UFC Talent Relations Thread

[CoolChris1]

I would love to see Sakuraba back in the UFC and fight a catch weight fight with Matt Hughes. This fight would have ZERO impact on standings but it's just something I would love to see. The battle of the Gracie killers.

Why not just have Sakuraba cut down to 170 where he should have been all along?

Anyway, that'd be a decent fight, would've been awesome back in 02-03. It would amount to a good win for Hughes at least.

[Misfit]

I agree, just not sure if Sakuraba can make that cut anymore, he's no spring chicken and I don't know if he's ever cut for a fight before.

[CoolChris1]

Alan Belcher should fight the winner of the Bisping-Miller fight, and Vitor Belfort should fight the winner of Marquardt-Palhares fight when he comes back.

Demian Maia should probably be fed a win right now, and Belcher has been looking like a killer in his last few fights. He ran through Kang, a lot of people thought that he beat Akiyama last year, ran through Gouveia and kicked him out of the UFC and just ran through Cote. Belcher would beat Maia if he kept his limbs close to his body, and didn't let Maia get into a comfortable position anywhere.

[CoolChris1]

Forrest Griffin should fight either the winner of Liddell-Franklin or Jones-Matyushenko

Lyoto Machida should fight either the winner of Liddell-Franklin or Jones-Matyushenko.

Phil Davis should fight winner of Bonnar-Soszynski II. It's the next step up in competition, and either one of these guys would be a proper test for Davis at this point.

Tito Ortiz should fight the winner of Hamill-Jardine next. Match would make sense in terms of rankings and it'd be an even fight with either of them.

Ryan Bader vs. Jared Hamman, would be a decent match to do right now. Bader would probably knock Hamman out eventually, but since Thiago Silva's getting fed a match, might as well feed Bader one too, and Hamman fits the bill at the moment.

Steve Cantwell vs. Alexander Gustafsson would be a great match between two crisp and fresh strikers in the Light Heavyweight division, makes total sense to me.

[Misfit]

What's up with Cantwell, did we ever hear what was up??? Last I heard, he may never fight again. Good call on Tito vs Hamill/Jardine. But I think with Machida, they will give him an easier fight first. I don't think they will want to take out the winner of Chuck/Rich. Machida already beat Rich and Chuck/Machida does very little for me. I like the thought of Forrest fighting Chuck/Rich

Had to think about it for a bit, couldn't figure out a good fight for Machida. How about Machida vs winner of Randy/Toney?

[JCota]

Randy had said that he wants a fight with Machida...he's said this for a while now.

[CoolChris1]

Release these guys please!

Drew McFedries - Can't hang in the UFC, would be better off fighting on the lower level shows.

Heath Herring - If this guy doesn't want to fight anymore, stop having him take up space on the roster.

Phil Baroni - Horrible gas, limited potential and skill, release him.

Jonathan Goulet - Been getting his ass kicked a lot lately, time to release him.

Renzo Gracie - Horrible gas, limited potential and skill, release him.

Tim Hague - Win some fights then call back after that.

[Drock]

Guys I Would Cut.

Jacob Volkmann If He Loses To Paul Kelly At UFC 116

Paul Taylor

Dan Lauzon

Duane Ludwig If He Loses His Next One

John Gunderson If He Loses His Next Fight At The TUF 11 Finale

Joe Brammer

Jake Ellenberger If He Loses At Versus 2

T.J. Grant If He Loses His Next One

Brian Foster

Mike Pyle If He Loses At UFC 115

James Wilks If He Loses At UFC 115

Dennis Hallman If He Loses His Next One At UFC 117

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Rob Kimmons If He Loses His Next One

Phil Baroni If He Loses His Next One

Ricardo Funch If He Loses His Next One

Renzo Gracie If He Loses His Next One

Jesse Lennox If He Loses His Next One

Peter Sobotta If He Loses His Next One

Julio Paulino If He Loses His Next One

Greg Soto If He Loses His Next One

Daniel Roberts If He Loses His Next One

Joe Doersken If He Loses His Next One

Jason MacDonald If He Loses His Next One

Brian Stann If He Loses His Next One

Tom Lawlor If He Loses His Next One

Ed Herman

Nick Catone If He Loses His Next One

Mike Massenzio If He Loses His Next One

Mario Miranda If He Loses His Next One

Drew McFedries

David Loiseau If He Loses His Next One

Jesse Forbes

John Salter If He Loses His Next One

Ryan Jensen If He Loses His Next One

Steve Steinbeiss If He Loses His Next One

Luiz Cane If He Loses His Next One

Steve Cantwell

Tim Boetsch If He Loses His Next One

James Irvin If He Loses His Next One

Alexander Gustafsson If He Loses His Next One

Jared Hamman If He Loses His Next One

Rodney Wallace

Igor Pokrajac If He Loses His Next One

Kyle Kingsbury If He Loses His Next One

Antoni Hardonk If He Loses His Next One

Brendan Schaub If He Loses His Next One

Chris Tuchscherer If He Loses His Next One

Anthony Perosh

[Drock]

UFC 114 Who Should Fight Who Next.

Rampage Jackson: Forrest Griffin Or Ryan Bader
Rashad Evans: Shogun Rua
Michael Bisping: Vitor Belfort Or Patrick Cote
Dan Miller: Nate Quarry Or C.B. Dollaway
Todd Duffee: Antoni Hardonk Or Chad Corvin
Mike Russow: Stefan Struve Or Cheick Kongo
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: Lyoto Machida Or Forrest Griffin
Jason Brilz: Phil Davis Or Tito Ortiz
Diego Sanchez: Matt Serra
John Hathaway: Mike Swick
Amir Sadollah: Johny Hendricks Or Mike Guymon
Dong Hyun Kim: Anthony Johnson
Efrain Escudero: Sam Stout Or Mark Bocek
Dan Lauzon: Duane Ludwig Or Paul Sass
Melvin Guillard: Jeremy Stephens Or Sam Stout
Waylon Lowe: Steve Lopez Or Joe Brammer
Luiz Cane: Steve Cantwell
Cyrille Diabate: Tito Ortiz
Aaron Riley: Paul Taylor
Joe Brammer: Waylon Lowe
Jesse Forbes: Rich Attonito
Ryan Jensen: Drew McFedries

[CoolChris1]

WOW! That is like 10 to 15% of the UFC roster! Too many guys there and most of them are very good fighters who just happen to be on the lower end of the rankings. The only guys I agree with you are Sobotta, Steinbess, McFedries, Baroni, Forbes, Kingsbury, Perosh, Hardonk, Dan Lauzon and Volkmann.