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rudeboyben84 wrote:Strikeforce have signed two new heavyweights, former top 10 ranked Sergei Karitonov and Sftikeforce Champs Brother Valentijn Overeem!

Valentijn has had mixed success in MMA loosing pretty much every other fight but he is a big well rounded heavy with a win over Randy Couture among others.

Sergi has been top 10-15 for years now and holds a win over Alistair Overeem
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James "Lights Out" Toney has been training with Strikeforce Lhw champ King Mo in preperation for his fight with Randy Couture. King Mo was brought in as a training partner for Big Nog in the fight where he beat Randy.

This IMO is a fantastic move. Mo is a better wrestler, Stronger and more explosive than Couture, so if TOney can get comfortable grappling or defending takedowns against a wrestler of Mo's calibre it should really even the odds in the Couture fight.
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Josh Koscheck apparently recieved a call from BJ Penn's camp suggesting that GSP was using some sort of PED's. KOS has now asked for Olympic style drugtesting like in the Mayweather vs Mosley fight....

GSP has agreed and said he will take any tests any time to prove he is clean. I think its pathetic and bitter of Penn who has trouble admitting he just got schooled by GSP becausae he was much more physical.

Could these type of testing be a good think for MMA? Or would high profile fighters have a lot to worry about?

According to MMA Junkie, a source close to Dan Miller (11-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) has stated that he is not done with the UFC, and will get another chance in the company. The loss to Michael Bisping at UFC 114 was Miller's third consecutive loss in the company, and Miller stated before the fight with Bisping that he felt he would be finished if he did not win. Miller is home spending time with his family, and as of now, there is no timetable for his return.

Though he's got a collection of Toney's old fights on tape, the Strikeforce light heavyweight champ had never had any contact with the boxing great until he got a call from Toney's management out of the blue one day recently.

"I guess [my phone number] is just out there for anyone to get, I don't know," Lawal told MMA Fighting. "But I got a call from a guy named Dave Henderson and he was like, 'How about coming out and training with Lights Out.' I was like, 'You mean James Toney?' So I came out last week and worked out with him. I was pretty surprised."

But if you're hoping that Lawal will reveal exactly what's going on in Toney's camp as the boxer prepares for his planned MMA debut against Randy Couture, get ready to be disappointed. The whole thing is a very secretive affair, as Lawal found out once news leaked that he'd been working out with Toney.

"I didn't know it was a secret," Lawal said. "That's kind of my fault because I didn't think it was a big deal. But they were like, you know, as far as training goes, keep it under wraps. He said that's how they do it in boxing so that's how they're doing it with this."

All Lawal could say was that he was brought in not so much as a wrestling coach for Toney, but more as "a measuring stick to see where he's at."

Lawal also said Toney is working jiu-jitsu with "a Brazilian cat who competed at Mundials and Abu Dhabi, but I can't say his name because they want to keep it a secret."

At the moment it seems as though Lawal won't be a full-time sparring partner of Toney's, though he did say that he hopes to train with the former champ again in the future and hopefully learn some striking techniques, which they didn't do much of in their initial training sessions together.

As far as putting on the gloves and sparring, however, Lawal isn't in any hurry to step into Toney's realm.

"Thank goodness we didn't do any stand-up. I've seen some of his sparring footage from when he sparred with Danny Green, and I'm not trying to be like Danny Green and get busted up like that. Hell to the no. I pass on that stuff right now."

If nothing else, the fact that Toney is bringing in fighters like Lawal to work with should serve as an indicator that he's taking his UFC fight seriously. And for Lawal, it didn't hurt that he got a chance to train with a fighter he's revered for years.

"I'm a huge fan of James Toney. I always have been. I love watching his old fights, and so it's an honor for him to call me. I'm glad his people got a hold of me and hopefully we'll get to work out again."

ChelseaQuinsfan wrote: He is seriously talented, he has crazy power and is the best wrestler in MMA. His boxing is a little sloppy, but if he sharpens his boxing a little, then we could see a special fighter. By far the best LHW outside the UFC. If he faces top talent he can be top 5 very soon.

If he sharpens his boxing,his GNP,his JJ defence,basicly he is the most 1 dimensional wrestler in the game at the MO,(see what I did there)


Did you watch the Mousassi fight or are you just forgetting how bad he was?

He was terrible,he gassed after 1 rd and then just lay on top of Mousasi for 4 more rds.

I know you were excited about Mo before hand chelsea but that performance from either fighter did nothing for them to make a claim as a top fighter.One of the worst fights of the year,with shocking technique and shocking cardio from both fighters,I think the first rd was OK but pretty sure the rest was shockingly bad.

Mo was gassed after one rd,he was there for the taking but Moussasi looked equally poor and did nothing,I remember at the time thinking he's just taking his time,untill Mo gasses,which he did badly,then we would see mousasi throw something,but he didn't throw any punches apart from a few back hand slaps from his back,but that was still more than Mo was throwing from the top,plus Mo might have a great wrestling background but judging on that fight he has zero GNP or anything else to go with it,i thought his JJ defense looked really suspect also.

For everyone that says a takedowns shouldn't score if you don't do anything with it,well this was a great case of get someone down and do absolutely nothing but lay on top of them for 4 rds,this made John Fitch look like a devastating finisher,I remember being far from impressed.

I might be abit fuzzy on how it all went down but I'm sure Mo did fuck all in that fight,apart from gas out after 1 rd,then the next rds started with a minute of sloppy stand up,followed by a takedown in which Mo lay on top of Mousasi for the remaining 4 mins of each rd without doing anything,but I'm sure as hell not going to watch it again to find out.

Here's links to the fight if anybody can bare watching 25 mins of that.

Speaking via his Facebook page, Lawal said:

“Yeah its true…I got tapped by Toney in training. It’s just training….no more questions!!! Lol…Subs happen.”

payneNglory1 wrote:Who has Mousasi beat in the LHW division that makes him a top 10?

He's 1-1 as a LHW with the only win being against Babalu.

Mo is 3-0,one win against Mousasi who was 1-0 at the time as a LHW and two japanese fighters that i've never heard of.

Neither are or should be considered top 10 in the LHW division