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Soooo!!! Just spotted that Royce Gracie will fight Ken Shamrock on Bellator 149 19th February. My interest is definitely piqued -but I'm wondering if these guys should be slugging it out or trying to dislocate each others limbs aged 50 and 52 respectively.

What do you guys think?

Also anyone know any good sources for DLing Bellator fights?

[Waspy]

I don't know what to think about Gracie - Shamrock. Gracie hasn't actually had a fight in almost a decade and I saw Shamrock get Kimbo in a full choke but not be able to tap him. Hopefully they'll fight on the ground and I think that Gracie will probably catch him. Either way, I'm kind of expecting a big mess in that fight.

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Originally Posted by Waspy

I don't know what to think about Gracie - Shamrock. Gracie hasn't actually had a fight in almost a decade and I saw Shamrock get Kimbo in a full choke but not be able to tap him. Hopefully they'll fight on the ground and I think that Gracie will probably catch him. Either way, I'm kind of expecting a big mess in that fight.

Yeah its a hard fight to predict with Gracie not having fought for so long. Having said that I think it's almost certain that it will end up on the ground. Royce will not want to stand and trade strikes and will go balls to the wall to drag Shamrock down, and Shamrock himself is not averse to a grappling contest. The only exception I can see to that is Shamrock getting an early KO. Anyway - it should be interesting.

[Waspy]

Originally Posted by Pad

Yeah its a hard fight to predict with Gracie not having fought for so long. Having said that I think it's almost certain that it will end up on the ground. Royce will not want to stand and trade strikes and will go balls to the wall to drag Shamrock down, and Shamrock himself is not averse to a grappling contest. The only exception I can see to that is Shamrock getting an early KO. Anyway - it should be interesting.

Yeah, I could definitely see Shamrock catching him and knocking him out. I wonder what the weights will be like in that fight. Shamrock was 204 for Kimbo and Gracie would have to put weights in his pockets to make 204.

Have Hendricks vs Wonderboy in the UFC today. I'm thinking Hendricks beats him, but I'm very interested to see what happens if Wonderboy can land one of those crazy kicks.

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Originally Posted by Waspy

Yeah, I could definitely see Shamrock catching him and knocking him out. I wonder what the weights will be like in that fight. Shamrock was 204 for Kimbo and Gracie would have to put weights in his pockets to make 204.

Have Hendricks vs Wonderboy in the UFC today. I'm thinking Hendricks beats him, but I'm very interested to see what happens if Wonderboy can land one of those crazy kicks.

Gracie v Shamrock is a catch weight fight - see snip from Bellator site below

If Gracie is still at his best the weight difference shouldn't be a big deal for him considering some of the monsters he's dispatched in the past.

I wouldn't be surprised if Thompson finishes Hendricks if he can avoid being taken down and smothered. There have been quite a few previously "awesome" fighters looking pretty ordinary of late. For example Eddie Alvarez made Anthony Pettis look like a lame duck in their recent fight. There's been a lot of speculation that the much tougher PED measures and the ban on IV rehydration after weigh-ins introduced by the UFC over the last year are levelling fighters abilities.

I'm going to have to duck and dive to avoid hearing the results until I can get to watch my recordings in a week or so.

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World MMA Awards

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February 6, 2016


With a masterful title win over a seemingly unstoppable champ, Holly Holm cleaned up at the 8th Annual World MMA Awards.

Friday’s black-tie ceremony, which took place at The Venetian in Las Vegas, recognized achievements from the 2015 calendar year. Fighters Only, which organizes the annual industry awards, presented finalists in five categories, and after a month of fan voting, winners were revealed at the ceremony.

Holm (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) emerged victorious in multiple categories. The UFC women’s bantamweight champion, who dominated longtime titleholder Ronda Rousey (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in this past November’s UFC 193 headliner, picked up awards for Female Fighter of the Year, Breakthrough Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year and Upset of the Year. Her camp, Jackson-Wink MMA, also picked up Gym of the Year honors.

She wasn’t the only multiple-category winner, though. UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor (19-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who dethroned longtime champ Jose Aldo (25-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) this past December at UFC 194, won the Charles “Mask” Lewis Fighter of the Year award, as well as International Fighter of the Year.

A tape-delayed broadcast of the ceremony airs Feb. 12 on FOX Sports 2.

The full list of finalists and winners (in bold and italics) included:

Charles “Mask” Lewis “Fighter of the Year”

Rafael dos Anjos
Max Holloway
Demetrious Johnson
Conor McGregor
Luke Rockhold

Female Fighter of the Year

Tonya Evinger
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Holly Holm
Ronda Rousey
Angela Lee

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

Thomas Almeida
Henry Cejudo
Tony Ferguson
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Holly Holm

International Fighter of the Year

Joseph Duffy
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Liam McGeary
Conor McGregor
Marat Gafurov

Fight of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Luis Palomino (WSOF 19)
Andrei Arlovski vs. Travis Browne (UFC 187)
Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 2 (UFC 189)
Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 192)
Vitaly Bigdash (vs. Igor Svirid, ONE Championship 32)

Knockout of the Year

Hisaki Kato (vs. Joe Schilling, Bellator 139)
Thomas Almeida (vs. Brad Pickett, UFC 189)
Holly Holm (vs. Ronda Rousey, UFC 193)
Jorge Filho (vs. Claudio Cezario, Jungle Fight 83)
Conor McGregor (vs. Jose Aldo, UFC 194)

Submission of the Year

Ronda Rousey (vs. Cat Zingano, UFC 184)
Marcos Galvao (vs. Joe Warren, Bellator 135)
Fabricio Werdum (vs. Cain Velasquez, UFC 188)
Liam McGeary (vs. Tito Ortiz, “Bellator 142: Dynamite”)
Tony Ferguson (vs. Edson Barboza, TUF 22 Finale)

Comeback of the Year

Thiago Alves (vs. Jordan Mein, UFC 183)
Alex Chambers (vs. Kailin Curran, UFC Fight Night 65)
Eddie Alvarez (vs. Gilbert Melendez, UFC 188)
Patricio Freire (vs. Daniel Weichel, Bellator 138)
Vitaly Bigdash (vs. Igor Svirid, ONE Championship 32)

Upset of the Year

Rafael dos Anjos (vs. Anthony Pettis, UFC 185)
Maryna Moroz (vs. Joanna Calderwood, UFC Fight Night 64)
Fabricio Werdum (vs. Cain Velasquez, UFC 188)
Uriah Hall (vs. Gegard Mousasi, UFC Fight Night 75)
Holly Holm (vs. Ronda Rousey, UFC 193)

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year

Rafael Cordeiro
John Kavanagh
Javier Mendes
Mike Winkeljohn
Firas Zahabi

Trainer of the Year

Jake Bonacci (S&C)
Mike Dolce (nutrition)
Brian Harris (S&C)
George Lockhart (nutrition)
Ido Portal (S&C)

Gym of the Year

American Kickboxing Academy
Blackzilians
Jackson-Wink MMA
Kings MMA
SBG Ireland

Referee of the Year

Herb Dean
Marc Goddard
John McCarthy
Dan Miragliotta
Mario Yamasaki

Ringcard Girl of the Year

Jhenny Andrade
Carly Baker
Arianny Celeste
Brittney Palmer
Mercedes Terrell

Leading Man

Scott Coker
Victor Cui
Lorenzo Fertitta
Ray Sefo
Dana White

Best Promotion

Bellator
Legacy FC
ONE Championship
UFC
WSOF

Personality of the Year

Jon Anik
Joe Rogan
Bas Rutten
Brendan Schaub
Bruce Buffer

Analyst of the Year

Michael Bisping
Daniel Cormier
Dominick Cruz
Chael Sonnen
Brian Stann

Best MMA Programming

Bellator MMA: Uncut
The Fighter & The Kid
The MMA Hour
The Ultimate Fighter
UFC Embedded

MMA Media Source of the Year

UFC Tonight
MMA Fighting
MMA Junkie
Inside MMA
Sherdog

MMA Journalist of the Year

Brent Brookhouse
Ben Fowlkes
Ariel Helwani
Chuck Mindenhall
Brett Okamoto

Best MMA Clothing & Equipment Brand

BAD BOY
Everlast
Hayabusa
Torque
Venum

Lifetime Achievement Award

Bruce Buffer

[Waspy]

Originally Posted by Pad

Gracie v Shamrock is a catch weight fight - see snip from Bellator site below

If Gracie is still at his best the weight difference shouldn't be a big deal for him considering some of the monsters he's dispatched in the past.

I wouldn't be surprised if Thompson finishes Hendricks if he can avoid being taken down and smothered. There have been quite a few previously "awesome" fighters looking pretty ordinary of late. For example Eddie Alvarez made Anthony Pettis look like a lame duck in their recent fight. There's been a lot of speculation that the much tougher PED measures and the ban on IV rehydration after weigh-ins introduced by the UFC over the last year are levelling fighters abilities.

I'm going to have to duck and dive to avoid hearing the results until I can get to watch my recordings in a week or so.

They have a 28lb. difference for a catchweight?

That sucks that you won't be able to see the fights for a week. I've been there for a few days, never for a week though, so I will avoid telling you what happen. All I will say was that the main event was worth the wait!

I know they have been cracking down on some of the other things people can do like rehydration. I think someone died from cutting weight in a OneFC show a few weeks ago and they just abandoned all weight cutting altogether by making all of their fighters move up in weight, which may be a good idea, but I don't think could do that in the UFC or Bellator - just tell all of their 205ers that they're heavyweights now.

I always thought that, even apart from the PEDs, in a few years you'd see of these guys that subjected themselves to crazy weight cutting procedures would end up with heart problems and stuff like that. It's one thing when they're wrestlers and literally grew up like that, but it's another when you have guys like Rick Franklin and Vitor Belfort and Jose Aldo, who don't come from that type of a background killing themselves to make a weight class.

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Originally Posted by Waspy

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That sucks that you won't be able to see the fights for a week. I've been there for a few days, never for a week though, so I will avoid telling you what happen. All I will say was that the main event was worth the wait!
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Hehe - having to wait to see the main event is self imposed actually. Much as I love my MMA, watching a full UFC event including prelims is a bit above my endurance limit. So I record and watch two or three fights a night over the space of a week. It also means I can skip all the adds.

Anyway - just finished last weeks event. Relatively poor night of fights generally I thought with the exception of the main event. A lot of guys just seemed to be there to fill in time.

But man Thompson looked fine. Made Hendricks look a bit one dimensional. It will be interesting to see who gets the next shot at the Welterweight title.

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Heh,

voted 3x against winners.
For me it was:

Coach of the Year
Javier Mendes

Gym of the Year
American Kickboxing Academy

Best MMA Programming
The Fighter & The Kid