Comments on: Pain Poll: The 5 Oz. Staff Breaks Down UFC 93

By: Chris C

Chris C — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:18:25 +0000

I give Henderson the edge in his fight. Franklin has a lot of skill but he is not an olympic wrestler and he does not have the power to knock out Henderson. If Henderson finds problems standing with Franklin, he will take it to the ground and we all know how the judges love take downs, whether Franklin can get up from them or not.

Shogun should win his fight but i do not discount Coleman since he will most likely be the bigger man. He has a puncher’s chance as well as the possibility of a win via ground and pound/lay and pray.

It seems to me that Chris Lytle is out of the UFC after this fight since I feel that he will lose to Davis – if they keep it standing. Let it be known that I believe one of them will take it to the ground eventually, especially after the first round.

I do not see Schafer winning his fight, I see Mendes either stopping him via punches or submission in round 2.

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By: Suckaby

Suckaby — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:12:52 +0000

Schafer gets quick submissioins or he gets finished. THere will be no late round submission wins for Schafer.

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By: KTru

KTru — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:03:34 +0000

Huckaby dont get pissed because most of your picks are wrong. Unfortunately, we are the same with the exception of Ace v Hendo.

But since we are retiring redundant lines, let us retire “Stealing someone’s thunder, the term “proverbial”, and any other over-the-top reference.

That will only leave a few comments left here…….

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By: Mike Wolfe

Mike Wolfe — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:02:35 +0000

Not much love for Lytle. But I agree that a stand up war plays to Davis’ strength, and that’s not a good game plan for Lytle.

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By: chris

chris — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:26:03 +0000

i agree with most of the breakdown i give coleman more of a chance than most people though. but still i think shogun should win. as for the people complaining about them drinking the franklin cool aid that’s ridiculous. franklin is the more well rounded fighter. has a better gas tank and has all the skills to work around the only two things hendo has a good right hand and incredible wrestling.franklin should be able to avoid most of dan’s power punch’s and takedmwm’s and get right back up when taken down. i think there’s more of a problem with people drinking the hendo cool age.

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By: Michael Huckaby

Michael Huckaby — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:42:30 +0000

Can we change the lazy “Kool-Aid” crap already? It’s a 30 year old reference.

While I’m at it I’m going to throw “throw it under the bus” under the bus.

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By: Freedom

Freedom — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:23:42 +0000

Along with the Ace kool aid I’d like to add the Jeremy Horn kool aid to it too. Okay so none of the guys picked Horn to win but they talk of him as if he was, at some point in his career, the best grappler/bjj/submission guy that ever walked the earth. He has a lot of experience but that does not translate to the almost godlike reverence that he gets.

that is all..

as you were.

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By: Cathedron

Cathedron — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:59:23 +0000

The fact that Coleman is still fighting is just sad. And yet, I still think he has a shot against Rua. Much like Wanderlei, Shogun’s wreckless kickboxing with minimal ground game doesn’t translate as well into the Octagon. In a ring, wrestlers aren’t nearly as dangerous as they are in a cage. That gives Colemen a much better chance this time. Shogun won’t be able to rely on the constant stand ups of ring fighting to save him on the ground.

I think this will be a boring fight. Both guys tend to blow their wads early. After the initial flurry of the first round, I’m expecting lots of lay n pray, sloppy takedowns, and weak strikes with neither fighter capable of finishing the other. The judges will have to flip a coin to pick a winner.

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By: KTru

KTru — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:03:08 +0000

Most of you guys are really drinking the “Ace” Kool-Aid.
He is a great fighter and yes he has only lost to 2 elite-level fighters. But make that 3 after Saturday.
All this talk about Franklin being the “2nd best MW’ is confusing. Henderson to myself is the only fighter trailing Silva. There, I said it, because the proclamation of Franklin holding that mythical achievement means absolutely nothing!

Finally my ultimate reason, Huckaby picked Franklin……

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By: CaptainAmerica1967

CaptainAmerica1967 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:19:41 +0000

I’m a Coleman fan because I used to work out in a gym when I lived on Ohio where The Hammer did his weight lifting back in 1995-1996 and started watching his original fights. I think Coleman fighting at 205 opens up some questions whether some individuals competitors can handle his size with a guy that normally walks around at 240pds. Coleman may also be in much better cardiovascular condition at this weight and may be more apt to stand and strike versus relying on his wrestling background which he did when he got tired.

I’m hoping for a comeback and that means beating Shogun. Shogun hasn’t fought much in a cage like Coleman has and that may give some advantages to Coleman like dirty boxing against the cage especially with the weight advantage. Shogun cannot use the head stomps and soccer kick that he used to win many (6) of his Pride fights and if it goes to the ground where Coleman is vicious for ground and pound (The Hammer), Shogun has been choked out twice, once by Bobalu, and once by Forrest. Shogun may have BJJ, but he has only ever submitted one person, Coleman’s friend, Randleman via kneebar.

It’s Hammer time! Coleman wins via near naked choke!

Henderson has had tougher opponents (many) than has Franklin (two in which he lost to A. Silva and Machida).

Henderson by decision or TKO.

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