Posted by johny_rotten
I am soooooooo sick of hearing how the whole world is against Matt Lindland. what kind of idiot would even bring this up. The whole point is avoided if the cry baby would have listened to his boss, and not worn the shirt after the president of the company told him not to.
Maybe the UFC and Dana were trying to protect their poster boy, but Matt could have done many things to prevent that. Obviously he could have chose not to wear a gambling shirt to the ring after the UFC told him he couldn't. He could have defeated Bustamantle when the UFC gave him a title shot. He could have not lost to Niko Vitale. He also could have not lost to David Terrell when the UFC put him in a tune up #1 contender match. The UFC didn't put that together for Evan Tanner to fight Terrell for the belt. It was for Matt's benefit. Last but not least he could have chose to not insult the entire organization after defeating Lutter on the same day he wore a sponsor shirt Dana personally told him not to. Matt made his own bed, but just like always he doesn't want to lie in it.
Posted by kerazzle
Ive really gotta agree with u, i listened to the whole interview and I dunno, he seems pretty arrogant and thinks very highly of himself but he wasnt that successful in the UFC, especially after getting embarrassed by Bustamante.
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
Posted by kerazzle
Ive really gotta agree with u, i listened to the whole interview and I dunno, he seems pretty arrogant and thinks very highly of himself but he wasnt that successful in the UFC, especially after getting embarrassed by Bustamante.
embarassed by bustamante? even more embarassing is lindland vs david terrell...i mean come on...that was pitiful
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
lindland is overrated. hes a baby. and franklin would beat him hands down....done....
Posted by hook_tothe_body
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
lindland is overrated. hes a baby. and franklin would beat him hands down....done....
Lindland has beaten some really good middleweights, but I don't think he should have been ranked at #1. While I kind of, kind of, agree that Lindland is overrated, he's a talented fighter.
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
Posted by hook_tothe_body
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
lindland is overrated. hes a baby. and franklin would beat him hands down....done....
Lindland has beaten some really good middleweights, but I don't think he should have been ranked at #1. While I kind of, kind of, agree that Lindland is overrated, he's a talented fighter.
no no no...lindland is a good wreslter....thats pretty much it. hes got weak hands and halfway decent subs....
not saying franklin is anymore rounded than lindland but strikers just arent his forte... and especially against quick strikers....
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
lindland is overrated. hes a baby. and franklin would beat him hands down....done....
Posted by johny_rotten
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
Posted by hook_tothe_body
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
lindland is overrated. hes a baby. and franklin would beat him hands down....done....
Lindland has beaten some really good middleweights, but I don't think he should have been ranked at #1. While I kind of, kind of, agree that Lindland is overrated, he's a talented fighter.
no no no...lindland is a good wreslter....thats pretty much it. hes got weak hands and halfway decent subs....
not saying franklin is anymore rounded than lindland but strikers just arent his forte... and especially against quick strikers....
Not so fast. Quick strikers? Phil Baroni is one of the quickest I have seen, and Lindland owned him twice. Matt is much more than a wrestler. He gave Fedor a shit load of stitches with one punch. He stopped Jeremy Horn with strikes only the 2nd man out of over 100 to do that. He has submitted great submission guys like Fabio Leopoldo, Carlos Newton, and Van Arsdale. Matt is a very good fighter, and on any given day can hang in there with the best of them. My problem with Matt is when you reach the level of success he has, and train with the guys he has you should learn humility.
Posted by JimiMak
Denis Kang and Nate Marquardt are def too green to take #1.
Posted by hook_tothe_body
Posted by johny_rotten
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
Posted by hook_tothe_body
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
lindland is overrated. hes a baby. and franklin would beat him hands down....done....
Lindland has beaten some really good middleweights, but I don't think he should have been ranked at #1. While I kind of, kind of, agree that Lindland is overrated, he's a talented fighter.
no no no...lindland is a good wreslter....thats pretty much it. hes got weak hands and halfway decent subs....
not saying franklin is anymore rounded than lindland but strikers just arent his forte... and especially against quick strikers....
Not so fast. Quick strikers? Phil Baroni is one of the quickest I have seen, and Lindland owned him twice. Matt is much more than a wrestler. He gave Fedor a shit load of stitches with one punch. He stopped Jeremy Horn with strikes only the 2nd man out of over 100 to do that. He has submitted great submission guys like Fabio Leopoldo, Carlos Newton, and Van Arsdale. Matt is a very good fighter, and on any given day can hang in there with the best of them. My problem with Matt is when you reach the level of success he has, and train with the guys he has you should learn humility.
Exaclty, Baroni is such a good/quick striker, and looked what Lindland did. Anyone who thinks Franklin can beat Lindland easy is underestimating Matts skills.
He is a good wrestler who is good in the clinch. Matt could just as easy work his way to locking in a guillotine choke from the clinch (like he did against Travis Lutter,) as Franklin could (T)KO Lindland.
Would be a good fight, I think.
Posted by Ultimate_fighter
Posted by mkiv9secsupra
lindland is overrated. hes a baby. and franklin would beat him hands down....done....
I am gonna have to agree, i never liked lindland. He used to be in the UFC before and i dont think he could beat Franklin at all. I would bet anyone on the fight! But if you think about it 2007 is the "year of upsets" so you never know what could happen, i guess.
Posted by Svartorm
Posted by JimiMak
Denis Kang and Nate Marquardt are def too green to take #1.
Not to go totally off topic or anything, but Kang and Marquardt have more fights, and more time in MMA than everyone you've mentioned, so I can't see them being too green. I think Lindland might have been fighting longer time wise, but not matches wise.