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I want to cut him open and wear him as a coat
I want to cut him open and wear him as a coat
Lmao first thing that came to mind when I opened this thread.Goober Taylor! Welcome back!
Ray Mercer was literally in his 50's. JDS was in his prime, the #1 UFC contender and the heaviest hitter in the sport.
Are you seriously arguing that Cain losing to JDS in their first fight was more embarrassing than Sylvia losing to Mercer?
I think we are done here, Carl.
Probably, but I wouldn't have been that surprised if he won a few and crept in to top 5-10.
His size and experience would pose a lot of problems and prove a good test for up and comers.
He could be the hw jacare, but better--a gatekeeper but a dangerous one.
Yeah that was fuckin weird when the age thing all came to light. Turned out being noticably older than he was listed. It really explained his sudden drop off at seemingly random time in his career.I was always a fan. He had troubles late career and real self image issues (got dinged for steroids for weight loss trying to get ripped, walked around in public with his belt). Nice to see that he has built a solid business away from the fight world.
I always found it amusing that he lied about his age while fighting as well.
Oh? Never heard the last part thereI was always a fan. He had troubles late career and real self image issues (got dinged for steroids for weight loss trying to get ripped, walked around in public with his belt). Nice to see that he has built a solid business away from the fight world.
I always found it amusing that he lied about his age while fighting as well.
Timmy is probably wearing the belt right now.
- shit himself in the cage
- wore his belt EVERYWHERE, including to bed
- put on extremely boring fights after he won the belt
- went on that dating show (I can't even rewatch...it's just too embarrassing)
- got smoked by real HW talent when he finally fought them (Randy, Fedor and Not)
- went on to put on 100+ pounds and get KOd in embarrassing fashion.
Poor Tim. He was legitimate in his day, but he's the definition of getting left behind by show business. Unpleasant physique, kinda ugly, awkward personality, lacked any real athleticism traits. Shit himself.
He made it to the top by using his huge size, a long jab and TDD at a time when there wasn't much competition. At least he made us laugh.
I didn't mean to sell him short. No doubt he worked hard. No one becomes UFC champ without working hard. He's also gone 5 rounds a couple of times, which for a guy his size, would mean he has to be a workhorse in the gym.
But that's kind of the reality of it - he relied on two tools. In most most fights he relied heavily on a long jab and TDD, which he got very good at and his size assisted greatly. That's no knock on him, but it gave us some horridly boring fights, mainly once he snatched the title.
Then there's this thing about Hughes making him cry in the gym...why someone of Sylvia's size wouldn't just hammer fist Hughes into the ground if he was running his mouth like that instead of breaking down and crying.
I dunno. Sylvia is probably the most misunderstood MMA champ in history. Sherdog had a good article on the big Timmeh a while back.
dude you must really have a crush on fedor dont you? because you always have a excuse to talk about him.None of you give a shit about Sylvia, you are just trying to hype him up so that Fedor's win over him looks better.
I wish Tim got one more stint in the UFC after he was campaigning for it in 2011/12.