins. Even at 52 years old Dan is still quiet a big step up from Scott Carson.
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by RearNakedChoker on Jan 31, 2011 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
Nice.
Swanson’s a badass, but I’m diggin’ Duke Silver just a bit more. I love the picture of breakfast he has in his office though. :)
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by RearNakedChoker on Jan 31, 2011 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
Severn randomly called into my show last weekend.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 31, 2011 10:07 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Awesome.
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by Charles Awad on Jan 31, 2011 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
Did Escudero miss weight for this fight? Thought I saw that somewhere, but could be wrong.
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Starnes did.
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by Thats It For you! on Jan 31, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Old man's still got it
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by B Money on Jan 31, 2011 1:29 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
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