Comments on: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Likely for UFC 108

By: russiandoeboi

russiandoeboi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:50:53 +0000

Cain should get some takedowns i would imagine.

Although he won’t keep him down like he did with Kongo.

I think this is a very tough match up for Cain.

By: ruraltakedown

ruraltakedown — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:18 +0000

yeah this card is slowly getting pretty stacked..ill rather see alot of good caliber fights than just some decent fights and a big championship match like the ufc has done before but in the end i watch them all

By: jcohl

jcohl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:10:51 +0000

Sad but true.
Its obvious by now that I’m not Lesnar supporter, but assuming that he returns to his Neanderthalic form in 2010, I don’t see Carwin, Velasquez, or BigNog lasting 3 rounds with Lesnar, let alone 5.
Carwin will most likely present the toughest challange because of his size and punching power, but I foresee Lesnar’s next 2 or 3 fights ending in 3 rounds or less, and all with him looming over his bloodied and semi-conscious opponent, with the ref waving off the Vanilla Gorilla…

By: Jaymz

Jaymz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:44:01 +0000

Agreed.not a good match up for Cain right now.Then again,the experience can’t hurt and it will show Cain where he stands against an elite ground guy.Nog by sub.

By: sempeckx2

sempeckx2 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:44:29 +0000

So who do you think gets to be the Main Event??

By: animosity

animosity — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:16 +0000

Great match-up except it takes away a top challenger in the HW division.

Nog Will win this by sub.

Cain has never dealt with a guy with Nog’s jits

Nog 2nd rd anaconda choke/arm triangle

By: chrisl

chrisl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:26:06 +0000

There is one thing I do not like about this fight and that’s that both fighters may just lock up and hold on when it hits the ground. Not saying the fight won’t be good but there is the potential for it to turn into a takedown hold down fight. I think Big Nog wins because even if Cain gets him down, Big Nog still has sweeps from he11 and his ground control is second to none. On their feet I think Cain is still too loopy of a puncher to really be accurate and consistent enough to drop big Nog, however he does have the power to rock and use those openings to gain a take down into a better position than Nog’s Guard, like say Half guard or side control. Either way I think this a smart match up for the heavyweight division.

By: fr702

fr702 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:57:02 +0000

Still was a damnnn good card tho I really enjoyed that event

By: Justin H

Justin H — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:44:17 +0000

Strikeforce dealt with a lot of injuries on Cyborg v. Carano, but that was one card, not multiple. And still not as many as the UFC has had to deal with.

By: jcohl

jcohl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:30:07 +0000

This IS a great fight, and goes to show what sort of depth the UFC has in terms of talent.
I think someone just yesterday was calling the UFC out for not having enough talent to cover all of the event fight slots, but I defy anyone to show me an MMA organization that could keep pace with the rash of injuries and illness that’s wracked the UFC in the last couple of weeks…