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IF, IF mma made it to the Olympics
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warglory
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Posted by The_Ho_Bag
wont happen, cant send pro fighters to Olympics it would have to ama.mma fighters but i doubt that as well
Dude, this is a hypothetical thread.
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Post #16 8/17/08 11:02:32AM
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WarWagon Never Die!
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Posted by The_Ho_Bag
wont happen, cant send pro fighters to Olympics it would have to ama.mma fighters but i doubt that as well
Oh, you mean like Basketball, eh?
I would never want to see it happen anyway.
Last edited 8/17/08 1:10PM by jimimak
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Post #17 8/17/08 1:09:34PM
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Posted by AchillesHeel
My picks for the teams...
Brazil: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, Anderson Silva, Thiago Alves, Gesias "JZ" Calvancante, and Wagnney Fabiano.
Canada: Gary Goodridge, Krzysztof Soszynski, Patrick Coté, Georges St. Pierre, Chris Horodecki, and Antonio Carvalho.
England: Rob Broughton, James Zikic, Michael Bisping, Dan Hardy, Jeff Lawson, and Brad Pickett.
France: Cheick Kongo, Moise Rimbon, Xavier Foupa-Pokam, David Baron, Bendy Casimir, and Emmanuel Fernandez.
Japan: Yoshihiro Nakao, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Takanori Gomi, and Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto.
Mexico: Paul Buentello, Tito Ortiz, Joey Villaseñor, Diego Sanchez, Roger Huerta, and Miguel Torres.
Russia: Fedor Emelianenko, Vladimir Matyushenko, Arman Gambaryan, Alex Serduykov, Vladimir Zenin, and Artur Oumakhanov.
United States: Josh Barnett, Forrest Griffin, Dan Henderson, Jon Fitch, B.J. Penn, and Urijah Faber.
My picks for medals...
Heavyweight: Gold - Fedor; Silver - Barnett; Bronze - Big Nog
Light Heavyweight: Gold - Griffin; Silver - Machida; Bronze - Ortiz
Middleweight: Gold - A. Silva; Silver - Hendo; Bronze - Akiyama
Welterweight: Gold - GSP; Silver - Fitch; Bronze - Alves
Lightweight: Gold - Penn; Silver - JZ; Bronze - Gomi
Featherweight: Gold - Faber; Silver - Kid Yamamoto; Bronze - Torres
Medal count...
USA: 3 Gold, 3 Silver
Brazil: 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
Japan: 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
Mexico: 2 Bronze
Russia: 1 Gold
Canada: 1 Gold
Top 5 Matches...
1. Forrest Griffin vs. Lyoto Machida, Light-Heavyweight Gold Medal match.
2. Urijah Faber vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, Featherweight Gold Medal match.
3. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett, Heavyweight Gold Medal match.
4. Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Michael Bisping, Middleweight Bronze Medal match.
5. Takanori Gomi vs. Chris Horodecki, Lightweight Bronze Medal match.
Pretty good list however...The mexican list you have other than Huerta all those guys were Born in the USA
Buentello-Texas
Tito-California
Torres-Indiana
Diego and Joey are from New Mexico
Wouldnt they have to be Born in Mexico to be on the mexican team..I consider them americans..since they were all born in America.
Last edited 8/17/08 7:05PM by 40ouncetofreedom
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Post #18 8/17/08 7:01:57PM
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MMA Sensei
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Posted by 40ouncetofreedom
Pretty good list however...The mexican list you have other than Huerta all those guys were Born in the USA
Buentello-Texas
Tito-California
Torres-Indiana
Diego and Joey are from New Mexico
Wouldnt they have to be Born in Mexico to be on the mexican team..I consider them americans..since they were all born in America.
A lot of countries allow people to play for their national teams if their parents or grandparents were born in that country. I actually just saw a story on the front page of ESPN about an American playing for the German basketball team, and his great-grandparents were from Germany...
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Post #19 8/17/08 9:01:09PM
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