Elsalvajeloco Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani 38s Dana White is about to announce Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz on 1/31/15, according to a tweet by @mbretosESPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Anderson Silva vs Nick Diaz on January 31st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_h Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Unless Anderson got old over night... Diaz is going to DIE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I don't see how Diaz wins this fight since he doesn't have the wrestling to take down Silva and isn't going to outstrike him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Magnificent 7 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Who cleans a gun without making sure there is no live rounds in it? People who think the four rules aren't for them, i.e. ignorant or arrogant people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivpvideos Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Anderson Silva is my favorite fighter of all time Nick Diaz is one of my least favorite fighters If Nick Diaz wins I will be sad for months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm just constantly amazed how Zuffa keeps rewarding Diaz for being an average fighter. I guess its true what they say about bad boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I dare a business try to make the most money possible and maximize interest in their content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Diaz is awesome and he's probably going to kill Anderson Silva. At least to the point that Silva has to retire after the fight. This post is for you epwar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 My hope is that Silva and Diaz spends most of the fight dancing around doing their "come on fight like a man" strategy that has been so so successful in the past. And then people call it the greatest fight in MMA history BECAUSE OF THE PROMOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiller Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah, I could easily see a Silva/Diaz fight being terrible. They could both just wait to counter-punch and end up mugging and taunting more than actually throwing strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Colton Smith, Pat Healy, Estevan Payan, Chris Indich and Dave Galera have been cut by the UFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I can't think of a worse TUF winner in history other than Smith. Not really by his post-TUF career but the guys he fought as well. All the respect in the world for him fighting for our country, but it sort of annoyed me where he said "Fighting is easy." Listen, I think you just can't compare being an MMA fighter to actual combat in a warzone. Obviously it is not as easy as Smith thought it was. Healy needs to go back on the regional scene and see if he can find his confidence again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Has there been any news on when TJ Grant is coming back, I can't believe it's been over a year since his last fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Has there been any news on when TJ Grant is coming back, I can't believe it's been over a year since his last fight. He heard he has been targeting the show in Halifax since that's his hometown but nothing official yet. As far as Healy goes, I don't even think it's a confidence issue. People just have to accept who he is. It's one thing to have a few solid performances in a smaller promotion and get by on sheer toughness. Hell, I would say he would have fit in perfectly in Bellator right after Strikeforce with their group of not particularly athletic set of white guys who get by on "grit" (Cooper, Rickels, Woodard). He would have won a few tournament fights here and there. But there is only so much you can do with that schtick in UFC, especially being matched tough. If he goes to Bellator now, he might be a designated job guy now instead of random tournament finalist. At least in the UFC, you get the added benefit of facing another guy off a loss and possibly winning coin when no one else on the show does jackshit. In Bellator, they might put him against prospects he can beat because of experience. However, there is that other side of the coin where someone might put his face on backwards on Spike.com and Pat becomes the "what ever happen to this guy" fighter like Ryan Healy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 You could be right but I will say this. When he came in and beat Miller, that was pretty huge. He was probably the underdog in that fight and beat the guy and finished him, something we rarely see happen to Miller. Plus he took home a small fortune in bonus money that he had taken away from him all because he decided to smoke a joint three weeks out. He lost $130K and the biggest win of his professional career all because of one lousy joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 http://mmajunkie.com/2014/07/kevin-casey-and-robert-drysdale-flunk-post-fight-tests-at-ufc-175-tuf-19-finale UH OH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 All these guys are jacked up on test or HGH. Based on his previous statements, I think Anthony Johnson is as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 If I can't put my faith in Kevin Casey, what has this world come to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Drysdale is on pace for 9 failed tests through 3 fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 According to Tristen Critchfield, the mystery UFC 178 fight is Donald Cerrone vs. Eddie Alvarez. It should be noted that Alvarez was not present for the Bellator Dave and Buster's NYC media appearance yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Wow, I wonder what the heck happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I thought that Alvarez still owed Bellator 1 more fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Alvarez has one more fight on his contract, but Ariel tweeted they're wiling to let him walk if he wants to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I guess its better to move your division onto the future where it's going to be long term instead of holding someone hostage. Right now they can just promote Brooks to full champion and not have any egg on their face as a promotion. If Eddie beats Brooks then flys the coop then Bellator has no champ at all and then the top two guys in their LW division with Chandler and Brooks will both have already lost to Alvarez in their last fights against him. Making their champ seem like nothing more then a paper champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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