Or, as someone posted elsewhere, "Wax on, wax off"

Before the crushing blow I saw a couple of feints with his left leg.

 

The initial movement of Machida's kick seems to indicate a kick with his left leg. But he merely uses that movement to gain inertia to power the right leg. I can see where a pro would react to the first motion.

 

What an outstanding move!

 

I said this jokingly earlier in the thread but you can look at it as the truth, but Steven Seagal is turning these guys into machines. :lol:

 

 

 

He was in Silva's corner and had worked with Silva pre fight on utilizing the front kick before Silva knocked out Belfort. Then last night, again Seagal was in Machida's corner and again a front kick knock out ends the fight. Seagal may be the next big MMA trainer, Greg Jackson look out. :lol:

GSP needs to vacate the title and move up, just no one left for him to fight at welterweight. He has cleaned out the division.

The fights went about as I expected. I hated seeing Couture lose, but I figured he was going to have a tough way to go; Machida is very unpredictable/unorthodox and one of the better in the division even with his prior two losses. GSP won his fight with ease, but I feel that last night was his toughest fight since getting the title. One thing is clear; there is no welterweights left for GSP and no middleweights left for Silva, time for them to get it on. I look for GSP to move up in the near future and fight maybe a couple of middleweights before facing Silva. If it doesn't happen, they need to just retire, unless Silva continues fighting as a light heavyweight.

GSP is the definition of a MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST.

 

With the UFC's purchase of Strikeforce I want to see him fight Nick Diaz. Diaz is very good in the stand-up and is a Gracie BJJ blackbelt. Much rather see that than GSP/Silva right now.

Nate Diaz is no better than Jake Shields. GSP would destroy him.

I said this jokingly earlier in the thread but you can look at it as the truth, but Steven Seagal is turning these guys into machines. :lol:

 

 

 

He was in Silva's corner and had worked with Silva pre fight on utilizing the front kick before Silva knocked out Belfort. Then last night, again Seagal was in Machida's corner and again a front kick knock out ends the fight. Seagal may be the next big MMA trainer, Greg Jackson look out. :lol:

 

Is Segal really training with some of these guys?

Nate Diaz is no better than Jake Shields. GSP would destroy him.

 

 

 

He is better in the stand-up, much better, and is better off his back(where GSP will put him because of his stand-up). His wrestling is sub-par.

Is Segal really training with some of these guys?

 

I swear. I read after the Silva/Belfort fight that like a month or so before the fight Silva came up to Las Vegas to finish training and get ready before the fight. While there Seagal worked with him quite a bit and even was in his dressing room pre fight and walked out to the octagon with him and everything. After the knockout Silva said in an interview that him and Seagal had been working on that front kick minutes before the fight, Seagal telling him it would be a good technique to use against Belfort.

 

Then sure enough last night, Seagal is there with Machida, walks out to the octagon with him and everything. Sure enough, another front kick to the face.

 

 

To me that isn't coincidence.

Before the crushing blow I saw a couple of feints with his left leg.

 

The initial movement of Machida's kick seems to indicate a kick with his left leg. But he merely uses that movement to gain inertia to power the right leg. I can see where a pro would react to the first motion.

 

What an outstanding move!

 

It was a little like the Karate Kid crane kick, without the raised hands of course. Black House is deadly with those front kicks. Couture just looked too slow during the whole fight. I think its a good time for him to retire. There's no shame in a 47 year old man losing to a top 5 LHW.

 

Aldo looked good, but I was a little disappointed. That's the first time I've seen him fight, so that's all I've got to go by, but I don't see him in the Silva/GSP discussion as best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. I thought Hominick got the better of him in the striking at several different times in the fight and Aldo's ground game, which was advertised as possibly better than his striking, failed to impress. The difference was Hominick never landed any combos or power shots and Aldo knocked him down 2 or 3 times. Perhaps he was a little over-amped for his first UFC fight. So, I'll give Aldo a few more fights. He is entertaining and explosive. I think he'll be more impressive as he settles in. And, being disappointed is relative to the level of expectation I had based on the hype. I'm not saying he looked bad by any means.

 

The main event was a snooze-fest. I expected GSP to be more aggressive in the striking, but he was content to outpoint Shields and play it safe. I don't think GSP likes to get hit at all. Unless you're Glass Joe from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Jake Shields is no threat to finish you with striking. I'm disappointed that GSP didn't go after him and try to finish him. I also don't see how two of those judges scored 2 rounds for Jake Shields. Two of them had it 48-47. I thought Shields might have won one round. Maybe if I re-watched it I'd see it differently, but I'd probably fall asleep.

The fights went about as I expected. I hated seeing Couture lose, but I figured he was going to have a tough way to go; Machida is very unpredictable/unorthodox and one of the better in the division even with his prior two losses. GSP won his fight with ease, but I feel that last night was his toughest fight since getting the title. One thing is clear; there is no welterweights left for GSP and no middleweights left for Silva, time for them to get it on. I look for GSP to move up in the near future and fight maybe a couple of middleweights before facing Silva. If it doesn't happen, they need to just retire, unless Silva continues fighting as a light heavyweight.

 

If GSP moves up to face Silva, there won't be any tune-ups. From what I've read, anyway. GSP wants time to put the weight on correctly, but Dana has implied that he'll be fighting Silva first. Makes sense to me...there's no need to risk GSP losing to another MW and spoiling the cash cow that could be a superfight between the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Also, Frankline McNeil hinted that The Spider might move to 205 in the near future. So, a superfight with GSP at 185 could be his last title defense. Who knows? I'd like to see it play out that way. I'd like to see them fight, and I'd like to see both move up to a new weight class.

 

Aldo looked good, but I was a little disappointed. That's the first time I've seen him fight, so that's all I've got to go by, but I don't see him in the Silva/GSP discussion as best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. I thought Hominick got the better of him in the striking at several different times in the fight and Aldo's ground game, which was advertised as possibly better than his striking, failed to impress. The difference was Hominick never landed any combos or power shots and Aldo knocked him down 2 or 3 times. Perhaps he was a little over-amped for his first UFC fight. So, I'll give Aldo a few more fights. He is entertaining and explosive. I think he'll be more impressive as he settles in. And, being disappointed is relative to the level of expectation I had based on the hype. I'm not saying he looked bad by any means.

 

 

This may sound like a lame excuse but I think the larger octagon may have played a factor as well. Of course I'm sure nerves were a big part out there in the UFC for the first time, not to mention co main eventing the biggest UFC audience ever, but I really think the ring played a part. In the WEC guys had no where to go and Aldo could just swarm them. I mean after a few leg kicks he had them backed all the way up against the cage. With so much room to work with Hominick could move around a lot more and Aldo had a lot more ground to cover. That may also be why Aldo got so gassed because I have never saw him look that tired. In the Faber fight he stayed on him all night and never let up, so not really sure what it is.

 

I know it didn't look like it from Hominicks face but he done 10x better than anyone has against Aldo since he started his reign. Maybe it was the charge of getting to fight in front of the home crowd, or maybe just fighting for the title, but Hominick didn't look bad against him at all. I was really expecting Jose to tear through him the way he has everyone else, didn't look like the same guy at all outside of the first couple rounds and first few doses of leg kicks.

Hominick is no joke, very good fighter in that weight class probably the best after Aldo.

I swear. I read after the Silva/Belfort fight that like a month or so before the fight Silva came up to Las Vegas to finish training and get ready before the fight. While there Seagal worked with him quite a bit and even was in his dressing room pre fight and walked out to the octagon with him and everything. After the knockout Silva said in an interview that him and Seagal had been working on that front kick minutes before the fight, Seagal telling him it would be a good technique to use against Belfort.

 

Then sure enough last night, Seagal is there with Machida, walks out to the octagon with him and everything. Sure enough, another front kick to the face.

 

 

To me that isn't coincidence.

 

I believe it, I mean segal has all sorts of actually MMA records including fastest knockouts...... Dude looks like nothing to write home about, and then your next of kin get the letter he killed you....

This may sound like a lame excuse but I think the larger octagon may have played a factor as well. Of course I'm sure nerves were a big part out there in the UFC for the first time, not to mention co main eventing the biggest UFC audience ever, but I really think the ring played a part. In the WEC guys had no where to go and Aldo could just swarm them. I mean after a few leg kicks he had them backed all the way up against the cage. With so much room to work with Hominick could move around a lot more and Aldo had a lot more ground to cover. That may also be why Aldo got so gassed because I have never saw him look that tired. In the Faber fight he stayed on him all night and never let up, so not really sure what it is.

 

I know it didn't look like it from Hominicks face but he done 10x better than anyone has against Aldo since he started his reign. Maybe it was the charge of getting to fight in front of the home crowd, or maybe just fighting for the title, but Hominick didn't look bad against him at all. I was really expecting Jose to tear through him the way he has everyone else, didn't look like the same guy at all outside of the first couple rounds and first few doses of leg kicks.

 

I agree. I thought Hominick made a good showing. He lost, but there were several times in the fight when he was getting the better of Aldo. Unfortunately, any offense he mounted was usually erased by being put on his back via a punch or a takedown. The scoring makes the fight seem more one-sided than it actually looked while watching it, IMO. And, I don't disagree with the scoring. But, it just doesn't suggest the amount of offense Hominick actually mounted. Also, one judge scored every round for Aldo. How on earth anyone could have scored the 5th round for Aldo is mind boggling.