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That’s pretty funny. I was wondering how Kos even got this fight. Looks like Diego is pretty pumped for this fight which is bad news for “the human blanket”. I knew Diego must have asked for this fight because that’s the only way it made sense. Talent and ranking wise they are in different leagues so it had to be a grudge match. I’ve seen Josh call out Diego a few times and say he could beat him now he may have bit off more than he can chew.

HOW DO KOS LOSE TO DIEGO THE FIRST TIME

This is exactly the kind of rivalry I’ve been waiting for in a long, long time. Now I can actually say that I am excited about this fight. I am rooting for Diego, but I think it’s funny that he calls Kos a “human blanket” cause we all know Diego has been the blanket many times also. Regardless, the way he wrote this is absolutely hilarious.

This Pro Wrestling crap does nothing for me. I’d much rather see Diego fight Matt Hughes with the winner getting the next shot against GSP.

Two guys having a fight on myspace is homosexual.

In addition this fight would be better in 6 months or a year from now when Kosheck’s game evolves some (if it in fact does).

Diego beat Kos the first time on the TUF show by decision. I don’t think the fight went on to their pro record because they were counting those fights as exhibition bouts.

ya mad, diego won by decision, but he also battered koscheck purple, he looked like ken shamrock after he fought tito the first time. I said it before stupid matchup, it looks like diego wanted it if that myspace thing is true. lol

Is it really the fighters writing these messages? if so, i agree with roadblock, it is kinda fruity heh

i wasnt impressed with koschecks last fight he leaves himself open for submissions i think that diego will shut him up

[...] MMA HQ: Diego Sanchez vs. Josh Koscheck feud on MySpace [...]

I guess he doesn’t realize “suitcase” is one word. Even so, he will destroy Kos…again.

I enjoy myspace and I’ve found it comes in real handy when trying to build our local political party. Infact, using myspace, I’ve found many COLLEGE AGED kids who are actually going to work on my 2008 campaign.

Its not just for teens anymore…wake up doc.

@ GATTIES,

my bad man. to be honest, i’ve never used myspace once, and the only pages i’ve ever seen are MMA fighters pages. I’m more of a facebook guy myself.

hope the campaign is going strong for you.

DIEGO IS SUCH A HOMO LOL

gatties, your a politician?

i think kos has more of a chance this time around but will lose still… without bein pounded into lunch meat

Diego will prevail again. Im going to UFC 69 and cant wait to see this fight. Diego needs to start demanding better fights. I agree with ROADBLOCK, Diego vs. Hughes and the winner meets GSP…….(or Serra??????).

EITHER HUGHES OR GSP…. GOD I HOPE THEY STOMP A HOLE IN DIEGO… COCKY LIL BIOC H

yeah hes cocky but not over the top cocky i dont think

heh cocky or not, you gotta love diego! his whole mindset and philosophy on fighting, but hes still young and yet to feel the sting of defeat. After his first loss im sure he will be much less cocky, but until then… he feels like hes bulletproof, hehe trust me, i know the feeling..

look what happened to tito, he doesnt disrespect other fighters anymore, he was a bit of a punk, but he matured.. finally hehe im sure the same will be true for diego.

As usual, well said BV. I totally agree.

Diego should be considered the #1 contender w/o doubt for the title. Diego has shown the most improvement out of any fighter from the show and has proven that he could beat the top fighters in the division. I’m not so sure I would even put Hughes at #2.

wow, i dunno about all that amir. What makes you say that Hughes shouldnt even be #2 contender? As far as im concerned hes the #1 contender, with such a great run as the champ, to finally get a loss doesnt make him fall off completely like that.

@Amir

Sorry muchacho, I must again agree with BV. One loss is nothing for a legend. I agree with you that Diego is most improved, but he could only get better. Matt, on the other hand has been the best for a looooooooooooooooooong time!

heh looks like im juping on the gravatar bandwagon… i set it up, lets see if it works.. (drumroll)……….

Don’t know about you folks, but I can’t see all the gravatars! Only Dr. J., Jason Gatties, and once in awhile… RJ’s.

What I meant to say was that overall, in the division, Hughes should be ranked 3rd behind Diego and GSP. Diego needs to fight Hughes for the title shot. I don’t agree that a guy who lost his title should immediately be considered the #1 contender, especially when there is such an abundance of diverse, up-and-coming talent. Even though everyone would pay to watch a GSP/Hughes rubber match, I worry that if this happens everytime a champion loses his title, we’d have to wait through months and months of bs title defenses (GSP/Serra), just to see the rematch. In the meantime, what would happen to the other guys who are trying to get on top?

@Amir

I understand what you’re saying, and I agree that there should be no automatic title shots for ex-belt holders, but you must agree that a guy with a record of 40-5-0, must rank higher than a guy that’s only fought 17 fights.

Hughes was a great champion but I agree with Amir they need to give some new guys a chance. Having Matt fight Chris Lytle as a warm up to the rematch kinda sucks. This should have been Sanchez vs Hughes with the winner being the #1 contender for the title. Sure Hughes has been in the good graces of the UFC for a long time but Diego has to be considered a better overall matchup Matt. Maybe they wanted to give Hughes an opponent they know he will beat instead of risking the chance Sanchez would beat him. I’m sure Diego should be in line for the winner but I would have liked to see that fight first. I have nothing against Lytle but he dosn’t have much of a chance against Matt. Imagine by some miricle Serra beats GSP, that would throw a big wrench in the UFC plans for the rematch.

@ Dennis,

I disagree with that. From my persepective, the sport and the fighters are evolving so quickly…that to do things like this…(ex. giving Randy a shot so quickly), would only hinder the development and popularity of the younger, more complete fighters. Luckily, the HW division is not as deep, but we all know we do not want to really see that fight, but rather a better matchup. We all know how much time is involved from signing the fight, to training for the fight, until the fight actually happens, especially when GSP gets injured, how long it delays things. I don’t think that a guys record should be the one and only determinent factor in planning his future. Of course, in that time, Matt has compiled a very impressive overall record…but Diego is the newer, younger, more exciting and complete fighter who has fought more complete competition. Are you saying that nowadays, a young guy has to have 40 fights under his belt before getting a title shot? of course not, it depends on how he’s gotten his victories, who he competed against (many of the same Hughes beat btw), and how he has changed his game to become better…Matt obviously had not. It was interesting to me how Matt talked smack about Royce’s style of fighting being “exctinct” for the UFC, meanwhile GSP made Hughes’ style look just as exctinct just a short time later.

Amir, and everyone.. I think we can all agree that immediate title shots are annoying, especially this couture comeback deal.

I definately agree with the Hughes vs Diego thing, but Hughes is fighting Lytle and Diego is fighting Koscheck, thats the way it is. Assuming there are no upsets and Matt and Diego both win, the next logical step is for us to see them fight each other, then the winner fights the champ.

In terms of the ranking thing, Diego IS a great up and coming fighter, and he HAS beat some of the toughest guys in the division. But even so, Hughes has also beat those guys, and ALOT more great fighters. I dont see how you can rank Diego higher than Hughes at this point. If diego beat Hughes then i would agree with you, but Diego is in the same spot as a bunch of young fighters before him including Diaz and Parisyan. He may very well be the next champ.. but maybe not, we will find out this year for sure.

I think its a little soon to put Diego on that high of a pedestel..

first if they put a diego vs matt then u give up the oppurtunity for two main events in ppv for example u could have gsp vs sanchez then vs hughes if gsp would win but if u have matt vs diego diego losses matt beats gsp u dont want matt fighting diego again .And even though i like couture for him to get knocked out twice retire then come back for a championship match at heavyweight is really showing what kind of talent they had at the time i think i would rather see arlovski sylvia 4

So what are we all gonna do when the UFC starts putting on 3 PPVs per month just to clear all of the confusion of too many good fighters all vying for the same top spots?…lol. This is a reason I liked the idea of Pride having Grand Prix tournaments.

On another note…I was messing around online and found an old poster ad for one of the early UFCs from back in the day, when they were still held in AC. It was so wierd and nostalgic to see such a young Tito Ortiz on the poster. But, the even crazier thing about it was the entire fight card. There were probably about 15 fights, with everyone from Liddell, Monson, BJ Penn, and the list went on and on. The guys who we now consider superstars of the sport, were all small-time nobodys that fought on the same night on the same card. As much as I like the hype put into some of the current fights…I just thought, man, that used to be great.

i am a dishwasher and if the ufc starts having 3 ufcs a month i guess im going to have to get a second job cuz im hooked

Thank you BV. For some reason these guys just don’t get it. Diego HAS NOT beaten Matt, HAS NOT beaten Rush, so how can anyone rank him higher than either of these guys……………….period!

I don’t think anyone is ranking Diego higher than either of them. All that we are saying is these guys need to fight to see who is better. Diego is young and probably needs a little more experience but thats how you get it by fighting the best guys out there. In the UFC Matt and GSP seem to be the only one that are above Sanchez at this time so these fights seem like the next logical step for him. I’m a little bias because I’m from New Mexico like Diego so it’s good to see a local guy doing so well. Like BVRASP said all these fights will end up happening this year so we’ll see what happens. Diego needs to fight both of them to see where everyone stands. These are going to be some good fights no matter who wins.

@MAD

Ok, I can give you that, and totally understand the local boy support. But I must stand that if WHEN Diego fights Matt, my money is on……..you guessed it…….. MATT.

When Diego fights Rush…………..my money is on Rush! safe bets, both of them….

This ought to get’em going:

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Georges St. Pierre

2. Matt Hughes

3. BJ Penn

4. Diego Sanchez

5. Karo Parisyan

6. Jake Shields

7. Jon Fitch

8. Nick Diaz

9. Akira Kikuchi

10. Josh Koscheck

MMAweekly just updated these. How Koscheck even made the top 10 is beyond me. There have to be better guys than him. They should have moved BJ down to light weight since that’s where he will be fighting now. That still leaves Matt, GSP and Sanchez to battle it out for the best WW in the world. I even think Karo would put up a good fight against Hughes and GSP, he has a lot of heart and talent his last couple of fights were impressive.

I agree about KOS, but I’ll have to take Karo against Diego before the legend or the champ.

oh…….. and you MUST admit, BJ is better too!

one more thing…. wasn’t it Karo that was throwing Sanchez around the ring like a rag doll?

I wouldn’t say rag doll who won that fight? Just shows he can take punishment and still fight. Matt took one high kick and was out that’s not very impressive. If BJ didn’t get hurt or gass he was beating on Hughes pretty bad and would have won the fight easily.

Decisions, Decisions…..hmmmmmmm.

Come on dude, I’ve seen Matt get hammered and choked out, and still will by TKO!

That’s true MAD. I actually was never a fan of Diego’s when he first started because I didn’t like him being “a human blanket”. However, I notice how he improves every single fight and he’s one of the most intelligent fighters out there, just like GSP. These guys see how the fight is going while they are actually in the fight, and recognize the adjustments they need to make. That’s a very tough thing to do when they are not on the outside looking in. What Diego did to Riggs was brilliant, he knew that Riggs would try to shoot after being hurt, so Diego ran at him with a knee. That’s fighting smart. Matt Hughes doesn’t fight with gameplans, he just figures that eventually he will out-cardio his opponent and take him down. I’m gonna say something else here that will shock all of you. DIEGO CAN TAKE BJ.

@Amir

…………rrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiight…………

That was in the past. Gracie used to beat three guys a night that were all much bigger than him. The talent level is at it’s peak now and it’s not going to get any easier. Time may be passing Hughes by also. He does seem a little old school compared to the new fighters. He is still good but will never reach the level he was at because the fighters around him are much better now and he’s slowing down. GSP is on another level that Hughes can’t reach. He’s younger, more talented and more technically diverse than Matt and he will win the rematch just as easily as the first time. These new fighters are more well versed and there training is more refined. We’ll see what Hughes has left after they quit giving him easy fights like Chris Lytle.

@MAD

I understand what you’re saying about the “old school” theory, especially after seeing what Matt did Royce, but don’t you think that Matt’s smart enough and at 33, still young enough?

He has an article on the UFC site that talks about his life outside of fighting and the way he lives. Sounds like he’s at a point in his life that his family is more to him than the fighting now. He said his body is telling him he has about two years left in him. This is a brutal sport on your body and mind and the years may have taken a toll on him. He still has some good fights left in him but I think the next couple of year will be more like him passing the torch on to the new generation. He has been a great champion but it seems like his desire has faded some. This may affect the way he trains and the amount of training he does. He’s still young enough to compete but mentally he may not be there 100% anymore.

Good Point! I agree that if a fighter is not “hungry” enough, he will lose……. Look what happened to Rich too.

Even if you think Silva’s better, you have to agree that Rich wasn’t “hungry” enough for that fight.

The UFC is at an unprecedented stage of popularity right now. Every PPV draws more and more fans, money, and sponsors. Because the sport is evolving so quickly, a guy like Rich Franklin, Matt Hughes and a few others are already considered “old school” even though they were just on top of the game a year ago. My point is that I think since from now on is the time when fighters can make the biggest paydays ever, the UFC is still trying to desperately hold on to these “old school” guys so that they can get a share of what’s to come. The reality of the matter, of which many probably agree with, is that many of these guys were “paper champions”…poster boys who can put an intelligent face to the brutality of the sport. And, I know you’ll all go crazy over implying that Hughes was a “paper champion”, but in my opinion, BJ, Sakurai and maybe Carlos Newton were the only real world class opponents he ever faced.

Aside from GSP, of course, who is an entirely new breed of fighter

@Amir

dude, you never cease to amaze me…..YOU should face Matt in the octagon, then tell me this story again when it’s all over but the crying.

I agree that the guys like Hughes, Franklin, Couture, Chuck and even Tito deserve to get payed like todays fighters because they made the UFC what it is. They put in their dues before TUF show and deserve their piece of the glory. I’m not sure if they were all paper champions but they fought who was available at the time. The fighters of today are more developed and well versed in all aspects of MMA. In the old days guys were able to get by with just being really good at one aspect. Those days are gone, if you are not well trained in everything now you don’t have much of a chance. Guys like Coleman and Royce did not evolve like most fighters and they got left behind. I would maybe add Trigg to the Hughes win list because he was pretty good at the time. Trigg will be fighting the #4 middleweight Misaki in Pride this Saturday so we’ll see if he really is any good anymore.

I never cease to amaze you? I didn’t realize I harbor such resentment from you. I guess I have to look out for you more on these boards. You shouldn’t get so emotional about the things people say, ust because you have such a hard-on for Matt Hughes or whomever, I just say what I believe. If you disagree, then disagree and state it…don’t resort to such a childish comment. These guys are fighters, I pay to watch them fight, they get paid with the money that I pay to watch them. We all have every right to state our opinions on whether we want to watch them again or not. It’s called sports. I hate the fact that most of the NY Knicks suck…should I go play them too?

In my opinion, whoever coined the phrase, “paper champion” is a dumbaz.

Champions grow old, doesn’t take anything away. Legends never die!

….and to say only BJ, only Trigg, only Carlos, etc….is just about like saying only Cro Cop.

@Amir

Nothing personal old chap. We always disagree, and that’s ok, but 5 years from now, are you going to say…..only Fedor?

Amigo, don’t be affended………you should know that my hardon is only for you!

Hey Dr. J.

The gravatar site is down, but how does Jason Gatties still appear?

@Dennis,

I cache the gravatar images locally when they are found so I don’t have to grab them fresh from gravatar.com every time a page loads. I’m not sure what the issue is with your gravatar. still looking into it.

Dr. J.

I knew you would say that…. Thanks for trying.

i hate talking about bj penn once u start sucking u suck hes on the top ten list cuz of fights hes done in the past and matt i think will take rush in the rematch even though matt is such a one dimensional fighter but one dimensional fighters can be champs example liddel and diego has the eye of the tiger hes so intense i think hell be champ by the end of the year plus hes starting to show ko power now hillbilly the comment u left on amir is childish its crazy how quick u are to shoot a personnal attack but cry when ur the object of one and another thing hillbilly liddels days are numbered

@***,

I really didn’t mean any personal attack on Amir. I respect his arguements even though we disagree.

I thought I explained that already….

How’s it feel to be wrong?….all the time.

The two hypesters have no clue on Babalu….

Chuck will retire undefeated, unless he fights Cro Cop.

Minotauro is no slouch, believe me, but Cro Cop is better because of his striking abilities………same as Chuck!

For the last time, there are no hills here!!

You want to see a hillbilly, look at Brad Imes.

even though cro crop was killing minatauro and i mean killing him minatauro still won and rampage did kick chucks azz and another thing how am i always wrong hillbilly

@***

Ancient history dude……….won’t happen again……

no hills……wrong again.

hillbilly rampages only ko losses have come by muay tai knees and last i checked liddel only has punches and the two guys that koed rampage would kill liddel

amir, what makes you say that Hughes was a paper champion? MAD your right about Hughes saying hes almost done with fighting. Prides gonna be crazy this saturday, what a card! Dr J, my avatars doesnt work either..

@***

….saying Chuck only has punches is like saying submarines only have nukes…..any way you die……..you’re dead…..wrong again.