The Month Of April In Retrospect, 5 Fights Delivered
by Kelvin Hunt on Apr 30, 2010 12:02 PM EDT
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In the first week of this month I listed 5 fights that we needed to be on the lookout for in the month of April. I basically chose those fights based on impact on the weight divisions and excitement for the most part. Those 5 fights were:
-Aldo vs. Faber
-Mousasi vs. Lawal
-Melendez vs. Aoki
-Penn vs. Edgar
-Shields vs. Henderson
In retrospect, these fights didn't really deliver on the excitement end of the spectrum but they did answer a LOT of questions while creating some new ones. For example:
-Mousasi was overrated(I already knew this :)) and would have problems with the top light heavyweights in the world.
-Aoki in the cage and no magic pants gets beaten by any solid wrestler that can keep the fight standing.
-Aldo is the best featherweight on the planet by far.
Now, for the questions that were formed due to these fights taking place:
-We've talked about this, but where does Frankie Edgar belong in the grand scheme of things. I still don't think he won the fight, but he was competitive with Penn who reportedly was sick when the fight took place.
-Is Dan Henderson done as an elite middleweight?
-Where does Urijah Faber go from here?
-Where does Gegard Mousasi and King Mo Lawal go from here?
-Also, the honorable mention fights I mentioned delivered in that Phil Davis showed why I'm touting him so much as potentially the next big thing as a light heavyweight. Also, Raphael Dos Anjos continues to prove why I was so high on him a few months ago when he suffered back to back losses. Scott Jorgensen proved that he really should have won the first match against Antonio Banuelos as well.
I'll be back shortly with my 5 months to be on the lookout for in the month of May.
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i wonder if they will do the sme thing with phil davis as they are doing with jon jones.
building him up slowly and letting the fans see how much talent these guys have and then these guys can be the next big ppv stars.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
by wolfmanshowlforever on Apr 30, 2010 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
yes
the UFC does a great job building fighters.
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jones is going to beatdown the janitor and throw him into the ufc garbage.
kinda cold but i think if he takes a beating like hammill did they will cut his contract.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood". Hell is just a word, the reality is much much worse." Event Horizon". Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean, I mean plumb, mad dog mean. cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live or win. That's just the way it is. "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
by wolfmanshowlforever on Apr 30, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
- Dan Henderson is not done. His recent losses were all champions in Shields, Silva and Jackson. His overall record is comparably elite. His record stands at 25 – 8. Sure at the age of 39, he’s probably on the tail-end of his career but I still think he’s elite.
"There's nothing cool about taking punishment" - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
-We’ve talked about this, but where does Frankie Edgar belong in the grand scheme of things. I still don’t think he won the fight, but he was competitive with Penn who reportedly was sick when the fight took place.
To be perfectly honest, Edgar got lucky nothing more. The sun, moon and stars all aligned at the proper time and Frankie pulled off the miracle. Anyone with an iota on sense puts him as a heavy underdog in the rematch with Penn as well as a moderate underdog vs Florian and Maynard.
Also in regards to Lawal, how does beating an overrated fighter(and looking like ass in the process) put him on top 10 and p4p lists alike? I don’t see the logic in that at all.
Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't
help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...
he's not in my top ten
neither is Mousasi now.
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Frankie was more than competitive he won the fight and destroyed the myth that BJ was untouchable at LW. Because unlike Sherk and Florian, his gameplan wasn’t idiotic and he wans’t delusional. I’m calling it now unless BJ all of a sudden turns into GSP with his wrestling in the rematch that Frankie will beat him again.
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