Comments on: Ortiz vs. Franklin & Henderson vs. Belfort on deck for UFC 103?

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:38:40 +0000

he would ruin thoes two

By: cocoonofhorror

cocoonofhorror — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:03:01 +0000

let Vitor prove himself with someone like Leben or Belcher 1st, IMO.

By: Jstew3785

Jstew3785 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:29:28 +0000

Gotcha. If they really do sign Vitor Belfort I would have him at #5 instead of Okami.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:16:09 +0000

Now that I am rethinking a bit maybe palharis would be a solid #5.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:15:06 +0000

I had him there if you dont count anderson silve he is the champion so you need a top 5 list of challengers.

By: Jstew3785

Jstew3785 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:00:20 +0000

How could you have Bisping in your top 5 after UFC 100? I’d say the top 5 MW’s are
#1. Obviously, Anderson Silva
#2. Nate Marquardt
#3. Demian Maia
#4. Dan Henderson
#5. Yushin Okami

By: metalmulisha

metalmulisha — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:56:56 +0000

With all the Henderson rumors with UFC 103 against either Franklin or Belfort I think it’s a safe assumption the Maia/Marquardt winner will be the next challenger for Silva at 185.
IMO As long as he has his cardio right Denis Kang could be a contender at middleweight.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:50:33 +0000

He is a good wrestler so yeah I could see a ud, but it would be a good fight.

By: edub

edub — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:34:12 +0000

Depends on what type of gameplay Okami came in with IMO. He has good takedowns with excellent top control so if he got him down it might be dec city for him.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:22:51 +0000

vitor va marquardt would be the best fight up there. I think he would take Okami though pretty quickly.

By: edub

edub — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:17:00 +0000

My MW top five in the UFC:
1. Anderson
2. Hendo
3. Okami
4. Marquardt
5. Maia

Im not gonna lie I see Vitor having a lot of trouble with all 5 except Maia.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:35:51 +0000

These fights are not confirmed yet manny.

By: manny

manny — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:33:20 +0000

Hell Yeah, I recently mentioned I lived in dallas and was planning on skipping the once in a life time to see the ufc live. Now if the rumors are true, I will be watching Tito win his comeback fight and Hendo Win!

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:04:22 +0000

no way belfort is not in the top 5 middleweights in the ufc right now.you have
#1 hendo
#2 marquardt
#3 okami
#4 Maia
#5 Bisping
I dont see vitor having much trouble getting to 4 and maybe 3 the top few would all be good fights and could be seen as a bit of a toss up.

By: Patrickk

Patrickk — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:52:27 +0000

First off, Belfort would not KO Henderson. Again, look at Henderson’s resume. Rampage couldn’t even knock him out.

Franklin could do nothing to him either. Not saying Franklin has KO power, but what did he really do to Henderson that fight??? Not much at all except some good counter kicks.

I would love to see Belfort vs. Henderson, so it could show you Belfort fans that he’s not up to par with Hendo or any of the top 5 in whichever weight class he decides to go to in the UFC.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:20:51 +0000

If prtiz has his wrestling back up to par he could be trouble for franklin. Although he looked good against hendo he still has a average sprawl. Luckily against Tito he probably would not have to worry about getting ko’ed.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:50:32 +0000

Until its announced it is all speculation. But mma sites like this are usually way ahead of the ufc when announcing fights.

By: redwire

redwire — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:47:07 +0000

Has this been substantiated in any way? I for one posted this as a ‘wish’ on a couple of different sites a couple of days ago, including this 5oz:
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/07/22/ufc-103-bout-with-dan-henderson-makes-sense-to-rich-franklin/comment-page-1/#comment-91873

Also, I’d like to point out that the Hendo/Franklin fight was never pulled from the UFC site. It was actually never on it in the first place. That in and of itself isn’t anything new – they’re notoriously slow about updating it.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:09:58 +0000

I think nate will take maia next month just because of his superior stand up and wrestling. That should get him 1 fight away from a title shot.

By: fanoftna33

fanoftna33 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:52:02 +0000

how about vitor as the winner of marquadt vs maia, thoes two fights will be great.