WFA - King of the Streets

[1392477]

killer lineup of fights, already got my tickets

July 22, 2006 at the Forum in Los Angeles

Bas "El Guapo" Rutten vs Kimo
Quentin "Rampage" Jackson vs Matt "The Law" Lindland
Lyoto Machida vs. Vernon "The Tiger" White
Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. Lodune Sincaid
Ivan Salaverry vs. Art Santore
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron Waterman

plus "Razor" Rob McCullough, Antonio McKee and Jorge Olivera opponents TBA.

 

[JL_204]

Nice!!! The return of El Guapo baby!!!

 

[oxymed]

Very solid card.........I will be getting this ppv

 

[MikeMartial]

Holy shit I'd love to see Bas fight again. That card looks great. Rampage vs The Law? Awesome.

And Bas vs Kimo? I'm speechless I doubt I'll be able to get it on PPV, I'll have to call and bitch out my cable provider.

 

[mesco]

http://www.wfa.tv/

 

[mesco]

so whos watching tonite?

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

Who is Rutten fighting? Didn't Kimo piss positive for winny?

 

[mesco]

yea bas is fightin ruben villarreal now

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

yea bas is fightin ruben villarreal now

I never bet on a fighter named after a sandwich.

 

[mesco]

my thoughts/comments on the fights tonite:

- besides the first few rows the arena looked empty
- ring announcer sucked
- commentators sucked
- cameras sucked
- camera angles sucked
- intros into the ring sucked
- looked like the a/c wasnt working too good in there (sweat dripping off shaqs head among other celebs in the audience, tito fanning himself with paper when the cameras panned over to him)
- prefight fighters intro/commentary/previews sucked
- how many fuckin guys does tito ortiz train/coach, lol
- was looking for mccullough to wreck sormiento a la olaf
- waterman looked big, ricco looked like a big fat ass but still repped nyc with that overhand right. waterman was a pussy though, ive seen worst eyes than that
- lmao at santores outfit, was he trying to look like a pimp or jim carrey from the mask
- that was a whack breakdancer that came out with miller and his six step and attempts at windmills at the end of the fight were even worse
- loved seeing bas back in the ring, hope this wasnt a one shot deal
- def best fight of the night was rampage/law. was pretty surprised and impressed with matt but was disapointed rampage didnt use his elbows, might have ended alot sooner

 

[Tshark]

Matt Lindland really surprised me with being able to hang with Rampage, it could have gone either way I believe

 

[1392477]

my thoughts/comments on the fights tonite:

- besides the first few rows the arena looked empty
- ring announcer sucked
- commentators sucked
- cameras sucked
- camera angles sucked
- intros into the ring sucked
- looked like the a/c wasnt working too good in there (sweat dripping off shaqs head among other celebs in the audience, tito fanning himself with paper when the cameras panned over to him)
- prefight fighters intro/commentary/previews sucked
- how many fuckin guys does tito ortiz train/coach, lol
- was looking for mccullough to wreck sormiento a la olaf
- waterman looked big, ricco looked like a big fat ass but still repped nyc with that overhand right. waterman was a pussy though, ive seen worst eyes than that
- lmao at santores outfit, was he trying to look like a pimp or jim carrey from the mask
- that was a whack breakdancer that came out with miller and his six step and attempts at windmills at the end of the fight were even worse
- loved seeing bas back in the ring, hope this wasnt a one shot deal
- def best fight of the night was rampage/law. was pretty surprised and impressed with matt but was disapointed rampage didnt use his elbows, might have ended alot sooner

I was there and one of the ones crowded into the first couple of rows. Your assessment is correct on the attendance, heat, cameras and intros.

Bas had a cool intro as did Mayhem. Art Santore has always come out like that - watch old King of the Cage videos.

Ricco looked pregnant, absolutely huge - belly jiggling as he moved. Both SHW were gassed halfway through round one and were throwing lasy punches in the end of the round.

The Jackson / Lindlan fight was certainly the best of the night. Very close and I am sure a rematch is warranted here. I was extremely impressed with both fighters.

Lots of UFC alumni were running around and yes, Tito came out with about half of the fighters to 'corner' them. Then he sat next to Jenna Jameson in the first row - he get's around. Nate "Rock" Quarry sat in front of me and Stephen Bonnar and Kenny Florian were in the next row over from me. Tito and Tank Abbot were around because a lot of their HB Training Center guys were fighting.

Bas looked good and was very entertaining as usual. He says he will be back after a knee surgery is complete.

It's the first time back for the WFA after a long hiatus, they will need a few shows to get back on their feet and drawing more of a crowd. The Forum seats 20,000 and they sold less than 5000 tickets.

 

[64Pilot]

What the fuck is Kimo thinking? This is the second time in 19 months he has tested positive for Stanozol.. last time was after Shamrock broke him down...he needs to pay a little better attention to timing these days..Im sure he lost alot of money, WFA is paying out the ass

 

[Djimbe]

dude , what a Let Down . REALLY wanted to see Kimo/Bas .