UFC 68! Couture vs Sylvia!

[lopan]

Who's seeing this tonight? I'm a bit miffed that I'll be missing it. I really want to see Couture kick the shit out of Sylvia. Plus Rich Franklin and Matt Hughes -- terrific fight card!

[Pat the Great]

my money is on sylvia to put on another incredibly boring show. couture is moving up a weight class AND coming off of a pretty long retirement hiatus, and sylvia's game plan has always been developed around guys like couture who are almost exclusively based around takedowns.

anyone see the sylvia-monson fight from the nov 06 UFC? i predict that, only possibly more boring.

[Pat the Great]

wow, looks like the fight is going completely opposite my expectations.

[sab]

Randy "The Natural" Couture

Don't bet against him. Always a class act, whether he wins or loses.

And 43 years old!!

[kimtae]

Anyone have a link?

[Pat the Great]

http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/11837
http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/11838

try those if they're still up.

[lopan]

Thanks for the links!

Fantastic fight. Go Randy! With humility all the way.

[kimtae]

Being closer in age to Couture than to Silvia, I like watching the old boy beat down the young punk. No dog bites like an old dog bites.

[atlasien]

I used to flip past UFC fights on cable and always thought they were extremely boring. Then I saw a series of classic Royce Gracie fights and it totally blew my mind. Are there UFC fights in that style anymore?

[Pat the Great]

if you mean 'fights where no one knows what the hell brazilian jiu jitsu is', no, not really, there aren't a whole lot of those these days. if you're looking for exciting bjj fighters, genki sudo and bj penn have had a pretty rich fight history so far, and shinya aoki is a rising Pride star. nick diaz has some pretty neat fights under his belt, too.

also, check out this documentary called Choke:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4797105578108081414&q=choke+documentary part 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2154840538382856161&q=choke+gracie part 2

to see some earlier Vale Tudo fights.

(fun fact: i trained at the same gym as shinya aoki/yuki nakai for a semester or so while i was abroad in Japan.)

[lopan]

That's a terrific documentary.

I love Rickson Gracie! That man is a true warrior, in every sense of the word. I have huge admiration and respect for that man.

Yuki Nakai is friggin' commendable, man. the total underdog comes out and makes it all the way to face Gracie. I actually stood up and applauded at my computer screen when he beat the Savate guy. What a fighter, with a true martial spirit. PtG, it must have been a great experience training at his dojo!