Who's set to go on a run?
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sweetswing1 said:
What up and coming fighter is set to go on a run for the belt in their respective divisions?
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Jones is the most dominant one to come to mind; actually th only one that comes to mind in terms of a run to the title.
Belts In Jeopardy:
Edgar: Penn
St. Pierre: Koscheck, Fitch, Thiago
Lesnar: Carwin, and Nelson(should he defeat Dos Santos)
ResoluteProtector said:
sweetswing1 said:
What up and coming fighter is set to go on a run for the belt in their respective divisions?
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Jones is the most dominant one to come to mind; actually th only one that comes to mind in terms of a run to the title.
Belts In Jeopardy:
Edgar: Penn
St. Pierre: Koscheck, Fitch, Thiago
Lesnar: Carwin, and Nelson(should he defeat Dos Santos)
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kos and fitch dont a chance against GSP also im pretty sure Cain is ahead of nelson
Markula said:
ResoluteProtector said:
sweetswing1 said:
What up and coming fighter is set to go on a run for the belt in their respective divisions?
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Jones is the most dominant one to come to mind; actually th only one that comes to mind in terms of a run to the title.
Belts In Jeopardy:
Edgar: Penn
St. Pierre: Koscheck, Fitch, Thiago
Lesnar: Carwin, and Nelson(should he defeat Dos Santos)
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kos and fitch dont a chance against GSP also im pretty sure Cain is ahead of nelson
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Is english your first language?
ResoluteProtector said:
Markula said:
ResoluteProtector said:
Jones is the most dominant one to come to mind; actually th only one that comes to mind in terms of a run to the title.
Belts In Jeopardy:
Edgar: Penn
St. Pierre: Koscheck, Fitch, Thiago
Lesnar: Carwin, and Nelson(should he defeat Dos Santos)
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kos and fitch dont a chance against GSP also im pretty sure Cain is ahead of nelson
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Is english your first language?
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Why take a crack at his comprehension skills if his simply giving his opinion on your thoughts?
Also if Carwin is a threat for Lesnar to lose his belt and granted he has the skills to pull it off and is the next man that will take a crack at it, why isn't Cain the next as he is said to be next in line?
IMO, Nelson doesn't deserve any title contention talk one single bit. I don't think he will ever get past a certain level in the HW division. I think JDS will beat him, I think Mir would, Carwin, Lesnar, Cain. I'd put him at the very best the #5 guy in the UFC's HW division.
Machine72 said:
ResoluteProtector said:
Markula said:
kos and fitch dont a chance against GSP also im pretty sure Cain is ahead of nelson
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Is english your first language?
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Why take a crack at his comprehension skills if his simply giving his opinion on your thoughts?
Also if Carwin is a threat for Lesnar to lose his belt and granted he has the skills to pull it off and is the next man that will take a crack at it, why isn't Cain the next as he is said to be next in line?
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I asked a question to assist me in making an accurate rebuttal of his comments and/or opinion in response to my opinion. And why isn't Cain next? Well I think that if Lesnar gets by Carwin, he won't have much trouble with Cain. As such I don't see him as a threat to Lesnar's title.
GoodCat said:
IMO, Nelson doesn't deserve any title contention talk one single bit. I don't think he will ever get past a certain level in the HW division. I think JDS will beat him, I think Mir would, Carwin, Lesnar, Cain. I'd put him at the very best the #5 guy in the UFC's HW division.
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If you think he's number five in the division, how do you think he doesn't deserve title contention talk?
weknowhowtolive said:
I think Cain is going to cause some serious problems for fighters in that division.
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I agree Cain and also I think JDS could go on a run. We're already seeing Shane Carwin on a hell of a run, we'll see if he can finish it in July. It seems the division we're mostly talking about is HW...interesting
Possibly Carwin, it's so hard to know what will happen against Brock because nobody really has a good idea where Brock will be. We know Carwin looks awesome but Brock could be anywhere from a couple steps behind where he was at UFC 100 to vastly improved and physically better than he ever has been in the UFC.
Sedulous said:
Possibly Carwin, it's so hard to know what will happen against Brock because nobody really has a good idea where Brock will be. We know Carwin looks awesome but Brock could be anywhere from a couple steps behind where he was at UFC 100 to vastly improved and physically better than he ever has been in the UFC.
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I was thinking the same thing, its not automatic that the time off hurt him is it? The extra training time could have really helped him, and I think he'll be mentally stronger now as well....it will be interesting for sure.
ResoluteProtector said:
Markula said:
kos and fitch dont a chance against GSP also im pretty sure Cain is ahead of nelson
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Is english your first language?
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:lol: what a jerk you are, he left out the word "stand" and u go for such a hilarious blow.. good job pal
HW: I think Carwin is in the most interesting spot. He just beat Mir (top 10), and now has a chance to beat Lesnar, Velasquez, and dos Santos in a row, while all of them are ranked in the top 10. If he can do it, he'd obviously get the belt. He may even get ranked as the top heavyweight.
Not a rookie-to-star run like, say, Todd Duffee. But a hot streak right now would be very meaningful.
LHW: Whoever can win three in a row. Seriously, that may be all it takes, because everyone is so good. Having said that, 3 in a row could be impossible, because everyone is so good. Lil Nog and Shogun seem most likely to do it. Maybe Jones unless he chooses a slower path.
MW: Um. Hm. Nobody really comes to mind. If Anderson really does move up after fighting Sonnen and Belfort, then I guess anyone could get hot and take the belt. In which case, I'd say Belfort. That's a weird "run" though, they usually don't start with title fights.
WW: Jake Shields if he moves over.
LW: Sotiropolous. Maybe Ross Pearson after that, too early to tell.
Jhen said:
HW: I think Carwin is in the most interesting spot. He just beat Mir (top 10), and now has a chance to beat Lesnar, Velasquez, and dos Santos in a row, while all of them are ranked in the top 10. If he can do it, he'd obviously get the belt. He may even get ranked as the top heavyweight.
Not a rookie-to-star run like, say, Todd Duffee. But a hot streak right now would be very meaningful.
LHW: Whoever can win three in a row. Seriously, that may be all it takes, because everyone is so good. Having said that, 3 in a row could be impossible, because everyone is so good. Lil Nog and Shogun seem most likely to do it. Maybe Jones unless he chooses a slower path.
MW: Um. Hm. Nobody really comes to mind. If Anderson really does move up after fighting Sonnen and Belfort, then I guess anyone could get hot and take the belt. In which case, I'd say Belfort. That's a weird "run" though, they usually don't start with title fights.
WW: Jake Shields if he moves over.
LW: Sotiropolous. Maybe Ross Pearson after that, too early to tell.
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I'm confused as to what you mean about Carwin. If he can beat Lesnar, Velasquez and JDS he'll get the belt? His next fight is for the belt, so the other two fights would be defenses. Also I think Carwin is ranked higher than JDS and Cain.
weknowhowtolive said:
Jhen said:
HW: I think Carwin is in the most interesting spot. He just beat Mir (top 10), and now has a chance to beat Lesnar, Velasquez, and dos Santos in a row, while all of them are ranked in the top 10. If he can do it, he'd obviously get the belt. He may even get ranked as the top heavyweight.
Not a rookie-to-star run like, say, Todd Duffee. But a hot streak right now would be very meaningful.
LHW: Whoever can win three in a row. Seriously, that may be all it takes, because everyone is so good. Having said that, 3 in a row could be impossible, because everyone is so good. Lil Nog and Shogun seem most likely to do it. Maybe Jones unless he chooses a slower path.
MW: Um. Hm. Nobody really comes to mind. If Anderson really does move up after fighting Sonnen and Belfort, then I guess anyone could get hot and take the belt. In which case, I'd say Belfort. That's a weird "run" though, they usually don't start with title fights.
WW: Jake Shields if he moves over.
LW: Sotiropolous. Maybe Ross Pearson after that, too early to tell.
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I'm confused as to what you mean about Carwin. If he can beat Lesnar, Velasquez and JDS he'll get the belt? His next fight is for the belt, so the other two fights would be defenses. Also I think Carwin is ranked higher than JDS and Cain.
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Right. He'll have the belt for sure. We know that. But I'm not sure this many top 10 heavyweights have ever fought each other in such a short amount of time. So there may be an even bigger prize at stake, the top ranking spot.
I don't think Carwin will need to be ranked lower than JDS or Cain at the start of it, simply because nobody else is fighting as many top 5 heavyweights.
Hope that clears up my point.
MalcolmX said:
GoodCat said:
IMO, Nelson doesn't deserve any title contention talk one single bit. I don't think he will ever get past a certain level in the HW division. I think JDS will beat him, I think Mir would, Carwin, Lesnar, Cain. I'd put him at the very best the #5 guy in the UFC's HW division.
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If you think he's number five in the division, how do you think he doesn't deserve title contention talk?
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Because title contention is for the top 2 or 3 guys. How can you contend for a title when there are at least 4 guys that you can't beat?