Did anyone watch Saturday night fights MMA? What do you think?

[HRx]

I'm a fan of MMA a lot of talent and hard work goes into being a conditioned/good MMA fighter. In regards to Kimbo the guy has A LOT of raw street fighting talent, and now that he's training with good MMA teams he will be able to fine tune his raw talent into more technical fight skills. The guy admits that he's a noobie when it comes to MMA arena competitions. He really deserves more respect that he is given...a lot of the animosity that he gets is just jealousey from other fighters because he's a knockout/destroy-em type of fighter. More importantly, all MMA fighters will lose in thier careers. It's justs the nature of the beast.

Parents should definately exercise discretion in allowing thier young children watch any type of MMA/UFC etc fights.

[Dennis1971]

I agree I wouldn't want to get into a fist fight with Kimbo, he throws a heck of a punch. But coming from a wrestler, he doesn't have the ground game that he needs to at this time to fight somebody really good. His opponent has got to get him down on the mat and then it would be a whole lot easier to get him to tap out.

[morallyBR2]

I'm sure Kimbo will eventually lose. Of course being pitted against an experienced opponent will do the trick. I'm just glad that he is delivering some excitement. I don't think a wrestler is a good example though. It will take a master submission artist to take him out. Brock Lesnar is a pro wrestler and there was a tone of hype when he stepped into the ring with Frank Mir. And those who watched the fight know what I'm talking about. 1 minute into the first round and Brock get tied up like a pretzel! Wrestling is the worst style for the MMA. Wrestling gives you chokes etc, but lets face it, any experienced MMA fighter is not going to get choked out by a wrestler. They probally need to stick to the funny face paint and shiny tights.

[HRx]

Even the bests of the MMA fighters have lost a fight or two/three. Kimbo actually did surprisingly well on the ground last weekend. Much of it probably do to his recent training and physical strength. I personally think he tapped out in the first round though! Did anyone else notice this?

His opponment was significantly larger, and more experienced that he was too. If Kimbo continues to compete in these MMA competitions he will most likely lose because he still doesn't have the technical fighting skills yet to fight against a more skilled fighter with several years experience---especially if the fight goes to the ground. Kimbo will continue to get pressure to fight against an experience MMA fighter to prove that he is a good fighter. When he in fact already is; he just hasn't developed the technical proficiencies yet like your: Penns, Ortiz, Shamrocks, Gracies, etc. He just needs to stay focused, remain humble, and not be to hasty to compete against a fighter that is significantly more experienced than he is just to earn some MMA "cred" that he may want. The sad reality of the matter is typically takes at least 5 years of conistent training to become a skilled grappler/brazillian jujitsu practitioner.

But I bet Kimbo could knock out even the best MMA fighter if they fight remained on feet. Kimbo also needs to improve his endurance conditioning too...the smoking doesn't help either. Kimbo's career will probably only last another two years tops. He started in the "game" to late, and is nearing the age of retirement already.

[HRx]

Anyone watch UFC 85? Matt Hughes got WHOOPED!! He should just retire now and earn a good living training up and comers.

[CompTweaker]

I personally think he tapped out in the first round though! Did anyone else notice this?

Yep, i thought he did too.

[qwertysue]

Caught "Fight Science" on National Geographic last night--totally captivating.

If you've never seen it, they do a total scientific set up with crash-test dummies, kinesiology oriented devices, special cameras, etc. and have several MMA guys do their thing.

Bas Rutten, Tito, Couture, and a few others were on hand to kick, punch, grapple. I kept falling asleep (good thing I dvr'ed it), but results were astounding...a body slam registered 2,000+ pounds of force, a punch by Bas was way over the force used to define a concussion, I believe it was Couture who had the mind/body control while grappling to actually LOWER the lactic acid produced.

They also went into the training aspect...it's all about conditioning.

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[HRx]

Did anyone catch last Saturday's main event? It only lasted 14 seconds! lol Kimbo finally got "got". His post fight comment was quite upstanding I must say. Kimbo has always been pretty humble about his MMA fights, knowing that he's basically still a newbie in this league and nothing compared to all the backyard brawls he fought and won.

[momof5]

Here I was the one who originally started this thread fairly disgusted by what I had seen now I am hooked. Yep I sat there Saturday night and watched the whole thing. I didnt think it was as exciting or as gross as the last fight. No ear explosions just a little bit of blood.

As for the Kimbo fight. I really thought that looked like it was set up. It really had that fake wrestling feel to it. Either way I am sure there will be another big headliner like that soon.

Now for the girl fighters. I know you die hard MMA fans will probably slam me for saying this but that was so fixed!!!! The pretty girl wins.... Actually I didnt think she was all that pretty except for when she was made up. Carado(?) or something like that was the name. The breast implants is what kind of gave it away. All that other girl had to do was grab those boobs and squeeze and the fight would have been over. Pop!

Sorry just kind of thinking out loud.
Its definately exciting to watch and has that 'cover your eyes' factor to it. I just cannot take it as serious as some of you because I honestly dont believe its as real as old fashioned boxing.