MMA you Filthy Bastards!

[Mr1der]

might as well make use of this forum...

Sakuraba 4 lyfe.

[NoStickers]

you just a fan or do you compete in anything?

EDIT: Wanderlei Silva 4 lyfe.

[Beancooker]

I'm not sure if James is competing yet...

I used to be pretty heavy into MMA... about 5 years ago. Got injured badly and never went back.

[AZhitman]

If James isn't competing, he certainly could.

He's a big, scary, country-strong hilljack that looks like he could take a few punches.

[NoStickers]

im fairly new to sport fighting in practice but have been playing sports my whole life. been doing bjj for about 6 months hardcore. i normally roll with some manimal bros, att, or gracie barra ppl. i hurt my knee a few months ago but its a lot better and i hope to compete in some naga, etc. tournaments soon. as far as mma i think thatll come after i do some jiu jitsu... assuming i do well enough at it lol.

[Mr1der]

I've yet to start training....

probably gonna start up within a month and get my *** running on a track.

I'm really a bit old to JUST start training ang compete...but hell, Randy just one the strap again at 43?

[NoStickers]

what helps me is a lot of sprinting and circuit training for endurance but theres no way in hell ill ever stop lifting heavy. unless you have a lot of fat stay away from distance running (3+miles). there are very few times ive lost to someone being stronger or more skilled, its normally been bc they had better endurance

how old is old? if you arent in your 30s then you have plenty of time. after a year of hard training you should be able to do amateur competitions well assuming you catch on pretty quick. luckily im still pretty young and can dream of being in the ufc, pride, etc.

[Mr1der]

nah, I'm almost 25.

oh I can dream too.

only the UFC heavy division suddenly got stacked

but yeah, train for what you're going to do...don't train for a marathon when you're not gonna be running 20 miles.

hey Beanie, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of injury did you get?

[fayceoff]

how old is old? if you arent in your 30s then you have plenty of time. after a year of hard training you should be able to do amateur competitions well assuming you catch on pretty quick. luckily im still pretty young and can dream of being in the ufc, pride, etc.

What?! It's not a matter of age, it's more important how well you've taken care of your body. I had my first sanctioned MMA fight at 31 against a 19 year-old. I can honestly say that he beat me only because he had slightly better training - age was not a factor. When I get back from this tour overseas next year, I'll be right back into the ring/cage.

Randy Couture is my role model in MMA. That guy just keeps going; keeps surprising the skeptics.

[NoStickers]

i cant wait to see cro cop fight couture.

lol the older you get the harder it is to keep your body in shape/ taken care of. im sorry but age is a factor. your body doesnt function as well when youre older ie decreases in testosterone production, etc. not only that, if you just started fighting at 31 you wont have as much time to improve yourself as a 19 year old who can be in the sport another 12 years than you. time will catch up to you. ya there are other factors, some people just suck at some things and some catch on really fast.

[fayceoff]

i cant wait to see cro cop fight couture.

Cro Cop is going to have a lot of trouble with someone whose wrestling is as strong as Randy's - see his fights against Fedor and even Randleman. He seems to lose heart quickly when they get him down and and can keep him down.

lol the older you get the harder it is to keep your body in shape/ taken care of. im sorry but age is a factor. your body doesnt function as well when youre older ie decreases in testosterone production, etc. not only that, if you just started fighting at 31 you wont have as much time to improve yourself as a 19 year old who can be in the sport another 12 years than you. time will catch up to you. ya there are other factors, some people just suck at some things and some catch on really fast.

I guess part of my thing is that I have no desire to fight in the huge shows. I think I'd be good with a Gladiator Challenge or KOTC middleweight championship. You're right that it does take more supplements and more interesting exercises/workout sessions to stay as lean as I was when I was in my 20's, but that definitely doesn't mean that someone's going to be better than me or be able to beat me just because they're younger than I am, or even because they're in better shape. Time catches you, yes, but it can be warded off for a lot longer than most people are willing to fight it for.

Also, I didn't say I just started fighting at 31, but before that it was TKD, kickboxing, and having to fight at security/bouncing/bail enforcement jobs. My first sanctioned MMA bout was at 31. Oh, and I'm digging your avatar.

[NoStickers]

true. itll still be fun to watch lol regardless of who wins.

what do you think of the upcoming gsp vs serra fight? i want serra to win just bc hes a jiu jitsu guy but i have a feeling gsp has the upperhand.

i was just using those ages as an example. sorry, i didnt mean to imply that you just started. i think fighters could keep fighting into their 40s no problem if they kept up with it. i dont think you see it too often atm bc most older fighters are 1 dimensional. like shamrock for example. hes in pretty good shape just has fallen behind skill wise. couture on the other hand is relatively well rounded which has contributed to his success as an older fighter if you ask me.

i just stress being in shape bc im a ground guy and it helps a lot being stronger than your opponent.

lol i didnt think many ppl knew what my avatar was

[fayceoff]

I like Serra - I met him at a NAGA tourney in Jersey last year, and when he found out that my teammate and I were active military, he told us if we could make it out to his school, we could train for free (it was too far away, though). Unfortunately, I just don't think he has enough skillsets to handle St. Pierre. I think GSP is going to be champ for quite a while.

Deadpool is one of Marvel's best characters, in my opinion. I love his constant smarta$$ remarks - reminds me of myself.

[Mr1der]

I honestly didn't give Serra much of a shot...guess we'll have to reconsider this.

hard hooks on the little guy. real hard.

[NoStickers]

i love the "go for broke" kind of fighting. i like serra a lot more now. im glad koscheck won and really enjoyed huerta's fight.

[fayceoff]

I like Serra, but I'm actually disappointed that he won, because GSP really is the better fighter. I wonder if he was too comfortable and under-trained. If that's the case, he deserved to lose, but it just goes to show that anyone can win on any given night.

Thank you, Koschek, for beating up Diego Sanchez. I hate Sanchez. He is a good fighter, I just don't like his personality at all. Didn't think Pete Spratt would lose to Marcus Davis, either.

[NoStickers]

i wanted sanchez to get a bigger beating than he did but it was pretty funny that he didnt really do anything the whole fight.

[Mr1der]

sanchez has mediocre striking as does Koscheck.

where Koscheck had him trumped was speed and wrestling. Diego should've atleast tried takedowns even though Kos would have sprawled and stood up from them....he might've gotten lucky and had Kos take his back and get to work on a sweep.

[NoStickers]

i havnt watched a whole lot of either of their fights or they didnt make too much of an impression on me but i would have thought that sanchez shooting on kos would have been a bad idea unless of course he knows jiu jitsu

[Mr1der]

Sanchez is pretty damn good at BJJ..it's his strongest area really.

[fayceoff]

True. Unfortunately for him, he's not as good at BJJ as Kos is at wrestling and striking.

[Mr1der]

indeed.

well...striking is questionable...he sure as hell doesn't have Kos' speed though.

[NoStickers]

did you guys watch the dana white vs tito **** on spike? im so freakin pissed off. wow. why would they show that without a fight just to try and make tito lose face? i read maybe a few months ago that they had a money issue or something to do with tito promoting his clothing brand so the called off the fight. so i was surpirsed when they said they would show this a couple weeks ago. i thought there was something fishy when they only promoted it for a week or two. what a waste of my time. i could have been doing something more productive like sleeping than watching dana run around like a fat *** getting his *** kicked training in his propoganda show.

[fayceoff]

Sadly, there's not much good TV in Arab countries - especially no Spike. Somebody mail me a DVD.

[NoStickers]

well you didnt miss anything lol unless you like watching dana white

[Mr1der]

indeed.

the fight is honestly quite stupid.

it's a lose lose for Tito....hell...neither of them really had anything to gain from it.

I didn't bother watching it because I knew the fight had already been called off...pure standup though...I bet if Dana trained enough he'd school Tito.

[fayceoff]

it's a lose lose for Tito....hell...neither of them really had anything to gain from it.

Like fighting a girl... If you win, so what? You beat a girl. If you lose, you lost to a girl!

I didn't bother watching it because I knew the fight had already been called off...pure standup though...I bet if Dana trained enough he'd school Tito.

If by trained enough, you mean starting 15 years ago and not getting fat, yes, you're probably right.

[Mr1der]

this was a boxing match, Dana's been an amateur boxer a long long time.

[fayceoff]

I know. I was post-whoring a little. Oops, I guess I still am.

[Mr1der]

it happens.

and Matt Lindland didn't make it out of the first round it sounds like he sure as hell tried though.