let's play matchmaker

[jb12780]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sandman42

Daley has worse take down defense than both Alves and Hardy.

Correct me if im wrong but didnt Jake Shields fight him and school him on the ground?

PS: I love the avatar.

[jb12780]

Quote: Originally Posted by allBthere

but let's say Daley fights Hardy or Johnson - no one's needing their takedown defense. Do you think Daley would beat Johnson in a stand-up war? These matchups have no front runner really and any one of them can knock the other one out at least it would appear that way to me. Last UFC was supposed to be Fitch vs Alves - I would just love to see the top 'killers' fight each other - yeah someone like fitch might beat all of them, but let's see what they do to eachother. Of all the 6 possible fights it's almost as if Hardy/Alves is the most likely (which is still awesome) ...I hope in the next couple of years we get to see all 6 scenarios.

I think both Daley and Hardy train at the Rough House so i dont think that fight would happen.

[allBthere]

Quote: Originally Posted by jb12780

I think both Daley and Hardy train at the Rough House so i dont think that fight would happen.

good point that never even occured to me...that one would be the most edge of your seat out of all of them potentially too.

Since Alves is coming off the injury and hardy just lost, that's why i saw that might be the most likely since i guess fitch is next in line (which is lame)

[jb12780]

What do you think about Fitch vs. Rumble?

[allBthere]

Quote: Originally Posted by jb12780

What do you think about Fitch vs. Rumble?

it's a decent matchup, but that fight won't happen until/if fitch loses to gsp.

Rumble's a dynamic striker, most likely fitch would neutralize him, but he could get caught too. I just think Fitch wins that 8 time out of 10 though.

I'm only saying that because of his fight with Kos, even though I know there was some bs mixed in that one (or at least some strangeness)

what I'm worried about is that instead of hard vs alves, they'll go with alves vs koscheck or hardy vs koscheck and ruin this thread becomming reality.

[Sandman42]

Quote: Originally Posted by jb12780

Correct me if im wrong but didnt Jake Shields fight him and school him on the ground? PS: I love the avatar.

Yeah, that's why I said Daley had the worst take down defense. At least Hardy and Alves went down at the hands of better wrestlers like GSP and Fitch.

But, if any of these 4 were to fight each other it would stay standing up that's their strong suits. Hardy and Daley are both excellent strikers with KO power in their hands, Rumble has the huge reach advantage and KO power, and Alves has the muay thai skills with some nasty knees.

[jb12780]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sandman42

Yeah, that's why I said Daley had the worst take down defense. At least Hardy and Alves went down at the hands of better wrestlers like GSP and Fitch.

Oh ok. I personally think Fitch will get the next shot at GSP.

[CYST2000]

Take down defense is great, but let's face it, it's the way you move around on the ground that is the most important. For instance, Rampage has good take down defense not great, but when you get him down he is absolutely impossible to keep down. I see allot of the same upper and lower body strength in Daley, which leads me to believe he will be the future of the WW division. IMO.