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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by spankaveli
67: crocop is going to pwn the heavyweight; i'm picking silvia over lutter in the 2nd round; rampage is going to break some face



68: tim sylvia vs randy couture :eek3: :eek3:, pulling for lytle over hughes, and always root for rich franklin


and rumor has it 69 will have koscheck vs. diego sanchez. sanchez ftw
Crocop is definitely going to destroy the Super Heavyweight division like nothing. Nobody in the SHW division is worth talking about ever since Couture left. Tim Silvia only wins because he plays ultra safe and uses his height to his advantage. I was surprised that Jeff Monson did not do anything to him the last time they fought. The guy is a ADCC champion, so I was sorely disappointed about it. I do hope that Couture wipes the floor on Sylvia, but just about every MMA fighter over 35 is pass their prime. Look at guys like Kazushi Sakuraba, Royce Gracie, and Ken Shamrock; they are legendary MMA fighters in their own right, but they went downhill after getting a bit too old.

Anderson Silva pretty much owns UFC's Middleweight division, but Travis Lutter might have a chance if he brings him down to the ground. Silva is credited with a BJJ belt, but I have yet to see him put it to use. I am quite sure that Travis Lutter knows how to deal with a MT clinch, so he might fair better than Rich Franklin did. He tried to power out of the MT clinch and tired himself out, making it all that much easier for Anderson Silva to punish him.

Rampage Jackson used to be a great striker, but he has been in a rut since being beaten by Chute Boxe fighters 3 times. Although he has beaten 3 guys in a row, he won two of them by decision which are rare because he usually wins his bouts by either KOs or TKOs. I can imagine that he might become a better striker if he fought much smarter than he has.
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