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With most of the talent having already vacated Chuteboxe and Brazilian Top Team, the future of these mma powerhouses already hung in the balance.

Thiago Silva, an up-and-coming professional UFC fighter with a record of 13-0, was ChuteBoxe’s last hope, however I see now he too has left and is training at American Top Team, which is fast establishing itself as the new talent pool for mma.

On Brazilian Top Teams side - the last shred of skill they have left; Ricardo Arona has expressed interest in starting up his own gym and leaving BTT.

I hate to say it, but these once proud mma machines are now receding to mere shells of their former selves and I doubt they will ever be the same again.

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Since the last (8 second!) KO loss to James Irvin, where to now for Houston?

The guy has some great stand-up and plenty of natural athleticism, but he was for sure over whelmed by some of the guys he has fought.

If he really wishes to contend and be among the best right now he needs to get serious with his grappling and wrestling, find himself a proper mma gym with solid wrestling and bjj (maybe he should use the gymdb :P) and garner experience against the lower-end competition. I doubt the UFC would completely drop him, as he is an exciting fighter, but they may have no choice if he continues with his loosing streak.

For now though I see him making some appearances at a few UFC fight nights. I always had a soft spot for this dude, being a single dad with six children cannot be easy.

Also Houston is not exactly the youngest guy at age 37, Perhaps he has had his 15 minutes of fame, and now he’ll be seen meandering around the occasional UFC Fight Night?

Links:
Houstons MMA record
Houston on Wikipedia

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There is pretty much no-one in the welterweight division who can touch GSP currently.

Jon Fitch perhaps has a small shot, but if things go as I am pretty sure they will go, GSP is going to dominate.
GSP’s wrestling, strength, conditioning and submissions are too much for him.

Now I know immediate retort is “GSP vs Serra #1″, where GSP was (T)KO’ed, lucky or not, this in fact, only fuels my argument. If nothing else it as a wake up to GSP. He has been far more tactical and careful since then and learned a lot from that.

GSP is young and incredibly so is only going to improve even more…

I think we are witnessing the next “Matt Hughes reign” here. I see Georges as champ, atop the pile for a long, long time to come. Unless he decides to move up in weight to middleweight - but that’s another post for another time.

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