Comments on: Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald at UFC 68

By: R.J. St.Croix

R.J. St.Croix — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:41:57 +0000

i will agree with most of what you say, but i gotta say he gets the job done for the most part. the thing with MacDonald is that hes so awkward in every aspect and its a bit annoying, but like i said at least he gets the job done most of the time.

By: billy "crusher" mcdoran

billy "crusher" mcdoran — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:43:56 +0000

Macdonald does not belong in the UFC. He lacks serious skill. He’s got a sloppy defense, a disastrous offense, he’s too lanky for this sport and quite frankly, he’s very boring to watch. His take down decisions are horribly executed at the wrong time. His charisma is about equal to his fighting (lack of) skill. Just looking at the guy makes me want to vomit, and when he parades around like a peacock because he got a lucky win against an equally crappy fighter his displays of arrogance makes the audience shudder. He belongs in the amateur ring, or maybe at tournaments at the local high school.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:51:23 +0000

It’s almost unforgiveable…
If Travis is serious about this fight,with the lead time he had up to it,
why the hell is the credibility of this title match out the window before the introductions of the fighters…
It’s a basic requirement, you must make weight…he failed.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:21:10 +0000

Hey Mike,

It’s good that someone else finally acknowledges that Ace was not at his best even before the fight started. I bet the tides turn for II.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:50:35 +0000

Is it just me or was Rich Franklins eyes shot and glazed over before the start of the Silva execution.
Overtrained,scared,what?
He looked really off somehow, however hats off to another excellent Brazillian fighter, the skilled fighter pool there is so deep that the cream of the crop fighters [ie:Silva] are going to be real good.
Something to do with fighting 30 minute rounds back home maybe.
I certainly rank Macdonald as an up and comer, and agree it is too soon for a Franklin match, but with the way Miletich campers have been dropping, it might be a good time.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:38:40 +0000

I will never get over how people praise the **** out of fighters that hold championship belts but let that same fighter lose a fight and everyone thinks they can clown on him. If anyone here ever fought you would know that to lose is inevitable it is impossible to win every fight the part that matters is how a fighter deals with losing if anyone here thought that they could take it to any fighter they mentioned I dare you to call the promoter for the next amatuer fight you hear about and put yourself on the card theres a 99% chance of you getting all ****** up.

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:14:23 +0000

are you serious? evan tanner cant hang in the middleweigh division, he has enough trouble in the welterweight division, hes a good fighter but hes just not a natural middleweight fighter. Its like sherk in welterweight, hes just out of his league.

By: amanda

amanda — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:52:25 +0000

okay so it’s quite frustrating that fighters like franklin who have repeatedly defended their belts and introduced a need to raise the bar in being well-rounded get type casted with those who aren’t particularly good at anything. there’s a difference with not being particularly good at anything and being good at everything. he is different from exhibitionist fighters like hughes because he has trained primarily mma, rather than one aspect of martial arts initially, and then expanding to others like hughes with wrestling.

so the answer to the question, ‘what the hell is he good at?’ is everything.

By: amanda

amanda — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:48:13 +0000

amir and anyone who agrees; clearly newly found ufc fans. hughes an unconvincing champion? watch more than one fight then repost.
fair comment for sylvia though.

By: weakerthan

weakerthan — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:14:18 +0000

agreed that Macdonald/Franklin is not the best fight…Macdonald is up and coming and needs another fight or 2 against reasonable opponents to prove himself – Kendall Grove is a good option. Franklin’s depth is a question mark after the schooling he took from Silva. Swick is good on his way to a possible great, but he hasn’t REALLY fought anybody of substance. He and Franklin would be a better match. as for the lightweight PUSH by Dana White, it has vanished…and been replaced by a Couture return (WHY?!) Rampage and CroCop. bye bye Sylvia. poor Brandon Vera. i think that kid has the stuff. bad timing. UFC is a jumblef#$k right now and had better start organizing itself…