pittbullJudoka

Congrats! Wait until you break your first piece of concrete. I still have a piece from my first concrete break signed and dated. Good job.

I believe number one is a good sprawl. As stated above to keep the fight standing if you are a striker. also having good break falls can make or break you. Also sweeps to get you off the bottom because you don't want to hang out on the ground any longer than nessicery. The sweeps get you off the bottom and closer to your home range of standing. Most people you may have a conflict withh aren't going to have a good ground is such things as a guard and subs.

It wasn't either of the fighers involed in the fight. A third fighter entered the cage and ask for a remach with the victor. He has since publicly appogized to the fighters, the tv station and Strike Force. He is saying his actions caused the whole thing to go wrong. Pretty big on his part. Here's alink to his appology. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=11275&zoneid=13

There's two things you don't want to go cheap on. Those are mouth pieces and cups.

A mouth guard is something you don't go cheap on. I use Shock Doctor mouth pieces with great success. I use the dna model it's about $20 to $25 but worth the mouth piece. But I would have to believe the denist made mouth guards would have to be the best because of the custom fit. No matter house much a store bought mouth piece costs could compare to a mold pulled directly off your own mouth. Just remember you get what you pay for.

First off taking the first punch isn't the best of ideas. As DWx said it can be very dangerous. In my opinion a threating movement is enough but it's a fine line to walk. Most defanitly the attempt to touch or puch you even if it's just a finger pocked in you chest in a violent manner is enough. I don't think verbal threats are enough. You could ask 100 martial artist and get 100 diffrent responces on this subject. The first opion should be try to talk you way out of the situation a physical confritation should be the last ditch effort to remove youself from the situation.

you'll be fine as a southpaw. There's no written law stating one has to practise right handed only. You should train both side equally as those above have stated. I can fight either way but mostly fight from an orthodox stance but have some kicks and strikes that are better with my left than right and vise versa. You'll be fine just go out learn and have fun.

Glad to see ya back man.

I feel you pain. The last point tourny I competed in I had simular incodent. The first guy I went against was from the same school of all 3 judges at my ring. I think I managed to score 2 points. The honorable thing would be to call tourny and explain the situation.

I just watched this fight. All I can say is WOW. He looked great for a new fighter. He dominated every minute of the fight. Here's the fight stats Walker Nagy Strikes landed/thrown 77/106 73% Strikes 7/36 19% 2/5 40% Standing Arm Strikes 1/10 10% 6/10 60% Standing Leg Strikes 0/0 0% 69/91 76% Ground Strikes 6/25 23% 2/3 Takedowns 0/1 3 Dominate Positions 0 Pretty impressive in my opinion.

The only way the gi will ever come back is if every fighter wears one. Because it could be a weapon for either fighter especially in the later round of a fight were sweat becomes a factor. If one fighter wears the gi and on doesn't on fighter has handles his opponent doe not have. Also the fighter wearing the has the advantage of choke not avalible without the gi and he it vonurable to chokes himself. So for the gi to come back both fights will have to wear it to make it a fair fight.

Hello, This event has come to a close. Here are the results of the matches: Randy Couture defeated Mark Coleman via technical submission Chael Sonnen defeated Nate Marquardt via unanimous decision Paulo Thiago defeated Mike Swick via technical submission Demian Maia defeated Dan Miller via unanimous decision Matt Serra defeated Frank Trigg via knockout Mac Danzig defeated Justin Buchholz via unanimous decision Melvin Guillard defeated Ronys Torres via unanimous decision Robert Emerson defeated Phillipe Nover via unanimous decision Phil Davis defeated Brian Stann via unanimous decision Chris Tuchscherer defeated Tim Hague via majority decision Joey Beltran defeated Rolles Gracie via TKO (punches) With these results in mind, here are the final standings: 1. tallgeese - 8-3 2. pittbullJudoka - 7-4 3. Sensei8 - 6-5 3. quinteros1963 -6-5 3. Ace2021 - 6-5 4. Throwdown0850 - 4-7 4. KarateEd - 4-7 Congratulations to tallgeese! Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-2010-first-half-standings-vt37938.html Thank you to everyone who participated. For the next event, please stay tuned to the Karateforums.com MMA Picks forum.

Mark Coleman vs. Randy Couture... Couture Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen.... Marquardt Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago... Swick Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller... Maia Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg... Trigg Justin Buchholz vs. Mac Danzig... Danzig Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres... Guillard Rob Emerson vs. Phillipe Nover... Emerson Phil Davis vs. Brian Stann... Stann Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer.... Tuchscherer Rolles Gracie vs. Joey Beltran... Beltran

Please post your picks for the winners of this event, as part of KarateForums.com MMA Picks, as a reply to this thread. The fight card is below. If you are unsure of who to pick, you can check out the MMAWeekly rankings for some guidance. For full guidelines, please review the KarateForums.com MMA Picks User Guidelines. Picks for this event are due by 10:00 AM ET on Feb. 06, 2010. Here are the fights that you may pick: Mark Coleman vs. Randy Couture Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg Justin Buchholz vs. Mac Danzig Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres Rob Emerson vs. Phillipe Nover Phil Davis vs. Brian Stann Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer Rolles Gracie vs. Mostapha Al Turk Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-2010-first-half-standings-vt37938.html Please post only picks for this event in this thread - discussion should take place in the proper forum. For discussion of MMA matches, please use Martial Arts Entertainment. Thank you for participating and good luck.

Hello, Thank you for your interest in the KarateForums.com MMA Picks competition. The intention of this thread is to display the overall standings for the current season of our game. For this reason, please do not respond to this thread. If you have any questions about the game, please do not hesitate to contact me. Here are the current standings for the 2010 First Half, as of Feb. 06, 2010 (following the conclusion of UFC 109). Most Wins 1. quinteros1963 - 14-7 2. pittbullJudoka - 13-8 2. tallgeese - 13-8 3. Sensei8 - 12-9 4. Ace2021 - 6-5 5. KarateEd - 4-7 5. Throwdown0850 - 4-7 Events Won 1. quinteros1963 - 1 2. tallgeese - 1 Winning Percentage To qualify for the winning percentage lead, you must have picked in enough events so that you have picked in more than half of the total possible number of picks for the entire season. Total number of picks to date: 21. 1. quinteros1963 - .666 2. pittbullJudoka - .619 2. tallgeese - .619 3. Sensei8 - .571 4. Throwdown0850 - .571 5. Ace2021 - .545 6.KarateEd - .363 Thank you to everyone who has participated this season

Sorry for the delay in scoring this card guys. Congrats to quinteros1963!

Hello, This event has come to a close. Here are the results of the matches: Rashad Evans defeated Thiago Silva Paul Daley defeated Dustin Hazelett Sam Stout defeated Joe Lauzon Jim Miller defeated Duane "Bang" Ludwig Junior Dos Santos defeated Gilbert Yvel Martin Kampmann defeated Jacob Volkmann Cole Miller defeated Dan Lauzon Mark Munoz defeated Ryan Jensen Jake Ellenberger defeated Mike Pyle Rafaello Oliveira defeated John Gunderson With these results in mind, here are the final standings: 1. quinteros1963 - 8-2 2. pittbullJudoka - 6-4 2. Sensei8 - 6-4 3. tallgeese - 5-5 Congratulations to quinteros1963! Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/post436969.html#436969 Thank you to everyone who participated. For the next event, please stay tuned to the Karateforums.com MMA Picks forum.

Congrats to bushido_man96, snsei8, and tallgeese on their victories. Thanks to Patrick for allowing us to have the game here on the forum.

Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva...Evans Paul Daley vs. Dustin Hazelett ...Hazelett Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout... Lauzon Jim Miller vs. Duane Ludwig... Miller Junior dos Santos vs. Gilbert Yvel.... Santos Martin Kampmann vs. Jacob Volkmann... Kampmann Dan Lauzon vs. Cole Miller...Miller Mark Munoz vs. Ryan Jensen.... Jensen Mike Pyle vs. Jake Ellenberger... Pyle John Gunderson vs. Rafaello Oliveira... Oliveira

I got rechargeable weather battery pack for my trail camera, and hand made leather hunting bag with a hand made knife. All cool stuff to me.

Hello, Please post your picks for the winners of this event, as part of KarateForums.com MMA Picks, as a reply to this thread. The fight card is below. If you are unsure of who to pick, you can check out the MMAWeekly rankings for some guidance. For full guidelines, please review the KarateForums.com MMA Picks User Guidelines. Picks for this event are due by 10:00 AM ET on January 2, 2010. Here are the fights that you may pick: Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva Paul Daley vs. Dustin Hazelett Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout Jim Miller vs. Duane Ludwig Junior dos Santos vs. Gilbert Yvel Martin Kampmann vs. Jacob Volkmann Dan Lauzon vs. Cole Miller Steve Cantwell vs. Vladimir Matyushenko Mark Munoz vs. Ryan Jensen Mike Pyle vs. Jake Ellenberger John Gunderson vs. Rafaello Oliveira Please post only picks for this event in this thread - discussion should take place in the proper forum. For discussion of MMA matches, please use Martial Arts Entertainment. Thank you for participating and good luck.

Congrats! I'm sure you instructor feel you deserve the rank he has given you.

Hello, This event has come to a close. Here are the results of the matches: B.J. Penn defeated Diego Sanchez Frank Mir defeated Cheick Kongo Jon Fitch defeated Mike Pierce Kenny Florian defeated Clay Guida Stefan Struve defeated Paul Buentello Alan Belcher defeated Wilson Gouveia Matt Wiman defeated Shane Nelson Johny Hendricks defeated Ricardo Funch Rousimar Palhares defeated Lucio Linhares DaMarques Johnson defeated Edgar Garcia T.J. Grant defeated Kevin Burns With these results in mind, here are the final standings: 1. Sensei8 - 10-1 2. pittbullJudoka - 9-2 2. Ace2021 - 9-2 2. ShoriKid - 9-2 Congratulations to sensei8! Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-standings-2009-second-half-vt36685.html Thank you to everyone who participated. For the next event, please stay tuned to the KarateForums.com MMA Picks orum.

B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez.... Penn Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo... Mir Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida.... florian Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce.... Fitch Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve... Struve Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia... Gouveia Shane Nelson vs. Matt Wiman... Wiman Johny Hendricks vs. Ricardo Funch... Hendricks Rousimar Palhares vs. Lucio Linhares... Palhares Damarques Johnson vs. Edgar Garcia... Garcia Kevin Burns vs. T.J. Grant.... Grant

Hello, Please post your picks for the winners of this event, as part of KarateForums.com MMA Picks, as a reply to this thread. The fight card is below. If you are unsure of who to pick, you can check out the MMAWeekly rankings for some guidance. For full guidelines, please review the KarateForums.com MMA Picks User Guidelines. Picks for this event are due by 10:00 AM ET on December 12, 2009. Here are the fights that you may pick: B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia Shane Nelson vs. Matt Wiman Johny Hendricks vs. Ricardo Funch Rousimar Palhares vs. Lucio Linhares Damarques Johnson vs. Edgar Garcia Kevin Burns vs. T.J. Grant Full standings: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-mma-picks-standings-2009-second-half-vt36685.html Please post only picks for this event in this thread - discussion should take place in the proper forum. For discussion of MMA matches, please use Martial Arts Entertainment. Thank you for participating and good luck.