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Originally posted by Sweeper The only person who will stop hugh's will be George St Pierre!!!

+1 ... He's not ready yet, but will be the one. He's fast, he's skilled both standing and on the ground. However he's not powerful enough for hughes. I give Georges credit for the split vs. BJ Penn in UFC58, and Penn was the only one who ever defeatred Hughes, but that's 2 years ago, and BJ's not doing well since he moved up weight classes.

So I say George needs a few more months, or one or two major fights before he should face Hughes.

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Originally posted by Tb. yah i guesss thats a good comprimise, have it in the cage, but essentially have pride rules, as well as no elbows on the ground (that'll force some fighters to think a little more tactically)

Elbows are an aquired offense.If you watch, not many fighters are able to make good use of them.Others like David "rich and xzience scared me" Loiseaux use them as a primary weapon.In a real fight people use elbows.They can also be defended with a proper guard.Banning them would suck.The fighters adapt or lose, simple as that.

Ps.If you saw the first St-Pierre vs Hughes match, St-Pierre was dominating and lost to a quick mistake.It will be a good fight but i dont think you will see that mistake and armbar again.

Mirko won't win a belt simply because he lacks a ground game, which is the difference between him and Chuck lidell. Chuck just gets up you can't take him down, aswell as a great sprawl. I do agree it may of not been the silva but it was Vitor in his prime, then he got into brazilian soap operas, and then did steroids and it slowed him down much. I still believe Hughs and Franklin would dominate there weight class, I would love to see minatauro nogera come back to his old self he was great to watch, especially watch him beat bob sapp.

I do like the cage more only because it gives you no where to hide, I seen too many times guys go thru the ropes for the ref to save them. Would be awesome if they could keep together a clash of the Champions so we could see them go at it. who wouldnt love lidell vs silva. Fedor vs Arlovski or slvia (depending after ufc 61)

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pride>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ufc by a mile.

i agree with the fight stoppage... royce was getting owned.

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Originally posted by Euphorica pride>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ufc by a mile. i agree with the fight stoppage... royce was getting owned.

I agree aswell Royce wasn't intelligently defending himself so they stop it so some1 doesn't get badly hurt. I Like prides rules with the UFC cage, and most the UFC fighters bring over a select few. PPl like Alexsander otsuka shouldnt fight every paperview because all he does is get his ass kicked, by no means does he deserve to be in pride with a record of 3-12. Pride has too many bums imo.

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UFC=new breed of fighter
Pride=where the older fighters go to die.

I like the pride rules too, but i think that UFC has the better all around fighters by far.As much as i hate the Xzience everything, i do like the fact that UFC is becoming more accepted as a "mainstream" sport.The popularity and cable TV exposure will assure that the best fighters will most likely choose the UFC as the promotion to be with.
Pride will be the place where the older fighters try to squeeze in a couple more fights before withering away.

With all of the Spike tv programs,i will bet that in a few years there will be no more Pride, unless they adapt.Like mentioned before 3-12 fighters have no place in pay per views.It makes Pride look like a bingo hall operation.

like it has happend in the past....its popularity comes and goes.


pride is better minus the jap dudes who have a hookup to get into a fight

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I've watched both and honestly, I prefer UFC over Pride. I prefer the UFC rules because they are safer. I'm not interested in seeing people die, but rather watching two skilled and strategic fights - plus a few good knockouts (I quite enjoy flying kicks ). Besides, Pride doesn't have my favourite, Mr. Chuck Liddell. (why is there no love emoticon? )

I miss the old days where the only rules were no fish-hooking and no eye-gouging. That was fun.

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Originally posted by Abercrombie I miss the old days where the only rules were no fish-hooking and no eye-gouging. That was fun.

Good ole bare knuckle.

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Originally posted by Abercrombie I miss the old days where the only rules were no fish-hooking and no eye-gouging. That was fun.

And animals like Tank Abbott roamed free.