Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yeah Taylorslade's one of my favourite posters just for his boxing posts, but also his love of Davey Boy Smith. He's a nice bloke as well, he once sent me a DVD of Gerald McClellan's best fights for free a while back. Â I exchanged PMs with him a while back and he said he was having problems with his laptop or his internet connection or something. I wish he'd get back on here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 18, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2013 looking at some very good odds on a Melendez/Thomson/Elkins treble at the weekend, all underdogs, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 19, 2013 Anyone seen the Nate Diaz interviews with Ariel Helwani and Karyn Bryant? I know you can't read too much into these things but he looked very dehydrated, maybe he's had a bad weight cut. He looked really gaunt and was slurring all over the shop (yeah I know it's a Diaz but he sounded worse than normal). Â He mentioned he's likely going back to 170 after this fight as well. I thought he must be saying that in case Melendez wins but he says he's probably going back up whatever the result of Melendez/Benson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 19, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 19, 2013 Well thats convinced me further to go for the treble bet. Â I guess Diaz is a bit like Nick in that hes naturally getting bigger the older he gets...the bad news is, hes pysically struggled at 170, matched up correctly hes ok but against the stronger WW's he's been manhandled in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 19, 2013 Yeah there were pictures knocking around before he moved up to 170 last time and fought Rory Markham, and he looked pretty big. Â Like you say though, 170 is a tough division for him. If guys can outmuscle him at 155 imagine what a Koscheck or Ellenberger type would do? Maia as well. 170 is very grappler heavy. I'd like to see Nate fight Thiago Alves, Matt Brown, Dan Hardy and guys like that but I don't think he'll ever get past the massive wall of Hendricks, Ellenberger, Maia, Rory, Koscheck, Stun Gun types. Â I'm 50/50 on Nate vs Thomson. I might actually be leaning to Thomson. I fancy Benson close on points in a great fight and Cormier by TKO within two rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I'm 50/50 on Nate vs Thomson. I might actually be leaning to Thomson. I fancy Benson close on points in a great fight and Cormier by TKO within two rounds. Â I fancy a clear win for Bendo, Thomson by decision and I agree with your Cormier/Mir prediction. If Bendo wins, he will share the UFC Lightweight record for three defenses with BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar, which is something as he should have lost the first ; ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 20, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 20, 2013 Bendo didnt look to healthy at the weigh ins. Im fancying Gil more today than i was yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 20, 2013 It's funny, I've thought Bendo from the day the fight was announced but Melendez finds a way to win time and time again. I can really see this being a hell of a fight tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SinN6 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I'll have to change my tune here and say that Cormier is gonna tag Mir pretty early. Mir to go down like a sag of bricks  The Main Event is filled with 2 guys I dislike. Making it a pretty exciting fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 20, 2013 Cormier on Mir's trash talk; Â A lot of that stuff, I just don't understand. Where does he hear that I'm lazy? When he can hardly get through a first round. I mean, come on man. He's exhausted after the first round most times. I don't understand where he hears that I'm lazy. Â I don't mind trash talk, but it's kind of...the way he does it. It's really quite condescending, he kind of looks down on you. Very smug, I mean, he's very smug. I knew that before I even started fighting, you can watch him versus Brock Lesnar and tell he's one of those guys. It won't matter, I could go in there on Saturday night and take him out, and on his next fight he's gonna be doing the same thing to the next guy. That's him. He's like that guy in high school, you know - 'oh no man, here comes Frank'. Â He's hit the nail on the head for me there. That's dead on the same feeling I get watching Frank Mir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazprospect Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looks like no prelims apart from the Facebook 2 for the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift89 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looks like no prelims apart from the Facebook 2 for the UK Â The rest will be shown here - http://www.ufc.tv/ufc/event/prelims/2054 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazprospect Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Looks like no prelims apart from the Facebook 2 for the UK Â The rest will be shown here - http://www.ufc.tv/ufc/event/prelims/2054 Â Even in the UK? That's only for the US I think. Â EDIT Â Just seen the UK UFC Twitter posting it. Awesome. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazzmission Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Just popped a Bendo, Cromier, and Thompson treble on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbk4life Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I've gone for Henderson, Thomson & Mir treble. I really fancy Henderson and Thomson to win. I'm picking Cormier to win but Mir at 3/1 is a nice price, if it ends up on the ground he can end it quickly. I still think Cormier via first round TKO/KO, but I'll be supporting Mir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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