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[Transworld]

I feel for Riggs, he seems like a really nice family guys. But WW in the UFC is going to be a tough grind for him. I don't see him winning to many fights. The worst part is the UFC will probably give him a tough fight right of the bat.

[POINDEXTER]

Originally Posted by GL Jeff

I have only see Riggs loose. I saw him loose, and then still get a main event fight for Ultimate Fight Night,lol. And then see him get running knee'd,lol. If he does come back, which I dont think he would, I bet they give him 2 fights, if he dosent come out with a positive edge hes cut for life.

I've never seen him loose; I've mostly seen him when he was tight. I think if he relaxed and was loose he would see more favorable outcomes in his fights.

[Legend]

I don't like Riggs at 170. I always thought he was just to big to make the cut and not be completely drained. And he is going to try and get in the UFC by fighting a 170? I mean he would be better suited to get there by competing at MW bc they could always use more MW's.

Originally Posted by Afro

Move to 170 lbs? I dont remember him being at MW much recently..

His last 4 fights have been at MW. He hasn't fought at 170 since the Sanchez fight in 2007.

[Repenter]

i don't think he'll be able to put much of a dent in the ufc ww division. even if he has improved, the beatdown he recieved from hughes is a bad omen for what could happen against some of the current top-tier talent, and that would even include hughes if he wasn't going to retire.

[WinnipegRush]

I like him as a fighter and i hope he can open a can of whoop ass at 170 but in the UFC he will never be the champ. There will be some pretty bad ass fights tho.

[UFC-chef/Hughes-fan]

Originally Posted by Legend

I don't like Riggs at 170. I always thought he was just to big to make the cut and not be completely drained. And he is going to try and get in the UFC by fighting a 170? I mean he would be better suited to get there by competing at MW bc they could always use more MW's.



His last 4 fights have been at MW. He hasn't fought at 170 since the Sanchez fight in 2007.

Agreed when he fought Hughes he was so drained from cutting weight that he didn't even make, he fell to a ridiculous half guard kamora because he was to drained to defend it........But he's got talent and size, if he can cut the weight right his size could be very hard to deal with in the WW division.

[jhell]

Originally Posted by Lefthookstcrook

I think the right word for it would be "Gatekeeper". Riggs is the perfect Gatekeeper, hes B level talent, he'll never beat the top 3-5, and he already has somewhat of a name that up n comers can build off.

Its good that he wants bigger fights tho, I gotta respect that

Good call, I like Joe Riggs but that's it in a nutshell.

[stevequalude]

It will be interesting to see how this turns out. I will pull for him but don't see him being a force in the ww division rite now...