Im glad to have so much support!

The question was asked, how do I think I would fair against the opponents he's beaten. Well, honestly, I feel like the biggest threat would have been Franklin, but mainly due to his experience and long time running with the belt. Also he had good standup. I havent seen him fight since anderson though. Is he still around? I dont know about Sherdog, and the promo that I fought at is pretty small, but I will ask Jeff about it, because they do keep record somewhere. Im not a world class athlete yet. I say yet because I feel like if I had the trainers, time and enviroment that these guys train with, I could be world class. I have a great work ethic, often devoting a minimum of four hours a day weekly and as much as ten a day on the weekends. I know that he has a better ground game so about 70 percent of my training is devoted to that right now. Its not that my ground game isnt solid, I just dont like to fight there. Everyone seems to keep mentioning Dan Henderson. Personally I never really heard of him till he got his ass kicked. Sorry, just not impressed. I knew who Marqardt was, wasnt impressed, and Irvin didnt even deserve the shot at Anderson IMO. I think he got it mainly because his 8 second win. Lutter, whatever. He can wrestle but what else does he really possess? I think that Andersons most dangerous opponent was franklin, and before he beat him, I would have fought franklin given the chance.

Also I wonder how many fights has he had outside of the gym or ring? Ive had plenty, and theres not a person in the world who can say they beat me. Which would give me reason to believe that I would be a more "professional fighter" than someone who has only fought under the constructs of competition despite my short "MMA Career".

Like I said, Jeff has the ear of Dana and the UFC. He likes my fighting, and wants me to join his gym. When he thinks Im ready Im sure he'll throw out the word. Until then Im going to continue my training, continue fighting, and wait for my shot. I gotta go break in my new bag.

Oh yeah, theres a lot of naysayers here, but how many of you fight regularly? And how many of you have a strategy or pointers for the fight? Brian, I meant to ask you also, how goes your personal fight?


One more thing. Im not confident because Ive won some fights or because Im an ego maniac. Instead Im confident because I have destroyed the fear in my heart, and I rest easy at the end of the day knowing that i have done my best, and that tomorrow I can continue to grow and learn. Peace to all.

if your striking is as good as Sylvas why dont you just go into pro standup like K1?

Whats your record Chen? not to sound pesemistic but you could have just fought a bunch of chumps and not differentiate the difference between a world class striker and yourself.

Maybe you can sign with affliction, they are looking for fighters. As sucky as Tito is, he would wipe the floor with you,lol.

Dan Henderson is a BIG name in mma. I don't see how you are a mma fan and not know who he is,lol. Check him out, he was in mma when mma wasn't cool. BTW, he would demolish you too.

Do some fights on some local shows and let us know how it goes. There are some cagefights every couple of months here in Springdale I'm sure you could get on. I'd be there rooting for you and I'd even help you train if you want. It's not that I don't want you to win because I do,but I think you need a reality check and alot more experience before going for the ufc championship.

How many sanctioned mma fights have you had? (streetfights don't count) Have anything on video?

Most MMA promotions have websites and they have a sign up page. The fighters our of our gym, well former as it closed down June 30th, they fought for the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) and The Fight Club (TFC), and some other smaller venues. While the MFC started small it is big now and has been picked up by HDNET Fights. The Fight Club is a small venue. The owner of the MFC has the ear of Dana and this is where Jason MacDonald started. Other fighters have had spots in the UFC and two more at least will be there.

The King of the Cage (KOTC) has a sign up sheet and they travel around as I've seen a few fights here. Other clubs in my area have had fights in the two I've mentioned plus this one. In fact the club I'm with now has a fight team that has fought in all of these including my Professor.

Sherdog and other sites show all of these as once you are in the MMA world then things are recorded. If you are involved you would be to. Even guys that fought once whether won or lost are recorded. So if you've fought what's up?

I believe in you Chen, In fact tomorrow I start training for Fedor, granted he needs to drop to 150 first, but I'm sure if we meet in my weight class, I'll own him.

some good posts, just to quote cord on one thing that stuck out at me from reading...

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Good training is the quivalent of accurate, strategic sniper shots, not spraying an automatic in hope of a hit.

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slightly like sylvas fighting style...