The MMA Analyst Reviews: UFC 103

[ateamga]

Yea Cro Cop 's done

[Firalio]

This aint starwars HAHAHAHAHA

[dcschess05]

Your comparisons used to validate your view on why you can like both Boxing and MMA is a bit flawed. Comparing Football and Basketball in this case doesn't apply. MMA and Boxing would be more like comparing the actual game of Football to a field goal kicking competition or Basketball to a 3-point shooting contest. Basically what I am saying is Boxing is a facet of MMA, Football isn't a facet of Basketball. This said, I still agree with you when you say people can appreciate both Boxing and MMA!

[lightweightgp]

DREAM.11 was another fantastic show. No review vid, d00de?

[MixedMartialArtist79]

Any predictions for DREAM11 soon Karsten??

[Boonorp]

Hey doliveij!

I wish you made more videos. There is far too little quality mma material out there, atleast that I am aware of.

Will you be making any TUF reviews? I would also be interested in hearing your thoughs on adding a new weight-clas in the heavy division.

[doliveij]

Thanks.

I would do something on TUF, but that show SUCKS!

lol

I waited sooooo long for Kimbo on TUF... lol. And the whole season looks like it's gonna be gassin', lay n' pray and Kimbo.

Damn!

I am getting up at 3AM to watch DREAM11 though!

[Boonorp]

Hehe, I too am a bit tired of the show, but still think that Kimbo is somehow interesting.

Why bring in so many freakshows (former football players, wow impressive!. They should make a world edition and bring in some real talent, from Russia, Brazil etc.

I´m from Sweden and have no clue on how to watch DREAM11 live. I will download it short after though.

Another downside to living in Sweden is that it isn´t posible to get "UFC on Demand" - even if I would pay double. Sux!

[doliveij]

Damn.

That sucks!

It's hard even for me to watch DREAM. Anyone who isn't there live, has to watch tape delay, which sucks and the only channel that carries it, isn't available where I'm at. So, I have to watch online, on streams.

It was a great show, though.

[Loomr]

I couldn't agree more the fights have been absolute garbage. kimbo vs nelson was one of the worst fights I've ever seen.

[Trigunflame]

fucking put in the same position 2x. was hit consecutively non stop for the last 30 seconds of the 1st round - against with consecutive shots in the 2nd round.. until they FINALLY stopped it after team rashad was literally counting out the shots.

i wonder how much they payed off herb dean to give kimbo Soooooo much time to recover..

in any PPV event that would have been stopped in a 1/4 of the time..

and dana white has the nerve to say kimbo will be on a paid card... what a joke

[doliveij]

1, Those punches really were pathetic. I know you can't let a guy get punched for 3 mins straight, but in a fight with no ref, Kimbo coulda took those baby shots for an hour without even getting a headache.

2. With that said, Kimbo's stand up is too poor, and his ground game is so terrible that I don't think anyone in the HW Division would lose to him. He is too afraid of a takedown to commit to his punches and a true striker would KO him.

I give him respect for working at it, but that's it.

[Trigunflame]

The point is that he couldn't defend himself at all, it doesn't matter if they had KO power behind them or not.

He was helplessly pinned to the mat taking shots.

Referee Stoppage: the referee may stop a match in progress if:

"a fighter becomes dominant to the point where the opponent is unable to intelligently defend himself from attacks, which may occur as quickly as a few seconds;"

says nothing about the strikes must have KO power.. the fact is he was getting hit, and not defending himself

[Trigunflame]

agree with your your #2 though.

[Trigunflame]

even worse, dana makes fun of roy after he completely dominated kimbo for 2 rounds..

god, dana white is such a fucking scumbag. after all the shit he talked about kimbo when he was fighting for elite xc and how they were putting on freak shows... and after he gets manhandled by roy he talks about how he has a chance in the future..

against WHO? who would kimbo beat in the HW division??? no one.

[thaijunkie19]

yea Kimbo cant beat ne body now BUT if he continues to work on becoming more well rounded he will start winning more and start putting on more exciting performances if u took notice he nearly knocked roy out which is the reason roy took him down in the second rnd y do ppl act like they didnt kno Kimbo had a horrible ground game!?!?!

[Trigunflame]

wow, just finished watching the 1st round with kimbo... what a load of bs.

I lost Count of how many unanswered shots he was taking to the head while roy had him in side control.. doesn't matter how hard they were..

he was completely unable to defend himself and they let that go on for longer than 20-30sec??

what a complete farce.

[XxCHUTEtoKILLxX]

Lol,at KOS calling out Hughes.I guess KOS has something against the elderly .Who is after Hughes...Royce?.

[soulmony]

ok thats right its not very pleasant to see a couple of guys breaking their bones on the ring, instead is much better to watch some real good techniques I mean PRO techniues plus of course also watch what the fighters got/feel inside. Not necesarly a roman circuss but a high level fighting show.

Also a circuit which allow the fighter to progress to expand to other stuff etc

[g173df]

I like pepperoni and pig skins!

[btv20]

sound is awful man. love your stuff but ive found it hard to listen to this one

[NeoOsiris19]

Who wants to see Daley-Thiago!? That would be a grimy as fight, both guys have that punishing style of stand up.

[hattrickhockey17]

Great Review Kartsen.

[idz135]

so long Crocop,

thnx for the effort a.k.a bringin/up soo many dudes into the top 10 - Kongo, Gonzaga, Carwin (via Gonzaga), Dos Santos

[karoolta]

hes the thrid best HW of all time at 220... give the man some respect

[idz135]

Yeah, one can't deny he was once 3rd best only to two Legends (Fedor & Nog).

I woulda included some kinda props but given the man's cocky attitude, I didn't.

[karoolta]

im talking of all time

HW GOAT

fedor

nog

crocop

barnett

couture

hes also incredibly humble, he never talks shit about other fighters.

[idz135]

Dude, I'm noone to challenge your opinion on his rank nor am I to: Barnett, Alastair, Aerts, and others who think/thought such of his attitude.

[jasonkcmo]

hermies is a fag..i want to fight him in a cage

[Trigunflame]

News, Rampage is quitting MMA.

rampage-jackson . com

[OrangemenSU2012]

MONEY MAYWEATHER!! 40-0

[doliveij]

Since 1996.

25 KO's!

Hard work! Dedication! Hard work! Dedication! Hard work! Dedication! Hard work! Dedication!

[elmatador404]

who is greater, Karsten... mayweather to boxing or fedor to mma?

[doliveij]

Mayweather is unbeated in 40 fights since 1996.

Fedor has 1 BS loss since 2000.

But Mayweather has been to the big show in boxing whereas people are still questioning Fedor's legacy due to never fighting in the UFC.

If Fedor where to fight in the UFC and win, it would be a lot closer. But as it stands, Mayweather wins that battle.

Also, Mayweather is a 25 Million a fight guy in a sport that is hurting. He is bigger than boxing. Fedor is my fav, but in MMA many "fans" don't know who he is.

[elmatador404]

Interesting. Even though Fedor never fought in the UFC, he's fought a lot of top 10 opponents over the years, as you know. Perhaps number of wins vs top 10 competition would be a good measuring stick?

I'm not a boxing fan so I'm not qualified to make a judgment. Probably you're right, but +1 to Fedor for being humble!

In the end though, they're different sports so I guess it's an unfair comparison.

[Starjet4]

mma is more important than boxing

[doliveij]

Boxing... I like it.

MMA.. It's Important

[NeptraK]

I agree! I wouldn't pick Franca in Tekken either!

Lol keep up the good work, bro.

[fergiec]

i agree, im a big cro cop fan since his k1 days but he is done and has been done since before the ufc.

[karoolta]

before the ufc??? thats not true he came to the ufc with people thinking he take the title which was a fair enough.... its been over since gonzaga

[captaingeneralmop]

Hey how ya doin and ya really leave these videos to the last minute eh? oh well keep em coming mr & anyway thanks too. Glad im not the only 1 who thinks Hermes is over rated.sherk & hermes....just say no to drugs!. Wish they wud just go away. UFC needs more new fighters in all divisions.poor ol crocop......Trig.....HAHAAHAAA­HAhaaahaa

[pissballs]

Cmon! you secretly like the purple hair treasure troll haha!

[Matt1301344]

Good review. I was at the event you should have seen Hermes Franca live man it was bad.Hey what extra fights did they show on the pay per view broadcast?

[akaFIVEDOLLA]

i watched it on ppv and as soon as i saw hermes i thought he looked fat and way out of shape, prob his last time in ufc, they showed millervs lopez lentz vs olivieri emerson vs dos anjos and story vs foster on spike pre fights were mcfeddries vs drwal and effrain vs cole miller. hope that helps

[PoppinOtang]

He had his hand up and looked FAT

HAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAAHHAHAA

[WartoothisGod]

Patrick Swayze was the toughest bouncer the world has ever seen. No joke.

[Antix]

so much for the franklin - machida rematch we all wanted to see.

[mmapicks]

Lets face it, Cro Cop has never looked great in the UFC. The guy obviously has a ton of ability, but I don't think he has any real desire to fight any longer. Did Cro Cop get beat by the better fighter or just the fighter that wanted it more?

[elmatador404]

lol @ the hilarious telegraphing punches bit.

McFedries vs Maia.  Book it, Joe Silva.

[lightweightgp]

205 is not stacked any more. Machida won the division, and doesn't have the invincible allure that it once had. The elites have lost to the elites, and it's evening out.

Kill the myth.

[BrandonCordell]

nice

[BrandonCordell]

good job mma anal

[zunigautos]

im with you i love both sports

[jon0gaona]

lmao telegraphing punches ahah

[RajmansHDGaming]

Shame about Cro Cop...he still made a mess of Dos Santos's face even though he was a shell of himself, Cro Cop of old would gave KO'd him for sure....after watching that fight I think Kongo has a good chance of beating Dos Santos. Great to see the Phenom back, just needed one explosion and it was done...shows the power he has to put Rich away with basically 2 punches. Im sure its Belfort vs Silva next, Dana kept saying after he wants Hendo vs Marquardt and that Vitor is ready for Silva.

[Kaprije1]

no... Randelman did

He just wasnt the same since

[EbopAllDay]

is mirko still in the ufc?

[Maloperverso]

Yeah.

[HFC11492]

Franklin vs Liddell

I'd watch that.

Everybody wants a title shot, lets just have a three way match between Marquardt, Henderson, and Belfort. Winner gets Silva.

I feel bad for Cro Cop, I like hiim.

Kos did what I thought he would

Tyson surprised the crap out of me, that was a brutal KO on his part.

and on the undercard, my man Efrain looked great. I love that kid and he should have gotten knockout of the night.

Good video

and on another note, I want Mayweather Pacquiao now

[HFC11492]

oh and I was sitting here laughing my ass off the whole time you were talking about Franca and Drew.

That was great, lol

[bjpennmvt]

Great analysis of the night of fights. Thanks for filling me on the Mayweather/Marquez fight. I really wanted to see both but now I'm glad I watched ufc cause all da finishes.

[papa1980]

People romantize the "old" Cro Cop to much. Which great strikers did he ever face? Sure in K1 but K1 striking is very different from mma. It's more a range game in K1. Muay thai resembles mma more. Pride marketed their fighters into these myth comic book like charachters that made them seem more then they where. Prime Mirko Cro Cop would probably have lost the fight yesteday too. Face it mma has evolved, the game isn't the same like four years ago. The new upcoming fighters are better.

[charronfamilyconnect]

Yeah, I agree that mma has evolved and the upcoming fighters are better. If Fedor came to ufc I think he wouldn't fair much better than Cro-cop. Too bad MMA analyst is still romanticiing about Fedor. Fedor like Gracie use to be the best but since he don't fight the best he should retire with honour instead of disgracefully fighting wash ups.

[ateamga]

you should watch more MMa. YOu sound new to the sport.

[charronfamilyconnect]

No man, I have watched it since UFC36. You sound old to the sport and clinging to the old icons. Gracie and Fedor were the best in their time. You get no argument there. But that was then, and this is now. Stop living in the past man. Fedor hasn't fought shit for more than 4 years. Get over it I like both guys myself but to be the current best you should fight the best currently. Yes they beat the best in the past now lets live in the present. MMA analyst is romantizing too much.

[ateamga]

Yea I was just joking, but Fedor fought Arlovski and Tim who were ranked #2 an #4 at the time. He was supposed to fight Josh Barnett as well. But he roided out. Fedor is now facing Brett Rogers who is ranked 7. I think Fedor has the best record of any Heavy weight in MMA history. If he doesn't name me one. Maybe only Nog's compares. But yea Fedor is the best HW the sport has seen.

[papa1980]

ateamga: If he is the best currently though is hard to say I think. Arlovski and Tim are from a different era. Arlovski if I remember right had recent wins over Jake O'brien, Cruz and lackluster performance against Werdum(by both fighters) when he went to Affliction. I don't mean to sound like a hater but I honestly can't say Fedor is the best atm. How would he do against these new hw wrestlers in the UFC? And no I'm not new to the sport. Been watching fighting for like 15+years.

[papa1980]

Looking forward though to see Fedor against Werdum should it happen. The Rogers fight is pretty blah though. The dude has no groundgame so will get subbed fairly quickly. Grappling background is a must.

[karoolta]

fedor is definatly the best

[charronfamilyconnect]

Yes, Fedor has the best record of anyone in history I agree Fedor was the best heavyweighyt the sport has seen. taking an anology,what would you think if the best boxing champ who happened to be American, decided to move over to Russia and fight all the best fighters in that area of the world for the next 5 yrs, would you think he deserved to be ranked#1 even though he is avoiding fighting the top 3 contenders?Thats kind of how I see Fedor in reverse. I just wish he would fight the top fighters.

[Loomr]

hahahaa :D

"fat dude with the purple wig"

"the guy that nobody wants to pick in a videogame" :>

You know Franca's had some decent fights in the past. I believe he messed something up in his preparation .. but yeah no need to give him a second chance because nobody cares about the dude. That's the fight fans mentality, though shit.

[VEGETADTX]

I STILL believe Crocop is missing something ASIDE from being old and way out of his prime...

I would STILL want to give him a chance! he just seemed like he don't want to kick Junior Dos Santos, and he SHOULD high kick him.

I hope and pray there is at least just ONE MORE chance for Crocop, even though he's not even 100th part of what he was back at his prime.

[nicksousa8]

just look at his stare downs from the past to now...hes lost that so called eye of the tiger.. He didn't even look like a pro kick boxer at all..............i was so upset

[VEGETADTX]

Yeah I agree. Its years and all :(

And why the hell he didn't throw almost a single kick!?

I was also so upset god damn...I wish he could have just one more chance...

[TimeWarp66]

CroCops fighting Randy next

[sdfghjrftgyhujh6tred]

randys fighting brandon vera

[Maloperverso]

The UFC is trying to give Randy a W, that's all.

[wildwolves8]

first of all kampman needs forget about a title shot for a while lol,vitor looked good,for vitor against silva,i just don't see vitor winning that fight, silva striking is just to superior,I think,vitor have very very fast hands,but silva is too well-rounded and yeah crop cop is pretty done from there,it sucks for him.

[jasonkcmo]

on the teligraph thing LMAO funny as hell man..that was EPIC

[jasonkcmo]

treasure troll thought he was seth petrizella..im a figher who go say something to me..wrong..he looked stupid and gay and fat LOL

[lucasd213]

LMFAO at the drew mcfedries/frank trigg bashing.. that shit was funnyy

[jhabeeb1]

(Analyst)

[jhabeeb1]

you were right brother Belfort was impressive. That's why you're the MMA Analysis and I'm not. LOL..... excellent vid

[jasonkcmo]

lmao@ jajbeeb1

[jasonkcmo]

*pauses at 6:15 did u hear that rocky music junior came out to it won me over i rooted for him

[jasonkcmo]

*pauses video 2:54* to say you allwayz go with your first mind remember that

[jasonkcmo]

now ill watch your video

[jasonkcmo]

i have your video on pause right now cause i wanted to get somethings off my chest..cro cops done finished...i told everyoneeee vitor was going to win in the first round.and seth pretrizell coming back to ufc to challenge kimbo

[Akhoc]

Damn man I laughed my ass of when u talked about Hermes Franca. You are fucking awsome dude keep doing ur thing

[gary83uk]

"This ain't star wars" that was golden, well played sir.

[supasole72]

i feel so bad for Mirko

[aov27]

Treasure Troll !!!! lol

[footballfan533]

do you think that cro cop might be suffering from lack of steriods?

[missionkid]

Vitor was never gone now you will see the nutthuggers jump on him

[Queenlizzard]

Nice to see your videos up here again man. :) Always enjoyable.

[benainsworth]

5 Stars for Treasure Trolls.

Hahah.

[Crush8525]

great vid. i didn't get to watch this one, so thanks for the recap :)

[Derrickmwa222]

i guess UFC 103 should have been named "No Country for Old Men"...damn it hurts to see these greats fall by the wayside

[JusUno1]

lmao!!

[devinemassacre]

I wanna see Cro Cop's entrance shirt....on my back. UFC, make it happen.

[captaingeneralmop]

Hermes Franca...go away..please? dont come back. Frank Trigg....poor bloke got a dream smashed.Now dont come back.Mirco looked tired & old.& Lesnar match hopes r surley gone now.Poor R Franklin too .A sad ufc show kind of.The 104 next month seems a long way away too...

[TriMOTinHD]

The phenom is back. Not the Vitor from UFC 46 vs Couture, the Vitor from UFC Brazil when he destroyed Wanderlei in 44 seconds. I want to see Belfort vs Nate or Henderson. That'd be an epic main event. As for Dos Santos, he's most likely facing the winner of Mir/Kongo. CroCop got old. Gonzaga vs Dos Santos? Should be something, but Gonzaga is gonna get KTFO. His "iron chin" got raped by Carwin. Dos Santos should be fine. Paul Daley pulled the upset, and I wanna see Daley and Swick.

[Derrickmwa222]

great vid as usual karsten. Trigg and mirko need to go. Its sad to see these vetrans suffer loss after loss...but it is what it is....your hermes franka video game anology had me dying.

[xxxFaustusxxx]

9:14 - Gonzaga maybe?

[MMAInsight]

Also Mayweather put in work on Marquez he may put it on Pac Man, & I think will see Escudero vs. Nate Diaz next I think the will build up Efrain like they did Diego Sanchez back when he won the show

[MMAInsight]

great vid Karsten Belfort looked awesome that fight went exactly how I thought was except in my preview I picked 2nd Rnd KO, Dos Santos did exactly what I though he'd do, anyone for Dos Santos vs. Gonzaga?. & damn Daley put in work congrats to him man he deserved that win, Daley vs. Swick at 105 makes alot of sense right now.

Great Video Karsten!!!

btw I think Esucdero & Koscheck are overrated

[cdubb3]

It seems like the cage changed the whole game for crocop no doubt . Nate the great and dan henderson should fight each other for the title shot since they both loss to the spider .

[MasonCNapier]

i think its a shame cro cop just doesnt look the same as he did in pride anymore ...in my opinion he looks like hes scared to death when he fights now. maybe gonzaga has made him afraid hes gonna get knocked the hell out by everyone

[MC211982]

i gonna be real as well. I like boxing and mma all together.

[worldforex2005]

FIRST!