Sengoku III Card Upated: Hidehiko Yoshida vs Maurice Smith

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  1. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Intresting Olympic Gold Judo vs former Kick-Boxing Champion.
     
  2. LB3000

    LB3000 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How long do you guys see Sengoku lasting for? With Dream about I find it hard to believe they will be around for long. They don't have many big draws, the only 2 I can think of are Yoshida and Gomi. Whereas Dream have the likes of Kid, Sakuraba, Cro Cop and they have a lot of top Japanese fighters such as Aoki, Kawijiri, Sakurai, Uno.
     
  3. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    DREAM assiimilated ALL the fighters from K1 HERO`s. Most of them are also ex PRIDE employee`s. Imo DSE is back!!! I dont have any problem with Sengoku. As long as there some compeition to the UFC and some decent Asian cards i think its great for MMA.
     
  4. Tuffnutz

    Tuffnutz ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Not really.
     
  5. sugarngold

    sugarngold RIDDUM Full Member

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    I'll watch any time Maurice Smith fights. He is a living legend of kickboxing and MMA. And he's as old as the hills - but he still gets in the ring and gives a good accounting of himself.
     
  6. El Matador

    El Matador Your Boxing Authority Full Member

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    Yes, basically.

    Anyway, Maurice Smith is always a pleasure to watch. More and more good, solid MMA organizations are popping up around the world, and in a couple of years, the UFC probably will not be the only mainstream MMA organization out there.

    Though the UFC has the biggest pockets (and most experience/political hold), these newer organizations (Elite XC, Strikeforce, WEC, Affliction, to name a few) continue to make strides by signing good names and making good match-ups.

    Because of this competition, the fans will eventually be the winners. :bbb
     
  7. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Disagree with you. The fighters will be the winners. From a purely selfish fans perspective its best to have all the top ffighters in one org. But as we've seen with some high profile UFC fighters, they wont fight for ****** feed and will leave.

    Its virtually impossible to get a unified champ in boxing that lasts for more than a minute, with only 4 belts and Champs who are actually allowed to fiht each other.
     
  8. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Waita minute, is this the Maurice Smith? :yikes

    How old is this geezer?!
     
  9. Tuffnutz

    Tuffnutz ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    I gave up watching Yoshida when James Thompson nearly killed him in Pride and it took them forever to stop the fight. :lol:

    Smith is just way too old.
     
  10. coog

    coog Active Member Full Member

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    Maurice is around 45 I believe. I wonder if Jean Yves Thereault wants to fight. the greatest Full contact fighter there ever was, maybe Bill Wallace or Joe Lewis they are like 65 Thereault is 54 sp