Nate Marquardt Looking At Move To Welterweight - Page 2

CHAEL fan · 03-21-2011, 02:31 PM

If Nate decides to drop to WW....he will be James Irvin 2.0

captonion · 03-21-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sodium_nitrate

probably due to the fact that gsp is moving up after he annihilates shields.

Doubt that very much.....GSP will be staying at WW. Now that the UFC has a monopoly on the fighters there will be more competition to come, without him having to move up.

P.S. I don't see Nate doing a whole hell of alot better @ WW. His performance is hit , and miss.

dbader08 · 03-21-2011, 02:37 PM

Nate is a solid fighter with solid fundamentals. One of the most entertaining ground fighters there is.

I'd be down to watch him fight at 170...

NLRepublic · 03-21-2011, 02:48 PM

So is this going to cause more shit storms at Jackson's camp if he were to move down and find himself in line for a shot?

I'd pick Fitch over Nate anyways all the same

JadedX · 03-21-2011, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CHAEL fan

He would never make the cut, he has too much muscle....also, if he did, he would be a shell of his former self.

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Originally Posted by marko

He's Carrying too much muscle to make 170lbs he'd be a shell of himself at WW.

BBG · 03-21-2011, 03:08 PM

They should move Nate to Strikeforce. Its his only shot at a title and his only shot would be at MW.

mmawolverine · 03-21-2011, 03:31 PM

wow this is news to me, nate always seemed like a big MW did i miss something, how is he going to make it to 170 in a healthy manner, and why? this is stranger than the whole rashad/bones/jackson's thing. do nate and gsp have some kind of weightclass swap deal? cause i like them where they are, somebody mentioned nate was better of going to strikeforce and taking their MW belt i think thats probably a good idea cause frankly everyone wants to be the best of the best but not everyone can, thats just the way it works.

JadedX · 03-21-2011, 03:35 PM

He had a title shot, though. He failed miserably. And as much as he believes he'll win a title rematch with Anderson Silva, I think he's delusional. Chael Sonnen wrecked him badly. Yushin Okami tool'd him. And he didn't look all that impressive against Dan Miller. You'd think after the Okami fight and what DW had said about him, he would've smashed Dan Miller like as if he was a purse snatcher. That wasn't the case, though.