EDF MMA March Thread

[zer0]

Originally Posted by chinaski101

Pacman vs Clottey on March 13th...fills up every weekend now for fight fans!

and klitschko/chambers on the 20th, abraham/dirrell on the 27th

[Phresh]

Vera Vs. Jones looks absolutely awesome.

[C-Viggity]

Also, TUF starts at the end of the month.

Full cast just revealed:

RICH ATTONITO
Fighting out of: Deerfield Beach, FL/American Top Team
Record: 7-3
Age: 32
A 2001 graduate of Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y., Rich Attonito wrestled several different weight classes as a member of the Pride wrestling team including the 167-pound and 197-pound. divisions. Attonito has been training with American Top Team since he moved to Florida in 2006. He is the strength and conditioning coach for UFC veteran Luigi Fioravanti.

SETH BACZYNSKI
Fighting out of: Canyon, AZ/Apex MMA
Record: 11-5
Age: 28
Training partner to "TUF" alumni Santino DeFranco (season nine) and Efrain Escudero (season eight) at Apex MMA in Arizona, Seth Baczynski is a fulltime water inspector at Liberty Water.

CHARLES BLANCHARD
Fighting out of: Coconut Creek, FL/American Top Team
Record: 7-2
Age: 24
A two-time All-State wrestler in high school, this single father is a jiu-jitsu brown belt and a published poet.

JOSH BRYANT
Fighting out of: Tulsa, OK/Absolute Combat Alliance
Record: 10-0
Age: 29
A member of the Absolute Combat Alliance camp in Tulsa, Okla., Josh Bryant sports a perfect 10-0 professional mixed martial arts record. When not training, Bryant works as a manager for Mazzio's Italian Eatery in Oklahoma.

CHRIS CAMOZZI
Fighting out of: Denver, CO/Gumm MMA
Record: 11-3
Age: 22
Camozzi is a freestyle fighter from Denver that works as a bouncer in his spare time. Two of his three losses are to "TUF" alumni Jesse Forbes (season three) and Jesse Taylor (season seven).

BRENT COOPER
Fighting out of: Long Beach, CA/Team Oyama
Record: 5-1
Age: 31
Of Sioux Indian descent, Cooper is a pipeliner by day for Shell Oil and a devastating striker by night with four of his five wins coming via TKO.

JACEN FLYNN
Fighting out of: Meridian, ID/No camp
Record: 8-2
Age: 31
Jacen Flynn possesses an 8-2 mixed martial arts record that includes wins over UFC vets Dennis Kang and Dean Lister. Away from the octagon, he is a social worker.

JAMES HAMMORTREE
Fighting out of: Ocala, FL/USA Martial Arts
Record: 4-0
Age: 23
Following one season at Weber International, where he starred on the football team as a linebacker and on special teams, Hammortree left the program in order to become a full-time firefighter in Ocala, Fla. The former high school wrestler owns a 4-0 professional record with all four of those bouts taking place in 2009.

JOSEPH HENLE
Fighting out of: Thousand Oaks, CA/Big John McCarthy's MMA
Record: 3-0
Age: 26
Joseph Henle splits time training at Big John McCarthy's MMA and working as a substitute teacher and wrestling coach in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Henle earned his MBA in financial planning from California Lutheran University in 2006. He speaks fluent Japanese.

CHARLEY LYNCH
Fighting out of: Mound, MN/Northway MMA
Record: 6-0
Age: 25
The self-proclaimed baddest man in Minnesota, Charley Lynch owns a 6-0 professional record with zero of his bouts going to decision.

KRIS MCCRAY
Fighting out of: Dumfries, VA/Chute Boxe
Record: 5-0
Age: 28
Son of a military father, Kris McCray was raised in Germany, where he excelled on the soccer pitch and garnered All-Europe honors in high school. In 1999, McCray moved permanently to the U.S., where he has served parts of eight years (six active, two inactive) as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve while also finding time to earn his associate's degree in social studies from Northern Virginia Community College .

COURT MCGEE
Fighting out of: Orem, UT/Throwdown Elite Fight Team
Record: 9-1
Age: 24
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist out of Orem, Utah, Court McGee beat "The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom" runner-up DaMarques Johnson in 2007 by submission.

CLAYTON MCKINNEY
Fighting out of: Orlando, FL/Jungle MMA
Record: 4-2
Age: 27
A teammate of "TUF" (season eight) alumnus Tom Lawlor at Jungle MMA, Clayton McKinney is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who supplements his training by working security at a local bar in Orlando.

KYLE NOKE
Fighting out of: Albuquerque, NM/Jackson 's MMA
Record: 16-4-1
Age: 29
Kyle Noke, from Mooloolaba, Australia, is the former bodyguard of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin. Currently training with Jackson 's MMA in New Mexico, Noke defeated "TUF" (season six) alum George Sotiropoulos in June 2005 and current castmate Kyacey Uscola this past September.

VICTOR O'DONNELL
Fighting out of: Milford, OH/Vision MMA
Record: 8-1
Age: 27
Hailing from Milford, Ohio, O'Donnell suffered his first professional loss this past September against cast mate Costantinos Philippou. Before that, he had won eight contests, seven by submission.

NORMAN PARAISY
Fighting out of: Coconut Creek, FL/American Top Team
Record: 5-1
Age: 23
Norman Paraisy was born and raised Paris, France. The 5-1 Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist left France in order to pursue MMA in the States and is now a member of American Top Team.

COSTANTINOS PHILIPPOU
Fighting out of: Merrick, NY/Serra-Longo
Record: 5-1
Age: 30
Costantinos Philippou is a former boxer with three professional and more than 80 amateur fights on his record. The 30-year-old server from Merrick, N.Y., was born and raised in Greece. He currently trains out of the Serra-Longo camp.

GREG REBELLO
Fighting out of: Buzzards Bay, MA/Sityodtong USA
Record: 9-2
Age: 27
Greg Rebello trains fulltime at Sityodtong USA in Massachusetts under the watchful eye of Mark DellaGrotte. Currently in peak physical condition, Rebello at one time weighed in more than 300 pounds before dedicating himself to fitness at the age of 18.

NICK RING
Fighting out of: Calgary, Canada/B.D.B. Martial Arts
Record: 10-0
Age: 30
Nick Ring returned to MMA in May 2009 following a three-year stint away from the sport after suffering a devastating knee injury. In that time, Ring boxed professionally to the tune of a 4-1 record with three knockouts.

JORDAN SMITH
Fighting out of: Clearfield, UT/Throwdown Elite Fight Team
Record: 10-0
Age: 24
A seventh-grade teacher by day, Jordan Smith is a former professional boxer that trains with fellow cast member Court McGee at Throwdown Elite Fight Team.

BEN STARK
Fighting out of: Tamarac, FL/American Top Team
Record: 3-1
Age: 27
Born and raised a practitioner of the Orthodox Jewish religion until the age of 6, Ben Stark began training with American Top Team in Florida as a sophomore in college. When not at the gym, Stark picks up shifts at "The Original Fat Cats" music club and also finds time to breed snakes.

LYLE STEFFENS
Fighting out of: Tucson, AZ/Apex MMA
Record: 5-2
Age: 26
Lyle Steffens is a firefighter and an EMT in Tucson, Arizona. He trains with fellow cast member Seth Baczynski at Apex MMA.

BRAD TAVARES
Fighting out of: Las Vegas, NV/TapouT
Record: 4-0
Age: 21
At 21, Brad Tavares is the youngest of this season's cast members. Originally from Hilo, Hawaii , Tavares recently relocated to Las Vegas and trains fulltime with TapouT

WARREN THOMPSON
Fighting out of: Marietta, GA/Team Khunpon/Roberto Traven BJJ
Record: 5-0
Age: 23
Warren Thompson, aka "The Kool-Aid Man," is a Muay-Thai fighter from Marietta, Ga. The volunteer firefighter splits his training in Atlanta between Team Khunpon and Roberto Traven BJJ.

KYACEY USCOLA
Fighting out of: Sacramento, CA/Team Alpha Male
Record: 18-15
Age: 28
Kyacey Uscola joins the cast with 33 professional MMA fights on his record. He trains with Team Alpha Male and Urijah Faber out of Sacramento.

CLEBURN WALKER
Fighting out of: Keller, TX/Team Lutter
Record: 9-3
Age: 26
Born and raised in Texas, Cleburn Walker is a fulltime fighter and instructor at Team Lutter. He suffered a recent loss via submission to TUF (season three) alumnus Jesse Forbes this past June.

WOODY WEATHERBY
Fighting out of: Hudson, NH/Renzo Gracie/Mickey Wards Boxing Gym & Xtreme MMA
Record: 7-3
Age: 27
The former U.S. Navy officer currently works fulltime as a corrections officer for the Hillsborough County jail in Manchester, N.H . Weatherby rotates his training between two gyms: Renzo Gracie Academy in Derry, N.H., and Mickey Wards Boxing Gym & Xtreme MMA.

JAMIE YAGER
Fighting out of: Los Angeles, CA/Kings MMA
Record: 2-1
Age: 25
A standout varsity letterman in baseball and football, Yager was the 2001 Athlete of the Year at South Pasadena High School in California. He picked up training MMA as a hobby and went straight from training to the professional ranks in February 2008 as part of BET's "Iron Ring," where he defeated his opponent by TKO.

Early favorites?

[zyrrth]

cooper iirc

[C-Viggity]

I was gonna say Kyle Noke but then I saw this demoltion by Scott Smith. Fighters often don't recover from getting knocked out like this

http://mmavideolinks.to/fighter-vide...kyle-noke.html

[Machinehead]

Chris Camozzi is pretty decent. I'm not sure if he's good enough to win though.

Chris Camozzi vs Jesse Forbes

[zer0]

james toney reportedly signs w/ ufc

[slickpoppa]

Originally Posted by zer0

james toney reportedly signs w/ ufc

Couture vs Toney could be some interesting old man on old man violence.

[ReptileHouse]

Originally Posted by zer0

james toney reportedly signs w/ ufc

Source.

[$kill Game]

James Toney isn't even a top 10 boxing heavyweight (despite what he/the UFC will tell you). And that's in a terrible heavyweight boxing landscape.

Also, he isn't heavy handed or fast anymore. He relies on his boxing skills/experience to stick around.

Having said that, he schools all these UFC fighters on the feet as long as it stays there.

Would be sick if a legit top notch boxer came over to MMA. If Vitali Kiltschko or Wlad worked on other forms of mixed martial arts (specifically kicks/takedown defense), they would wreck a lot of these UFC hype jobs (likely would have a problem with wrestlers though)

[caught_clean]

Originally Posted by $kill Game

James Toney isn't even a top 10 boxing heavyweight (despite what he/the UFC will tell you). And that's in a terrible heavyweight boxing landscape.

Also, he isn't heavy handed or fast anymore. He relies on his boxing skills/experience to stick around.

Having said that, he schools all these UFC fighters on the feet as long as it stays there.

Would be sick if a legit top notch boxer came over to MMA. If Vitali Kiltschko or Wlad worked on other forms of mixed martial arts (specifically kicks/takedown defense), they would wreck a lot of these UFC hype jobs (likely would have a problem with wrestlers though)

He owns any UFC fighter that tries to stand and trade punches, he still gets clownshoed by any decent kickboxer. Would love to just see him get picked apart with leg kicks and so on, since he has a short reach as it is.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkcYul1LRo

[caught_clean]

Jesus ****ing christ I just blew my 2000th post on that?!?! aslfasklf;sd

Oh well it was in EDF MMA at least

[slickpoppa]

Originally Posted by $kill Game

James Toney isn't even a top 10 boxing heavyweight (despite what he/the UFC will tell you). And that's in a terrible heavyweight boxing landscape.

Also, he isn't heavy handed or fast anymore. He relies on his boxing skills/experience to stick around.

Having said that, he schools all these UFC fighters on the feet as long as it stays there.

Would be sick if a legit top notch boxer came over to MMA. If Vitali Kiltschko or Wlad worked on other forms of mixed martial arts (specifically kicks/takedown defense), they would wreck all these UFC Heavyweight hype jobs.

Even on the feet he's in trouble. The mere threat of kicks and takedowns will force him to adjust his style and take him out of his comfort zone. If he doesn't adjust and just uses his boxing stance, he'll either get taken down immediately or kicked into oblivion. Given how old he is, I doubt he'll work that hard to make the necessary adjustments. He doesn't stand much of a chance unless he fights a can or an idiot who engages him in a pure boxing match. Dana is probably just using Toney to display the UFC's superiority to boxing, and therefore will give him an intelligent opponent who won't get into a boxing brawl.

[Machinehead]

I don't see any UFC HW kickboxers that'll beat Toney standing up.

I'm interested to see who they give him.

[Recliner]

Originally Posted by C-Viggity

Also, TUF starts at the end of the month.

Full cast just revealed:

Early favorites?

Anyone with good cardio.

Originally Posted by $kill Game

Would be sick if a legit top notch boxer came over to MMA. If Vitali Kiltschko or Wlad worked on other forms of mixed martial arts (specifically kicks/takedown defense), they would wreck a lot of these UFC hype jobs (likely would have a problem with wrestlers though)

Boxers won't do well. It doesn't transition well into MMA.

Originally Posted by slickpoppa

Even on the feet he's in trouble. The mere threat of kicks and takedowns will force him to adjust his style and take him out of his comfort zone. If he doesn't adjust and just uses his boxing stance, he'll either get taken down immediately or kicked into oblivion. Given how old he is, I doubt he'll work that hard to make the necessary adjustments. He doesn't stand much of a chance unless he fights a can or an idiot who engages him in a pure boxing match. Dana is probably just using Toney to display the UFC's superiority to boxing, and therefore will give him an intelligent opponent who won't get into a boxing brawl.

This for any boxer that tries MMA. They will be at a disadvantage to a muay thai/kick boxer and a wrestler will destroy them. The only way they can win is if someone is stupid enough to try to box with them.