Belfort is injured, Wanderlei Needs a new opponent

It's been confirmed lads, he's fighting Rich Franklin at a catch weight of 190

sammyj wrote:It's been confirmed lads, he's fighting Rich Franklin at a catch weight of 190

Good night Wandi, its been a pleasure.

What makes you think Franklin has this in this bag? He might very well decision him, but he isn't KOIng him.

The_Axe_Emperor wrote:What makes you think Franklin has this in this bag? He might very well decision him, but he isn't KOIng him.

Theres nothing I would love more than for Wandi to come out and blitz him honestly, I would so love to be wrong here...but this will be Franklin/Chuck all over again.

Im hoping for Wanderlei to win by sheer violence, but i dont think it will happen - Rich is too smart a fighter for him to enter a brawl with Silva...
I agree - think it will pan out similar to the Chuck/Franklin Fight... late stoppage for Franklin I think.

Dont think this is a great fight if im honest - whole card is pretty lackluster at the moment

Ill always blindly pick Wand to beat anyone... I dont think ive ever gone again him. But say what you want KOing Cung Le is a far bigger achievement to loosing to Forrest who can bearly hang with Tito and has lost interest in the sport.

Rich hasnt been active either he only has had one fight and that was at Lhw since the Liddell fight in 2010.

He will be a year and a half inactive. And this time Wand is used to the weight cut. You can see his Body has changed since the 1st fight.

a 5 rounder does favor Rich the Cardio machine though... I guess im still going for Wandy. I think he will win a hard fought UD.

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Cote is getting Cung Le now! Good Call UFC, though I was hoping they would sign Mamed Khalidov.

Franklin lost to Forrest because of size. He had a serious size disadvantage in that fight.

I'm always going to go for Franklin, I think it should be his fight. He'll control the fight better and will finish Wandi in the later rounds. It would be interesting to see if Franklin retires Wandi like he retired Liddell and should have retired Shamrock.

Franklin will beat Wandi. Did he really lose to Forrest? I thought it was a poor decision, so did a lot of people. And as chelsea says, big size difference.

KOing Cung Le when he's fresh might be a great achievement. KOing him when he's gassed is something Scott Smith did.

Dana must have been reading the armbar and seen my post on the first page of this thread.

I thought Franklin won because Forrest did very little in the fight. All he did was outsize Franklin.

Cung Le is a top fighter for about the 3 opening minutes of the first round. He's 40 years old and more interested in acting than MMA. Could have been a great fighter but he got into the sport too late and never committed.