Mac Danzig Says He's Facing Efrain Escudero at UFC 145
by Tim Burke on Jan 5, 2012 11:09 PM EST
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PrintFormer Ultimate Fighter winner Mac Danzig will apparently return to the cage in Montreal on March 24th, and it looks like he'll be facing off with a fellow TUF winner. Danzig tweeted about the proposed fight this afternoon:
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Mac Danzig Just signed to fight in March... Opponent is tough as hell, but they all are...
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Mac Danzig Efrain Escuerdo March 24th Montreal
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Danzig coming off a hard-fought loss to Matt Wiman in their rematch at UFC on Versus 6 in October. Escudero came up short last weekend against Jacob Volkmann at UFC 141, but had him in major danger at the end of the fight and earned another shot in his second stint with the organization. This makes just the sixth time that two Ultimate Fighter winners have faced off. Danzig was involved in the most recent TUF winner battle as well when he knocked out Joe Stevenson at UFC 124.
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This fight should be at FW
Not trying to denigrate their skills, but they’re struggling in the LW division
Not just that
They look like they’re natural FWs.
Efrain can barely make the cut to lightweight.
by BrothaDarkness on Jan 5, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That's more because he was lazy
He wasn’t like Rumble or Alves when they miss weight (Completely drawn out), he always looked like he just had too many cheeseburgers.
Why am I interested in seeing this?
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Because it's a B-level fighter in Danzig getting a chance to improve upon his
Recent performances all while taking Escudero out of the UFC for a 2nd time. It would also mean the entire TUF 8 LW cast would no longer be in the UFC in just 3.5 years.
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I actually think Efrain's gonna win though. What the actual fuck brain.
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Your brain is too hyped up thinking about Andrew Luck
Escudero is hopeless standing bar one flash KO and Danzig has fought better recently against better competition.
Mac also has more than enough on the ground to cope with Efrain’s ground skills and submission game.
If the UFC really wants to push the Mexican market, they should just move Efrain to 145 and have him fight Leonard Garcia instead of that squash match against the Mongolian-Chinese guy.
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I’ve actually got Escudero in that fight too. Mac’s skills on the ground are overrated, and Efrain will have a lot of reach on him.
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Zhang's gonna punish Garcia
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by halitosis on Jan 5, 2012 10:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Completely so.
His striking is worlds ahead of Garcia’s and he’s small enough where the judges will even go “wow, he REALLY missed that one!”
People look at Zhang as a one trick pony, but that’s on the ground.
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by halitosis on Jan 5, 2012 11:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
If this ends up being true I think we need to hail you a prophet
Because that sure as shit would end Garcia’s run in the UFC…unless he decides to WAR.
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Stop calling him Shirley.
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by Paulo Filho's Psychiatrist on Jan 6, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
You can't actually believe that/
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Luck:
I read an article on ESPN saying that the Colts would be stupid to draft Luck over Griffin. Fuck do people go crazy for momentum.
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HANDS OFF GRIFFIN!
He’s Seattle’s! Either that or we sign Matt Flynn. Jackson is a useless starting QB.
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Dude, Griffin isn't falling to you.
You guys pick like… Twelfth? He’ll be gone in the top six or seven, they’d definitely need to trade up. Flynn is gonna get franchised and traded, he’ll cost a second rounder, whether he’s worth it or not. And I agree about Jackson, I can’t understand why people keep thinking they can use him as a serviceable starter.
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We're picking 11th or 12th depending on the coin flip with KC
We totally have to trade up but we don’t have enough talent to merit swapping anything other than 1st rounders in future seasons.
Jackson is a good backup, terrible starter. With the game on the line and facing 4th and 2 with no timeouts the dumbass actually threw the ball out of bounds because he was under pressure.
We’re screwed with him as starter next year, so it’s up to PC to correct that. So pissed Barkley did not declare.
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I never saw him throw it out on fourth, that’s fuckin hilarious. And brutal, I feel bad for you guys. Barkley’s going to be fuckin awesome, I watched more PAC-12 this year than others, and I was almost as impressed with him as I am with Luck. Barkley definitely could’ve fallen to you and he’d be fantastic.
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by Jeffrey McCrum on Jan 6, 2012 1:48 AM EST up reply actions
colour me confused, i thought it meant these guys were dropping to fw. damn event numbers.. i cant wait til ufc 267 when i wont need to worry about this
UFC 267 will still confuse you
When Anthony Johnson fights Wilson Gouveia at a 267 lbs catchweight.
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by SSreporters on Jan 5, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
And UFC 185
Headlined by GSP
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by halitosis on Jan 5, 2012 10:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
...But against Rashad Evans!
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by SSreporters on Jan 5, 2012 10:48 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
No silly
Chael…
…
…fresh off his guillotine loss and subsequent winning of the light heavyweight championship in his fight with Jon Jones.
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by halitosis on Jan 5, 2012 10:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Dude
It’s going to be Chris Weidman
….After his stunning submission win over Anderson Silva
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by SSreporters on Jan 5, 2012 10:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You mean Wanderlei Silva
After he took uber Rumble off the middleweight throne and defended once against Paul Harris
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by halitosis on Jan 5, 2012 11:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No I'm pretty sure it's Shields
After Jake moves up to MW and pulls off an upset submission win over Demian Maia before decisioning Anderson Silva with his ADCC level striking and jab-heavy gameplan.
The highly anticipated rematch ensues.
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No, no
Roy Nelson submitted Maia in his middleweight debut. Then he used Steven Seagal as a (perfect) camp spy and learned that Anderson wanted to strike with him. Then he beat him by standing guillotineplex with only one arm trapped. It was submissionknockout of the year.
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by halitosis on Jan 5, 2012 11:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
danzig would be better if he ate some meat
if he loses probably get cut, efaaaaraaain might get another shot if his lucky
Come onnnnnnnnnn Danzig!
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A bit off topic but
Where in the world has Joe Stevenson gone? I know he lost 4 in a row and got cut. But he’s been completely off the map since he lost in…. July?
by Ricardo Arguello on Jan 5, 2012 11:04 PM EST reply actions
He hasn't fought since
Honestly I think he’s a shot fighter. Which is sad because he’s 29 but he looked so bad in his last three fights.
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well yeah, I know that. But theres has been no news of him signing anywhere else, retiring or whatever. I find it a bit odd he’s been out of the news for 6 months.
by Ricardo Arguello on Jan 5, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
I remember reading he signed with Warrior 1 or w1 , it was announced on the card Davis fought Chuck O’neil.
by tremblay6 on Jan 5, 2012 11:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
From what I’ve gathered, he’s taking time off and being a dad. He is a big-time family man, and he’s earned a ton of money form the UFC, not just in salary, but a ton of bonuses. He seems to have been smart with his money and is just chilling for now.
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by BVandDietPepsi on Jan 6, 2012 3:20 AM EST up reply actions
how does that make sense
When he was forced to go to Mexico for knee surgery bc he didn’t have enough money to do it stateside?
by OneFitchTwoFitchRedFitchBlueFitch on Jan 6, 2012 7:14 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sneaky Danzig
Trying to misguide us from guessing you’re fighting Efrain by saying you were fighting a tough fighter.
This is one of those rare fights where I don't know who to root against.
Because I don’t particularly care for either.
An annoying Fitch fan.
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by BVandDietPepsi on Jan 6, 2012 3:22 AM EST up reply actions
Danzig subs him.
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Danzig by Kimura in the 2nd to be precise
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Efrain comes ready to game, with a full training camp and the mentality that he’s fighting for a job, you’re gonna see the Efrain that won TUF 8, not the Efrain that chunked up and tapped out
I’m thinking I’ll see the Efrain that showed up for the Volkman fight IMO. I’m almost certain Danzig scores a Kimura/Armbar from the bottom.
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Both are gate keepers
They both have a cocky smirk on their faces when fightn, which is just irritating to me. At least 1 of em will be cut.
by Hankverdee on Jan 6, 2012 12:26 AM EST via mobile reply actions
but Danzig is quite the photographer in his spare time.
They’re both also very funny looking.
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it cut out the part of my comment where it said
" At least but Danzig is quite the photographer in his spare time."
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So do I. Always liked him, from TUF when he was dominating much bigger guys than him (Jesse Taylor, in particular). I don’t understand why people hate him, he always delivers, and his last fight against Wiman was excellent. Not to mention the great knockout on Stevenson! How can people not like Danzig after that KO?!
Danzig should roll him, but I was hoping he'd get Volkman.
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by fightersvizion on Jan 6, 2012 6:41 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I got Danzig by submission.
Escudero has never really impressed me. He gets stopped in the 2nd.
by The Armchair Juggernaut on Jan 6, 2012 7:17 AM EST via mobile reply actions
The strange thing is
that Mac Danzig seemed to me back in TUF a great fighter with lots of skills lots of determination and lots of will to win. He fought greatly so i could never really understand what happenned to him or were their opponents so much better than him inside the UFC??
I dont know who Matt Wiman lost to back in TUF … he didnt seem a big deal so i m glad for his career now..
Efrain.. I think he should go down a weightclass. He has much spirit but his drawback is, that he needs time to employ his tactics he is the 2-3 round fighter and some of his opponents use this against him. But he won his last 5 bouts outside the UFC, which Danzig cant tell so i really hope for Efrain and will be glad to watch this fight
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Well, Danzig’s faced some very good competition in the UFC… Bocek, Guida, Neer, Jim Miller, Buchholz, Wiman, Stevenson, Wiman again. Many forget he submitted Bocek. That’s a very good win.
When you look at his losses, Guida, Neer, Jim Miller, Wiman (x2). You could make the argument that he should’ve beaten Neer, but still, he’s never an easy opponent.
Let’s see who of Mac and Efrain wants to stay in the UFC the most… the loser definitely will be let go unless it’s an incredible fight. I think it’s a good fight, and I’m very interested in watching it. Good fight for a Fuel TV prelim.
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