UFC 101: Declaration - August 8th in Philadelphia

[TwelveozPlaya21]

The 2 main bouts are like the most lob sided fights, I love Forrest but Anderson Silva is ahead of him in every way you put it, n BJ Penn is just on a different level. I will enjoy it though it's my first ufc card live and I am a huge Anderson Silva fan.

[DueceDiggla]

Why are so many people saying Sanchez will beat Penn when Penn just destroyed Sherk who is similar, if not better then Diego?

IMO, Kenny, BJ, Sherk and Edgar all beat Diego at LW. Diego vs. Edgar would be close because I think Diego is much bigger, but lets not fool ourselves here. Diego isn't suddenly a world beater because he dropped a weight class. I think BJ will have a much harder time against Kenny (though I think BJ will win) then he would against Diego.

[XFactah416]

Quote: Originally Posted by DueceDiggla

Why are so many people saying Sanchez will beat Penn when Penn just destroyed Sherk who is similar, if not better then Diego? IMO, Kenny, BJ, Sherk and Edgar all beat Diego at LW. Diego vs. Edgar would be close because I think Diego is much bigger, but lets not fool ourselves here. Diego isn't suddenly a world beater because he dropped a weight class. I think BJ will have a much harder time against Kenny (though I think BJ will win) then he would against Diego.

Sanchez isn't similar to Sherk style-wise.

Sherk's wrestling is way better then Diego, and while his boxing is decent, he has no reach. Those short limbs of Sherk do nothing for him against BJ, which led to him being jabbed in the face all night.

Sanchez has better striking (as well as more varied) and much, much better BJJ then Sherk. Diego's opening round flurry against Clay Guida was nothing short of amazing. I don't think there's too many LWs in the world who could survive that storm.

(I think Gray Maynard beats Diego though. I would take Diego over Sherk, because Sherk likes to box now and not wrestle. I think Edgar could win a decision over Diego, but I think that'd be a 50/50 fight. KenFlo would be 50/50 too, but I think I would take Diego in that fight. However, yeah, I would definitely take BJ over Diego *actually, I'd take BJ over any 155er on the planet*)

[TwelveozPlaya21]

I really am starting to get on the forrest train for this fight vs Anderson Silva, I am a huge Silva fan. I just think everyone is not giving Forrest a chance in this fight, and Silva has been known in the past to not finish fights, Forrest could pull something out of his bag of tricks and pull it out.

[Wet Bandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by TwelveozPlaya21

...and Silva has been known in the past to not finish fights

He had finished 10 straight wins before that Cote fight.

[Iadf]

wet bandit it's like people have no memory at all....tisk tisk

[Wet Bandit]

Quote: Originally Posted by Iadf

wet bandit it's like people have no memory at all....tisk tisk

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you faulting me for not having a memory, or someone else?

[jb12780]

Quote: Originally Posted by TwelveozPlaya21

I really am starting to get on the forrest train for this fight vs Anderson Silva, I am a huge Silva fan. I just think everyone is not giving Forrest a chance in this fight, and Silva has been known in the past to not finish fights, Forrest could pull something out of his bag of tricks and pull it out.

Forrest wont pull the Vlade Divac flop to try to get the fight to the ground like Leites did. Forrest will actually fight.