Fitzy Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Spoiler: Click here to view I felt they stopped Arlovski a little early, like maybe given him a chance to stand up, or see if Rogers could hit him again, but I can see why he did stop it, those shots were crisp. Spoiler: Click here to viewMcCarthy easily made the right call as the replay clearly showed him out cold. I am pretty sure if it wasn't stopped he'd have just taken unnecessary hits and get knocked out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Blue Guy Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) Spoiler: Click here to view Great stoppage. Like Fitzy said, Rogers would have just followed up and made it into something devastating. A pretty one sided card all around. Not a bad thing, Shields gets showcased, Rogers has his coming out party, Diaz hasn't missed a beat, and Baroni gets his mouth shut. What does Arlovski do now? I can't be one of those who say that a weak jaw proves true again, I mean Rizzo, Sylvia, Fedor, even Rogers, these are heavy hitters, how can you fault a guy's jaw if he drop from a clean shot from them? I think it's only fair we chalk it up to a stylistic and technical deficiency. Flip camps maybe? And finally, can we PLEEEEEEEEASE have Nick Diaz vs somebody on his level. Nick, Dana, UFC, whatever beef you guys have, settle it, and draw up a contract ASAP. You need each other. Nick, come home and fight the best, please. For fight fans everywhere. Edited June 7, 2009 by Enter Blue Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Spoiler: Click here to viewWhen you first see it, the Bret Rogers/Arlovski stoppage looks early. When you see the replay, Arlovski goes dead weight. Once that happens, the fight has to be ended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayzon Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Spoiler: Click here to viewWhen you first see it, the Bret Rogers/Arlovski stoppage looks early. When you see the replay, Arlovski goes dead weight. Once that happens, the fight has to be ended. Spoiler: Click here to viewMy thoughts exactly. From the viewpoint where the KO was shown first, the stoppage did seem a bit rushed, but when I saw Arlovski's eyes turn around and knees buckle in the replay, I went "Yeah, definitely the right decision." However, he did recover pretty quickly from it. It was a pretty sad sight to see Arlovski almost cry after the match... Where can he go next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 Spoiler: Click here to viewI love Strikeforce. Every show, I come out pleased with the night. On the topic of Arlovski, he's got a long career ahead of him still... he just needs to be a smarter fighter. He has the skills, so I don't know why he insists on trading with people who have one punch knockout power... what he needs is to go to a camp that emphasizes escapability and his submission skills. Diaz looked really good. I love that guy. I don't think Baroni looked bad at all... in fact, I was pleasantly surprised by what he brought to the fight, especially in the first round. I think it was merely a case of Riggs catching him with some heavy shots and rocking him. After that one big knee and subsequent flurry of punches, it looked like Baroni was only half-there... so I'm going to chalk that one up to him battling through what should have knocked him out. The fact that he made it to a decision after that was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kirk Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Spoiler: Click here to viewArlovski was nowhere near a too early, his arms went completely down. I haven't heard of Rogers before is he a future star or was he lucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Potato Head Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Brett Rogers is the guy who fought on a couple of EliteXC cards and was mad because he didn't get the Kimbo push. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Spoiler: Click here to viewHe's been built as a future star, but we haven't seen him tested. Which is what Arlovski was, but the problem with that is what we saw - Arlovski's chin. Overeem or Werdum may be next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Spoiler: Click here to viewI fully expect Overeem Vs Rogers to be added to the August Strikeforce card, along with Thompson/Melendez II and the Carano/Cyborg fight. Strikeforce is consistently putting on good shows. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plubby Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I checked the UFC 99 card like..a week, maybe two ago. When did Cro Cop get added? I never saw that :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrilla Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 It was rumoured he would be added ages ago but it was only confirmed in like the last five days or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plubby Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 That's somewhat of a relief...I was *thinking* to myself..."I can't be certain, but i'm preeettty sure i'd have noticed if Cro Cop was on the card" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrilla Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Yeah, apparently there were some circumstances with Cro Cop that stopped them announcing the match until quite close to show time. He should walk through Mustapha Al-Turk though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Cro Crop is saying that he is in the best shape of his life. Normally he comes into fights at 220 but this fight he is going to be 233. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Potato Head Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Of course he's saying that, but he's still not going to be the fighter he was a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Yeah, it's been known he would be on UFC99 fighting al Turk for quite some time now. The interesting thing I learned is that Cro Cop is actually fighting under a verbal agreement as he and Dana still haven't worked out specifics on his contract (ie. # of fights). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzy Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I was reading a column by Meltzer about Faber/Brown and in it he says that Faber had to go to Mexico right after losing to Brown and pretend he was still the champion due to Mexico airing the fight on a one-day tape delay. This seems odd in this day and age. It just reminded me of the the days of marathon tv tapings and the champions who lost the belt had to act as champions until that show aired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I was reading a column by Meltzer about Faber/Brown and in it he says that Faber had to go to Mexico right after losing to Brown and pretend he was still the champion due to Mexico airing the fight on a one-day tape delay. One day delay? Maybe a couple months delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzy Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 So Marcus Davis says that Dan Hardy got people to photoshop him onto gay things. Then they got into a argument at a recent UFC 99 conference call with each calling the other a liar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Yeah, that was last week and they played some of it on either MMA Live or Sherdog Radio --- can't remember which, maybe it was something else, but I heard it. Add that to Dan Hardy calling him a gimmick fighter and that his gimmick is that he revels in his Irish heritage *shrug*. Marcus then retorts that having a red mohawk and the bandana are more of a gimmick than someones heritage [/touche]. For the record, I'm on the Marcus Davis War Wagon for this fight. Hardy seems like a complete douche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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