The UFC Heavyweight talent pool is utter ****

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  1. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    dos santos is the only guy who has great talent. he is very good and will be the champ in this year. lesnar will get knocked out by him.
    strikeforce has more talent. fedor and oveerem are better then everyone from the ufc
     
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    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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  3. I agree
     
  4. Beebs

    Beebs Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So name the top 10
     
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    Nuke Full Length Member Full Member

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    I agree also, JDS will hopefully clean up this problem, but I still think he is way behind Fedor in everything and way behind Overeem in striking.
     
  6. BrooklynMumin

    BrooklynMumin HOPKINS A " G " Full Member

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    Junior Dos Santos showed me nothing last night to suggest he will simply KTFO Brock Lesnar. He put on a dominate performance against a Fat body but it was just that. I'd like to see him against Carwin personally. that sure be a WAR.
     
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    I think that what he showed was enough to ktfo Lesnar :think
    I'd also like to see him against Carwin
     
  8. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    Where do these threadstarters come from!
     
  9. Rob_Floyd

    Rob_Floyd Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cain certainly has great talent.
     
  10. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    What a load of pish. The UFC HW division is just fine.

    JDS also showed me plenty to suggest he would KTFO Lesnar.
     
  11. pukematrixx

    pukematrixx New Member Full Member

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    This is foolishness. Strikeforce has overeem, fedor, and werdum and after that nothing. To say Strikeforce has more talent is stupid, they have to let overeem go fight in Japan because they can't setup fights for him in SF. Werdum is a middle of the road fighter who struggled and would strugged in the UFC today, Fedor and Overeem would do fine but both would struggle with Brock, Cain, and potentially JDS.

    The UFC has a nice HW division with some good matchups left - Brock vs. Cain will be a good fight, the winner will be a good fight against JDS. There are still some fights to be had below with Frank, Barry, Carwin etc.
     
  12. pukematrixx

    pukematrixx New Member Full Member

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    I disagree, I thought JDS looked very beatable last night and I'm not sure he'd be able to continuously stuff Brock's shots. I ****ing hate Brock, but JDS will struggle against him if a) doesn't up his cardio and b) find some more variety in his game.
     
  13. Rob_Floyd

    Rob_Floyd Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Antonio Silva is pretty good, too. Shane Del Rosario also appears to be a really good prospect.
     
  14. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    Brock does not react well to getting hit, JDS hits very hard and is very accurate. He also has a better gas tank thank Brock or Carwin and would be able to stuff Brocks takedowns effectivly enough for a couple of rounds.

    Brock would be badly outclassed on his feet vs JDS.

    He may also have issues taking Cain down and Cain has pretty good hands.
     
  15. pukematrixx

    pukematrixx New Member Full Member

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    I forgot about bigfoot, though I don't think he'd fare well against the UFC top HW's. Heck, I don't think he'd fare well against SF's either.

    IMO Carwin punching power >>>> JDS and brock took mega hits from Shane. I don't think JDS is going to KO him if he couldn't KO Nelson. He has a better gas tank than Carwin no doubt, Carwin's tank is trash, but I would argue he doesn't have a better one than Brock. JDS looked spent after round 1 and Brock would have him grappling and fighting for position for five straight minutes which Roy didn't do. He'd stuff a couple early, but I think Brock would find his way and get him down.

    Also no doubt on the standup, but that's not brock's game. Keep in mind we haven't seen JDS tagged with anything hard, ask Heath if Brock hits hard - he sent Heath halfway across the octagon.

    I think Cain poses way more problems for Brock than JDS, I'm looking forward to that fight big time.