Dvader said:

Any analysis of UFC 100 Iga?

 Okay, if you insist!

I only watched 3 fight so I will focus on those 3!

GSP vs Thiago Alves

GSP is the man. He took Alves down at will and he was winning the stand up exchange too and he even scored a knock down. I liked his superman puch lowkick combo. Alves was also doing well. GSP had trouble passing his half guard. Anytime he went for the sidemount Alves stood up, and after some clinching, they were again standing and trading again. Alves also did this constantly without gassing, which is very impressive.

Some improvments GSP could make, is in his clinch game. Judo would have helped GSP in this fight. Everytime when Alves stood up they was a clinch phase. With some Judo trips GSP could have taken it to the ground immediately. With a hip throw he would have ended in side mount. Also it easier to combine striking with Judo throws. You can punch, elbow, clinch throw, sidemount, etc. That's one of Fedor's biggest strength, the transition from striking to throwing is seamless.

Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir

Brock looked very impressive in this fight. He remained calm and loaded up his shot and he made Mir ugly. Once he has Mir trapped against the cage it was basically over. I also liked Brock's rape choke. 

Mir looked horrible and I am not just talking about his face afterwards. He had many opportunities to go for a full guard but he did nothing. He just kept laying on the floor. At least pretend you are trying something. Squirm a bit. 

Lesnar looked weak in the stand-up. Mir really had him rocked there and Mir is not a good striker by any means. Brock really needs to work on his stand-up defense, because one punch from Carwin and it's all over. 

Sexiyama vs Belcher

What the hell, Belcher kicks the Sexiness in his nuts and breaks his face. Burn the witch now. Sexy has some nice Judo trips, but he should have used them more. And he should not block punches with his face on purpose. And check those leg kicks dammit. Belcher did alright, but should have been more aggresive with the leg kicks. He could have TKO'd Sexiyma! Oh and the wall jump superman puch was sweet

Some other things

Bisping was KTFO hard!

And here is Brock vs Fedor

Okay enough about UFC 100

Time for Affliction Trilogy

Some pictures of Fedor training

Oh crap Barnett, Fedor is ready

I cannot believe this crap. I want to see a good Fedor fight and then it gets screwed up at the end. Fedor would have beaten that idiot on steroids.

Okay the Fedor UFC deal fell through

Here is Dana's reaction. 

White on Fedor: ‘We tried everything’

On the morning of negotiations with M-1 Global and Fedor Emelianenko, Dana White didn’t just wake with a good feeling. The UFC president says he knew he was going to sign the top-ranked heavyweight in the world. 

“This is going to happen,” White said he told UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta. “It’s going to happen today. We’re going to make this thing happen.” 

Days later, however, Emelianenko is back in Russia and still outside the UFC. White was adamant during a media conference call Friday that the fault belongs to M-1 Global. 

“I was f---ing miserable, miserable … because we couldn’t make this deal,” White said. “I was so confident we were going to get this done because we were willing to do it. We were willing to make a deal at almost any cost.” 

The “almost” involves co-promoting. White said he won’t do a deal that includes co-promotion, and M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelstein has said he won’t do one that excludes it. 

“We built this business, this entire freaking industry,” White said. “How are they going to come in and help us co-promote? It’s basically them coming and saying, ‘We’ve got this guy and some people say he might be the best heavyweight in the world. So for that, we want half your business.’ Yeah, OK. That sh-t probably works in Russia. Not here.” 

White added that the Fertittas’ gaming license would hinder co-promoting with M-1. 

“People from other countries just don’t walk in and jump in business with the Fertitta brothers,” he said. “There has to be full background checks and all kinds of crazy sh-t. It doesn’t work that way. It’s impossible; it will never happen.” 

Other than co-promotion, White said he had relented on previous sticking points such as allowing Emelianenko to compete in sambo tournaments. He characterized himself as “the nicest Dana ever” during negotiations and described his offer to Emelianenko as “amazing.” No figures were discussed, but White guaranteed the Russian would not be offered a better deal. 

“He got offered a f---ing assload of money,” White said. “A ton of money, everything he wanted. He can go fight in sambo every f---ing Thursday night if he wants to. He can do everything he wanted to. We showed them nothing but respect.” 

White sounded equal parts angry and exasperated Friday. He had said he didn’t want to discuss Emelianenko but then did numerous times over the hour-long call. 

“It’s insanity to turn down a deal like this,” White said. “To turn down a deal like this, you don’t care about proving you’re the best in the world. You don’t want to fight the best in the world. You don’t care about money. How do you deal with something like that?” 

Several times White reiterated that the door to a deal was still open, then he kind of closed it by saying he was over the deal and didn’t want to discuss Emelianenko anymore, then he opened it again by saying M-1 could call him right then and they could reach an agreement if they’d budge on co-promoting. 

By the call’s end White was back to questioning Emelianenko’s status as the best in the world and wondering why the media cares so much about a heavyweight who will not challenge himself in the sport’s top promotion. 

In that way, the UFC wagons have circled. Might as well. M-1’s are going round and round, too, and against everything Dana White was certain of when he woke one morning this week, Fedor Emelianenko is still not in the UFC.

Fedors reaction

Fedor Emelianenko: In His Own Words

(click the link it's a video)

In contrary to popular believe Fedor is not a free agent. He still has a 3 fight contract with M1 global! About M1 global or these guys are very smart business man that play hardball to get stuff all the other fighters don't get, like Fedor competing in Sambo, or they are as Dana said "crazy russians". Stay tuned!

Here are some funny gifs

Fedor to Strikeforce; UFC Responds

Fedor Emelianenko has signed a multi-fight agreement that will see the world’s No. 1-ranked heavyweight compete for Strikeforce, the promotion announced Monday. 

Emelianenko, who became a free agent after Affliction Entertainment canceled its Aug. 1 event two weeks ago, will make his debut on Showtime under a co-promoted Strikeforce/M-1 Global production this fall. Emelianenko was to have faced Josh Barnett at Affliction “Trilogy” on Aug. 1, but Barnett failed a pre-fight test for an anabolic steroid and was refused licensure by the California State Athletic Commission.

"Strikeforce is a top fight promotion that houses some of the greatest fighters in the world," said Emelianenko in a press release. "I am prepared to fight any of them."

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told Sherdog.com last week that he plans to match the stoic Russian against the likes of Brett Rogers, Fabricio Werdum and the promotion’s heavyweight champion, Alistair Overeem.

“I feel pretty confident that we could give him four or five opponents that would make sense for him,” Coker told Sherdog.com in an exclusive video interview. 

Emelianenko, along with his promoters and management team at M-1 Global, had negotiated with the UFC last week, but could not come to an agreement over co-promotion.

"Fedor is a f---ing joke," UFC President Dana White responded Monday after learning that Emelianenko had signed with Strikeforce. “He turns down a huge deal and the opportunity to face the best in the world to fight nobodies for no money!"

White also addressed fans: "I feel sorry for the real fight fans. I wanted to make the deal, but it takes two and it is very obvious Fedor doesn't want to fight the best, and doesn't give a sh-t about the fans!"

Dana, never change.

There are some good opponents for Fedor. Namely Overeem en Werdum. And perhaps even Rogers. He might even fight Barnett in Japan (don't care if he's roided, just want to see the fight). And after that who knows?