i think if you wanna give gray a winnable but still challenging fight it would be lauzon. i wasnt on the melvin hype train but it is a good win and gray could use that fight to test his standup and his jj defense. Aldo vs mendes does make sense but i wasnt too impressed with mendes last outing with yahya. Yahya was able to basically keep mendes in the gaurd and i think aldo has better takedown defense that yahya. I dont think Gilbert is as good as people say.
@elan1mal7 I think the UFC want to give Gray a fairly long road back to the title and Volkmann is just such a perfect rebound fight for him. Lauzon probably gets someone down the ladder like I mentioned Diaz or Wiman. As for Mendes/Aldo, I just think it's time Aldo gets tested by an elite wrestler. Styles make fights. He was taken down by Kenny and Hominick. Also think Gilbert is just a better, bigger, and more well rounded version of Edgar.
And I don't know what Florian can do at 145 in terms of countering, a huge thing he had at 155 was handspeed, the fact is good strikers at 45 are faster than him
@djt8928 I don't know about stale. I think Hioki will be a title challenger, that's a fight I want to see. Also got Tyson Griffin, Erik Koch, and Dustin Poirier if they keep winning.
@EBWReturns Yeah, maybe its not as dismal as I made it out to be. I'm probably not giving Koch enough credit, because he already lost to Mendes, but otherwise he has looked good. Poirier also is a standout. I still get the feeling that 145 is quickly turning into 170 and 185 where its "take a number, lose and get to the back of the line".
Less Enthusiastic about Tyson. I think he was borderline "getting cut" before he dropped to 145.
@djt8928 It looked like that on paper, but the Nik Lentz fight was a complete rip-off and one of the worst decisions ever (that no one seems to remember).
i think if you wanna give gray a winnable but still challenging fight it would be lauzon. i wasnt on the melvin hype train but it is a good win and gray could use that fight to test his standup and his jj defense. Aldo vs mendes does make sense but i wasnt too impressed with mendes last outing with yahya. Yahya was able to basically keep mendes in the gaurd and i think aldo has better takedown defense that yahya. I dont think Gilbert is as good as people say.
elan1mal7 4 months ago
@elan1mal7 I think the UFC want to give Gray a fairly long road back to the title and Volkmann is just such a perfect rebound fight for him. Lauzon probably gets someone down the ladder like I mentioned Diaz or Wiman. As for Mendes/Aldo, I just think it's time Aldo gets tested by an elite wrestler. Styles make fights. He was taken down by Kenny and Hominick. Also think Gilbert is just a better, bigger, and more well rounded version of Edgar.
EBWReturns 4 months ago
like maynard/volkamnn
And I don't know what Florian can do at 145 in terms of countering, a huge thing he had at 155 was handspeed, the fact is good strikers at 45 are faster than him
Meodread 4 months ago
I agree. I'm done with Leonad Garcia. Same with Beltran too.
If Aldo beats Mendes, I think that division is going to be pretty stale.
djt8928 4 months ago
@djt8928 I don't know about stale. I think Hioki will be a title challenger, that's a fight I want to see. Also got Tyson Griffin, Erik Koch, and Dustin Poirier if they keep winning.
EBWReturns 4 months ago
@EBWReturns Yeah, maybe its not as dismal as I made it out to be. I'm probably not giving Koch enough credit, because he already lost to Mendes, but otherwise he has looked good. Poirier also is a standout. I still get the feeling that 145 is quickly turning into 170 and 185 where its "take a number, lose and get to the back of the line".
Less Enthusiastic about Tyson. I think he was borderline "getting cut" before he dropped to 145.
djt8928 4 months ago
@djt8928 It looked like that on paper, but the Nik Lentz fight was a complete rip-off and one of the worst decisions ever (that no one seems to remember).
EBWReturns 4 months ago
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agreed with essentially everything you said man, hope to see you back for UFC 137
cazz3000 4 months ago
Damn... where you been?
Cyberplex 4 months ago
Guillard vs Barbosa =D
TheHumbleking718 4 months ago
i agree. im officially now a fan of Mr. Edgar.
KenFlo vs. Sherk would be fun.
Stann vs. Belfort....HELLS YES.
J-Lau vs. MINOWAMAN....maybe
KneebarBuffet 4 months ago 2
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You had to mention Minowaman... :P
KenFlo/Sherk would be fun this time around again, as for Belfort/Stann, Belfort >>>>> Stann.
CascadeSoldier 4 months ago