Frank Shamrock vs Renato "Babalu"

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Seeing as Babalu has been treated disgracefully,
EliteXC has a chance to put on a BIG fight.

Lets get behind this.

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Great matchup, a good statement for Frank and a good chance for Babalu. All in all it was a terrible decision to boot Babalu from the UFC though.

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Frank won't have the least interest in this fight, you may as well ask him to fight Fedor, Bop Sapp, or Farmer Burns' ghost. Babalu has neither a huge name nor specific weaknesses for Frank to exploit. Plus Frank walks at 190-195, Babalu at about 220.

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It'd be a good statement if Shamrock wants to show he aint afraid to fight stiff competition. I'm not sure he really wants to but he did call Baroni a tune-up fight and Baroni is a pretty dangerous opponent. Who knows?

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Yep, would be a great next fight for Shamrock.

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Frank would be smart to avoid this fight. A fight with Cung Le would make the most money for him anyway.

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"he did call Baroni a tune-up fight and Baroni is a pretty dangerous opponent"

yep, "tune-up" for Cung Le, Ken, or a rematch with Renzo. Frank has been pretty clear about his fighting plans.

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LOL...like shamrock would ever agree to fight babalu

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Isn't there a 20 pound weight difference?

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Nice idea, but wrong weight classes.

Elvis

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Wrongweight class, but I always thought Babalu can drop to 185.

That's where I'd like to see this fight at.

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Exactly, Babalu can drop the weight.
Catchweight even

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Well Frank beat Tito at 205 didn't he?

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babalu needs to go to another org and become the champion, market himself where the ufc has no choice but to re-sign him, like tito did

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"Well Frank beat Tito at 205 didn't he?"

I think it was the old under 200 MW division.

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I generally don't say this, but with thos to we need old school vale tudo rules.

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Frank beat Tito at -199. By fight time, Frank weighed about 195, Tito 216. It's irrelevant anyway, because back then there was no 185-pound division. There is no reason for Frank to fight much bigger guys nowadays, unless it has huge marketing potential like a fight with Ken. Babalu sure as hell does not...

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"Great matchup, a good statement for Frank and a good chance for Babalu."

You have made a match with the correct.

Of course, Frank wants only to fight "big names". So...

But it is indeed a match I'd pay to see.

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I'd pay to see this one.