Reminder: Tachi Palace

Ninja wrote:

Pretty good card. Ian Loveland should of never been dropped by the UFC...he was robbed his last fight.

A couple of guys that fought last night should be in the UFC.

I would have rather seen Rivera vs Loveland. But Rivera got the call from Joe Silva. Maybe that is a future UFC match? Another example of TPF having Zuffa level talent on roster.

WEC III

Mongoose has power in his hands, and thus he'll be in the UFC before too long. He would probably be in the UFC sooner or later either way being a highly regarded fighter, but being able to put guys away at 125 makes him extremely valuable. I didn't put him in my top ten but I would have put him at 11. With that win I might reconsider. Joe Soto still seems like he isn't over the eye thing but that choke was boss. Sherdog's announce team is hot garbage.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

WEC III

Mongoose has power in his hands, and thus he'll be in the UFC before too long. He would probably be in the UFC sooner or later either way being a highly regarded fighter, but being able to put guys away at 125 makes him extremely valuable. I didn't put him in my top ten but I would have put him at 11. With that win I might reconsider. Joe Soto still seems like he isn't over the eye thing but that choke was boss. Sherdog's announce team is hot garbage.

I hade Mongoose and Straus rated before this weekend. Ahead of the trend.

OU wrote:

Wolfgangsta wrote:

WEC III

Mongoose has power in his hands, and thus he'll be in the UFC before too long. He would probably be in the UFC sooner or later either way being a highly regarded fighter, but being able to put guys away at 125 makes him extremely valuable. I didn't put him in my top ten but I would have put him at 11. With that win I might reconsider. Joe Soto still seems like he isn't over the eye thing but that choke was boss. Sherdog's announce team is hot garbage.

I hade Mongoose and Straus rated before this weekend. Ahead of the trend.

Straus is top 20 sure but otherwise puleeeeez.

Mongoose is ranked in various places and has been for a while.

Thing is with Lemoore, since 2001 the Tachi Palace Casino has probably been the single greatest proving ground for up and coming big name pros. The first 25 WEC's were in Lemoore and loaded to the brim with today's stars. Then 19 Palace Fighting Championships, 13 Tachi Fighting Championships with fighters still being drawn out on the regular to the bigger shows.