Edwin Dewees to fight Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at Affliction: Banned! - Page 6

tl613 · 07-10-2008, 04:20 PM

It's better than nothing. Did they give him Dewees because he is a somewhat known name from his TUF season?

jonvoight's car · 07-10-2008, 04:21 PM

Very short notice. Props to Dewees for going up in weight to face a world class 205 lber.

solid b'stard · 07-10-2008, 04:23 PM

horrible fight for dewees and at 205 as well, bambam is going to be hating it come july 19th.

solid b'stard · 07-10-2008, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Halfway

WTF? Isn't Edwin a 185er?

lately yes, but he has fought at 205 before: ace franklin for one

EternalNoob · 07-10-2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bas Rutten Gear

Affliction Signs Edwin "Bam Bam" Dewees to a Multi-fight Contract

This will be a tough fight for Dewees.

there can be a downside to these lopsided mismatches. if an upset does occur by a fluke chance, the high profile fighter loses mad credibility. dewees is a freaking 185 pounder going up to fight one of the higher regarded 205er's in the game. this is stupid. if Nog fought say, Tito and lost (i know, probably not), he would not lose face as Ortiz is still credible, even if not top ten. but dewees, my god, if he lost to a completely unranked 185er it would be devastating........AND HILARIOUS!!!!!!

jonvoight's car · 07-10-2008, 04:28 PM

On a side note, how does MMA Weekly have Rogerio at #8 in the LHW rankings when he hasn't had a meaningful win in over 2 years? I mean, they have him ranked above the guy with fairly recent wins over the #1 and #4 LHWs. Weird.

stu3ufc · 07-10-2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jonvoight's car

On a side note, how does MMA Weekly have Rogerio at #8 in the LHW rankings when he hasn't had a meaningful win in over 2 years? I mean, they have him ranked above the guy with fairly recent wins over the #1 and #4 LHWs. Weird.

why do they have arona and tito ortiz ???

beer59 · 07-10-2008, 04:35 PM

Diet nog via any sub he wants. This card's gonna be full of lop-sided beatdowns.

Cliffjumper · 07-10-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by stu3ufc

Im not saying its an even fight, but dwees has loads of fights --he must have 30 ish at least off the top of my head.... Maybe they couldnt find anyone else at 205 to face Lil nog--

I wish he was fighting someone else too

yea i agree about CB N JT -- but the poster above was turning it into a UFN vs Afflication thread..... ppl just bash Afflication and they haven't even had there first card yet..... which on paper looks amazing

Oh, ok then, true- I hate org battles. I hope lil nog will have a better opponent his next time out.

jonvoight's car · 07-10-2008, 04:45 PM

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why do they have arona and tito ortiz ???

No Arona (inactivity for the last 13 months). And except for Shamrock, Tito hasn't had a win since he beat Forrest by split decision over 2 years ago. No knock on Rogerio. He's good enough to be top 10 or top 5. He's just been really inactive. Guys like Jardine, Henderson, Rashad, and Thiago Silva all deserve to be ranked higher because of their more recent wins over better opponents.