Comments on: Zuffa pimps Rani Yahya to K-1

By: fightlinker

fightlinker — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:10:48 +0000

i dunno … you lost me when you said ’super glue’ and ‘cocks’ :-p But A for effort!

By: Swedish guy

Swedish guy — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:30:29 +0000

I think my triangle choke joke above was one of the best pieces of comedy ever. I’m a bit disappointed that nobody has acknowledged it. Perhaps the fun in the thought of chase beebe, matt hughes and sean sherk choking on each others cocks in a triangular suckfest got a bit lost in translation.

By: Swedish guy

Swedish guy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:46:05 +0000

chase beebe… fuck him. how about someone put some super glue on the cocks of beebe, sherk and matt hughes. then glue each cock to the palate of one of the others, thus ending up in a three-sided SUCKFEST, because that’s what they do. They suck, suck, suck.
I guess one could call it a nice triangle choke.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:11:35 +0000

smoogy, good thought.

There’s a shortage of decent opponents for Urijah in this world, it would be a shame to waste that one.

By: smoogy

smoogy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:09:43 +0000

It definitely isn’t (2) because the premise itself isn’t necessarily true.

It could be (1) considering recently Hiroyuki Takaya called out Urijah Faber and asked Zuffa to make this fight happen.

Or it could just be the Zuffa people realizing that letting him fight there isn’t going to hurt the product in any way, and considering Bibiano’s performance vs. Kid it could just pay off for them.

By: Michaelthebox

Michaelthebox — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:44:58 +0000

I don’t think they need to get anything back from K-1. If Yahya wins or even puts up a good fight against Kid, it validates the entire UFC lower weight divisions in the eye of the hardcore fans. If he gets whipped, the UFC doesn’t lose anything at all.

By: Mike David (Euthyphro)

Mike David (Euthyphro) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:52:20 +0000

Perhaps they send Yahya to K-1 to fight Kiddu, K-1 sends Kiddu to WEC to fight Faber?

Extremely unlikely, as Yamamoto is a mega-star and cash cow for K-1, but who knows?

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:40:13 +0000

Additionally, I think it’s overstating things to claim that Dana doesn’t play well with other promotions. Prior to the failure and purchase of Pride, UFC exchanged (or at least attempted to exchange, certainly they SENT fighters over, I’m not sure any ever came here) fighters with them.

I think that the issues are more specifically related to the newer promotions that are showing up in the US that appear to be more hostile to UFC, particularly ProElite.

UFC clearly doesn’t work with people that they’re currently suing, but that’s just standard business sense. You don’t enter into deals with guys who are going to be on the other side of the courtroom from you. Maybe after the legal dust settles with ProElite and IFL, we’ll actually see some fighter exchanges there as well, presuming that they establish a niche that isn’t directly competing against UFC.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:10:52 +0000

It’s entirely possible that this is part of the quid pro quo for the Gracie fight.

By: marshal

marshal — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:49:16 +0000

Stir up some Rampage, racial, yesterdays news. Find the Mojo from before the accident.

By: LR

LR — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:42:12 +0000

Or Rani doesn’t want to sit out for damn near 6 months because for some dumb reason the WEC takes forever to hold a card. He may have gotten an offer and asked Zuffa if he could do it. Upside is, if Yahya can win it, Zuffa has the guy who beat Yamamoto.