OT: Hughes x Gracie this weekend

[rach78978]

Wanderlei - the axe murderer would love to fight tito again i bet. wand should be able to beat him pretty easy. hes 21 - 2 -1 in pride.. thats pretty damn good.

its a shame he always kills my idol sakuraba tho =( breaks his face in pieces everytime. i think wand has like 3 dr stoppages in a row vs saku =(

 

[fc.pride]

yeah, its true hughes will most likely beat royce by ground and pound or unamious decision. royce is in trouble. but i just gotta root for him. ive trained with him before and he is the most humble, nicest man. true his jj is not as good as his bro rickson but no one is one rickson's level. trust me on that. but his jj is top 10% -15% of fighters out there and maybe even the best in the ufc at this time. UFC= wrestlers..pride= more jj with muay thai.
i know he's got almost no chance except maybe a lucky sub but i got too much nostalgia and love for him. he's the sole reason i started training! hes like jordan when he came back to the nba. gotta love em both.
pride does have awesome fighters like gomi, wand, ninja. and their cards give you more value per event. but man this year in
k-1 i hear sakuraba may be fighting rickson. another crazy fight.

 

[fc.pride]

saku= phenom, will never be another saku just like there will never be another royce or rickson.
nice to know that so cal reefers like mma/nhb. very well rounded bunch of guys...err gals too.:rollface:

 

[rach78978]

saku is why i started training.

Mainly becuase hes the gracie killer =)

rickson will kill him i think =(

 

[fc.pride]

i love saku too. gomi may be the next saku.
think sak may be able to beat him. rickson is like late 40's but his bjj is crazy. i once saw him beat 4 black belts out in westwood tapping each one out in a span of 30 mins.

 

[codybug]

I'll never forget when I saw Gracie beat my Huntington Beach nieghbor "Kimo". It was awesome.

Gracie is a boa constrictor. He will tie him up - and choke him out! No doubt about it. Noone is better at it.

 

[rach78978]

goni IS good, id like to see him fight genki

 

[rach78978]

lol codybug you are crazy. kimo is nothing compared to top MMA atheletes. do you really remember that fight? kimo looked like crap and GAVE him a take down and his back like a fool.

hughs is no fool.

 

[codybug]

hughs is no fool. [/B]

Hughs is not a fool like Kimo. But he will not win.

I will never bet against Gracie after I saw what he did to Dan Severen. Unbelievable.

I will refer back to this thread on Sunday after Gracie wins.

 

[rach78978]

lol. im not even going to comment on the fighting skill of "the beast" against a modern top tier fighter (which he is not)

i'll see ya back here

 

[omeg]

Gracie must be pretty certain he's gonna win to fight this one, unless he's getting a huge payout. Don't see why else he would fight - what's he got to prove?

A loss will be a big blow the the gracie name in MMA - not really good for business IMO.

 

[fc.pride]

royce has been telling many people that he wanted this fight a while ago. even before he fought in k1` last new years eve.
he wants to show that even though mma athletes are so talented and incredible he can still hang with the best.
he wants to shut up guys who say gracie jj is outdated and he is outdated. he is fighting for himself, family pride and all the lil guys and old tiimers. oh, and also for the 1 + million dollar payout.
god, i hope he wins and shuts up that arrogant sob hughes.
honestly, if he can go the distance with hughes it will be quite an accomplishment. remember, jiu jitsu was originally meant for survival and self defense not mma. royce is a survivor.

 

[rach78978]

of course hes getting a huge payout... HUGE.

minotauro could beat him in a jiu jitsu fight.
sakuraba could to.
maybe even eddy bravo ~

royce is good, but hes not the best, especially in his age. could he win? of course! hes a jiu jitsu master. but can his skill in jiu jitsu over come all the other skills that hughs has. royce can not win him on anything over maybe experiance and jiu jitsu. is that enough to win? sure it is! will it happen? doubtful.

if he can go the distance with hughs i will say he has good stamina and he is good at blocking punches to his head. thats about it.

i think royce got knocked out by genki, i think hughs is a better striker then "we are all one" sudo.

i enjoy this conversation and am awaiting the fight, i just dont see royce winning this one. if he does he has proven his point. if he doesnt, he hasnt really lost anything

 

[JenDub]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7438451#post7438451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rach78978
...no one in ufc could take fedor. Crocop would most likely beat chuck.

I totally agree with this statement.

Crocop and Fedor have to be my top picks in Pride. I would love to see these 2 cross over.

 

[Yinger]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7439280#post7439280 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JenDub
I totally agree with this statement.

Crocop and Fedor have to be my top picks in Pride. I would love to see these 2 cross over.

crocrop is crazy too... fedor still has the edge tho... to go undefeated in pride, that's something else. Wanderlai Silva is my favorite... he looks like an axe murderer haha

 

[JenDub]

haha...next time fedor's brother fights check out his russian tattoos...all of them he got in person and each one means something. He is a crazy scary!!!

I love Silva when he does that little hand motion thingy when he is announced.

 

[GoTakuF1]

Royce by flying armbar! Haha, come on guy, let's get real. This is a publicity stunt by Dana White and co. that's going to end poorly for all parties involved. In recent fights, Royce could only draw against Tokoro and Yoshida. If guys like Newton and Verissimo couldn't submit Hughes, Royce has a slim chance. Respect to Royce for taking the fight (albeit for $1.3 mil) but I'd rather see him fight sumo wrestlers.

 

[StoneyK]

Royce is gonna submitt hughes...
Hughes doesnt have the stamina or the ground skills to grapple with Royce, his ONLY hope is to score a lucky shot and knock him out.
Jen lets make a bet...;p you and charles can come over and watch him loose on the bigscreen...lol

 

[g0tmc]

Look for hughs to drop royce a couple of times. He picks like every person he fights up and drops em like a bag of dead stinkin zoanthids. I would love to see royce win too. Hughs is sucha bastard.

EDIT: Maybe gho will order ppv for the fight at the swap?

 

[codybug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7440590#post7440590 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by StoneyK
Royce is gonna submitt hughes...
Hughes doesnt have the stamina or the ground skills to grapple with Royce, his ONLY hope is to score a lucky shot and knock him out.

Finally someone who knows what they are talking about! LOL