Nam Phan vs. Leonard Garcia at TUF 11 finale

OU wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

i could see Garcia winning this but in the long run Nam is gonna end up being a much better fighter down the road.

Well he is like 4 years younger then Garcia.

thats one of the bigger reasons i said that

Garcia has already had a title shot. Nam never gets one.

garcia got a title shot back when the division was thin... all he does is go for hay makers nowadays

OU wrote:

Very good, I think it is obvious Nam should be at FW. He is a game fighter, should be entertaining.

That's all was thinking last night watching Johnson pound him, this guy is too small. 135 or 145 will suit him much better.

GDPofDRC wrote:

OU wrote:

Very good, I think it is obvious Nam should be at FW. He is a game fighter, should be entertaining.

That's all was thinking last night watching Johnson pound him, this guy is too small. 135 or 145 will suit him much better.

I have thought this since the first time he fought on TUF. I felt it was unfair that he was fighting as a LW. 145lbs is where he belongs and he is gonna do good there because he is a Cung Le student! WOOT!

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

OU wrote:

Very good, I think it is obvious Nam should be at FW. He is a game fighter, should be entertaining.

That's all was thinking last night watching Johnson pound him, this guy is too small. 135 or 145 will suit him much better.

I have thought this since the first time he fought on TUF. I felt it was unfair that he was fighting as a LW. 145lbs is where he belongs and he is gonna do good there because he is a Cung Le student! WOOT!

timthebim wrote:

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

OU wrote:

Very good, I think it is obvious Nam should be at FW. He is a game fighter, should be entertaining.

That's all was thinking last night watching Johnson pound him, this guy is too small. 135 or 145 will suit him much better.

I have thought this since the first time he fought on TUF. I felt it was unfair that he was fighting as a LW. 145lbs is where he belongs and he is gonna do good there because he is a Cung Le student! WOOT!

You should've known I was pulling for Nam since day 1. He got screwed against Michael Johnson. I am gonna hate having to listen to Johnson talk in the future. That guy irritates the hell out of me when his mouth opens.

Nam should be fighting against Brookins, but oh well. This is probably an easier fight.

You won't have to listen to much Michael Johnson talk thankfully. Unless you watch the Gladiator Challenge promotional material.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

You won't have to listen to much Michael Johnson talk thankfully. Unless you watch the Gladiator Challenge promotional material.

I meant if he wins TUF. I won't be watching the fights on Saturday. I have a Christmas party to go to and I will be staying at the Hyatt afterwards. I will get to catch those on Sunday on mmacore, so I won't have to put up with all the prefight talk from Johnson's mouth.

Big fight for nam no doubt.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

OU wrote:

Very good, I think it is obvious Nam should be at FW. He is a game fighter, should be entertaining.

That's all was thinking last night watching Johnson pound him, this guy is too small. 135 or 145 will suit him much better.

I have thought this since the first time he fought on TUF. I felt it was unfair that he was fighting as a LW. 145lbs is where he belongs and he is gonna do good there because he is a Cung Le student! WOOT!

2 viets relevant in MMA?

Why are they giving Nam Garcia ? Is Watson injured ?

Honestly I felt Nam got the better of Johnson after the first round.

Watson is fighting someone else

[quote="bobbitt15"]Watson is fighting someone else[/quote]

Why is Nam getting such an experienced fighter in Garcia, is it a gift for giving a great account of himself against Johnson ?

Nam has already been in there with much better fighters than Garcia in his career

bobbitt15 wrote:

Nam has already been in there with much better fighters than Garcia in his career

wow I had no clue Nam fought Josh Thomson back in the day.

bobbitt15 wrote:

Nam has already been in there with much better fighters than Garcia in his career

Yep, the guy fought Rob McCullough, JZ, Josh Thompson, Billy Evangelista, and Omigawa. Although he lost to all of them...

In keeping with tradition, Nam loses here as well. 2 of his last 3 fights are knockout losses. Garcia, via ktfo.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

In keeping with tradition, Nam loses here as well. 2 of his last 3 fights are knockout losses. Garcia, via ktfo.

Nope. Nam isn't Jens Pulver. He'll keep his hands up a bit better, and he has a better chin now than Pulver did when he fought Garcia.

Garcia is gonna blast through him

Garcia by a mauling.

Nam Phan has some skill..but if you noticed in the Johnson fight...once he started taking some hard shots, he basically shut down until Johnson was too tired to continue throwing bombs.

Garcia is going to put a beatdown on Nam...2nd round TKO.

Ya'll do know Garcia gasses every bit as hard as Johnson does come the third round? Only he doesn't have the kind of wrestling Johnson does to back it up when he's tired.

Ludo wrote:

Ya'll do know Garcia gasses every bit as hard as Johnson does come the third round? Only he doesn't have the kind of wrestling Johnson does to back it up when he's tired.

I know that Garcia is gonna maul "lil nam"