Pros and Cons: UFC Fight Night 15 and Nonsense

September 18, 2008

So UFC Fight Night 15 has come and passed. A very enjoyable event and another one that people who didn’t view will deem “boring” because they see decisions were up and down the main card without understanding decisions can be entertaining. Below are the Pros and Cons of the event, plus other crap I felt needed to be said that may or may not... 

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Pros and Cons: Couture, Lesnar and random nonsense

September 4, 2008

CON: Randy Couture. Not that I don’t want to see him fight, it’s just as though he gave up. He realized certain fights and certain contracts weren’t happening and he crawled back, let’s not kid ourselves. Couture realized he was beaten and wants to come back for one or two big paydays and that is that. This isn’t about champion... 

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Pros and Cons: The Olympics

August 26, 2008

I know many of you are not fans of other sports so I was told to keep this more or less to combat sports such as wrestling, judo and taekwondo. Adam Morgan and I are massive Olympic fans and we watch every event we possibly can. I’ll throw in more but I’ll try to keep this mainly in that fighting form even though that’s still not MMA and people... 

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Pros and Cons: EXC Unfinished Business

July 29, 2008

PRO: Magical blood on the mat. OMG where did it come from!? I wonder what prelim had so much blood. Will I get to see it? Was it stopped? Oh the questions are endless and the temptation? Palpable. There is something magical about that start of the show blood on the mat and it gives you that little smirk as your hopes for the show have suddenly gone up. CON:... 

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Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva in October

July 16, 2008

UFC.com has officially announced another bout for Birmingham, England’s October UFC 89 card. Unbeaten light heavyweight sensation Lyoto ‘The Dragon’ Machida will look to keep the momentum going from his May victory over Tito Ortiz when he returns to the Octagon to face fellow unbeaten (and fellow Brazilian) Thiago Silva in what should be an explosive... 

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Pros and Cons: UFC 86

July 7, 2008

CON: “My feed went out.” Go to any chatroom or message board and this will always come up. I don’t care, shut your mouth. “What a great left hook” “Man that landed hard” “I wonder if he can take this round” “MY FEED WENT OUT” “n e 1 elses feed go out?” “OMG wtf feed!?” “WHERE’S... 

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Wanderlei Silva’s next opponent could be Thiago Silva

June 24, 2008

After turning down a potential proposed light heavyweight bout vs. Brandon Vera at UFC Fight Night 14 on July 19, attention has turned to Wanderlei Silva’s next fight, which could take place in the fall. According to the June 23 print edition of the Wrestling Observer, Silva’s likely next opponent is undefeated light heavyweight prospect Thiago Silva.... 

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Thiago Silva to face Antonio Mendes at UFC 84

March 11, 2008

Thiago Silva (12-0) is now set to face UFC newcomer, Antonio Mendes (14-2) at UFC 84 according to Sherdog.com. Silva was originally meant to fight Rashad Evans at the May 24th card but when Mauricio Rua had to pull out of his scheduled fight with Chuck Liddell in June due to a knee injury, Evans stepped into his place. The undefeated Brazilian, who last fought... 

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Report: Thiago Silva and Rashad Evans to fight in May

January 11, 2008

A UFC light heavyweight bout between Thiago Silva and Rashad Evans is expected to take place at UFC 85 in May, according to the Brazilian website Tatame. The matchup between these two has been rumored for several weeks. The UFC has yet to make an official announcement. Both Silva and Evans last fought on the UFC 78 card that took place this past November in Newark. Evans,... 

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UFC 78: Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva added; Bisping vs. Evans designated main event

October 4, 2007

Thomas Gerbasi of UFC.com is reporting that the UFC has designated the match between undefeated light heavyweights Michael Bisping and Rashad Evans as the main event of UFC 78 on Nov. 17 in Newark, NJ. Gerbasi also revealed that Houston Alexander will be back in action at UFC 78 and will be taking on Thiago Silva. Silva is 11-0 and considered one of the most... 

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