Comments on: 5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/23/5-oz-of-pain-presents-the-duel-31/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Davey D http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/23/5-oz-of-pain-presents-the-duel-31/comment-page-1/#comment-64413 Davey D Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:20:35 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=11179#comment-64413 1) This fight should've been a 5 rounder. Had it been, I think someone would've been finished or we would've had a clear winner if a decision had come about. It was a fantasic fight in my book and the ending result will fair better for both fighter's. Hendo gets to do TUF like he wanted. Rich can heal up and prepare to face another 205er in June or July (what if he fought Forrest Griffin, holy chit). 2) Mark Coleman should go back to heavyweight. Unless it is against Tito Ortiz in Germany like the rumor's have stated...I think Tito would get his arse kicked. I can see Dana White asking Mark and Cro Cop to fight at 205 but HW isn't bad either since they both could come in around 225ish (catch-weight perphaps?). Whatever the case, I would like to see Coleman compete again, just not so much at 205. 3) Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett are the only two fighter's not in the UFC who deserve to fight Fedor Emelianenko (things could change after today). They are both former UFC Champion's and have vast amount's of fighting experience against top level competition. Arlovski gets the first crack at Fedor and I don't think he'll win. Neither will Josh I believe. The question was... is Arlovski, Emelianenko's toughest opponent in 4 year's? In a word...YES. 4) My money is on Chuck Liddell to win. Shogun hasn't looked very impressive and I know he has had his injuries as well. He has a lot to learn about fighting in the Octagon. Right now...I think Chuck will defeat him. If Shogun does win, Chuck can say goodbye to the 205 weight class. This is a good fight and I'm glad it'll finally happen. 5) I think Babalu's best chance at winning this fight is on the ground. I thought Soko was gonna do a lot better in the UFC than he did but...it happens. Soko could very well get the KO he'll be looking for but if I had to guess, I think Renato wins via submission. 6) I'll say false...there are just to many variables when you compare Pride FC vs. the UFC. The best thing about MMA is anything can happen. It is contested on different fighting surfaces with different rules throughout the world. The UFC is the best org in this sport today, bar none. If you want to compete there then you ought to know how to play the game. Only the strong survive. Dave Nation baby. Cheers! 1) This fight should’ve been a 5 rounder. Had it been, I think someone would’ve been finished or we would’ve had a clear winner if a decision had come about. It was a fantasic fight in my book and the ending result will fair better for both fighter’s. Hendo gets to do TUF like he wanted. Rich can heal up and prepare to face another 205er in June or July (what if he fought Forrest Griffin, holy chit).

2) Mark Coleman should go back to heavyweight. Unless it is against Tito Ortiz in Germany like the rumor’s have stated…I think Tito would get his arse kicked. I can see Dana White asking Mark and Cro Cop to fight at 205 but HW isn’t bad either since they both could come in around 225ish (catch-weight perphaps?). Whatever the case, I would like to see Coleman compete again, just not so much at 205.

3) Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett are the only two fighter’s not in the UFC who deserve to fight Fedor Emelianenko (things could change after today). They are both former UFC Champion’s and have vast amount’s of fighting experience against top level competition. Arlovski gets the first crack at Fedor and I don’t think he’ll win. Neither will Josh I believe. The question was… is Arlovski, Emelianenko’s toughest opponent in 4 year’s? In a word…YES.

4) My money is on Chuck Liddell to win. Shogun hasn’t looked very impressive and I know he has had his injuries as well. He has a lot to learn about fighting in the Octagon. Right now…I think Chuck will defeat him. If Shogun does win, Chuck can say goodbye to the 205 weight class. This is a good fight and I’m glad it’ll finally happen.

5) I think Babalu’s best chance at winning this fight is on the ground. I thought Soko was gonna do a lot better in the UFC than he did but…it happens. Soko could very well get the KO he’ll be looking for but if I had to guess, I think Renato wins via submission.

6) I’ll say false…there are just to many variables when you compare Pride FC vs. the UFC. The best thing about MMA is anything can happen. It is contested on different fighting surfaces with different rules throughout the world. The UFC is the best org in this sport today, bar none. If you want to compete there then you ought to know how to play the game. Only the strong survive.

Dave Nation baby. Cheers!

]]> By: Dave Carpinello http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/23/5-oz-of-pain-presents-the-duel-31/comment-page-1/#comment-64410 Dave Carpinello Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:03:28 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=11179#comment-64410 Always a pleasure to play..............Sorry if article was rushed but I stand by what I said. Thanks 5 OZ! Always a pleasure to play…………..Sorry if article was rushed but I stand by what I said. Thanks 5 OZ!

]]> By: Milliniar http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/23/5-oz-of-pain-presents-the-duel-31/comment-page-1/#comment-64387 Milliniar Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:10:59 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=11179#comment-64387 1) i agree with Franklin losing while it was close, imo he would win a 5 round fight with hendo 2)i think Coleman should retire, if he gasses like that on his next fight. 3)i think AA is the toughest fight for Fedor in a while, if the AA "hot" one shows up if the "cold" one shows up Fedor will win faster 4)If shogun gasses like he did last time Liddell will walk through him, hell even Vera would walk through him. 5) I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Sokoudjou will win as he has more to prove....but if Babalu were to win it would be sub 6) and i have to say no to pride curse, just many of the pride fighters are used to shorter training time and don't prep enough imo. 1) i agree with Franklin losing while it was close, imo he would win a 5 round fight with hendo

2)i think Coleman should retire, if he gasses like that on his next fight.

3)i think AA is the toughest fight for Fedor in a while, if the AA “hot” one shows up if the “cold” one shows up Fedor will win faster

4)If shogun gasses like he did last time Liddell will walk through him, hell even Vera would walk through him.

5) I’m gonna go out on a limb and say Sokoudjou will win as he has more to
prove….but if Babalu were to win it would be sub

6) and i have to say no to pride curse, just many of the pride fighters are used to shorter training time and don’t prep enough imo.

]]> By: Cathedron http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/23/5-oz-of-pain-presents-the-duel-31/comment-page-1/#comment-64346 Cathedron Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:44:29 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=11179#comment-64346 1. I thought Franklin won, but it was so close that I don't think it's worth arguing. This is better for both guys anyway. Now Franklin can get back to the more interesting matchups at 205 while Hendo can coach TUF and get some well deserved recognition. 2. I've been a fan of Coleman ever since he first walked into the Octogon, but he never had good cardio. At his age, it's only going to get worse. 3. Arlovski will be a tougher fight than Sylvia, but Fedor should still be able to finish him in one round. Arlovski only has one way to win: boxing. Fedor has everything else. 4. Chuck should have no problem with Rua unless his cardio miraculously improves by then. No one should have a problem with Rua. 5. I'm going to go out on a limb and pick Sobral to KO Sokoudjou late in Rd 1. Sok will blow his wad in the first few minutes and Sobral will pick him apart from there. 6. Nice one, Huck. 1. I thought Franklin won, but it was so close that I don’t think it’s worth arguing. This is better for both guys anyway. Now Franklin can get back to the more interesting matchups at 205 while Hendo can coach TUF and get some well deserved recognition.

2. I’ve been a fan of Coleman ever since he first walked into the Octogon, but he never had good cardio. At his age, it’s only going to get worse.

3. Arlovski will be a tougher fight than Sylvia, but Fedor should still be able to finish him in one round. Arlovski only has one way to win: boxing. Fedor has everything else.

4. Chuck should have no problem with Rua unless his cardio miraculously improves by then. No one should have a problem with Rua.

5. I’m going to go out on a limb and pick Sobral to KO Sokoudjou late in Rd 1. Sok will blow his wad in the first few minutes and Sobral will pick him apart from there.

6. Nice one, Huck.

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