rutherford
Master Black Belt
To summarize, he didn't get a visa and so can't make the fight. It's cancelled.
Micheal Bispin
- Thread starter Odin
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Not cancelled, delayed. a lot of people were saying he was scared to fight when in reality it's a visa problem. My daughter was going to work in racing stables in Kentucky so we downloaded visa forms, you will have no idea how many different types there are and how difficult it is to get one!
From Mike posted on Cagewarriors last night (my time)
"hi, The visa issue has been resolved. There wasnt much of an issue anyway, it just didnt come through in time. I will be fighting the same opponent Eric Schaffer on dec 30th chuck vs tito 2. Cant wait to fight again and to be on such a great card is an honour.
Eric is a good fighter with great bjj and a good record, plus he's quite a big guy so it should be a good fight. I think you can pretty much expect both of us to come in in great shape as we have had so long to prepare. Apologies about missing the last date, no one was more gutted than me. But every cloud has a silver lining."
mike
"hi, The visa issue has been resolved. There wasnt much of an issue anyway, it just didnt come through in time. I will be fighting the same opponent Eric Schaffer on dec 30th chuck vs tito 2. Cant wait to fight again and to be on such a great card is an honour.
Eric is a good fighter with great bjj and a good record, plus he's quite a big guy so it should be a good fight. I think you can pretty much expect both of us to come in in great shape as we have had so long to prepare. Apologies about missing the last date, no one was more gutted than me. But every cloud has a silver lining."
mike
rutherford
Master Black Belt
UFC.com hasn't updated their card with this fight yet.
But what a great set of fights it'll be. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventdetail.fightCard&eid=326
Chuck Liddell Vs. Tito Ortiz
Keith Jardine Vs. Forrest Griffin
Andrei Arlovski Vs. Marcio Cruz
Jason MacDonald Vs. Chris Leben
Undercard
Tony DeSouza Vs. Thiago Alves
Carmelo Marrero Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Anthony Perosh Vs. Christian Wellisch
But what a great set of fights it'll be. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventdetail.fightCard&eid=326
Chuck Liddell Vs. Tito Ortiz
Keith Jardine Vs. Forrest Griffin
Andrei Arlovski Vs. Marcio Cruz
Jason MacDonald Vs. Chris Leben
Undercard
Tony DeSouza Vs. Thiago Alves
Carmelo Marrero Vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Anthony Perosh Vs. Christian Wellisch
rutherford
Master Black Belt
Chuck Liddell is going to be a really hard fight for Tito Ortiz. Ortiz's greatest strength is that he has really mastered putting people away when they pull guard. Instead of working on passing the guard like most fighters, Ortiz has found a way to be extremely dangerous here and end the fight.
As you know, Chuck Liddell doesn't pull guard. He is hard to take down and has an amazing ability to just stand back up. Add to the fact that the two of them trained together for years, and you quickly see why Chuck put Tito away in their first matchup. He negates Tito's greatest strength and can still apply his own.
If Ortiz fights the same fight as last time, it's going to be another victory for Liddell. Instead, Tito has got to use a different strategy crafted for putting away the Iceman. I'm excited to see what he comes up with, but I have to agree with Mike.
As you know, Chuck Liddell doesn't pull guard. He is hard to take down and has an amazing ability to just stand back up. Add to the fact that the two of them trained together for years, and you quickly see why Chuck put Tito away in their first matchup. He negates Tito's greatest strength and can still apply his own.
If Ortiz fights the same fight as last time, it's going to be another victory for Liddell. Instead, Tito has got to use a different strategy crafted for putting away the Iceman. I'm excited to see what he comes up with, but I have to agree with Mike.
Dave_T_L_W
White Belt
Cheers for that link, its nice to see a good young british fighter coming into the UFC. I found it hilarious that the americans needed subtitles for the two brits on UF3 although I belive it was more for pointon than bisping who to be fair does have a thicker accent.
Dave
Dave
Sensei Tom O'Brien
Green Belt
Here's a link with some of the latest fights on it including Mikey's :http://groups.myspace.com/JoeDaddyMMA.
I hope everyone has a great year.
Thanks,
Sensei Tom
I hope everyone has a great year.
Thanks,
Sensei Tom
