Vaseline Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 People treat him terribly. His losses in the UFC come from - Kongo - CroCop I can tell you a lot of people have lost to both of them. And remember the latter was a result of an eye poke (though the outcome may have been the same). He won the Cage Rage HW title with 5 fights (I think) that is still pretty impressive. Though I agree he hasnt got a place in the UFC at the moment, but he would improve if he was fighting people at Strikeforce. He isnt such a bad fighter. He is better than some other HW's in the UFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technique Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 He did get a raw deal in the cro cop fight. Anyways he's had some more bad luck lately. He has had VISA troubles and had to pull out of UFC 109 against Rolles Gracie. Hopefully the UFC throws another fight his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaseline Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 He did get a raw deal in the cro cop fight. Anyways he's had some more bad luck lately. He has had VISA troubles and had to pull out of UFC 109 against Rolles Gracie. Hopefully the UFC throws another fight his way. I would like to see him against Struve. Thats a fight I reckon he would win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott__hutchy Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I think UFC should bring in rob broughton to fight him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach714 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I would like to see him against Struve. Thats a fight I reckon he would win. That would be an exciting fight but Id say Struve would come out with the W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotmetal45 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 And can I just say, as a brit, that Cage Rage is home to some truely appalling fighters, so just because he was Cage Rage champ does not make him a good fighter. Yes, they have had some great fighters, who left the organisation as soon as was humanly possible, but by and large it is the domain of no-marks like the embarrassing "Bad Boy" Bailey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raoullduke Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 i don't think anyone hates him, its just that people don't rate him as a fighter. i have alot of respect for anyone who has the balls to step into the octagon more so when they clearly have no realistic chance of winning. i always want him to win as i like an underdog, good luck to him hope he manages at least one win in his UFC carreer he should fight eddie sanchez in his next fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHamer Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I've said this before but Al-Turk is not a UFC level fighter, but has been unlucky in that he has faced two top strikers in his 2 UFC fights thus far, and IMO Kongo hit him with an intentional, retaliatory knee to the pods. I think Al-Turk will fight on the next UK card, against James McSweeney, as Al-Turk already holds a TKO victory over him from their Cage Rage days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martino231 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I think he could take some of the TUF 10 guys. He's not a bad fighter at all, he's just not title standard. The thing that I don't get is why Dana wants him in the UFC. He's predominantly a striker, but can't compete with the upper or middle level HWs in striking. He's a fairly old guy, so he's not gonna be hugely developing his skill set due to limited speed, strength and cardio. He's not a big name and doesn't sell fights. That said though. He's far from the worst fighter in the HW division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fawley Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 why? Because he is rank rotten! Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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