http://mmajunkie.com/news/17085/ex-...-for-nye-fight-in-japan-strikeforce-bound.mma Although the fight hasn't been officially signed or announced, Tim Sylvia is holding out hope one of his dreams comes true later this month. Sylvia has been a long-rumored participant for the Dec. 31 DREAM/World Victory Road "Dynamite!! 2009" event in Saitama, Japan. And as far as he's concerned, the fight is happening. "Monte (Cox) says they're still interested, so I'm still training like I have a fight later this month," Sylvia today told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). Sylvia (25-6), once the ruler of the UFC's heavyweight division, recently rebounded from a 1-4 skid, which included an embarrassing nine-second loss to 48-year-old boxer and MMA newcomer Ray Mercer during the summer, with a September TKO victory over Jason Riley at Adrenaline MMA IV. Still would be a major coup if they could get the bog galoot onboard.
They could sure use the depth anyhow, besides I never get sick of Tim getting beat. Tim vs Rogers would be nice.
Arlovski, Rogers, maybe one or two others could give him nice stand up fights. Sylvia should be dirt cheap considering how far he's fallen so he'd add a name and depth to the division.
Please god, no more Arlovski vs Sylvia; never again. I think Sylvia can do very well for himself in Strikeforce if he can recapture his old form. He simply cannot look like he did against Mercer, I mean physically not just performance wise. He has always been a hard worker, to let himself go like that tells me he is severly down on himself, depressed, whatever. If he can get some fights against grapplers he can stay standing against, he can get a few wins. Some of the stand up guys can be bearable for Sylvia too, but only if he gets back to his peak form. His chin is a concern though. Getting KO'd makes it easier to get KO'd the next time.