Major distinction to be made: it was an entertaining stand-up exhibition, but NOT a good MMA fight. There were numerous things Frank could and should have done and didn’t (and he knew he wasn’t doing them). He takes Le’s back and lets him go, charges in for a guillotine and lets him go, Le sweeps the leg and sends Frank to the ground but doesn’t pursue…and then there’s all the taunting and buddy-buddy “touche”-ing…a scripted stage-show payday tailored to a Cung Le win.

I don’t buy the “prove a point” ploy from Shamrock, either. If you’re not fighting to WIN, and thus executing your strengths, then you’re fighting for some other reason…in this case, obviously a fat paycheck. Stepping into the cage and purposely limiting yourself to “prove a point” is stupidity, and it’s not something a veteran like Shamrock would do with any seriousness. It’s a cover story to try and legitimize this exhibition and put on an entertaining show so Strikeforce can crown their new rising star, because every organization outside the UFC is struggling to vet bankable talent. Affliction is trying to do it by throwing anyone they can at Fedor, and we all saw what happened when EliteXC tried it. I am sorry to say so, but in terms of integrity of the sport, the way this fight was conducted was the moral equivalent to Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson.
It was legitimate on paper, but not in practice.

With regards to the integrity of MMA, this is why – by and large – you do not see this kind of thing in the UFC (save the recent publicity stunt featuring Brock Lesnar, which was a blatant attempt to draw viewers from another target demo; an equally as scripted move, but the fights themselves were not “tailored” the way this one was) and why the UFC is still the premiere MMA organization. I don’t like a lot of what I hear out of Dana White’s mouth, nor do I agree with everything he and Zuffa do, but I do know he would not put on a match like this. If he’s guilty of anything, it’s from sins of omission – not doing everything possible to legitimize the heavyweight division by landing Fedor and truly bringing the best fighters together, and allowing ego to dictate business. That’s when such stunts become necessary.

I didn’t intend this as a pro-UFC rant, but seeing fights like this one begs real MMA fans to see through the hype of promotion and discern where – for the MOST part – the most legitimate MMA fights are taking place. I’ll note here that I was a K-1 student before I was a UFC fan, so the evolution from that venue is not lost on me, but it is silly and pointless to bicker about such organizations with respect to MMA. The entire sport is on an accelerated learning curve and is rapidly eclipsing more specialized disciplines, and therefore those disciplines can no longer be grounds for adequate and accurate comparisons (and no, PK, I won’t do an inverted rectal slide down a telephone pole, you arrogant, verbally-abusive fuckity-fuck-fuck-fuck…you have some valid points, but that’s no reason to be a cock-nazi about it).

Anyway, again…no disrespect intended toward Le or Shamrock. They are both great fighters, but in this case, they were slaves to a promotional mandate.

As for taking it to the ground, it only takes knowledge of one submission move to pull it off. Much like Shamrock was looking for that one punch to decide the fight. Le dominated him in his own way. Thing is, Anderson Silva is far more agile and a lot faster than Shamrock is. And he can lay a guy flat on his back countering with a knee easily.

There’s no way to predict a fight like this, especially in the UFC, where leisure1 makes a good point. The pressure is a lot higher which may or may not influence Le’s performance.

All in all, all of you saying xxx WILL beat xxx are full of shit.

hahahahahhahha… your last line, absolute GOLD!!

And just to make it clear everyone, i reckon the UFC is great. But it does not have all of the best fighters in their ranks. Dana white, the dumb fuck makes sure of that by insulting great fighters like fedor emelianenko. And yes, I think Silva could be one of the best for sure. He’s young, precise and has lethal knees. Can Cung match up to him? Well, he is 35years old but still looks as fit as a 22 year old. And he also has precise lethal moves up his sleeve. I guess it’s just a fight we have to sit back and hope will come to fruition.

And one more thing, Kidrockya, you’re still a retarded muppet with an oversized carrot up your arse, so high up it touches your pea sized brain and disables your capacity(if you had any to begin with) to come up with an original comeback.

i want to train thx to these guys