End of an Era, or is it?

With the UFC 2013 books being closed, has the marked number 13 brought forth the End of and Era? For a combined 14 years, Champions and PPV stars George St Pierre / Anderson Silva reigned supreme in their divisions and headed the pound 4 pound rankings. Fans long dwelt on the idea of GSP Vs Silva, that it would be the only way to decide whose No.1 and the only way either 1 would be defeated.
They each drew the biggest hype, crowds and PPV buys, being responsible for drawing many new fans to MMA.

Welterweight Johny Hendricks and Middleweight Chris Weidman work their way to the top with impressive finishes of high calibre opponents while St-Pierre & Silva continue their legacy.
UFC 162 Chris Weidman gets his opportunity and shocks the world with a KO victory over Anderson, "He got lucky" "Anderson Beat himself" "You cant play games in the octagon" we heard all the reasoning, regardless he defeated Silva, claimed the gold & the rematch was booked

 UFC 167 Hendricks looses a razor thin split decision to GSP with a likely rematch to follow after many say "Hendricks was robbed".
(UFC 167 Live Blog Here)

UFC 168 "I Back trust me I back", Anderson Silva's stern words heading into the rematch with Chris Weidman.

St Pierre walks away from the sport, retires the championship, and UFC 168 ends in devastating fashion for Anderson Silva (Live Blog / Results Here) likely signalling the end of his career.
The emotion, that empty feeling of not seeing GSP rush down the isles toward the GON, not gearing up for Anderson to dance around an finish his opponent with precision strikes is a hard pill to swallow, the hype is no more it is the end of an era.

Or is it?...

Johny Hendricks gets his deserved shot at the title at UFC 171, the man he squares of against is veteran Robbie Lawler, Lawler debuted in the UFC in 2002, fought outside of the UFC for strikeforce and other promotions between 04 and 13 before successfully returning in February with a KO win over Josh Koscheck.
Chris Weidman will fight Vitor Belfort in 2014, Vitor is the longest running UFC fighter, debuting at UFC 12 in 1997, now possibly in the best shape of his career.

(What's behind Vitor's re-birth)

Vitor is extremely hungry for UFC gold, at age 36 it may be the final opportunity he gets.
Lawler and Belfort hold a key that no coach can teach, no amount of money can buy, experience!
Should they be crowned new champions there will be no End of an Era, the Era will receive a second coming and affirm 'Crazy things happen in the Octagon'

Will St-Pierre return to the sport when least expected?
Anderson has defied what is possible and what's not with incredible fighting styles, will he recover like no other?
2014 and the future, there is plenty to look forward too!

Angry Beard UFC 168

Angry Beard UFC 168

So another event and another great card.
Can you say broken leg? Because that’s what we got when we saw Anderson Silva pretty much snap his leg in half. Some would say a spider has 7 more, so maybe he will return but it will be a hard road back. So what made me angry about this about this event?

All you so called UFC fans, not one of you gave Miesha cupcake Tate the respect she deserves you all counted her out and I’m not saying that Ronda Rousey isn’t good, in fact she is great, Miesha became first EVER to take her past the first round let alone into the third. Yet you all continue to talk Ronda up. This isn’t me having sour grapes, Ronda is the bench mark and Tate didn’t reach it but she is the closet to come to doing it. Guess what this isn’t Strike force this is the big leagues now and when Ronda really starts taking on all the up and comers then I will be even more impressed, she is going to get that in her next fight when she takes on Sara McMann a women who won a silver medal in the same Olympics that Ronda won her bronze, guess what Silver is better than Bronze last time I checked.
Which brings me to the man who claims to not pick the winners of the fights Mr Dana White at the post fight press conference released the poster for UFC 170 showing Rousey Vs McMann, I wonder if you had one with Miesha on it I bet you didn’t you egg head. Plan to announce the fight yes, but to have a poster is just wrong it makes me angry that anyone would think any fight is a sure thing.
Ronda Rousey is beast but she won by the same old way an arm bar, hey if it works why not but Ronda when you stop being a one trick pony come and talk to the beard.
I love the fight business and trying not to let my emotions come into play but I’m called angry beard for a reason deal with it because I’m not shaving.

UFC 170 Poster at the post fight press conference

 

Next Diego Brandao 8 pounds over are you joking if you have personal problems then that’s fine but still make an effort man and to threaten to stab someone in the neck I don’t even know what to say about that.  If you think I’m angry now wait to you see what happens if Cruz loses! he won’t but if he does WATCH OUT.

The beard is angry and now YOU KNOW!

UFC 168 Live BLOG

Dustin Poirier Vs Diego Brandao

Diego opens up emotionally agressive as per usual, looking for the big finish. Poirier displaying excellent skills landing early inside leg kicks.
Brandao lands a big right early and begining to gain composure, controlloing the pace of the fight.
Diego lands another big right to the chin, Porier recovers.
Poirier pushes forward with clean combinations with Deigo backing up against the fence.
Dustin lands a takedown and continues the punishment, finishing Brandao seconds out from rounds end.

Official Decision Dustin Poirier by TKO

Jim Miller Vs Fabricio Camoes
Miller opens up with control of the centre of the GON
An early feeling out from both with shorts punches from Camoes.

He finds a home for his left with a strong overhand.
Miller counters a headkick takes Camoes down.
Camoes reverses and lands on top, un effective Miller makes his way to his feet.
They stand briefly and the fight lands back on the mat, Miller with great ground skills throws his shin accross Camoes face and locks in the arm bar forcing the tap.

Official Decision Jim Miller by Submission R1.

Josh Barnett Vs Travis Browne
Clash of the beards
These two giants start of head high above the cage line.
Browne looking to use the long reach advantage he posses, keeping Barnett at distance.

Barnett looks for double leg takedown and eats a big left knee from Travis, Browne follows up with vicious elbows to the side of Barnetts head.
Barnetts arm goes limp and the referee rescues him before another elbow is delivered.

A champions Kryptonite is beomimg reality.

Official Decision Travis Browne by KO R1

Ronda Rousey Vs Miesha Tate
Complete opposites entering the GON a happy Miesha Tate and a Angry Ronda Rousey make their into a highly animated arena.

Ronda looking ready for the kill, they strike early and land equally. Rousey looks for a takedown Tate scrambles an stays on her feet with Rousey landing big knees in the clinch.

Ronda catches a kick an trips Tate.
Tate manges to counter and land a takedown of her own, a dangerous position with ronda looking to set up a submission.

They stand and close out the round against the fence with Ronda landing combinations.
Rondas Round.

R2 starts with a strong left from Tate followed by a inside leg kick.
Tate looks for a takedown and finds her self in a infamous Ronda Judo hip toss.
Rousey controls from half guard, great conditioning fron Tate she embraces the attack from  Ronda fibding a way to her feet.

Momenterely as Ronda lands another takedown and locks in the arm bar, the crowd errupts it only time before the tap.
Miesha escaped and avoids the usual, incredible submission defence.
Ronda closes the round with a triangle locked in but the bell sounds.
Rondas round again

Round 3 Rousey pushes Tate towards the cage and controls the fight, lands another hip toss and works her way to lock in the Arm bar.
Locked in and there it is the Tap early in the 3rd.

Official Decision Ronda Rousey remains UFC Womens Bantamweight Champion by Submission R3 Arm Bar

Chris Weidman Vs Anderson Silva
The most anticipated rematch in UFC History. The GOAT Anderson Silva enters the GON for the first time in 7 years.
Weidman walks down rapped in the American flag around his body.
The lights are dimmed as Bruce Buffer announces the fight.

They kick of you can feel the anticipation in the air, hearts pumping around the arena.
Feeling out with Silva holdong his hands high.

A half attempted takedown is equally as succsesfull, momenturelly Weidman holds Silva down.
They take it to their feet and Weidman lands a double leg and lands continous lefts and rights on Silva, Silva looking to hold guard.
Weidman controls scoring points on the judges cards, grinding Anderson on the mat closing out the first.
Weidman round.

R2 the 2 stand centre of the GON looking for openings. Anderson throws a left inside leg kick and Weidman checks it, Anderson collapses cluching his leg and the fights over. Anderson Silva has brocken his leg, definietly the femur, it wrapped around Weidman leg.
Official Decision Chris Weidman by TKO Due to Injury to Anderson Silva.
Remains UFC Middleweight Champion

UFC 168 Preview

So here we are only days away from UFC 167 and I think this has been one of the biggest built up cards for a longtime and with good reason this is the rematch of the fight that shocked the MMA world when GOAT candidate Anderson “ Spider “ Silva was knocked out by Chris Weidman.
Add to that the fight of TUF 18 trainer Ronda Rousey vs Miesha Tate and we are in for one hell of a show so let’s get to it and see how it could go down.

Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier #6 vs Diego “DB” Brandao
We start the main card with a bout in the Featherweight division and this should be one great battle. We last saw Dustin Poirier at UFC 164 when he won a unanimous decision against Erik Koch.  His opponent is season 14 TUF winner Diego Brandao who even though lost his first outing in the UFC has since gone on a three fight winning streak. 
Even though Brandao is on a bit of a streak his wins have not been against any high caliber opponents and he will face his biggest test to date when he steps in the cage against Poirier.
Dustin is a very smart fighter who has more to lose in this fight, with a win he can step up the ladder even further.
Look for him to really use stand up game here but if it does go to the ground he won’t mind as he does have a solid ground game with a brown belt in BJJ. Brandao does out rank him with a black belt in BJJ but the problem may be is he is also a very emotional fighter so he will need to keep that in check, in the end it doesn’t matter how great your ground game is if your too tired to use it.
Look for Poirier to land some great combinations standing up, then taking this to the ground to grind out a win. Expect Brandao to come out swinging and if he can keep his emotions together and not get frustrated when the diamond doesn’t go down he can edge his way to take a big scalp

Jim Miller #10 vs Fabricio Camoes

I find this fight to be very interesting and really think that anything could happen on one side we have Jim miller who has had only one other outing this year when he lost to Pat Healy at UFC 159 by submission. 
On the other side of the cage is Fabricio Camoes who hasn’t really done much since his return to the UFC and his last fight was back in July in 2012, he lost to the talented Melvin Guillard and you would think that a loss here would see him being shown the door again.
Everything here points to Miller walking away with the easy victory, he is a well rounded fighter and even though we haven’t  got to see much of him in the last two years I expect him to come out and control the centre of the GON and land some solid combinations with dangerous Muay Thai elbows.
His one weakness is his ground game, hard to believe with a black belt in BJJ but he has been choked out in two of his last three fights and here is where I think this could get interesting.
Camoes has a solid submission game he has a third degree black belt in BJJ and he needs to get this fight to the ground and get it there as quickly as possible, if he can do that his chances of winning will increase by a hell of a lot. 
A win here to Miller doesn’t really do much but a loss is going to really hurt him. I see Jim Miller winning by KO here but never count out an animal when they have their back against the wall and Camoes is just that he knows he needs to win here and that makes him dangerous.

Josh Barnett #6 vs Travis Browne #5

This a huge fight when it comes to the standing in the HW division a win here to either man will really be a big step and on to face current No.1 contender Fabricio Werdum who has really been slated as the next to take on champion Cain Velasquez, but with Velasquez on the shelf till late next year after shoulder surgery a lot can happen between now and his return. Even Junior Dos Santos has come out saying he wants the winner of this one. Josh Barnett is a true veteran of the sport he has taken on every legend in the HW division and we last saw him at UFC  164 when he Knocked out Frank Mir. He takes on a beast of a fighter in Travis Browne who when last in the octagon knocked out Alistair Overeem.
What Barnett needs to do in this one is try and take it to the ground early and use his ground game, let’s face it he has the best ground game of all the heavyweights, But also has great Muay Thai so that makes him equally dangerous in the stand up.
Travis Browne has been an absolute highlight reel when it comes to knockouts, in his eight fights in the UFC no one will ever forget his superman punch on Stefan Struve. Browne will come out very strong and will try to knockout Barnett, he needs to keep it off the ground otherwise he will find himself on his back getting smothered and that will not end well for him. What we have is a great fight which really could end at any moment and who knows what way with both possessing knockout power. Barnett needs to win as he isn’t getting any younger and he eagerly desires to be the next in line for Cain Velasquez.

Ronda Rousey Champion vs Miesha Tate #2

The Co main event of the night see’s the coaches of season 18 of TUF hit the GON  and this is will be a war!
or will it just be another round one arm bar to the champion. History would say it will be, in every fight that Rousey has been in they all knew it was coming and I’m guessing they all trained for weeks but one way or another they end up on their backs tapping out to the arm bar. What Tate needs to do is keep it on the feet for as long as she can. Tate does have good wrestling but that means she would have to take it to the ground and that will be dangerous unless she can keep Ronda on her back and try and not let her get a hold of her arm. Rousey is by far one of the best things to happen to the UFC in a long time she just knows how to win and I can’t really see it being any different here she will use her judo and get Tate to the ground or wait for Miesha to take her to the ground and then work into the position where she hits the arm bar not in the first maybe the second.  
I like Tate and think that she has a lot of skills to come out the victor here, the stars will have to align for it to go her way and maybe the unknown can work in her favour, what happens if you take Rousey past the first round, If you can keep her on her feet, maybe Rousey will just come into this with a little bit too much emotion after the TUF season. Or maybe it will just end in the first round with Rousey Breaking Tate’s arm.

Chris Weidman Champion vs Anderson Silva #1

So here we go the rematch for the Middleweight championship and we all know what happened last time. Silva dropped his hands and started taunting Weidman and then he stuck his chin out and Weidman made him pay. So with no disrespect to Weidman this one will come down to which Anderson Silva we get one would think he isn’t going to show up and do the same thing. I believe that a 100% Silva is nearly unbeatable and if he shows up and fights the way we all knows he can he will walk away with his belt again.

 I’m looking for Weidman to use his wrestling this time round and maybe look to really smother Silva. His grappling is good but in the first fight twice he went for a leg lock and both times Anderson shook them off with ease.
Silva can be very sneaky with his submissions but I think if Weidman is smart he can avoid it. He also has some real great cardio so if this does go the distance and I’m not planning that it will Weidman will be fine.

What Silva do we get here? If you believe the promos he would like to believe he is back but back for what?
Will we get the old Silva the one who used his superior speed with stand up  skills, using the vicious kicks we know he has.
I’m looking for Anderson to play a much smarter game here and not stick his chin out as much or taunt Weidman as much. Well not in the first three round at least. Silva let Weidman win the last fight because he was lazy and sloppy I don’t think we have seen Anderson Silva like that before. Another thing to note here is that he is 38 getting on in age so you have to wonder how important it is for him to walk away (like GSP did) with the belt. That will also determine how much he wants this fight.

I feel like Weidman will still walk away with the gold, he is the future of this division and I think he has more to prove and more to lose. Silva will still go down as one if not the best of all time even if he loses, either way this will be one great fight and the true winners will be the fans

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Angry Beard UFC on Fox 9

Angry beard here again and people who watched the UFC fight night on the weekend maybe thinking no way the beard could be angry about this card.
There wasn’t any bad decisions and no one ran their mouth, it was a  talented event with decent fights. No way could the beard be angry, Right?

Wrong!

The beard is angry!
 
I have nothing against the Johnson vs Benavidez fight, I enjoyed it I just didn’t see the point of this event except just to fill a weekend so we didn’t have a three week break before UFC 168 and that’s the problem, everyone was thinking about that event and who was going to win the rematches either it be Weidman vs Silva or Rousey vs Tate, If you weren’t thinking about it you must be blind as they showed that promo over and over.
I love the promo but I don’t need to see it every 2 minutes I’m already very excited about it. If people weren’t thinking about UFC 168 you know what they were thinking about, how GSP walked away and gave up the belt so he could focus on personal problems.

Something else that made me angry was how Uriah Faber was on this card and yes I know I don’t like him but this isn’t about that, this about how he deserves a title shot!
I’m not disagreeing but guess what has to happen DING DING DING that’s right Cruz vs Barao.
So what they should of done is put Faber on the same card so after he won they could really build up him versus who ever walks away with the belt.
But no now he has to take another fight before he gets the title shot and if he loses and yes I understand ‘he doesn’t lose if it’s not a title shot’ but if he did that looks great giving him a title shot, but then again they gave Tate a title shot so we know Dana doesn’t mind rewarding loses.
All im saying is that Faber needs to fighter closer to UFC 169 Crus Vs Barao so he didn’t have such a long break before getting that title shot he so desperately reminds us he deserves.

Finally OMG Cody McKenzie you’re a professional athlete in the biggest MMA Company in the world buy some real shorts and remove the tags! not that it would have helped you yesterday.
We get it you’re a bit weird but so was Mayhem miller and we know what he is doing now.

The Beard is angry and now you KNOW

 

 

UFConFOX9 Live Blog

Joe Lauzon vs Mac Danzig
A good fast start as we expected. Both guys moving in and out trying to get to the center of the octagon. Joe Lauzon scores the first takedown and quickly moves beautifully to mount. Joe locks away an armbar, its deep, he goes belly down to finish it, Mac survives. He escaped by pulling Joe's leg out of the way and rolling. On their feet now, not a lot happening, both guys just trying to work from the clinch. Lauzon eventually gets the takedown again, working from guard, but doesn't land very much. Joe's first round.
Mac starts the 2nd well on his feet, some nice combos followed by a leg kick. Joe gets to the clinch and they trade from there for a minute or so. Joe is looking a touch slow here, but that could just be Mac moving and throwing well. Danzig continues to press and land, but its Lauzon who lands another takedown. Ohhh, Joe lands multiple good elbows from the top position and Mac is opened up. Danzig is trying to work towards a submission, Joe has him well controlled for the moment. More elbows from Lauzon allows him to move to mount, with time running out in the round, Joe tries to roll to an arm bar, with more time to work he might've got that, but the round comes to an end. Joe probably stole that round.
Straight to the center and these two begin to trade, an accidental headbutt has the ref stepping in to check on both fighters, but we're all go again. Danzig is definitely looking the better on the feet. Joe lands a nice short elbow on the feet and follows up with another takedown. Joe moves to side control and then to the mounted crucifix position where he is brutalising Mac with elbows, he moves to full mount now, landing huge elbows still. Lauzon moves to go for an arm bar again, but he didn't have all his limbs in correct position and Danzig gets out. Joe continues to dominate on the ground though as the fight comes to an end. Joe Lauzon should get this 30-27

Joe Lauzon wins by Unanimous Decision (30-27 all round)

Chad Mendes vs Nik Lentz
'Money' Mendes moves to the center of the octagon in an attempt to control the movement of Lentz. Huge right hand from Chad rocks Nik, he chases Lentzto the ground as he falls and lands another huge right, Lentz somehow recovers enough to get away and back to his feet. Super fast pace here. Takedown by Mendes but we we're quickly back to the feet. Good exchanges standing now, and Chad gets another takedown, he can't do much from the top position, but as they get to their feet he lands a beautiful left, right combo. Mendes gets another takedown as the round comes to a close. Chads round.
Lentz is much more tentative coming out in the 2nd. He's started to relax a bit more now as both guys trade blows. Nice leg kicks here from 'Money' Mendes in an attempt to stifle Nik's power. After some more good exchanges Chad lands his 4th takedown of the fight, but yet again we're quickly back to the feet. Make that number 5 takedown now. Nik is defending well from guard though, he explodes and gets out without taking damage again. On the feet, no, back to the ground. Mendes is really lacking some attacking power on the ground, he's had 6 takedowns landing only 1 strike from the top position. Chad will take the round with more control.
Lentz has come out much more desperate now, he lands a nice right that looked to shake up Chad. Good work here from Nik is really catching Mendes off guard. He moves in quick with a nice uppercut and left hook. Nik continues to be on top in this round. Very nice body kick from Nik, Chad another takedown, Nik another escape. Lentz gets Mendes into the clinch and lands a nice knee to the body, Chad gets another takedown and quickly looks to lock in a Guillotine, Nik again defends well. Back to the feet to end the fight and Chad has probably done enough to earn the W here.

Chad Mendes wins by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Urijah Faber vs Michael McDonald
Touch of the gloves and we're underway. Head kick by McDonald and Urijah gets the takedown. Urijah is in 'Mayday' McDonalds guard, Michael looks to be slowly working towards a triangle submission early. Faber hasn't been able to land much from the top position, with some defence from Michael. The ref (Herb Dean) steps in and stands them up because of a lack of action. Body kick from McDonald is caught by Urijah and a nice counter right from Faber. Nice overhand right from Urijah was probably the best of the first round. Faber 10-9 in the first.
Nice left to get us underway in the 2nd from McDonald. Lovely counter striking from Faber and a lead left hook backs Michael up. Urijah lands a huge right that stuns 'Mayday', McDonald backs up and as Urijah stalks him Michael lands a huge right of his own. Faber is now backed up. What a good exchange. Urijah is looking very fleet of foot here, dancing around McDonald. Ohhhh huge right from Urijah, McDonald is rocked, he's running away, Faber is chasing him down, another huge right, Michael goes down. Urijah jumps on him, sinks in the Guillotine, 'Mayday' rolls one way then the other, Faber gets the Guillotine tighter, its all over! McDonald taps. What an exciting fight from Urijah Faber, he proves he's still at the top of his game.

Urijah Faber wins by Submission (Guillotine) at 3:22 of Round 2

Demetriuos Johnson vs Joseph Benavidez
Dodge and dodge some more, is the theme here as both guys avoid each others striking. Nice leg kick from Benavidez is on the money. Good strikes here from Joe, OOHHHHHHHHHHHH MMMYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOWWWWW!!!!!!! WHAT A RIGHT HAND FROM DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON!!!!!! Joe Benavidez is out cold! Big John McCarthy can't get there quick enough, DJ lands 4 more shots on the ground. That was massive!

Demetrious Johnson wins by KNOCKOUT at 2:08 of the 1st Round

Angry Beard!; UFC Brisbane

Wow what an event UFC Brisbane turned out to be. From the very start to the end I enjoyed every minute. I could rattle off everything I loved about it from Seeing Bader win to the knock out delivered by the Hulk.  I could say how I loved being in the presence of UFC legend shogun Rua, or finishing the night with that main event where two giant men collided for 25 minutes, who said that it wouldn’t go 5 rounds.
Let’s face it this column isn’t called what the beard love it’s called angry bearded so here it is.

 

I’m not angry about the draw in the main event I can cop that, what I’m really angry about is that I had to travel to Brisbane to see this event! Don’t get me wrong this isn’t about Brisbane as a place even if traveling on the public transport there costs you an arm and a leg, so much that I decided to walk to the event for one and half hours avoiding the ridiculous travel fare. 
It’s about that I live in Melbourne the apparent sporting capital of Australia yet we can’t have an event that could bring the city a lot of money because of a ban that some peanuts in a suit decided to create because they feel a cage is to dangerous or too brutal.
I hate to tell you this but cage or ring your still in there to beat your opponent, with a ring you have the issue of fighters falling through the ropes and landing on their neck yeah sounds so much safer. 
I’m angry because I had to travel on a plane for 4 hours spending way too much money on a 365ml coke that I would normally pay half for.
I shouldn’t have to travel to Brisbane or Sydney to see this event I should be able to see it here in Melbourne.
Plus Perth same story you would have had this event if it wasn’t for the ban guess what I’m from Perth you could of used that money, right now Perth SUCKS!

I’m also angry about the-uneducated morons in the crowd who were yelling out there coaching expertise, and ridiculous crap.
Don’t get me wrong people are there to enjoy the event and everyone has a right to do what they want. However these people have no idea about the sport of MMA they know what UFC is but that’s IT!
There is so much more to this sport then two guys or girls fighting in a cage it’s an ART.
So sit there enjoy the fight and let the rest of us enjoy the technique, the ones who actually understand you just can’t “get up” when someone has double hooks in.

Now don’t get me started on the Richie vas fight, I’m afraid my words if spoken will flourish into brutal action.

The beard is angry and now you KNOW

Angry Beard!

So after the weekends TUF finale I should be talking about how history was made with the crowning of the first ever women’s TUF champion Julianna Pena, or how Chris Holdsworth dominated in the men’s final.

I should be talking about the wars from Jessamyn Duke, Peggy Morgan, Raquel Pennington & Roxanne Modafferi.

I should be talking about how there was an illegal knee that ended the main event of the prelims, or how Jon Anik had to conduct the icy interview between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate, I could go on and on but instead I’m going to talk about a great fight.

Sorry to say but Nate Diaz is just a dumb guy. Am I honestly the only person who needs subtitles when this guy talks.
I was impressed with his victory over Gray Maynard, but when I see the one and only Nick Diaz standing in the background I just knew what was coming next.

TUF 18 Finale Results
Nate starts talking about how Gilbert Melendez and his brother are the greatest in the world.
Don’t get me wrong I don’t have anything against Melendez but if he is so great and the greatest in the world, when the time comes around you can give up any title shots Nate, but then
again your just going to wait for someone to get injured.
What really makes me angry is how can you say that Nick Diaz is the greatest in the world when he won’t even get back in the GON! He has been offered a fight against Michael Bisping but turned it down.
Retire but don’t run around talking yourself up and saying you’re the greatest when you won’t even fight.
Jones and GSP they could be the greatest going around at the moment and they aren’t running around acting like spoilt brats, and even if they were, guess what, they back it up when they step inside the cage
Maynard I don’t know where to from here buddy, three losses in a row seems ''The Bully" of previous years isn't around the school yard, surely you won’t be shown the door but you want to do something in the next fight, or you & Jon Fitch will become best of friends.

The beard is angry and now you know!