MMA World Cup: Light Heavyweight Finals
by Jonathan Snowden on Apr 24, 2011 11:00 AM EDT
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Well, this one seems kind of like a given. Jon Jones and Mauricio Rua advance to the gold medal match - and I think we have a pretty clear picture of how that plays out. The real question is what happens in the Bronze Medal Match. Let's decide, together you and I.
Gold Medal Match
1. Jon Jones vs. 2. Mauricio Rua
My Take: As the neww champ said so eloquently: "C'mon Son."
Bronze Medal Match
3. Gegard Mousasi vs. 4. Alexander Gustafsson
My Take: This is a tough one to call. Fans the world over are upset that Mousasi, born of Armenian heritage, is even allowed to compete for the team made up of former Soviet satellites and Republics. What can I say: that bag of cash from the CIS/Assorted team came at a desperate time for me and my family. Anyway, can Mousasi's experience save him from Alexander's better physical tools? I don't think so. Gustaffson becomes a star here.
- USA: Jon Jones
- Brazil: Mauricio Rua
CIS/Assorted: Gegard MousasiEurope: Alexander GustafssonCanada: Ryan JimmoAsia/AUS: Ryo Kawamura
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Gustaffson absolutely decimated Diabate, who is himself an excellent striker.
I say he batters Mousasi en route to a decision.
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by lowellthehammer on Apr 24, 2011 11:22 AM EDT reply actions
Anyone voting for Rua is a troll.
by StephenDedalus on Apr 24, 2011 11:23 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Some of them
Just cant let go
by silent.bisonte33 on Apr 24, 2011 11:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Is there any way
that we could log into B.E. and not have all these MMA World Cup stories show up? Very few people are paying attention to these (in comparison to the anything else on this site) and they are getting in the way of the the stories worth reading.
for example
There is another very popular tech blog called Gizmodo that gives its readers the option to block stories on a certain topic. So, say another iPhone comes out and not everyone wants to read the hundreds of articles about it. They give readers the option of blocking all iPhone related stories. I would LOVE that option with the MMA World Cup here on B.E.
by newuploader1 on Apr 24, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Frankly you have no idea what people are and aren’t paying attention to. There are no stories being lost here guys. It’s this or nothing. And we’ll stick with this until it’s complete.
by Jonathan Snowden on Apr 24, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Dude, there are no articles. Just go from the archives.
That’s what I always do with BE now, speeds things up.
Stop it
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by SSreporters on Apr 24, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, we sure know how one of these will go...
I was rooting for Shogun the first time, and I’ll be rooting for him again….but he’s gunna get a bad case of elbow to mouth disease. Bones by T.K.O. in round two. Shogun had exactly two opportunities in their first fight. He had an opening to counter when Jones was trying two different spin moves, but nothing came of it. And I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I thought he’d loose the first time. The other one’ll be Mousasi via adequate output on the judges scorecards…but I would like to see the upset.
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