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-Z-
09-06-2009, 08:39 PM
Who is MMA's top HW up and coming star?

Cain Velasquez

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06VNeR7eE24cx/520x.jpg

Shane Carwin

http://www.mmaconvert.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/shane_carwin.jpg


or Bobby Lashley

http://sports.espn.go.com/photo/2009/0622/mma_fwLlashley1_576.jpg
-Z-
09-06-2009, 08:43 PM
I should have Rogers on the list too. Oh well.
Mirko Cro Cop
09-06-2009, 08:51 PM
I vote Brett Rodgers.
Plates
09-06-2009, 09:09 PM
I vote Brett Rodgers.

I would probably second that, but haven't seen his ground game. So my vote is for Cain. He can stand and bang, great wrestling skills, and can recover well.
-Z-
09-06-2009, 09:13 PM
I'm gonna go with Lashley, I think he'll surprise us.
JLucas
09-07-2009, 01:51 AM
Id like to see Lashley to fight a serious opponent, so far he has looked dominant but only against tomato cans. I like Carwin, huge punching power, good wrestling skill, crazy strong and overall big dude. You dont just annihilate a top guy like Gonzaga without serious props (lucky punch or not, its fighting... as the old adage goes a punchers chance)
-Z-
09-07-2009, 10:48 AM
Get in here and vote people!
TPT
09-07-2009, 11:04 AM
bobby lashely. im a mark for pro wrestlers. lol.

and hes good so far in mma.
G-Roy
09-07-2009, 04:13 PM
I thin kLashley will make a big impact. It annoys me that entertainment wrestlers are making the transition I think mainly because I feel like it tarnishes the sport, but they sell tickets so oh well.
dublin-lifter
09-07-2009, 04:34 PM
i have to go with carwin sledge hammer fists good wrestling skills
cobra
09-07-2009, 09:37 PM
wow, I can't believe Cain isn't getting more love on this! I mean what is he 6-0 with 5 of those being by KO? He gets my vote.
Mirko Cro Cop
09-07-2009, 09:41 PM
wow, I can't believe Cain isn't getting more love on this! I mean what is he 6-0 with 5 of those being by KO? He gets my vote.

Rogers is 10-0 with 9 wins coming by KO.
cobra
09-07-2009, 09:50 PM
lol, oh...well looks like you got me there. Regardless, I;ve been impressed with Cain V. haha, I'm crackin up..
Plates
09-07-2009, 10:13 PM
Rogers is 10-0 with 9 wins coming by KO.

Although the toughest guys he has fought have had glass jaws....aka Arlovski & Thompson. :)
davidyes
09-07-2009, 10:16 PM
I like Lashley over Cain. Both are incredible wrestlers, but Lashley has the size advantage. Cain, however, does have more ring time than Lashley.
TPT
09-08-2009, 09:41 AM
I thin kLashley will make a big impact. It annoys me that entertainment wrestlers are making the transition I think mainly because I feel like it tarnishes the sport, but they sell tickets so oh well.


yeah, many purists believe the same. however, pro wrestlers have a long history in modern mma and its predecessors. many pro wrestlers entered the mma world and had success including dan severn, ken shamrock, sakuraba, fujita, takayama, etc. mma stars even jumped to pro wrestling such as josh barnett, don fyre, mark coleman, etc.
Mirko Cro Cop
09-08-2009, 10:34 AM
yeah, many purists believe the same. however, pro wrestlers have a long history in modern mma and its predecessors. many pro wrestlers entered the mma world and had success including dan severn, ken shamrock, sakuraba, fujita, takayama, etc. mma stars even jumped to pro wrestling such as josh barnett, don fyre, mark coleman, etc.

Shamrock was in the UFC before going to the WWF aswell as prior to.
TPT
09-08-2009, 11:13 AM
Shamrock was in the UFC before going to the WWF aswell as prior to.


he was already doing worked shoots in japan before the ufc. he did shoot wrestling before mma. many dont know this.
Mirko Cro Cop
09-08-2009, 11:17 AM
he was already doing worked shoots in japan before the ufc. he did shoot wrestling before mma. many dont know this.

Ah, fair enough.
Plates
09-08-2009, 11:52 AM
I didnt know that either. Possibly because Shamrock sucks....and has always sucked. So ive never followed him. :D
Mirko Cro Cop
09-08-2009, 11:59 AM
I didnt know that either. Possibly because Shamrock sucks....and has always sucked. So ive never followed him. :D

He was good in the mid 90's from what i've seen of him, but when he came back from pro wrestling he was pretty terrible.
-Z-
09-08-2009, 12:03 PM
I didnt know that either. Possibly because Shamrock sucks....and has always sucked. So ive never followed him. :D


True, but without him the sport may not be where it is today.
TPT
09-08-2009, 12:31 PM
True, but without him the sport may not be where it is today.


he was incredibly influential whether he sucked or not. shamrock at one time was the model of an mma fighter.

but he aged, fighters got better, his chin couldnt take it anymore. also, he might of been too dependent on anabolics. at one time testing was not as rigor.